Movies: Shrek | Shrek 2 | Shrek the Third | Shrek Forever After | Puss in Boots | Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Other media: Shrek 4D | Shrek the Halls | Scared Shrekless | The Adventures of Puss in Boots | Shrek: The Musical
- Accidentally-Correct Writing: The animators put a "Sir Justin" poster over Fiona's bed, not realising Cameron Diaz was actually dating Justin Timberlake in real life!
- Approval of God: David Bowie loved Butterfly Boucher's cover of his song "Changes" for the movie, and happily recorded backing vocals for it.
- Billing Displacement: Following the three returning leads (Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz), the rest of the main cast is billed alphabetically by last name: Julie Andrews, Antonio Banderas, John Cleese, Rupert Everett and Jennifer Saunders. Of the five characters, Julie Andrews as the Queen is definitely the smallest role.
- 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 the next time we see him a few minutes later during the Dance Party Ending, he's seen looking around confused, as if just getting up from the headbutt, not to mention showing no reaction to 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.
- The Cast Showoff: Jennifer Saunders' comedic singing is put to good use.
- Celebrity Voice Actor:
- Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz return, while the film adds Antonio Banderas, John Cleese, Julie Andrews, Jennifer Saunders, Rupert Everett and Larry King.
- The Brazilian dub brings back comedian Bussunda as the voice of Shrek, and also casts TV show host Pedro Bial as Doris.
- Cross-Dressing Voices: Doris is voiced by Larry King. In the Spanish dub, her voice is provided by sports journalist Michael Robinson. In the UK dub, King is replaced by chat show host/comedian Jonathan Ross.
- Deleted Scene: An alternative version of Shrek and Donkey meeting Puss in Boots was storyboared, and recoreded and then re-wrote
. Although most of the story beats and jokes are in the final film, some things are changed:- Instead of Donkey saying the directions they were given, he immediately says the bush shaped like Shirley Bassey. He would also acknowladge how awful Shrek and Harold shooting little creatures as an activity for his royal blessing.
- The argument between Shrek and Donkey was different.
- Shrek siting on a rock, looking his reflection on a lagoon, believing he ruined Fiona's life.
- Puss was gonna give Shrek the idea of visiting the Fairy Godmother, instead of Shrek using Fairygodmother's card ("Happiness. Just a tear drop away").
- DVD Commentary: 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.
- Kids' Meal Toy:
- In the US, 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.
- In Australia, Red Rooster released bobbleheads of Shrek, Donkey, Fiona, and Puss in Boots.
- Missing Trailer Scene: Alternate footage of Prince Charming finding the Big Bad Wolf is seen in the first trailer, with the wolf reading a different magazine (Pork Illustrated in the finished film, The New Porker in the trailer). Also Prince Charming looks angry when he asks "With whom?".
- Multiple Languages, Same Voice Actor: Antonio Banderas voices Puss in Boots in English and in both Spanish dubs, Latin American and European. Something interesting is that, while in English he speaks with an overt Spaniard accent, in the Spanish dubs he speaks with a somewhat exaggerated version of his natural accent from his hometown, Málaga, in southern Spain.
- The Other Darrin: Almost none of the actors reprised their roles for the tie-in game:
- Michael J. Gough replaces Mike Myers as Shrek and John Cleese as King Harold.
- Mark Moseley replaces Eddie Murphy as Donkey.
- Holly Fields replaces Cameron Diaz as Fiona.
- André Sogliuzzo replaces Antonio Banderas as Puss in Boots.
- James Arnold Taylor replaces Conrad Vernon as Gingy and Rupert Everett as Prince Charming. Oddly enough, he also recorded additional dialogue for the Big Bad Wolf despite said character still having his movie actor (Aaron Warner) credited.
- Claudia Christian replaces Jennifer Saunders as the Fairy Godmother.
- Mel Fair replaces Chris Miller as the Magic Mirror.
- Playing Against Type: In the Japanese dub, the late Unshō Ishizuka, 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 here.
- Real-Life Relative: 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.
- Refitted for Sequel: The Fairy Godmother had been down in the cards for the first film, but got cut out.
- Same Language Dub: Similar to a small number of other animated movies, the UK release features minor cameos from UK celebrities. In this case, Jonathan Ross replaces Larry King as the second ugly sister, while Kate Thornton replaces Joan Rivers as the Red Carpet Reporter.
- Tie-In Cereal: Shrek's Cereal (Not Donkey's) which was released during Shrek 2's big promotional takeover throughout 2004.
- Voices in One Room: John Cleese and Julie Andrews recorded their lines together.
- What Could Have Been: Shares a page with the rest of the series.
- Word of God: According to the DVD Commentary, Dragon was transformed into a pegasus when Donkey drank the Happily Ever After potion, even though we don't see her in this form onscreen.
