| Sawyer | |
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Voice Actor/Actress |
Jasmine Guy (speaking) |
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Personality |
Stressed-out, smart, hard-working, sarcastic, cynical, pretty, flirtatious, sassy, romantic, stubborn, loving, snarky, happy, huggable, cute, cuddly, beautiful, adorable, shy, kind, polite, gentle, tragic, talented, loyal, remorseful |
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Appearance |
A slender Turkish Angora with a big tail, small hands and feet. Red lips, golden eyes, white fur, and a peach face. Has multiple outfits, but was introduced wearing her work outfit, a brown skirt with a brown blazer and a brown hat that had a feather on it, but was burned off. |
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Friends |
Danny, Peabo "Pudge" Pudgemeyer, Tilly, T.W. Turtle, Woolie Mammoth, Frances Albacore, Cranston Goat |
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Enemies |
Darla Dimple, Max, Flanigan (formerly), L.B. Mammoth (briefly) |
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Likes |
Work, dancing, singing, acting, Danny, tea and coffee, being accepted, dressing up |
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Dislikes |
Danny (formerly), discrimination, being treated unfairly, someone being too stand-off-ish, secretary work, Darla Dimple and her butler, Max, Farley Wink, dancing (formerly), singing (formerly), acting (formerly), Danny's foolishness, Danny's reckless boat-driving, Danny leaving, crying |
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Goal |
To be a Hollywood actress |
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Fate |
Became a Hollywood star and Danny’s girlfriend |
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Quote |
-Sawyer :“What is it with you? Why are you so determined to make a fool of yourself? -Danny:”I just want you to do the thing I love, doesn't everyone?” - Sawyer: “Too bad.” - Danny: “Is it in Kokomo?” - Sawyer: “Then... maybe that's where you should have stayed.” |
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Too many parameters | |
Sawyer is the deuteragonist of the 1997 animated film Cat's Don't Dance and, eventually, the love interest of Danny.
Description[]
A talented singer and dancer, Sawyer originally came to Hollywood in the hopes of auditioning into becoming an actress. However, she was turned down and treated unfairly because of Hollywood's discrimination towards non-human talents. Disillusioned by Hollywood's treatment towards animal actors, Sawyer became jaded and critical over others who try to steal the limelight and constantly prove that they are better than others by over-displaying their talents.
After having her dreams broken, she then took on the mantle of being a secretary for Farley Wink, a Hollywood agent who owns the Animal Actors Agency. Despite showing dislike for doing secretary work and her boss, Sawyer proved to be quite efficient in her job, earning the respect of her fellow animal actors and being heavily relied on by Farley himself. She eventually meets Danny who, at first, she was annoyed with because of his overzealousness but eventually, after his very disastrous first day of shooting with one of Darla Dimple's films, relates with his Hollywood dreams and gives him tough love yet sound advice about the make-it-or-break-it environment of show business. Over time though, Danny manages to rekindle her passion for performing through his relentless optimism, and with this, gains a new sense of confidence on herself and her talents.
Sawyer can be guarded at times because of her disenchanted nature, but she is a loyal friend and will stand by them through thick and thin.
In the film[]
Auditioning for roles in Hollywood[]
In the 1930s, Sawyer, a young, talented singer and dancer, auditions in Hollywood to become an actress. She auditions the same time as Tillie Hippo, Frances Albacore, Cranston Goat, T.W. Turtle, and most importantly, Woolie the Mammoth, who instantly captures his attention and describes her as having the "voice of an angel," all of whom, including Sawyer herself, unjustly turned down by Hollywood due to their discrimination towards non-human actors and actresses. She then decides to stay in Hollywood and eventually ends up as a secretary for Farley Wink's Animal Actors Agency.
Life as a Secretary[]
It is not known in the film how long Sawyer worked for Farley and his agency, but based on her interactions with her boss and co-workers, she has been there for years. Flash forward to 1939, the film shows Sawyer running and calling for a taxi, unaware that another young cat has taken the taxi before her, and he was too quick to be aware that it was supposed to be hers. Next, she is shown riding a cable car, in which she accidentally spills her coffee on her suit, which was an accident, as Danny bumped onto the roof's antenna, and the feather on her hat burns. She then runs through the street and gets knocked, by Danny, into the fountain. It is not until Danny is in the middle of signing papers that Sawyer enters the office, soaking wet, bleeding. One of her friends, Tillie, asks what happened, and another, T.W., asks if she walked under a ladder or smashed a mirror, and another, Cranston, asks if she looked in one (mirror, that is) lately, but she answers negatively, and tells them a cat crossed her path. Tillie guesses descriptions about Danny, and Sawyer asks how she knew, only to get "hippo intuition" as an answer.
Sawyer then answers a phone call from a person who needs a sacrificial lamb for the Moses picture, but she says she is fresh out. She looks for files in a file cabinet, only to then catch Tillie "fixing [her] up" (actually, trying to sew on her skirt). She is in the way when a clumsy Farley Wink inadvertently slams the door in her face. She refuses Farley's idea of acting in the ark picture, as she is a secretary, but she talks him into allowing "triple time" of payment. However, she tries calling it off as she finds out that Danny is her new partner, but to no avail. As she is going to the studio with Danny, he accidentally slams the door on her tail, which causes her pain and makes her more enraged at Danny
Before filming, she warned Danny, when he was shocked about their role just to say "Meow", not to take the lead role but since he has not listened to her, she only sighed out, "Learn it the hard way, then." Only her words came true when Danny was troubled by Max.
After the chaos, Sawyer is very furious with Danny and tells him they are not impressed about his talent and asks him why he's very determined to make a fool of himself. Danny only responds by saying he really wants her to know what he loves, to which Sawyer would’ve said isn't that simple. When Danny counters by pointing out that it is in Kokomo, Sawyer would sadly suggest that that's where Danny should have stayed before leaving.
She is next seen at the Animal Jam session where she is tapping her rhythm in her office. Then she is seen on the ladder where the ladder slams on the ground and she gets really scared. Her fur then gets stiff and she brushes it off. Then, Danny tells her to dance but she refuses. Then Tillie bumps her on the left side out into audience. All the other animals try to convince her to dance. She is at first nervous. Then she starts to happily dance with Danny and has fun. After that, she starts to be nervous again. Danny tells her to come to the audition with LB Mammoth. After the brief conversation she leaves Danny again.
When Sawyer was asked to join the audition, she refuses; she joined anyway. During the flood, she criticized Danny's words and his driving, causing him to get annoyed at her. She was there to hear LB Mammoth firing every animal, her included.
Upon learning that Danny had made a deal with Darla Dimple, Sawyer, along with the other animals, felt ashamed and betrayed. As the other animals express blame towards Danny for getting them fired, she exits the diner unnoticed. She sings "Tell Me Lies" in the rain. Tillie, who has been listening, told her that she will only reach Danny, who is at the bus stop. Sawyer sadly arrives, to no avail as to Danny got on the leaving bus, and finds Danny's hat and his enclosed plan. It is apparent that she and Danny were crying in tears after reading, feeling sorry for she has done.
Sawyer and the other animals go the premiere, unknown to Danny's plan. Once he appears to start, the animals, still hurt and angry, but not Sawyer and Tillie, prepare to depart. Happy, Sawyer smiles in tears of joy at Danny before being carried off. Seeing the empty seats, poor Danny was about to cry, but found Sawyer hugging I'm tightly. She is then seen singing and dancing with everyone. At the end, Sawyer checks off the remaining items on Danny's list and adds that she returns Danny's feelings, much to his delight and surprise.
During the montage of film posters featuring the animals, she is seen in Singin' In the Rain with Danny and Pudge, The Witches of Eastwick with Frances, Tillie, and Cranston, and Beetlejuice with Danny and T.W.
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- According to some of the animators who worked on the movie, since the story was set in a fictional setting, Sawyer’s estimated age in human years would be in her late 20s to her early 30s. Which means that at her previous job as a singer and dancer before she became a secretary, she was in her late teens to her early 20s.