<P> Puss in Boots ( Antonio Banderas ) is a talking cat named for his signature pair of boots . Puss is a fugitive on the run from the law , looking to restore his lost honor . He learns that the outlaw couple Jack ( Billy Bob Thornton ) and Jill ( Amy Sedaris ) have the magic beans he 's been looking for most of his life , which can lead him to a giant 's castle holding valuable golden goose eggs . When Puss tries to steal them from the outlaws ' room , a female cat named Kitty Softpaws interrupts , and both fail . Kitty is allied with Humpty Alexander Dumpty , a talking egg and Puss ' long - estranged childhood friend from the orphanage where he was raised . Puss tells Kitty his origin story and of his feelings of betrayal for a youthful misadventure when Humpty tricked Puss into helping commit a bank robbery in his hometown of San Ricardo ; Puss has been on the run ever since . Humpty eventually convinces Puss to join them in finding the beans and retrieving the golden eggs . </P>
who did puss in boots grew up with
Humpty Alexander Dumpty , a talking egg