History Trivia / ShrekTheThird

** The Brazilian dub has Creator/MauroRamos as Shrek due to Bussunda's sudden passing in 2006.

* CelebrityVoiceActor: Music/JustinTimberlake provides the voicework for Artie.

* FranchiseKiller: Creator/DreamWorksAnimation had plans for five movies in the ''Shrek'' film series. ''Shrek'' was the first animated film to win the newly coined Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2001, over ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' and ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius''. ''Shrek 2'' was nominated for the award and lost to ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'', but it became not just the highest grossing film of 2004 but [=DreamWorks=]' most successful film to date. ''Shrek the Third'', while also a box office success, grossed less than ''Shrek 2'', got mixed to negative reviews from critics and wasn't even considered for Best Animated Feature of 2007. The lukewarm reception to ''Shrek the Third'' led [=DreamWorks=] to finish up the well under development ''Shrek Goes Fourth'', which was retitled ''Shrek Forever After'' and became the de facto final movie, ending the series at four. The fifth movie, under the working title ''Shrek Pleads the Fifth'' was turned into a [[WesternAnimation/PussInBoots2011 prequel film]] about Puss In Boots. Any hopes of a fifth movie somehow coming out of limbo are still uncertain, with [=DreamWorks=] being sold to Creator/{{Universal}} in 2016. It's still unknown if a fifth film will be a sequel or a full blown ContinuityReboot, though ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'' seems to suggest that they're not done with the original continuity just yet.

** The Brazilian dub has Mauro Ramos as Shrek due to Bussunda's sudden passing in 2006.
* RoleReprise: Creator/JohnCleese, Conrad Vernon, Cody Cameron, Creator/SusanneBlakeslee and Tom [=McGrath=] reprise their respective roles as King Harold, Gingy, Pinocchio, the Evil Queen and [[{{Franchise/Madagascar}} Skipper]] for the tie-in game.

** The Brazilian dub has Mauro Ramos as Shrel due to Bussunda's sudden passing in 2006.

* TheOtherDarrin: In addition to Shrek, Donkey, Puss, Fiona and Prince Charming being voiced by their actors from the ''VideoGame/Shrek2'' game, Artie is voiced by Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor (replacing Music/JustinTimberlake), Merlin by Creator/JonCurry (replacing Creator/EricIdle) and Sleeping Beauty by Creator/ErinMatthews (replacing Creator/CheriOteri).

* FranchiseKiller: Creator/DreamWorksAnimation had plans for five movies in the ''Shrek'' film series. ''Shrek'' was the first animated film to win the newly coined Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2001, over ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' and ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius''. ''Shrek 2'' was nominated for the award and lost to ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'', but it became not just the highest grossing film of 2004 but [=DreamWorks=]' most successful film to date. ''Shrek the Third'', while also a box office success, grossed less than ''Shrek 2'', got mixed to negative reviews from critics and wasn't even considered for Best Animated Feature of 2007. The lukewarm reception to ''Shrek the Third'' led [=DreamWorks=] to finish up the well under development ''Shrek Goes Fourth'', which was retitled ''Shrek Forever After'' and became the de facto final movie, ending the series at four. The fifth movie, under the working title ''Shrek Pleads the Fifth'' was turned into a [[WesternAnimation/PussInBoots2001 prequel film]] about Puss In Boots. Any hopes of a fifth movie somehow coming out of limbo are still uncertain, with [=DreamWorks=] being sold to Creator/{{Universal}} in 2016. It's still unknown if a fifth film will be a sequel or a full blown ContinuityReboot, though ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'' seems to suggest that they're not done with the original continuity just yet.

* FranchiseKiller: Creator/DreamWorksAnimation had plans for five movies in the ''Shrek'' film series. ''Shrek'' was the first animated film to win the newly coined Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2001, over ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' and ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius''. ''Shrek 2'' was nominated for the award and lost to ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', but it became not just the highest grossing film of 2004 but [=DreamWorks=]' most successful film to date. ''Shrek the Third'', while also a box office success, grossed less than ''Shrek 2'', got mixed to negative reviews from critics and wasn't even considered for Best Animated Feature of 2007. The lukewarm reception to ''Shrek the Third'' led [=DreamWorks=] to finish up the well under development ''Shrek Goes Fourth'', which was retitled ''Shrek Forever After'' and became the de facto final movie, ending the series at four. The fifth movie, under the working title ''Shrek Pleads the Fifth'' was turned into a [[WesternAnimation/PussInBoots prequel film]] about Puss In Boots. Any hopes of a fifth movie somehow coming out of limbo are still uncertain, with [=DreamWorks=] being sold to Creator/{{Universal}} in 2016. It's still unknown if a fifth film will be a sequel or a full blown ContinuityReboot, though ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'' seems to suggest that they're not done with the original continuity just yet.

* FranchiseKiller: Creator/DreamWorksAnimation had plans for five movies in the ''Shrek'' film series. ''Shrek'' was the first animated film to win the newly coined Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2001, over ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' and ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius''. ''Shrek 2'' was nominated for the award and lost to ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', but it became not just the highest grossing film of 2004 but [=DreamWorks=]' most successful film to date. ''Shrek the Third'', while also a box office success, grossed less than ''Shrek 2'', got mixed to negative reviews from critics and wasn't even considered for Best Animated Feature of 2007. The lukewarm reception to ''Shrek the Third'' led [=DreamWorks=] to finish up the well under development ''Shrek Goes Fourth'', which was retitled ''Shrek Forever After'' and became the de facto final movie, ending the series at four. The fifth movie, under the working title ''Shrek Pleads the Fifth'' was turned into a [[WesternAnimation/PussInBoots prequel film]] about Puss In Boots. Any hopes of a fifth movie somehow coming out of limbo are still uncertain, with [=DreamWorks=] being sold to Creator/{{Universal}} and now overseen by Creator/IlluminationEntertainment[='=]s Chris Meledandri. It's still unknown if a fifth film will be a sequel or a full blown ContinuityReboot, though ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'' seems to suggest that they're not done with the original continuity just yet.

* FranchiseKiller: Creator/DreamWorksAnimation had plans for five movies in the ''Shrek'' film series. ''Shrek'' was the first animated film to win the newly coined Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2001, over ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' and ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius''. ''Shrek 2'' was nominated for the award and lost to ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', but it became not just the highest grossing film of 2004 but [=DreamWorks=]' most successful film to date. ''Shrek the Third'', while also a box office success, grossed less than ''Shrek 2'', got mixed to negative reviews from critics and wasn't even considered for Best Animated Feature of 2007. The lukewarm reception to ''Shrek the Third'' led [=DreamWorks=] to finish up the well under development ''Shrek Goes Fourth'', which was retitled ''Shrek Forever After'' and became the de facto final movie, ending the series at four. The fifth movie, under the working title ''Shrek Pleads the Fifth'' was turned into a [[WesternAnimation/PussInBoots prequel film]] about Puss In Boots. Any hopes of a fifth movie somehow coming out of limbo are still uncertaiin, with [=DreamWorks=] being sold to Creator/{{Universal}} and now overseen by Creator/IlluminationEntertainment[='=]s Chris Meledandri. It's still unknown if a fifth film will be a sequel or a full blown ContinuityReboot, though ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'' seems to suggest that they're not done with the original continuity just yet.

* FranchiseKiller: Creator/DreamWorksAnimation had plans for five movies in the ''Shrek'' film series. ''Shrek'' was the first animated film to win the newly coined Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2001, over ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' and ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius''. ''Shrek 2'' was nominated for the award and lost to ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', but it became not just the highest grossing film of 2004 but [=DreamWorks=]' most successful film to date. ''Shrek the Third'', while also a box office success, grossed less than ''Shrek 2'', got mixed to negative reviews from critics and wasn't even considered for Best Animated Feature of 2007. The lukewarm reception to ''Shrek the Third'' led [=DreamWorks=] to finish up the well under development ''Shrek Goes Fourth'', which was retitled ''Shrek Forever After'' and became the de facto final movie, ending the series at four. The fifth movie, under the working title ''Shrek Pleads the Fifth'' was turned into a [[WesternAnimation/PussInBoots prequel film]] about Puss In Boots. Any hopes of a fifth movie somehow coming out of limbo were dashed when [=DreamWorks=] was sold to Creator/{{Universal}}, who after floating the idea decided to give the franchise a full-blown ContinuityReboot, overseen by Creator/IlluminationEntertainment[='=]s Chris Meledandri.

* BTeamSequel: The first two films had a few different co-directors, but had Andrew Adamson among them for both films. Here, Chris Miller directs the film without any co-directors involved, while Adamson was busy making ''Film/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'' at the time of this film's production, though Adamson is still credited for its story.

* ActorAllusion: Listen to the queen's NonSequiturThud after [[spoiler:she head-butts the wall apart]]. Sound familiar? [[spoiler:It's a bit of "A Spoonful of Sugar" and "My Favorite Things".]]

* TalkingToHimself: Artie and Prince Charming are both voiced by Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor in the tie-in game, and end up talking to each other during the final battle.

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

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The film would originally have looked into Shrek's youth and backstory. This ''is'' touched on only briefly in the movie during a scene where Shrek has a heart-to-heart with Arthur regarding their similarly dysfunctional upbringings and fathers, but is otherwise absent in the final product.
** The deleted scenes on the DVD reveal that there would have been an entire subplot where Artie ends up going on a quest for the Holy Grail, with Shrek, Donkey, and Puss coming along. Shrek, wishing to speed up the journey home, disguises Donkey as the Grail's guardian dragon, who then meets the real dragon. This subplot was adapted for the [[EarlyDraftTieIn tie-in game]].
** Artie's crush Guin was supposed to appear in more scenes, including one showing life at their school and one where Artie tries to woo her from her balcony. In the final cut, she appears for about two seconds when Artie declares that he's always loved her as he leaves the school, her reaction being "Ew."

** Arthur's crush Guin was supposed to appear in more scenes, including one showing life at their school and one where Artie tries to woo her from her balcony. In the final cut, she appears for about two seconds when Artie declares that he's always loved her as he leaves the school, her reaction being "Ew."