SoftBoots

SoftBoots is the het ship between Puss in Boots and Kitty Softpaws from the Shrek fandom.

Puss in Boots
Puss tries to steal the magic beans he had long sought from two Outlaws called Jack and Jill. He broke into their hotel room, set on the stealing the beans but so did a masked cat with the same intention, causing them to get caught and run out. Puss chased after the masked cat back to a bar with a bunch of other cats, where they both have a dance fight, but ended in a sword fight since the masked cat spilled some milk in his boots, ending with Puss smacking the Cat’s face over the head with a guitar. It hurted her so much that she rips her mask off and reveals to a surprised Puss that she is, in fact, a woman. She starts leaving angrilly, so Puss follows her and tries to apologize with her trying to invite her for a drink, but then reunites with Humpty Dumpty who also introduces the misterious cat as Kitty Softpaws, named because she can take things without anyone even noticing they are gone, as she does frequently with Puss's hat, boots, and money simply to tease him. Both of them ask Puss to join them in finding the beans, but Puss immediately refuses and leaves. Kitty follows him and tries to seduce him into going with them, but he denies again, and then tells her his history with Humpty and how everything went wrong. Finishing telling his story, Puss realizes Kitty fell asleep so he agresivelly wakes her up. Later Humpty arrives as he heard it and apologizes to him, telling Puss that now he is willing to help him repay what he did in the past, so at last Puss joins Kitty and Humpty.

As they got the beans and finally plant them, a giant beanstalk shoots up out of the ground, taking them with it. higher and higher into the clouds. Meanwhile they were going up, Kitty and Puss flirt when their branches crash and they are one in front of the other one. The three got off and surprisingly are able to stand and walk on the clouds without difficulty. Finally there, Puss and Kitty start playing as normal cats having fun, but is interrupted by Humpty so they can get their treasure. As they are trying to get away, Kitty falls into the water, so Puss jumps to help her without thinking it twice (even though he is scared of water). They escape and get back down to the ground, cutting the beanstalk down and rejoicing over getting the golden goose. They make a bonfire so they are able to stay the night resting there, and Kitty and Puss start dacing while Puss tries to confess his feelings to Kitty, but Humpty pulls Kitty aside to tell her to not lose focus, obviously talking about her falling in love with Puss. Kitty seems about to tell Puss something but is interrupted by Humpty and leaves to get rest, leaving Humpty and Puss outside with the goose. Meanwhile, Jack and Jill suddenly come up behind Puss and knock him unconscious.

He heads to San Ricardo to try and find his friends, but finds out both Humpty and Kitty betrayed him, so Puss is arrested. Both Kitty and Puss look at each other as he is being led away in a carrier, feeling sad as she knows she has betrayed him. Puss tries to escape and Kitty comes back to help him. Puss, still angry for her betrayal, tries to leave her behind, but Kitty apologizes and tells him that she found something more important that gold, referring to him. As more guards start sproaching, Kitty and Puss fight them with no problem as they start flirting with each other againg, until they get to the rope that will get them to the higher surface. Puss was almost capture so Kitty uses herself and cuts the rope so Puss is able to escspe. Puss escapes as he sees Kitty with a smile, and he goes to find Humpty and save the city.

After saving the city, Puss and Kitty start leaving the city as they dance with each other, and when Kitty is finslly ready to leave, she steals the boots from Puss as they promess each other to see again. In the credits scene Puss and Kitty run away together and later go back to the bar, becoming a couple.

Fanon
SoftBoots was always the most popular ship for both characters and for the Puss in Boots spin-offs and remains that way for the time being. Greatly helped by its canon status, the people who didn't like their relationship in the first movie greatly softened up to the ship come The Last Wish, which showed both of them at their most vulnerable. Although even if in the Netflix series Puss falls in love with another cat (Dulciena), several fans did not find this ship as charming as Puss and Kitty’s relationship. The reveal that they were actually going to be engaged somewhere between the first movie and the sequel reignited the fuel for the ship. After the sequel came out, the idea of Puss and Kitty settling down became very popular, often with kittens following soon after. Some like the idea that they officially adopted the Three Diablos, who never appeared past their debut short.

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