In 1904 English artist Louis Wain created an illustrated version titled "The Marvelous Story of Puss in Boots".
The Russian composer César Cui (of French ancestry) composed a short children's opera on this subject in 1913. Puss in Boots was first performed in Rome in 1915, and has been something of a repertory item in Germany since at least the 1970s.
In their album of cat songs, Happy Times Records included a version of Puss in Boots. As with their version of The Pied Piper of Hamelin, it is not faithful to the original fairy tale and features a cat named Puss in Boots who is the guardian of his native village. He saves the village from several invasions by using his head and is summoned by the song, "Come, boots!/Come, boots!/Come a runnin',/Puss in Boots." The man and woman who perform this story/song are the same ones who perform Happy Times's version of The Pied Piper, and the number ends with the words, "The whole village is proud of their magical cat!"
Hayao Miyazaki participated in the 1969 Toei Animation production of Nagagutsu wo Haita Neko (Puss 'n Boots), providing key animation, designs, storyboards, image boards, and story ideas. It was directed by Kimio Yabuki, with a screenplay by Hisashi Inoue, a famous Japanese playwright, and animation supervision was carried out by longtime Miyazaki collaborator and mentor Yasuji Mori. Hayao Miyazaki also wrote and drew a comic version first serialized in Chuunichi Shimbun Nichiyou Ban(Chuunichi Newspaper Sunday Version) to promote the film. Its main character, the cat Pero, was very popular and eventually became Toei's mascot.
Rankin/Bass Productions produced a hand-drawn animated TV special in 1972 entitled Puss in Boots.
The Master Cat by David Garnett is a novel first published in 1974 which gives a more detailed account of the established story from Puss getting the boots to his eating the ogre. The second part of the book tells of Puss getting caught up in palace plots and intrigues of which he ultimately becomes the victim, by his own ungrateful master no less.
In an episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus, a sketch set in the Police Department of the State of Venezuela is interrupted by an unexpected adaptation of Puss in Boots done in the style of a Christmas pantomime—Julia Breck is memorable in a (very short) 'trouser role'.
An episode of Garfield and Friends adapted the story with Garfield in the role of the cat, and his owner, Jon Arbuckle in the role of his owner. However, the episode is titled “Puss in High-Tops”, as instead of boots, the cat requests of pair of High-Tops. This is because at the end, instead of tricking the ogre to turn into a mouse, he tricks him into turning into a cockroach, which he uses the high-tops to step on him. In the end, he charges his owner for his services and gets chased by the ogre who wants revenge after turning back from a cockroach.
In the furrycomic book, Xanadu, the main male hero, Tabbe Le Fauve, is a cat modeled on Puss in Boots with a strong influence of Errol Flynn's typical swashbuckler character.
In the Pokémon anime series, the character Tyson owns a Meowth that dresses up like Puss in Boots; this Meowth is his main Pokémon.
In Gainax's 2000 anime FLCL, the third episode is named Maru Raba (Marquis de Carabas) and deals with the young adult characters performing Puss in Boots at their school, and with one character and her interest in the idea of pretending to be something until you've become it.
In the manga MÄR, Puss 'n' Boots becomes a form of Babbo in the final battle against the main antagonist, Phantom.
Puss in Boots is the fourth episode of the episode game series American McGee's Grimm, which features the dark version of the cat missing an eye and the queen rabbit in the dark version goes from an easter bunny type creature to a rabbit inspired by the xenomorph alien from the aliens franchise.
Mary Hanson Roberts wrote and drew a long serial in the Furrloughanthropomorphic comic book, about the descendants of Puss in Boots and their adventures in their world's equivalent of the France of Louis XVI and the French Revolution, called "Here Comes a Candle." (The reference in the title is to the nursery rhyme that ends: "Here comes a candle to light you to bed; here comes a chopper to chop off your head.")
“Puss In Boots: A Musical,” a 2019 audiobook musical created by Edelman and Fishman and Khristine Hvam released by HarperAudio. It is narrated by Jim Dale and features a full ensemble.
A version of Puss in Boots is one of the main characters in Neverafter, the fifteenth season of the web series Dimension 20.
Studio Filmów Rysunkowych decided to animated one of the episode in Kuba i Sruba titled as "Cichomaniak" in which Puss in Boots appeared here.[5]
