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{{Infobox video
| type = Puppet show
| next = [[Minecraft:Village & Pillage: Official Trailer]]
| length = 2:44
| date = November 10, 2018
| production = * twofifteenmccann
* Partizan Studio
| director = * [[Minecraft:Hoku Uchiyama]]
* [[Minecraft:Adam Bolt]]
| producer = * [[Minecraft:Sarah Sweeney]]
* [[Minecraft:Dave Hebenstreit]]
| screenplay = [[Minecraft:Frank Fusco]]
| cinematography = [[Minecraft:Kenneth Wales]]
| subject = [[Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 1.8.0|Holiday Update]]
| starring = * {{EntityLink|Cat}}
* {{EntityLink|Panda}}
}}

'''Cats & Pandas: A Minecraft Fable of Friendship''' is an animated<ref group="note">Puppetry is a form of animation, if not conventional compared to screen techniques such as CGI or 2D animation.</ref>  trailer, claiming to tell the origins of the [[Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 1.8.0|Holiday Update]]. The video was produced by twofifteenmccann<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.adforum.com/creative-work/ad/player/34588490/cats-pandas-a-minecraft-fable-of-friendship/minecraft|title=Minecraft - "Cats & Pandas: A Minecraft Fable of Friendship|author=* twofifteenmccann 
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== Summary ==
The video begins with a narrator recounting several [[Minecraft:Cat|cats]] and [[Minecraft:Panda|pandas]] sleeping in a [[Minecraft:Sparse Jungle|sparse jungle]] [[Minecraft:biome]]. The leaders of two tribes (the [[Minecraft:Bamboo Jungle|Bamboo Forest]] and the "Meh, Whatever" tribe) are fast asleep in a contest, the winner claiming the [[Minecraft:jungle]] while the other is banished to the [[Minecraft:Kelp (feature)|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 [[Minecraft:Village|alleyways]], starring in internet videos, and sneaking into places disguised as [[Minecraft:Ocelot|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 {{Wikipedia|Winnipeg}}, the "Paws and Claws Summit." Tensions were high, so high that they nearly reverted to fighting, until suddenly a [[Minecraft:Mojang Studios]] employee appeared outdoors and pitched them ''[[Minecraft: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 [[Minecraft:Planks|box]] in the biome the feud began, as a cat and panda hold up a [[Minecraft:sign]] promising they'll come to the game.

=== Characters ===
{{columns-list|*{{EntityLink|Red Cat|Ad-hoc leader of the "Meh, Whatever" tribe}}
*{{EntityLink|Alex}}
*{{EntityLink|Black Cat}}
*{{EntityLink|British Shorthair Cat}}
*{{EntityLink|Calico Cat}}
* Cat-and-Panda Expert
* [[Minecraft:Cat|Cat Judge]]
* {{ItemLink|id=bamboo|Cat-Pandology Narrator}}
*{{EntityLink|Chicken}}
*{{EntitySprite|chicken-zombie-pigman-jockey}} {{EntityLink|Chicken Jockey}}
*{{EntityLink|Cod}}
*{{EntityLink|Cow}} (pictured)
*{{EntityLink|Ender Dragon}} (graffiti)
* [[Minecraft:Mojang Studios|Game Developer]]
*{{EntityLink|Gray Parrot}}
*{{EntityLink|Green Parrot}}
*{{CharacterLink|Herobrine}} (mentioned)
*{{EntityLink|Ocelot}} (imposter)
*{{EntityLink|Panda}}
* [[Minecraft:Panda|Panda Judge]]
*{{EntityLink|Persian Cat}}
*{{EntityLink|Playful Panda}}
*{{EntityLink|Ragdoll Cat}}
*{{EntityLink|Red Cat}}
*{{EntityLink|Red Parrot}}
*{{EntityLink|Panda|Ruler of the Bamboo Forest}}
*{{EntityLink|Salmon}}
*{{EntityLink|Skeleton}} (pictured)
* Skeleton Cat
*{{EntityLink|Skeleton Horse}} (pictured)
*{{EntityLink|Steve}}
*{{EntityLink|Tabby Cat}}
*{{EntityLink|Tuxedo Cat}}
*{{EntityLink|White Cat}}
*{{EntityLink|White Sheep}}
*{{EntityLink|Zombie}} (pictured)|colwidth=20em}}

== Quotes ==

=== External ===
{{Quote|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!|Video description, ''Minecraft''|image=Minecraft franchise icon.jpg}}{{Quote|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.|Video description, ''Xbox''|image=Xbox.svg}}

=== Internal ===
{{Quote|One meow could be the bamboo stalk that broke the panda's back.|Cat-Pandology Narrator}}{{Quote|All was silent, except for my narration.|Cat-Pandology Narrator}}{{Quote|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.|Cat-Pandology Narrator}}

=== Transcript ===
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== Credits ==
{{Collapse|content='''Directors'''
* [[Minecraft:Hoku Uchiyama]]
* [[Minecraft:Adam Bolt]]

'''Chief Creative Officer'''<br>
[[Minecraft:Scott Dutchon]]

'''Creative Director'''<br>
[[Minecraft:Neil Bruce]]

'''Producers'''
* [[Minecraft:Sarah Sweeney]]
* [[Minecraft:Dave Hebenstreit]]

'''Art Director'''<br>
[[Minecraft:Chris Onesto]]

'''Copywriter'''<br>
[[Minecraft:Frank Fusco]]

'''Executive Producers'''
* [[Minecraft:Lisa Tauscher]]
* [[Minecraft:Molly Griffin]]

'''Director of Photography'''<br>
[[Minecraft:Kenneth Wales]]

'''Brand Director'''<br>
[[Minecraft:Lydia Winters]]

'''Manager, Marketing Communications'''<br>
[[Minecraft:Melissa Jenkins]]

'''Senior Director of Marketing'''<br>[[Minecraft:Taylor Smith]]

'''Communications Director'''<br>[[Minecraft:Owen Jones]]

'''Director, Marketing and Communications'''<br>[[Minecraft:Fergus Lynch]]

'''Senior Marketing Manager'''<br>[[Minecraft:Emily Orrson]]

'''Project Manager'''<br>[[Minecraft:Nicolette Suraga]]

'''Strategist'''<br>[[Minecraft:Cassidy Wilber]]

'''Assistant Account Executive'''<br>[[Minecraft:Robert Kalish]]

'''Director of Business Affairs'''<br>[[Minecraft:Mary Beth Barney]]

'''Business Director'''<bt>[[Minecraft:Peter Goldstein]]

'''Head of Strategy'''<br>[[Minecraft:Brian Wakabayashi]]

'''Senior Account Executive'''
* [[Minecraft:Sam Brody]] 
* [[Minecraft:Ben Blaska]]

'''Director of Integrated Production'''<br>[[Minecraft:Mandi Holdorff]]

'''Strategy Director'''<br>[[Minecraft:Cassidy Wilber]]

'''Production Design'''<br>[[Minecraft:Dave Corey]]

'''Editor'''<br>[[Minecraft:Hoku Uchiyama]]

'''Post Production Company'''<br>[[Minecraft:Ntropic]]

'''Flame Artists'''<br>[[Minecraft:Sarah Vigil-Bass]]

'''Producer'''<br>[[Minecraft:Emma Rooney]]

'''Flame Artist (Senior)'''
* [[Minecraft:Aaron Vasquez]]
* [[Minecraft:Todd Hemsley]]

'''VFX'''<br>[[Minecraft:Adam Bolt]]

'''Compositor'''<br>[[Minecraft:Jeff Doran]]

'''Composer'''<br>[[Minecraft:Jonathan Sadoff]]

'''Performers'''
* [[Minecraft:Alyssa Park]]
* [[Minecraft:Ben Jacobson]]
* [[Minecraft:Luke Maurer]]
* [[Minecraft:Tim Loo]]
* [[Minecraft:Mike Valerio]]
* [[Minecraft:Heather Clark]]
* [[Minecraft:Chris Beth]]
* [[Minecraft:Stuart Clark]]
* [[Minecraft:Rose Corrigan]]

'''Sound Engineers'''
* [[Minecraft:Joaby Deal]]
* [[Minecraft:Matt Wood]]

'''Producer'''<br>[[Minecraft:Vickie Sornslip]]

'''Sound Recording'''<br>[[Minecraft:One Union Recording]]}}

== Videos ==
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== Trivia ==

* Several of the puppets are actually modified ''Mattel'' [[Minecraft:action figures]], most noticeable during [[Minecraft:Steve]] and [[Minecraft: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 [[Minecraft: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.

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=== Renders ===
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== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== See also ==

* [[Minecraft:Catastrophic Pandamonium]], another promotion for the Holiday Update

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