The Secret of Kells - Is This Your Cat

The Secret of Kells
Meet cute between Brendan and Aisling.
(Brendan, on knees praying, hoping not to be eaten)
Brendan: Oh, no...
Aisling: Is this your cat?
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[@Godzillakingofkaiju1]

Anyone notice how the wolves look monstrous one moment and then mysterious the other?

[@user-yf9ku1tl6b]

Ian Greene yeah, I kind of see that. Like the part when they are aggressive then they stop once they hear her, you notice it

[@littlemissgreedythehippiei8097]

Why were the wolves trying to kill Brendan?

[@taddad2641]

@@littlemissgreedythehippiei8097 territorial, keeping people out at her command.

[@crooked7592]

I love this! It shows the viewer perspective, that something that seems fearful can become something completely differnt

[@lilybug1397]

No not really. They look defensive and curious.

[@TitaniumSeraph]

I never realized how hard it would be to describe ink/writing/paper to someone who had never known of it before. It would be bizarre! haha

[@princessthyemis]

indeed!

[@VirtuesOfSin]

"Paper is like a stone but lighter and thinner. Ink is like liquid charcoal, black paint used on paper like coal is on stone" Or, in the context of this video: "These stones are like paper and the carvings are ink. Paper is lighter and easier to travel with than stone, but we can only use ink on it." Art isn't unique to modern civilization, you just have to explain it to them in ways they would understand.

[@AkaiAzul]

Here's me attempt. I cut up trees into thin slices called "paper." I then crush berries into a mush for its color, this colored mush I call "ink." Ink stands out when put on paper. I arrange the ink on paper into patterns to communicate a lot of different ideas. Some of the patterns represent speech and words like what me talking right now and I call them "letters," some look like other things you can see and I call them "drawings," and some patterns can mean even more bizarre things like how many of something there is and I call them "numbers." There's much more, too.

[@VirtuesOfSin]

@@AkaiAzul I don't think pulp trees were used to create paper back then, was it? Still, you would probably make the spirit super mad saying you chopped down the trees for something she doesn't understand. :p lpl

[@AkaiAzul]

@@VirtuesOfSin Right, they used papyrus, didn't they back then? I guess I'd amend it to grow and then cut said plants into paper. Something along those lines.

[@cassie6146]

I don't know if this is intentional or not, but I love how Aisling kind of foreshadows the subjects of the other Cartoon Saloon Irish trilogy movies. She's a white shapeshifting young girl much like the little white Selkie in "Song of the Sea". And she lives out in the forest with a pack of wolves and can take on their form too, just like Mebh from "Wolfwalkers".

[@oreculeslazyinterstellarte5798]

Can’t wait for it

[@dalebird1482]

@@oreculeslazyinterstellarte5798 Managed to catch a showing before our local cinema closed down this week; its just so damn good.

[@mimfiesmonsters]

Did you see her on the bus full of Halloween kids in Song of the Sea? ;)

[@wenhernralphoponda7816]

A nice theory. There were three animals mention by Aisling, which foreshadows Cartoon Saloon : Salmon (Song of the Sea), Wolf (Wolfwalkers), and Deer (probably deer-centered story in the future).

[@cassie6146]

@@wenhernralphoponda7816Oh, nice catch! And "Wolfwalkers" had Robyn tell her dad that the two of them could hunt dragons together, and Cartoon Saloon is making an adaptation of the book "My Father's Dragon".

[@alemonsquid437]

2:22 When she said “no mother?”, that hit me hard

[@nicolesplaylists9366]

Same, it really hit close to home for me lol

[@NoNameAtAll2]

megamind meme

[@themasterofcommentsandrese4351]

She didn’t have a family, did she?

[@sapphirewingthefurrycritic985]

This studio, that also did song of the sea, loves Irish folklore and culture.

[@thefluffyoctopus5543]

They have a perfect art style for it

[@chrsmueller923]

Their most recent movie, The Breadwinner, takes place in Afghanistan.

[@davi0121]

And _Skunk Fu!_ of all things before all of that.

[@Selkie_17]

@@chrsmueller923 oh Yeah!! I saw that movie it was amazing

[@brooke6146]

the company is irish themselves :)

[@megawolf-br4mq]

1:44 WHAT ARE U DOING IN MY SWAMP

[@itsyaboinadia]

UNDERRATED

[@Godzillakingofkaiju1]

Aisling's wolf form kinda looks more like a cat in some shots.

[@redtoneredtone6592]

Thats because its not a wolf its a fox

[@frosty5379]

They’re both dogs

[@redtoneredtone6592]

@@frosty5379 did you just they are both dogs!?! Neither of them are dogs!! Who told these lies

[@kineshashekhar1853]

@@redtoneredtone6592 They are from the dog (Canis) species. Cats are from the Feline species. Wolves and foxes are both dogs.

[@TheAngryXenite]

@@kineshashekhar1853 Canines aren't a "species." They're an entire family, using Linnaean taxonomy, so they're close, but certainly not the same species. Foxes anyway. I believe dogs are actually a subspecies of wolf (canis lupis versus canis lupis familiaris), but they're still reasonably different.

[@CivUnitDialogue]

When he's praying he says "Ár nAthair, atá ar Neamh" which is beginning of the Lord's prayer in Irish. (Our father, who art in Heaven)

[@samueldennisiii7915]

No kidding. Love what that adds.

[@batmanssidekick358]

I did not know that. That's kinda cool.

[@brickcollecter5273]

Searched it on Google translate and it said: Our snake is in heaven

[@chrisflanagan7564]

@@brickcollecter5273 ... you've made a typo, you searched for Nathair rather than n-Athair. It's an easy mistake, The if you had searched for Athair (or n-Athair, or nAthair) you would have found father. the n- at the start of Athair is a grammatical thing, rather than the first letter of the word for father, The Celtic languages (Irish, Scottish-Gaelic, Manx, and, Cornish, Welsh, Breton) generally have a feature called initial mutation. Here the 'n' in the "Ár n-Athair" is like in English, if you said "A Elephant" it sounds strange, so you add an 'n' in to the mix "An Elephant. In Irish it would sound really odd to say "Ár Athair" so a little n get's added to the mix, but because languages work differently it goes on the front of the word, so it's written small, so you can see what the original first letter was. Think "A n-Elephant" (this is a bit of an over implication, there're lots of this initial mutations in Irish) "Ár Nathair" would mean "Our Snake" ™Ár nAthair" means "Our Father" They sound a bit similar, but only in the way that two similar sounding English words might sound similar. That's the problem with just looking words up in isolation, you can't learn a language with just a dictionary.

[@SignoftheStar]

Oh my gosh, THANK you. I have always been confused because I could never tell what he was saying.

[@jinhunterslay1638]

"What are you doing in my *FAR-REST* ?"

[@skydog0_038]

@Clair Ryan accent you mean

[@MultiRobotnik]

_”What are you doing in mah swamp?”_

[@SharonMcCue]

XD

[@imthecoolestguyalive]

@Clair Ryan *AISLING HAS ASCENDED FAR BEYOND US MORTALS.*

[@imthecoolestguyalive]

@Clair Ryan I mean, literally. She did climb a pretty big oak tree.

[@nahomgirma5095]

If there was ever an award for "the cutest first meeting" in a movie, this would win five years in a row.

[@sisterlillybug3142]

I love how she asks so flatly. It's great

[@twintrickster5004]

This is probs the cutest/funniest part of the movie

[@nisaiahcampbell8390]

True

[@loverlei79]

I like when he said he's climbed trees before. And she's says, "Yeah. Like bushes." 🤣

[@sydneybass1742]

Aisling was the Mebh before Mebh was Mebh.

[@JanelleLynn392]

Interesting Ashling has green eyes Brandon has blue eyes and his cat has one green and one blue

[@parnikkapore]

And if all the humans in SoK have blue eyes, you can kinda theorize that the cat bridges the spiritual and corporeal worlds.

[@sorchatheraven]

@@parnikkapore Not all of them. But the ones with blue eyes are probably the most important characters. Makes it all the same special

[@parnikkapore]

@@sorchatheraven theory debunked XD

[@sorchatheraven]

@@parnikkapore Oh no, doesn't have to be. I actually liked that view on it. Ben and his uncle still have blue eyes

[@OneironauticalOne]

I love Pangur's indignance while dealing with Aisling.

[@Kaikaifilu1994]

Tomm Moore, 2020: “Wolves were respected and revered in Irish culture and mythology, and need to be in this day and age.” Tomm Moore, 2009: *”Here’s a pack them as amber-eyed, sharp-fanged beasts willing to maul and eat a young monk and his cat.”*

[@teacoon6399]

Post-Pagan they were hated

[@user-ys5yv2nz6w]

@@teacoon6399 Probably by the common people yeah. But they still held a pretty high place in folklore. An ancient high king was supposedly raised by wolves, and he was followed into battle by them. Other stories often have wolves coming to the aid of lost travellers. Even the name for wolf in Irish "Mac Tír", means son of the land. A very romantic sort of name.

[@matthewcron8842]

I mean, in real life the wolf population of Ireland was driven to extinction by 1786

[@Kaikaifilu1994]

@@matthewcron8842 Yep, I know. Just pointing out the irony here

[@rareraven]

@@teacoon6399 Google: The wolf of Gubbio

[@66Ganesh]

I’m more than convinced that Tomm Moore is the living example of Walt Disney’s expression “If you can dream it, you can do it…

[@PointyTooth]

2:22 ! Just listen to the music ! It’s Pangur Bán’s theme hhh Or hers, idk But a recurrent musical theme I just adore

[@Aelvee]

It's Aisling's Song😊

[@RapidCityJM]

3:15 reminded me so much of that video with the little Irish girl and her dad, her wanting to get a boyfriend and him saying she's gonna be a nun. LOL

[@greenergrass4060]

My theory is Brendan killing the Crom (the last pagan god of Ireland) effectively erased all of the remaining pagan magic , which explains why Aisling is stuck in wolf form in the end .

[@channel-qz5yq]

Nice Theory, but didnt we literally saw her flashed as a human one last time near the end? But it is clear that paganism was on its was out by the film's start. Brendan defeating the crom was just the last straw

[@Avi_Dreamy_Liz]

actually she is not stuck on wolf form she can still turn into a human it is seen in song of the sea takes place on the future

[@noodlehead69]

I love their relationship their little story line so cute

[@zacktutorial]

their friendship is quite nice and nice.

[@ranchmick6995]

Girl: is this your cat Kid: *OH*

[@kurtis2977]

me when i was 8: *picks up my white cat and goes to everyone in the house* is this your cat?

[@samuelruth7510]

Very visually stunning, but also simple.

[@MrEyes-xh4bb]

"is this your cat?" *"ōÜH"*

[@cindydillard1825]

Aislings voice is adorable 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊.

[@Wonton-the-Sea-Snail]

1:27 roblox death

[@PHYCHOLOGICAL1337]

OOF

[@natamaks9394]

LMAAOO

[@chesterdagoc5915]

O o F

[@genovievevalencia335]

Had my first acid trip to this movie. Will forever be one of my favorites. I love aisling so much

[@JanelleLynn392]

I love the expression on the cats face

[@Firehawk376]

Which one?

[@cindydillard1825]

@@Firehawk376 Pangur Ban

[@Firehawk376]

@@cindydillard1825 No, which expression.

[@cindydillard1825]

@@Firehawk376 Oh sorry!

[@somerandomhuman4564]

1:23 he started saying the Our father. Just saying if someone was wondering.

[@vivvygenteman]

Aisling: is this your cat? Caption: *iS yOuR cAt PoOp?*

[@chesterdagoc5915]

Loooool

[@pennysanchez7656]

Stupid captions…

[@zakurowolfalphasilverwolf]

I like how the cat is annoyed with her, probably because she’s a wolf lol

[@weirdyyy006]

1:41 The cat is like "Errr, I don't know that guy..."

[@stephenfox5709]

This is so underated

[@youdontknowme3935]

this animation style the atmosphere and the timing is so beatifull wtf, how did I not hear about this untill today?

[@chocolatesugar-lovage9678]

1:00 - 1:10 *when your mom catches you in the* *kitchen at 3 in the morning*

[@Bolbi145]

To think that this gem was made by the studio that made Skunk-Fu

[@cindydillard1825]

@Bolbi145 I like skunk fu

[@tragiclily5620]

This was my favorite movie when I was little, I used to watch it almost everyday. I still love it 💖

[@Aelvee]

I just love her accent😂😂

[@crweewrc1388]

"What are you doing in my FAURest?"

[@chesterdagoc5915]

The greatest lines of cartoon saloon

[@princessthyemis]

Brings back memories when I saw this movie for the first time and had no idea what to expect!! STILL a masterpiece! It's so artfully intriguing!

[@porosdilamkilas2441]

The annoyed look on Aislings face when Brendan calls him a fairy (because she not neccesarily a fairy tbh) 😂 The prequel comics did confirm Aisling is the last of the Tuatha de Dannan. Sources are a bit unclear whether the Tuatha are the pre-chrisitian deities of Ireland, OR supernaturally gifted race if 'humans' who were taught magic and arts by the goddess Danu ( hence the title) 🤷‍♂️. Eitherway, this makes her ending abit bittersweet because its kinda implied she lost her powers.

[@Carlos37-y6h]

No los perdió de hecho en canción de mar se ve un cameo de ella en su forma humana.

[@qwmx]

If she's not a fairy then I have hope she didn't go to Tir Na nong in song of the sea.

[@serenitysubs933]

I thought she was a pagan forest spirit, like a fae or a nymph.

[@jormungandrw-7491]

The roblox oof😂so cute

[@mousefetus]

I love how Kells is literally a field now

[@chesterdagoc5915]

Its the hamster meme profile pic

[@greenergrass4060]

It is? That kinda implies Aisling's woods are essentially gone by now. Are the walls historical?

[@rae9526]

Love how the cat makes a run for it

[@dianamarchiori4915]

It is a very nice work

[@jatw5292]

“ask the- WHAT” 😂😂

[@KawaiiPanda-rw4fz]

YES ITS MY CAT GIVE ME DA CAT

[@thesourbrainedgamers9198]

This movie is so incredible on lsd

[@iheartroselilies]

this always felt like a fever dream for me i watched it once or twice so long ago and never saw it again but it always lingered in the back of my head and i could never put my finger on it

[@DerangedMallard]

And what's wrong with wanting food? Hmm Aisling?

[@theeye8276]

She's seen it before. She probably concluded all humans are after the same thing based on past experiences and is uninterested.

[@kashey2000]

Sounds like its more him having a family that she resents. Probably just jealous, she has no one.

[@garcalej]

Humans are not like most other animals. They take and they take, and then when you think they've had their fill, they take some more. Wherever they go, forests become fields and all but the smallest animals must flee. They are not necessarily bad, but they do not coexist easily with nature.

[@sirclassicalhou3650]

@@garcalej I'm glad someone could verify the problem we tend to have with nature. It's just that we humans are not designed to completely live in a natural area. That is why we have agriculture, and while we have since recognized the common problems caused by building land and deforestation, the truth is we can coexist with nature. But we need to work on it to maintain a balance between urban areas and natural habitats, and know that resources on Earth are not infinite.

[@parnikkapore]

Yup, that's probably why Aisling was fed up with humans. And San/Mononoke. And a bunch of other faefolk.

[@gh0stykins]

1:07 if desktops could be gifs this is what i would want

[@porosdilamkilas2441]

Brendan is a Good Christian Boi 🕊❤

[@SanguiniCore]

1:54 she turned into a hair-ball mid-air

[@TheBarovianDuck]

Does Aisling Like bend the space time continuum or something? how can she go from one place to another without being seen?

[@peepslostsheep]

Magic.

[@MrFisher150421]

She's a daughter of the Tuatha De Dannan (People of the Goddess Danu), supernatural beings of Irish pre-Christian mythology.

[@UNDERTALEFAN-hb5jf]

seedor8809 I have a lot of questions when we first saw aisling was she a wolf then turned into a human

[@theeye8276]

Yup she's a shape shifter. She probably pretty old here too despite looking like a kid

[@thebabywalruschannel4505]

i do not do that, i m a fairy.

[@karenevans4793]

This style remindes me of woolfwalkers

[@TheEquus92]

It’s from the same studio who made Wolfwalkers.they must’ve taken inspiration from this

[@Dragonofthefrozeneclipse]

You wonder now after seeing Wolfwalkers... was Aisling a long lost descendant of the wolfwalkers? Think: Wolfwalkers were wiped out except for mebh and her mother Aisling's mother was taken/killed Mebh can turn into a wolf at any given time when she's asleep Aisling can change into a wolf at any given time. Coincidence? (Again, just my thoughts on it.)

[@ashlynbrown3728]

This is amazing I'm maybe no Irish but more rep for the Irish

[@NecumNaTo]

The best scene

[@sleepycowboy6726]

Oh shit this was my childhood

[@jackofficial1234]

I think she really needed a hug when she said "i am alone too" Literally

[@christianschembre5903]

GET OUT OF MY SWAMP

[@satiricwriter]

Mebh and Aisling dont like outsiders in their woods. Fair enough.

[@terrinauh1576]

Saved the True Cross Yokai Academy

[@terrinauh1576]

Aisling Wolf Form destroys Frollo.

[@terrinauh1576]

Blue Exorcist meets same Secret of Kells

[@terrinauh1576]

Saved the Demon Weapons!

[@teagannam]

this cuts off perfectly lol

[@CharmedWitch4]

Wolves runaway like WHAT.

[@pianocatgd]

favourite protagonist is the cat

[@terrinauh1576]

Aisling's wolves destroys Xibalba's brother is died defeat.

[@CosmicPelt]

"Ask th.. WHA-"

[@tiniepawz]

I always liked this lovie and especially the girl

[@terrinauh1576]

Is This Your Hatbox Ghost

[@theblackcelt]

such a great movie

[@terrinauh1576]

Saved the Ezra and Emma of Haunted Mansion

[@emastudioczvrz6887]

Nice work

[@somejapanesecat8367]

this is the first gkids movie i saw i love this movie

[@cheshirekit1824]

"Is this your cat?"

[@disowient]

This movie gave me nightmares as a kid, dunno why

[@gl00my_k1tty7]

In my mind I thought it was quite mysterious and interesting, I would always find a way to watch scary/shows not my age. But now it’s really cute and funny!

[@cindydillard1825]

@zoey maybe is was the crom crauch cause that thing is terrifying!

[@terrinauh1576]

Saved the Blue Exorcist

[@gosia5682]

Whoa this animation is so cute!I remember studying about the famous Book of Kells 😉

[@justjordan8018]

Samurai Jack viewers: Ha I think I've seen this style of Animation before somewhere.

[@saoirse4303]

Yes it is his cat

[@NuclearCharm]

Hi Saoirse, How's Ben?

[@parnikkapore]

you two should meet at a Mound somewhere

[@nguyenngocminh7504]

Hi Saoirse, I’m Kaguya

[@cindydillard1825]

Hi saorise!

[@fyousa8242]

1🇺🇲., SAWYER!?!? HES RIGHT THERE...

[@Gopala-ev4dy]

Yup Aisling the same fae girl who stole the heart of every Irish boys heart

[@themasterofcommentsandrese4351]

Dang. It’s already 2024. That means we’re celebrating 15 years of Tomm Moore’s Irish folklore trilogy. Where are the toys?

[@bella1264ty]

so funny

[@MoffinMouse]

when you bring gum to class

[@julianharris530]

I am not scared of anything

[@a_wild_beast7064]

Where is Mebh when you need her?? 🐺

[@nutmegsart2004]

This took place before WolfWalkers! (I think)

[@Carlos37-y6h]

Un par siglos en futuro 🤣

[@fyousa8242]

1🇺🇸🔥🥷🏽🔥 I WAS ALREADY IN THE FOREST!?!?

[@callmecloudy6225]

This studio has something for wild Irish girls, and I’m not complaining

[@terrinauh1576]

Saved the Nekomatas.

[@fyousa8242]

1🇺🇸🌈🥷🏽🎄🔥👄🔥 TROY LONG AGO I CHOSE MY BAYNE...WOLFSBAYNE...

[@unicorncat300games9]

This should be a meme

[@Scrambled3GGZ]

Unicorncat300 Games -BOI-

[@TheBarovianDuck]

And here we have a damn meme lord...

[@joshuafogg6600]

I swear that I've actually seen one.

[@efinlayson]

Watch this in the Gaelic, it's much better

[@RedRiot914]

used to think she was super cute when i first watched it. now im much older and.... yeah.

[@user-vs9sd9vj1o]

Hmm 🤔

[@1992balto]

I think ashling should meet the wolfwalkers

[@brandr7964]

Think that place takes place in Scotland, not Ireland

[@1992balto]

@@brandr7964 oh ok

[@khagan1334]

1🇺🇲🎴🥷🏾, Troy do you understand why a dragons words become hard...and a snakes rattle...when it speaks in winding ways yet does not dare you....

[@Scrambled3GGZ]

Is this a movie?

[@samueldennisiii7915]

Meg likes Tacoz yes. it's called The Secret of Kells.

[@jayqu33n45]

yes and a good one

[@brianaschmidt910]

Yes. You should watch it

[@lutube7897]

Briana Schmidt where can I watch it?

[@brianaschmidt910]

@@lutube7897 I saw it on a website that's since been outdated