Cats & Pandas: A Minecraft Fable of Friendship
Cats & Pandas: A Minecraft Fable of Friendship is an animated[note 1] trailer, claiming to tell the origins of the Holiday Update. The video was produced by twofifteenmccann[1] and Partizan Studio.[2][3][4] The film premiered at the Xbox event X018.[5]
The video begins with a narrator recounting several cats and pandas sleeping in a sparse jungle biome. The leaders of two tribes (the Bamboo Forest and the "Meh, Whatever" tribe) are fast asleep in a contest, the winner claiming the jungle while the other is banished to the ocean. The rivals had slept for "an extraordinarily long time," with the pandas ultimately winning. The cats, furious, accused the pandas of hibernating instead of sleeping, instigating a feud that would persist for many centuries.
Over the years, the two kept their distance, the pandas ruling over the jungle biomes, while cats spent the centuries "meandering in alleyways, starring in internet videos, and sneaking into places disguised as ocelots." As their hatred grew and grew, the two animals became increasingly beloved among humans, with several suggesting pandas be added to Minecraft. The video then pivots to the office of a "Cat-and-Panda Expert," who offers several puns.
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| Date | November 10, 2018 |
| Length | 2:44 |
Cats & Pandas: A Minecraft Fable of Friendship is an animated[note 1] trailer, claiming to tell the origins of the Holiday Update. The video was produced by twofifteenmccann[1] and Partizan Studio.[2][3][4] The film premiered at the Xbox event X018.[5]
Summary
The video begins with a narrator recounting several cats and pandas sleeping in a sparse jungle biome. The leaders of two tribes (the Bamboo Forest and the "Meh, Whatever" tribe) are fast asleep in a contest, the winner claiming the jungle while the other is banished to the ocean. The rivals had slept for "an extraordinarily long time," with the pandas ultimately winning. The cats, furious, accused the pandas of hibernating instead of sleeping, instigating a feud that would persist for many centuries.
Over the years, the two kept their distance, the pandas ruling over the jungle biomes, while cats spent the centuries "meandering in alleyways, starring in internet videos, and sneaking into places disguised as ocelots." As their hatred grew and grew, the two animals became increasingly beloved among humans, with several suggesting pandas be added to Minecraft. The video then pivots to the office of a "Cat-and-Panda Expert," who offers several puns.
Returning to the conflict, it is established that there were many summits held over the feud, however few could ever come to an agreement. This culminated in a summit in Winnipeg, the "Paws and Claws Summit." Tensions were high, so high that they nearly reverted to fighting, until suddenly a Mojang Studios employee appeared outdoors and pitched them Minecraft. The two clans were finally on speaking terms, making sounds they hadn't made in hundreds of years, agreeing to peace because of the existence of Minecraft.
In the final seconds of the video, the camera pans out of the set, revealing the Paws and Claws Summit to be nothing more than a box in the biome the feud began, as a cat and panda hold up a sign promising they'll come to the game.
Characters
Ad-hoc leader of the "Meh, Whatever" tribe
Alex
Baby Playful Panda
Black Cat
British Shorthair Cat
Calico Cat- CharacterSprite cat-and-panda-expert.png: Sprite image for cat-and-panda-expert in MinecraftCat-and-Panda Expert
- File:CharacterSprite cat-judge.pngCat Judge
Cat-Pandology Narrator- File:ObjectSprite cat-skeleton.pngCat Skeleton
Chicken
Chicken Jockey
Cod
Cow (pictured)
Ender Dragon (graffiti)- Game Developer
Gray Parrot
Green Parrot
Herobrine (mentioned)
Ocelot (imposter)
Panda- File:CharacterSprite panda-judge.pngPanda Judge
- File:ObjectSprite panda-skeleton.pngPanda Skeleton
Persian Cat
Playful Panda
Ragdoll Cat- Red Cat
- File:EntitySprite red-kitten.png
Red Parrot
Referee- Ruler of the Bamboo Forest
- File:EntitySprite siamese-kitten.png
Salmon
Skeleton (pictured)
Skeleton Horse (pictured)
Steve
Tabby Cat
Tuxedo Cat- File:EntitySprite tuxedo-kitten.png
White Cat
Zombie (pictured)
Settings
Alleyway
Bamboo Jungle
Beach
Border- ObjectSprite mouse-toy.png: Sprite image for mouse-toy in Minecraft Cat-Pandology Department
Cat's room
Desert
Flower Forest
Summit
Jungle
Ocean
Plains
Savanna
Swamp
Swamp Hut- File:ObjectSprite wig.pngWinnipeg
Quotes
External
A nap-off gone wrong leaves cat and panda relations in shambles. After many failed attempts at peace, the two sides find common ground. When they’re not sneezing or snacking on bamboo, pandas can be found rolling around the jungle. Cats are curious but kind, chasing other mobs and bringing "gifts" to their masters. And of course, both lounge and laze as they please. Revamped cats and precious pandas are coming to Minecraft soon!
As announced at X018, revamped cats and precious pandas are coming to Minecraft soon!
A nap-off gone wrong leaves cat and panda relations in shambles. After many failed attempts at peace, the two sides find common ground.
Internal
One meow could be the bamboo stalk that broke the panda's back.
All was silent, except for my narration.
It's a little known term that sometimes facts get in the way of fiction, and sometimes a little fiction helps ensure the future's bright, when cats and pandas, are megabytes.
Transcript
Credits
Chief Creative Officer
Creative Director
Producers
Art Director
Copywriter
Executive Producers
Director of Photography
Brand Director
Lydia Winters
Manager, Marketing Communications
Senior Director of Marketing
Communications Director
Owen Jones
Director, Marketing and Communications
Senior Marketing Manager
Project Manager
Nicolette Suraga
Strategist
Assistant Account Executive
Director of Business Affairs
Business Director<bt>
Head of Strategy
Senior Account Executive
Director of Integrated Production
Strategy Director
Production Design
Editor
Post Production Company
Flame Artists
Producer
Flame Artist (Senior)
VFX
Compositor
Composer
Performers
Sound Engineers
Producer
Sound Recording
Videos
Trivia
- Several of the puppets are actually modified Mattel action figures, most noticeable during Steve and Alex's cameo.
- The claim that cats pose as ocelots is a reference, if not explanation, for older versions of the game where the two were one and the same. Instead of taming an ocelot, taming it would transform it into a cat. This factors into the supposed feud with pandas; once it was resolved, there would be no reason to sneak into the jungles, they could just go inside.
Gallery
Recreations
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Cat sleeping 1 -
Cat sleeping 2 -
Panda sleeping 1 -
Panda sleeping 2 -
Trash bin -
Mouse toy
Notes
- ↑ Puppetry is a form of animation, if not conventional compared to screen techniques such as CGI or 2D animation.
References
- ↑ "Minecraft - "Cats & Pandas: A Minecraft Fable of Friendship" by * twofifteenmccann
- Partizan Studio – adforum.
- ↑ "Minecraft: Cats & Pandas: A Minecraft Bable of Friendship - Hoku & Adam - Partizan Studio" – Partizan Studio.
- ↑ "Minecraft: Cats and Pandas - A Minecraft Fable of Friendship" by Partizan – Best ads, November 14, 2018.
- ↑ "Minecraft Fable of Friendship | Minecraft | directed by Hoku & Adam 🐱🐼 #fromthearchive #animation #puppets #partizanstudio #animationdirector" – @partizan.studio on Instagram, July 18, 2018
- ↑ "215 McCann Tells a Furry Fable of Cats and Pandas for Minecraft" by McCann North America – Little Black Book, November 13, 2018.
See also
- Catastrophic Pandamonium, another promotion for the Holiday Update
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