Babe (1995)

Russi Taylor: Cat

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• Cat : Oh, do forgive me for scratching you, dear. I got a bit carried away. It's a cat thing.

  Babe : [laughs]  Oh, well, but...

  Cat : Feeling good about tomorrow, are you?

  Babe : Mm-hmm, it should be all right, I think.

  Cat : You know, I probably shouldn't say this, but I'm not sure if you realise how much the other animals are laughing at you for this sheepdog business.

  Babe : Why would they do that?

  Cat : Well, they say that you've forgotten that you're a pig. Isn't that silly? And they even said that you don't know what pigs are for.

  Babe : What do you mean, 'what pigs are for'?

  Cat : You know, why pigs are here.

  Babe : Why are any of us here?

  Cat : Well, the cow's here to be milked, the dogs are here to help the Boss's husband with the sheep, and I'm here to be beautiful and affectionate to the Boss.

  Babe : Yes?

  Cat : [sighs softly]  The fact is that pigs don't have a purpose. Just like, ducks don't have a purpose.

  Babe : [confused]  Uh, I - I don't, uh...

  Cat : All right, for your own sake, I'll be blunt. Why do the Bosses keep ducks? To eat them. So why do the Bosses keep a pig? The fact is that animals that don't seem to have a purpose really do have a purpose. The Bosses have to eat. It's probably the most noble purpose of all, when you come to think about it.

  Babe : They... eat pigs?

  Cat : Pork, they call it. Or bacon. They only call them pigs when they're alive.

  Babe : But, uh, I'm a sheep pig.

  Cat : [giggles]  The Boss's husband's just playing a little game with you. Believe me, sooner or later, every pig gets eaten. That's the way the world works. Oh... I haven't upset you, have I?

  [chuckles softly]