History YMMV / Shrek

** The V.Smile game, Shrek: Dragon's Tale was quite infamous for blatantly ripping off music from other games, mostly those from VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime.

* HilariousInHindsight: Shrek is a character associated with the color green, loves onions, and two of his friends end up being a TalkativeLoon and a talking cat. You think he could find common ground with [[WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain Tulip Olsen]]?

** The V.Smile game, Shrek: Dragon's Tale was quite infamous for ripping off music from Creator/{{Nintendo}} games, specifically VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime.

** A more sincere one is with ''Franchise/SpongeBobSquarePants'', as many fans grew up with both animated franchises at the same time during the [=2000s=], they have superficially similar comedic tones, and both series were distributed by Paramount and Viacom at the time (with the ''Shrek'' movies getting promoted in Nickelodeon Magazine, which heavily featured [=SpongeBob=] naturally). Both series also have a similar GleefulAndGrumpyPairing dynamic between their main characters, namely Donkey with Shrek being compared to [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick with Squidward. ''Shrek 2'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'' were even released during the same year and are fondly remembered by people who saw both as kids. Even their theatrical adaptations are compared and contrasted to each other, as fans of ''Theatre/TheSpongeBobMusical'' point to it as an example of what ''Theatre/ShrekTheMusical'' should have been as a ScreenToStageAdaptation.

** A more sincere one is with ''Franchise/SpongeBobSquarePants'', as many fans grew up with both animated franchises at the same time during the [=2000s=] and they have superficially similar comedic tones. Both series also have a similar GleefulAndGrumpyPairing dynamic between their main characters, namely Donkey with Shrek being compared to [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick with Squidward. ''Shrek 2'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'' were even released during the same year and are fondly remembered by people who saw both as kids. Even their theatrical adaptations are compared and contrasted to each other, as fans of ''Theatre/TheSpongeBobMusical'' point to it as an example of what ''Theatre/ShrekTheMusical'' should have been as a ScreenToStageAdaptation.

* FriendlyFandoms: A very strange one has popped up with ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', mostly because of both series' [[MemeticMutation memetic]] status as well as the fact that Shrek and Goku are both {{Memetic Badass}}es[[note]]although Goku is one in a more unironic sense[[/note]] and were frequently treated as ThoseTwoGuys in terms of JokeCharacter suggestions for the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series.

* RetroactiveRecognition: The composer for the ''Shrek'' movies is Creator/HarryGregsonWilliams, who would end up gaining fame for his work as a composer on the ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' series starting with ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' (which came out the same year as the first movie, while ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Snake Eater]]'' would come out the same year as ''Shrek 2'').

** On a slightly more serious note, [[WesternAnimation/Tangled Rapunzel]] sometimes gets shipped with Shrek or Princess Fiona (in human or ogre forms).

* CrossoverShip: Thanks to the power of [[MemeticMutation memes]], [[https://fiztheancient.deviantart.com/art/otp-180556841 there's plenty]] [[https://xchibi-rinchu.deviantart.com/art/Shrek-kun-don-t-leave-me-180739181 of people]] [[https://cmara.deviantart.com/art/Shadow-begs-Shrek-150746720 who ship]] Shrek with [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Shadow The Hedgehog]]. Why, you might ask? [[CrackPairing Your guess is as good as ours.]]