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The Cat Returns

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The Cat Returns	label	The Cat Returns
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The Cat Returns	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_1240ff57	type	Thinking Up Portals
The Cat Returns / int_1240ff57	comment	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 Cat Returns / int_12628662	type	The Call Knows Where You Live
The Cat Returns / int_12628662	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_15827a31	type	Morphic Resonance
The Cat Returns / int_15827a31	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_15b2cab3	type	Tempting Fate
The Cat Returns / int_15b2cab3	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_19ebe383	type	Never Trust a Trailer
The Cat Returns / int_19ebe383	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_1a5cae38	type	Love Imbues Life
The Cat Returns / int_1a5cae38	comment	Love Imbues Life: The Baron's explanation for how figures like himself and Toto come to life.
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The Cat Returns / int_1eefabd2	type	Late for School
The Cat Returns / int_1eefabd2	comment	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
The Cat Returns / int_1f14978d	comment	Talking Animal: Muta, The King, and the denizens of the cat world.
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The Cat Returns / int_24321e44	type	Only Sane Man
The Cat Returns / int_24321e44	comment	Only Sane Man: Yuki and Prince Lune seem to be this to the whole Cat Kingdom.
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The Cat Returns / int_281de59f	type	Extremely Short Timespan
The Cat Returns / int_281de59f	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_28cd01ca	type	Disappeared Dad
The Cat Returns / int_28cd01ca	comment	Disappeared Dad: Haru lives with her mom, and no mention is made about a father.
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The Cat Returns / int_295087bf	type	Non-Indicative Name
The Cat Returns / int_295087bf	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_2ea2942b	type	Conspicuously Light Patch
The Cat Returns / int_2ea2942b	comment	Conspicuously Light Patch : The movable walls in the maze.
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The Cat Returns / int_31a2a33c	type	Stuff Blowing Up
The Cat Returns / int_31a2a33c	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_32976084	type	Destination Defenestration
The Cat Returns / int_32976084	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_32987ad9	type	Family Eye Resemblance
The Cat Returns / int_32987ad9	comment	Family Eye Resemblance: Prince Lune's heterochromia is the only clue that he's the son of the Cat King.
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The Cat Returns / int_36ae9f5d	type	Traumatic Haircut
The Cat Returns / int_36ae9f5d	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_3b113b7	type	Character Development
The Cat Returns / int_3b113b7	comment	Character Development: Haru goes from being a klutzy, awkward, perpetually unlucky Butt-Monkey to a calm, confident, relaxed young woman.
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The Cat Returns / int_3b789458	type	Recurring Extra
The Cat Returns / int_3b789458	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_3fb6b526	type	Delayed Reaction
The Cat Returns / int_3fb6b526	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_3fca462c	type	Deus ex Machina
The Cat Returns / int_3fca462c	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_45a559cf	type	Wardrobe Malfunction
The Cat Returns / int_45a559cf	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_4655ec83	type	Important Haircut
The Cat Returns / int_4655ec83	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
The Cat Returns / int_4781adbb	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_4a9bc7ec	type	Dubtitle
The Cat Returns / int_4a9bc7ec	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_4ae72307	type	Be Yourself
The Cat Returns / int_4ae72307	comment	Be Yourself: The Baron's advice to Haru. Or else you're gonna turn into a cat.
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The Cat Returns / int_4c977bea	type	Humanoid Female Animal
The Cat Returns / int_4c977bea	comment	Humanoid Female Animal: Justified with Haru, as her transformation into a cat was a gradual one.
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The Cat Returns / int_4e7c4536	type	Wham Line
The Cat Returns / int_4e7c4536	comment	Wham Line: "You're half-cat already."
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The Cat Returns / int_506143c1	type	Fisher Kingdom
The Cat Returns / int_506143c1	comment	Fisher Kingdom: Haru slowly turns into a cat while staying in the Cat Kingdom.
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The Cat Returns / int_51300dbf	type	Fat Bastard
The Cat Returns / int_51300dbf	comment	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 Cat Returns / int_52aa0c4a	type	The Caligula
The Cat Returns / int_52aa0c4a	comment	Played straight with the Cat King, the crazy ruler of the Cat Kingdom and the film's antagonist.
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The Cat Returns / int_5360c039	type	Karmic Transformation
The Cat Returns / int_5360c039	comment	Karmic Transformation: For Haru after rescuing a cat and later being forcefully taken to the Cat Kingdom.
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The Cat Returns / int_57d43e40	type	Fantasy Counterpart Culture
The Cat Returns / int_57d43e40	comment	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
The Cat Returns / int_58e43f17	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_5a40d6a	type	Adaptation Distillation
The Cat Returns / int_5a40d6a	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_62e35c7a	type	After-School Cleaning Duty
The Cat Returns / int_62e35c7a	comment	After-School Cleaning Duty: Haru trades cleaning duties with a friend so that she can attend a ping pong match.
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The Cat Returns / int_630e5e56	type	My New Gift Is Lame
The Cat Returns / int_630e5e56	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_6411dac8	type	BadassNormal
The Cat Returns / int_6411dac8	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_65c0f3fa	type	Dance of Romance
The Cat Returns / int_65c0f3fa	comment	Dance of Romance: Between Haru and Baron, with the romance part more, shall we say, evident on Haru's end.
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The Cat Returns / int_65df51a8	type	That Poor Cat
The Cat Returns / int_65df51a8	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_665136e6	type	Animals Lack Attributes
The Cat Returns / int_665136e6	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_697e3ecb	type	Involuntary Shapeshifting
The Cat Returns / int_697e3ecb	comment	Involuntary Shapeshifting: Haru briefly turns into a Cat Girl after she travels to the Cat Kingdom.
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The Cat Returns / int_6f33059b	type	Iconic Outfit
The Cat Returns / int_6f33059b	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_6f572188	type	Another Dimension
The Cat Returns / int_6f572188	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_70ade2c4	type	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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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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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_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_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_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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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 / 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_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_9c9e4682	type	Blush Sticker
The Cat Returns / int_9c9e4682	comment	Blush Sticker: Hiromi has a permanent pair.
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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_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_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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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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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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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_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_af9ca7d2	type	Rubber Face
The Cat Returns / int_af9ca7d2	comment	Rubber Face: Haru to Natoru.
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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?
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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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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!"
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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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The Cat Returns / int_e5448c9	type	Pimped-Out Dress
The Cat Returns / int_e5448c9	comment	Pimped-Out Dress: Haru wears an Elizabethan-era style gown when at the court of the Cat King.
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The Cat Returns / int_e8e56799	type	Blue-and-Orange Morality
The Cat Returns / int_e8e56799	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_eb99df21	type	Funny Animal
The Cat Returns / int_eb99df21	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_f1356f5e	type	Speaks Fluent Animal
The Cat Returns / int_f1356f5e	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_f511ea9b	type	Product Placement
The Cat Returns / int_f511ea9b	comment	Product Placement: Played for laughs in the movie, as the King's golf equipment's brand is... Puma.
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The Cat Returns / int_f91d1d4f	type	Darkest Hour
The Cat Returns / int_f91d1d4f	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_fc151e9d	type	Department of Redundancy Department
The Cat Returns / int_fc151e9d	comment	Department of Redundancy Department: Played to great effect with the introduction of the Cat King.
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The Cat Returns / int_fccd06b6	type	Beware the Nice Ones
The Cat Returns / int_fccd06b6	comment	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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The Cat Returns / int_fe5ed7bf	type	Our Gargoyles Rock
The Cat Returns / int_fe5ed7bf	comment	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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The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Cute Kitten / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Destination Defenestration / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Dimension Lord / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Diving Save / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Dungeon Bypass / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Endless Daytime / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Event Title / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Evil Chancellor / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Extremely Short Timespan / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Family Eye Resemblance / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Feline Fiction / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Fisher Kingdom / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Fractured Fairy Tale / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Freeze Sneeze / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	High on Catnip / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	I Owe You My Life / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	International Coproduction / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Involuntary Shapeshifting / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Kindhearted Cat Lover / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Knife-Throwing Act / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Late Export for You / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Late for School / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Locker Mail / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Love Imbues Life / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Market-Based Title / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Mobile Maze / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Moment Killer / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Non-Human Sidekick / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Our Gargoyles Rock / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Plague of Good Fortune / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Plot Allergy / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Riddle for the Ages / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	She's a Man in Japan / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Slow Transformation / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Tagline / int_c0649f52
The Cat Returns	seeAlso	The Cat Returns
thecatreturns	sameAs	The Cat Returns
The Cat Returns	hasFeature	Fake American / int_c0649f52

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