Stumpy and Quack Quack made their way to the couch to see if Mr. Cat was there after finding out that he wasn't inside one of his cat flaps. When they got there, the feline was lying on the couch, covered in bandages and looking worse than ever, so they decided to maintain their distance. Kaeloo and her clones were standing around him, each mumbling apologies for putting him in that state. Nine of them advanced forward while one of them stood right where she was. "Awww…" said the nine frogs sympathetically while reaching forward to give him a hug. The other one backed away. This proved to be a wise choice, as the cat angrily and violently pushed them off. "Keep. Your. Hands. OFF ME!" he growled.
Despite his attraction to Kaeloo, Mr. Cat was always just as mean to her as he was to everyone else. Not that this prevented the others from finding out about his not-so-little crush. They were all quite surprised at the fact that neither Kaeloo nor Mr. Cat had figured out that the other had feelings for them, but they found that it was probably a good idea not to bring it up to them. Smileyland's cutest potential couple was also the most dangerous when angered, after all.
"Why did that one move away?" Stumpy whispered, pointing to the one who had moved away from Mr. Cat. "Quack. (It's because she's probably the original and knows that Mr. Cat wouldn't want to be hugged by her, or at least would pretend he didn't want to, due to past experience. The others, on the other hand, don't know that. They all share her crush on him, but they don't know him as well as she does.)" "Oh, okay." Stumpy paused for a few seconds. "I still don't get it."