Whiskers (1997) - full transcript

>> Adult jed: When you're 11,

you believe in magic...

At least, you're supposed to.

But the summer

that I turned 11,

when we moved into a new house,

with a new school,

in a new neighborhood

full of new, weird kids...

That summer started out

as anything but magic...



And if you'd have told me then

that a boring trip to a museum

would lead to the most magical

adventure of my life...

I would've probably

thought you were nuts.

>> Mrs. Gordon: On behalf

of the staff and myself,

I'd like to welcome you

and give you all

the support you need

in adjusting to

your new environment.

[ Sneezes ]



Excuse me.

Though we are a public school,

we like to think of ourselves

as progressive...

Flexible enough to

accommodate the needs

of any student.

But, uh, there are a few rules,

and one of them is

no cats in school.

>> [ Meows ]

>> Hal: Well, of course,

the cat's not gonna be

inschool.

>> Jenny: We just moved,

and jed's feeling a little...

>> It's okay, mom.

He doesn't like

this school anyway.

>> Uh, jed, uh,

we have to, uh...

Do some paperwork.

Do you and whiskers

wanna go outside and--

>> [ yowls ]

>> [ Gasps ]

>> Oh, no!

Whiskers!

>> Oh, my!

>> Whiskers!

>> Sorry.

>> Jed: Whiskers!

>> I'll just go get those

registration forms.

>> [ Sighs ]

Should never've let him

bring the cat.

Am I wrong? Am I?

Is there like a sign

around his neck that says

"I'm a weirdo"?

>> Did you see all the clubs

they have here?

>> Yeah, and we should sign him

up for every single one.

That way, he'll be too tired

to play with you-know-who.

>> Maybe he'll get

interested in girls.

>> First, he's gotta get

interested in humans.

>> Whiskers!

>> [ Meows ]

>> Yeah, hi!

>> [ Meows ]

[ Meows ]

[ Meows ]

>> Hey!

You the new kid?

>> Wanna play some ball?

You know how to play ball,

don't you?

>> Yeah, I know

how to play ball,

but we--we gotta--

>> we? I meant you,

not the cat.

>> He thinks his cat

can play ball.

What a weirdo!

>> Let's get out

of here, fingers.

>> So...

Nice kids?

>> [ Sighs ]

>> I'll go get your mother.

>> [ Meows ]

[ Purrs ]

[ Meows ]

[ Meows ]

>> [ Rain falling ]

>> [ Meows ]

[ Meows ]

>> Hey, whiskers.

[ Rings bell ]

Whiskers.

>> [ Meows ]

[ Meows ]

>> Careful, honey,

and be back in an hour.

Your father's taking you

to the museum, remember?

>> Bye, mom.

>> [ Yowls ]

>> Jenny: Have fun!

>> [ Yowls ]

>> Jed: Hey, watch out!

>> [ Horn honks ]

>> [ Yowls ]

>> Whiskers!

Come back!

>> [ Yowls ]

>> Whiskers!

Stop!

Whiskers!

Whiskers!

Whiskers!

Oh, great.

[ Sighs ]

>> [ Meows ]

>> How'd you get over there?

>> [ Meows ]

>> No way, I can't.

I can't jump across that.

Now get back here!

>> [ Meows ]

>> Come on, whiskers!

>> [ Meows ]

>> Ew.

Whoa!

Ugh. Ugh.

Whiskers...

Get back--

whoa! Ugh!

Ugh.

[ Laughs ]

>> [ Meows ]

[ Meows ]

>> Okay, okay.

>> [ Meows ]

>> Now, you listen

to me, whiskers.

I've gotta go to

this stupid museum.

Last time I left you alone,

you messed the whole place up

and I got in big trouble.

Okay, it's not funny,

so don't...

Ugh. Ugh.

>> So when do we tell jed?

>> [ Sighs ] I don't know.

He's gonna be pretty upset,

and it's natural.

>> He's so used to whiskers...

And having US.

>> Look, there's no easy way

to break the news.

We'll tell him in a week

and that's it.

>> Shh.

Hal...

Jed?

>> [ Meows ]

>> Come on.

>> [ Meows ]

>> I'm not gonna let them

take you away.

>> Hal: Hey, jed,

are you coming?

>> [ Purrs ]

>> Well, here we are...

At the boring museum.

Come on, jed, I'm just kidding.

It's not boring,

it's Da Vinci!

He wasn't just a great artist,

he invented some

really cool stuff.

>> I know, dad, thanks.

>> If we'd waited a day later,

we would've...

Oh, no.

>> Oh, wow!

>> [ Sighs ]

>> "The home of the Egyptian

cat goddess was located at

bubastis in the delta,

site of the great temple

of of bastet.

The goddess bastet, whose

earthly form was that of a cat,

was considered a...

A bene...

Ficent goddess."

Dad, what's Ben...

>> Beneficent.

It's, uh, helpful.

You ask her for things,

she helps you.

>> "Was considered

a beneficent goddess,

the protector of all cats.

Cats were sacred animals

in ancient Egypt, and it was

considered a serious offense

to harm them."

>> What are you

looking at me for?

>> Nothing.

>> Look, you're gonna

be here for a while.

I'll meet you over at

the renaissance room.

Think you can find me?

Okay.

>> [ Whispering ] Uh, hi.

I have a cat.

Well, I do now, at least.

But I think they're

gonna take him away.

I mean, they can't just do

that to your best friend.

You're a goddess, right?

And you protect cats,

don't you?

So what about mine?

What if you--

you changed him into a boy?

Then they couldn't

take him away,

and he could talk to me,

and we could do stuff together

and--

>> [ bang ]

>> [ Purring ]

>> You're--you're

gonna need his name, right?

Okay, his name's whiskers.

>> [ Whooshing ]

>> [ Rumbling ]

>> Hey!

No touching the exhibits!

>> [ Purring ]

[ Purring ]

[ Purring continues ]

[ Eating loudly ]

[ Purring ]

[ Purring continues ]

[ Purring continues ]

>> [ Yowls ]

>> [ Purring ]

>> [ Yowls ]

>> [ Sighs ]

Whiskers!

[ Sighs ]

Jed...

>> Yeah?

>> I'm going to get milk,

be back in a minute.

Whiskers made another mess!

>> You up yet, whiskers?

[ Screams ]

>> [ Screams ]

>> [ Both screaming ]

>> [ Screams ]

[ Yowls ]

>> Get out of my room!

[ Yowls ]

>> Get out of my room!

Who are you?

>> [ Screams ]

>> Get out of my room!

>> What's happened to me?

Where are my claws?

What are these useless things?

Oh, no, wha-wha--

what's this lump

in the middle of my face?

Where is my fur?

Ugh, I'm hideous!

>> Who are you?

>> What have you done to me?

I mean, i--i used to be the--

the best looking cat

in the neighborhood.

>> Whiskers?

>> I--i think so.

>> I can't believe it worked!

>> What worked?

>> But you're supposed

to be a boy!

>> What--what do you mean,

I'm supposed to be a cat!

Oh, I knew it!

It was that garbage

from the Chinese food.

My mother always said

never, never eat takeout.

You don't know what is in it.

>> Jed? Are you okay?

>> [ Gasps ]

>> Yeah, mom!

I'm just waking--

waking up whiskers!

>> Okay, breakfast

in five minutes.

>> You were supposed to be

11 years old like me!

>> No, don't say that.

I'm just three years old.

>> Now I get it!

Here it is!

Three cat years is around...

30 years human.

That's what happened.

Wow. Cool!

>> Hmm?

>> Good?

>> Great!

But I'm still hungry.

>> What else would you like?

Eggs? Toast?

>> No, sardines.

>> [ Chuckles ]

>> Whoa. Whoa. Whoa!

Hey!

How do you...

How do you stand up

whoa!

Hey.

>> Whiskers, these fish.

>> [ Sniffing ]

Ooh.

[ Grunts ]

>> No, it's for you.

>> [ Grunts ]

>> No, not the fork!

>> [ Gags ]

>> [ Chuckles ]

>> Uh, whiskers...

We gotta talk.

This is how humans get clean.

First you run the water.

Then you take your soap.

See? This is soap.

Whiskers?

Whiskers?

Ah, yuck!

>> Jenny: Jed?

>> Come on!

>> Jed?

>> [ Panting ]

Quick! Out the window!

Come on! Come on!

>> [ Yowls ]

[ Groans ]

>> You okay?

Grab that branch!

>> [ Grunts ]

Whoa.

[ Grunts ]

>> Time to get dressed.

>> Okay, mom,

I'll be right down.

>> [ Screams ]

>> [ Crash ]

>> [ Groans ]

>> Crazy cat.

>> Jed?

Time to clean the lawn.

>> Now?

>> Yes, right now.

>> [ Sighs ]

Whiskers? Whiskers?

Ugh!

Can I go now?

It's all clean!

>> Bye.

>> Whiskers!

Whiskers!

Whiskers!

Whiskers!

Whiskers!

[ Rings bell ]

>> [ Birds chirping ]

>> [ Grunting ]

[ Grunting ]

>> Whiskers! Hey!

>> Hey!

[ Grunts ]

>> Where have you been?

I thought you'd hurt yourself!

>> Hurt myself?

Hey, I'm a cat.

I know how to land on all fours.

[ Grunts ]

Hey, watch this.

[ Grunts ]

Hey.

>> Wow, where'd you

learn to do that?

>> I've been watching humans

through the windows.

Whoa!

Yeah, I've seen them walk.

It's so simple.

And I have been listening, too.

Whoa.

I think I'm beginning

to understand this--

this talking stuff.

Listen.

Clean your room!

You clean your room!

How many times have I told you--

>> shh!

>> Well, you now,

I heard that a lot.

And, hey, come back to bed.

I'm feeling romantic,

and some other stuff.

Wow! Oh!

All these words,

they're coming out of my mouth,

and I don't even know

how they got there!

You know...

You know, I think

I could get to like this...

Being human.

>> Hey, wait!

I gotta get my bike!

You can't just go chasing

after birds like that.

I mean, it's weird.

>> Well, you eat birds--

big birds, chickens.

>> Well, that's different.

We don't chase them around.

Wha...

Whiskers, what are you doing?

>> I'm, uh...

I'm marking territory.

>> Well, you can't do that.

>> Why not?

I'm a cat.

I gotta Mark territory.

You know how many other cats

have hit this pole

since yesterday?

>> Look, we're people.

We don't have territories.

>> Hey, cat boy!

>> Yeah?

>> Didn't you see the line?

>> What line?

>> Crewcut,

he didn't see the line.

>> Hey, cat boy,

are you blind?

>> He's not blind.

He's stupid.

You're on the line right now.

>> I don't see any line.

>> So? There's two of US,

and we see the line.

>> Well, my ca--

companion here,

he's bigger than both of you.

And he's--

he's...

>> What's your companion

gonna do, sniff US to death?

Listen, cat boy, this time,

we're gonna be nice.

Next time, you owe US

each a dollar for--

for, uh...

>> For "niceitude."

>> Yeah, for "niceitude."

Understand?

>> Yeah!

>> [Laughs ]

>> [ Laughs ]

>> [ Laughs ]

>> [ Laughs ]

>> Hey!

Hey! Wait up!

Hey. Wha--what?

I'm not supposed to sniff?

I can't sniff?

Okay, okay,

it's the birds, right?

Well, okay, I promise--

I promise I'll never look

at another bird again.

Huh? Huh?

>> What's the matter with you?

Why didn't you help me

back there?

>> What? What? What?

>> What? What?

You're supposed to be

my friend and help me.

Help me.

>> What's "help"?

>> Help, you know.

When two big guys

are hassling me,

you come and fight them with me.

>> What, and get hurt?

>> Well, yeah, maybe.

>> Well, well,

what's in it for me?

Nothing?

>> No, it's not nothing,

it's friendship.

>> You're kidding, right?

I mean, this is some kind

of human joke, huh?

>> No, it's not a joke.

>> [ Chuckles ]

Well, that is the dumbest thing

I have ever heard.

>> I'd do it for you.

>> Like I want you to?

I am a cat!

Cats don't help each other.

Well, you get in a fight,

you hiss, you snarl,

you look at the other guy,

and if he's bigger than you,

you get off his territory.

You don't make a big deal

about it!

Humans!

>> You know, it's been

awfully calm around here today.

Where's whiskers?

>> I've been training him.

>> Training him?

>> Yep.

Yep, to be quiet.

So you won't even

know he's here.

>> Oh, so let me

get this straight.

He'll be quiet

when he breaks the dishes.

He'll be quiet when he pees

on my drafting table.

>> Hal, stop it.

Jed, are you finished?

>> No, I'm still hungry.

Can I have another burger?

>> No fork?

I--I've been thinking

about that help thing,

and I remember that when

I was just a kitten,

my mother used to

do stuff for me,

you know, just 'cause

I was little and, uh...

And she never got

anything for it.

Is that...

Is that help?

>> Yeah, sort of.

I'm sorry I yelled at you.

>> Well, uh, yeah,

and thanks for the burger.

>> [ Chuckles ]

You're welcome.

And by the way,

we eat these with our hands.

[ Chuckles ]

Good night, mom.

>> Night, sweetie.

>> Okay, we're out of here!

If my parents catch US...

>> Stick with me, kid.

>> This better be good.

Tell me!

Where are we going?!

>> We're gonna see

some friends of mine!

>> Yeah!

>> [ Meows ]

>> [ Meows ]

>> [ Meows ]

>> [ Meows ]

>> Where are we?

>> Cat land.

>> Wow!

>> Follow me.

>> This is so cool!

>> Hey!

Hey!

>> [ Meows ]

>> What's going on?

Hey, hey!

It's whiskers!

>> [ Meows ]

>> Awesome.

>> Remember me?

>> [ Meows ]

>> [ Meows ]

>> [ Yowls ]

>> Hey, rust bucket! Hey!

Remember we shared

Chinese takeout right

from this garbage can?

Hmm.

>> Hi, rust bucket.

>> [ Meowing ]

>> Okay, so the spare ribs

were a little off.

[ Hisses ]

>> [ Meows ]

>> [ Chuckles ]

>> [ Meows ]

>> Tough being

in a new neighborhood.

>> Tell me about it.

>> [ Sighs ]

>> Whoa!

Wow!

>> Hmm.

>> What?

>> I'll show 'em.

Get in.

>> [ Chuckles ]

Oh, yeah!

Whoa!

Whee!

[ Chuckles ]

>> [ Chuckles ]

Hey, you bums!

>> [ Meowing ]

>> Only a cat can do this!

Wall, here I come!

>> Whiskers, what are you doing?

>> [ Grunts ]

>> [ Laughs ]

>> [ Grunts ]

>> [ Laughs ]

>> [ Grunts ]

[ Grunts ]

>> [ Laughs ]

>> [ Grunting ]

>> Just give up!

>> [ Grunts ]

>> [ Crash ]

>> Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!

>> Whiskers!

>> [ Groans ]

>> Whiskers?

[ Laughs ]

Well, that sure convinced them.

>> [ Yowls ]

>> It's this stupid body!

It's not good for anything!

It's not good for jumping!

It's not good for hunting!

And I have this bone in my back

that feels like a tree!

[ Grunts ]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

It's good for one thing,

isn't it, huh?

It's good for yakking.

Yak, yak, yak, yak, yak, yak.

>> [ Meowing ]

>> I'll get it this time.

Hey, I'm leaping!

>> Wow!

>> Hey, told you I could do it.

>> Cool.

>> Now it's your turn.

>> Me?

No way!

>> Yeah, yeah.

Come on!

Come on.

>> Look, I'm no good

at this kind of stuff.

>> Up.

Up there.

You see yourself.

>> Where?

>> Up on top of the wall.

>> [ Scoffs ]

>> Jump!

>> [ Groans ]

>> Hmm.

Try again.

Jump!

>> [ Groans ]

>> Ah.

>> Thanks for nothing.

>> Well, at least you tried.

We'll do it again

tomorrow night, huh?

>> Tomorrow night?

Are you kidding?

What is this, some big thrill,

seeing me covered with junk?

>> I'm trying to teach you

how to leap.

>> Yeah, well, I don't want to.

Why don't you teach me

something useful.

>> Useful?

Jed...

Leaping is everything.

I mean, to leap,

you need strength,

imagination, courage.

And when you leap,

for a single moment,

you're the best you can be

as a cat.

And a cat is master

of every situation.

A cat is brave even when

he doesn't feel brave.

A cat walks in,

looks everyone

straight in the eye,

makes the place his own.

>> [ Chuckles ]

>> You're right.

Jed does seem better.

I think he'll understand.

>> I would've felt the same way.

>> Hey, what's going on

in there?

>> Shh.

>> Hal, I think we should

wait a little longer.

>> No, we've already decided.

We'll tell him Monday.

>> How do you think

he's going to feel?

>> I don't know.

>> Well, I don't know either.

By the way,

did you call the vet?

>> Yes. Come on.

>> What are they saying?

>> Nothing.

>> I'll be up soon.

Night.

>> [ Sighs ]

>> I can't sleep.

>> I gotta talk to you

about something.

[ Sighs ]

>> Whiskers?

>> Uh...

I, uh, I...

Oh, god, she said

this would be the hard part.

>> Who's she?

>> Don't interrupt me, okay?

I, uh...

I need your help.

[ Sighs ]

>> Help? Help with what?

>> Okay, okay, there.

There, I said it.

Well, I'll tell you,

but don't laugh at me, okay?

>> Okay.

>> Well, you remember about,

uh, three years ago when, uh...

When you took me

from the animal shelter?

>> Yeah, you put your paw

on me through the cage.

>> Uh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

My mom told me to do that.

You know, she was always

looking out for me.

She said, "hey,

that looks like a good kid,"

so I whacked you

when you went by.

Well, that was the last time

I saw her, right.

>> I'm sorry.

>> Well, don't be.

She'd be happy for me.

I have a good life with you.

What?

What's wrong?

>> My parents...

I think they wanna

get rid of you.

>> Wanna get rid of me?!

But I am a great cat.

Why?

>> Well, you know,

I guess 'cause,

you know, you pee on the rug

and stuff and 'cause, well,

I'm no good at making friends.

And they blame you for it.

>> Jeez.

Well, what are we gonna do?

>> I did do something.

I saw this cat, well, statue

at the museum, and I wished

that you'd be a boy

so they couldn't take you away.

>> You made a wish to bastet,

didn't you?

Oh, no.

>> Is that bad?

>> Humans aren't supposed

to wish to bastet.

She's a cat goddess!

>> Well, my wish came true.

So maybe it was okay.

>> But I don't think

it was your wish,

just your wish.

>> What do you mean?

>> I made a wish, too.

>> You what?

What kind of a wish?

I promised my mother that,

when she was old, that I would

take care of her the way

she took care of me

when I was a kitten.

>> Oh.

>> Well, you know, you say

a lot of things when

you're a kitten.

So I made a wish

to find my mother again.

And you know, the next night,

bastet came to me in a dream,

and she said that I should

ask you to help me.

[ Chuckles ]

But she didn't say that I would

have to be a stupid human!

So you see what she did?

She mixed our wishes.

Unless she has a plan

that we don't understand.

>> Well, I don't understand it,

that's for sure.

But I'll help you find your mom,

like you wished.

>> Wow!

And I'll teach you how to leap.

>> How to leap?

I didn't wish for that.

>> Well, I don't know,

it's the best I can do.

>> [ Both chuckle ]

>> Deal?

>> Deal.

>> Whiskers.

>> [ Whispering ]

This is where we look.

Don't touch anything in here.

Here.

Ugh!

>> Hey.

>> Oh, great.

How am I gonna find you in here?

[ Sighs ]

>> Wow.

[ Grunting]

>> Hey, control yourself!

>> [ Hisses ]

[ Grunting ]

Whoa!

Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!

>> Whiskers!

Oh, whiskers!

[ Sighs ]

Wow! Here it is!

Whiskers?

It's my dad!

Come on!

Come on!

Come on!

>> [ Whistling ]

[ Sighs ]

Whiskers.

>> We'd like to see records

on every cat you had here during

the summer three years ago.

Are you okay?

>> It's peak season

for drop-offs.

Mitchell!

There'll be some forms.

>> What kind of forms?

>> Pink, yellow, blue, green,

whatever, filled out

in duplicate.

One form per file,

one file per cat.

>> One file per cat?

How many cats did you take

during that summer?

>> A few thousand.

>> A few thousand?

Look, maybe you know

the cat we're looking for.

I mean, maybe she's still here!

Whiskers? Whiskers?

>> Mmm.

>> [ Clucks ]

>> Whiskers!

>> Help! Please! No!

Mitchell!

>> Whiskers!

>> [ All screaming ]

>> Get back here!

>> Whoa! Whoa!

Here I come!

>> Hey, hey!

>> Whoa! Whoa!

>> Stop it!

Well, you really

did it this time.

>> I don't know what happened.

Something just came over me.

>> [ Sighs ]

>> Look, I may have this body,

but I'm still a cat inside.

>> And how are we

gonna find your mom now?

They're never gonna

let US back in there.

>> You'll think of something.

>> Okay.

Okay, let's get organized.

What's her name?

>> What? Oh, I don't know.

I used to call her, uh...

Me...

Me...

Meow.

Meow.

>> Okay, what does

she look like?

>> I don't know.

Just like your typical mom.

Ox...

Or...

Ox...

>> Ox? Ox what?

>> My mother said...

If we were ever separated,

somehow she would find

her way to...

Ox...

Or...

Ox...

Or...

>> Oxford?

>> Yeah!

Yeah, Oxford!

>> No way!

>> Why? Why? Why?

What's Oxford?

>> It's a place for

really smart people, not cats.

>> Calling my mom dumb?

>> No, no, it's a school!

A school for people!

>> Look, if my mother

said she went to Oxford,

she went to Oxford!

>> Oh, okay.

Oh, okay.

Okay, maybe she really did go,

but how does a cat go

to england, on a plane?

My dad said I could use

his credit card number

in an emergency.

Well, this is an emergency.

>> Humans.

>> I need the number

of Oxford university.

>> [ Phone rings ]

>> Oxford zoological laboratory,

Dr. Forbes speaking.

>> I got him.

>> Hey! Hey!

Let me speak to

all the old cats!

>> Give me that!

Hi. Is this where

you keep the smart animals?

>> Oh, why, yes, lad.

For instance, my rat cordelia

here is learning to play chess.

And damn good she is, too!

>> And what about cats?

>> Cats, yes.

Some brilliant

English cats here.

>> Only English cats?

>> Well, we do have

some north American cats.

Not as sharp as the British

felines, of course.

[ Laughs ]

>> Oh, wow!

Then maybe you remember one!

She was brought there

about three years ago

from shelter number 727.

Hello? Hello?

>> You're serious, aren't you?

>> Well, sure, I'm serious.

>> Look, lad,

I'll be straight with you.

Any cat that came here

three years ago

is no longer with US.

>> Hey! Hey!

What's he saying?

>> This is a zoological

laboratory.

We perform experiments here.

Do you understand, lad?

>> Yes.

>> We're trying to find

a cure for brain disease.

>> Oh, thanks.

Gotta go.

>> Does he know her?

>> Terribly sorry.

>> [ Sighs ]

>> Well, does he know my mom?

What'd he say?

>> He said...

To try the shelter again.

>> What?

>> [ Sighs ]

>> What? That's all he said?

>> They only had

English cats, whiskers.

Give it a rest.

>> [ Siren wails in distance ]

>> Look, we're not

gonna give up.

I mean, maybe your mom

really didn't make it to Oxford.

Maybe she got adopted

by some great family.

>> She said Oxford.

She's getting old.

What if she can't

clean herself?

Or defend herself?

Jed, I promised her.

>> And I'm promising you...

We're gonna find her.

>> [ Hisses ]

>> I hate this place.

>> There!

>> [ Phone rings ]

[ Rings ]

>> [ Dogs barking ]

>> [ Rings ]

>> Shelter.

Black lab retriever,

answers to the name boots.

I'll take a look.

Nope, not here.

[ Hangs up phone ]

>> Please, warden,

we want some more kibbles, sir.

You'll eat this slop

and like it!

You're in my prison now!

[ Laughs ]

>> [ Sighs ]

Okay, let's get to work.

And watch the door!

Number 7773294.

Orange striped, long haired--

>> orange? Not in my family.

Next.

Hey, hey, wake up!

Number 7773295.

Dark upper back, white stomach,

four white paws, black Crescent

over right eye.

Aw, what am I saying,

it's a kitten.

>> Wait...

It's my older brother.

Give me that!

What am I doing?

I can't read.

>> He got placed.

Wow, in barbizon estates!

That's the rich part of town!

>> Oh, wow, yeah,

that's hairball, all right.

Aw. He was always first in line

at the feeding dish.

>> [ Door opens ]

>> [ Gasps ]

>> Come on quick!

In here!

>> Okay, boys!

Line up for flea baths!

And keep your hands

where I can see 'em!

>> I can't see a thing, where's

the stupid light switch?

And let go of the files,

I've got them.

Whiskers, let go of the files.

>> What are you talking about?

I don't have your stupid files.

>> Aah!

>> [ Barks ]

>> Aah! Give me those files!

>> Don't move. Don't move.

I'll try to distract him.

Hey, mutt!

Look at me so I can see.

Huh, come on!

No, no, no,

I got a better idea.

You give US the files

and I'll, uh...

I'll tell you a big secret.

>> [ Growling ]

>> Smell this.

[ Exhales ]

>> [ Sniffs ]

>> I'm a cat.

>> [ Barks ]

>> Oh, no! He ate the files!

[ Screams ]

>> You'll swing for this, boys!

[ Screams ]

Oh, no!

>> Come on!

>> Oh!

[ Screams ]

>> [ Grunts ]

Drop it!

Come on!

>> Whoa!

[ Crash ]

[ Screams ]

>> [ Barking ]

>> That guy back there

was crazy.

I was scared

he was gonna catch US!

>> You kidding?

Catch me? Never.

I would have leapt...

Right over him.

>> Whiskers, did it take you

a real long time to...

To learn how to leap?

>> Me? You kidding?

I...

I was worse than you.

>> Nice of you to come home,

jed Samuel Martin.

>> What happened to my office?

And close that door.

>> Hi!

Nice time for a walk.

Live around here?

>> Yeah, nearby.

>> Ah.

>> Ooh, hi, Sonny.

Nice lookin' kid.

>> [ Chuckles ]

>> Nice cans.

>> Thanks.

Say, do you have any kids

around jed's age?

>> Oh, no, no kids.

Too much trouble.

You know, "oh, clean your room!

You clean your room!

How many times

have I told you

to clean your room?"

>> You know, you look familiar.

Um, where'd you go to college?

>> Oxford.

>> No kidding?

>> Dad, didn't you

wanna punish me?

>> [ Chuckles ] Kids.

>> "Clean your room!

Clean your room!

How many times have I told you

to clean your room?!"

>> It was really nice

meeting you.

All right, good-bye.

Come on, son.

Come on.

>> Nice guy.

Bit odd.

>> Hal...

>> [ Clears throat ]

Now listen here, young man,

you and your cat...

Go on.

We'll talk tomorrow.

>> A big talk.

>> [ Grunts ]

Hey, what's the matter?

Whiskers?

>> It's happening.

I'm turning back into a cat.

>> But you don't

look like a cat.

>> Oh, it's instinct.

Trust me.

>> Well, then we've

gotta find your mom.

Once you turn back into a cat,

and my parents find you,

well...

>> Wow, your brother lives here?

>> Yeah, I guess so.

Wow, it looks like

hairball really moved up

in the world.

>> [ Door shuts ]

>> [ Meows ]

>> Is it him?

>> Yeah, yeah, it's him,

all right.

But he's gotten so...

Big.

>> [ Yowls ]

>> Hey!

[ Knocks ]

Hey, hairball!

Hey, it's me, your brother!

>> Whiskers!

>> Let US in!

>> [ Meows ]

>> [ Beeps ]

>> You have really done

well for yourself.

I mean, look at this place!

Ah, eh, and you know,

I really like the weight.

It--it, you know,

it works on you.

It really does.

>> [ Meows ]

>> Hey.

>> [ Hisses ]

>> Oh!

What? Who am I?

Hey, hairball, it's me,

your baby brother! Huh?

>> Come on,

ask him about your mom.

>> I am catching up, okay?

I'm catching up.

Well, so, have you heard

from the rest of the litter?

>> [ Meows ]

>> What do you mean,

you don't care?

He doesn't care!

Hey, you must know

where mom is, right?

But he loved mom.

He was always her favorite.

Hey, hey, don't do that.

She's old now,

she needs US!

>> Come on,

let's get out of here.

>> [ Hisses ]

>> Oh, well--

>> come on!

Whiskers, let's go!

>> You know, hairball...

>> Forget about him!

>> I used to admire you.

>> Come on!

>> [ Meows ]

>> Wait a minute.

> What?

>> He says he's got

something to show US.

[ Sighs ]

>> [ Meows ]

>> Alexandrian breeding society?

Your mom was a purebred?

>> You better be

telling the truth.

You better!

>> Whiskers, let's go.

>> You know, I hope

you're old someday with

no one to take care of you!

And just one more thing--

I lied to you about the weight.

You look like a pig with hair!

>> [ Yowls ]

>> Good-bye!

>> [ Yowls ]

>> [ Alarm sounds ]

>> He called the cops!

>> You...

Are no longer a cat!

>> Come on!

[ Screams ]

>> [ Yowls ]

>> [ Both screaming ]

>> Welcome to the

alexandrian breeding society.

What might I do

for you gentlemen?

>> Uh, hi.

My colleague here is--

is a top breeder,

and he'd like to look

at some cats.

By the way,

money is no object.

>> I see.

Perhaps you have, uh,

something specific in mind?

Let me see, um, yes.

"Striped cat, white

upper breast and white paws.

Female. Beautiful.

[ Clears throat ]

Smelled good."

Yes, well...

"Paws, soft, gentle,

loved birds..."

>> Mmm.

>> "Big birds..."

>> Mm-hmm.

>> "Small birds..."

>> Mm-hmm.

>> And she was brought here

three years ago from

animal shelter number 727.

>> Ah.

>> Hmm.

>> And you'd wish

to make a reservation

for the new litter?

>> I was in the last litter.

>> Mr. Mobley, can I see you...

In private for a sec?

See my friend here,

he's a little stressed.

He's...

Out on a day pass.

>> Now I understand.

He thinks he's a cat,

doesn't he?

>> Well, yeah, see,

it's kinda sad 'cause

he lost his cat three years ago

and he went whacko!

Sometimes he does

really weird stuff,

like he eats sardines

right off the floor.

>> No...

>> Yeah.

>> Ooh, that's tragic.

>> Yeah, so, uh,

can you help US?

>> I'll be right back.

>> Behave yourself!

We lucked out.

He thinks you're crazy.

>> Here we are.

I knew it.

On an inspiration, I looked

in the reject file.

Is this the cat in question?

>> [ Gasps ] Mom!

[ Chuckles ]

Wait a minute...

What do you mean by reject?

>> Well, it means her breed

was not pure, you see.

So we had to--

>> not pure?

What do you mean, my--

my mom's no good?

>> No, no, no, no, you see,

her mother, or

her grandmother...

Made it with an alley cat.

So, we had to--

>> now, what have you

done with her?

You--you vulture!

>> I believe your friend's

day pass is over!

>> Just tell him what

you did with her!

>> I sent her to this

nice old lady.

We send them all there.

>> The address!

>> 1640 grand Avenue.

>> Let's go!

>> Wait a minute, wait a minute.

The old lady, she's...

>> She's dead.

>> When?

>> A few short months ago.

They came and

cleaned out the place--

the drapes, the carpets,

the furniture...

And the cats.

>> Well, what happened to them,

the cats?

>> I don't know.

One day, they were here...

The next, they were gone.

I'm sorry.

>> Let's go home, whiskers.

>> [ Purring ]

[ Purring continues ]

>> [ Meows ]

>> [ Yawns ]

What are you doing?

>> I'm getting out of here.

>> Why?

>> Well, come this time

tomorrow, I'm gonna be

a cat again and I wanna be

far away from this place

when that happens.

>> But--but I thought...

>> Your mom and dad were gonna

send me back to the shelter.

So, uh...

You know what happens to cats

at the shelter?

>> Well, yeah, sure.

I mean, some other

family is gonna--

>> take me home? No.

No, they want kittens.

Two weeks, and then

they take you out back and...

>> Out back?

>> Oh, you don't get it, do you?

Well, they kill you, jed.

Oh, well, they do it nicely,

but they kill you and...

I'll...

I'll take my chances

on the street.

>> But--but what about your mom?

>> Oh, well, you--

you know, you gave it

a good try.

Ah, so, um, thanks.

>> So you're just gonna give up?

>> Yeah, well, you know,

sometimes it's smarter

to give up.

>> Well, I think it's smarter

to keep on trying.

>> I'm out of here.

>> Fine.

I'll look for her myself.

Let's go!

>> [ Siren wailing in distance ]

>> [ Sniffs ]

She was here.

[ Sniffs ]

Yes, she was here.

I can smell her scent.

No, no, I've lost her.

>> We had to try.

>> That's what

you're always saying.

"We have to try,

we have to try."

Being human is...

So...

Stupid!

Stupid! Stupid!

Stupid!

>> Stupid? And since when

are you such a genius?

Who said his mother

was going to Oxford?

>> Well, that's what she said!

>> Oh, yeah, right!

Who ever heard of a

cat going to Oxford?!

I mean, Oxford?!

>> Orford.

She sent the cats to orford.

>> What's in orford?

>> Oh, it's lovely there.

A nice man runs it...

Just for cats,

and he's never

turned a cat away.

Every cat knows about orford.

[ Chuckles ]

Well, have to make sure

the house is empty.

Tomorrow, they're

tearing it all down.

Mortals...

>> What'd she say?

>> Wow, look!

>> [ Purring ]

>> Whoa!

>> Bastet!

>> Jed, are you in bed yet?

>> Oh.

>> Night, sweetie.

>> Good night, mom.

Hurry up!

>> [ Rings bell ] Ooh!

>> Shh!

What are you doing?

>> What?

>> Pedal!

>> How do you pedal?

>> How do you pedal?

With your feet!

Do you have to do that?

>> It's fun!

>> [ Panting ]

[ Continues panting ]

>> Well, look who's here.

>> Hey, cat boy,

you owe US some money.

>> Yeah!

Look at the big goof

in the football helmet.

>> Hey, who are you

callin' a goof?

[ Whispers ] What's a goof?

>> So what do we do now?

>> We act like cats.

[ Hissing ]

[ Roars ]

>> Oh, I'm scared.

Eh, crewcut?

>> Oh, yeah.

>> So, uh, now you guys

owe US two bucks a piece,

'cause, uh, we're so

scared, right, crewcut?

>> Oh, yeah.

Say your prayers, kitty litter!

>> [ Hisses ]

[ Screams ]

[ Chuckles ]

[ Roaring ]

Go!

>> Get the bikes!

>> [ Dog barks ]

>> Faster! Come on!

>> Okay.

>> Go in there!

>> [ Screams ]

Go! Go!

Stop!

[ Panting ]

>> [ Grunts ]

>> Hey!

What'd you do that for?

>> You ready?

>> No, i--i can't.

>> I'll go first.

Just remember what I told you...

See yourself here.

>> We're here, cat boy!

>> Come on, jed!

Leap!

>> I'm leaping!

[ Grunts ]

>> Yes!

You did it, jed!

>> Cat boy did it.

>> All right, you go first.

>> Are you nuts?

You go first.

>> Okay, we'll both go together.

>> [ Both scream ]

>> Jed: Nice jump!

>> Who's the goof now? Huh?

[ Chuckles ] Look at me!

I'm dancin'!

>> Whiskers,

do you have to do that?

>> Look at me, I'm dancin'!

We're dancin'!

>> Whoa!

>> [ Groans ]

>> Whiskers,

don't be such a baby!

>> Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!

>> Hey, I see a sign!

>> What?

It says orford!

>> Hey, we made it!

>> [ Humming ]

>> [ Panting ]

>> [ Continues humming ]

Aah!

[ Grunting ]

>> What's coming?

>> What?

>> What's coming?

>> [ Both screaming ]

[ Both groaning ]

>> Oh, boy.

Oh, boy.

I must be dead.

And this must be cat heaven.

>> Then where am I?

>> [ Meowing ]

>> Whiskers, look!

>> Wow!

>> We made it!

>> [ Meowing ]

>> Do you see your mom?

>> That's my mom.

>> Aw.

>> [ Meows ]

>> Hey.

>> [ Meows ]

>> That's my little sister.

>> [ Meows ]

>> You have a sister?

Cool!

>> Oh, boy.

Boy, that bastet

really is something.

It's like she planned it.

>> And watched over US

until we made it.

Whiskers, where're you going?

What's wrong?

>> Jed...

Tha...

>> Both: Thanks.

>> Thanks for teaching me

how to leap.

>> Oh, thanks for teaching me

about friendship.

But you know...

One thing about

friendship...

>> Sometimes, friends

have to say good-bye?

But I wanna stay with you.

>> But you're a kid...

And I'm a cat.

And there's a reason

we're made the way we are.

Oh, you'll have friends,

believe me--

human friends,

lots of 'em.

>> But you'll always be

my best friend, whiskers.

>> And you'll be mine...

For life.

>> [ Meows ]

>> Bye, whiskers.

>> [ Meows ]

[ Meows ]

[ Meows ]

>> Jed, time to get up.

Jed?

Jenny!

[ Panting ]

Jenny, his bicycle's gone!

>> Oh, my god, hal!

What if...

>> [ Phone rings ]

>> Hello?

Jed? Are you okay?

Orford?

Honey...

Are you okay?

>> He's gone now.

>> Who's gone?

>> Who do you think?

Whiskers.

>> Whiskers?

Why?

>> 'Cause you were

gonna take him away,

'cause you thought

I was no good at

making friends and...

And now you don't have to worry,

'cause he's gone, okay?

>> Jed, we'd never

send whiskers away.

>> You're lying!

I heard you talking

about the vet!

You were gonna--

>> take him in for a checkup.

'Cause, uh...

Well, soon...

>> You're gonna have

a little sister.

>> You're pregnant?

>> We, uh, wanted to break

the news to you gently, but I

guess we blew that, huh?

Jed, you're amazing.

How did you find this place?

>> It's a long story, dad.

>> Let's go get whiskers.

>> No. Whiskers is staying.

>> But I thought

he was your best friend?

>> Jenny: Jed, are you sure?

>> Whiskers belongs here

with his family.

>> Breakfast!

Come and get it, breakfast!

Come on!

Here, kitty, come on!

Breakfast!

>> What?

>> [ Meows ]

>> [ Chuckles ]

>> [ Purrs ]

[ Meows ]

>> For life, whiskers.

>> [ Meows ]

>> A little sister...

Cool.

>> [ Chuckles ]

>> [ Roars ]

>> [ Indistinct chatter ]

>> Sure you don't

want me to come in?

>> Whiskers: A cat...

Is master of every situation.

>> No, thanks.

>> [ Sighs ]

>> Whiskers: A cat is brave even

when he doesn't feel brave.

A cat walks in,

looks everyone

straight in the eye...

And makes the place his own.

>> You the new kid?

>> Yeah. I'm the new kid.

>> I'm Mel.

Melanie.

>> Jed.

>> [ Bell rings ]

>> Girl: Look, they're

walking together.

>> [ Bell rings ]

>> [ Indistinct chatter ]

>> Adult jed: Ten years

in the life of boy

can seem like a long time...

But ten years

in the life of a cat...

Is almost a lifetime.

I'd seen whiskers many times

over the years--

when his morn died

and when his sister had

eight kittens in one litter--

but this time I had something

to tell him I just knew

he was gonna like.

Hey, whiskers...

How you been?

>> [ Meows ]

>> I got some news for you.

Guess where I'm going, huh?

Guess.

I'm going to Oxford, whiskers.

I'm going to england.

I got a scholarship

and they're sending me

to Oxford!

I owe it all to you.

You know that, don't you?

Huh?

You remember?

Everything we did that summer?

You remember it,

don't you?

Eh?

You rest now.

For life, whiskers.

>> [ Meows ]

[ Meows ]

[ Meows ]

[ Meows ]

>> ♪♪♪

>> ♪ There's a fat cat

♪ sittin' on a wall

♪ I can smell a rat

♪ that cat's too tall

♪ he's got no paws

♪ he's got no claws

♪ got a feelin' that cat's

♪ not a cat at all

♪ there's a noise

♪ out in the alley

♪ that cat is back again

♪ he's got sardines

♪ in his belly

♪ I can swear

♪ that cat can grin

♪ there's a fat cat

♪ sittin' on a wall

♪ I can smell a rat

♪ that cat's too tall

♪ he got no paws

♪ he got no claws

♪ got a feelin' that cat's

♪ not a cat at all

♪ There's a noise

♪ back in the alley

♪ that cat is on the prowl

♪ get ready for some action

♪ he gonna make them

♪ big dogs howl

♪ there's a fat cat

♪ sittin' on a wall

♪ I can smell a rat

♪ that cat's too tall

♪ he got no paws

♪ he got no claws

♪ got a feelin' that cat's

♪ not a cat at all

♪ go, cat