SoftBoots

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

Puss in Boots (2011)
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 on 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 angrily, 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 mysterious 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 aggressively 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 as they were going up, Kitty and Puss flirt when their branches crash and they are left 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, and in a moment Kitty was chasing Puss, he jumps behind her and hugs her. As Kitty was about to tell him something, they are interrupted by Humpty and takes Puss away, looking at her with anger, much to Kitty’s confusion. After getting what they wanted and start to get away of the place, Kitty falls into the water and tries to hold to a trunk, but isn’t able since she has no claws. Puss noticing this, jumps to help her without thinking it twice, even though he is scared of water. As Puss grabs Kitty and helps her breathe, they stare at each other in love as Puss was doing his best to hold both the trunk and Kitty. 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 dancing while Puss tries to confess his feelings to Kitty. In a moment Kitty tries to confess too but Humpty pulls Kitty aside to tell her to not lose focus, obviously talking about her falling in love with Puss. Kitty seems pretty sad about this but stays shut, leaving Humpty to tell them to get some rest. Meanwhile, Jack and Jill suddenly come up behind Puss and knock him unconscious.

After Puss wakes up and notices Kitty and Humpty are gone, 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 approaching, Kitty and Puss fight them with no problem as they start flirting with each other again, 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 escape. 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 finally ready to leave, she steals the boots from Puss as they promise to each other to see again. In the credits scene, Puss and Kitty run away together and later go back to the bar, where they kiss and become a couple.

The Last Wish (2022)
He first thinks of Kitty when lives starts flashing by his eyes after he fought a Wolf that wanted to kill him, as he remembers the day both of them fought and met each other.

In an attempt into stealing the Wishing Star map from Jack's factory, Puss unexpectedly reunites with Kitty who holds a grudge on him after a previous incident at Santa Colomba. After a skirmish with Jack, Goldi and the Bears, Puss, Kitty, and Perrito manage to escape with the map. On their way to the Dark Forest, Kitty recalls how mad she is at him after what he did and they start fighting for the map, until Perrito tells them that he could carry it then, statement which both Puss and Kitty deny. After a talk, Kitty stays with the map recalling how she doesn’t trust Perrito, so Puss tries to take it away from her but she quickly defends herself by telling him that she trusts Perrito more than him. Entering the forest, the trio find out that the dimension morphs into different landscapes to whoever wields the map. The dimension transforms into a hellish setting for Puss and Kitty, while Perrito is given a nice setting, so at the end the two cats let Perrito carry the map. They arrive to the “Pocket Full o' Posies”, where Perrito teaches Kitty and Puss the importance of taking their time to appreciate life, making these two bond a little more. While riding downstream, Puss pleases Kitty to shave his beard off, so she accepts. While she was shaving him, Puss stares at Kitty with love, but she finishes shaving him aggressively as she reminds him again of what he did in Santa Coloma. After shaving his beard, Kitty gives Puss her blade. After a fight with Jack, a frightened Puss escapes as he sees The Wolf. Kitty watches this and calls him, managing Goldi to steal the map from her and flee. Perrito goes behind him and Puss explains to him what happened at Santa Colomba: he left Kitty at the altar at the town’s church on their supposed engagement, which he has regretted ever since. Kitty overhears their conversation and then goes to him more calmed forgiving him for what happened. While climbing a tree to try to see the Wishing Star, Kitty reveals that she never came to the altar either, feeling like she could never compete with someone who loves himself more than her. As they head to reclaim the map from Goldi's group, Kitty grabs Puss and makes him dance with her at the same time as they fight the bears. When they grab the map, both of them grab their hands as they are staring at each other smiling, until Perrito is captured and Puss is trapped in the Cave of Lost Souls after accidentally touching the map, formed by giant walls of crystals. Kitty worriedly tries to break through the crystals to reach Puss, but he orders her to find Perrito while he finds his way out. They briefly put their hands together in the crystal as if they were holding hands.

Inside the cave, Puss encounters the Wolf revealed to be Death and cowardly runs away with the map. As Kitty was able to save Perrito, they go back for Puss and see him from afar. Kitty calls him, but he ignores her and keeps running, saddening Kitty. Finally reaching the star, Puss is about to make his wish but is stopped by Kitty, who calls him out for his selfishness. Kitty reveals to Puss that she wanted to wish for someone that she could trust to, but after spending all that time with Puss she realized she wants to be with him, but ends up regretting it and leaves the map to Puss. Watching how Kitty starts leaving, Puss worriedly tells her death is chasing him but she doesn’t believe him, only for Jack, Goldi and the Bears to appear. After beating them, Death fights Puss and surrounds him with flames, worrying Kitty as she sees Puss’s statement from before was true. When Death was about to kill him, Puss realizes that his flashbacks were the ones he had in his last life, being Kitty the one he remembers with more love, so he finally stands up and fights. In a moment he was about to lose, Puss uses the blade Kitty gave to him and proudly shows it to Death, making Kitty happy. After Death leaves, Kitty admits she thought he was being melodramatic when he said “Death is after me”. Puss reconciles with Kitty and tries to gives her the map, but she denies it telling him her wish became true. As both of them stare at each other with love, Jack re-emerges from his bag and seizes the map from Puss and Kitty. As Jack attempts to make a wish, Puss, Kitty, and Goldi reclaim it and rip the map to shreds, causing the Wishing Star to collapse, so they all rush to get out.

In the end, as they watch the stars collapsing, Kitty asks Puss if they should make a wish, so he replies that a life with her is the only thing he needs. From there, Puss and Kitty start a new relationship. The next day, they steal a boat and set sail to Far Far Away. While navigating, Perrito aggressively turns the rodder to turn around the boat. Puss was about to fall but Kitty grabs him as they stare at each other in a flirtatious way.

Moments

 * When the beanstalk grows with them on it, it seems to be pushing them towards each other. Puss gives a flirtatious chuckle while Kitty beams at him.
 * Though clearly terrified, Puss still gives Kitty a shy smile when she calls Jack Horner's bag a "granny bag", thinking the comment was funny despite the circumstances.

Quotes
"Kitty, you’re not as good as they say. You’re better!"

- Puss in Boots (2011)

"If you wanted to hold my hand, all you had to do is ask."

- Kitty to Puss in The Last Wish

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 The Adventures of Puss in Boots Puss falls in love with another cat (Dulcinea), the cartoon was not as popular or well-known as the movies, despite being seen as decent at worst. 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.

Fandom
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