Marquis de Carabas

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Marquis de Carabas has several possible meanings:

• The Marquis de Carabas is a fictional nobleman in the fairy tale Puss in Boots. In the story, a young man's cat arranges to make its master the Marquis de Carabas by convincing the King that he already is.
• The Marquis of Carabas' Picture Book is an old collection of children's stories, including Puss in Boots, illustrated by Walter Crane. It can be found online at: http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/Marquis_of_Carabas/
• The Marquess of Carabas is a character in Benjamin Disraeli's novel Vivian Grey.
• "Marquis de Carabas" is the third episode of the anime FLCL, in which the cast performs Puss in Boots as a school play.
• In the BBC TV series and later novel Neverwhere, both written by Neil Gaiman, there is a character who calls himself the Marquis de Carabas. In the novel, the character has decided to name himself after an imaginary Marquis (pursuant to his philosophy of the world as something to be deceived) and to create of himself a figure of legend.
• In the webcomic No Rest for the Wicked the Marquis de Carabas is based on the character from the fairy tale. He is an utterly inept youth.
• The Marquis of Carabas is the title of a book by Rafael Sabatini.