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Introduced in Shrek
The Gingerbread Man
The Gingerbread Man / Gingy
Voiced by: Conrad Vernon (English), James Arnold Taylor (Shrek 2 [game], Shrek Smash N Crash Racing, English) Foreign VAs
Appearances: Shrek | Shrek 2 | Shrek the Third | Shrek Forever After | Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (Flashback)
"No, not the buttons! Not my gumdrop buttons!"
The Gingerbread Man is a live talking gingerbread man and one of Shrek's friends. He is also known as "Gingy" and was created by The Muffin Man. He is small and a fast runner, making him difficult to catch. He is made out of a normal carved-out gingerbread with icing and gumdrop buttons.
- Adaptational Badass: While Gingy is primarily a comic relief character and non-combatant in the movies, the games grant him ninja-like capabilities like using a candy-cane as a weapon, throwing peppermints like shuriken and even outright teleportation in the GBA version of Shrek SuperSlam.
- Anthropomorphic Food: A walking, talking, sentient gingerbread man.
- An Arm and a Leg: In the first movie, Farquaad tears off both of his legs, crumbling one to powder. The remaining leg is grafted back on, and by the time of the second film, he's gotten a new replacement leg.
- Be Careful What You Wish For: In Bride of Gingy, he was kicked out by his girlfriend and asked the Muffin Man to bake him a ginger bride. He wanted too much sugar so she would be sweet and never leave him, despite the Muffin Man's warnings that it could have consistent side effects. When Sugar later wakes up, she turns out to be pleasant at first, but slowly seems more attached to him and eventually becomes Ax-Crazy with severe desperation of wanting him, and more catastrophes are followed. This would never have happened if Gingy hadn't wished for too much sugar in her.
- Berserk Button: Do not remove his gumdrop buttons. This warning is extra bold regarding Mongo.
- Butt-Monkey: Tends to suffer a lot of comedic abuse. In his first scene, he's being interrogated by Lord Farquaad, who has him drowned in milk and his legs destroyed before then throwing him in the trash. The Alternate Universe version of him is outright eaten by Puss.
- The Cameo: Appears in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish to show how Puss lost one of his lives to an exploding oven.
- Defiant Captive: Though clearly suffering from his milk torture, he refuses to break and even goads Faarquad throughout.
- Driven to Suicide: Subverted. After witnessing Mongo's death in 2, he attempts this, but is saved by Pinocchio. He eventually gets better by the film's final battle.
- Dub Name Change: In the French dub, he's called "P'tit Biscuit" (Lil' Cookie).
- Kid-Appeal Character: He's an adorable sentient cookie with bite, and is a favorite character among both kids and adults.
- Stronger Than They Look: Implied in Shrek the Third, where - despite being a small cookie person - he somehow throws a barstool at Prince Charming during the latter's dinner theatre performance.
- Those Two Guys: With Pinocchio.
- Took a Level in Badass: In Forever After, Gingy in the alternate universe is a Badass Adorable gladiator who fights animal crackers with a lollipop. Downplayed in that it doesn't actually make a difference against Shrek or any other non-cookie beings.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: In Shrek the Third, he heckles Prince Charming during his terrible dinner theater performance and gets the entire audience to laugh at him, making Charming so angry that he decides to take over the entire kingdom in revenge. Oops.
Pinocchio
Pinocchio
Voiced by: Cody Cameron (English) Foreign VAs
Appearances: Shrek | Shrek 2 | Shrek the Third | Shrek Forever After | Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (Flashback)
Pinocchio is a live wooden puppet who befriends Shrek. He cannot lie without having his nose growing very long, and he deeply dreams to become a real boy.
- Become a Real Boy: Much like his literary inspiration, his Goal in Life is to become a real boy. This always falls through: he briefly becomes a real boy during the climax of Shrek 2, only to immediately change back a few seconds later (thanks to the Fairy Godmother's wand), and in Forever After he almost signs a contract to become such, only to be interrupted before he could finish signing it. In the main timeline of Forever After, though, he's accepted that he's not going to get away with becoming a real boy and ignores Rumplestiltskin's offer to make him one.
- Butt-Monkey: In the first film, Geppetto coldly sells Pinocchio to Farquaad's guards for a meager amount of money. In the second film, the puppet is humiliated when his friends find out he is secretly a cross-dresser. Finally, when it seems he has finally achieved his dream of becoming a real boy, he is turned back into his original form by a stray spell from Fairy Godmother's wand.
- The Cameo: In Puss in Boots: The Last Wish he's shown in a flashback overshadowing Little Jack Horner's nursery rhyme and driving him to a hatred of magical creatures.
- Confusing Multiple Negatives: See quote. When asked where Shrek is in the third film, he pulls this trick so he can't lie and his nose wont grow.
- Dark and Troubled Past: His father/creator Geppetto is not as nice as he was in the original story - in the first movie he hands Pinocchio over to Farquaad's soldiers in exchange for five shillings, and walks away cheerfully while Pinocchio begs for help. A brief flashback in The Last Wish shows Geppetto counting coins while Pinocchio performs on stage, suggesting he only kept his "son" around as long as he could exploit him for money.
- Failure Is the Only Option: Will he ever become a real boy? Probably not, never, don't count on it.
- Gag Nose: That grows when he lies.
- I Am What I Am: Seems to have accepted being a puppet by the time of Forever After in the good timeline where Rumpelstiltskin is a failed washout, as he casually corrects him by stating he's not a real boy, and kicks him out of his bookstore after he offered a deal to become a real boy through his contracts.
- Loophole Abuse: His nose will not grow if he says something that is neither a truth nor a lie, or is technically truth but rendered completely incomprehensible through excessive wordplay and double (and sometimes triple) negatives. When Prince Charming tries to interrogate him, Pinocchio stalls by talking in circles. It works until one of the Three Little Pigs gets just as fed up with Pinocchio as Charming is and blurts out the answer.Prince Charming: You! You can't lie. So tell me, puppet. Where... is... Shrek?
Pinocchio: Well, uh, I don't know where he's not.
Prince Charming: You're telling me you don't know where Shrek is?
Pinocchio: It wouldn't be inaccurate to assume that I couldn't exactly not say that it is or isn't almost partially incorrect.
Prince Charming: So you do know where he is?
Pinocchio: On the contrary. I'm possibly more or less not definitely rejecting the idea that in no way with any amount of uncertainty that I undeniably do or do not know where he shouldn't probably be, if that indeed wasn't where he isn't. Even if he wasn't at where I knew he was... - Nervous Wreck: He is a very nervous and panicky character.
- Older Than They Look: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish reveals that he's been around for quite a long time as he was already around when Big Jack Horner was a mere child (and stole his thunder with his show). Despite this, he still aims to be a "real boy" and looks like one himself in his puppet form already.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: He's got his classic dream of becoming a real boy. When Rumpelstiltskin hints at offering him that chance at the beginning of the fourth movie (in the main timeline), Pinnochio immediately kicks him out of his store, not even tempted by the offer.
- Pinocchio Nose: It keeps the tendency to grow when he tells a lie from the original tale. This is sometimes exploited by the other characters.
- Running Gag: He always seems to come close to becoming a real boy, only for those plans to fall short, like in Shrek 2, when he does become a boy, only to immediately be turned back by accident, and in Forever After, when he's about to sign a contract to be turned into a real boy, only for the interaction to be interrupted.
- Those Two Guys: With Gingy.
- Unknown Rival: He once stole the spotlight from Jack Horner and the latter was so angry about being outshined that he became a ruthless mafia boss.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: In his quick cameo appearance in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Pinocchio had unknowingly turned Jack Horner into a ruthless crime boss because of having a more successful and popular street performance.
- Wholesome Crossdresser: Apparently has a habit of wearing ladies' undergarments.
Dragon
Dragon
Voiced by: Frank Welker
Appearances: Shrek | Shrek 2 | Shrek the Third | Shrek Forever After
Dragon is depicted as a ruby-colored dragon who debuts as a ferocious guard challenging Shrek and Donkey in their quest to locate Princess Fiona. As Donkey attempts to distract her, he makes the realization that Dragon is female and successfully manages to charm his way past her. While she plays a minor role in the first film, she reappears towards its conclusion at the marriage ceremony of Fiona and Shrek, in which Donkey takes her as his own bride. They are shown as a married couple by the events of the sequel; her character has a small role as Donkey chooses to leave home on the grounds that she was behaving uncharacteristically ill-tempered, but is reunited with her husband towards the ending of the movie when it appears that her grouchy behavior was a result of pregnancy, and presents Donkey with their newborn hybrid children, the Dronkeys.
- Abduction Is Love: Cut her some slack, she's a dragon. Hoarding things is in her nature. Oddly enough, it worked out in the end.
- Abhorrent Admirer: She was this type of character in the first film towards Donkey, but he warms up to her quickly after her Heel–Face Turn.
- Adaptational Badass: The dragon from the book was never a threat to Shrek and was defeated rather quickly and humiliatingly by (ironically enough) Shrek breathing a flame between its eyes. Compare to the first film where Dragon is very much a dangerous fire-breathing juggernaut that knocked out Shrek by flinging him with her tail and later all he could do was chain her up to aid in his and his friends' escape. For double irony, Shrek himself became something of an Adaptational Wimp.
- Adaptational Romance Downgrade: She never presents any interest whatsover in Donkey in the manga one-shot.
- Almost Kiss: She almost kisses Donkey in the first film, but Shrek pushes Donkey away in time which leads to Literal Ass-Kissing.
- Always a Bigger Fish: Even Shrek, despite the bravado he showed earlier in the first film, knows that he has absolutely no chance of winning a one-on-one fight with her.
- Ascended Extra: Shrek did battle a dragon in the original book, but said dragon was never seen again after the battle. Dragon here has an increased role, getting to hook up with main character Donkey and appear in all four movies.
- Babies Ever After: The ending of the second film shows she and Donkey had a litter of donkey-dragon hybrid babies.
- Beta Couple: With Donkey, as they have a more stable marriage than Shrek and Fiona.
- Big Damn Heroes: Proves herself one when, courtesy of Shrek whistling to summon her, she bursts into the cathedral after Farquaad has had Shrek and Fiona restrained by soldiers in the aftermath of Fiona's nightly transformation to an ogre and proceeds to swallow the little man whole, which quickly causes the soldiers restraining Shrek and Fiona to surrender and release them.
- Blowing Smoke Rings: She can blow heart-shaped ones, such as when she's flirting with Donkey in the first film, or at the end of the second film to frame herself with her husband and their new babies.
- Delightful Dragon: Her crush on Donkey is what turns her from a fierce dragon who guards the tower Princess Fiona is into an ally who helps Shrek and Donkey stop Lord Farquaad from marrying Fiona in the original film, and a mother of Dronkeys at the end of the second film.
- Deus Exit Machina: She's MIA in the second movie, due to having eggs to deal with. This helps preserve the drama, since she could have resolved certain things very quickly were she involved.
- Disc-One Final Boss: In the first movie. She only serves as the threat in Fiona's castle.
- A Dog Named "Dog": Like her husband, her name is what her species is.
- Doting Parent: Loves the Dronkeys very much.
- Double Standard Rape: Female on Male: This isn't that sort of movie, but the double standard is definitely in play. She responds instantly to his flattery and carries him off against his will, then holds him hostage and woos him very determinedly in hopes that he'll come around: all Played for Laughs.Donkey: Aaaagh! That is unwanted physical contact!
- In some of the Nordic dubs, he flat out says "That's sexual harassment!"
- The Dragon: In Shrek Forever After, Dragon is this to Rumpelstiltskin in an alternate universe, in a literal sense. She was a devoted server to Rumpelstiltskin and she was a temporary antagonist towards Shrek and alternate universe Fiona.
- The Dreaded: Dragon was this before her Heel–Face Turn. Even Shrek, a fully grown ogre who can send entire mobs fleeing and can take on a dozen soldiers at once without breaking a sweat attempted to avoid Dragon when rescuing Fiona, showing just how dangerous she is.
- Easily Forgiven: Nobody seems to mind having her around, despite her previous murderous tendencies, not even Fiona, who got trapped in a tower for years by her. Being an implied Punch-Clock Villain probably helped.
- Fat and Proud: She has a large tummy and plump rear end. If her Shaking the Rump to Baby Got Back is any indication, she's definitely this.
- Female Monster Surprise: She turns out to be a female, much to Donkey's surprise.
- Fire Is Red: Has deep red scales and breathes fire like any other dragon.
- Fourth-Date Marriage: Shrek and Fiona beat them to the punch, but it was still pretty quick.
- Gender Flip: The dragon in the book was described with male pronouns as opposed to what is shown here.
- Gentle Giant: Huge in size and turns out to be helpful.
- Happily Married: She and Donkey have a very stable, loving relationship. And 'cute little mutant babies'.
- Heel–Face Turn: A rather quick turn — all it takes is for a fast-talking donkey to woo her...
- Honorary Aunt: Like Donkey, she cares a lot about Shrek and Fiona's triplets.
- Horrifying the Horror: Prior to her becoming an ally, she was so dangerous and notorious that even Shrek, an adult ogre who is able to intimidate and send entire mobs of grown men running, attempted to avoid confronting her when rescuing Fiona.
- I Just Want to Be Loved: It didn't take much to get her to move on from her murderous ways, just somebody (i.e. Donkey) being nice to her.
- Intelligible Unintelligible: She only communicates in roars, but everybody seems to understand her just fine.
- Interspecies Romance: Desperate to avoid being eaten, Donkey starts flattering her outrageously. The results are... unexpected: at first Donkey is terrified, then trying desperately to weasel his way out of it, then resigned... and by the time the second movie starts she's the one who wants some space only because she's pregnant.
- Literal Ass-Kissing: Unintentionally invoked. She was preparing to kiss Donkey. Shrek knocks Donkey off her, only to end up being kissed himself, right on the place that you'd expect. As soon as she found out what happened, she wasn't happy. It would still be ass kissing if it were Donkey.
- Mama Bear: Defends Fiona against Farquaad by swallowing the diminutive tyrant whole.
- Our Dragons Are Different: Initially appears to be your average guardian fire-breather. Turns out she's sapient and much more developed than classic fairytale dragons, although she doesn't speak, and she can interact with society - at least to the extent of choosing not to set it on fire.
- Promoted to Love Interest: Since the manga Adapted Out his romance with Donkey, she ends up falling in love with Lord Farquaad instead.
- Samus Is a Girl: Donkey didn't realize this till he starts fast talking her. Really improved his survival chances afterward.
- Shaking the Rump: Does this during the original's Dance Party Ending, set appropriately to Donkey's rendition of Baby Got Back. Judging by her face, she enjoys it.
- The Speechless: Expresses herself with bass animal vocalizations. Donkey does enough speaking for both of them.
- Speech-Impaired Animal: She communicates via low grunts and roars, which Donkey can still understand.
- Story-Breaker Power: She was originally going to accompany the other fairy tale creatures in Shrek 2, turned into a pink pegasus by the Happily Ever After potion, but she ultimately doesn't appear until The Stinger since the filmmakers realized she would make breaking Shrek and company out of jail and storming the castle too easy.
- Suddenly Voiced: Shrek the Musical, the musical adaptation of the first film, gives Dragon the ability to speak in order to help establish her character more easily (due to the little stage time that she gets). She even gets her own solo.
- Tail Slap: Used on a stone tower, which falls and crushes Prince Charming in the third film.
- Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: She has long eyelashes and red lips. And the movie does a good job of not drawing any attention to them until Donkey notices that she's a she - as such, it comes as a surprise to the viewers as well, who up until then have only seen her as a regular menacing dragon.
- Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: Huge girl to Donkey's tiny guy. Makes you question things...
- To Serve Man: Eats numerous people throughout the series, including the knights who tried to save Fiona and Lord Farquaad. Hasn't stopped by the time of the fourth movie, wherein Donkey has to tell her not to eat their valet.
- Tsundere: Type A in Shrek, where despite being a formidable dragon protecting a castle, she quickly softens to Donkey. Ditched in all following installments.
Big Bad Wolf
Big Bad Wolf / Wolfy
Voiced by: Aron Warner (English), Michael J. Gough (Shrek SuperSlam, English) Foreign VAs
Appearances: Shrek | Shrek 2 | Shrek the Third | Shrek Forever After
- "What?"
The Big Bad Wolf is based loosely on the eponymous fairytale archetype, but breaks the mold by being a kind character. He rarely speaks, and when he does, his voice is somewhat dull and monotonous. He wears a pink dress, recalling the grandmother of Little Red Riding Hood. In the films, he is friends with the Three Little Pigs, despite an incident in Far Far Away Idol. In the first film, he is among the fairy-tale creatures who are banished to Shrek's swamp.
Not to be confused for The Last Wish character. See here.
- Adaptational Heroism: He is a loyal friend of Shrek and the other fairytale creatures, he doesn't seem to have any animosity with the three little pigs, and at no point is he associated with the fairytale villains (although his opposite number Little Red Riding Hood is for some reason).
- Ambiguous Gender Identity: He's been described as gender-confusednote , and is seen grabbing the arm of and later dancing with a male knight at Shrek and Fiona's wedding.
- Character Catchphrase: "What?", almost always said when someone finds him dressed in granny-clothing in an unexpected bed.
- Composite Character: A combination of the wolf from "The Three Little Pigs" and the one from "Little Red Riding Hood".
- Deadpan Snarker: He loves to make sarcastic remarks.Wolf: This isn't about how you got trapped at the petting zoo, is it? Cuz that's not scary.
- Defensive "What?": In the first film, Shrek finds the wolf in his bed; and in the sequel, Prince Charming is surprised that the Wolf has been sleeping at Fiona's castle. In both scenes, he is insensitive to their confusion and simply asks "What?"
- Funny Animal: A fully anthropomorphic wolf.
- Gender Bender: Wolf's cursed to become a werewoman during the full moon in "The Pig Who Cried Werewolf".
- Noble Wolf: Wolfy's a bit of a Deadpan Snarker, but a heroic, loyal wolf nonetheless.
- Super-Breath: Following his fairytale counterpart's tendency to huff and puff, he has this ability. He uses it to thwart the Fairy Godmother at one point while the heroes are playing Keep Away with her wand.
- Talking Animal: A talking wolf.
- Wholesome Crossdresser: A wolf who wears a pink nightgown and is a heroic character.
The Three Little Pigs
The Three Little Pigs
Voiced by: Cody Cameron and Sean Bishop
Appearances: Shrek | Shrek 2 | Shrek the Third | Shrek Forever After
The three pig siblings and protagonists of their eponymous fairytale. They are often seen in company of the Big Bad Wolf and speak with thick German accents.
- Adaptational Badass: In the original tale, only the final brother was the one who managed to put a definite stop to the Wolf. Here, all three brothers are more than willing to help Shrek and his buddies even though they aren't particularly physically strong.
- Big Eater: The three pigs devour an entire cake meant for a whole party at the start of the fourth film.
- Early Installment Character-Design Difference: Their appearances in the first film, pictured above, differ slightly from their appearances in the sequels. For one, the woodworking pig instead wears a blue lumberjack hat in the subsequent films.
- Funny Animal: As in the original tale.
- Gluttonous Pig: They sure eat a lot.
- Gratuitous German: They all have German names (Heimlich, Horst and Dieter) and usually blurt out random German words when speaking.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: In Shrek The Third, one of them blurts out Shrek's location to Charming when he and his cronies storm the castle looking for the ogre, all because he had gotten anxious and annoyed about Pinocchio's overly complicated attempt to hide the truth while trying to avoid making his nose grow as well as Gingy's delirious singing. His two brothers give him a What the Hell, Hero? look and he himself quickly realizes the magnitude of his mistake.
- Talking Animal: Talking German-accented pigs.
The Three Blind Mice
The Three Blind Mice
Voiced by: Christopher Knights, Simon J. Smith, Mike Myers (English) Foreign VAs
Appearances: Shrek | Shrek 2 | Shrek the Third | Shrek Forever After
Identical white mice brothers that are blind and hang out with the other fairy tale creatures. They are based on the nursery rhyme characters of the same name.
- Blind People Wear Sunglasses: The Three Blind Mice wear pince-nez style sunglasses.
- Demoted to Extra: After being a part of the group to save Shrek and friends in Shrek 2, they only make brief cameos in the following films.
- Funny Animal: They act just like blind people.
- Gender Flip: Shrek: The Musical portrays them as female mice who sing backup for Donkey during "Make a Move".
- The Load: Since they can't see, they frequently screw up when trying to help Shrek and the gang.
- No Name Given: One of them is named Gordon, but the other two's names are never revealed.
- Talking Animal: Talking mice.
Magic Mirror
Voiced by: Chris Miller
The Evil Queen’s Magic Mirror, which was first used by Lord Farquaad to boost his self-image, now used as a TV set.- Ambiguous Situation: It is unknown who the Slave in the Mirror is or how Lord Farquaad came to claim it.
- The Bus Came Back: He returns in the fourth film after being absent in the third.
- Demoted to Extra: He had a significant role in setting off the main conflict of the first film, but only has cameos in the sequels.
- Magic Mirror: Obviously
- Mundane Utility: He can work as a TV screen as seen in Shrek 2.
- Small Role, Big Impact: He was the one who introduced Farquaad to Fiona, thus leading him to pursue her.
- Spanner in the Works: If the Mirror had told Farquaad about Fiona’s curse, he wouldn’t have pursued her, thus the movie (or the series, for that matter) wouldn’t have happened. Though to be fair to him he did try to tell him about her curse but Farquaad interrupted him before he could, and after that he was most surely too afraid to tell him about it.
Seven Dwarves
Voiced by: Richard Steven Horvitz (Shrek), James Arnold Taylor (video games) Walt Dohrn (Grumpy, Shrek the Third), Sean Bishop (Happy, Scared Shrekless)
Snow White’s seven dwarf friends, who cared for her when on the run from the Evil Queen.- Named In The Adaptation: Some of their names are the same from the Disney film (Grumpy, Happy, Doc).
- Shout-Out: When making a wedding ring for Shrek and Fiona in Shrek 2, it is like the One Ring from Lord of the Rings. Also there are references in Shrek, Shrek the Musical and Scared Shrekless of Hi-Ho their signature song from the Disney film.
Introduced in Shrek 2
King Harold
King Harold / The Frog Prince
Voiced by: John Cleese, Michael J. Gough (Shrek 2 [game]) Foreign VAs
Appearances: Shrek 2 | Shrek the Third | Shrek Forever After (Flashback)
Click here to see Harold's true form
- "Well, I guess I gave her the wrong tea."
King Harold was the king of Far Far Away, husband of Queen Lilian, father of Princess Fiona, and father in-law of Shrek. He is also the original Frog Prince.
- Adaptational Villainy: The original Frog Prince didn’t have ill wills on anyone.
- Anti-Villain: Yes, he acted as an antagonist against Shrek, but his heart was in the right place. He does deeply love his daughter Fiona and only wanted what was best for her. He just didn't realize at first that Shrek was the right person for Fiona. Plus, he eventually makes up for it.
- Bewitched Amphibians: Inverted. He was originally a frog, but he made a deal with the Fairy Godmother to make him human so he could go out with and eventually marry Lillian.
- Blue Is Heroic: Zigzagged. Harold wears a blue tunic and despite being a well-meaning parent, he acts as an antagonist to Shrek just because he's an ogre. However, he comes to see the error of his ways before it's too late.
- Boomerang Bigot: He despised his son-in-law Shrek simply for being an ogre and for transforming his daughter Fiona into an ogre as well. Ironically, he's no better as he is actually a frog turned into a human to be with Lilian. Donkey lampshades his bigotry.
- Canon Character All Along: While initially set up as a character added to help fill the void of Fiona's family, he's eventually revealed to be an elderly version of the Frog Prince, although in this interpretation, he got his human form from the Fairy Godmother.
- Character Death: He passes away near the beginning of Shrek The Third.
- Deal with the Devil: Made a deal with the Fairy Godmother to make him human so he could marry his true love. In exchange, Fiona would marry her son, giving Fairy Godmother dominion over Far Far Away. There's even a popular theory that she was who cursed Fiona in the first place as part of this plan.
- Death Glare: Shoots several of these at Shrek when they initially meet and particularly during the dinner scene.
- Demoted to Extra: He has a major role in Shrek 2 but only has one scene in both the third and fourth film.
- Doting Parent: Harold loves Fiona with all his heart. He wants what's best for her but has to change his idea of what that is.
- Easily Forgiven: He did put a hit out of Shrek and locked his daughter in a tower when she was still a child. Yet, both of them forgive him most likely due to the hitman not being that bad a guy, him not putting the love potion in Fiona's drink, pulling a Heroic Sacrifice for Shrek, and apologizing for his wrong actions.
- Everyone Has Standards: When he is forced to drug his daughter so she will fall in love with Charming, he finally stands up to Fairy Godmother and refuses, switching out their cups last minute.
- Fantastic Racism: Instantly disproves of Shrek because he is an ogre and has turned his daughter into an ogre without even knowing anything about him, even referring to Shrek as a "thing" to Lillian. After a while, Fiona tires of this and was going to cut him and her mother out of her life. After seeing how strong Fiona and Shrek's love is and seeing that Shrek is a good guy, he accepts Shrek into their family and blesses their marriage.
- Forced into Evil: Part of his hostility to Shrek stems from this - he's afraid of retaliation from the Fairy Godmother after failing to set Fiona up with Prince Charming, and ends up forced into helping with her second attempt on pain of having his own happy ending revoked. He ends up not going through with this either after he recognizes Fiona will never be in love with anyone except Shrek.
- The Good King: Even as a frog. While he's definitely a flawed character (as his debut movie showcases), the people of Far, Far Away love their king and queen and Harold is proven to be a benevolent and fair ruler who was well loved by his people. Upon his death part-way through Shrek the Third, it is treated as a very sombre affair and many mourners, including the main cast and countless other Far, Far Away residents attend his funeral and honour his passing.
- Good Parents: Despite how much he was against Fiona's marriage to Shrek at first, it's clear that he loves Fiona very much and only wants the best for her. When he sees how unhappy she was with Prince Charming and realizes how strong Fiona's love for Shrek is, he decides to go back on his promise to the Fairy Godmother and not force her to fall in love with Charming.
- Go Out with a Smile: After two brief succumbs consisting of Dies Wide Open, he passes away for real and smiles whilst doing so.
- Happily Married: Has a close and loving relationship with Lillian.
- Heel–Face Turn: After spending the first half of the film abusing Shrek and even hiring a hitman on him, he changes his tone when he sees how much Fiona hates Charming and how far Fairy Godmother was willing to go to ensure their original plans went through.
- Heroic Sacrifice: He didn't die, but he took a magical blast from Fairy Godmother that turned him back into a frog, a form he previously had that he hid from everyone. However, it's implied that being reverted back to his true form did have some role in his death. So his fear of the Fairy Godmother's wrath was completely warranted. It's possible that, being a frog, he didn't have that long a lifespan and simply died of old age.
- Hypocrisy Nod: When Donkey calls him out on being hypocritical about his disapproval of Shrek despite Harold himself being a frog who married a human, Harold is quick to agree with Donkey.
- Hypocrite: He (initially) loathed the thought of his daughter marrying an Ogre... despite he himself being a frog who married a human woman. Donkey, of all people, even calls him out on it.
- Interspecies Romance: He turned out to have been a frog who was turned into a human through the Fairy Godmother's magic. At the end of Shrek 2, he's turned back into a frog and is about to leave out of shame, but Lillian stops him, saying she loves him all the same and is proud of him for accepting Shrek and Fiona's marriage.
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: A parental example. He starts out being strongly opposed to Fiona's marriage to Shrek for them both being ogres as well as being under threats from the Fairy Godmother due to a promise he had made many years before involving Fiona marrying her son. However, when he sees how much Fiona hates Prince Charming and only has eyes for Shrek, he succumbs to guilt and goes back on his promise to the Fairy Godmother, not wanting his beloved daughter to be miserable.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: King Harold was best described as stubborn and unwilling to change. Best evident when he highly opposed the marriage of Shrek and his daughter Fiona. However, he truly believed that he was doing what was right and honestly thought she would be better off with Prince Charming. And to be fair it's implied that at least part of his animosity towards Shrek was out of his fear of retaliation for not upholding his deal with the Fairy Godmother. He was correct to be afraid.
- My God, What Have I Done?: He starts going through one when Charming impersonates Shrek to be with Fiona, realizing just how unhappy his daughter is with him.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Sending Puss in Boots after Shrek not only didn't work, but ultimately gave Shrek a capable fighter by his side.
- Not Afraid of You Anymore: Despite formerally being terrified of the Fairy Godmother's threats, by the end, he is able to conquer his fear when his love for his daughter gives him the strength to do so. This is shown when he smugly tells the Fairy Godmother he didn't give her the love potion and later jumped in front of the Fairy Godmother's magic blast (intended for Shrek and Fiona), thus defeating her entirely.
- Obnoxious In-Laws: He treats Shrek like crap, initially.
- Papa Wolf: Nothing matters more to him than his daughter and he will do anything for her, even risking his own life against the Fairy Godmother having no regard for her feelings and treating her like a pawn.
- Parental Substitute: Since Shrek's relationship with his own parents was implied (and confirmed in the musical) to be strenuous at best, Harold and Lillian eventually become this to Shrek once the former mends his broken bond with Shrek in Shrek 2. Before Harold's passing, Shrek is openly calling Harold "dad" and the king is openly proud to call him his son.
- Plot-Triggering Death: His passing in Shrek the Third causes the movie's conflict. As he puts it, "this kingdom needs a new king."
- Politically Incorrect Villain: His disapproval of Shrek for being an ogre is a metaphor for how some parents feel about their daughters dating outside their race.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: After he realizes that Fiona is truly in love with Shrek and nothing is going to change her mind about that, he decides to go back on his promise to the Fairy Godmother and Prince Charming. Even after being threatened by the Fairy Godmother, he still refuses to force her into a relationship she doesn't want to be in, even though he knows it will cost him.
- Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome: His death kicks off the entire plot of the third film.
- Taking the Bullet: He does this to shield Shrek from the Fairy Godmother's spell. He becomes a frog again... but also ends up defeating Godmother.
- Took a Level in Kindness: He went from dismissing Shrek as family because he's an ogre to apologizing for his actions and calling him son in the next installment.
- Vocal Evolution: As a human, Harold speaks with an aristocratic, yet brash demeanor that emphasizes his role as king, yet also highlights his insecurity. After he reverts back to being a frog, Harold's voice becomes far more gravelly and soft-spoken.
- What You Are in the Dark: Despite putting a hit on Shrek and reluctantly helping Fairy Godmother set Fiona and Prince Charming up as a couple, when the Fairy Godmother coerces him into drugging Fiona with a love potion, Harold ultimately cannot bring himself to do so after seeing how much Fiona loves Shrek. He stops Fiona from drinking the love potion-laced tea under the pretense that’s his cup, knowing that he’ll be putting himself in hot water with Fairy Godmother.
Queen Lillian
Queen Lillian
Voiced by: Julie Andrews Foreign VAs
Appearances: Shrek 2 | Shrek the Third | Shrek Forever After
- "Well, he's no Prince Charming, but they do look..."
Queen Lillian is the queen of Far Far Away, wife of King Harold, mother of Princess Fiona, grandmother of the ogre triplets and mother in-law of Shrek.
- Action Mom: In Shrek the Third, it's revealed that Fiona inherited her fighting skills from her mother, Lillian even asks:"Well, you didn't think you got your fighting skills from your father, did you?"
- Ascended Extra: Downplayed. Lillian was a prominent character in Shrek 2, but her role was slightly increased in Shrek the Third.
- Beauty Equals Goodness: Despite being an old lady, she is kindhearted and beautiful.
- Brawn Hilda: Both played straight and subverted; she has almost half the features of one, but is very beautiful, cute and good-looking.
- Cool Old Lady: In Shrek the Third, she is able to rally the other princesses from being damsels in distress to independent fighters.
- Doting Parent: Lillian loves Fiona more than anything else in the world and just wants her to be happy, even if it is with an ogre.
- Doting Grandparent: Lillian adores her three grandchildren, having no problem with them being ogres.
- Excellent Judge of Character: Unlike Harold, Lillian is quick to realize that Shrek is a nice person at heart, and has no problems with him being married to her daughter. She also is shown to have been distrusting of the Fairy Godmother in Forever After, even though she wasn't aware of her villainy at the time.
- Good Parents: She loves her daughter very much and only wants what will make her happy.
- Happily Married: Has a close and loving relationship with Harold.
- Hard Head: She is entirely able to headbutt two brick walls without problem, though breaking the second wall does cause her to become a little loopy.
- Interspecies Romance: Her husband turned out to have been a frog who was turned into a human through the Fairy Godmother's magic. At the end of Shrek 2, he's turned back into a frog and is about to leave out of shame, but Lillian stops him, saying she loves him all the same.
- I Want Grandkids: She is the one who first brings up the subject of children at dinner in Shrek 2. She has no trouble with the fact her future grandchildren will be ogres and is very excited when Fiona announces her pregnancy. She is seen later on doting on her triplet grandchildren.
- Mama Bear: In Shrek the Third, Lillian shows that nothing means more to her than her family; when they are in trouble, she does everything in her power to save them.
- Meaningful Name: Her name Lillian meaning "Lily". There is a constant motif of Lilies surrounding her in several scenes. It also connects to her husband being the Frog Prince and them having their first date near a Lily pond.
- Never Mess with Granny: Shrek the Third showed that despite Lillian being an old woman (and a future grandmother as Fiona was pregnant at the time), she's capable of breaking a stone wall with a headbutt...Twice!
- Nice Girl: Queen Lillian is tolerant of her daughter's decision to marry an ogre if it will make her happy, a thought that initially stands in contrast to her husband's.
- Only Sane Woman: Either when dealing with her prejudiced husband or unreasonable princesses.
- Open-Minded Parent: Despite being shocked at Fiona's new form and the fact that she married an ogre, she was far more accepting about it than her husband was and even defended her to Harold, saying it was her choice and points out that Harold was the one who started the argument with Shrek over dinner. She at least tried to accept Shrek and still spoke of normal subjects that parents would about their daughter and her significant other such as where they lived and grandchildren.
- Pink Girl, Blue Boy: The Pink Girl to Harold's Blue Boy. Lillian wears a pink gown while her husband Harold wore a blue tunic.
- Silver Vixen: She's very beautiful and good-looking for a grandma and Brawn Hilda.
- Use Your Head: When she, Fiona and the princesses are held prisoner by Charming, she breaks them out by headbutting two brick walls!
Mongo
Mongo / Giant Gingy
Appearances: Shrek 2
Voiced by: Conrad Vernon
"Pretty pony..."
Mongo is a gingerbread giant created by the Muffin Man to help Shrek and allies enter Far Far Away's castle and stop the Fairy Godmother.
- An Arm and a Leg: He loses both arms after being doused in hot milk while holding the castle gate open, sending him plummeting to the castle's moat.
- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: A gigantic gingerbread man made to storm Far Far Away's castle. You have to wonder how the guards prepared for that.
- Berserk Button: Like Gingy, messing with his gumdrop button enrages him. When the castle gate guards' flaming catapult knocks one of them off him, he roars like Godzilla and destroys said catapult by kicking the now-alight button into it.
- Big Guy Fatality Syndrome: The biggest of good guys is the only one who dies.
- Dumb Muscle: He may be huge and strong, but he's not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed and gets easily distracted.
- Heroic Sacrifice: He's able to keep the castle gate from closing, but plummets into the moat. While he is seen singing "Livin' La Vida Loca", he's still fully submerged in the water; considering his absence from the sequels, he most likely got dissolved.
- Improbable Aiming Skills: The flaming gumdrop he kicks from the ground lands right onto the catapult that lit it in a perfect arc.
- Kaiju: He's a giant gingerbread man.
- Kill It with Water: The castle guards use hot milk to weaken him while he's holding open the gate, and him being fully submerged in the water of the castle's moat defeats him permanently.
- Last Request: His final words to Gingy before his mouth gets submerged in the castle moat.Mongo: Be good...
- Logical Weakness: As a giant cookie, getting soggy weakens him. Hot milk makes his body detach from his arms while they're holding the castle gate open (sending him plummeting into the castle's moat), and said arms break apart moments later from the force of the closing gate. His body being fully submerged in water renders him permanently unable to move.
The Dronkeys
The Dronkeys
Voiced by: Frank Welker and Tara Strong
Appearances: Shrek 2 | Shrek the Third | Shrek Forever After
Dronkeys are the hybrid offspring of Dragon and Donkey. They are introduced in Shrek 2 as little more than a stinger gag. Audience members missed having Dragon in the film, as was revealed to the filmmakers during test screenings. Dragon reunites with Donkey in Far Far Away, only to have a surprise for him in tow—six young hybrid donkey-dragon children, who take to their father immediately. Donkey is delighted, and dubs the dronkeys "our little mutant babies". Their names are revealed to be Eclair, Bananas, Peanut, Parfait, Coco, and Debbie.
- Aerith and Bob: Their names are Peanut, Cocoa, Bananas, Parfait, Eclair, and Debbie.
- All There in the Manual: Merchandise for the Dronkeys reveals most of them (with the exception of "Debbie") are named after foods, though "Debbie" may refer to the Little Debbie snack foods.
- All There in the Stinger: Made their debut during the credits of Shrek 2.
- Edible Theme Naming: They're all named after food items.
- Flying Firepower: Being half-dragon, they can fly and breathe fire.
- Mix-and-Match Critters: They're half dragon and half donkey.
- Patch Work Kids: They have traits of both their parents.
- Portmanteau: Of "Dragon" and "Donkey".
- Ret-Gone: In the alternate universe of Shrek Forever After, the Dronkeys don't exist since Donkey and Dragon never hooked up. They return when Shrek returns his universe back to normal.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: The ending of Shrek 2 showed six Dronkeys including a red-colored one - named "Eclair" according to merchandise. Though, for some reason, she never shows up in the third movie.
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood / Lil' Red
Voiced by: Tara Strong (video games)
Appearances: Shrek 2 | Shrek the Third
A red hood-wearing little girl. In the movies, she's a minor character who is scared of Shrek and Fiona, while in the games she's a sassy, altruistic softball pitcher who tags along with Shrek and Fiona on their trip to Far Far Away after they helped her obtain chickens for her soup.
- Action Girl: Only in the video games.
- Adaptational Badass: In the movies, she was a minor character who was terrified of Shrek and Fiona and ran away without putting up a fight. In the games, she's a fully-capable fighter who can easily go toe-to-toe with them using her picnic basket and an unlimited supply of apples.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In Shrek 2, Red was a minor character who was afraid of Shrek and Fiona and ran away upon seeing them. In the tie-in game, she becomes an Ascended Extra who pointedly isn't afraid of Shrek or Fiona and is actually a friendly ally to them.
- Ascended Extra: She's a very minor character in the movies, but is much more prominent in some of the tie-in games:
- She only appeared in one scene in Shrek 2, but in the Shrek 2 game, she's playable in numerous levels and has extra story relevance due to tagging along with Shrek and Donkey on their adventure.
- She's fully playable in both Shrek SuperSlam and Shrek Smash N'Crash Racing.
- Badass Adorable: A cute little girl who can beat up knights, ogres and all manner of other enemies with nothing but a basket of apples.
- Badass Normal: Mostly in the games, but sometimes in the films as well, Forever After shows us that she's a criminal in an alternate timeline.
- The Cameo: Appears in Shrek 2 as a greeter of the area Shrek and Fiona are staying at for their honeymoon, only to be scared off by them. In Forever After she is a villain in the alternate timeline.
- Edible Ammunition: She can throw an endless supply of apples from her basket. In the Shrek 2 game, she can also throw rotten apples that explode after a short time.
- Establishing Character Moment: Her first scene in the Shrek 2 game has her casually making soup outside Shrek's house and, when Shrek intervenes and tells her to leave, she simply asks him to help collect chickens for her soup. This sets her up as a sassy character who isn't afraid of Shrek.
- Handbag of Hurt: Well, straw basket of hurt. She uses her basket of apples to whack her opponents.
- Just in Time: Shows up at the start of the potion factory level after Shrek, Donkey and Puss are told that Shrek is an ogre and can't get happily ever afters and tells the trio to follow her after Donkey suggests that they just go in there and take the potion.
- Little Miss Badass: She's a young pre-teen girl as per the tale says, and also very capable of kicking ass.
- Little Miss Snarker: In the Shrek 2 game, she loves dispensing quips.Fat Knight: [to Shrek and Fiona] Your kind ain't welcome round here.
Lil' Red: And what are you gonna do about it, tin man? - Little Red Fighting Hood: In her video game appearances, she'll be this.
- The Scream: She screams aloud when she sees Shrek and Fiona open the door of the gingerbread house and drops her basket before running away.
- Skip of Innocence: How she moves in the video games. Don't let it fool you, she can still kick your ass.
- Tagalong Kid: In the Shrek 2 game, she tags along with Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey on their trip to Far Far Away due to apparently having a game to pitch there.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: In the Shrek 2 game, she vanishes from the story altogether after helping the fairy tale creatures break Shrek, Donkey and Puss out of prison and doesn't even appear in the ending. This is particularly noticeable since she's the second-most frequent of Shrek's allies that's not a main character (right behind the Gingerbread Man) and appears in more levels than Fiona does.
- You Don't Look Like You: She has a completely different appearance in all three Shrek games she's in. The Shrek 2 game gave her a checkered red, white and brown outfit, dark brown hair and had her keep her hood down, SuperSlam puts her hood back up, makes her hair a lighter brown and her outfit red and yellow with white sleeves, and Smash 'N Crash Racing changed her appearance again to match the movies by making her entire outfit a solid red with no distinguishing patterns, but retains her brown hair as opposed to the blonde she had in the movie.
Introduced in Shrek the Third
Artie
Artie / King Arthur
Voiced by: Justin Timberlake, James Arnold Taylor (Shrek the Third [game]) Foreign VAs
Appearances: Shrek the Third
"You know, Shrek, you're all right. You just need to do a little less yelling, and use more soap."
Arthur Pendragon, or Artie for short, is a supporting character who appears only in Shrek the Third and is loosely based on King Arthur. He is the only heir apparent (other than Shrek himself) to the throne of Far Far Away. Artie is the cousin of Fiona. His father, presumably Uther Pendragon, seemingly abandoned him at the boarding school Worchestershire, where he remains until Shrek finds him.
- All There in the Manual:
- His cousin Morgan attends Worchestershire. While it's unclear whether their relationship is positive or not, it is known she is a bit of a Cloud Cuckoo Lander.
- Annowre has a bit of a crush on him, showing that he's not completely friendless.
- Badass Pacifist: How does Artie manage to stop the fairytale villains from continuing their attack on Shrek and the heroes? By giving them an empowering speech that they have a choice in getting their own happily ever after.
- Be Careful What You Wish For: Artie was initially excited at the idea of his kingship but when Shrek, Donkey, and Puss inadvertently explain all of the impending responsibilities he has, Artie immediately tries to bail.
- Berserk Button: Downplayed. While Artie doesn't go "berserk", he does become upset whenever someone calls him a "loser".
- Bonding over Missing Parents: With Shrek — they finally have a tender and friendly moment when they share their own problems with their dads.
- Bully Magnet: He is introduced as the least popular student in his school, so low on the social-ladder that even the nerds bully him.
- Celebrity Paradox: In a Blink-and-You-Miss-It scene in Shrek 2, it can be seen Fiona has a poster of Justin Timberlake in her childhood room.
- Character Development: Starts off as an insecure loser, but gradually gains confidence and accepts his kingship of Far Far Away.
- A Child Shall Lead Them: Becomes the new king of Far Far Away when he's still a teen.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: He doesn't appear in Shrek Forever After, nor is he mentioned, save for a few deleted scenes.
- Dark and Troubled Past: His father outright abandoned him and Artie then spent the next years being mercilessly bullied by his classmates.
- Deadpan Snarker: Rivals Shrek in how much snark he can dish out.
- Guile Hero: Not an experienced fighter, but boy can he talk his way out of things.
- Hated by All: At high school, it's shown he has no friends and is regularly beaten up. Even the nerds pick on him. When Artie is lifted up by Shrek and quietly pleads, "Please don't eat me," the entire school, including the Principal, chants, "Eat him! Eat him! Eat him!"
- Hidden Badass: Artie turns to be a very clever and a good orator.
- Just a Kid: Charming's reaction to meeting Artie is like this. He regrets it.
- Kid Hero: Teenage variant, but he becomes one of the heroes in Shrek the Third.
- Mouthy Kid: Initially acts this way with Shrek.
- Nice Guy: Artie is noble and kind-hearted.
- Ordinary High-School Student: He was just a high school student before being recruited by Shrek.
- Parental Abandonment: His father left him at boarding school one day and never looked back.
- Short Teens, Tall Adults: He's a rather scrawny teen, with adults and other high school students towering over him.
- The Smart Guy: Comes up with some of the most ingenious plans in the third movie.
- The Social Expert: For a high school outcast, Artie knows the right buttons to push in order to get people to cooperate. He throws a realistic sobbing fit in front of Merlin to get him to use magic again and gives the fairytale villains an empowering speech that convinces them to turn away from villainy and pursue their own dreams.
- Stepford Snarker: He sometimes hides how he feels with sarcastic quips, though he's pretty open about his feelings.
- Troubled Teen: Made deeply insecure by his dad's rejection.
- Wise Beyond His Years: By the end of the movie, he gracefully accepts the new responsibilities as the new King of Far Far Away.
Merlin
Merlin
Voiced by: Eric Idle, Jon Curry (Shrek the Third [game]) Foreign VAs
"I'm a buzzing bee... buzz, buzz, buzz..."
Appearances: Shrek the Third
Merlin is a retired wizard teacher from Artie's high school, Worcestershire, in Shrek the Third.
- All There in the Manual: His daughter Inogen attends Worchestershire with Arthur.
- Barefoot Loon: Downplayed. Him wearing socks with sandals emphasizes his quirky hippie-ish personality.
- Barefoot Sage: Downplayed. He wears socks with sandals to highlight his eccentricity, but in spite of it, he is quite wise and knowledgeable of many things.
- Cloudcuckoolander: The school had to fire him because he was insane, he then found a house made out of stones somewhere and started to live there.
- Cool Old Guy: He's actually quite knowledgeable about a lot of things.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: He first appeared in the very first game as a villain before appearing in the third movie as an ally.
- Eccentric Mentor: He is a quirky old sorcerer who was at one point the mentor of Arthur Pendragon.
- The Hermit: He lives in a small hut in the middle of nowhere.
- Hippie Teacher: From his mannerism, implications that he's a stoner, and short pants.
- Stoners Are Funny: Implied to be a stoner (due to being a hippie cloudcuckoolander living alone in the woods), and he sure is hilarious.
The Princess Resistance
Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty
Snow White voiced by: Amy Poehler
Cinderella voiced by: Amy Sedaris (movie), Vanessa Marshall (Shrek 2 [game])
Amanda Troop (Shrek the Third [game])
Sleeping Beauty voiced by: Cheri Oteri (movie), Erin Matthews (game)
Snow White
Cinderella
Sleeping Beauty
Fiona's friends and partners in training.
Tropes applying to all:
- Action Dress Rip: They do this during their combat montage before breaking out of jail. Sleeping Beauty is even the trope image.
- Action Girl: They all turn out to be on par with how much of an action girl Fiona is (and Queen Lillian).
- Ascended Extra: All three of them were minor characters who gained additional prominence as part of the prison break for Shrek the Third:
- In the first movie, Snow White was a minor character who only appeared as one of the princesses Lord Farquaad had to choose between, later on for a brief gag where Shrek tried to get the seven dwarfs to take her body off his table, and finally at the end of the movie where she fought Cinderella over the wedding bouquet.
- Cinderella only appeared in the first movie as another of the princesses Lord Farquaad had to choose between, and again at the end where she fought Snow White over the wedding bouquet.
- Sleeping Beauty only appeared for a brief gag in Shrek 2, where she fell asleep at the Royal Ball.
- Amazon Brigade: A gang of powerful girls.
- Damsel out of Distress: Their initial plan when they hear Shrek is in danger is to do what they are used to do in their original fairy tales: wait to be rescued from their jail cell. However, seeing Queen Lillian effortlessly break two brick walls with her HEAD and some words from Fiona make them take the matter in their own hands. Their next sequences show them to be fairly capable fighters.
- Kicking Ass in All Her Finery: They are completely able to overpower Prince Charming's guards wearing their gowns. Although they did ripped some parts to make it easier.
- Never Bareheaded: Snow White wears a golden bow on her head, while Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty wear tiaras.
- Took a Level in Badass: From your typical Damsel in Distress princess classic trope to badass ladies who go through Charming's army without breaking a sweat.
Tropes applying to Snow White:
- Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Definitely. She complains a lot and does stingy comments at times, but she still cares a lot about her friends and is loyal to them.
- Deadpan Snarker: One of her main traits.Snow White: [mocking Rapunzel] Rapunzel, Rapunzel! Let down thy golden extensions!
- Friend to All Living Things: She ends up weaponizing this trope when she calls upon a bunch of cute little animals... and then sics them on the Treeman guards.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She may be kind of mean and catty at times, but she's loyal nonetheless to Princess Fiona and willingly helps her and the rest in the fight against Prince Charming.
- Red Is Heroic: Sports a red dress and is a capable badass princess.
Tropes applying to Cinderella:
- Blue Is Heroic: She wears a blue gown and is on the heroes' side as part of Fiona's Amazon Brigade.
- Combat Stilettos: She sharpens her glass slippers and uses them like boomerangs.
- Neat Freak: She is Cinderella, after all: when she and the other princesses are locked in a dungeon, she is frantically scrubbing the floor and is seen slowly losing it while Snow White talks.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: It’s unknown what her real name is, as “Cinderella” is her nickname in the original fairytale.
- Precision-Guided Boomerang: Her shoes act as very precise boomerangs, more than any slipper (made of glass, no less) would be able in real life.
- Prim and Proper Bun: How she styles her hair.
- Shoe Slap: Cinderally uses her slippers as boomerangs.
- Sibling Team: She teams up with her step-sister Doris as well as the other princesses during the climax of Shrek The Third.
- True Blue Femininity: She is seen at Fiona's baby shower wearing a blue dress.
Tropes applying to Sleeping Beauty:
- The Load: Her tendency to fall asleep make her this, as shown that Doris has to carry her when they are escaping Charming and his guards in the sewer. She grows out of it after she Took a Level in Badass.
- Long Hair Is Feminine: She's a prim princess and her hair reaches below her shoulders.
- Running Gag: When she falls asleep.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: She’s only called “Sleeping Beauty.” It’s unknown what her REAL name is.
- Really Fond of Sleeping: So much that she weaponizes it; she falls asleep in front of running guards to make them trip.
The Ogre Babies
The Ogre Babies
Voiced by: Miles Christopher Bakshi (Fergus and Farkle), Nina Zoe Bakshi (Felicia)
Appearances: Shrek the Third | Shrek Forever After
A trio of baby ogres born to Shrek and Fiona at the end of Shrek the Third.
- Alliterative Family: Fergus, Farkle, and Felicia (also their mother, Fiona).
- Daddy's Girl: Felicia and Shrek share a rather sweet bond. After signing a contract with Rumpelstiltskin, it's when Shrek finds Felicia's ogre doll in his pocket and understands she doesn't exist anymore that he cries for the first time on screen.
- Identical Twin ID Tag: Farkle has a small tuft of dark brown hair, Felicia has a small tuft of light brown hair with a bow and Fergus is bald.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: Felicia inherited Fiona's baby blue eyes, used to reflect her youthfulness and naivety.
- Like Parent, Like Child: They idolize their parents and will copy anything they do. After Shrek roars during their party in Forever After, they all roar too, and the three replicate Shrek's ear horn after he does so himself.
- Patchwork Kids: Farkle has Fiona's brown hair and Shrek's brown eyes.
- Ret-Gone: Since Shrek and Fiona never got together in the alternate universe, the ogre babies were never born there. They return when Shrek restores his world back to normal.
- Women Are Wiser: Felicia learns to speak faster than Fergus and Farkle do, being the only one of the three to speak coherently in Forever After. The boys catch up in Scared Shrekless.
Introduced in Shrek Forever After
The Ogre Rebellion
Brogan, Cookie, and Gretched
Voiced by: Jon Hamm (Brogan), Craig Robinson (Cookie), Jane Lynch (Gretched)
A group of ogres led by Fiona against Rumpelstiltskin in Shrek Forever After.
- Ambiguous Gender: It's never stated whether Cookie is male or female in-movie, and various staff members have given conflicting reports: Director Mike Mitchell stated
that Cookie is female, but sounds like a male to keep the franchise's tradition to have men playing women (like the Wicked Stepsisters), despite having a beard. However, Craig Robinson has stated that he was told that Cookie was definitely male. - Ambiguous Situation: While they are all shown partying alongside Shrek and his friends in the Dance Party Ending, it is unclear whether they are actually meant to exist outside the alternate timeline.
- La Résistance: Obviously. They are an underground group of ogre trying to fight for their freedom against Rumpelstiltskin.
- Lantern Jaw of Justice: Brogan is the most openly devoted to the Resistance as a force of justice against Rumpel's oppression and he has the biggest, squarest jaw among them. He's actually surprisingly hunky for an ogre.
- Meaningful Name: Cookie is the cook for the resistance.
- Punny Name: Gretched is a play on the name Gretchen and either the word "wretched" (unhappy, unfortunate state) or "retched" (past tense of retch, the sound made while vomiting).
Others
Fairy
Fairy
Voiced by: Tara Strong
A fairy who helps break Shrek, Donkey and Puss out of prison in the Shrek 2 game.
- Canon Foreigner: She only appears in the video game adaptation for Shrek 2 and has made no official appearances in the movies.
- A Dog Named "Dog": If her name actually is "Fairy", she's a fairy called Fairy.
- Fairy Companion: A fairy who tags along with the fairytale creatures to break Shrek, Donkey and Puss out of prison. Notable in that she's fully playable.
- No Name Given: She is only referred to as "Fairy" in the instruction manual and scrapbook.
- Out of Focus: Notable for only being playable in one level in the Shrek 2 game and not appearing in the story before or after said level.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: A tiny fairy who can easily take out knights and giant spiders with her magic.
- Plucky Girl: Implied in that she's perfectly willing to break into a prison to save Shrek, Donkey and Puss and takes the pigs and mice getting captured in stride.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: After assisting in the prison breakout, Fairy completely vanishes from the game's story and doesn't appear in the ending.
Goldilocks
Goldilocks
Voiced by: Tara Strong
A little girl who runs afoul of three bears after sneaking into their cottage and eating their porridge. In Shrek Smash N'Crash Racing, she appears as an unlockable racer, having apparently befriended Papa Bear at some point.
For the Last Wish character, see here.
- Canon Foreigner: This character was created specifically for Shrek Smash N Crash Racing, but a "canon" version of Goldilocks would debut much later in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.
- Funny Spoon: Her melee attack has her strike nearby enemies with a giant spoon.
- Secret Character: In Smash n' Crash Racing, she's unlocked upon completing the Factory Cup in Mirror Mode.
Anthrax
Anthrax
Voiced by: Tara Strong
A unicorn who appears as an unlockable fighter in Shrek SuperSlam.
- Early-Bird Cameo: She's the unicorn briefly seen in the first movie, being delivered to Farquaad's army by what appears to be Alice; before her appearance in Shrek SuperSlam.
- Everything's Better with Rainbows: Her Limit Break in Super Slam is a Foe-Tossing Charge with rainbows trailing after her.
- Meaningful Name: Anthrax is a horrid disease that comes about when herbivores eat spores while grazing, they appear to be in perfect health, then suddenly die off; It can be transferred to humans through clothing, and causes ulcerations on the skin.
- Secret Character: In Shrek SuperSlam.
- Shout-Out: If that girl handling her is indeed Alice of Alice in Wonderland fame, then its a clever nod to the Lion and the Unicorn from the second book.
Three Good Fairies
The Three Good Fairies
Voiced by: Elisa Gabrielli (Green Fairy)
A trio of fairy godmothers evicted to Shrek’s swamp in the first film.- Fairy Godmother: To Sleeping Beauty, who possibly sold them to Farquaad.
- Shout-Out: At Shrek and Fiona’s wedding, the Pink Fairy turns an onion into a carriage and the Three Blind Mice into a driver and horses, as a reference to Cinderella.
- The Weird Sisters: There are three of them.
Fairy Godmother
Flutterbell the Fairy Godmother
Played by: Danette Holden
A fairytale character in Shrek the Musical evicted to Shrek’s swamp.- Fairy Godmother: She is, in fact, Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother. Thus, she is a different character from the main villain of Shrek 2.
- Madame Fortune: She foretold Shrek’s journey in one scene.
Deleted characters
Dama Fortuna
Dama Fortuna
Voiced by: Linda Hunt
The original witch who “cursed” Fiona by giving her a potion to turn her human.
- Madame Fortune: She is a fortune teller.
- Narrator All Along: She narrated Fiona’s past via tarot cards.
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What Could Have Been: Fortuna was the one who, because Fiona was born an ogre in this version, gives her a potion to turn her human, but only during the day.
The Emperor With No Clothes
The Emperor with no clothes
Voiced by: Walt Dohrn
A deleted character from Shrek Forever After, who tried to make a deal with Rumplestilskin to get his empire’s respect.- Exact Words: He tries to get respect from his empire in exchange for his clothes, including his crown.
