This is a list of characters from the Shrek series of animated films.
Shrek is the main protagonist of the films. He prides himself on being a big, green, terrifying ogre. He begins the series as an unsociable hermit until he meets his soon-to-be best friend, Donkey. In a deal with Lord Farquaad, he and Donkey embark on a quest to save Princess Fiona from the castle in which she was confined. Despite their differences, Shrek and Fiona fall in love, marry at the end of the first film, and have three ogre babies in the third film. Shrek is voiced by Mike Myers, and his singing voice is provided by Michael Gough.
Donkey is a talking donkey, Shrek's best friend, his sidekick, and the secondary protagonist of the films. He fathers a litter of "dronkeys" (Donkey Jr, Debbie, Coco, Bananas, Peanut, Parfait and Èclair) with his mate Dragon (hence the name "dronkeys"). Donkey is voiced by Eddie Murphy.
Princess Fiona is the princess of Far Far Away, daughter of King Harold and Queen Lillian, and Shrek's wife from the end of the first film on. She begins the series as a beautiful princess who transforms into an ogress every night when the sun sets. At the end of the first film, the transforming spell is broken and she permanently takes the form of an ogress when she realizes that Shrek is her true love. Princess Fiona is voiced by Cameron Diaz, and her singing voice is provided by Renee Sands. In the first film, Fiona can be seen as a human in the magic mirror.
Puss in Boots is Shrek's friend and sidekick. Loosely based on the fairytale character Puss in Boots as well as being a kind of parody of Zorro, he is a smooth-talking cat with a Spanish accent, usually wearing a cavalier's hat, a belt with a sword, a small black cape, and small Corinthian boots. Puss first appears as a minor antagonist-turned-ally in Shrek 2, much like Dragon in the first film. He often overpowers his enemies by distracting them with his "cute kitten" looks. He also exhibits common cat behavior such as coughing up hairballs and chasing spotlights, usually resulting in his defeat or capture. He is voiced, in both the English and Spanish versions of the films, by Antonio Banderas, who previously portrayed Zorro in two films.
Dragon is a female dragon based on most classical interpretations of European dragons: she has keeled, ruby-colored scales, leathery bat-like wings, long, crested ears, bony spikes along her jawline, a row of dorsal spines, slitted eye pupils and a long, spade-tipped, prehensile tail to aid in balance. Dragon does not speak, but does use expressive body language and noises to communicate. Like her partner Donkey, Dragon is never given a proper name in the films. Her fire can melt metal in seconds, such as Prince Charming's sword in the third film. She has a taste for knights, her favorite dish. She even has a recipe book for preparing them for dinner.
In the first film, Dragon is charged with guarding Princess Fiona in her isolated castle, and is therefore initially seen by Shrek and Donkey as an antagonist. While Shrek tries to rescue the princess, Donkey finds himself at the mercy of Dragon. Shrek and Donkey manage to escape, leaving Dragon behind. Dragon returns at the end of the film, having escaped and abandoned the volcanic keep, and eats Lord Farquaad. Dragon and Donkey make up and begin a relationship. At the end of the film, when Shrek and Fiona get married, Fiona tosses her bouquet and Dragon catches it. She looks over at Donkey, who then looks at Shrek with shock and slight terror. After Shrek nods to Donkey, giving them his blessing, Donkey accepts Dragon as his mate.
In Shrek 2, Dragon is married to Donkey and is absent for much of the film, but nevertheless becomes one of Shrek's good friends. Dragon makes a full appearance in a post-credits scene, in which she arrives with six young dronkeys, who meet their father for the first time.
Dragon plays a more prominent role in Shrek the Third. She and her baby dronkeys stay with Fiona and the other princesses to await the return of Shrek and Donkey. When Prince Charming attacks Far Far Away, Dragon knocks a number of witches out of the sky, causing her and the dronkeys to be captured. At the film's climax, Dragon helps dispose of Prince Charming by knocking a stone stage prop on to him. She is later seen in Shrek's swamp while Shrek and Fiona are caring for their ogre triplets.
Dragon also plays a minor role in Shrek Forever After. At the beginning of the film, she flies Shrek and his family to Far Far Away for the triplets' birthday. In the alternate universe, she is still a savage monster due to the alternate timeline created by the contract and Rumpelstilskin's pet. He tries to feed Shrek and Fiona to her, but they escape. With the original timeline restored, Dragon is her normal self, playfully gobbling her husband in a karaoke scene without swallowing.
The Gingerbread Man, or "Gingy", is a live talking gingerbread man, and one of Shrek's friends. Based on the fairy tale The Gingerbread Man, he 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. He adores those buttons and begs Lord Farquaad not to pull them off. In Shrek the Halls he is afraid of Santa, as Santa has eaten his girlfriend. The Gingerbread Man is voiced by Conrad Vernon.
He is impatient. In Shrek 2, for example, when Pinocchio cannot move himself while freeing Shrek and the trio from prison, Gingy sighs and goes to help. He is also somewhat wild and a prankster. When Shrek and Fiona leave for Far Far Away, he and others have a loud party in his house. He is cunning and can distract others, such as when Lord Farquaad demands to know where the other fairy tale creatures are and he replies by reciting the Muffin Man nursery rhyme, which Farquaad believes for a moment.
In Shrek the Third, when Prince Charming takes over Far Far Away, he has Hook attempt to interrogate him about Shrek's whereabouts. Instantly, Gingy's life flashes before his eyes, while in reality, he is mindlessly babbling away.
In Shrek Forever After, he is shown to have a dark, violent side. In an alternate universe with Rumpelstiltskin as king, he fights and kills gingerbread animals as a gladiator for a living. He also tries to attack and bring in Shrek, despite being so much smaller. He is eaten by an overweight Puss in Boots in the alternate universe, but is seen alive again at the ogre triplets birthday party when the original timeline is restored.
Arthur Pendragon (more commonly known as Artie) is a supporting character who appears only in Shrek the Third. He was originally going to appear in Shrek Forever After too, but he was deleted. He is loosely based on King Arthur. He is the only heir apparent (other than Shrek himself) to the throne of Far Far Away. He is voiced by Justin Timberlake.
Pinocchio is a live wooden puppet who befriends Shrek. Based on the fairytale character Pinocchio, he cannot lie without having his nose growing very long, and he deeply dreams to become a real boy. He is voiced by Cody Cameron. In the musical theatre adaptation, was originally played by John Tartaglia.
In the first film, Pinocchio's creator Geppetto sells him for five shillings. Later, Lord Farquaad banishes Pinocchio and others to Shrek's swamp. In Shrek 2, Pinocchio has become one of Shrek's best friends. He helps Shrek and Princess Fiona by guarding their swamp while they visit Far Far Away. He and the others later travel to Far Far Away to free Shrek, Puss in Boots, and Donkey, who have been captured. They manage to get into the castle and stop the Fairy Godmother and Prince Charming. He sings "Mr. Roboto" in Far Far Away Idol.
In Shrek The Third, Pinocchio attends Fiona's baby shower along with several other fairytale creatures, while Shrek, Donkey, and Puss in Boots are away. Charming and his followers crash the party and try to trick Pinocchio into telling them of Shrek's location, seeing that the puppet cannot lie; however, Pinocchio avoids this by talking in circles. When Shrek and his company return, they find Pinocchio imprisoned in a miniature theater, where he is forced to give marionette performances for paying customers. He is freed and helps to defeat Charming and the other evil fairytale creatures.
In Shrek Forever After, Pinocchio runs a library, in which Rumpelstiltskin is tearing some books. Later, in the alternate universe, he nearly signs a contract with Rumpelstiltskin to become a real boy, but ink is accidentally spilled over the document. He later tries to gain Rumpelstiltskin's "deal of a lifetime" by painting Gepetto green and passing him off as Shrek.
Pinocchio is a main character in Shrek SuperSlam, his Slam move being the Buzz Bomber. According to the story, Pinocchio works at Friar's Fat Boy. Pinocchio also appears as an unlockable racer in the game Shrek Smash n' Crash Racing. His kart is a wooden horse, and his personal item is his long nose.
The Big Bad Wolf is based loosely on the eponymous fairytale character, but differs from it 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. He is voiced by Aron Warner.
In Shrek 2, he has become friends with Shrek and the others. He helps Shrek and Princess Fiona by guarding their swamp while they visit Far Far Away. He and the others later travel to Far Far Away to free Shrek, Puss in Boots and Donkey, who have been captured. After that, they get into the castle and stop the Fairy Godmother and Prince Charming. In Shrek The Third, he and several other fairytale characters attend Fiona's baby shower while Shrek, Donkey, and Puss in Boots are away. When Charming and his evil followers crash the party, the Big Bad Wolf and the others stage a calm tea party. He also helps defeat Charming and the other evil fairytale creatures from killing Shrek before the entire kingdom.
He plays a small role in Shrek Forever After in the ogre triplets' birthday party and as Rumpelstiltskin's servant in the alternate universe.
His most famous line is "What?"
The Three Little Pigs are based on the eponymous fairytale characters. They are friends of Shrek and the others. In the original book and in the film, they are among the many fairytale creatures to be banished into Shrek's swamp by Lord Farquaad. They have a German accent. They appear in all the Shrek films. All three are voiced by Cody Cameron.
By Shrek 2, the pigs have become best friends with Shrek. At the start of the film, they help look after Shrek's and Fiona's house while they visit Far Far Away. Later, they see Shrek, Donkey and Puss in Boots arrested by local police officers in Far Far Away, and free them, heading to the castle to stop Prince Charming. They thwart the Fairy Godmother's scheme and then celebrate. They sing a song with Big Bad Wolf in Far Far Away Idol.
The pigs are less prominent in the third film. They appear at the start of the film, where Prince Charming has a new job as an actor in a dinner theatre. Along with the rest of the crowd, they jeer him, causing Charming to leave the stage. They later appear in the castle pretending to have tea with the others while Shrek, Donkey and Puss in Boots are finding Artie, the apparent heir to the throne, and Fiona, Queen Lillian and the princesses escape via a secret passage. Prince Charming storms in and demands Shrek's location. Under pressure when Pinocchio starts talking around in circles, one of the pigs reveals Shrek's plan and ends up locked up somewhere secret. The pigs are later freed and head to the castle to stop Prince Charming from killing Shrek in his show.
The Three Little Pigs play a small part in Shrek Forever After, when they appear at the ogre triplet's birthday party. Later, in the alternate universe, they appear as attendants to Fifi in Rumpelstiltskin's castle.
In Scared Shrekless, they appear after Gingy's story, running quickly and yelling "weeweeweewee...", upon which the Wolf comments "They're gonna do that all the way home."
In Shrek 4-D the pigs are called Ham, Sausage, and Bacon, but in other versions their names are Hay, Sticks and Bricks. In the end credits for The Pig Who Cried Werewolf, their names are Heimlich, Dieter, and Chef. In this film, they are voiced by Sean Bishop, not Cody Cameron, who voices "Horst". Aron Warner still voices Wolf.
The Three Blind Mice, based on the eponymous fairytale creatures, are friends with Shrek and the others. They are all blind, and that is why they sport black sunglasses and carry canes. Unlike in the fairy tale, their tails are not cut off and they show no signs of injuries. They are voiced by Christopher Knights and Simon J. Smith, but in Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party they are voiced by Mike Myers. Their names are Forder, Gorder and Horder.
At the beginning of the first film, Lord Farquaad banishes them to Shrek's swamp with the others. They are not seen again until the final musical number, "I'm a believer", during which the fairies of Sleeping Beauty turn two of them into horses to pull a wagon made from an onion.
Before the start of Shrek 2, the Three Blind Mice have become three of Shrek's best friends. They help Shrek and Princess Fiona by guarding their swamp while they visit Far Far Away. They are later seen during the Royal Far Far Away Ball and again when Shrek (in his human form) is thrown into a police truck. On hearing this, the Blind Mice and the others travel to Far Far Away to free Shrek, Puss In Boots and Donkey. They then get into the castle and help to stop the Fairy Godmother and Prince Charming. They later appear in Far Far Away Idol, singing "I Can See Clearly Now."
In Shrek The Third, the Three Blind Mice only appear in two scenes: during the funeral of King Harold and when Shrek is about to leave to find the new king of Far Far Away.
In Shrek Forever After, the mice are only seen in the normal universe.
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.[1] Dragon reunites with Donkey in Far Far Away, only to have a surprise for him in tow - six young dronkeys, 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.
The dronkeys have very little screen time in Shrek The Third. They appear initially to give Shrek a wake up call, then to bid farewell to Donkey before his journey with Shrek. Near the film's climax, Donkey frees them from Prince Charming's capture. In addition, a few dronkeys make an appearance at the film's close, when Shrek and Fiona are caring for their newborn triplets. In the alternate universe, when Donkey is told he has children, he asks: "Tell me, are my babies cute, or do they just make people feel uncomfortable?"
The dronkeys provide background action in the Christmas television special. They are featured playing with the ogre children of Shrek and Fiona and flying around while their mother dances. They have antlers and fly around in Donkey's Christmas story. All the dronkeys love their parents, especially their father, and seem to have become good friends with the ogre triplets.
The only individual to be given any resemblance of a personality is Bananas, who has bright green irises that are noticeably wall-eyed, and frequently sneezes small tongues of flame. Donkey refers to Bananas as "my special boy".
Some confusion exists as to the dronkey missing from Shrek 2. When the dronkeys were first introduced in the film's post-credits scene, there were six, including a unique individual which was red like her mother. He does not appear in Shrek the Third; this is a continuity error on the part of the filmmakers. Yet in Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular, set after Shrek Forever After, there are only four.
In the Shrek Forever After, the dronkeys are seen playing with Shrek's triplets, appeared at their birthday and also a cause of nuisance for Shrek. They are not seen in the alternate universe as they do not exist on that timeline.
Farkle, Fergus and Felicia (also known as the Ogre Babies) are the ogre children of Shrek and Princess Fiona. Farkle and Fergus are male, Felicia female (indicated by a pink bow in her hair). They are voiced by Cody Cameron.
In Shrek The Third, Fiona reveals she is pregnant by telling Shrek that, when they return to their swamp, there will be some little "ogre feet" too. Before their birth, while on his journey with Donkey and Puss in Boots to find Artie, Shrek dreams of hundreds of ogre babies. In the dream, they flood Shrek's house and laugh at Shrek while he is naked apart from his graduation hat. By the end of the film, they have been born and are shown playing around the swamp. Two of them pull Puss's tail and put a pacifier into his mouth. Another pulls some ear wax from Shrek's ear and uses it to draw pictures with its left hand. Later that night, they are shown sleeping and snoring, all in one small baby cot. Shrek and Fiona constantly give them slug juice for drinks. The ogre triplets are shown prominently in the credits, along with Puss in Boots and Donkey. Two of the siblings are shown to like Puss, hugging him tightly and call him "Kitty". They sometimes have a tug-o-war over him, much to Puss's displeasure.
They are seen more in Shrek the Halls, enjoying the seasons with their father and ecstatically enjoying their first Christmas with their parents. When Donkey brings the others to enjoy the holidays with them, the triplets hug Puss too tightly, pat his back, and tug on his tail. They enjoy various Christmas stories and get to see Santa Claus at the end.
In Shrek Forever After, when the triplets are one year old and learning to speak, their names are revealed. The triplets do not appear in the alternate universe as Shrek and Fiona never meet in that universe.
Queen Lillian is queen of Far Far Away, wife of King Harold, and mother of Princess Fiona. She is voiced by Julie Andrews.[2][3]
Queen Lillian makes her debut in Shrek 2. Although initially surprised at Fiona's transformation into an ogre, she is understanding of what has happened and, seeing that her daughter is deeply in love, accepts Shrek into their family. When King Harold is turned back into the Frog King at the end of the film, she still accepts him as she did years ago. She and Harold are a reference to The Frog Prince.
In Shrek the Third, she is widowed and becomes a more determined character, leading the pack of princesses through a series of tunnels in the castle and breaking two walls with her head, whilst humming "My Favorite Things" and "A Spoonful of Sugar" (songs originally sung by Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins, respectively). She rallies the other princesses from being damsels in distress to independent fighters. It is revealed in the film that Fiona inherited her fighting skills from her mother (Lillian asks "Well, you didn't think you got your fighting skills from your father, did you?"). After the film's finale, Lillian is seen in Shrek's swamp home, happily visiting her grandchildren and playing with one of the ogre triplets, who vomits on her dress. At first she looks distressed and a little disgusted, but this changes as she comes to find it adorable.
Lillian is seen briefly in Shrek Forever After in a number of flashbacks, showing her and Harold's decision to visit Rumpelstiltskin to free their daughter from the curse before Shrek saved her. In the alternate universe she and Harold disappear after signing over the kingdom to Rumpelstiltskin. Her last appearance is at the end of the film, celebrating the triplets' birthday.
King Harold is the king of Far Far Away, husband of Queen Lillian[2][3] and father of Princess Fiona. He is voiced by John Cleese.
King Harold makes his debut in Shrek 2. When his daughter Fiona arrives at the castle with her new husband, he is surprised that they are both ogres. He had secretly made a promise to the Fairy Godmother that her son Prince Charming would marry Fiona. Harold hires Puss in Boots to assassinate Shrek, but then succumbs to guilt when Fiona finds out that Shrek is not around. When the Fairy Godmother asks Harold to give Fiona the potion that will cause her to fall in love with Prince Charming, he refuses at first, recoiling from this invasion of her free will, but he is forced to acquiesce by some dark threat of disclosure. In the event, when Fiona states that she loves the old Shrek, rather the new one that Prince Charming is pretending to be, Harold swaps the cup containing the potion for his own. At the ball toward the end of the film, Harold protects Fiona and Shrek from a blast of magic from Fairy Godmother's wand, and it transforms him back into a frog, which is hinted to be his original form, meaning he was the Frog Prince before he married Queen Lillian. Queen Lillian seems content with this turn of events. Afterwards, Harold apologizes to Shrek and accepts him into the family, and Lillian says that he is more of a man for accepting the marriage of Shrek and Fiona than he ever was when he was a human.
King Harold makes a very brief appearance as a frog king in Shrek The Third, in which he dies of a sickness. (The story book The Legend of Shrek and other publications state that the transition from human to frog confused his age and accelerated the aging process.) He tells Shrek on his deathbed that he and Fiona are next in line to the throne of Far Far Away, which Shrek rejects because he cannot imagine an ogre as king. Harold dies after telling Shrek about Fiona's cousin Arthur.
King Harold makes his final appearance in Shrek Forever After, in which he appears very briefly in a couple of flashbacks. In the first, he and Lillian are about to make a deal with Rumpelstiltskin, but they break it off at the last moment. In the alternate reality of the second flashback, Harold and Lillian disappear after signing over the kingdom to Rumpelstiltskin. At the end of the film, the original timeline is restored, leaving the current time a year or so after Harold's death (as seen in Shrek the Third). However, there is a large painting of him in which the face moves, indicating that his spirit inhabits the picture. Unlike the previous films, he is never seen in his frog form.
The king's role is partly a reference to another character that Cleese portrayed: Basil Fawlty from the sitcom Fawlty Towers. The king refers to his "old war wound" (in the UK version – in the US version, it is "the old Crusades wound") to avoid his wife. This recalls Basil Fawlty's use of his "honourable war wound" (a shrapnel wound from the Korean War) as an excuse to rescue himself from unpleasant situations. The two characters share other similar character traits.
Doris makes her first appearance in Shrek 2 and returns in Shrek The Third and, very briefly, in Shrek Forever After. Unlike other ugly sisters, she is an ally and best friend to Fiona. She is first seen as an unusually masculine female bartender at the Poison Apple. She is depicted as a tall, independent woman with purple-themed clothes who wears too much makeup. She is voiced by Larry King.
Doris is first seen in Shrek 2, when King Harold secretly enters the Poison Apple Club, in which she is working as a bartender. She recommends Puss In Boots to the king for the task of assassinating Shrek. Near the climax of the film, Doris points King Harold to a door guarded by the Fairy Godmother's bodyguards, behind which Prince Charming and the Fairy Godmother are secretly meeting. At first, she has a crush on Prince Charming and forces him to kiss her at the end of the film. In Far Far Away Idol, she is accused by Simon Cowell of being ugly after she sings Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun".[4]
In Shrek the Third, Doris becomes one of Shrek's best friends before the events of the film. At the beginning of the film, Doris is briefly mentioned by Mabel when Prince Charming visits the Poison Apple. Mabel says that Doris does not belong here, and this indicates that Doris is living with Princess Fiona in the castle. She is also seen during Fiona's baby shower, but she escapes by a hidden trapdoor when Charming starts to enter the castle. Later, she is imprisoned by Charming after he invades Far Far Away. With the princesses, Donkey and Puss, she escapes and infiltrates the castle to confront Charming. In the end, Doris and Mabel finally meet in Charming's play.
Snow White is one of Princess Fiona's friends. She is based on the fairytale character Snow White, especially the Disney version in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. She has a talent for singing, which she uses to charm animals and make them follow her orders. She is shown to be very proud and vain, even boasting how she won Fairest In The Land from the Wicked Queen. She is voiced by Amy Poehler.
In the first film, Snow White cameos as one of the fairytale creatures to be banished to Shrek's swamp. She is shown sleeping inside her coffin and being handled by her seven dwarves. When Lord Farquaad is forced to choose a wife, Snow White, seen sleeping in the glass coffin, is his second choice. At Shrek and Fiona's wedding she fights with Cinderella to catch Fiona's bouquet.
In Shrek 2, Snow White is briefly mentioned when the Fairy Godmother is explaining to Shrek that ogres do not live happily ever after.
Snow White appears more prominently in Shrek The Third, dressed in red. She becomes friends with Princess Fiona, Queen Lillian, Doris, Cinderella and the Sleeping Beauty before the events of the film. Prince Charming interrupts Fiona's baby shower after she gives her a dwarf as a gift to babysit the triplets, saying that she has six more at home. She escapes with Fiona, Queen Lillian, Doris and the other princesses. She is later betrayed by Rapunzel and imprisoned in a dungeon. She complains that they could just have stayed put and carried on with their normal routines (having tea parties and similarly stereotypical "girly" behaviour), claiming to not care who is in charge. Later she is content just to wait to be rescued, as normal for fairytale princesses. Fiona encourages her and the others to show some initiative, and they manage to escape and head towards the castle. She tricks the guards (talking trees) by singing a high tone (using the same voice as in the Disney film) to charm the animals, and screaming (the same scream as in "The Immigrant Song" by Led Zeppelin) to command them to attack the trees. Her plan works and they enter the castle grounds, avoiding the knights guarding it. Snow White, along with the other princesses, Doris and Queen Lillian, arrives just in time to stop Prince Charming from killing Shrek. After Charming is defeated, she is seen in the background, talking to the other princesses, Doris and Queen Lillian.
Although it is unclear whether Snow White is married, at one point she is seen with a tattoo on her upper arm with the name Dopey surrounded by a heart.
Cinderella is one of Princess Fiona's friends. She is based loosely on the fairytale character Cinderella and, recalling her, she wears her pair of glass slippers throughout the events of Shrek The Third. She uses her glass slipper as a weapon, somewhat like a boomerang. She is obsessed with cleanliness and tidiness after doing a great deal of housework for her stepmother and stepsisters (revealed to be Doris and Mabel). In the Shrek 2 video game, however, she is portrayed as an absent-minded valley girl. She is voiced by Amy Sedaris.
When Lord Farquaad is forced to choose his wife so that he can become king, Cinderella is one of his choices. She is shown at number 1 in a painting, wearing a yellow dress and trying on her glass slipper. However, Farquaad chooses Princess Fiona, ranked number 3. At Shrek and Fiona's wedding, Cinderella is shown fighting with Snow White to catch Fiona's bouquet.
In Shrek 2, Cinderella is briefly mentioned while the Fairy Godmother is explaining to Shrek that ogres do not live happily ever after. There is also a picture of her in Fairy Godmother's factory. This can be seen more clearly in a behind-the-scenes guide. Thus Fairy Godmother appears to be Cinderella's fairy godmother.
Cinderella appears more prominently in Shrek The Third, now wearing a light blue-silver dress. She becomes friends with Princess Fiona, Queen Lillian, Doris, Snow White and the Sleeping Beauty prior to the events of the film. She first appears in Fiona's baby shower, which Prince Charming interrupts when he takes over the throne. She escapes with Fiona, Queen Lillian, Doris, and the other princesses. She is later betrayed by Rapunzel and imprisoned with others in a dungeon. They escape and head towards the castle. After Snow White tricks the guards, they enter the castle's grounds and avoid the knights on guard. While trying to get into the castle, Cinderella hurls her glass slipper like a boomerang at a knight, knocking him out. Cinderella, with the other princesses, Doris and Queen Lillian, arrives just in time to stop Prince Charming from killing Shrek. After Charming is defeated, she is seen talking to the other princesses, Doris and Queen Lillian in the background.
Sleeping Beauty is one of Princess Fiona's friends. She is based on the fairy-tale character, the Sleeping Beauty, and like her, she sleeps a lot. Because she sleeps so much in the film, little is known about her personality, other than that she seems to be a pleasant person who is a little eccentric at times. She is voiced by Cheri Oteri.
In Shrek 2, Sleeping Beauty is shown in a poorly drawn picture in Fiona's diary, explaining that Sleeping Beauty is having a party with all the other princesses, but Princess Fiona is not allowed to go on account of the ogreish appearance she acquires every night. Later in the film, Sleeping Beauty appears without speaking when a coach-limousine pulls up at the red carpet to the Far Far Away Royal Ball. When the door opens, she falls to the ground, still sleeping. In the film, she wears a blue dress and a crown.
Sleeping Beauty appears more prominently in Shrek The Third, now wearing a white-green dress, and with golden instead of light brown hair. She becomes friends with Princess Fiona, Queen Lillian, Doris, Snow White and Cinderella before the events of the film. She first appears in Fiona's baby shower, but Prince Charming interrupts it and takes over the throne. She escapes with Fiona, Queen Lillian, Doris, and the other princesses. She is later betrayed by Rapunzel and imprisoned with others in a dungeon. They escape and head towards the castle. After Snow White tricks the guards, they enter the castle's grounds, avoiding the knights on guard. While trying to get into the castle, Sleeping Beauty yawns and falls to the ground, causing the knights to trip over her and fall, unconscious. With the other princesses, Doris and Queen Lillian, Sleeping Beauty arrives just in time to stop Prince Charming from killing Shrek. After Charming is defeated, she is seen talking to the other princesses, Doris and Queen Lillian in the background.
Merlin is a retired wizard teacher from Artie's high school, Worcestershire, in Shrek the Third. His character is roughly based on the mythological Merlin and on the Disney version in The Sword in the Stone. He is voiced by Eric Idle.[5]
In Shrek the Third, after their ship crashes into sharp rocks, Shrek, Donkey, Puss and Artie get stranded on an island (possibly Lovers' Beach in Far Far Away). They meet Arthur's retired teacher Merlin, after Artie tries to separate himself from Shrek. Since Merlin retired because of a nervous breakdown (which he calls "third-level fatigue"), he seems rather eccentric, and his magic spells usually go wrong. At one point, when he prepares to teleport Shrek, Donkey, Puss and Artie to Far Far Away, he cracks his knuckles, only to fire a bolt that destroys a boulder. In order to help Shrek and Arthur be reconciled, he makes them look into a thick cloud of smoke to reveal their thoughts. Shrek sees a baby carriage, but lies and says that he sees a "rainbow pony". Merlin is pleased and moves on to Arthur, who sees a bird and its father. The father bird abandons the chick, leaving it frightened and confused. Merlin is happy they decided to look into their soul, and as he retreats to his hut, Shrek takes the opportunity to show Arthur that they are not so different after all. They catch Merlin eavesdropping on their conversation when he plays the song "That's What Friends Are For" on a phonograph to add to the mood.
When Captain Hook and his cronies ambush Shrek, Donkey, Puss and Artie, he plays his piano, and Merlin is beside him playing it too until he is pushed away. After the villains retreat, Artie convinces Merlin to use a spell to teleport them to Far Far Away. But the spell causes Donkey and Puss to switch bodies. After Prince Charming's defeat, Merlin returns, and Puss and Donkey force him to put them back in their own bodies. The spell works, but causes their tails to switch. Merlin tries to tell them, but decides not to, though their tails have inexplicably returned to normal later.
In the videogame followup to the first Shrek film, a different version of Merlin kidnaps Fiona and serves as the game's antagonist.
Brogan is an ogre and the second-in-command of the Ogre Resistance in Shrek Forever After. He uses his nose as their horn. He is voiced by Jon Hamm.
Brogan introduces Shrek into the resistance and is seen in the meeting with Fiona on how to fight against Rumpelstiltskin and the witches. When Pied Piper arrives and uses his flute, the song "Shake Your Groove Thing" is played, and Brogan cannot stop dancing. Later, he and the other ogres are captured, but they fight in the castle and defeat Rumpelstiltskin. He appears in the end credits as a guest at the ogre triplets' birthday.
Cookie (voiced by Craig Robinson) is an ogre and a chef for the Ogre Resistance in Shrek Forever After. Food is his only weapon against the witches and Rumpelstiltskin. His signature dish is the chimichanga, of which he takes a cartful to the ambush of Rumplestiltskin. He is the only ogre to enjoy dancing while Pied Piper plays his flute until he and the others are captured. He catapults his chimichangas at the witches during the final battle. He is seen at the party in the end of the film.
Gretchen (voiced by Jane Lynch) is a female ogre who appears in the 4th film. She is a member of the Ogre Resistance.
Kitty Softpaws is a Tuxedo cat and the female couterpart of Puss in Boots in the film Puss in Boots. She loves Puss and wears a boots and a belt just like Puss. She used to work for Humpty Dumpty when he planned revenge on Puss but later, she starts to realize that she is in love with him. At the end, they finally kiss. She is voiced by Salma Hayek.
Lord Farquaad is the comically short, ruthless ruler of the huge castle of Duloc, and the central antagonist in the first film. He is voiced by John Lithgow.
In his pursuit of perfection, Farquaad attempts to rid his domain of fairytale creatures, offering a bounty for their capture and then exiling them to Shrek's swamp. Farquaad wants to become a king, but because he is not of royal stock, he cannot until he marries a princess. He decides that Princess Fiona will be the perfect wife and queen, but first she must be rescued from her tower, which is guarded by a fire-breathing dragon.
Unwilling to perform the feat himself, Farquaad holds a tournament to select the knight that will rescue Princess Fiona. But Shrek and Donkey turn up and defeat the knights, so Farquaad decides to send Shrek on the quest instead, agreeing to remove the fairytale creatures from his swamp if he rescues Fiona. Shrek delivers Fiona to Farquaad, who immediately proposes marriage, unaware that she becomes an ogress at sunset. Shrek disrupts the marriage ceremony, delaying a kiss between Farquaad and Fiona until after sunset. Fiona makes the transition from human to ogre form, upon which Farquaad rejects his new bride, banishing her to the tower, claiming the title of king and sentencing Shrek to death. Before Farquaad finishes his claims to the kingdom, the dragon that had been guarding Fiona, who has since developed a relationship with Donkey, crashes through the window and eats the monologuing Farquaad, thanks to Shrek, who whistles for her. Moments later, Dragon burps and the crown comes out. Farquaad was apparently not well liked in Duloc: when Dragon eats him, the citizens laugh and cheer.
Farquaad makes another brief appearance – in the dragon's stomach singing "Stayin' Alive" – during Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party. He is presumed to be dead when he enters as a ghost in the Shrek 4-D ride at Universal Studios and the 30-minute Shrek Special on the Nickelodeon TV channel, in which he tries to murder Shrek and Donkey and to kidnap and kill Fiona so that she can be his ghost queen. Princess Fiona is again rescued when Lord Farquaad is presumably killed by Dragon a second time.
The Fairy Godmother (voiced by Jennifer Saunders) is a scheming, conniving opportunist, and the principal antagonist of the second film, loosely based on the fairy-tale Cinderella's "Fairy Godmother". She seeks to get the best for herself and her son Prince Charming, rather than others. She often resorts to blackmail and trickery through magic to get her way. She loves food ("someone get me something deep fried and smothered in chocolate"), and during her talk with Harold in the carriage about Shrek, it is shown that Harold ruined her diet, so she orders food from Friar's Fat Boy.
Bubbles are her character's main theme. When she first appears, she is surrounded by bubbles as she sings to Fiona. When Shrek uses her card to ask for help, a voice mail message of her appears with her saying "Is it on? Is it on?" she is again surrounded by a bubble, which then shows an image of the Fairy Godmother's cottage. After the message ends the bubble bursts. Finally, when the Fairy Godmother dies, she bursts into a host of bubbles.
Fairy Godmother appears in Shrek: The Musical as one of the characters who get evicted by Farquaad.
Prince Charming (King Charming in Shrek the Third) is the son of the Fairy Godmother. He is the secondary antagonist of the second film and later the primary antagonist in the third film. As befits a typical Prince Charming, he is very good-looking, and was supposed to rescue Princess Fiona from her dragon-guarded tower. He is voiced by Rupert Everett.
In his first scene in Shrek 2, he travels to the castle where Fiona had been imprisoned prior to the first film, only to discover that Shrek has already found and married her, and that the Big Bad Wolf has taken to sleeping in her tower (without any explanation of how the wolf got there). His narration in this scene, as well as his conversation with the Wolf, recap the most important aspects of the plot of the first film.
It is later revealed that Charming is in fact the son of the Fairy Godmother and that she wants him to marry Fiona so that he can become king (similar to Lord Farquaad's intentions in the first film). Thus, in contrast to his fairytale namesake, this Prince Charming plays a more villainous role. He is characterized as a selfish and arrogant mother's boy, and she as his doting parent, as well as vain about his appearance. He later deceives Fiona into believing that he is Shrek, having been turned human by a "Happily Ever After" potion. Nevertheless, his foul attitude shows through the disguise and Fiona realises the truth before the end of the film. At the end, he is forced to kiss Doris, the ugly bartender who runs The Poisoned Apple. However, it is implied in Shrek the Third that Charming is either dating her or on good terms with her, because when he goes by the bar he asks about her.
He sings "I'm Too Sexy" by "Right Said Fred" in Far Far Away Idol, but because of his horrible singing, Shrek and Fiona press a button that opens a trap door below him.
As the main villain of Shrek the Third, Charming gathers all the evil characters from fairy tales to get their revenge and "Happily Ever Afters". After they invade the main castle of Far Far Away, Charming prepares a stage show in which he will kill Shrek in front of the entire kingdom. His plan almost works when Shrek takes part in the show, but eventually fails when Shrek's allies come to the rescue. Arthur Pendragon then convinces the fairytale villains to give up their evil ways. Charming is killed when Dragon knocks over a tower from the stage, crushing him.
He also appears in Scared Shrekless in the story "Boots Motel", this time voiced by Sean Bishop.
He appears as a zombie in "Thriller Night", a Shrek parody of the iconic Michael Jackson short film Michael Jackson's Thriller.
Rumpelstiltskin is a minor antagonist in the third film and the main antagonist in the fourth film. Based on the eponymous fairytale character, he is a short man who makes magical deals (complete with contracts). He has a giant pet goose named Fifi. In Shrek the Third he is voiced by Conrad Vernon, and in Shrek Forever After by Walt Dohrn.
In Shrek the Third, Rumpelstiltskin appears with facial hair and yellow clothing. In Shrek Forever After, his face is larger, he has no facial hair and he wears different clothing. Prince Charming calls him "Frumpypigskin", but he still helps Charming.
In Shrek Forever After, King Harold and Queen Lillian are going to sign their kingdom over to Rumpelstiltskin to break Fiona's curse, but the deal is cancelled when they learn that Shrek has rescued Fiona from the tower, and he wishes Shrek was never born. Seeing Shrek regretting the life he has, Rumpelstiltskin makes a deal with him, taking away the day he was born. This deal enables Rumpelstiltskin to be the ruler of Far Far Away, by creating an alternate reality in which the king and queen carried out their deal with him and then disappeared (Rumpelstiltskin having twisted the deal). Shrek tries to reverse the deal using the exit clause (a true love's kiss, although in this reality Fiona intensely dislikes him) before 24 hours elapse and he disappears for ever, but Rumpelstiltskin has an army of witches to stop him and hires the Pied Piper to capture him and the other ogres. He succeeds in capturing all but Shrek. When he offers anything in return for the one who brings Shrek to him, Shrek turns himself in, and in exchange has Rumpelstiltskin set the ogres free (though he keeps Fiona, as she is a princess by day). Rumpelstiltskin tries to feed Shrek and Fiona to Dragon (who is still evil in this reality), but Puss, Donkey and the other ogres come to fight, and with Shrek and Fiona they defeat Rumpelstiltskin and his army of witches. By this time Shrek's 24 hours are almost up, but at the last second, Fiona kisses the disintegrating Shrek, whom she now loves, thus restoring the original reality. Rumpelstiltskin is last seen during the ending, imprisoned by Shrek, Fiona and the other ogres, while Fifi explodes at Fiona's singing and the Pied Piper torments him.
There are continuity errors in the franchise: Rumplestiltskin's appearance changes between the third and fourth films; and at the end of the third film he is among the fairytale villains who change their ways, but in the fourth film he has reverted to his original, vindictive self.
In Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular, Rumplestiltskin is still imprisoned in a cage and receives coal for Christmas. He appears twice in Shrek's Yule Log, out of his cage and unsuccessfully trying to put out the fireplace. Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular shows him imprisoned once more.
Rumplestiltskin combines features of the previous three main villains: he is short and rules an empire with an iron fist, like Farquaad; he has magical powers to help others alter their fates, like the Fairy Godmother; and his life is ruined by Shrek's rescue of Fiona from the castle keep, like Prince Charming. He is the only main villain in the series not to be killed. It is ultimately implied that the original way to break Rumpelstilskin's contract is to call out his name correctly.
Jack and Jill are a married couple and murderous outlaws in the film Puss in Boots. They are voiced by Billy Bob Thornton and Amy Sedaris.
Humpty Alexander Dumpty is an egg and the ex-partner of Puss in Boots. Loosely based on the traditional character Humpty Dumpty, he appears as the ex-antagonist in the 2011 film Puss in Boots and is voiced by Zach Galifianakis. Humpty possibly appeared in Shrek's swamp in the first film. He also appeared as Master Fu in Shrek Superslam. His grave is shown in Shrek 4-D.
Based on Captain Hook from the Peter Pan fairy tale, Captain Hook appears in Shrek 2 in the bar of the Poison Apple, where he plays the piano and sings "Little Drop of Poison" and "People Just Ain't No Good". He is voiced by Tom Waits in one song and by Nick Cave in the other. He appears in Shrek The Third as a villain working for Prince Charming, voiced by Ian McShane. When Artie convinces the villains to give up evil, Hook states that he grows daffodils, and they are beautiful, and he throws his weapon down and becomes good. In one of the two soundtracks for Shrek Forever After, he reveals to Rumpelstiltskin that he has been enjoying his life being good and growing flowers.
Captain Hook also appears as a contestant in the Far Far Away Idol feature on the Shrek 2 DVD. He begins to sing "Hooked On A Feeling" until Tinkerbell (whom Hook poisons in the classic Peter Pan story) prompts Simon Cowell to remove him from the stage.
Thelonius (voiced by Christopher Knights) appears as one of Lord Farquaad's henchmen in the first Shrek film. He has poor intelligence, as shown when Lord Farquaad is deciding between three princesses and Thelonius says "Three! Pick number three, my lord" while holding up two fingers. He also makes a cameo appearnace in Shrek Forever After, but only during the credits. He also appears in Shrek 4-D, where he has kidnapped Fiona so the spirit of Farquaad can kill her and make her his spirit queen. But, when Thelonius released the raft to send Fiona over a waterfall, he has forgotten to get off of it first, leaving Fiona to knock him off of the raft. When Shrek, Donkey, and Fiona went over the waterfall, Thelonius caught them while holding on to a branch. But, the branch broke, sending them all falling down the waterfall until they were rescued by the Dragon.
Based on the fairy-tale long-golden-haired Rapunzel, Rapunzel is one of Princess Fiona's friends, but later becomes (or reveals herself as) the secondary antagonist in Shrek The Third. She is voiced by Maya Rudolph. She betrays the group of princesses by siding with Prince Charming and assisting his plans. She is not all evil, as shown when she reminds Charming to keep his promise not to hurt the princesses and Queen Lillian, and when she turns back with a sorrowful expression as they are led to the dungeon. She is snobbish, opinionated, vain, and does not seem to get along with the bossy Snow White.
In Shrek The Third, Rapunzel is first seen during Fiona's baby shower, until Prince Charming invades the castle and the princesses, Doris and Queen Lillian escape secretly. Rapunzel pretends to find an exit and runs all the way to where Charming really is. The princesses, Doris and Lillian follow but are cornered by Charming's knights. Rapunzel then shows off her love and affection for the Prince, while the other women are imprisoned in a dungeon. While they are there, Rapunzel practises for her role in Prince Charming's play. In the final performance, she sings and acts as a princess on top of a tower (mimicking Princess Fiona, whose situation itself mimicks Rapunzel's). The play is interrupted by Shrek's friends and Fiona. The Gingerbread Man comes on stage by holding on to Rapunzel's hair, which he accidentally pulls off. When it is revealed that she is actually bald, Rapunzel gasps in horror and runs from the stage out of embarrassment.She is never seen or heard of again.
The Cyclops, based on the mythical creature, is the bouncer for the Poison Apple. He appears in Shrek Super Slam, and his slam is "Eye in the Sky". He helps Prince Charming in his attempt to take over Far Far Away in Shrek the Third. He has a daughter who also has only one eye. He is a family man and does not really want to be evil – he apologizes to Shrek when he hits him too hard. He is voiced by Mark Valley.
Doris's sister Mabel first appears in Shrek the Third, where she assists Prince Charming in his plan to take over Far Far Away. She is chubby and wears green-themed clothes. Like Doris, she is a kind-hearted person. She is voiced by Regis Philbin.
Mabel is first seen when, at the bar of the Poison Apple, Prince Charming asks her where Doris is. Mabel, who has taken Doris's place as bartender, replies "She isn't welcome here anymore!" (In fact, Doris now lives in the castle with Shrek and Princess Fiona). Mabel has a crush on Prince Charming. At the film's climax, she meets Doris on stage after Prince Charming is killed.
Mabel appears very briefly in Shrek Forever After, at the ogre triplets' birthday party, where she tells Shrek he forgot the candles for the birthday cake.
Appearing briefly in the second film and more prominently in the third, the two evil trees help Prince Charming. In one scene of the third film, their names are revealed to be Ed and Steve. In the same scene, they explain that it is hard to find work, since most of the world is against them. It is assumed that they are the trees from The Wizard of Oz.
The Evil Queen appears in the third Shrek film, where she assists Prince Charming in taking over Far Far Away. She is the Evil Queen of the "Snow White" fairy tale, and Prince Charming refers to her as the Wicked Witch. When Artie asserts they all can all stop being evil if they are willing to make a better choice, she says she wants to open a spa in France. She is voiced by Susan Blakeslee.
Based on Mangiafuoco the puppet master in The Adventures of Pinocchio) (or perhaps its Disney adaptation Stromboli), the puppet master (voiced by Chris Miller) appears in Shrek the Third, where Prince Charming convinces him to join his brigade by describing how Pinocchio has gone to look for his "real" father and never writes.
Headless Horseman, based on the character in the "Legend of Sleepy Hollow", makes a cameo appearance in the Poisoned Apple during the second film and appears in the third film with Prince Charming in his invasion of villains. He seems to be a good friend of Captain Hook. He reveals that he has "always wanted to play the flute", which, since he has no head, would be difficult at best. He is voiced by Conrad Vernon.
Fifi is Rumpelstiltskin's giant pet goose in Shrek Forever After. She is also his bodyguard and carriage puller and attacks Shrek and Donkey at one point. During the ending credits, Fiona sings a high note, causing Fifi to explode, an homage to a scene from the first movie.
In Shrek the Third, some witches are shown as patrons at the bar of the Poison Apple when Prince Charming rallies the fairytale villains to take over Far Far Away. The witches carry out an air raid, dropping the evil trees from their to attack the citizens.
Some witches are among Rumpelstitlskin's main assistants in Shrek Forever After, wearing black coats and having long noses and greenish faces. They ride their broomsticks and use pumpkins as bombs. They can be killed by water, as Rumpelstitlskin does to one of them, who cries "Oh, what a world! What a world!", like the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz. Some of them are seen dancing modern hiphop moves to the Pied Piper's flute after they ridicule him. They are defeated in the final battle. Although most of them display vicious behavior for most of the film, they passively surrender once Rumpelstiltskin is captured and are even shown to be sorry for Fiona when Shrek disappears. Baba is the only witch whose name is mentioned.
The witches in Shrek Forever After are voiced by Billie Hayes, Kristen Schaal, Mary Kay Place, Meredith Vieira, Kathy Griffin, and Lake Bell.
"Monsieur Robin Hood", a French-speaking version of Robin Hood, appears in the first Shrek film. Believing Shrek to be kidnapping Princess Fiona, he tries to save her with the aid of his Merry Men. They are defeated by Princess Fiona, who uses her kung-fu skills. Robin is portrayed as more of a misunderstanding nuisance than a threatening villain, as he genuinely believes that Shrek was going to harm Fiona. He and the Merry Men attend Shrek and Fiona's wedding, proving that there was no malice.
Robin Hood and his Merry Men appear in Shrek Super Slam as unlockable characters. They also appear in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party in the end of the film, joining with Shrek, Princess Fiona, Donkey, Snow White, Pinocchio, Thelonius, Papa Bear, Cinderella, the Big Bad Wolf, and others for a huge dance (they sing "Y.M.C.A."). Robin is voiced by Vincent Cassel.
Sir Lancelot is one of Arthur's classmates in high school. A reference to the knight Lancelot, and a very typical "jock/bully" archetype, we see him picking on the unfortunate Artie during his brief appearance in the third Shrek film. He is voiced by John Krasinski.
The gibberish-speaking Black Knight appears in black armor and a red cape in Shrek Super Slam. He is available as a standard character and his slam is the "Seismic Smash".
The Pied Piper, based on the Pied Piper of Hamelin, appears briefly in the first film, among the fairy tale creatures exiled in Shrek's swamp, where he rallies many rats with his enchanted flute. He becomes a secondary antagonist in Shrek Forever After, hired by Rumpelstiltskin to capture the ogres by forcing them to dance and follow him with his enchanted flute. He can handle different species (rats, ogres, witches...) or even objects (Rumpelstiltskin's socks), by setting the "target" dial of his flute. He never speaks, only using his flute to communicate.
The Magic Mirror is a mirror with a live spirit communicating through it (voiced by Chris Miller), and with magical displaying abilities. Based on the Evil Queen's magic mirror in the "Snow White" fairy tale, it is first brought to Lord Farquaad (supposedly taken to the Evil Queen), who asks it if Duloc is not the most perfect kingdom, the exact same way the Evil Queen used to ask it if she was not the fairest of all. The magic mirror then presents Lord Farquaad with three princesses that he can marry (from which he chooses Fiona). It is later seen to be with Shrek's posse, who in Shrek 2 use it as a television set. In Shrek Forever After, Rumpelstiltskin has it and uses it on television broadcasting purposes.
Jero the Muffin Man is a baker who lives in Far Far Away. A reference to the Muffin Man nursery rhyme, he is mentioned briefly in the first Shrek film when Gingy and Lord Farquaad discuss their knowledge of him, speaking in the words of the nursery rhyme. Voiced by Conrad Vernon, he first appears in Shrek 2, when Shrek and Gingy persuade him to bake an enormous gingerbread man named Mongo. Mongo helps the heroes to storm King Harold's castle during the Wedding Ball. In Shrek the Third, the Muffin Man is revealed to be a father figure to Gingy, who calls him "Papa". As in the nursery rhyme, he lives on Drury Lane. He appears in Shrek Forever After in the scene when Rumplestilskin promises anyone's heart's desire if they give him Shrek.
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