While they may just seem like children’s stories on the surface,
fairy tale characters usually aren’t ones to mess with. Whether they have great physical strength,
use handy weapons like swords or are armed to the teeth with magic,
there’s a lot of power to be found in fairy tales - and “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”,
the latest film in the Shrek franchise, is no exception. So we figured it’d be
worth trying to figure out who among our new and returning cast was the most powerful.
I’m Brad with WickedBinge, and this is Puss in Boots:
The Last Wish characters - Weak to Powerful.
Just as a quick heads up, we’d like to warn you all that this video is going to contain major
spoilers for the second Puss in Boots movie, so go check it out if you haven’t already.
As always, we’re going to be starting with our weakest
characters before working our way up to the strongest and most powerful.
For our Weakest Character, we’re going with The Cricket. This choice really shouldn’t come as a
surprise, as while he may be a fairly decent ‘conscience’, he is still just
a Cricket. He’s pretty small, allowing Jack to get rid of him pretty easily once he gets
annoyed enough with him, and doesn’t really have any weapons or defenses to speak of. He
can’t even get Jack to think about his actions, though we feel that’s more Jack’s fault than the
Cricket’s. Even in his big moment where he destroys the last piece of the map,
the Cricket still needs a Phoenix’s help to actually destroy it. For these reasons,
we just had to consider him as the weakest character in the bunch.
Right above the Cricket in terms of space, we have the wannabe therapy dog, Perrito. Being just a
puppy, we don’t really see Perrito exhibit much of his own strength or power. We never see him trying
to use his teeth or claws since, well, Perrito doesn’t really WANT to hurt anyone. Perrito,
admittedly, also isn’t really the smartest member of Team Friendship, as he’s easily tricked or
captured by others. But, to Perrito’s credit, he’s more observant than some may give him credit for,
since he’s the only one to figure out the Poseys area of his path. His way with words allows him to
get through to people like Puss and Goldi, and he serves as a pretty effective distraction as well.
He may not be the strongest, but he’s still able to have his own small wins throughout the film.
Following him, we have the Village Doctor. Serving in several different roles within his town,
including being its doctor/veterinarian, the Village Doctor is a fairly ordinary
human with many different ‘hats’ as he calls them. He apparently regularly uses leeches,
as most medieval times doctors tended to use back in the day, but the fact that he's still
standing even with this ‘tre atment’ is impressive in its own right. Obviously,
we don’t see him fight any, and in a fairy tale world like this one, being
just an average human is going to get you put towards the bottom.
Sticking with the human characters, next up is Mama Luna. It can’t be easy having a house filled
with at least two dozen or so cats, but Mama Luna manages well, being strong enough to lift huge
bags of cat food up every day, ripping them open with her teeth. While not a fighter by any means,
Mama Luna is still far from being a ‘fragile old lady’. We see her break her walking stick against
Papa Bear’s head fairly easily, and though she’s unable to fight back against him, Luna is durable
enough to deal with being shoved head-first into a piano - and apparently, this isn’t even the first
time that this has happened to her. While she may not be all that extraordinary strength-wise,
we still felt like these moments earned her a decent spot at the very least.
Moving on, we’ve come to the first of the film’s criminals, Goldilocks. Goldi is a
young girl who manages to be the de facto leader of her crime family despite only being a human.
Though she’s not very physically strong on her own, she seems to be the smartest in her family,
being the one to come up with the plans for their various jobs. She’s able to defend herself and
fight back with her shepherds’ hook, and because of her small size, she’s able to be pretty speedy
and acrobatic. In one scene, we even see her easily hopping from bear-to-bear. Then,
in the film’s climax, we see that she’s strong enough to help pull Baby Bear out of the magic
barrier. Simply put, Goldi has a lot going for her, and it’s really no wonder why she was
able to become so infamous. However, we still had to rank her below the rest of her family,
as her size can still be considered a weakness depending on the situation,
and she still depends on the Bears to provide the muscle on their jobs.
Next, we’re going to be ranking the Serpent Sisters. These two are just briefly seen
towards the end of the film’s first act, being the ones to get Jack the map to the
legendary wishing star. Though we don’t see them in action, we have to give credit
to the fact that these sisters were able to get something that a lot of people sought after. In
their own words, they had to ‘murder a lot of people’ in order to even get the map in
the first place. They’re obviously very tough, but also a bit goofy and more than a little clueless,
as one of them ends up offending Jack with her light teasing, leading to her getting turned
into gold. Perhaps if we’d actually seen a few of their murders, these ladies would have made
it a bit higher up on our list. Still, being our third-strongest humans isn’t too bad.
Entering the latter half of our list, we have Jack Horner’s personal army, known simply as the
Baker's Dozen. Don’t let the sort of silly name fool you,
these guys are a legitimate army - even if they end up being fairly disposable. They’re
still armed with many different weapons that, while not that effective against a magic forest,
could still do a decent amount of damage to ordinary enemies - such as Puss in Boots. The
members of the Baker’s Dozen prove to not only be not only fairly competent in combat, but are
also pretty durable - to the point where Jack is able to use them as a bridge over a huge gap
and drive his carriage over them. So, while they may spend most of the film dropping like flies,
we’ll still acknowledge that they can each put up a pretty good fight, all things considered.
Taking a break from our human characters, we’ve now come to the Three Bears Crime
Family - featuring Mama Bear, Papa Bear and Baby Bear. We’re grouping all three Bears together
because, when it comes to their physical strength, they’re all pretty similar. Being literal bears,
they can do things from lifting heavy objects, to bashing down doors with a single hit,
to fighting off whatever enemies get in their way. Their size also gives them a pretty big advantage,
and while their extra weight might have slowed other characters down, these bears
are still able to move pretty fast. They aren’t, however, the most subtle when it
comes to being sneaky, hence why they originally tried to hire both Kitty and Puss for their job.
But even with these small weaknesses, the Three Bears are still able to be a total powerhouse.
Just outside our Podium of Power, we have feline thief Kitty Softpaws. While
her legend may not be as famous - or as infamous - as the legend of Puss in Boots,
Kitty is still a powerful character in her own right. Even if she doesn’t have
any claws of her own, she still arms herself with swords and knives in addition to her swift
paws. She’s a master thief, being incredibly stealthy in addition to being able to steal
anything and everything in a matter of seconds. Even when she’s by herself, she’s able to outwit,
outrun and outmatch whatever villains try to chase her down, and can even go toe-to-toe
with Puss in a fight - as well as in a battle of cuteness, where they’re both pretty much equally
matched. While we couldn’t quite call her our Most Powerful character, it’s really more a case
of other characters being stronger rather than Kitty herself having any notable weaknesses.
Getting our Bronze Medal of Power is the film’s literal Big Bad, that being Big Jack Horner. With
a goal of having all the magic in the world, Jack has spent his entire life collecting powerful and
famous magical objects, stealing them from various fairy tale and classic literature
characters - from Cinderella and Snow White’s Wicked Witch to Mary Poppins and King Arthur.
As such, he pretty much has an entire arsenal of both short range and long range weapons in
addition to his personal army, the Baker’s Dozen. His most powerful weapon probably has to be either
his phoenix, which he uses as a flamethrower, or his unicorn horn-shooting crossbow - which doesn’t
just stab people, but also makes them explode into confetti. Yikes… However, what keeps Jack
from the very top is that outside of his access to magical objects and weaponry, he’s just a big guy
who doesn’t have the actual skills to physically fight for himself - unlike our top two characters.
For our Silver Medal of Power, we’re giving it to Puss in Boots. While he’s maybe not as
immortal or untouchable as he likes to claim, there’s definitely a reason why
Puss is as successful and legendary as he is. Puss is incredibly skilled, being both fast and
agile enough to avoid being crushed by bigger opponents like the Mountain Giant or Jack when
he eats the Wonderland cookie and grows huge. This in turn just adds to his stealthiness,
allowing him to still be a great thief, even if his skills aren’t quite as good as Kitty’s.
Puss is also a master swordsman, able to either win his fights or defend himself long enough to
safely make an escape. We even see him being able to fight multiple opponents at once,
and - at least according to him - prior to his fight with Death, he’s never even been touched
by a blade. Speaking of Death, that’s really what pushes Puss so high up on this list. Although he
acknowledges that he cannot permanently defeat Death, Puss is still able to briefly outfight him
after several minutes of defending himself. It’s impressive to say the least, showing
just how strong and skilled this cat truly is when he puts his mind to it.
Finally, our Gold Medal of Power is going to a force of nature itself, Death. Call it
a bit unfair but, hey, Death IS a character in this movie, so we’d say it’s fair game.
For the most part, Death seems practically unbeatable. He’s faster than Puss, making it
hard for the cat to even land a hit on him when they first fight, and his strength as well as
skills with his sickles are both awesome and totally terrifying. We also can’t really ignore
Death’s sharp wolf teeth and claws, even if he doesn’t use them too much in combat. While yes,
Puss is able to eventually win a fight against him, it’s acknowledged by both Puss and Death
that Death is ultimately stronger and that Puss will eventually lose against him, even
in a fight where he tries his hardest. Heck, even when Puss knocked him down,
there was nothing physically stopping Death from trying again. Death instead only chose
to surrender once he saw that Puss had actually learned his lesson and was now genuinely valuing
his life. In other words - if Death hadn’t been so merciful, this movie would’ve had a very different
ending. For these reasons, we just had to name him as the Most Powerful character in Puss in Boots 2.
But let us know in the comment section if you agree with our ranking, and tell us what we should
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