Munkoffelees

Munkoffelees is the slash ship between Munkustrap and Mr Mistoffelees from the Cats fandom.

Cats (2019)
Mistoffelees and Munkustrap are among the cats that introduce Victoria to the Jellicles. As Munkustrap shows Victoria the ways of the Jellicles, he becomes embarrassed at Mistoffelees attempts to impress her. When Mistoffelees leads her back to the Jellicles, he takes the blame for their absence so that Victoria doesn't get in trouble with Munkustrap. After Old Deuteronomy is kidnapped, Victoria comes up with the idea of using Mistoffelees magic to get her back. Munkustrap agrees with the idea, and pulls Mistoffelees onto the stage, Mistoffelees protesting the whole time. He then starts to sing "Magical Mr. Mistoffelees", and ends the song praising him. The two later join Old Deuteronomy as they watch Grizabella go to the Heavyside Layer.

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Munkoffelees is often considered a common pairing in the Cats fandom, though is less popular for fans of the stage show. While the two have a few interactions throughout the show, not much is known about their relationship. It is often considered that Mistoffelees has a lot of respect for Munkustrap and even looks up to him. Some believe that Munkustrap might even take Mistoffelees under his wing and teach him to be a leader of the Jellicles when he is no longer able to.

Most shippers come from the 2019 film. Due to the film focusing very little on many of the background Cats, the two end up having a lot of focus throughout the film. Also standing out amongst some of the more generic looking cats in the ensemble. Munkustrap also being the cat to start Mr Mistoffelees number also added some fuel for shipping the two. As the song is often regarded as shippable for Tugger and Misto. Allowing many others to point out that is works for the other cat as well.

On AO3, Munkoffelees is the third most written ship for Mistoffelees and the fourth most written for Munkustrap. It is also the third most written ship in the Cats (2019) tag. There are currently 35+ written works.

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