#jerrie and teazer's singular brain cell

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Latest Attempts At Scribbled Screenshots

So, the thing with The Pekes and the Pollicles is that if you’re doing a comedic recap of the number, so much funny shit happens that it’s overwhelming. There’s just too much material here. But, I’m working on it. Here’s some highlights of what I’ve got so far:

#cats 1998 #munkustrap #cats victoria #cats electra #cats asparagus #Pouncival #skimbleshanks #Mr Mistoffelees #Mungojerrie #Rumpleteazer #jerrie and teazer's singular brain cell

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Jerrie and Teazer and Jellicle Ball Shows

Gumbie Cat: An in-universe show celebrating Jennyanydots

The Pekes and the Pollicles: An in-universe show put on for Old Deuteronomy, directed by Munkustrap

Railway Cat: An in-universe show directed by and celebrating Skimbleshanks

Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer’s Roles

Gumbie Cat: Both get to be tap-dancing beetles. Clearly know what they’re supposed to do and don’t mess anything up.

Railway Cat: Also clearly know what they’re supposed to do and don’t mess anything up. (No one knows what caused the train to collapse, but it probably wasn’t them). Teazer is the happiest to be there out of anyone. Jerrie puts off joining in for a while, but he clearly wants to. When he realizes he’s allowed, he’s also very happy to be there.

But...

Pekes and the Pollicles: Went around stealing stuff instead of attending rehearsals. Screw up immediately. Teazer just starts messing with Munkustrap while Jerrie never figures out what’s going on.

They’re all in-universe numbers, the sort of thing that would have rehearsals. For Jenny and Skimble, Jerrie and Teazer attended the rehearsals and did their best. Trouble is made during the Beetles Tattoo, but they have nothing to do with it. Teazer pulls a prank during Skimble’s number, but the prank gives Skimble a chance to demonstrate how he manages chaos on the train, so it actually adds to the number.

When Munk’s in charge, they don’t show up to rehearsals and I don’t think Jerrie even knew that the number was going to happen.

The Naughty Cats respect the authority of the Ginger Parents, but all other authority figures will be trolled or ignored.

It’s not that they don’t LIKE Munk. They clearly do. Him getting hurt is what convinces Jerrie to stand up to Macavity while Teazer performs Cat First Aid, so they clearly care about him. But, when he’s the one directing the little plays they’re putting on, they will blow him off and make his life more difficult. They don’t pull that shit with the Ginger Parents.

#cats 1998 #Mungojerrie #Rumpleteazer #skimbleshanks #SKIMBLEDAD #jennyanydots #munkustrap #jerrie and teazer's singular brain cell

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Scribbled Screenshots: Munkustrap Attempts to Even Begin the Pekes and Pollicles

I’m releasing these in smaller chunks so I can do it faster.

(If you can’t tell, the leg in the air is Pouncival’s)

#cats 1998 #munkustrap #old deuteronomy #skimbleshanks #mr mistoffelees #cats electra #Mungojerrie #Rumpleteazer #cats asparagus #Pouncival #jennyanydots #jerrie and teazer's singular brain cell

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1998 Film Munkustrap Rewatch Part 3A: The Pekes and the Pollicles Needs Its Own Part

They will tell you that Munkustrap doesn’t get his own number and that is a lie. He might not get a song where everyone sings about how awesome he is, but The Pekes and the Pollicles is very much his number.

Now, this is the fourth one of these rewatches I’ve done, so I’ve covered the number a bit before, but this entry is a sort of special devoted to it. I’ll start out by saying that:

This is a Peke.

This is a Pollicle.

This, obviously, is a Pug.

And this is a Pom.

This is the epic story of a bunch of little toy dogs yapping at each other until a cat scares them away by doing absolutely nothing.

Before Munkustrap even finishes saying the long title of the story, we can already see that Skimble and Misto ended up on the wrong side of the stage and have to scramble to get to where they’re actually supposed to be. We haven’t finished saying the title and someone already messed up. This will set the mood for the entire number.

Of course, because it’s that early in the show, Munkustrap ignores the scrambling.

Then Electra crawls out early and falls over. At least, I think that’s Electra. The lighting and the fact that I have only a butt to go off of make it hard to tell. It might actually be Pouncival, because showing up early and falling over are the things he does the most. The fact that these two kittens look nothing alike should be ignored, because I can never identify anyone when I can’t see their face, unless they have a very distinct look.

There is no point to this picture. I just had to include the Tail Spin.

Enter Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer, who weren’t at dog practice and have no idea what they’re supposed to do. Knowing this, Munkustrap guides them through it, pointing to whichever one of them is supposed to bark after a verse of lyrics that make it really obvious what they’re supposed to be doing.

But, Munkustrap failed to take into account that these two share a single braincell and Rumpleteazer has the larger half of it. Mungojerrie barks twice.

Munkustrap tries to help Mungojerrie do his one job, but it doesn’t go very well.

Munkustrap is already beginning to regret this.

Then there’s that racist “Heathen Chinese” line which almost distracts you from Rumpleteazer grinding her ass against Munkustrap. Why is she doing this? I don’t really know. I don’t think she does anything like this with Munkustrap after this scene.

Then, for a split second, Munkustrap stands with his legs together. Rumpleteazer won’t stand for this and creates a Leg Tent and this is still weirdly sexual.

And then it’s time for the Pollicles to march and someone thought it would be a good idea to put Pouncival at the front of the line. I think the shoebox on his head might be falling over his eyes, because he acts like he has no idea where he’s going.

Munkustrap attempts to stop the madness, but even if he doesn’t know where he’s going, Pouncival is determined to get there. But, while he flails around, he leans enough into Munkustrap’s hand that with Mungojerrie coming up right behind him, be won’t be able to keep standing.

Pouncival has to learn this the hard way.

Next are the two Scottish Pollicles. Like with most things, they seem to be taking this a bit too seriously and get too into it. Munkustrap nearly gets hit in the face by Skimble flailing his boxing gloves around. But, he’s not mad. He’s just disappointed. He kind of expected problems with Mungojerrie and Pouncival, but Skimble is one of the Responsible Elders. Misto just copies whatever Skimble does, which probably doesn’t help matters.

Then Tugger crashes the party with his bagpipes and Munkustrap responds with Maximum Eyeroll. Misto is not the only cat who can achieve that level of Eyeroll.

Now, since this is the Scottish Section, bagpipes are fitting, but this, much like Tugger himself, wasn’t in the rehearsals, leaving Misto unsure of how to react. Munkustrap politely suggests that Skimble should just go back to his place.

But, Tugger has started a bit of a dance party. Misto no longer finds him boring. It takes a minute to get everything back under control as everyone is determined to have fun whether Munkustrap likes it or not.

Well, then when everyone gets to bark at everyone control is lost once again. With everyone misbehaving at once, Munkustrap has no idea how to restore order and panics.

Of course, yelling usually does the trick.

Meanwhile, Old Deuteronomy is being a good dad and enjoying watching his son tell his little story.

The lead role of the Great Rumpus Cat is played by George, so that he’ll have something to actually do other than make silly faces. But, he also didn’t show up to dog practice, despite playing the lead. Munkustrap wonders why he expected anything else.

Munkustrap makes a mental note to have Alonzo play the Rumpus Cat next year. He always shows up to Munkustrap’s rehearsals.

And George is very rude. It’s not easy being George. He has the most boring name out of the entire cast, so boring that he may or may not have been renamed Admetus. He’s mostly known only for playing the Rumpus Cat and making weird faces. Still, that does not excuse his bad attitude >:(

Munkustrap is just Done™ at this point.

And, right before it’s finally over, Tugger brings out the bagpipes again. Because we’re not longer talking about Scotties, it’s just random this time and no one finds it funny. Munkustrap is beginning to wonder if cats can safely drink alcohol, because that’s what his humans do when they have to deal with this level of Bullshit.

And, to top it all off, Old Deuteronomy gets on to everyone for making fun of dogs. He worked so hard on this play, it was a disaster, and then his dad said he shouldn’t have done it in the first place.

The Macavity Scare might’ve been considered a welcome distraction by this point.

#cats 1998 #munkustrap #mungojerrie #rumpleteazer #jerrie and teazer's singular brain cell #pouncival #skimbleshanks #mr mistoffelees #rum tum tugger #old deuteronomy #rumpus cat #cats george #or admetus #i might make fun of these cats #but i love all of them #even george and his boring name

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1998 Film Rumpleteazer Rewatch Part 1

There are a few things that surprised me.

But, we’ll get to that later.

From the first moment we see her, Rumpleteazer is backing up Mungojerrie. He’s the instigator of their antics more often than not.

When Jenny hits her high C and everyone Reacts Accordingly, most of them are either annoyed or freaked out. Teazer looks almost impressed.

Also, Jenny and Teazer have really similar stripes.

Rumpleteazer has a lot of Feline Dignity/Attitude in the opening number.

The Chaos Twins are the first to laugh when Misto messes up. Meanies...

Teazer also makes fun of Munkustrap for some of his sillier dance moves. When she picked on Misto, Jerrie laughed along. Now, it’s like he doesn’t get it. I’ve said it before: These two share a braincell and Teazer usually carries the larger half of it.

But, Teazer behaves throughout the rest of Jenny’s number. As soon as Jenny herself appears, she just stops being a brat and gets to dance at the front of the line during the Beetles Tattoo.

But, Tugger shows up to cause chaos. Jerrie and Teazer are hanging out by the car, still in their beetle costumes when he appears. They run off to change, but only Teazer ever comes back. Where did Jerrie go? Does he have some reason to want to avoid Tugger? That can’t be it, since he dances in his group during the Jellicle Ball. I guess it’s a mystery.

When Teazer returns, instead of joining the other girls in fangirling over Tugger, something that she’ll do in a later scene, she goes over to Skimbleshanks, who’s trying not to descend into madness over Kids These Days. She’s happy that Tugger’s here, so she’s got nothing against Kids These Days, but she goes over to Skimble before she joins Tugger’s crowd. It looks like she’s asking for permission to join the others.

Rumpleteazer, out of all of the younger cats, is the one who feels the need to ask permission to participate in Tugger’s number.

Also, I think Skimbledad might actually be her dad. She takes him seriously.

Well, eventually she joins the dancing anyway, despite Skimble’s objections.

“See, Dad? I’m just dancing! I’m not committing any depravities like you were ranting about. It’s just that the song’s catchy!”

But, when Tugger makes everyone scatter before his grand finale, Teazer goes right back to the car with the adults.

Jellylorum is also ranting about Kids These Days and Teazer still doesn’t get what their problem is, but she’s still acting like one of the Good Kids. She’s actually a bit better at it than Misto is!

I’ll end by coming up with a story about why Mungojerrie wasn’t in Tugger’s number:

Teazer assumed that Jerrie would do something stupid in front of Tugger and get them both in trouble, or, even worse, make Tugger not like them. So, when they left to change out of their costumes, she locked him in the changing room. Jerrie can pick locks, but it’ll take a while to construct the lock pick, so he’ll miss Tugger’s number.

#cats 1998 #rumpleteazer #mungojerrie #jennyanydots #skimbleshanks #skimbledad #rum tum tugger #jerrie and teazer's singular brain cell #teazer is a lovable brat

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1998 Film Mungojerrie Rewatch Part 1

Since Mungojerrie disappears between the beginning of The Old Gumbie Cat and his own number, the first part will be pretty short, but I’ve got a few things.

From the moment the Tire Choir assembles, Mungojerrie enters his default state of Doesn’t Know What’s Going On. Rumpleteazer skipped the same rehearsals that he did, but even when she can figure it out, he usually can’t.

He was kind of impressed when Jenny hit her high C and gave multiple cats hearing damage. Both Jerrie and Teazer seem a bit impressed with it. They had no idea that their mom could be bad like them! Well, they had to get it from somewhere and it wasn’t from Skimble.

And then a human throws a boot at all the noisy cats and they React Accordingly. Jerrie Doesn’t Know What’s Going On.

“Well...okay then.” Most of the other cats are some combination of concerned/offended/startled but Jerrie can only accept things as they are, because he doesn’t entirely know what that means anyway.

Misto and Victoria get the party started and Jerrie points, which is very rude. What are you pointing at, young man?

When it’s time for the first number, the twins sit down on opposite sides of the stage.

But Jerrie found Misto’s screw-up so funny that he teleported to the other side of the stage to laugh with Teazer about it. He’s still a meanie, but he one has to appreciate the effort.

Jerrie Doesn’t Know What’s Going On. I don’t think he can even see in his beetle costume. Still, he does his tap routine perfectly, so maybe he actually knows what’s going on so well that he can do it blindfolded. That was unexpected. Both twins know better than to slack off on their mom’s big musical number.

When Tugger shows up, both twins are excited, but Jerrie disappears for the number, as I mentioned in the last rewatch. My own joke explanation for this is that Teazer locked him in the changing room when they went to change out of their beetle costumes so he wouldn’t do anything to embarrass her in front of Tugger. But, out of universe, this is kind of strange. From what I can tell, Jerrie is usually in this number hero worshipping Tugger with the other boys. I wonder if there was some sort of scheduling conflict during the filming of this version that led to him not being there.

#cats 1998 #mungojerrie #rumpleteazer #jennyanydots #jerrie and teazer's singular brain cell #jerrie has the smaller half of the braincell

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1998 Film Mungojerrie Rewatch Part 2

So, the twins disappear after Tugger’s number and don’t come back until their own. There isn’t much about Jerrie in this number that doesn’t equally apply to Teazer, so this one probably won’t be very analytical and will mostly just my stupid comments on some stupid screenshots I took.

So, Jerrie and Teazer’s song outfits aren’t far from their usually chorus design. While Jenny wears layers and has a different coat, Skimble gets a vest, and Misto gains a bit more black on his body and a lot of glitter, the twins mostly get stuff to make their stripes more bold. Also, Teazer gets a pearl necklace which she stole in a verse that wasn’t included in this version. Jerrie gets a vest. Teazer has a bit of a vest too, but it’s tied in a way that makes it look like a natural part of her costume. But, Jerrie’s is just a vest. It’s just meant to be more colorful stripes over his usual stripes, but it’s a vest. Whenever he calls attention to himself, he tugs on his vest to show how much it’s not attached to the rest of his costume. He just really likes his tiger vest. Maybe he stole it in a verse so not included that it doesn’t even exist.

As Teazer mentions clowns, Jerrie just sticks his tongue out, because that’s what clowns do. I mean, there’s not much else he could’ve done except for nothing, but it’s typical Dumb But Cute Jerrie nonsense.

I like how they both mime counting money with Teazer apparently calculating with a cash register. They’re cats and couldn’t buy things in a human store, so money is useless to them, but they live around rich people and they know what they’re like.

Seriously, Jerrie just wants everyone to notice his cool vest. Actually, considering the length of it...It’s a crop top.

Please pay attention to Jerrie and his crop top.

Okay, Old Deuteronomy time. I mentioned before in the Teazer rewatch, but Jerrie uses her lap like a pillow. There, I mentioned how much they shifted around as a continuity error, but I’ll focus on something else this time.

“Yay! Tugger’s here! I wish I could’ve seen him before but somebody locked me in the changing room...”

“I just didn’t want you to embarrass me by changing into your crop top!”

“It calls attention to my abs!”

“Jerrie, this is exactly why they say I’m the smart one.”

The twins both got dirty from climbing through piles of garbage while doing crimes, so they’re helping each other clean up in a way that wouldn’t look weird if they were actually cats.

“So, I’m the stupid one, but you’re the one who didn’t notice that our legs are covered in garbage!”

“Shut up, Jerrie.”

“Okay, my turn now.”

“You know, the human audience is watching us...”

“So what? We can’t be seen by Old Deuteronomy covered in garbage and evidence of our crimes. What are we supposed to do? Shower?”

Yeah, I got carried away with the characters talking there. I’m short on material.

Anyway, Old Deuteronomy! You can see Jerrie kneel before him, either trying to show respect or getting ready to kitten crawl. He’s next to Bombalurina, if you can’t see.

The twins end up sitting right up front, which they’re quite happy about.

I promise that part 3 will include actual content. The combination of The Pekes and the Pollicles and The Jellicle Ball always means something.

#cats 1998 #mungojerrie #rumpleteazer #jerrie and teazer's singular brain cell #jerrie has the smaller half of the braincell #jerrie's crop top #this has to be the dumbest entry i've done for this thing

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1998 Film Rumpleteazer Rewatch Part 3

This section includes so many opportunities for characters to just be themselves and do silly things that I will never get bored of it.

Here’s Teazer in her Peke costume. Onward!

The Chaos Twins weren’t at dog practice and have no idea what they’re supposed to do. Munkustrap is aware of this and carefully directs them, making it obvious what they’re supposed to do, including pointing at each one when it’s their turn to bark. But, Jerrie has the smaller half of the braincell and he keeps barking twice. Both Munkustrap and Teazer start signaling to help him, but he refuses to pay attention to either one of them.

And Teazer hangs her head in shame. At least she tried.

To distract herself from the shame of failure, Teazer decides to make Munkustrap’s job even harder by...grinding on him. Shortly after this number we’ll begin the part of the show when at least half the cast becomes horny on main and Teazer’s trying to beat everyone to the punch. She’s a Tugger fangirl, but she’ll settle for any Deuteronomy brother as a runner-up. 

Of course, Munkustrap is not amused, so this was all pretty pointless.

So Teazer cries to her mom about the terrible day she’s having. 

Whatever Jenny (Mom) told her inspired her to try again. I think this is where Etcetera got her ideas from.

The rejection is brutal. Jerrie still doesn’t know what the fuck’s going on.

Teazer takes off her costume and cries to her dad this time. Jerrie, still not knowing what the fuck is going on, has allowed Pouncival to stand in front of him in line for the March of the Pollicles. This will end poorly.

Teazer doesn’t really do much else in the Pekes and the Pollicles. Other cats have to take their turns being funny. Let’s skip ahead to halfway through The Song of the Jellicles, when Jerrie and Teazer come out of hiding.

Teazer ducks right under the psychic twins. Coricopat is offended but Tantomile doesn’t seem to care.

Anyway, Jellicle cats are of moderate size. Considering how many times it’s stated that Jellicle cats are small, I like to think that Jerrie and Teazer are a bit bigger than most Jellicles their age and insist that “We’re not too big! We’re...moderate size!”

I admit that I have no idea why Jerrie and Teazer are standing this close. Maybe they’re just whispering to each other.

Etcetera, Victoria, and Rumpleteazer would like to remind you that Jellicle cats are black AND white. Victoria, the white cat, and Etcetera, who’s white-ish, make sense for this, but Teazer has almost as much black on her as white. Did she just want to be included? Is she trying to get on Victoria’s good side?

The main thing these three have in common is that they’re all part of THAT group of teenagers who make a big deal out of trying to lose their virginities on prom night. They’re all going to be grounded before the ball is over. Teazer’s probably grounded already.

Then Alonzo sneaks up behind Teazer and nearly gives her a heart attack.

Teazer tries to hide behind Victoria, hoping that she will protect her from Alonzo, who isn’t even trying to do anything. 

Also btw Tugger’s back.

I don’t think Tugger is in the mood to humor his fangirls right now. Misto’s ignoring him again and he hasn’t had a chance to sulk about it. He weaponizes his ass against the Hormonal Trio, especially Teazer. I don’t think Victoria was even hit.

While she recovers from her ordeal, Teazer claws at her ear in a very good impression of Mistoffelees.

So, when Victoria and Etcetera swarm Tugger, Teazer, not wanting to get ass attacked again, keeps her distance. She’ll try again later.

Now the dancing actually starts. The Hormonal trio are joined by Bomba and Demeter On the Prowl. Bomba is Tugger’s favorite fangirl and she taught the kittens how to be horny on main. She’s even more determined to get laid than they are. Demeter just goes where her sister goes and tries not to think about Macavity.

Etcetera is just crazy enough to turn Bombalurina’s Sexy Dance. Teazer is not that crazy, so she hangs out with the kittens on the throne with Munkustrap. Teazer is technically not a kitten anymore, but she’s close to them in age. Jerrie and Teazer are Misto’s age, but while Misto keeps trying to prove that he’s an Adult, the twins would rather still be kittens. They don’t want any of that responsibility crap.

Of the Hormonal Trio, Victoria is the most successful. She gets to do a Symbolic Coming of Age Dance with Plato. But, Teazer doesn’t want to be completely outclassed and asks Tugger if she could join him for Cuddle/Nap Time. He rejects her again, but he’s more polite about it this time. She has to go cuddle with her brother. Again. Like she always does.

If the younger cats see the Jellicle Ball as prom night, than this is The Slow Dance, where if you didn’t bring a date, you’re socially obligated to pair up with somebody and everyone has to scramble to find a partner before the song ends. Teazer falls into the category of girls who have a close male friend or sibling to fall back on.

Teazer is very invested in what Victoria and Plato are up to. Jerrie is already falling asleep.

They have just enough energy to tumble over each other on the way to the Cuddle Pile.

But, when the party gets going again, Teazer gets a chance to moon the camera.

So...Grizabella. The Chaos Twins really don’t have much to do with her, do they? They weren’t even there for her first appearance, so they still probably don’t know who she is.

Teazer is hanging out with Etcetera when Grizabella appears again. Etcetera WAS there the last time, so I’ll assume that she quickly explains.

And Teazer just leaves. I guess she assumes that this any of her business.

#cats 1998 #rumpleteazer #mungojerrie #jerrie and teazer's singular brain cell #munkustrap #cats victoria #cats etcetera #rum tum tugger #why is this play so horny? #the jellicle prom

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1998 Film Rumpleteazer Rewatch Part 2

After Tugger’s number, Rumpleteazer just disappears for a while. We don’t see her or Mungojerrie’s reaction to Grizabella.

The Chaos Twins aren’t around for Bustopher Jones, either, though I didn’t expect them to be. I don’t think they’re allowed to be around him. He has a lot of expensive stuff for them to steal. Besides, I think the idea of the twins and Bustopher being in the same room would give poor Misto a panic attack. Either that or he’d literally murder them for stealing from his dad.

So, it’s a matter of everyone’s safety and sanity, really.

We don’t see them again until their number.

And it turns out that they been going around stealing stuff. Whose stuff? Doesn’t matter. What stuff? Also irrelevant. 

But Teazer’s giggling makes Jerrie take the larger half of their braincell. Seriously, how are you going to get away with stealing shit if you can’t do it quietly?

The Twins’ life of crime began when they decided to steal a steak from the oven. They figured that their family of humans was too fat to need it. Besides, they left the potatoes and greens behind. Not sure why the cook completely cancelled dinner when at least half of it hadn’t been stolen.

At one point in the song, Jerrie flips Teazer and she gets dizzy for a few seconds, even though she’s completely fine on every other flip and cartwheel of the number, of which there are many. Maybe she didn’t know she was about to be flipped this one time. Jerrie’s still holding the larger half of their braincell, I guess. I think Jerrie has the larger half while the twins are doing crimes and Teazer has it the rest of the time.

Also, I’ve given up on not calling them the twins. I can’t see them as anything but twins, even though there are other interpretations that make sense. At least in this version, anyway. Others might be different.

Here’s a thing about them:

The characterization of the various cats varies between productions, but is kept somewhat consistent through The Three Words. When cast in a role, the actors are given three words that describe their character and are allowed to make up the rest themselves. This is how, for example, John Partridge and Tyler Hanes could play Tugger completely differently, but neither one of them is out of character. Tugger’s Three Words are Vain, Perverse, and Inconsequent/Independent. The words themselves have changed a bit over time, but here it’s the same general idea. As long as Tugger can be described by these Three Words, he’s in character. Both versions of Tugger are Vain, Perverse, and Independent. They’re both in character.

This digression has a point, I swear.

You see, Coricopat and Tantomile are canonically twins. They’re twins in every single version. But, they each have their own set of Three Words:

Coricopat: Telepathic, Unruffled, Instinctive

Tantomile: Telepathic, Suspicious, Sensitive

They’re both telepathic, so there’s an overlap, but actors cast as the twins are told to play them differently.

Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer usually have the same Three Words: Mischievous, Rambunctious, Ne’er-do-well.

Some versions give them different sets of Three Words, but actors cast as Jerrie and Teazer are told to play them identically, figuring out the differences themselves. This means that Jerrie and Teazer are more stereotypically twin-like than Coricopat and Tantomile.

But, since they can be given separate sets of Three Words, they don’t have to be played this way. In this version, it seems like they are.

Okay, I spent too long making that point. Let’s move on.

Even in this version, there are a few differences. Since Mungojerrie gets accused of working for Macavity and Rumpleteazer doesn’t, he might be involved in more crimes than she is. So, if just one of them is ever responsible for something, it was Mungojerrie. Rumpleteazer doesn’t like this very much.

“Just because you were in the feline mafia doesn’t mean you get to take credit for everything!”

And it turns out Jerrie was right about being quiet. Now they’re busted.

And now they have to share the blame. It goes with sharing the credit.

But, Old Deuteronomy distracts everyone, so everyone forgets about the twins and they don’t even have to stay in time-out.

I’ll end this entry on a continuity error. You can only ever find these if you look very closely, so I don’t consider them to be an actual problem, but they’re fun to spot.

While everyone gets themselves cleaned up for Old Deuteronomy’s arrival, Jerrie uses Teazer’s lap as a pillow. They help each other get cleaned up, because they do everything together.

But in the close-up on Munkustrap, they’re side-by-side, with Jerrie on the opposite side from where he would be if he’d been using Teazer as a pillow.

But when we zoom out again, we’re back to lap pillow. Either they’re shifting around a lot or this is a continuity error. I doubt they’re shifting around much because Jerrie appears to be out of breath throughout most of the scene. I guess all the flipping and cartwheeling tired him out. That’s why he needs a pillow.

#cats 1998 #rumpleteazer #mungojerrie #jerrie and teazer's singular brain cell #chaos twins

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1998 Film Demeter Rewatch Part Three

So, between Grizabella’s appearance and the Jellicle Ball, Demeter doesn’t actually do all that much. Last commentary was spent following a character who loved and was loved by the camera, but Demeter seems to stay out of the way unless she’s singing lead.

But, recapping a ten minute dance sequence is a bit exhausting, so I’m just going to post everything I’ve got from before that.

I missed this bit at the end of Grizabella’s number. Demeter runs forward after her as she leaves and is nowhere to be found in the next number, only showing up again for the Macavity fake-out. I’m wondering if Demeter tried to follow Grizabella. Either that, or she needed a moment to calm down and went back into hiding.

On a completely unrelated sidenote, Electra is hiding under Munkustrap’s Stance and that’s adorable.

Demeter is one of the first to catch Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer, and even though this scene was pretty much all in good fun, this must’ve been hard for her. She believed Macavity had come back for her because of these two fucking around. They basically, though they didn’t mean to, pulled a fire alarm when there wasn’t a fire. Really, it’s more like they accidentally leaned on a fire alarm and set it off, but still. 

Not a whole lot happens until the next Macavity scare. Bombalurina puts her arm around Demeter at random. She wasn’t freaking out over anything. So, they’re sometimes just close for the sake of it.

In fact, I’ve not seen very many shots of Demeter where Bomba wasn’t somewhere nearby. With pretty much everyone else, even Old Deuteronomy, she keeps her distance.

That’s really all I’ve got for now. These commentaries really aren’t as funny as the Misto ones were, because Misto’s arc is mostly silly. It’s mostly about him being somewhat awkward, trying to hard to be an Adult, and being a tsundere for Tugger, and the finale is glitter, rainbows, and blowing shit up. You can make it angsty, but you don’t have to. Demeter’s story is basically all about trauma.

So, if this commentary doesn’t have as many good jokes as the last one, there’s not much I can do. You can’t make trauma over kidnapping and domestic abuse funny. I might even have to start adding content warnings.

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