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The Cat Returns
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A sort-of sequel to Whisper of the Heart conceived as a story written by the protagonist of the previous film, The Cat Returns (Neko no Ongaeshi, literally "The Cats Repay a Favor") tells a similar Coming of Age Story tale about Haru, a high-school girl learning to take confidence in her own abilities. Directed by Hiroyuki Morita in his directorial debut and written by Reiko Yoshida, it was released on July 20, 2002.An average day for Ordinary High-School Student Haru Yoshioka (Chizuru Ikewaki) turns weird when she rescues a cat carrying a parcel from being run over by a truck... only for the cat to get up on his hind legs, bow to her, and thank her. Things get weirder when the Cat King (Tetsuro Tanba) and a cotillion of courtiers shows up in the middle of the night to thank Haru for saving the life of the King's only son, Prince Lune (Takayuki Yamada), and to offer her gifts to repay the debt. Unfortunately, their ideas of "gifts" (planting cattails in her backyard and filling her locker at school with live mice in boxes) cause Haru nothing but trouble... and then she learns they want her to marry Prince Lune!Fortunately, it seems a few of the cats really are on Haru's side: she receives an offer of help from the "Cat Bureau," a trio of do-gooders consisting of a portly feline named Muta (Tetsu Watanabe), a living crow gargoyle named Toto (Yosuke Saito), and a handsome cat figurine called Baron Humbert von Gikkingen (Yoshihiko Hakamada). Just in time, as well, because Haru soon finds herself whisked off to the Cat Kingdom by a veritable army of felines! Even with the help of Muta and Baron, it'll take all the courage and wit that Haru can muster if she plans to get out of this mess.Not to be confused with The Cat Came Back. | |
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Thinking Up Portals | |
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Thinking Up Portals: The cats use portals during the abduction of Haru to shake von Gikkingen, Muta, and Toto, and to travel to the Cat Kingdom. | |
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The Call Knows Where You Live | |
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The Call Knows Where You Live: After saving the cat prince, Haru is immediately inundated with cat gifts, and then talking with an envoy from the Cat Kingdom to offer the marriage to the prince. When she goes to the Baron to get help, they find her there right when she's about to leave. This leads to Haru getting swept away to the Cat Kingdom. | |
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Morphic Resonance | |
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Morphic Resonance: Haru retains her hairstyle in cat form, because her transformation from human to cat wasn't complete yet. The cats don't change her out of her uniform either, just put the ball dress over it. | |
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Tempting Fate | |
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Tempting Fate: Haru and Muta cannot stop doing this throughout the film, to great effect. Not wanting to hurt the cats' feelings by outright refusing, Haru tries to call off the wedding by saying that he's a cat and she's not, so obviously there's just no way they can marry. Guess what happens next. Muta tries to beat the maze by climbing on top of it. When Haru calls him out for cheating, he sarcastically asks if she thinks he'll get in trouble? Cue a troop of guards marching up and the captain yelling, "He's cheating!" As soon as they beat the maze, Haru and the others celebrate their success and cheerfully exclaim that she'll be home in no time. Cue the Cat King blowing the tower up. | |
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Never Trust a Trailer | |
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Never Trust a Trailer: Walt Disney Home Entertainment released the American DVD on the same day as those of Porco Rosso and the uncut Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Trailers proclaimed that three Hayao Miyazaki movies would become available on that day, but did not admit that he served as executive producer of this film, not director. | |
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Love Imbues Life | |
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Love Imbues Life: The Baron's explanation for how figures like himself and Toto come to life. | |
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Late for School | |
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Late for School: Though the Call to Adventure doesn't come until Haru is on her way home. | |
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The Cat Returns / int_1f14978d | type |
Talking Animal | |
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Talking Animal: Muta, The King, and the denizens of the cat world. | |
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Only Sane Man | |
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Only Sane Man: Yuki and Prince Lune seem to be this to the whole Cat Kingdom. | |
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Extremely Short Timespan | |
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Extremely Short Timespan: Not including the epilogue, the film takes place in a span of two-and-a-half days: Haru rescues Prince Lune on the first day, is taken to the Cat Kingdom on the second day, and escapes by the dawn of the third day. | |
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Disappeared Dad | |
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Disappeared Dad: Haru lives with her mom, and no mention is made about a father. | |
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Non-Indicative Name | |
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Non-Indicative Name: In context to this film coming out in the US before Whisper of the Heart, since audiences would be unfamiliar with The Baron in the first place; however, the Japanese title would be closer translated as "The Cat's Repayment," which makes much more sense even without WOTH to precede it. | |
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Conspicuously Light Patch | |
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Conspicuously Light Patch : The movable walls in the maze. | |
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Stuff Blowing Up | |
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As soon as they beat the maze, Haru and the others celebrate their success and cheerfully exclaim that she'll be home in no time. Cue the Cat King blowing the tower up. | |
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Destination Defenestration | |
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Destination Defenestration: Don't get the Cat King mad, whether you're performing for him or breaking out in hysterical laughter from another act. (Both victims are tossed through high windows with no glass, but as cats, they're okay, and show up sitting against the wall in a later scene.) | |
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Family Eye Resemblance | |
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Family Eye Resemblance: Prince Lune's heterochromia is the only clue that he's the son of the Cat King. | |
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Traumatic Haircut | |
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Traumatic Haircut: In the manga, Haru starts out with medium-length hair. The first morning after she starts transforming into a cat, some cats sneak up behind her with a giant pair of scissors as she's waking up and chop several inches off, explaining that doing so makes her look more like a cat. Her hair does not revert to its original length after she returns to the real world. Possibly inverted in the movie, where Haru does eventually cut her hair after leaving the Cat Kingdom, but it's not traumatic in any way and may be meant to symbolize Haru getting over her crush on her classmate. | |
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Character Development | |
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Character Development: Haru goes from being a klutzy, awkward, perpetually unlucky Butt-Monkey to a calm, confident, relaxed young woman. | |
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Recurring Extra | |
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Recurring Extra: The somewhat indifferent Meganekko, that is seen with Hiromi twice and only speaks a few words. Her name is Chika by the way. | |
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Delayed Reaction | |
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Delayed Reaction: Haru doesn't even notice she's turning into a cat until she sees herself in the mirror, and even then it takes her a few moments to process what is happening. But once she does, she completely flips out. | |
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Deus ex Machina | |
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Deus ex Machina: When Haru, Baron, and Muto are trapped by the king's guards at the tower, the section of stairway the guards are standing on randomly collapses. This is lampshaded. | |
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Wardrobe Malfunction | |
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Wardrobe Malfunction: In the second entertainment act in the Cat Kingdom, a female assistant is chained to a wooden board, while a knive-throwing cat throws sharp fish bones at her, but this causes her bikini top to be chopped off, exposing her flat chest to everyone. She immediately covers herself up and runs off sobbing. She's a cat, so there is nothing inappropriate shown, and this scene is played as a joke. | |
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Important Haircut | |
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Possibly inverted in the movie, where Haru does eventually cut her hair after leaving the Cat Kingdom, but it's not traumatic in any way and may be meant to symbolize Haru getting over her crush on her classmate. | |
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold | |
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold: It takes a while for Muta's softer side to show up, but he definitely has one. | |
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Dubtitle | |
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Dubtitle: Disney's DVD release, unfortunately. Although, Baron is so well cast, it's questionable if that's a bad thing. | |
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Be Yourself | |
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Be Yourself: The Baron's advice to Haru. Or else you're gonna turn into a cat. | |
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Humanoid Female Animal | |
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Humanoid Female Animal: Justified with Haru, as her transformation into a cat was a gradual one. | |
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Wham Line | |
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Wham Line: "You're half-cat already." | |
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Fisher Kingdom | |
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Fisher Kingdom: Haru slowly turns into a cat while staying in the Cat Kingdom. | |
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Fat Bastard | |
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Fat Bastard: Subverted with Muta, who appears to be grumpy, but is really a Jerk with a Heart of Gold who's loyal to his friends. Played straight with the Cat King, the crazy ruler of the Cat Kingdom and the film's antagonist. | |
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The Caligula | |
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Played straight with the Cat King, the crazy ruler of the Cat Kingdom and the film's antagonist. | |
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Karmic Transformation | |
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Karmic Transformation: For Haru after rescuing a cat and later being forcefully taken to the Cat Kingdom. | |
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Fantasy Counterpart Culture | |
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Fantasy Counterpart Culture: The guests at the Cat King's feast look inspired by the Osman Empire, North Africa, Imperial China, Ancient Egypt, Saudi-Arabia and Old Venice. | |
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The Cat Returns / int_58e43f17 | type |
Cats Are Mean | |
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Cats Are Mean: Averted - these cats run the whole personality gamut. The Baron, Yuki, and Prince Lune are all genuinely nice, while Muta is sarcastic and lazy but ultimately an okay guy. The Cat King, on the other hand, is little more than a crazy jerk. | |
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Adaptation Distillation | |
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Adaptation Distillation: The original manga is quite different, although not unrecognizably so. Some character designs are changed, the story of the kingdom isn't touched on, and The Baron does not threaten to destroy it. | |
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After-School Cleaning Duty | |
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After-School Cleaning Duty: Haru trades cleaning duties with a friend so that she can attend a ping pong match. | |
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My New Gift Is Lame | |
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My New Gift Is Lame: Haru receives a huge assortment of gifts from the Cat Kingdom for saving Lune; unfortunately, they amount to things a cat would like (cattails growing outside, pockets laced with catnip, boxes of mice, etc.), along with a ton of lacrosse sticks since she broke Hiromi's during Lune's rescue. And there's the arranged marriage... | |
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BadassNormal | |
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Badass Normal: Muta. In the original manga, he mopped the floor with the entire King's army, twice. The animated version severely toned him down and he still kicked butt. | |
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Dance of Romance | |
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Dance of Romance: Between Haru and Baron, with the romance part more, shall we say, evident on Haru's end. | |
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That Poor Cat | |
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That Poor Cat: The movie was asking for this one anyway. It shows up twice during the maze scene. The first when they topple over the fake wall-bearing cats (complete with commentary on how stupid it was for them to line up like dominoes) and the second when the heroes climb over each and every one on the way to the tower. | |
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Animals Lack Attributes | |
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Animals Lack Attributes: Though it's already an obvious (and intentional) case here, there are some noticeable cases in a few characters where it seems to be just hidden. Muta, for example, has tufts of hair hanging between his rear legs. Played for Laughs with the knife-thrower's lovely assistant. When the knife (or in this case, squid) was thrown in the target, it missed her (of course) but not the straps on what she was wearing, causing it to fall off where afterwards, she covers her chest and runs away crying. Which is weird because not only are many of the cats bare-chested anyway, that's not where they're supposed to go at all. | |
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Involuntary Shapeshifting | |
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Involuntary Shapeshifting: Haru briefly turns into a Cat Girl after she travels to the Cat Kingdom. | |
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Iconic Outfit | |
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Iconic Outfit: Both Haru's school outfit and ballroom gown are this, the latter of which is especially notable since she only wears it for a brief moment. | |
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Another Dimension | |
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Another Dimension: The Cat Kingdom is a realm inhabited by cats that can talk and walk on their hind legs. In the manga it's revealed to be an afterlife of sorts for deceased cats — effectively making the inhabitants bakeneko. | |
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Culture Clash | |
The Cat Returns / int_70ade2c4 | comment |
Culture Clash: The cats try to woo Haru with things that, understandably, do not appeal to humans, such as tasty mice and catnip and a garden of cattails (to which Haru is allergic). (Natoru, for his part, profusely apologizes.) | |
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The Cat Returns / int_762b9223 | type |
Played for Laughs | |
The Cat Returns / int_762b9223 | comment |
Played for Laughs with the knife-thrower's lovely assistant. When the knife (or in this case, squid) was thrown in the target, it missed her (of course) but not the straps on what she was wearing, causing it to fall off where afterwards, she covers her chest and runs away crying. Which is weird because not only are many of the cats bare-chested anyway, that's not where they're supposed to go at all. | |
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The Cat Returns / int_77a55dfa | type |
Endless Daytime | |
The Cat Returns / int_77a55dfa | comment |
Endless Daytime: Muta said that the Cat Kingdom is always noontime while in the real world, time still goes by normally. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Cat Returns | hasFeature |
The Cat Returns / int_77a55dfa | |
The Cat Returns / int_7d93efb | type |
Stellar Name | |
The Cat Returns / int_7d93efb | comment |
Stellar Name: Two for "moon": Renaldo Moon. Prince Lune, whose name is French for "moon". | |
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The Cat Returns / int_80621707 | type |
Arranged Marriage | |
The Cat Returns / int_80621707 | comment |
Arranged Marriage: The king tried to wed Haru to Lune. But when he found out that Lune already wanted to marry Yuki, he has no objection at all and is very happy for his son. So he tries to get Haru to marry him. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Cat Returns / int_80621707 | |
The Cat Returns / int_8430699a | type |
Alternate Universe | |
The Cat Returns / int_8430699a | comment |
Alternate Universe: The Baron, who is just a prop in Whisper of the Heart (albeit a very important one) is a major supporting character in this one. Justified as the protagonist of the first story is supposed to be the author of the second, though you wouldn't actually know that unless you've read the manga.note In fact, the whole reason why this movie was made was because the author's stories of The Baron in Whisper of the Heart were such a beloved part of the film, they decided to make a pseudo-sequel entirely about one such story. | |
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The Cat Returns / int_8485d41a | type |
Interspecies Romance | |
The Cat Returns / int_8485d41a | comment |
Interspecies Romance: Haru — a human girl who is slowly transformed into a Cat Girl the longer she stays in the Cat Kingdom — develops a crush on Baron Humbert von Gikkingen, who is a cat figurine that developed its own soul. | |
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The Cat Returns / int_859ec5d8 | type |
The Fair Folk | |
The Cat Returns / int_859ec5d8 | comment |
The Fair Folk: The cats come off with this vibe throughout the movie, almost verging on Blue-and-Orange Morality. | |
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The Cat Returns / int_859ec5d8 | |
The Cat Returns / int_85debad9 | type |
Plucky Girl | |
The Cat Returns / int_85debad9 | comment |
Plucky Girl: It's a Ghibli film, it wouldn't be complete without one, although not as much as her Miyazaki counterparts. | |
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The Cat Returns / int_85debad9 | |
The Cat Returns / int_8a07e085 | type |
Denser and Wackier | |
The Cat Returns / int_8a07e085 | comment |
Denser and Wackier: The film is already this to Whisper of the Heart; which was much less comedic, was more focused on character drama, and limited its fantasy elements to Shizuku’s novel (which the film is a Defictionalization of). But the film is also denser and wackier than Shizuku’s novel as seen in Whisper of the Heart; having a far more lighthearted and twee tone with tons of comedic moments, as opposed to the more serious and dramatic story that Shizuku was writing. | |
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The Cat Returns / int_8a07e085 | |
The Cat Returns / int_8a295a48 | type |
Cool Cat | |
The Cat Returns / int_8a295a48 | comment |
Cool Cat: To an extent, almost every named character in the Cat Kingdom with Muta and the Baron has special mentions. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Cat Returns / int_8a295a48 | |
The Cat Returns / int_8ee823b6 | type |
Knife-Throwing Act | |
The Cat Returns / int_8ee823b6 | comment |
Knife-Throwing Act: One is performed in the Court in an attempt to entertain Haru. It doesn't go well. | |
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The Cat Returns | hasFeature |
The Cat Returns / int_8ee823b6 | |
The Cat Returns / int_98591d23 | type |
Speech Impediment | |
The Cat Returns / int_98591d23 | comment |
Speech Impediment: As Muta explains, cats talk funny because they can't pronounce the "ph" sound. Haru immediately asks him why he can, but Muta just shrugs it off and asks her to not think too much about these details. This is only present in the manga (they can pronounce "f" just fine - possibly a translation hiccup). | |
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The Cat Returns / int_98591d23 | |
The Cat Returns / int_999b994b | type |
Dead to Begin With | |
The Cat Returns / int_999b994b | comment |
Dead to Begin With: In the original manga, all the cats from Cat Kingdom are spirits that chose to stay behind and live on their own private world. It also leads to a small Tearjerker when Haru realizes that her childhood friend Yuki was dead all along. The manga heavily implies that Muta is a spirit as well. | |
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The Cat Returns / int_999b994b | |
The Cat Returns / int_9c9e4682 | type |
Blush Sticker | |
The Cat Returns / int_9c9e4682 | comment |
Blush Sticker: Hiromi has a permanent pair. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Cat Returns / int_9c9e4682 | |
The Cat Returns / int_9fbe06a5 | type |
Badass in a Nice Suit | |
The Cat Returns / int_9fbe06a5 | comment |
Badass in a Nice Suit: Aside from when he disguises himself, the Baron is always shown wearing a tan 19th century suit and top hat. While he tries to avoid combat, when forced to fight the Cat King's guards he uses his cane to disarm his opponents. | |
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The Cat Returns / int_9fbe06a5 | |
The Cat Returns / int_a0955420 | type |
She's a Man in Japan | |
The Cat Returns / int_a0955420 | comment |
She's a Man in Japan: Natoru is female in the Japanese version. However, Natoru's gender is changed to male in the English dub, given Andy Richter voiced the character. | |
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The Cat Returns / int_a4e3759e | type |
You Don't Look Like You | |
The Cat Returns / int_a4e3759e | comment |
You Don't Look Like You: The Baron had at least three different designs in each of his appearances in Whisper of the Heart and in the manga of The Cat Returns, including its film. Thought the first film's Baron and the second film's Baron had some resemblance to each other, his design in the manga where he had all-black fur with a snappy tuxedo to match, was quite the contrast. Baron's design for this film seems to be the most well-known. Toto, in the manga, was a magpie. Prince Lune was an earring-wearing tabby cat in the manga. In the movie he's a sleek-looking black cat with mismatched eyes. | |
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The Cat Returns / int_a4e3759e | |
The Cat Returns / int_a6689882 | type |
Freeze Sneeze | |
The Cat Returns / int_a6689882 | comment |
Freeze Sneeze: Haru wakes up sneezing the morning after her first visit by the cats. The English dub seems to attribute this to the cattails planted outside her window - she later tells the messenger that she's allergic to them. She doesn't say this (or at least not explicitly) in the Japanese version or in the manga, and as the cattails were planted elsewhere in the manga, it appears she was just cold from her bedclothes being out of place. | |
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The Cat Returns / int_a7382a73 | type |
Imagine Spot | |
The Cat Returns / int_a7382a73 | comment |
Imagine Spot: Haru has a brief one about being declared "cat husband and wife," in the traditional Japanese style. She lets out a Big "NO!" about it. Probably since it was the wrong cat that was the husband... | |
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1.0 | |
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The Cat Returns / int_a7382a73 | |
The Cat Returns / int_a7e47a11 | type |
Your Approval Fills Me with Shame | |
The Cat Returns / int_a7e47a11 | comment |
Your Approval Fills Me with Shame: Baron and Haru saying that Muta is actually a good person deep down upsets him. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Cat Returns / int_a7e47a11 | |
The Cat Returns / int_ad1db87c | type |
Oh, Crap! | |
The Cat Returns / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Oh, Crap!: Haru when she realizes that she's transformed into a cat. | |
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1.0 | |
The Cat Returns | hasFeature |
The Cat Returns / int_ad1db87c | |
The Cat Returns / int_ae0bbe52 | type |
Living Statue | |
The Cat Returns / int_ae0bbe52 | comment |
Living Statue: Toto is a gargoyle carved in the shape of a crow, while Baron Humbert von Gikkingen is a figurine of a cat in a suit — both of whom can come to life due to possessing souls imbued by their creators' love for them. | |
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The Cat Returns / int_ae0bbe52 | |
The Cat Returns / int_af616e40 | type |
Accidental Misnaming | |
The Cat Returns / int_af616e40 | comment |
Accidental Misnaming: Haru accidentally calls the Baron's portly associate Muta "Buta",note Japanese for "pig" to his annoyance. This gag is kept in the dub by having Haru call him "Moo-ta", invoking the cow sound. She also calls him "Fatso" at several points. | |
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The Cat Returns / int_af616e40 | |
The Cat Returns / int_af9ca7d2 | type |
Rubber Face | |
The Cat Returns / int_af9ca7d2 | comment |
Rubber Face: Haru to Natoru. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Cat Returns / int_af9ca7d2 | |
The Cat Returns / int_b06bbf4b | type |
Be Careful What You Wish For | |
The Cat Returns / int_b06bbf4b | comment |
Be Careful What You Wish For: Haru makes the mistake of musing out loud to a Literal-Minded Cat Kingdom resident that it'd be great to be a cat. Guess what happens later in the film? | |
The Cat Returns / int_b06bbf4b | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
The Cat Returns | hasFeature |
The Cat Returns / int_b06bbf4b | |
The Cat Returns / int_b1dde8fd | type |
Loophole Abuse | |
The Cat Returns / int_b1dde8fd | comment |
Loophole Abuse: Poor Haru tries to invoke this regarding her Arranged Marriage to their prince, Lune. After all, he's a cat and she's not, so that means they can't marry, right? | |
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1.0 | |
The Cat Returns | hasFeature |
The Cat Returns / int_b1dde8fd | |
The Cat Returns / int_b4d6aa7d | type |
Dungeon Bypass | |
The Cat Returns / int_b4d6aa7d | comment |
Dungeon Bypass: How the Baron leads Haru out of a maze. In the original manga, the dungeon was in the bottom of the sky lake that connected Cat Kingdom with the real world, and hence, it was upside down. When Muta attempted to climb onto the walls, normal gravity kicked in and he almost plummeted to his death. Subverted with the maze in the movie. Muta tries to climb onto the walls and walk on top of them to reach the tower, but the guards come along and declare, "HE'S CHEEEEEEEAAATING!" | |
The Cat Returns / int_b4d6aa7d | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
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1.0 | |
The Cat Returns | hasFeature |
The Cat Returns / int_b4d6aa7d | |
The Cat Returns / int_b8dbbc07 | type |
Ink-Suit Actor | |
The Cat Returns / int_b8dbbc07 | comment |
Ink-Suit Actor: Apparently unintentional for the character designers in regards to the English dub, because they may not have based the Cat King◊ off Tim Curry himself◊. | |
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1.0 | |
The Cat Returns | hasFeature |
The Cat Returns / int_b8dbbc07 | |
The Cat Returns / int_b97a2fa7 | type |
Forced Transformation | |
The Cat Returns / int_b97a2fa7 | comment |
Forced Transformation: After winding up in the Cat Kingdom, Haru begins to turn into a cat herself. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Cat Returns / int_b97a2fa7 | |
The Cat Returns / int_b97c1d0b | type |
Standard Hero Reward | |
The Cat Returns / int_b97c1d0b | comment |
Standard Hero Reward: Deconstructed throughout the film. For saving the prince of the cat kingdom, Haru is offered his paw in marriage. At first she's hesitant about making a gentle refusal, but the idea of being married to a cat horrifies her. When the cats mistake her hesitance for acceptance, she goes to the Baron for advice on how to get out of this, since the cats don't exactly take "no" for an answer. It also turns out that Prince Lune was in love with another cat, and was in the human world to get a special food for her. | |
The Cat Returns / int_b97c1d0b | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
The Cat Returns | hasFeature |
The Cat Returns / int_b97c1d0b | |
The Cat Returns / int_b97c2cfb | type |
Maybe Ever After | |
The Cat Returns / int_b97c2cfb | comment |
Maybe Ever After: At the end of the movie, Haru admits to the Baron straight out that she's got a crush on him. He doesn't explicitly take her up on it or turn her down. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Cat Returns | hasFeature |
The Cat Returns / int_b97c2cfb | |
The Cat Returns / int_b9a22821 | type |
Jive Turkey | |
The Cat Returns / int_b9a22821 | comment |
Jive Turkey: In the English dub, the king is a mild case, probably to let him look more casual. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Cat Returns | hasFeature |
The Cat Returns / int_b9a22821 | |
The Cat Returns / int_b9d334b2 | type |
Aerith and Bob | |
The Cat Returns / int_b9d334b2 | comment |
Aerith and Bob: "Von Gikkingen". Placenames ending with "-ingen" are quite common in southwestern Germany and a noble family "von Gickingen" (in the correct German spelling) did actually exist. It still sounds a little bit ridiculous though. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Cat Returns / int_b9d334b2 | |
The Cat Returns / int_bcc92de7 | type |
Lost Aesop | |
The Cat Returns / int_bcc92de7 | comment |
Lost Aesop: Believe in your abilities? No good deed goes unpunished? Don't marry talking cats? It's all rather vague. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Cat Returns / int_bcc92de7 | |
The Cat Returns / int_c007c53 | type |
Cool and Unusual Punishment | |
The Cat Returns / int_c007c53 | comment |
Cool and Unusual Punishment: Being turned into a Cat Girl, for some. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Cat Returns / int_c007c53 | |
The Cat Returns / int_c145f69b | type |
Subverted Trope | |
The Cat Returns / int_c145f69b | comment |
Subverted with Muta, who appears to be grumpy, but is really a Jerk with a Heart of Gold who's loyal to his friends. | |
The Cat Returns / int_c145f69b | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
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1.0 | |
The Cat Returns | hasFeature |
The Cat Returns / int_c145f69b | |
The Cat Returns / int_c3a1e89b | type |
Cats Are Magic | |
The Cat Returns / int_c3a1e89b | comment |
Cats Are Magic: And walking on two legs and talking are the least of their abilities. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Cat Returns | hasFeature |
The Cat Returns / int_c3a1e89b | |
The Cat Returns / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
The Cat Returns / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: The movie makes a few obvious references to 1969's film ''Nagagutsu o Haita Neko" (Puss in Boots) which was one of Miyazaki's earliest movies as an animator. When Haru saves the cat from being run over, the license plate on the truck is 1701. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Cat Returns / int_ca87e3ec | type |
No Name Given | |
The Cat Returns / int_ca87e3ec | comment |
No Name Given: Well, we do have... | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Cat Returns | hasFeature |
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The Cat Returns / int_ce6555f0 | type |
Lighter and Softer | |
The Cat Returns / int_ce6555f0 | comment |
Lighter and Softer: The film compared to the manga. Not that this is a bad thing. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Cat Returns | hasFeature |
The Cat Returns / int_ce6555f0 | |
The Cat Returns / int_d35ee7e7 | type |
The Walls Have Eyes | |
The Cat Returns / int_d35ee7e7 | comment |
The Walls Have Eyes: The castle is surrounded by floating eyeballs, which serve as surveillance for the king. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Cat Returns | hasFeature |
The Cat Returns / int_d35ee7e7 | |
The Cat Returns / int_d3bd302d | type |
Cliff Stack | |
The Cat Returns / int_d3bd302d | comment |
Cliff Stack: Thrice over, twice in the maze, once on the tower. Hilarious every time. Muta's accidental body-checking the guards may also qualify. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Cat Returns | hasFeature |
The Cat Returns / int_d3bd302d | |
The Cat Returns / int_d7fc9fd0 | type |
Vitriolic Best Buds | |
The Cat Returns / int_d7fc9fd0 | comment |
Vitriolic Best Buds: Muta and Toto, who bicker every second they're onscreen together but seem willing to work together when needed. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Cat Returns | hasFeature |
The Cat Returns / int_d7fc9fd0 | |
The Cat Returns / int_d9ee7048 | type |
Spin-Off | |
The Cat Returns / int_d9ee7048 | comment |
Spin-Off: The film is conceived as a novel written by the protagonist of Whisper of the Heart. | |
The Cat Returns / int_d9ee7048 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Cat Returns | hasFeature |
The Cat Returns / int_d9ee7048 | |
The Cat Returns / int_da860331 | type |
Non-Mammalian Hair | |
The Cat Returns / int_da860331 | comment |
Non-Mammalian Hair: Some of the male cats in the Cat Kingdom have mustaches and facial hair. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Cat Returns | hasFeature |
The Cat Returns / int_da860331 | |
The Cat Returns / int_dae0cfd5 | type |
Something Else Also Rises | |
The Cat Returns / int_dae0cfd5 | comment |
Something Else Also Rises: Probably unintentional an example, but when Haru is dancing with the disguised Baron, she stares up at him with a rather... special gaze, contemplates to herself about having never felt this sort of feeling before... and whiskers suddenly spring out of her face. As the Baron is carrying Haru up the stairs of the tower to the human world, she stares admiringly at him and her whiskers suddenly become even longer. | |
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1.0 | |
The Cat Returns / int_dae0cfd5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Cat Returns | hasFeature |
The Cat Returns / int_dae0cfd5 | |
The Cat Returns / int_e43c66bd | type |
Art Evolution | |
The Cat Returns / int_e43c66bd | comment |
Art Evolution: The Baron noticably has a slightly different design then he did in Whisper Of The Heart, the most noticable differences being that he has more cat like eyes than he did in Whisper of the Heart (who had human looking eyes) and lighter fur around his face as opposed to it all being one color ala Whisper of the Heart, the slightly darker patch of fur patch on the top of his muzzle is also absent. This can be justified in universe by Shizuku changing and refining the design over time. | |
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Pimped-Out Dress | |
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Pimped-Out Dress: Haru wears an Elizabethan-era style gown when at the court of the Cat King. | |
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Blue-and-Orange Morality | |
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Blue-and-Orange Morality: The Cat Kingdom honestly doesn't understand why Haru is so unhappy. After all, they all agreed that mice, cattails, catnip, and other such presents are marvelous gifts to repay her for saving their prince's life. And since he's the best catch in the whole kingdom, she should be thrilled at the chance to marry him. What's that? She's not a cat? That's okay, they took care of it. Oh, she's crying? That's okay, a little entertainment will turn that frown right upside-down! | |
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Funny Animal | |
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Funny Animal: Most of the cats walk on two legs (albeit awkwardly) and wear clothes. The royalty, the royal guard, The Baron (whose anatomy is much more human-like), and Muta have much greater poise and balance. In the original manga, only the Baron wears a full suit of clothes, while other cats use little hats and earrings instead. | |
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Speaks Fluent Animal | |
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Speaks Fluent Animal: Possibly. As a child Haru claimed she could talk to cats, but forgot about this ability as she grew older. After saving Lune, she suddenly rediscovers it. It's left ambiguous as to whether this is actually an ability Haru possesses, or if the cats themselves are secretly able to speak and only show this to certain people. In the case of the Baron and Toto, their speech seems to stem from the fact that they're magical artifacts to begin with. | |
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Product Placement | |
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Product Placement: Played for laughs in the movie, as the King's golf equipment's brand is... Puma. | |
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Darkest Hour | |
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Darkest Hour: Haru reaches this once she first puts on her ballroom gown. Her transformation into a cat becomes noticeable, Muta is supposedly dead, Baron is nowhere to be found, and there's no other sign of hope that she will be able to escape the Cat Kingdom. This is also when the Cat King reveals his true colors... | |
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Department of Redundancy Department | |
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Department of Redundancy Department: Played to great effect with the introduction of the Cat King. | |
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Beware the Nice Ones | |
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Beware the Nice Ones: Baron Humbert von Gikkingen is a kind, gentle and polite guy, even during the middle of a fight. But if you get him really pissed off... he'll not think twice before destroying the world and everyone on it. | |
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Our Gargoyles Rock | |
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Our Gargoyles Rock: Toto the crow is identified as one by the Baron. Like him, Toto is alive because his sculptor did the best they could on him. | |
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