Well, you know what they say.Puss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022 — Chapter 17 of 22 · 4'01" · B2
The Map Goes Missing, Explained: play one's cards right
The crew is ready for a raid, chanting "Go, Team Friendship!" and posting Perrito to guard the rear, when they discover the map is gone: "Somebody took it." Everyone immediately accuses everyone else, a scuffle breaks out, and Perrito is carried off.
What happens
The chapter follows the gang after a heist: they pump each other up with a team chant, leave Perrito to guard their rear, and then find that the map has vanished. Accusations fly, the two crews brawl, and Perrito is captured, leaving the others to track him with a device.
Listen for
play one's cards rightdead cat meatworkshop itguard our rear
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Now
Phrase of the scene
play one's cards right
把牌打好；善加处理就能有好结果
穿靴子的猫提议如果软爪配合得当，两人可以共享那个愿望，用这个词把谈判说得像一次有把握的赌局。
Play your cards right and you could get a promotion this year.
Also in this scene
- dead cat meat
你死定了；你完了
- workshop it
to refine or rework something later
- guard our rear
to protect the group from behind
Everything marked in this scene
35 notes across 70 lines
You're an irredeemable monster!Oh, oh. What took you so long, idiot?past simple question
Oh, oh. What took you so long, idiot?to protect the group from behind
-Uh, uh, guard our rear. -Yeah. Yeah.On your six. Got your rears eyeballed and covered.liaison
On your six. Got your rears eyeballed and covered.Hands in, crew.I did not agree to this.emphatic do
I did not agree to this.Yeah, do better. Try harder.Well, just a placeholder name, you know.to refine or rework something later
I'll workshop it, okay?-Go get 'em, tiger. -Hey!-Go get 'em, tiger. -Hey!Well, I've been thinking, if you play your cards right,if-clause
Well, I've been thinking, if you play your cards right,maybe we could share the wish.Someone's nicked the map.Someone's nicked the map.What's all this? What's all this bother about?The map is missing.No, no crime-backs.No, no crime-backs.Oh, you're dead cat meat.Nowhere to go, Softpaws.Really? Let's see what the map has to say.What the dickens?-Get off me, you big lump. -Hold still.-Get off me, you big lump. -Hold still.-Shall we dance? I'll lead. -Huh? Wha...shall for suggestions
-Shall we dance? I'll lead. -Huh? Wha...Aah! Too cold! Brain freeze.liaison
Aah! Too cold! Brain freeze.liaison
Puss, watch out!The Map Goes Missing, explained
What's really going on
The scene is a heist comedy that turns into a blame game. The gang's chant and the plan to guard the rear are played for laughs, because the raid is over before it starts — the prize is already gone. The line "Somebody took it" is the spark, and the response, "You criming us when we just crimed you?", shows the film's rule that thieves are only loyal to the job. What follows is slapstick: everyone fights everyone, and the one member who was left behind is the one who gets caught. The chapter's real joke is that a team built on a placeholder name and a promise to share the wish falls apart the moment the wish is missing.
Theme
TrustThe crew turns on one another the moment the map disappears, showing how thin their alliance is.
BetrayalThe thieves suspect a double-cross, and each side accuses the other of taking the map.
Listen for
- On your six — liaison
- Brain freeze — liaison
- watch out — liaison
Can't bake a pie without losing a dozen men.A dark joke that treats the loss of his men as the ordinary cost of a plan.
I did not agree to this.A flat refusal to accept the team name, showing how little the group agrees on.
Really? Let's see what the map has to say.A confident taunt that turns the missing map into a threat.
On your six. Got your rears eyeballed and covered.A comic pledge to watch their backs, delivered with mock-military slang.
Well, you know what they say.The setup for a fake proverb, used to excuse something terrible.
Don't worry, we can track them with this.A practical reassurance that shifts the group from panic to pursuit.
Questions about this scene
What happens to the map?
It goes missing during the raid; one character says somebody's nicked it, and another says simply that somebody took it, which starts the accusations.
Why does the group turn on each other?
Each side suspects the other of taking the map; a character complains that they are being robbed right after robbing, and a fight breaks out.
What happens to Perrito?
He is left behind to guard the rear during the raid, and at the end he is captured, so the others have to track him.
What is the plan for the wish?
One character suggests that if they play their cards right they could share the wish, though the group never agrees on it.
Why did the crew leave Perrito behind?
They told him to guard their rear during the raid, keeping him out of the action, and he was still there when the map went missing.
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish · 22 chapters
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Chapter 1play double timePuss Crashes His Own Fiesta
Chapter 2lands on his feetPuss Learns He Has Died
Chapter 3bedside mannerThe Doctor Gives Puss His Last Life
Chapter 4laugh in the face of deathPuss Loses to the Bounty Hunter
Chapter 5where dignity goes to diePuss Becomes a House Cat
Chapter 6Hard passA Dog Disguised as a Cat
Chapter 7bag of bonesStealing the Map to the Wishing Star
Chapter 8the Midas touchThe Fight in Jack Horner's Lair
Chapter 9rip someone offPuss and Kitty Race for the Map
Chapter 10believe in yourselfMeeting the Nameless Dog
Chapter 11stop and smell the rosesThe Map Gives Everyone a Bad Path
Chapter 12the joke's on themPerrito Tells His Sad Story
Chapter 13let one's guard downNever Trust Anyone, Take It from Me
Chapter 14had it comingThe Fight for the Map
Chapter 15left her at the altarPuss Confesses to Perrito
Chapter 16had cold feetKitty Brings Up Cold Feet
Watching · Chapter 17play one's cards rightThe Map Goes Missing
Chapter 18larger than lifePuss Meets His Past Lives
Chapter 19scaredy-catDeath Comes for Puss
Chapter 20too good to lastKitty Confronts Puss
Chapter 21bury the hatchetPuss Stops Running From Death
Chapter 22a chip off the old blockPuss Gives Up the WishChapter 17 of 22 · about 23 min to go