Recap / The Adventures Of Puss In Boots S 05 E 05 Too Many Cats

More Puss, More Trouble

Directed by: Roy Burdine

Written by: Jesse Porter

When a bunch of copies of Puss in Boots come out the Netherworld portal, Puss is initially ecstatic but problems arise when an Evil Puss shows up.

Tropes:

• All Girls Want Bad Boys: Dulcinea seems to find Evil Puss more attractive than the real one.
• Continuity Nod: Dulcinea identifies Evil Puss because he uses a contraction when Puss never does. While this is a fact that can be observed throughout the entire series, it has also a fact that has been recently emphasized to Dulcinea by the Duchess in "Familiar Feeling".
• Evil Twin: Dulcinea seems especially concerned about evil twins.
• A Day in the Limelight: For the first time since his debut Puss Dos gets an important role in the plot.
  Dulcinea: Evil twins are a thing you know. It's like the book says: "Should your wife bear you a twin, cast him out he's rife with sin!" Oh my, that's a really terrible message.
• Identical Twin ID Tag: With the exception of ones with extremely obvious physical differences, the various Pusses in Boots are set apart by wearing different kinds of hat that reflect their personality.
• Innocuously Important Episode: The events of the otherwise unimportant Breather Episode "Copy Cat" turn out to have had some large-scale repercussions on the Multiverse.
• Me's a Crowd
• The Multiverse: All the Puss in Boots variants come from the multiverse. Creating Puss Dos caused a backlash that banished all of the other Puss in Boots from across the multiverse into the Netherworld. Somehow.
• Out-of-Character Alert: Evil Puss accidentally outs himself.
  Evil Puss: You know who the real Puss is Dulcinea, you can feel the truth, can't you?
  Dulcinea: I... I... Did you say "can't"?
  Evil Puss: ...what?
  Puss: "Cannot".
  (Dulcinea punches Evil Puss)
  Evil Puss: Do you not use contractions?
  Puss: It is kind of my thing.
• Screw Yourself: A Female Puss in Boots appears and starts flirting with Puss
  Puss: I am having confusing feelings...
• Uncertain Doom: Cornered by the Netherworld portal, Evil Puss opts to just jump into it rather than let himself be banished to his own dimension. This experience proves to be a bit more surprising than Evil Puss was expecting and Artephius explains the portal is a one-way portal; there's no telling what will happen to someone who tries to go the other way.