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* {{Blooper}}: When Fiona knocks out Prince Charming with a headbutt, he's seen moments later perfectly fine throwing the Fairy Godmother's wand back to her. You could argue that he recovered quickly, but then a few minutes later, he's seen getting up from the headbutt, not to mention showing no reaction to [[spoiler: his mother's death.]]

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When Fiona knocks out Prince Charming with a headbutt, he's seen moments later perfectly fine throwing the Fairy Godmother's wand back to her. You could argue that he recovered quickly, but then a few minutes later, he's seen getting up from the headbutt, not to mention showing no reaction to [[spoiler: his mother's death.]]]]
** When performing "Holding Out for a Hero," the Fairy Godmother tells the pianist "C minor, put it in C minor." The song, however, is actually played in G minor.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Shrek}} Shares a page]]

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Shrek}} Shares a page]]page with the rest of the series.]]
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* KidsMealToy: Burger King offered a set of eight toys for the movie. There was also a 12 foot tall Shrek inflatable on the roofs of select Burger King restaurants.

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* KidsMealToy: KidsMealToy:
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Burger King offered a set of eight toys for the movie. There was also a 12 foot tall Shrek inflatable on the roofs of select Burger King restaurants.restaurants.
** In Australia, Red Rooster released bobbleheads of Shrek, Donkey, Fiona, and Puss in Boots.
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* ApprovalOfGod: Music/DavidBowie loved Butterfly Boucher's cover of his song "Changes" for the movie, and happily recorded backing vocals for it.

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* ApprovalOfGod: Music/DavidBowie loved Butterfly Boucher's cover of his song "Changes" [[Music/HunkyDory "Changes"]] for the movie, and happily recorded backing vocals for it.
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* DVDCommentary: There's two:
** First commentary with directors Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon. Andrew Adamson wasn't available because he was busy working on Narnia.
** Second commentary with producer Aron Warner and editor Mike Andrews.
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* CelebrityVoiceActor: Creator/MikeMyers, Creator/EddieMurphy and Creator/CameronDiaz return, while the film adds Creator/AntonioBanderas, Creator/JohnCleese, Creator/JulieAndrews, Creator/JenniferSaunders, Creator/RupertEverett and Creator/LarryKing.
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* TieInCereal: ''[[https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=325 Shrek's Cereal]]'' (''Not Donkey's'') which was released during ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'''s big promotional takeover throughout 2004.
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* TheCastShowoff: Creator/JenniferSaunders' comedic singing is put to good use in ''2''.

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* TheCastShowoff: Creator/JenniferSaunders' comedic singing is put to good use in ''2''.use.
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* RelationshipVoiceActor: Italian dub: Creator/FrancaDAmato (Fairy Godmother) and Creator/NanniBaldini (Donkey) later worked together on the Italian dub of ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'' as Madrigala Alma and Agustín, respectively.
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* CastingGag: Creator/AntonioBanderas as a swashbuckler with a black hat and a rapier calls back to his role as Zorro in ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro''.
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* CastingGag: Creator/AntonioBanderas as a swashbuckler with a black hat and a rapier calls back to his role as Zorro in ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro''.

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* ActorAllusion: Creator/AntonioBanderas voices Puss in Boots, who's clearly a parody of Literature/{{Zorro}}, a role also played by Banderas.
* ApprovalOfGod: David Bowie loved Butterfly Boucher's cover of his song "Changes" for the movie, and happily recorded backing vocals for it.

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* ActorAllusion: Creator/AntonioBanderas voices Puss in Boots, who's clearly a parody of Literature/{{Zorro}}, a role also played by Banderas.
* ApprovalOfGod: David Bowie Music/DavidBowie loved Butterfly Boucher's cover of his song "Changes" for the movie, and happily recorded backing vocals for it.



* CastingGag: In the tie-in game, Creator/MichaelJGough voices Shrek. He's not the first green-skinned monster Gough has played, as he also voiced Gnasty Gnorc in ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon1998''.
* TheCastShowoff: Jennifer Saunders' comedic singing is put to good use in ''2''.
* CrossdressingVoices: In ''Shrek 2'', Doris is voiced by veteran TV interviewer Larry King. In the Spanish dub, her voice is provided by sports journalist Michael Robinson.

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* CastingGag: In the tie-in game, Creator/MichaelJGough voices Shrek. He's not the first green-skinned monster Gough has played, as he also voiced Gnasty Gnorc in ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon1998''.
* TheCastShowoff: Jennifer Saunders' Creator/JenniferSaunders' comedic singing is put to good use in ''2''.
* CrossdressingVoices: In ''Shrek 2'', CrossDressingVoices: Doris is voiced by veteran TV interviewer Larry King.Creator/LarryKing. In the Spanish dub, her voice is provided by sports journalist Michael Robinson.



* NoFlowInCGI: As hair is so difficult to animate, a wig maker assisted the animators in helping to animate Prince Charming's HairFlip.



* RefittedForSequel:
** The Fairy Godmother had been down in the cards for the first film, but got cut out.
** Sort of. Rupert Everett had been turned down as the voice of Gaston in ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' - and used the performance in his audition of that for Prince Charming.
* SameLanguageDub: In the UK version of the film, Jonathan Ross dubs over Creator/LarryKing's lines as Doris. The cameo by Creator/JoanRivers at the ball is also dubbed over by British presenter Kate Thornton, though the character design is still [[InkSuitActor modelled after Rivers]]. King and Rivers are both still credited despite this.
* {{Tuckerization}}: The King and Queen are named after Harold and Lillian Michelson, because the [=DreamWorks=] animators loved them so much.
* VoicesInOneRoom: John Cleese and Julie Andrews recorded their lines together.

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* RefittedForSequel:
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RefittedForSequel: The Fairy Godmother had been down in the cards for the first film, but got cut out.
** Sort of. Rupert Everett had been turned down as the voice of Gaston in ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' - and used the performance in his audition of that for Prince Charming.
* SameLanguageDub: In the UK version of the film, Jonathan Ross dubs over Creator/LarryKing's lines as Doris. The cameo by Creator/JoanRivers at the ball is also dubbed over by British presenter Kate Thornton, though the character design is still [[InkSuitActor modelled after Rivers]]. King and Rivers are both still credited despite this.
* {{Tuckerization}}: The King and Queen are named after Harold and Lillian Michelson, because the [=DreamWorks=] animators loved them so much.
* VoicesInOneRoom: John Cleese Creator/JohnCleese and Julie Andrews Creator/JulieAndrews recorded their lines together.
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* KidsMealToy: Burger King offered a set of eight toys for the movie. There was also a 12 foot tall Shrek inflatable on the roofs of select Burger King restaurants.
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* BillingDisplacement:
** Upon rewatching, most viewers viewers will likely be surprised to see that Creator/JulieAndrews gets fourth billing instead of Creator/AntonioBanderas' iconic performance in the role that's blatantly the biggest in the cast excluding the first film's three returning leads.
** There's also Andrews getting higher billing that Creator/JohnCleese (billed sixth) when most of her scenes are shared with him while he has several without her, and his character is clearly the more important of the royal in-laws.

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* BillingDisplacement:
** Upon rewatching, most viewers viewers will likely be surprised to see that Creator/JulieAndrews gets fourth billing instead of Creator/AntonioBanderas' iconic performance in
BillingDisplacement: Following the role that's blatantly the biggest in the cast excluding the first film's three returning leads.
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leads (Myers, Murphy and Diaz), the rest of the main cast is billed alphabetically: Andrews, Banderas, Cleese, Everett and Saunders. Of the five characters, Julie Andrews getting higher billing that Creator/JohnCleese (billed sixth) when most of her scenes are shared with him while he has several without her, and his character is clearly as the more important of Queen is definitely the royal in-laws.smallest role.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Shrek}} Has its own page]]

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Shrek}} Has its own Shares a page]]

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** One idea for the second film involved Shrek helping to turn Far Far Away into a democracy, with an election race between Pinocchio and Gingy that was rife with contemporary political satire. Co-director Andrew Adamson reportedly found this draft hilarious, but it was ultimately decided that the film needed more emotional depth, so this was scrapped in favour of the finished story.
** Originally, after first turning human, Shrek was stopped from reaching Fiona by the FFAPD arresting him, but the creators opted for a moment of emotional vulnerablility instead (Fairy Godmother convincing him that Fiona is happier with Prince Charming).
** A short gag was cut from the scene of Harold entering the Poison Apple:
-->''(Bouncer flicks [[Literature/PeterPan Tinkerbell]] out of the bar, and she lands on the ground)''
-->'''Bouncer:''' You know the rules! NO FAIRIES ALLOWED! ''(slams door)''
-->'''Tinkerbell:''' Jerk-off! ''(sees Harold)'' Pssst, hey, Jack... ''(holds up a small bag)'' ...Wanna buy some pixie dust?
-->'''Harold:''' Er, no thanks... I've got allergies... ''(walks inside)''
** "Accidentally In Love" by Counting Crows replaced a song recorded by Weezer [[note]]("My Best Friend", which Weezer subsequently reworked for their next album, ''Make Believe'')[[/note]] that was deemed not to fit over the honeymoon montage. The song had to be carefully timed over visuals, which were already locked down and couldn't be changed.
** The king was going to be naked for the first half of the movie as an {{homage}} to ''Literature/TheEmperorsNewClothes'', with his privates always covered by a SceneryCensor.
** Prince Charming in early drafts was much more [[{{Manchild}} childish and prone to throwing tantrums]]. Though he's still a naïve MommasBoy in the final version, his immaturity is heavily toned down.
** The filmmakers intended to show the "Happily Ever After" form of Dragon as a pink pegasus. In the final movie, Dragon doesn't appear until TheStinger since they realized that [[StoryBreakerPower she would have made breaking Shrek, Donkey, and Puss out of jail and crashing the ball too easy]].
** The ending ball was going to be a costume ball, and the king was dressed as the Magic Mirror, [[spoiler:which would have reflected the Fairy Godmother's spell]] rather than the royal armor he wears in the final movie. Also, one idea for the FinalBattle involved the Fairy Godmother enchanting food to attack Shrek and company.
** Creator/JenniferSaunders [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcbM09QEcNE recorded lines]] as the Fairy Godmother [[WeWillMeetAgain promising to return]] in case the filmmakers desired to bring her back in any further installments. [[spoiler:However, it wasn't the case and the Fairy Godmother was killed off in the film.]]

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** One idea for the second film involved Shrek helping to turn Far Far Away into a democracy, with an election race between Pinocchio and Gingy that was rife with contemporary political satire. Co-director Andrew Adamson reportedly found this draft hilarious, but it was ultimately decided that the film needed more emotional depth, so this was scrapped in favour of the finished story.
** Originally, after first turning human, Shrek was stopped from reaching Fiona by the FFAPD arresting him, but the creators opted for a moment of emotional vulnerablility instead (Fairy Godmother convincing him that Fiona is happier with Prince Charming).
** A short gag was cut from the scene of Harold entering the Poison Apple:
-->''(Bouncer flicks [[Literature/PeterPan Tinkerbell]] out of the bar, and she lands on the ground)''
-->'''Bouncer:''' You know the rules! NO FAIRIES ALLOWED! ''(slams door)''
-->'''Tinkerbell:''' Jerk-off! ''(sees Harold)'' Pssst, hey, Jack... ''(holds up a small bag)'' ...Wanna buy some pixie dust?
-->'''Harold:''' Er, no thanks... I've got allergies... ''(walks inside)''
** "Accidentally In Love" by Counting Crows replaced a song recorded by Weezer [[note]]("My Best Friend", which Weezer subsequently reworked for their next album, ''Make Believe'')[[/note]] that was deemed not to fit over the honeymoon montage. The song had to be carefully timed over visuals, which were already locked down and couldn't be changed.
** The king was going to be naked for the first half of the movie as an {{homage}} to ''Literature/TheEmperorsNewClothes'', with his privates always covered by a SceneryCensor.
** Prince Charming in early drafts was much more [[{{Manchild}} childish and prone to throwing tantrums]]. Though he's still a naïve MommasBoy in the final version, his immaturity is heavily toned down.
** The filmmakers intended to show the "Happily Ever After" form of Dragon as a pink pegasus. In the final movie, Dragon doesn't appear until TheStinger since they realized that [[StoryBreakerPower she would have made breaking Shrek, Donkey, and Puss out of jail and crashing the ball too easy]].
** The ending ball was going to be a costume ball, and the king was dressed as the Magic Mirror, [[spoiler:which would have reflected the Fairy Godmother's spell]] rather than the royal armor he wears in the final movie. Also, one idea for the FinalBattle involved the Fairy Godmother enchanting food to attack Shrek and company.
** Creator/JenniferSaunders [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcbM09QEcNE recorded lines]] as the Fairy Godmother [[WeWillMeetAgain promising to return]] in case the filmmakers desired to bring her back in any further installments. [[spoiler:However, it wasn't the case and the Fairy Godmother was killed off in the film.]]
WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Shrek}} Has its own page]]
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** "Accidentally In Love" by Counting Crows replaced a song recorded by Weezer [[note]]"My Best Friend", which Weezer subsequently reworked for their next album, ''Make Believe'')[[/note]] that was deemed not to fit over the honeymoon montage. The song had to be carefully timed over visuals, which were already locked down and couldn't be changed.

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** "Accidentally In Love" by Counting Crows replaced a song recorded by Weezer [[note]]"My [[note]]("My Best Friend", which Weezer subsequently reworked for their next album, ''Make Believe'')[[/note]] that was deemed not to fit over the honeymoon montage. The song had to be carefully timed over visuals, which were already locked down and couldn't be changed.
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** "Accidentally In Love" by Counting Crows replaced a song recorded by Weezer [[note]]"My Best Friend", which Weezer subsequently reworked for their next album, ''Make Believe''[[/note]] that was deemed not to fit over the honeymoon montage. The song had to be carefully timed over visuals, which were already locked down and couldn't be changed.

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** "Accidentally In Love" by Counting Crows replaced a song recorded by Weezer [[note]]"My Best Friend", which Weezer subsequently reworked for their next album, ''Make Believe''[[/note]] Believe'')[[/note]] that was deemed not to fit over the honeymoon montage. The song had to be carefully timed over visuals, which were already locked down and couldn't be changed.

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** "Accidentally In Love" by Counting Crows replaced a song recorded by Weezer that was deemed not to fit over the honeymoon montage. The song had to be carefully timed over visuals, which were already locked down and couldn't be changed.

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** "Accidentally In Love" by Counting Crows replaced a song recorded by Weezer [[note]]"My Best Friend", which Weezer subsequently reworked for their next album, ''Make Believe''[[/note]] that was deemed not to fit over the honeymoon montage. The song had to be carefully timed over visuals, which were already locked down and couldn't be changed.
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** The filmmakers intended to show the "Happily Ever After" form of Dragon as a pink winged mare. In the final movie, Dragon doesn't appear until TheStinger since they realized that [[StoryBreakerPower she would have made breaking Shrek, Donkey, and Puss out of jail and crashing the ball too easy]].

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** The filmmakers intended to show the "Happily Ever After" form of Dragon as a pink winged mare.pegasus. In the final movie, Dragon doesn't appear until TheStinger since they realized that [[StoryBreakerPower she would have made breaking Shrek, Donkey, and Puss out of jail and crashing the ball too easy]].
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** Originally, after first turning human, Shrek was stopped from reaching Fiona by the FFAPD arresting him, but the creators opted for a moment of ''emotional'' vulnerablility instead (Fairy Godmother convincing him that Fiona is happier with Prince Charming).

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** Originally, after first turning human, Shrek was stopped from reaching Fiona by the FFAPD arresting him, but the creators opted for a moment of ''emotional'' emotional vulnerablility instead (Fairy Godmother convincing him that Fiona is happier with Prince Charming).
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* PlayingAgainstType: In the Japanese dub, the late Creator/UnshoIshizuka, which normally voiced middle-aged or older characters, voiced Prince Charming, which sounds ''much younger'', and almost unrecognizable from such roles, as you can see [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eps_zI-ZztA here]].
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* Originally, after first turning human, Shrek was stopped from reaching Fiona by the FFAPD arresting him, but the creators opted for a moment of ''emotional'' vulnerablility instead (Fairy Godmother convincing him that Fiona is happier with Prince Charming).
* A short gag was cut from the scene of Harold entering the Poison Apple:

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* ** Originally, after first turning human, Shrek was stopped from reaching Fiona by the FFAPD arresting him, but the creators opted for a moment of ''emotional'' vulnerablility instead (Fairy Godmother convincing him that Fiona is happier with Prince Charming).
* ** A short gag was cut from the scene of Harold entering the Poison Apple:
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-->'''Harold:''' Er, no thanks... I've got allergies... ''(walks away)''

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-->'''Harold:''' Er, no thanks... I've got allergies... ''(walks away)''inside)''
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* Originally, after first turning human, Shrek was stopped from reaching Fiona by the FFAPD arresting him, but the creators opted for a moment of ''emotional'' vulnerablility instead (Fairy Godmother convincing him that Fiona is happier with Prince Charming).
* A short gag was cut from the scene of Harold entering the Poison Apple:
-->''(Bouncer flicks [[Literature/PeterPan Tinkerbell]] out of the bar, and she lands on the ground)''
-->'''Bouncer:''' You know the rules! NO FAIRIES ALLOWED! ''(slams door)''
-->'''Tinkerbell:''' Jerk-off! ''(sees Harold)'' Pssst, hey, Jack... ''(holds up a small bag)'' ...Wanna buy some pixie dust?
-->'''Harold:''' Er, no thanks... I've got allergies... ''(walks away)''
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* TheOtherDarrin: Almost none of the actors reprised their roles for the tie-in game:
** Creator/MichaelJGough replaces Creator/MikeMyers as Shrek and Creator/JohnCleese as King Harold.
** Creator/MarkMoseley replaces Creator/EddieMurphy as Donkey.
** Creator/HollyFields replaces Creator/CameronDiaz as Fiona.
** Creator/AndreSogliuzzo replaces Creator/AntonioBanderas as Puss in Boots.
** Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor replaces Creator/ConradVernon as Gingy and Creator/RupertEverett as Prince Charming. Oddly enough, he also recorded additional dialogue for the Big Bad Wolf despite said character still having his movie actor (Creator/AaronWarner) credited.
** Creator/ClaudiaChristian replaces Creator/JenniferSaunders as the Fairy Godmother.
** Creator/MelFair replaces Creator/ChrisMiller as the Magic Mirror.



** Prince Charming in early drafts was much more [[Main/{{Manchild}} childish and prone to throwing tantrums]]. Though he's still a naïve MommasBoy in the final version, his immaturity is heavily toned down.

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** Prince Charming in early drafts was much more [[Main/{{Manchild}} [[{{Manchild}} childish and prone to throwing tantrums]]. Though he's still a naïve MommasBoy in the final version, his immaturity is heavily toned down.
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* RealLifeRelative: In the Danish dub, Queen Lillian and King Harold are voiced by Kirsten Lehfeldt and Stig Hoffmeyer who are the parents of Fiona's voice actress Mille Lehfeldt.
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* SameLanguageDub: In the UK version of the film, Joan Rivers and Larry King are dubbed by Kate Thornton and Jonathan Ross (though the former two are still credited).

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* SameLanguageDub: In the UK version of the film, Joan Rivers and Larry King are dubbed by Kate Thornton and Jonathan Ross (though dubs over Creator/LarryKing's lines as Doris. The cameo by Creator/JoanRivers at the former two are ball is also dubbed over by British presenter Kate Thornton, though the character design is still credited).[[InkSuitActor modelled after Rivers]]. King and Rivers are both still credited despite this.



** Prince Charming in early drafts was much more [[Main/{{Manchild}} childish and prone to throwing tantrums]].

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** Prince Charming in early drafts was much more [[Main/{{Manchild}} childish and prone to throwing tantrums]]. Though he's still a naïve MommasBoy in the final version, his immaturity is heavily toned down.

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