Japan looked at a breaded cutlet and a curry and thought yeah, those should be mates.
Fun fact: Combines a British naval adaptation of Indian curry with a Japanese adaptation of a French cutlet.
Started as Provençal farmers chucking leftover veg in a pot, then a cartoon rat made it famous.
Fun fact: The layered version in the Pixar film is a separate dish called confit byaldi, designed by Thomas Keller.