The Cat in the Hat Comes Back

The Cat in the Hat Comes Back is a 2004 sequel film directed by Bo Welch in his second directorial appearance and based on the sequel of the same name. Starring Tim Allen, Dakota Fanning, Spencer Breslin, and Kelly Preston. It is the third and final live-action feature-length Dr. Seuss adaption after The Cat in the Hat (2003).

Plot
Once again, Sally and her brother Conrad are being left home alone for the day. But this time, their mother has left them with the instructions to clear away a large amount of snow while she is out. However, they are soon interrupted in their work by the arrival of the Cat in the Hat. Sally warns her brother not to talk to the Cat nor to let him come near, reminding him of what happened the last time he came. However, the Cat lets himself into their house to get out of the snow, and the brother follows him in. When he reaches the bathroom, he finds the Cat eating a cake in the tub with the hot and cold water on. The brother (who loses his patience) scolds the Cat for his antics. He tells the Cat there is work to be done and he can't be in the house eating cake like a pig (clarifying to the Cat that he can be welcomed to stay in their house as long as he helps out with the work). The boy means the Cat is allowed to stay as long as he helps him and Sally when there is work to be done (and only for work). Then the brother turns off the water and drains out the tub (so the Cat can help him and Sally with the work), only to find that a long pink ring has formed around the sides of the bath tub. The Cat offers to help, but his preliminary attempts to remove the pink spot end in disaster as he only transfers the mess to a succession of one object after another, including their mother's white dress, the wall, their father's pair of shoes, a rug, and their parents' bed. Unsure of how to remove the stain from the bed, the Cat calls on the help of Little Cat A, who lives inside his hat, who lifts his hat to reveal Little Cat B, and then Little Cat C. The three Little Cats go to work, transferring the stain to the television, then a pan, and finally outside.

Seeing the spot cover the snow, Little Cat C lifts his hat to reveal Little Cats D through G. The seven Little Cats wage war on the snow spots, shooting at pink snowballs with pop guns. This spreads the spots even more, so Little Cat G lifts his hat to reveal Little Cats H through V. But the harder the cats work, the more the spot keeps spreading, until all the snow is pink, so Little Cat V takes off his hat to uncover Little Cats W, X, Y and the microscopic Little Cat Z. Z takes his hat off and unleashes a "Voom", which cleans up the spot, clears all the snow from the paths. Finally, he puts all of the Little Cats back into the Cat's hat. The Cat leaves, with the promise that he and the Little Cats, from A through Z, will return someday if they have problems again like "snow spots" (maybe starting the next day for starters if there is still a problem). Once the Cat in the Hat left, their mother Joan walks in and says how happy she is for clearing away a whole pile of snow.