History Awesome / Shrek2

* The Fairy Godmother orders King Harold (who is already having second thoughts about the villainess's plan) to slip Fiona a love potion so that she'll fall in love with her son, Prince Charming. The King places the potion in Fiona's tea, but finds that he can't go through with it, and gives his daughter a cup of tea that wasn't laced with the love potion instead. His response to the Fairy Godmother's outraged "Harold, you were supposed to give her the potion!" is a smug "Well, I guess I gave her the wrong tea." It's also an awesome moment for the animators, because the scene where he gives her the tea is framed in such a way that it's not obvious which one he gave her at first glance, but one can identify the correct one upon subsequent viewings. Also, a FiveSecondForeshadowing occurs when Charming kisses Fiona, as Harold isn't ashamed or horrified, but watching very closely, because he knows he didn't give it to her.

** He gets another one immediately after. When Fairy Godmother tries to kill Shrek with a magic blast, Harold, not wanting to cause any more damage for what he did, [[TakingTheBullet takes the bullet]], sending the blast bouncing off his body armor and hitting the Fairy Godmother, finally killing her.

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* The entire [[http://youtu.be/puTtnqoqHLQ "Holding Out For a Hero" sequence]] is one big Moment of Awesome for all the characters involved, as well as often considered ''the'' Moment of Awesome for the entire ''Shrek'' franchise.

* There is also the fight between the Godmother and Shrek's friends; from the Three Little Pigs doing an air-born tackle, the Big Bad Wolf Huffing-and-Puffing her away and Puss and Donkey teaming up to steal the wand. Shows that the RagtagBunchOfMisfits from the first movie are actually a lot more active this time around.
* Fiona correctly calling out both her father and Shrek were putting themselves ahead of her.

--->"Hey, you! ''Back away from my wife."''

** He gets another one immediately after. When Fairy Godmother tries to kill Shrek with a magic blast, Harold [[TakingTheBullet takes the bullet]], sending the blast bouncing off his body armor and hitting the Fairy Godmother, finally killing her.

** Fiona's headbutt on Prince Charming after he plants a ForcefulKiss on her.
** To say nothing of Harold's HeroicSacrifice afterward.

* Fiona's quick thinking after Prince Charming kisses her. To clarify, the only information she has is that the man she's been dancing with isn't Shrek, that Fairy Godmother cried out "She's taken the potion! Kiss her now!", and that once Prince Charming did so, Shrek let out a BigNo and looked defeated. Then Prince Charming suddenly caresses her face as if that were normal. While she does look confused for a few moments, she doesn't blow it by reacting with shock or outrage. And then she not only figures out within seconds what's going on, she takes advantage of it to get the drop on Prince Charming. She then steps over him and immediately reunites with the man she really loves.

** After Fairy Godmother's plans are foiled and she tries to outright kill Shrek and Fiona in cold blood, Harold jumps in front of Shrek to defend him, not wanting to cause any more damage for what he did.

-->'''Shrek''': Oh, aye! Daycare or dragon-guarded castle?

-->'''Puss:''' Go, go! ''Your lady needs you,'' '''''GO!'''''

-->"Hey, you! ''Back away from my wife."''

* The Fairy Godmother orders King Harold (who is already having second thoughts about the villainess's plan) to slip Fiona a love potion so that she'll fall in love with her son, Prince Charming. The King places the potion in Fiona's tea, but finds that he can't go through with it, and gives his daughter a cup of tea that wasn't laced with the love potion instead. His response to the Fairy Godmother's outraged "Harold, you were supposed to give her the potion!" is a smug "Well, I guess I gave her the wrong tea." It's also an awesome moment for the animators, because the scene where he gives her the tea is framed in such a way that it's not obvious which one he gave her at first glance, but one can identify the correct one upon subsequent viewings.

-->'''Shrek''': Hey, you! ''Back away from my wife.''

* There is also the fight between the Godmother and Shrek's friends; from the Three Little Pigs doing an air-born tackle, the Big Bad Wolf Huffing-and-Puffing her away and Puss and Donkey teaming up to steal the wand. Shows that the RagTagBunchOfMisfits from the first movie are actually a lot more active this time around.

* Fiona correctly calling out both her father and Shrek were putting themselves ahead of her.

** After Fairy Godmother's plans are foiled and she tries to outright kill Shrek and Fiona in cold blood, Harold jumps in front of Shrek to defend him, not wanting to cause any more damage for what he did.

** Donkey jumping over a ''dozen guards with raised weapons'', while carrying Shrek and Puss in Boots. Given how much this series loves BlackComedy, that was a very risky move to pull.

-->'''Harold''': I only did that because I love her!

* The entire [[http://youtu.be/puTtnqoqHLQ "Holding Out For a Hero" sequence]] is one big Moment of Awesome for all the characters involved.

-->'''Lillian''': Not that there's anything wrong with that\! Right, Harold?

-->'''Harold''': I suppose this means any grandchildren of mine will be...

-->'''Lillian''': Oh, there's nothing wrong with that at all! Isn't there, dear?
-->'''Harold''': Oh, no! Not at all. That is if you don't ''eat your own young''!

-->'''Shrek''': Oh, no! We usually prefer the ones who have been ''locked away in a tower''!

** He gets another one immediately after. When Fairy Godmother tries to kill Shrek with a magic blast, Harold [[TakingTheBullet takes the bullet]], sending the blast bouncing off his armor and hitting the Fairy Godmother, finally defeating her.

*** On the note of said giant gingerbread man when his gumdrop button gets hit by a flaming catapult, he ''roars like Franchise/{{Godzilla}} and kicks it like a soccer ball to destroy the catapult.'' Hell, just everything Mongo does in this scene in general!
** Puss in Boots does so many awesome things that it's hard to pick just one. Nonetheless, there's a scene where Puss decides to repay his debt to Shrek by staying behind to stall the enemy guards chasing the heroes and then disarms the guards (figuratively) by making [[PuppyDogEyes an adorable sad kitten face]]. Before they can regain their senses, he whips out his rapier and goes to town on them.

** After her plans are foiled and she tries to attack Shrek and Fiona, Harold jumps in front of Shrek to defend him, not wanting to cause any more damage for what he did.

* The Fairy Godmother orders King Harold (who is already having second thoughts about the villainess's plan) to slip Fiona a love potion so that she'll fall in love with her son, Prince Charming. The King places the potion in Fiona's tea, but finds that he can't go through with it, and gives his daughter a cup of tea that wasn't laced with the love potion instead. His response to the Fairy Godmother's outraged "Harold, you were supposed to give her the potion!" is a smug "Well, I guess I gave her the wrong tea."

** Donkey jumping over a ''dozen guards with raised weapons'', while carrying Shrek. Given how much this series loves BlackComedy, that was a very risky move to pull.

* The Fairytale group really pulled through. It was only by sheer coincidence that they find out that Shrek is in trouble, but as soon as they find out, they busted him, Donkey and Puss out of prison, and saving the entire kingdom too.

-->'''Harold''': I suppose this means any grandchildren of mine will be...//
'''Shrek''': Ogres. ''Yes.''//
'''Lillian''': Oh, there's nothing wrong with that at all! Isn't there, dear?//
'''Harold''': Oh, no! Not at all. That is if you don't ''eat your own young''!//
'''Fiona''': Dad, enough!
'''Shrek''': Oh, no! We usually prefer the ones who have been ''locked away in a tower''!//
'''Fiona''': Shrek, please!//
'''Harold''': I only did that because I love her!//
'''Shrek''': Oh, aye! Daycare or dragon-guarded castle?//
'''Harold''': You wouldn't understand! You're not her father!

'''''[[caption-width-right:350:[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic "I NEED A HERO!"]]]]'''''

** He gets another one immediately after. When Fairy Godmother tries to kill Shrek with a magic blast, Harold [[TakingTheBullet Takes The Bullet]], sending the blast bouncing off his armor and hitting the Fairy Godmother, finally defeating her.

** The assault on the castle. From Mongo the [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever giant gingerbread man]] to Puss In Boots holding off a dozen guards, all accompanied by an amazing rendition of "[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Holding Out For A Hero]]" by Jennifer Saunders.

* After everything is neatly wrapped up, there is Puss in Boots's (Creator/AntonioBanderas) and Donkey's (Creator/EddieMurphy) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXUG9zTpI_w perfectly synchronized duet]] of Music/RickyMartin's [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic "Livin' La Vida Loca"]], a song normally sung by one person.

* The Fairy Godmother orders King Harold (who is already having second thoughts about the villainess' plan) to slip Fiona a love potion so that she'll fall in love with her son, Prince Charming. The King places the potion in Fiona's tea, but finds that he can't go through with it, and gives his daughter a cup of tea that wasn't laced with the love potion instead. His response to the Fairy Godmother's outraged "Harold, you were supposed to give her the potion!" is a smug "Well, I guess I gave her the wrong tea."

* After everything is neatly wrapped up, there is Puss in Boots' (Creator/AntonioBanderas) and Donkey's (Creator/EddieMurphy) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXUG9zTpI_w perfectly synchronized duet]] of Music/RickyMartin's [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic "Livin' La Vida Loca"]], a song normally sung by one person.

** After her plans are foiled and she tries to attack Shrek and Fiona, Harold jumps in front of Shrek to defend him, not wanting to cause anymore damage for what he did.

* After everything is neatly wrapped up, there is Puss in Boots' (Creator/AntonioBanderas) and Donkey's (Creator/EddieMurphy) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXUG9zTpI_w perfectly synchronized duet]] of Music/RickyMartin's[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic "Livin' La Vida Loca"]], a song normally sung by one person.

** The assault on the castle. From the [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever giant gingerbread man]] to Puss In Boots holding off a dozen guards, all accompanied by an amazing rendition of "[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Holding Out For A Hero]]" by Jennifer Saunders.
*** On the note of said gingerbread man, Mongo, when his gumdrop button gets hit by a flaming catapult, he ''roars like Franchise/{{Godzilla}} and kicks it like a soccer ball to destroy the catapult.'' Hell, just everything Mongo does in this scene in general!