Anti-Hero: At the start, Shrek is by no means a paragon of virtue. He's selfish, antisocial and an all around cynical person who only goes to rescue Fiona so he can continue living alone in his swamp— but the fact that he's a social outcast to begin with due to normal people judging him by his appearance sure gives him plenty of reasons to. It takes his love of Fiona and Donkey's friendship to bring out the best in him. Shrek and Fiona have two. The first time, it's interrupted by a Moment Killer and Mood Whiplash courtesy of Donkey. The second, Shrek Breaks the Fourth Wall by covering the camera with his hand, so we don't see the kiss. a b c d e f g h i j k l m Furniss, Maureen (May 31, 2001). "Shrek: Something Old, Something New". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on July 26, 2019 . Retrieved September 19, 2018.

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Donkey when he sees Dragon for the first time in the castle. Cue Big Word Shout and running like hell. Spiritual Successor: To the Discworld book Witches Abroad, another Fractured Fairy Tale about an oppressive regime where everything in a fairytale land must go a certain way or else.

Agony of the Feet: On the way to the castle, during the Travel Montage, Shrek hurts his foot trying to stamp out what's left of the campfire, forcing Donkey to put it out by urinating on it. A scene during which Fiona duets with a bird who explodes once the princess sings a high note, [106] subsequently frying its eggs for breakfast, [107] is considered to be a parody of Disney fairy tales such as Cinderella (1950), about which Adamson explained "pok[es] fun at people's expectations" of princesses. [105] Diaz believes her character's personality "shattered" children's perception of princess characters from the moment she was freed from the tower, explaining that Fiona had always been capable of freeing herself but chose to remain in the tower solely because she was "following the rules of a fairy tale book". [29] In the sequel, Diaz explained that Fiona "has a lot of pressure from all the people who told her about Prince Charming to take everything materialistically and monetarily. And she literally is just kind of baffled by it and says, 'Sorry, but I don't need any of those things.' All she needs is this man who she loves and loves her and accepts her." [35] Diaz considers her character to be an empowered, positive role model for young girls, [108] explaining, "She's never depended on anyone to rescue her, which is a different message from Snow White and Rapunzel ... She was capable of getting out of the tower herself" and "took on Shrek as her partner rather than as her rescuer." [47] [109] She believes that the moment she accepts herself as an ogre is her most empowered moment, as well as "the biggest stride in her evolution as a person". [28] Shrek is loosely based on William Steig's children's book Shrek! (1990), [3] but significantly deviates from its source material, particularly pertaining to its main characters. [4] In Steig's story, a witch foretells that Shrek will marry an unnamed princess, who she describes as uglier in appearance than Shrek himself, enticing the ogre to seek her. [5] Described as "the most stunningly ugly princess on the surface of the planet", [6] Steig's princess bears little resemblance to Fiona, but the two characters are immediately attracted to each other and wed with little conflict. [5] [4] Animation historian Maureen Furniss, writing for Animation World Network, identified the fact that Shrek's love interest is altered from "a really ugly woman" into a beautiful princess as the film's most significant modification. [4] In an effort to expand the plot while making its characters more visually appealing and marketable "from a Hollywood" perspective, the writers decided to adapt Shrek!'s princess into a beautiful maiden who has been cursed to become ugly only during evenings, which she is forced to conceal from the film's other characters, thus providing "narrative motivation for not showing her ogre manifestation." [4] Furthermore, Furniss observed that Lord Farquaad's romantic interest in Fiona is more practical since he is vain and only attracted to her beauty, while his main motivation remains to marry a princess so that he can rule Duloc. [4] Donkey tells Dragon he'll whistle if he needs her. During the fight with Farquaad, when all seems lost, Shrek remembers this and breaks free enough to whistle for Dragon, who promptly breaks in and eats Farquaad.

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Farquaad gets one when Dragon bursts into the church, accompanied with a scream, right before she eats him. French Jerk: Although in most retellings, Robin Hood is an English Saxon fighting the tyranny of French-descended Normans; in Shrek he inexplicably has a French accent. And is a jerk to boot. Dub Pronunciation Change: The word "ogre" remains untranslated in the Hungarian dub (as there is no good equivalent to it except for the overly generic "szörny" or "óriás", meaning "monster" or "giant"), but it's pronounced phonetically as "oh-greh".Fiona refers to Donkey as Shrek's "noble steed," which he transforms into for a good part of the sequel. What Happened to the Mouse?: The fate of Duloc after its ruler is eaten by a giant dragon is never elaborated on, and the kingdom itself never appears in any of the subsequent sequels. You and What Army?: Inverted. Shrek says this to the leader of a group of soldiers, who turns around and sees that the rest of his troops had run away, leaving a lot of their weapons behind. The leader does the same.