History WesternAnimation / ShrekFourD

* EarlyAdaptationWeirdness: It's very easy to tell the ride was made when the franchise consisted only of the first movie. Not only is Farquaad still the villain, with the film taking place in Duloc (which was completely forgotten after the first film), but many of the jokes are repeated from the first movie, and plenty of series hallmarks like [[IconicSequelCharacter Puss in Boots]] or the kingdom of Far Far Away aren't part of the attraction[[note]]Puss is featured in some of the attraction's merchandise, however[[/note]]. The character meet-and-greet outside of the attraction even features Fiona as a human face character as opposed to her more iconic ogre form (even though the ride itself does).

It is set [[ImmediateSequel directly after]] the [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} first movie]] in the [[Franchise/{{Shrek}} franchise]], with Shrek and Fiona preparing to go off on their honeymoon. Their plans are interrupted when Thelonius, Lord Farquaad's henchman, kidnaps Fiona and takes her away into the woods. Shrek, with Donkey alongside, pursue the two into the woods, eventually discovering that the mastermind behind the kidnapping is none other than the ghost of Lord Farquaad himself, who vows to make Fiona his bride yet again so that he may become King of the Underworld. Shrek and Donkey are thus forced to combine their wits once more and set out onto another big adventure that involves graveyards, huge aerial dragon battles, and a massive waterfall in order to save Fiona and defeat Farquaad a second time.

[[caption-width-right:350:Presented in orge-vision]]

Since its inception as a theme park attraction, the film was released onto DVD as ''Shrek 3-D'', and has even been released in 2-D when it was shown on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} in 2007 under the title ''Shrek's Never Before Seen Adventure'', and has since been made available on Creator/{{Netflix}} and online, now titled ''The Ghost of Lord Farquaad''.

->''"Wow, this 3-D is pretty cool!"''\\

->''[[BreakingTheFourthWall "Wow, this 3-D is pretty cool!"]]''\\
--'''Donkey'''

After a 14-year run, the attraction was closed at Universal Studios Hollywood on August 13, 2017, and in 2018 was replaced with the [=DreamWorks=] Theatre, which highlights many DWA franchises, including ''Shrek'', with the current main attraction being ''Ride/KungFuPandaAdventure''. The Florida version of the attraction closed on January 10, 2022, with its replacement announced on December 8th, 2022 to be a ''Franchise/DespicableMe'' interactive attraction called Illumination's Villain-Con Minion Blast which as the name suggests is based on the location of the same name from the first ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'' movie. The Japan and Singapore locations remain open, but time will tell whether or not they'll be replaced in the future.

After a 14-year run, the attraction was closed at Universal Studios Hollywood on August 13, 2017, and in 2018 was replaced with the [=DreamWorks=] Theatre, which highlights many DWA franchises, including ''Shrek'', with the current main attraction being ''Ride/KungFuPandaAdventure''. The Florida version of the attraction closed on January 10, 2022, with its replacement rumored to be a ''Franchise/DespicableMe'' interactive attraction based on Villain-Con from the first ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'' movie. The Japan and Singapore locations remain open, but time will tell whether or not they'll be replaced in the future.

After a 14-year run, the attraction was closed at Universal Studios Hollywood on August 13, 2017, and in 2018 was replaced with the [=DreamWorks=] Theatre, which highlights many DWA franchises, including ''Shrek'', with the current main attraction being ''Ride/KungFuPandaAdventure''. The Florida version of the attraction closed on January 10, 2022, with its replacement rumored to be a {{WesternAnimation/Despicable Me}} interactive attraction based on Villain-Con from the first {{WesternAnimation/Minions}} Movie. The Japan and Singapore locations remain open, but time will tell whether or not they'll be replaced in the future.

* DoubleFeature: At Universal Studios Japan, the park's 3-D theater rotates between showing this and ''Sesame Street 4-D'' throughout the day. And sometimes the movie does not show for certain periods of time at all When Universal Japan does special events where an Anime feature is shown instead.

%%* EnchantedForest: The forest the protagonists ride through is essentially one, with Donkey being particularly scared to enter it.

* DyingDeclarationOfLove: Played with. While falling down the waterfall, Shrek and Fiona both tell that they love each other, though they both obviously knew that before, and they ultimately are saved by Dragon.

* ButtMonkey: Tinker Bell at first almost gets eaten by a frog, then gets hit by a bottle cork and flys into one of the theater's speaker, as mentioned above.

** Just before starting the carriage, Donkey states, [[Film/BluesBrothers "We've got a donkey, driving a carriage made from an onion, it's dark, and our horses are wearing sunglasses!"]]

* TheLostWoods: The forest the protagonists ride through is essentially one, with Donkey being particularly scared to enter it.

* MistakenForInsane: Fiona is sobbing and Donkey tries to guess why. He suggests that it's because she's unhappy about marrying Shrek or not getting a puppy when she was a kid, but she clarifies that it's because [[OnionTears the carriage she's sitting in is a giant onion]].

''Shrek 4-D'', also known as ''Shrek's 4-D Adventure'', is a UsefulNotes/ThreeDMovie with in-theater special effects that can be found at the Ride/UniversalStudios parks in Florida, Japan, and Singapore. At one point, it was also at Universal Studios Hollywood, Warner Bros. Movie World and Movie Park Germany, but has since been closed at those three locations.

After a 14-year run, the attraction was closed at Universal Studios Hollywood on August 13, 2017, and in 2018 was replaced with the [=DreamWorks=] Theatre, which highlights many DWA franchises, including ''Shrek'', with the current main attraction being ''Ride/KungFuPandaAdventure''. The Florida version of the attraction closed on January 10, 2022, with its replacement rumored to be a {{WesternAnimation/Despicable Me}} interactive attraction based on Villain-Con for the first {{WesternAnimation/Minions}} Movie. The Japan and Singapore locations remain open, but time will tell whether or not they'll be replaced in the future.

* DoubleFeature: At Universal Studios Japan, the park's 3-D theater rotates between showing this and ''Sesame Street 4-D'' throughout the day.

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Farquaad's ghost is able to make a stone dragon come to life, though beyond that he doesn't do very much.

After a 14-year run, the attraction was closed at Universal Studios Hollywood on August 13, 2017, and in 2018 was replaced with the [=DreamWorks=] Theatre, which highlights many DWA franchises, including ''Shrek'', with the current main attraction being ''Ride/KungFuPandaAdventure''. The Florida version of the attraction closed on January 10, 2022, with its replacement unknown. The Japan and Singapore locations remain open, but time will tell whether or not they'll be replaced in the future.