"Puss in Boots" is a European fairy tale, best known in the version collected by Charles Perrault in 1697 his Contes de ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose Tales) as "The Master Cat".Charles Perrault,"http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/pussboots/ The Master Cat" The tale of a cat helping an impoverished master attain wealth through its trickery is known in hundreds of variants.Jack Zipes, The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm, p 390, ISBN 0-393-97636-X

Puss in Boots (Кот в сапогах in Cyrillic; Kot v sapogakh in transliteration) is a short opera-fairytale for children in three acts, four tableaux, composed by César Cui in 1913. The libretto was written by Marina Stanislavovna Pol'. It was premiered in Rome in 1915 under the title Il gato con gli stivali.

Puss in Boots is a character from Shrek 2, voiced in English and Spanish by Antonio Banderas. Apparently, the cat is considered the obvious choice for assassinating Shrek, who is an ogre, because Puss has killed a notorious ogre before. However, he does not try any tricks this time, but makes an open frontal assault on Shrek, although his tactic of making an enemy lower his defenses by taking on an innocent look like a forlorn kitten is also extremely effective.