* The first sequel has a nice little moment too: Shrek and Fiona are happy to skip out on the Happily Ever After potion and remain ogres, but Donkey doesn't have a choice and doesn't get to stay a stallion. Shrek turns to Donkey once he's changed back and says: "Hey, you still look like a noble steed to me."
* End of Forever After.
-->'''Shrek (to Fiona):''' For so long, I thought I was the one that rescued you. But ''you're'' the one that rescued ''me''.
* As weak to the franchise as Shrek the 3rd was, I find it quite satisfying how it manages to continue to subvert typical fairy tale endings. The case being how, with the exception of Prince Charming, the ''villains'' he enlisted [[HeelRealization realize from]] [[WorldOfCardboardSpeech Arthur's speech]] that they ''can'' get their own happy endings, from their rather odd jobs that made them happy in the first place. Before, Prince Charming played on their own universal sadness to get back at the happier folk (like Shrek stealing his arranged princess), but they all decided not to be so mean about their [[FreudianExcuse Freudian Excuses]] anymore and be who they really are inside. As a movie series, Shrek certainly knows how to bring it close to home.
* In Shrek 2 the Fairy Godmother orders the King to slip his daughter Fiona a love potion so that she'll fall in love with her son, Prince Charming. The King places the potion in Fiona's tea but finds that he can't go through with it, and gives his daughter a cup of tea that wasn't laced with the love potion instead.

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--> It's the look on Shrek's face that counts. As we learn later on, Donkey is probably the first person to NOT treat Shrek like a menace to society.
!!''Shrek 2''
* The first sequel has a nice little moment too: Shrek and Fiona are happy to skip out on the Happily Ever After potion and remain ogres, but Donkey doesn't have a choice and doesn't get to stay a stallion. Shrek turns to Donkey once he's changed back and says: "Hey, you still look like a noble steed to me."
* The Fairy Godmother orders the King to slip his daughter Fiona a love potion so that she'll fall in love with her son, Prince Charming. The King places the potion in Fiona's tea but finds that he can't go through with it, and gives his daughter a cup of tea that wasn't laced with the love potion instead.
!!''Shrek the Third''
* As weak to the franchise as Shrek the 3rd was, I find it quite satisfying how it manages to continue to subvert typical fairy tale endings. The case being how, with the exception of Prince Charming, the ''villains'' he enlisted [[HeelRealization realize from]] [[WorldOfCardboardSpeech Arthur's speech]] that they ''can'' get their own happy endings, from their rather odd jobs that made them happy in the first place. Before, Prince Charming played on their own universal sadness to get back at the happier folk (like Shrek stealing his arranged princess), but they all decided not to be so mean about their [[FreudianExcuse Freudian Excuses]] anymore and be who they really are inside. As a movie series, Shrek certainly knows how to bring it close to home.
!!''Shrek Forever Afrer''
* [[spoiler: Shrek at the end telling his children he loves them, and Felicia replying, "I love you too, Daddy." It is especially moving considering the temper tantrum Shrek WOULD'VE made before he learned his lesson!]]
* The ending
-->'''Shrek (to Fiona):''' For so long, I thought I was the one that rescued you. But ''you're'' the one that rescued ''me''.
* Shrek, even though had been treating Donkey as an annoyance since the first movie, when he sees him again in the alternate universe he desperately tries to get Donkey to remember him. He even sings their song for god's sake!
* Near the end of the credits, there is a special message that reads "Heartfelt thanks to the talented artists who worked on Shrek the past decade".
** Plus, the credits feature moments from the previous three films.
!!Other
* The "Big Bright Beautiful World" reprise in Shrek the Musical. Here's a guy who's spent most of his life being cynical and grumpy pouring his heart out to the woman he loves. Always gives this troper warm fuzzies.
* Shrek telling his own version of ''TheNightBeforeChristmas'' at the end of ''Shrek the Halls''.

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* As weak to the franchise as Shrek the 3rd was, I find it quite satisfying how it manages to continue to subvert typical fairy tale endings. The case being how, with the exception of Prince Charming, the ''villains'' he enlisted [[HeelRealization realize from]] [[WorldOfCardboardSpeech Arthur's speech]] that they ''can'' get their own happy endings, from their rather odd jobs that made them happy in the first place. Before, Prince Charming played on their own universal sadness to get back at the happier folk (like Shrek stealing his arranged princess), but they all decided not to be so mean about their [[FreudianExcuse Freudian Excuses]] anymore and be who they really are inside. As a movie series, Shrek certainly knows how to bring it close to home.
* In Shrek 2 the Fairy Godmother orders the King to slip his daughter Fiona a love potion so that she'll fall in love with her son, Prince Charming. The King places the potion in Fiona's tea but finds that he can't go through with it, and gives his daughter a cup of tea that wasn't laced with the love potion instead.

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