Dance Fighting

Troy’s latest favorite video is the Puss in Boots dance fighting scene from Shrek Forever. In the scene, Puss is chasing a cat burglar who had attempted to steal the same magic beans that Puss was trying to steal. The magic beans would grow a beanstalk into the sky to a giant’s castle, where there lived a goose that laid golden eggs. Puss chases the other cat into a trap door that leads him down into a cat bar. Yes, a bar, where cats of all breeds and colors are sitting around drinking milk out of saucers and eating fish. As Puss confronts the thief, she starts to dance. Confused, another cat catches his eye and points to a sign on the wall, which declares that every Tuesday is dance fighting night. Puss acknowledges the contest and vows to Tuesday Dance Night the other cat to death. They then engage in a series of dance moves that alternates between known dances and typical moves that cats would do.

At one point the thief cat starts doing the “litter box,” where she’s down on all fours kicking her legs out behind her. Troy starts laughing uncontrollably at this part. He laughs even harder when Puss, appalled that she would dare do the litter box, starts to pull himself across the floor, dragging his butt on the ground. Troy finds this hilarious for some reason.

It’s funny to watch him watch the clip, because he’s dancing to the music that the cats are consistently playing in the background. Some days we have to watch it on repeat...over and over, because he gets upset when it stops. I guess it could be worse, like having to listen to Let It Go from Frozen on repeat.