Two ogre parents send their seven-year-old son Shrek out of their house and into the world to make his living. They warn him that because of his looks, he will be shunned by the world, and an angry mob will be the last thing he will see before he dies.
Even though his background is something of a mystery, according to Shrek The Musical, it is revealed that on his seventh birthday, Shrek was sent away by his parents, because it was an ogre tradition.
as Shrek, Richard Blackwood as Donkey, Nigel Harman as Lord Farquaad and Amanda Holden as Princess Fiona. . . . there was a little ogre named Shrek whose parents sat him down to tell him what all little ogres are lovingly told on their seventh birthday – go away, and don't come back.
After his humiliation, Fiona is transformed and the show continues in the same manner as the movie, with Farquaad proclaiming himself king and subsequently being killed by the Dragon (except that, in this version, Dragon kills him with her fire breath instead of eating him).
He is very opprobrious, despicable and abhorrent, so he loathes creatures of any kind and sought to relocate the fairytale creatures to Shrek's swamp. He attempts to cut a deal with Shrek by promising to remove the fairy tale creatures from his swamp if Shrek could bring Fiona to him, as he wanted to marry her.
In Shrek 2, Fiona's dad wasn't pleased that Fiona fell in love and married Shrek because he had a deal with Fairy Godmother that her son Prince Charming and Fiona would marry.
Later in the film, when Shrek has experienced his worst nightmare—rejection by Fiona—and when he in turn has pushed Donkey away, he retreats into an outhouse. Now this symbol of solitude represents all his fears of getting close to others, and of literally shutting them out.
Donkey tries to appeal to Shrek, but Shrek rejects him, angry that Donkey would talk about him with Fiona behind his back, and declares he will return to his swamp, alone ("Build A Wall").
Shrek the Third premiered at the Mann Village Theatre, Westwood in Los Angeles on May 6, 2007, and was theatrically released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on May 18, 2007.
Ultimately DreamWorks approved Myers' choice to go Scottish due to the accent being perceived as funnier by American audiences, and this meant not only another re-record but re-animating every scene that included the titular character.
Dragon, is Donkey's wife from the Shrek franchise. She initially started out as an antagonist, charged with guarding Princess Fiona in her castle, but later befriends Shrek.
Now, although it's not explicitly said in Shrek 2 nor the rest of the movies in the series, it has been widely believed and theorized that the Fairy Godmother was the one who cursed Fiona, even though she already had a deal with Harold.
Shrek Forever After contains the first and only scene where the title character cries: Shrek holds his daughter's doll, reminiscing about his kids and past life while anguishing over the fact that he is the reason they don't exist anymore.
In Shrek Forever After, Shrek is a ultimately a sad, lovable big guy going through some sort of mid-life crisis, forced to try to find a way to get his life back to the way it was before he met Rumpel. These just don't feel like the same characters.
A spokesman for Shrek confirmed to Medium this afternoon that: “In response to the recent speculation, Shrek is extremely sad to announce his separation from his wife of 14 years, Princess Fiona.” “Shrek asks for privacy at this difficult time and will release a further statement in due course.”
But most of America's 10-year-olds probably could tell that Shrek was a snarked-out broadside against the Walt Disney Company and all it represented. As a young executive, Katzenberg had taken the lion's share of the credit for the sudden creative and commercial rebirth of Disney animation in the early '90s.
However, while the Fairy Godmother of classic fairytales is kind and benevolent, the Fairy Godmother of the Shrek universe is evil and greedy. In the Shrek 2 video game, the Fairy Godmother's clothes were pink instead of blue (like they were in the movie).
The duo meet Fiona, Puss, and the rebellion of ogres in the woods, and Donkey befriends Puss in Boots and the ogres as well. Donkey later saves Shrek and Fiona from the Pied Piper (at Puss' urging), and then leads the assault on Rumplestiltskin's castle.
