Tomato the Cat’s Summer Movie Reviews
July, 2003

Back in the 1950s and 60s, many of Hollywood’s top westerns were made here at Angel Canyon, where Best Friends now has its home. But our renowned movie critic has discovered that the best summer blockbusters are, in fact, still being made right here at the sanctuary.

The Incredible Hulk
a.k.a. Return of Guess-Who
Starring Butterscotch


In the Hollywood version of this movie, people are advised not to pet a scientist who turns green whenever he gets angry. But most people are not aware that this fictional, cartoon-based story is based on the life of Butterscotch, a feral mother cat who is now living at the Best Friends TLC Cat Club.

The Best Friends movie chronicles the shocking, real-life experiences of perfectly nice people who visit Butterscotch here at the TLC Cat Club.

Like the Incredible Hulk character, she purrs at first when you pet her ... she purrs some more ... you pet her some more ... she growls ... you pet her some more ... BIG MISTAKE! ... she turns into the Incredible Hulk, and strikes!

At the end of the movie, in a spell-binding action/horror sequence, the true nature of Butterscotch is revealed. It turns out that she is none other than ... 

... Well, of course, I can’t give away the ending. But longtime, alert readers of this column will have already observed that Butterscotch is a big, fluffy, orange, female kitten.

• Could she truly be none other than the latest incarnation of Arabella GingerPop ... or A-Pop ... the Ancient Egyptian source of all chaos and destruction in the entire known universe?
• Could she really be back?
• Has she transformed into an Incredible Hulk?
• And why is she masquerading as a movie character, if not to deceive innocent potential adopters so they will take her into their home?

The answers to all these questions are, of course, not answered in this movie. And you can be sure that the moguls here are already planning sequels, prequels, spin-offs, tie-ins, and product placements galore. They obviously don’t know that all those who have ever tried to exploit A-Pop have come to a very sticky end.

Note: New readers, who don’t know the story of A-Pop and who don’t have a big, fluffy, orange, female cat in their family, can catch up by reading my earlier investigative report, The Search for A-Pop.

Next: Charlie’s Angels