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| 16 | ->''"The greatest fairy tale never told."'' |
| 17 | -->-- '''{{Tagline}}''' for [[WesternAnimation/Shrek1 the first movie]] |
| 18 | |
| 19 | A CGI-animated franchise by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, loosely based on a [[Literature/{{Shrek}} 1990 children's book]] by Creator/WilliamSteig, about an ogre in a fairy tale land who just wants to live in his swamp undisturbed, but finds himself dragged against his will into fighting for the fate of entire kingdoms. |
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| 21 | Notorious for its humor, both witty and slapstick, for turning everything we knew from fairy tales upside-down, and for a ridiculously modern feel of its medieval fantasy setting. ''Shrek'' was the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. ''Shrek'' and its sequels are [=DreamWorks=]' defining hits, "Fairytale" played during the studio's VanityPlate in all their animated films until 2018 and again since 2022, and the character of Shrek is now their unofficial mascot. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | The series currently consists of four mainline films, two spin-off films and a television series focusing on [[BreakoutCharacter Puss in Boots]], eight short films, three television specials, several comic books, and an extensive series of [[VideoGame/{{Shrek}} tie-in games]] of [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames varying]] [[SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames quality]]. According to [=DreamWorks=] Animation co-founder and former CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, there has been talk about developing a fifth ''Shrek'' film, as the series was originally planned to be a pentalogy. By 2018, ''Shrek 5'' was officially put into development, with Creator/IlluminationEntertainment head Chris Meledandri serving as a producer. |
| 24 | |
| 25 | ---- |
| 26 | !!''Shrek'' franchise: |
| 27 | [[index]] |
| 28 | |
| 29 | [[AC:Original book]] |
| 30 | * ''[[Literature/{{Shrek}} Shrek!]]'' (1990) |
| 31 | |
| 32 | [[AC:Feature films]] |
| 33 | * ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'' (2001) |
| 34 | ** ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'' (2004) |
| 35 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'' (2007) |
| 36 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter'' (2010) |
| 37 | ** ''Shrek 5'' (TBA) |
| 38 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Puss in Boots|2011}}'' (2011) |
| 39 | ** ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'' (2022) |
| 40 | |
| 41 | [[AC:Short films, TV series and specials]] |
| 42 | * ''WesternAnimation/ShrekFourD'' (2003) |
| 43 | * ''WesternAnimation/FarFarAwayIdol'' (2004) |
| 44 | * ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheHalls'' (2007) |
| 45 | * ''WesternAnimation/ScaredShrekless'' (2010) |
| 46 | * ''WesternAnimation/DonkeysChristmasShrektacular'' (2010) |
| 47 | * ''WesternAnimation/ShreksYuleLog'' (2010) |
| 48 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThePigWhoCriedWerewolf'' (2011) |
| 49 | * ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheThreeDiablos'' (2012) |
| 50 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfPussInBoots'' (2015-2018) |
| 51 | ** ''WesternAnimation/PussInBookTrappedInAnEpicTale'' (2017) |
| 52 | * ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheTrident'' (2023) |
| 53 | |
| 54 | [[AC:Comic books]] |
| 55 | * ''Shrek'' (2003) |
| 56 | * ''Shrek Forever After: The Prequel'' (2010) |
| 57 | * ''Kizoic Presents: Shrek/Penguins of Madagascar'' (2010) |
| 58 | * ''Shrek'' (2010-2011) |
| 59 | * ''Puss In Boots'' (2013) |
| 60 | * ''The Adventures of Puss In Boots'' (2016) |
| 61 | * ''Shrek'' (2016) |
| 62 | * ''The Adventures of Puss in Boots: Cat About Town'' (2016) |
| 63 | * ''The Adventures of Puss In Boots: Amazing Tails!'' (2016) |
| 64 | |
| 65 | [[AC:Video games]] |
| 66 | * ''VideoGame/{{Shrek}}'' (2001) |
| 67 | * ''Shrek: Fairy Tale Freakdown'' (2001) |
| 68 | * ''Shrek: Hassle at the Castle'' (2002) |
| 69 | * ''Shrek Swamp Kart Speedway'' (2002) |
| 70 | * ''Shrek: Treasure Hunt'' (2002) |
| 71 | * ''VideoGame/ShrekSuperParty'' (2002) |
| 72 | * ''Shrek: Swamp Fun with Phonics'' (2002) |
| 73 | * ''Shrek: Swamp Fun with Early Math'' (2002) |
| 74 | * ''Shrek: Reeking Havoc'' (2003) |
| 75 | * ''VideoGame/Shrek2'' (2004) |
| 76 | * ''Shrek 2 Activity Center: Twisted Fairy Tale Fun'' (2004) |
| 77 | * ''Shrek 2: Ogre Bowler'' (2004) |
| 78 | * ''Shrek 2: Beg For Mercy'' (2004) |
| 79 | * ''Shrek 2 Trivia'' (2004) |
| 80 | * ''VideoGame/ShrekSuperSlam'' (2005) |
| 81 | * ''Shrek 2: The Adventure of Puss in Boots'' (2005) |
| 82 | * ''VideoGame/ShrekSmashNCrashRacing'' (2006) |
| 83 | * ''VideoGame/ShrekTheThird'' (2007) |
| 84 | * ''Shrek n' Roll'' (2007) |
| 85 | * ''Shrek: Orges & Dronkeys'' (2007) |
| 86 | * ''Shrek's Carnival Craze'' (2008) |
| 87 | * ''Shrek Kart'' (2009) |
| 88 | * ''Shrek Forever After'' (2010) |
| 89 | * ''Puss in Boots'' (2011) |
| 90 | * ''[[VideoGame/FruitNinja Fruit Ninja: Puss in Boots]]'' (2011) |
| 91 | * ''VideoGame/DreamWorksSuperStarKartz'' (2011) |
| 92 | * ''Shrek's FairyTale Kingdom'' (2012) |
| 93 | * ''Shrek Alarm'' (2013) |
| 94 | * ''Pocket Shrek'' (2015) |
| 95 | * ''VideoGame/FunkoPopBlitz'' (2020) |
| 96 | * ''VideoGame/DreamWorksAllStarKartRacing'' (2023) |
| 97 | |
| 98 | [[AC:Miscellaneous]] |
| 99 | * ''Pinball/{{Shrek}}'' pinball machine (2007) |
| 100 | * ''Theatre/ShrekTheMusical'' (2008) |
| 101 | * ''Ride/KungFuPandaAdventure'' (2018) [[note]]Shrek, Donkey, Gingy, and the Magic Mirror appear in the pre-show alongside other [=Dreamworks=] characters.[[/note]] |
| 102 | |
| 103 | [[/index]] |
| 104 | ---- |
| 105 | !!''Shrek'' tropes: |
| 106 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 107 | |
| 108 | [[folder:Tropes about the whole franchise]] |
| 109 | * AccentAdaptation: |
| 110 | ** The Latin American Spanish dub rendered Puss's GratuitousSpanish as Castilian, and Donkey's AAVE as a Mexico City accent. |
| 111 | ** The European Spanish dub substitutes Puss' generic Spanish accent for a thick Malaga accent (Banderas is from Malaga). Banderas voices Puss in the English, Spanish (both Latin American and European), and Italian versions. |
| 112 | * {{Acrofatic}}: Shrek -- and all ogres -- are exceptionally nimble and agile for their size. |
| 113 | * ActionGirl: Princess Fiona. She gets it from her mother, who is now a RetiredBadass (she can smash through two stone walls with her head with no problem even in her old age). |
| 114 | * AdaptationExpansion: Really, when you're adapting a short children's book into even a single feature-length movie, let alone an entire franchise, this is inevitable. |
| 115 | * AdaptationalHeroism: Played straight and inverted for different characters. TheBigBadWolf is one of the heroes (and, in the third film, so is one of the Ugly Stepsisters) while some traditionally malevolent fairytale creatures like Dragon and the ogres are for the most part sympathetic. |
| 116 | * AdaptationalVillainy: On the other hand, Red Riding Hood is a thief while Lancelot and Guenivere are both {{Jerkass}}es who mistreat a young Myth/KingArthur, and Geppetto, far from the benevolent father figure he is usually depicted as, is seen turning in Pinocchio. [[spoiler:PrinceCharming and the FairyGodmother]] are also major antagonists. |
| 117 | * ADogNamedDog: Several of the animals of the franchise have their species as names. A donkey named Donkey, a dragon named Dragon, cats named Puss and Kitty and so forth. |
| 118 | * AmbiguouslyGay: The Big Bad Wolf is a {{crossdresser}} wearing a grandma gown. |
| 119 | * AmbiguousTimePeriod: The series seems to take place in the middle ages but it's never actually stated when. Harold mentions being in the Crusades so possibly the HighMiddleAges. But this is unknown for certain. The massive amount of RuleOfFunny AnachronismStew definitely doesn't help. |
| 120 | * AnachronismStew: The defining trait of Shrek's world, ranging from most characters speaking with American accents in medieval Europe, to featuring characters from stories set in different eras, to [[BlandNameProduct restaurants and retail outlets suspiciously similar to those in modern times]]. The list goes on and on. |
| 121 | * AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Happened to Fiona with the first two villains, both wanting to marry her solely for her royal status. Technically, she was married to Farquaad but only briefly [[spoiler: as he was eaten by Dragon just moments later]]. |
| 122 | * ArbitrarySkepticism: Several instances. For example, In ''Scared Shrekless'', Donkey refuses to believe that Farquaad's ghost haunts Duloc castle. Even though he has in fact ''seen and interacted with'' Farquaad's ghost. This could be justified by the fact that Donkey saw Dragon torched Farquaad's ghost and didn't think it could come back. |
| 123 | * AscendedExtra: |
| 124 | ** Many of the fairy tale characters from the first film get gradually more important as the films go on. They are specifically the Gingerbread Man, Big Bad Wolf, the Three Little Pigs, and Pinocchio. Dragon also becomes more important, and Doris the Ugly Sister in the second film becomes quite important in the third. |
| 125 | ** This even occurs for the villains. Captain Hook makes an appearance playing piano in the BadGuyBar in the second film, before making a more prominent appearance in the third. And Rumpelstiltskin briefly featured in the third (albeit with a completely difference appearance), before going on to be the BigBad of the fourth. |
| 126 | * BabiesEverAfter: The ogrelings, whom the fourth film reveals to be named Fergus, Farkle and Felicia. Also the Dronkies, the children of Donkey and Dragon. |
| 127 | * BadGuyBar: The second and third movies have a straight example featuring fairy tale bad guys. "The Poison Apple Bar" features Captain Hook on piano. It also has signs saying "Unhappy Hour" and "We Reserve the Right to Behead Anyone". |
| 128 | * BarFullOfAliens: The Poisoned Apple again, an important segment of the clientele is made of magical creatures. |
| 129 | * BeneathTheMask: Fiona at the beginning of the movie acts like a stereotypical Franchise/DisneyPrincess with Shrek. However, she slowly reveals herself as an ActionGirl who fights dirty, much like Shrek. |
| 130 | * BenevolentMonsters: Shrek is an ogre who, while anti-social, isn't malicious in any way. He mostly plays the part to scare people away so he can live in peace. Once he's friends with you, he's loyal and true, if a bit cranky. |
| 131 | * BetaCouple: Donkey and Dragon. |
| 132 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Prince Charming. |
| 133 | %%* BigDamnHeroes |
| 134 | * BigLittleMan: Our first glimpse of Lord Farquaad involves him striding dramatically along a corridor, camera focused on his face or body at a strange angle, then when the camera and scenery go still, he's revealed to be maybe half the height of the guards. |
| 135 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: FairyGodmother. She seems sweet and helpful but is actually quite nasty, using her favors to extort others for her own gain, such as what she does to Harold. |
| 136 | * BlackComedy: A few scenes: |
| 137 | ** [[spoiler:The king's death]] in ''Shrek the Third''. |
| 138 | ** Alternate-universe Puss [[spoiler:eating alternate-universe Gingy.]] |
| 139 | ** The exploding bird in the first movie... whose eggs are used for breakfast. |
| 140 | ** The entirety of ''Scared Shrekless'', including a ''Film/TheExorcist'' parody! |
| 141 | *** Not to mention the resprised Duloc song, which is much darker than the original. |
| 142 | -->'''Puppets''': ''We will chop off your head, and then laugh when you're dead!'' |
| 143 | * BlandNameProduct: Numerous: |
| 144 | ** The mandatory [=WcDonald=]'s, and "Farbucks Coffee". |
| 145 | ** And "Burger Prince" and "Banana Kingdom". |
| 146 | ** And Friar's Fat Boy, a play on the family restaurant chain Bob's Big Boy. |
| 147 | * BookEnds: [[WesternAnimation/Shrek1 The first film]] and the last (''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter'') has the song "I'm a Believer" at the end. |
| 148 | %%* BridgeLogic |
| 149 | * BrokenAce: Prince Charming parodies this trope. Instead of KnightInShiningArmor on the outside, self-loathing mess on the inside, he's FailureKnight on the outside and [[MommasBoy pure juvenile mama's boy]] on the inside. |
| 150 | * BrokenAesop: In a meta sense. Shrek has appeared in [=PSAs=] about healthy eating and ads for junk food (some of which has even been Shrek themed, such as gummies and Twinkies with green filling). |
| 151 | * CakeToppers: When Fiona looks at her and Farquaad's wedding cake toppers, she smushes his down into the cake to more accurately show his height. |
| 152 | * CardCarryingVillain: |
| 153 | ** Any BigBad in each movie, except Farquaad. |
| 154 | ** Literally in the case of ''Shrek 2''. |
| 155 | * CatStereotype: Puss-in-Boots is a swashbuckling, wisecracking orange cat. |
| 156 | * CentralTheme: Anyone can have a happy ending. |
| 157 | ** Never judge someone solely on appearance. |
| 158 | ** Sometimes your happily ever after can be where you least expect it. |
| 159 | * CharacterInTheLogo: The logo for the films is the letter S with the same skin tone and trumpet ears as the title character. |
| 160 | * CheatedAngle: When Puss in Boots is introduced in ''Shrek 2'', his upper and lower halves are separated. The scene is dark enough that you can't see it, but they wanted the head and boots farther apart than they would actually be. |
| 161 | %%* CheerfulChild: Donkey |
| 162 | * ChekhovsGunman: The Muffin Man. First mentioned briefly by Gingy in the first movie, then [[spoiler:is enlisted in first sequel to help Shrek stop Fiona from kissing Prince Charming in time by baking a giant version of the Gingerbread Man]]. And shows up in the last sequel baking the birthday cake for the Shreklings. He also pops up in a flashback sequence in ''Shrek the Halls'', in which he is revealed to be Gingy's "father". |
| 163 | %%* Crowning Moment of X: Please list all of these on the subpages. Thanks. |
| 164 | * ChildrenAreInnocent: |
| 165 | ** The ogre babies and the dronkeys. |
| 166 | ** Averted in ''Forever After'': there's no respect from a fat, bratty German boy who won't stop pestering Shrek to "do the roar". |
| 167 | * CrossoverRelatives: The franchise brings a number of established fairy tale characters into one world, leading to a few of these: |
| 168 | ** Fiona's father is revealed to be [[spoiler: The Frog Prince]] at the end of ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'', while Prince Charming is the son of the Fairy Godmother. |
| 169 | ** Fiona's cousin turns out to be [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Arthur Pendragon]], and next in line for the throne of Far Far Away after Fiona and Shrek. |
| 170 | ** ''Theatre/ShrekTheMusical'' reveals that Farquaad's father was [[spoiler: Grumpy from ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarves'']], [[AdaptationalExpansion which actually]] [[FantasticRacism explains a lot]]. |
| 171 | * CulturalTranslation: The Polish dub of the ''Shrek'' movies are full of Polish pop-culture references. For example Donkey sings the theme song of a Polish TV drama when Shrek decides to go to the Potion Factory in ''Shrek 2''. Donkey also generates much ActorAllusion to the known actor voicing him. |
| 172 | * CuteKitten: Repeatedly {{invoked}} by Puss-In-Boots, using his cute kitten eyes. |
| 173 | * CuteMonsterGirl: Fiona. Considering how much she resembles her mother, Felicia looks likely to grow up to be one of these too. |
| 174 | * DarkReprise: The Duloc puppet song in ''Scared Shrekless'', which manages to be ''[[LyricalDissonance less]]'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9tUI_S6Cjg creepy than the original]] (though Gingy would say otherwise). |
| 175 | * DancePartyEnding: All the ''Shrek'' films love this trope. Taken to even greater levels in the DVD releases, which include bonus 'dance party' epilogues such as the first film's 'Swamp Karaoke Party' and the second's parody of ''American Idol''. |
| 176 | * DeadpanSnarker: |
| 177 | ** Shrek, big time. [[SarcasmBlind Often lost on Donkey]], much to his irritation. |
| 178 | ** Rumpelstiltskin in the fourth movie, ''soooo much''. |
| 179 | * {{Deconstruction}}: Of the entire FairyTale genre. TheOgre is the hero, the nobleman is a PrinceCharmless, and the princess [[CharacterDevelopment grows out of]] [[GenreSavvy her dependence on stereotypes]] and settles happily into the life of an ogress. [[ActionGirl She also knows martial arts]]. And that's just from ''one'' movie. |
| 180 | * DisneyCreaturesOfTheFarce: |
| 181 | ** Fiona looks like she'll have a typical 'Snow White' moment... but the bird explodes because she hit a high note (or rather, missed the high note). She then cooks its eggs for breakfast. |
| 182 | ** Snow White herself starts to have a 'Snow White' moment in the third movie. She then sends the mob of animals she gathered charging after some guards, by changing her la-la-ing into ''[[Music/LedZeppelin Immigrant Song]]''. |
| 183 | * {{Dissimile}}: Shrek's attempted "Ogres are like onions" simile in the first film. |
| 184 | * DamselInDistress: Subverted with Fiona, lampshaded with the other Fairytale Princesses. |
| 185 | * DotingParent: Fiona takes very quickly to motherhood and loves her children dearly. Shrek has a harder time adjusting but still loves them and tries his best. |
| 186 | * DoubleEntendre: |
| 187 | ** The running gag in the first movie -- "Do you think maybe he's compensating for something?" Kids think it refers to [[TheNapoleon his height]]. Adults think it refers to his... length. |
| 188 | ** The constant use of the word "ass" to mean a literal donkey but in phrases where it usually means the human buttocks. "Nobody likes a kissass." "I have to save my ass." "You still look like an ass to me." |
| 189 | * DragonHoard: Dragon sleeps on-top of a mountain of treasure. She doesn't seem that bothered by the collection of treasure in the sequels, though. |
| 190 | * DubSpeciesChange: In some languages that don't have an equivalent for the word "ogre", Shrek is referred to as a troll instead. Curiously averted in the Dutch version, where "ogre" became "oger". |
| 191 | * EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The crew called them Disney Sparkles. |
| 192 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: The Fairy Godmother just wants dominion over Far Far Away and has no issue using her son or Fiona for this. She cannot understand why Harold cares so much about Fiona's feelings and just threatens him to give Fiona a love potion. |
| 193 | * TheEvilPrince: Prince Charming in ''Shrek the Third''. |
| 194 | * ExpressiveEars: Many characters have these. |
| 195 | * FaceHeelTurn: The whole series is about this - stereotypically bad characters turning into heroes and secondary heroes, dropping their facades of jerkishness and so on. |
| 196 | * FairyInABottle: They're used for lights. |
| 197 | * FairyTaleFreeForAll: The entire franchise features characters from all kinds of traditional stories coexisting together. Among the prominent characters are the Gingerbread Man, Pinocchio, the Three Little Pigs, The Big Bad Wolf (a combination of the wolf from Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood), and the Three Blind Mice. |
| 198 | * FantasyCounterpartAppliance: The Magic Mirror doubles as a television set. |
| 199 | * FantasyCounterpartCulture: Modern-day America. |
| 200 | %%* FantasyKitchenSink |
| 201 | * {{Fartillery}}: Shrek jumps into a pond, naked, and farts. three fish in the pond who died from the fart rise up and Shrek smirks as he takes one of the fart-killed fish out of the pond. |
| 202 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Fairy Godmother, Prince Charming and Rumpelstiltskin all embody this trope to the letter. In fact, the only villain who doesn't qualify is Lord Farquaad. |
| 203 | * FlippantForgiveness: "All right, Donkey. I forgive you...for stabbing me in the back!" |
| 204 | %%* FracturedFairyTale |
| 205 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: Two of them, both [[DisneyCreaturesOfTheFarce parodied]]. |
| 206 | * GambitPileup: Each successive villain added to the franchise brings with them a new layer of retroactive scheming. By the final film we've learned that not only did Shrek's rescue of Fiona ruin Fairy Godmother and Prince Charming's plan to marry into Far Far Away royalty, it also screwed up Rumpelstiltksin's plan to con the king and queen out of their kingdom. And that's not even mentioning the fact that Shrek's role in all this was instigated by Lord Farquaad's plan to become a king by marrying Fiona himself. |
| 207 | * {{Gasshole}}: Shrek, Fiona, and to all appearances, all ogres. |
| 208 | * GenreSavvy: "This is the part where you run away." |
| 209 | * GentleGiant: Shrek, [[AntiHero kind of]]. |
| 210 | * GettingEatenIsHarmless: Subverted. The climax of the first movie has Dragon eating Farquaad, but he still tries to awkwardly partake in the DancePartyEnding. But by the time of 4D, Farquaad is a ghost, showing how he was eventually digested. |
| 211 | * GoodParents: Shrek and Fiona are shown as very close to their triplets, who absolutely adore them as well. Despite Shrek's initial hesitations, he is shown to be a very good and loving father. |
| 212 | * GratuitousFrench: Robin Hood, who ,despite being a British folklore character, speaks with a French accent for no particular reason. |
| 213 | * GratuitousSpanish: Puss in Boots. |
| 214 | * TheGrinch: Shrek in ''Shrek the Halls''. |
| 215 | * GroinAttack: Happens to Shrek once a movie except the final one. |
| 216 | * HairFlip: PrinceCharming does this on multiple occasions. |
| 217 | * HappilyMarried: It's not always smooth sailing, but Shrek and Fiona definitely love each other. The same goes for Donkey and Dragon. |
| 218 | * HeadlessHorseman: |
| 219 | ** One of the patrons of the Poisoned Apple in the second film, and part of Charming's army of villains in the third. |
| 220 | * HeelFaceTurn: Harold in ''Shrek 2'' has one in the second half of the movie. |
| 221 | * TheHermit: Shrek in the first film, due to society's views of ogres. |
| 222 | * HighOnCatnip: In ''Shrek 2'', guards capture Shrek and friends and one finds a bag of catnip on Puss-In-Boots' person. Puss denies that it's his. |
| 223 | * HollywoodKiss: Shrek and Fiona. |
| 224 | %%* HorsebackHeroism: Spoofed with Prince Charming. |
| 225 | * HotSkittyOnWailordAction: Donkey and Dragon, which leads to some of the most adorable mutant babies in film history. |
| 226 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: |
| 227 | ** Shrek & human!Fiona in the first film and [[TinyGuyHugeGirl inverted with Dragon & Donkey, Fiona & Farquaad]]. The second has Charming and his mum, [[TinyGuyHugeGirl inverted]] with Harold and Lillian [[spoiler:even BEFORE he's changed back...]] |
| 228 | ** Still as both ogres or humans, Fiona is quite petite compared to Shrek. |
| 229 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: Which is partly why Donkey follows Shrek around. |
| 230 | -->'''Donkey''': ''(Singing)'' But you gotta have friends...! |
| 231 | -->'''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis STOP! SINGING!''']] |
| 232 | ** It's hinted that Shrek wants this too, but his hermit persona hides it, because deep down he has realized he can never have friends, thus at least requiring privacy. |
| 233 | * IconicSequelCharacter: Puss in Boots was introduced on the second film, and became popular enough to get his own movie. |
| 234 | * InformedAttractiveness: Shrek when he becomes a human in the second film. He's definitely handsome, but not quite at the level where every female character starts fawning over him. |
| 235 | ** Charming too as Doris says he has a face that looks like it was carved by angels. He doesn't seem to attract many other women and doesn't interest Fiona at all. |
| 236 | * InterspeciesRomance: Donkey and Dragon. Also Queen Lillian and King Harold in ''2''. And, depending on which you think Fiona's original race is (human or ogre), her relationship with Shrek may or may not be this. |
| 237 | * InkSuitActor: Although this has become attributed to {{Creator/DreamWorks| Animation}} movies in general. See the picture on the trope page. |
| 238 | * InsultFriendlyFire: Particularly in the first film - Shrek is crushed to hear Fiona asking Donkey who could love a "hideous beast". He only finds out that Fiona was talking about herself later. |
| 239 | * ITasteDelicious: In a recent advertising campaign. |
| 240 | * {{Jerkass}}: Lord Farquaad in ''Shrek'' and Lancelot as well as his friends in ''Shrek the Third''. |
| 241 | ** It becomes revealed after her first scene that Fairy Godmother herself without a single doubt is. |
| 242 | * IWantGrandkids: Lillian in ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'' implies this as she is the first one to bring up the subject of children. Fiona seemed to want children too but her husband and her father were against it. In ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'', Lillian is shown to be ecstatic when Fiona announces her pregnancy and is later seen doting on her triplet grandchildren. |
| 243 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Shrek gets aggravated very easily and is not above mockingly putting people down at his worst, but he dearly cares about his loved ones and will be of help to them in any way that he can. |
| 244 | ** Snow White in ''Third'' seems stubborn and lazy, but is genuinely loyal. |
| 245 | * KnightInShiningArmor: Charming and Lancelot, both subverted. |
| 246 | * KnightInSourArmor: Shrek is crude, hot-tempered and cynical, but nearly always manages to do the right thing, especially for people (and donkeys) that have proven they're able to see past the idea of "big, stupid, ugly ogres". |
| 247 | * LadyAndKnight: Subverted. |
| 248 | * LackOfEmpathy: Charming and Fairy Godmother only want Fiona for Charming to become king and couldn't care less if she doesn't love him, even willing to stoop to a LovePotion. |
| 249 | * LargeHam: |
| 250 | ** Arthur when he's "angsting". And Shrek [[LampshadeHanging lampshades it]]. |
| 251 | -->'''Shrek:''' Well, well. [[HamAndCheese Would you like some eggs to go with that ham?]] |
| 252 | ** Lord Farquaad and Prince Charming also have their moments (Charming especially during the climax of ''Shrek the Third'': "With soft and bouncy haaaaaaaaiiiiiiir!") |
| 253 | ** Puss in Boots has his moments. Witness this immortal line from the fourth movie: "FeedMe...if you dare!" |
| 254 | ** Rumpelstiltskin. |
| 255 | ** A non-talking example in ''Shrek 2'': As a troupe of trumpeters from Far Far Away make their grand entrance into Shrek and Fiona's swamp, concluding their performance as they reach Shrek's hut, one of the trumpeters within the troupe decides to continue on, giving an over-the-top, show-stopping performance that sounds like the ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'' theme that leaves Shrek, Fiona and Donkey confused and the herald that has an invitation for the two quite clearly annoyed. |
| 256 | ---> "''Enough'', Reggie." |
| 257 | * LarynxDissonance: Larry King and Regis Philbin as Evil Stepsisters. Yes, ''these'' two. |
| 258 | * LateArrivalSpoiler: Fiona is cursed to turn into an ogre at night. Also, she falls in love with Shrek and stays an ogre permanently. No marketing after the first film made any sort of attempt to hide this. |
| 259 | * LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: This happens 3 times in ''Shrek the Third''. The first is when the music during the king's funeral turns out to be singing frogs. The second is when Shrek and Artie are about to have a heart-to-heart talk, and Merlin turns on the music for mood. Finally, the dramatic music during a fight scene is actually Captain Hook playing on the piano. |
| 260 | ** {{Inverted}} in ''Shrek 2''. The FairyGodmother starts singing "Holding Out for a Hero", then the dramatic rescue begins, [[DiegeticSwitch with the song as BGM]]. But she's still singing throughout as it switches between dance and rescue. |
| 261 | ** It even shows up in the original film: When Shrek's rescued Fiona and the group is journeying back to Lord Farquaad's castle, they get waylaid by Robin Hood. Cue fight scene. A lively accordion piece quickly starts up, holds a note during a [[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]-style OrbitalShot (where (mostly) everything stops in place), and stops again as Fiona knocks out Friar Tuck, who was playing the instrument. |
| 262 | ** The first film also has Fiona's Theme playing while Farquaad is admiring Fiona's image. It then turns out the music is coming from the Magic Mirror itself. |
| 263 | * LicensedPinballTable: Released by Creator/SternPinball, it is based on the first three films, and was a rethemed ''Pinball/FamilyGuy'' game. [[Pinball/{{Shrek}} Click here for details.]] |
| 264 | * LostInTranslation: In some versions, like the Norwegian one, Shrek is called a "troll". This is because of there not being an equivalent to the word "ogre" in their vocabularies. |
| 265 | * LowerHalfReveal: This happens as Lord Farquaad's short stature is revealed to the audience, Shrek and Fiona. |
| 266 | ** When Farquaad first appears and marches towards the torture chamber, the lower and upper halves of his body are seen in separate shots, giving him the impression of normality, until the next shot, where he is seen in full, alongside the guards. |
| 267 | ** When Shrek first sees Farquaad at the tournament, Farquaad is standing on his podium with only his upper half visible, so Shrek does not yet know how short he is. (A DeletedScene of Shrek and Farquaad together would have followed on from this.) |
| 268 | ** When Fiona first meets Farquaad, he is on his horse, apparently of normal proportions, as his short legs are hidden by his armoured legs. When his men then dismount him and put him in front of Fiona, she is then shocked to see how short he is. |
| 269 | * {{Magitek}}: Shrek's magical TV-mirror, among many other examples. |
| 270 | * MamaBear: Lillian. Despite being shocked about her daughter's new form as well as her choice of husband, she completely supports Fiona and defends her choice against Fiona's more prejudiced father. |
| 271 | %%* {{Manchild}}: Prince Charming in ''Shrek 2''. |
| 272 | %%* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover |
| 273 | %%* MatchCut: A number of complex CGI-aided examples. |
| 274 | * MeaningfulEcho: "Never been better". In the first film, Shrek sarcastically and angrily said this to Fiona after [[ThirdActMisunderstanding he misheard her woes about being an ogre to mean that she didn't approve of him being able to love her romantically]]. This led to him cutting off ties with her and Donkey, wanting to live in his swamp alone again. Three movies later, he would say the same thing to her after he is able to [[spoiler:exploit the "True Love's Kiss" loophole in Rumpelstiltskin's contract and hit a ResetButton on the dystopian world where he was never born, sending him back to the time where he released his anger by roaring at his children's birthday party]]. He says this in a more relieved and happier tone, showing how [[spoiler:he can accept his happy ending: married, and as a loving father]], a far cry from his lonelier days. |
| 275 | * MeaningfulName: |
| 276 | ** "Shrek" is the Yiddish word for "monster", derived from the German word "Schreck", meaning "terror" or "fright". |
| 277 | ** "Farquaad" is a slightly-slurred mispronunciation of an obscene term for an unpleasant person. |
| 278 | * MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: Shrek both uses and subverts this trope. On the one hand, he turns out to have a heart of gold. On the other hand, he's still an ogre, and proud of it. |
| 279 | * TheMockbuster: Not one of the movies themselves (though it wouldn't be surprising if one was floating around), but the characters star in Gameloft's [=iOS=] game ''[[VideoGame/MarioKart Shrek Kart]]''. |
| 280 | * TheNapoleon: Lord Farquaad in ''Shrek''. He's barely half Fiona's height, but he's got a short temper. |
| 281 | %%* NeutralFemale: Subverted. |
| 282 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: Farquaad inadvertently greatly upset the plans of all three villains who came after him by sending Shrek to rescue Fiona. |
| 283 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: |
| 284 | ** Lord Farquaad was widely rumored to be modeled on Disney's then-CEO Michael Eisner as a TakeThat on the part of the film's executive producer (and former Disney executive) Jeffrey Katzenberg. His kingdom is a parody of the Ride/DisneyThemeParks. |
| 285 | ** Shrek [[http://www.digititles.com/content/was-the-french-angel-maurice-tillet-the-model-for-shrek bears a very strong resemblance to "The French Angel", Maurice Tillet]]. |
| 286 | * NonHumanSidekick: Technically, Shrek himself is non-human, but Donkey and Puss qualify nonetheless. |
| 287 | * NonSequiturThud: After the Queen [[spoiler:[[AwesomeButImpractical headbutts her second wall]].]] |
| 288 | * NumberedSequels: Played with for the third and fourth ones. |
| 289 | * OddCouple: Shrek and Donkey, later Shrek and Fiona, and later still Shrek and Arthur. |
| 290 | * OddNameOut: According to WordOfGod, the dronkeys' names are Eclair, Bananas, Peanut, [[CallBack Parfait]], Coco and... ''Debbie...'' |
| 291 | * OfficialCouple: Shrek and Fiona. |
| 292 | * {{Open Minded Parent}}: Queen Lillian, Fiona's mother. Despite her initial shock at seeing her daughter's new form as well as her son-in-law, she tries to accept the situation as best she can, trying hard to be nice to Shrek and to suppress her husband's prejudice. She even does not mind that Shrek will be the father of her grandchildren. |
| 293 | * PrecisionFStrike: Notably for a kids' film - Donkey's "Chicks dig that romantic crap!" in the first movie. |
| 294 | * PrinceCharmless: Prince Charming in ''Shrek 2'' does not live up to his name. At least, not to Fiona. |
| 295 | * PsychopathicManChild: Prince Charming in ''Shrek the Third''. |
| 296 | * {{Pun}}: Frequent from Shrek, but Donkey never gets them. Also a lot of the names of shops. |
| 297 | * PuppyDogEyes: Puss-in-Boots. Spoofed in the third film when Puss tries this while in Donkey's body and fails to do anything. |
| 298 | * RedheadInGreen: Fiona. The fact that at the end of the first movie she becomes an ogress permanently and gains green skin as well doesn't help matters. |
| 299 | * RiddleForTheAges: Who is the Witch that cursed Fiona to turn into an ogress at sunset and back into a human at sunrise, and why did she do it? The Witch is only mentioned in the first film and is never brought up in the sequels, making it unlikely these questions will ever be answered. |
| 300 | %%* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Donkey. |
| 301 | * SapientSteed: Donkey! [[spoiler:Who only functions as a steed for half of the second movie and a part of the fourth, but still.]] |
| 302 | * SameSexTriplets: Subverted with Shrek and Fiona's triplets, who are two boys and one girl. They are even fraternal, which is far more common in real life. |
| 303 | %%* SchizoTech |
| 304 | * ScrewDestiny: When Shrek saves Fiona, she's frustrated and confused as to why an '''ogre''' would save her as she was meant to be rescued by someone else, as it was her destiny. [[spoiler: Since she was still freed from the tower, what could possibly change with Shrek saving her? Everything. Fiona's imprisonment was actually orchestrated by her father so he could settle his debt with the Fairy Godmother, who wanted an arranged marriage between her son, Prince Charming, and Fiona. Shrek rescuing Fiona also indirectly ruined the plans of many other villains, such as Rumpelstiltskin.]] |
| 305 | * SeductionProofMarriage: Neither Shrek nor Fiona are interested in anyone else. This causes Fiona's father to have a HeelFaceTurn when he realizes Fiona will never love anyone but Shrek. |
| 306 | * SequelReset: The first movie ended with HappilyEverAfter, but the sequels have been putting that off ever since. The second film reveals there was in fact an actual Prince Charming that was supposed to break the curse on Fiona, and that her royal parents are still around; the action picks up after the lovers' honeymoon as they're forced to meet her parents, causing another go-round of problems regarding Shrek's self-esteem. |
| 307 | %%* ShuttingUpNow |
| 308 | * ShoutOut: |
| 309 | ** Lots of them, mostly to Disney, though the giant gingerbread man is named "Mongo" as a tribute to ''Film/BlazingSaddles'' and there's a lot to other fantasy stories and films. |
| 310 | ** The sequel numbering of the first three films reference ''Series/{{Blackadder}}''. ''Shrek Goes Forth'' was actually a working title for the fourth film. |
| 311 | * SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: All the films in the series are smart, feel-good, optimistic films about how anyone can have a happy ending. |
| 312 | %%* SpannerInTheWorks: Farquaad's actions set off the entire rest of the series. |
| 313 | * SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: King Harold in ''Shrek 2'' has a good example of a non-death HeroicSacrifice, as he throws himself in the path of the FairyGodmother's wand to save Shrek and Fiona. The result is that his previous 'happy ending' is removed and he is turned back to the frog he was. But he's still alive at the end of the movie, and his wife doesn't mind his being a frog at all. Unfortunately, within the first act of ''Shrek the Third'', King Harold, well, [[{{Pun}} croaks]]. |
| 314 | %%* SummonBackupDancers: The furniture song in ''Shrek 2''. |
| 315 | * SwampMonster: Shrek makes his home in a swamp. In the first movie, he is shown scaring villagers who enter his swamp with Torches and Pitchforks, just for jollies; then, when fairy tale and nursery rhyme characters displaced by Lord Farquaad settle in his swamp, he sets out on a quest to get rid of them. |
| 316 | %%* TagAlongKid: Donkey. |
| 317 | * TakeThat: Some see the film as Jeffrey Katzenberg's TakeThat to Creator/{{Disney}}, after being fired. |
| 318 | %%* TheGenieKnowsJackNicholson: Explains why Hooters can exist in a pseudo-fairy tale environment, as well as a vast majority of the SchizoTech. |
| 319 | %%* ThoseTwoGuys: Puss and Donkey, Shrek's two hangers-on. |
| 320 | * TinyGuyHugeGirl: |
| 321 | ** Fiona and Farquaard, before she marries Shrek. |
| 322 | ** Even better, [[InterspeciesRomance Donkey and Dragon.]] |
| 323 | * TorchesAndPitchforks: In the opening scene of ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'', the ogre is obviously used to angry mobs coming to drive him out of his hut, as he easily scares one of them off, even prompting them at one point, [[ThisIsThePartWhere "This is the part where you run."]] He later [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade on it]] when speaking to Donkey. |
| 324 | -->'''Shrek:''' I'm an ogre! You know, 'Grab your torch and pitchfork!' Doesn't that bother you? |
| 325 | ** Also [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the sequel, when Shrek and Fiona step out of their carriage in Far Far Away and are [[TheReveal revealed to be ogres]]. Shrek sees some pitchforks in the crowd and gets nervous, commenting "Let's go before they light the torches." |
| 326 | ** And in the fourth movie, Shrek and family are celebrities, so people mob now to ask him to sign their torches and pitchforks. |
| 327 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Donkey loves waffles, which is based on an off-hand comment from the first film. Also, parfaits. |
| 328 | %%* TrueBeautyIsOnTheInside |
| 329 | %%* TrueLovesKiss: Subverted twice. |
| 330 | * TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: A rare gender reversal with the stout, homely looking FairyGodmother being mother to the handsome Prince Charming. |
| 331 | * UglyGuyHotWife: [[spoiler:Famously averted with Shrek and Fiona; parodied with Donkey and Dragon. [[{{Pun}} Cos she breathes fire, geddit]]?]] |
| 332 | * UglyHeroGoodLookingVillain: This trope is used in the first two movies: While Lord Farquaad isn't exactly good looking, he does play upon Shrek's ugliness to try to incite villagers against him. The second provides a better example, with the FairyGodmother and her son Charming as good-looking villains opposing Shrek. |
| 333 | * VillainSong: |
| 334 | ** ''Shrek'' subverts it every way it can. The main villain of ''Shrek 2'' gets not one, but two songs: The first one is the self-titled "FairyGodmother Song", a cheerful upbeat ditty about how she wants to help everyone; the second comes complete with an ominous orchestra and backing choir... except the song in question is "Holding Out for a Hero". |
| 335 | ** Prince Charming also gets a song in ''Shrek the Third'', set to a musical that was set up as an excuse to publicly execute Shrek. Lord Farquaad didn't have a bona fide villain "song" (except in TheMusical), but he has a menacing leitmotif in the first movie, played upon his first appearance. |
| 336 | * WorldOfSnark: Seeing as the franchise is meant to be a fairy-tale parody, there are a ton of [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snarkers]] who find the whole thing of fairy-tales to be absolutely ridiculous, most of all our main character. And that then spreads over to the characters who weren't too snarky to begin with and/or was someone who believed that the world did work like a fairy-tale. |
| 337 | %%* YouDidntAsk |
| 338 | [[/folder]] |
| 339 | |
| 340 | [[folder:Tropes about other media]] |
| 341 | * AllJustADream: [[spoiler:''Thriller Night'']] turns out to be this. |
| 342 | * BackFromTheDead: Most every dead character, and some who normally aren't, as zombies in ''Thriller Night''. [[spoiler:The ones who aren't are a big hint as to the ending reveal.]] |
| 343 | * BigNo: Shrek lets out one at the end of ''Thriller Night'', when he realizes that, after all he's been through that night, [[spoiler:he's still going to have to sit through three hours of singing children, puppets and nuns]]. |
| 344 | * ChristmasSpecial: ''Shrek the Halls'' |
| 345 | * TheDeadCanDance: In ''Thriller Night''. Fitting, given it's a Shrek version of the video to Michael Jackson's ''Thriller''. |
| 346 | * FirstSnow: In ''Shrek the halls'', when Fiona comes outside holding the triplets, they are seen reacting to the snow, presumably their first time out in it. Fergus seems a little confused by it while Felicia tries to catch flakes on her tongue. |
| 347 | * FreezeFrameBonus: Prince Charming appears among the audience at the end of ''Thriller Night'', seemingly confirming he survived the events of ''Shrek the Third''. |
| 348 | * HalloweenSpecial: ''The Ghost of Lord Farquaad'', ''Scared Shrekless'', and ''Thriller Night'' |
| 349 | * SorryILeftTheBGMOn: ''Shrek the Halls'' does this with a sound effect: the "squealing kettle" noise that accompanies Shrek losing his temper is revealed to be an ''actual'' squealing kettle. |
| 350 | * SpontaneousChoreography: Shrek notes in ''Thriller Night'' that he hates "spontaneous musical outbursts", including this trope. |
| 351 | * TheMusical: ''Shrek the Musical'' |
| 352 | * VillainTeamUp: [[spoiler:Lord Farquaad, Fairy Godmother, Prince Charming, and Rumplestiltskin are all seen together as zombies in ''Thriller Night''.]] |
| 353 | * VomitIndiscretionShot: From Pinocchio in ''Scared Shrekless'', [[NauseaFuel all over Shrek]], no less. |
| 354 | * {{Yandere}}: The Bride of Gingy in ''Scared Shrekless''. |
| 355 | [[/folder]] |
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