List of Shrek (franchise) characters

This is a list of characters from the Shrek series.

Main characters

Shrek

Main article: Shrek (character)

Shrek is the main protagonist of the films. He is a green ogre with a Scottish accent. He is married to Princess Fiona and fathers 3 ogre babies. Shrek is voiced by Mike Myers.

Donkey

Main article: Donkey (Shrek)

Donkey is Shrek's best friend and sidekick. He is a talking donkey and fathers his dronkeys with Dragon. Donkey is voiced by Eddie Murphy.

Princess Fiona

Main article: Princess Fiona

Princess Fiona is the wife of Shrek and daughter of King Harold and Queen Lillian. She takes the form of an ogre when she realizes that Shrek is indeed her True Love. She is the princess of Far, Far Away. She decides to keep the look of an ogre in her love for Shrek. Princess Fiona is voiced by Cameron Diaz (singing voice provided by Renee Sands).

Puss in Boots

Main article: Puss in Boots (Shrek)

Puss in Boots is Shrek's strong and brave friend and sidekick. He is a talking cat who has a sword and a Spanish accent. Puss was originally an antagonist in Shrek 2 (his debut appearance). He is voiced by Antonio Banderas.

King Artie

Main article: Arthur Pendragon (Shrek)

Arthur "Artie" Pendragon is Shrek's newest friend and current king of Far Far Away. He is related to Shrek and Fiona as being a distant cousin. He is made fun of at school because everyone says he is a loser. Artie is voiced by Justin Timberlake.

Family, Friends and allies

Dragon

Template:Shrek character Dragon resembles 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 counterbalance. Dragon does not speak, but does employ physically expressive body language to communicate. Like her mate Donkey, Dragon is never given a proper name in the films.

In the first film, Dragon had the task of guarding Princess Fiona in her isolated castle. The number of charred skeletons clearly visible indicates her success in this endeavor. While Shrek attempted to rescue the princess, Donkey found himself at the mercy of Dragon. Upon learning that his captor is female (due to stereotypical feminine features like long eyelashes and facial markings that look much like human cosmetics) Donkey began spouting flattery in order to distract her. Dragon then became infatuated with the smooth talker, despite the fact that her love was unrequited. As a result, she picks him up in her teeth and carries him to her chambers, where she wraps him in her tail and flirts with him. Shrek soon comes back to "save his ass" (a pun referring to Donkey), and the trio escape from Dragon's castle, leaving a chained and miserable dragoness in their wake. The lonely Dragon guardian is not seen again until later in the film, having escaped and abandoned Fiona's volcanic keep. She and Donkey since made amends, and aided Shrek in his quest to save and stop Fiona from marrying Lord Farquaad. Dragon disposed of the villainous Lord Farquaad by swallowing him. At the end of the film when Shrek and Fiona are wed, Fiona tosses her bouquet and Dragon catches it. Donkey realizes he loves her and accepts her as his mate.

In Shrek 2, Dragon is now married to Donkey but she is absent for much of the film but becomes one of Shrek's best friends prior to the events of the film. Donkey claims at the film's beginning that she had been "all moody and stuff" recently, explaining his unannounced arrival at Shrek's swamp. Nevertheless, Dragon makes a full appearance in a post-credits scene, in which she arrives with six young "dronkeys" - dragon-donkey hybrids that meet their clueless father for the first time. The film implies that Dragon was absent due to brooding her young, though it's not known whether Dragon is oviparous or viviparous. However in the game, Shrek Super Slam eggs are seen in the stage "Dragon's Hall".

Dragon played a slightly more prominent role in Shrek The Third. She and her baby dronkeys stay behind with Fiona and the other "princess" characters to await Shrek and Donkey's return. When Prince Charming attacks Far Far Away, Dragon is captured and disarmed by a large iron chain cast net; her dronkey offspring are caught and imprisoned, as well. At the film's climax, Dragon helps dispose of Prince Charming by knocking over a stone stage prop keep on top of him. She has apparently lost a large portion of her strength and ferocity, as she is easily detained, as opposed to her earlier appearance where she posed a significant challenge to Shrek and was only narrowly contained. However, in the play scene, she kills Charming just as she had killed Farquaad (but she did't eat Charming like she had eaten Farquaad). She is later seen in Shrek's swamp while Shrek and Fiona are caring for their ogre triplets.

In Shrek Forever After Dragon plays a fairly minor role she is seen at the beginning with Donkey and their children at the ogre babies birthday party and provides a ride for Shrek and Fiona as they arrive where the party is being held, during the alternate universe where Rumplestilskin rules Far Far Away Dragon is his pet and secret weapon she appears near the end attempting to eat Shrek and Fiona in the prison but they find a way to defeat her by tying her up with their chains, Donkey tries to flirt with her but she eats him and Puss in Boots rescues him by stabbing her in the butt causing her to cough him up. After the spell is broken everything goes back to normal and Dragon is once again Donkey's wife. She is voiced by Frank Welker (uncredited).

The Gingerbread Man

Main article: Gingerbread Man (Shrek)

The Gingerbread Man, also known as "Gingy", is a talking anthropomorphic gingerbread man and one of Shrek's friends. He hates to lose his gumdrop buttons and is difficult to catch. His life flashes before his eyes and shows: Gingy being made by his papa, the Muffin Man, Gingy graduating, marrying his love gingerbread girl but soon getting imprisoned, Gingy being tortured then the training to help his legs be strong again. Voiced by Conrad Vernon.

Pinocchio

Template:Shrek character Pinocchio is a puppet who wants to be a real boy who can grow his nose whenever he lies. He is based on the fairy-tale character, Pinocchio. He is voiced by Cody Cameron, and in the original musical theatre adaption, Pinocchio is played by Tony Award Nominee John Tartaglia.

In the first film, his creator Geppetto was seen in the film when he sold Pinocchio (who the guard calls "the possessed toy"). Geppetto received five shillings for him. Pinocchio was a fairy tale creature who was sold along with Donkey. Later, he is banished into Shrek's swamp among the others by Lord Farquaad. He has a small role only.

In Shrek 2, Pinocchio becomes one of Shrek's best friends prior to the events of the film. He helps Shrek and Princess Fiona in guarding their swamp while they visit Far Far Away. He is later seen, watching the Royal Far Far Away Ball and when Shrek (in his human form) is thrown into a police truck. Once seeing this, Pinocchio and the others travel to Far Far Away to free Shrek, Puss in Boots and Donkey. While there, he accidentally reveals that he wears thongs. After that, they managed to get into the castle and stop the Fairy Godmother and Prince Charming. He became a real boy when the Fairy Godmother used her magic wand on him. Unfortunately, when Gingy tried passing the wand to the three blind mice, they failed to catch it. As a result, Pinocchio was hit by a powerful blast of magic that turned him into a puppet again. He sings Mr. Roboto in Far Far Away Idol.

In Shrek The Third, Pinocchio, along with several other fairy tale creatures, attends Fiona's baby shower while Shrek, Donkey, and Puss in Boots are away. Charming and his evil followers crash the party, and he tries to get Pinocchio to tell them Shrek's location, as he knows that the puppet cannot lie. Pinocchio manages to get around the trap by talking in circles; however, Charming manages to find out the information in other ways. When Shrek and his company return, they find Pinocchio was imprisoned in a miniature theater, where he was forced to give a marionette performance for people who paid. He is freed and helps to defeat Charming and the other evil fairy tale creatures.

In Shrek Forever After, Pinocchio is seen running a library where 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 spilled all over the document while he was signing.

In Shrek Super Slam, he is a main character and his Slam move is Buzz Bomber, and he has a Doctor Pinocchio costume. According to the story with the Black Knight, Pinocchio works at Friar's Fat Boy.

Pinocchio also appears as an unlockable racer in the game Shrek Smash and Crash Racing. His kart is a wooden horse and his personal item is his long nose.

Big Bad Wolf

Template:Shrek character The Big Bad Wolf is based loosely on the character of Big Bad Wolf. He is voiced by Aron Warner. He is a kind character despite most other adaptations of him. His voice seems to be somewhat dull and monotonous. He is wearing a pink dress and this dress is probably from the grandmother of the Little Red Riding Hood. The Red Riding Hood seems to be changed into a villain (meaning that the producers intend to switch his and her personalities). The Big Bad Wolf is often heard saying, "What?". He is also friends with The Three Little Pigs in the films 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. Later, he is seen cheering as Shrek and Princess Fiona go on their honeymoon.

He has became good friends with Shrek and the gang prior to the events of Shrek 2. He is first seen in the beginning of the film in which Prince Charming arrives to the castle where Fiona was held in. However, instead of her, he is seen lying on the bed reading a magazine entitled "Pork Illustrated", a spoof of Sports Illustrated. In reality, Fiona and Shrek are still on their honeymoon, proving that Charming is too late to rescue. He helps Shrek and Princess Fiona in guarding their swamp while they visit Far Far Away. He is later seen, watching the Royal Far Far Away Ball and when Shrek (in his human form) is thrown into a police truck. Once seeing this, the Big Bad Wolf and the others travel to Far Far Away to free Shrek, Puss in Boots and Donkey. After that, they managed to get into the castle and stop the Fairy Godmother and Prince Charming. When they steal the Fairy Godmother's wand, in a Piggy in the Middle game, the Wolf uses his traditional 'huff and puff' to blow her away from it.

In Shrek The Third, Pinocchio, along with several other fairy tale creatures, attends Fiona's baby shower while Shrek, Donkey, and Puss in Boots are away. When Charming and his evil followers crash the party, he and the others stage a calm tea party. However, Charming manages to find out where Shrek is. When the trio return with Artie, they free him from a secret place. Then, he helps to defeat Charming and the other evil fairy tale creatures from killing Shrek before the entire kingdom.

He plays a small role in Shrek Forever After, he's on ogre triplet's brithday party. He is also one of the causes of Shrek's roar and a servant to Rumpelstiltskin, usually seen applying one of his wigs.

He may be bisexual, seeing that in the final of the first Shrek film, he was romantically dancing with a male-human soldier; but in previews of Shrek 2, he was reading a men's magazine titled "Playwolf", a spoof of Playboy Magazine.

Three Little Pigs

Template:Shrek character The Three Little Pigs are friends with Shrek and the gang. All three voiced initially by Cody Cameron; they have appeared in all Shrek films. In the original book and in the film, they are among the many fairy tale creatures to be banished into Shrek's swamp by Lord Farquaad. They also have a German accent.

They have a larger role in Shrek 2. By then, the pigs are best friends with Shrek prior to the events of the film. At the start of the film, the three pigs help look after Shrek's and Fiona's house while they visit the kingdom of Far Far Away. Later in the film, they see Shrek, Donkey and Puss in Boots arrested by local police officers in Far Far Away, and then free them, heading to the castle to stop Prince Charming. They managed to stop the Fairy Godmother's scheme and they celebrate. While they are friends with the Big Bad Wolf, they are still evidentally afraid of him, as seen in Far Far Away Idol. They were seen singing the chorus for him, but ran away in fear once he started singing "And I'm hungry like the wolf".

The pigs are less prominent role in the third film. They appear at the start of the film at Prince Charming's new job; an actor in a dinner theatre. They jeer him along with the rest of the crowd, leading 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, one of the pigs reveals Shrek's plan, and ends up locked up somewhere secret. The pigs are later freed and they head to the castle and managed to stop Prince Charming from killing Shrek in his show.

At the final chapter, Shrek Forever After, the Three Little Pigs played small roles, they all appeared at the ogre triplet's birthday party, they ate the occasion cake. Later in the alternate universe, they appear as assistants on Rumpelstiltskin's castle.

Three Blind Mice

The Three Blind Mice, based on the fairy-tale creatures, Three Blind Mice, are friends with Shrek and the gang. They all suffer from blindness and that is why they sport black sunglasses and all carry canes. Unlike the fairy-tale they are based on, their tails are not cut off and they show no signs of injuries. They are voiced by Christopher Knights and Simon J. Smith. In the Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party, they are voiced by Mike Myers.

At the beginning of the first film, they are banished into Shrek's swamp among the others by Lord Farquaad. They are not seen again until the final musical number "I'm a believer", during which two are temporarily turned into horses (by the fairies of Sleeping Beauty) to pull a wagon made from an onion.

In Shrek 2, the Three Blind Mice become one of Shrek's best friends prior to the events of the film. They help Shrek and Princess Fiona in guarding their swamp while they visit Far Far Away. They are later seen, watching the Royal Far Far Away Ball and when Shrek (in his human form) is thrown into a police truck. Once seeing this, the Blind Mice and the others travel to Far Far Away to free Shrek, Puss In Boots and Donkey. After that, they managed to get into the castle and stop the Fairy Godmother and Prince Charming. They later appear in Far Far Away Idol.

In Shrek The Third, the Three Blind Mice, along with several other fairy tale creatures, attends Fiona's baby shower while Shrek, Donkey, and Puss in Boots are away. Charming and his evil followers crash the party. Before the Prince arrives, the Three Blind Mice and the others stage a calm and soothing tea party, as if to pretend they are unaware of anything. However, they are inexplicably thrown into a secret location to be imprisoned. When Shrek and his company return, they are freed and helps to defeat Charming and the other evil fairy tale creatures.

At the fourth film, the mice are only seen in the normal universe, although rats are seen on the alternate univere it can't be concluded that they are part of it.

Dronkeys

Template:Shrek character Dronkeys are the hybrid offspring of Dragon and Donkey. The dronkeys were introduced in Shrek 2 as little more than a stinger gag. Audience members missed having Dragon in the film, which was revealed to the filmmakers during test screenings. Dragon reunites with Donkey in Far Far Away, only to have a surprise for him in two - 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 Bananas, Peanut, Parfait, and Debbie/Eclair.

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 closing, when Shrek and Fiona are caring for their newborn triplets. The dronkeys also serve as background action in the Christmas television special. They are featured playing with the ogre children of Shrek and the Princess. All the Dronkeys love their parents, especially their father, and have appeared to become good friends with the Ogre Triplets. This could mirror their fathers' friendship, only theirs is much more friendlier and shows less arguments between them. As well in the alternate universe when Donkey is told he has kids he asks: "Tell me, are my babies cute, or do they just make people feel uncomfortable?"

The only individual to be given any semblance of a personality is Bananas, who has bright green irises which 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 missing dronkey from Shrek 2. When the dronkeys were first introduced in the film's post-credits scene, there were six total - including a unique individual which was red in color like her mother. She is nowhere to be seen in Shrek the Third; this is a continuity error on the part of the filmmakers.

In addition, the dronkeys' names suffer inconsistencies. The majority of available sources for all five names cite the two girls as Cocoa and Debbie, and the three boys as Parfait, Peanut, and Bananas. However, a character guide feature on the Blu-ray Disc release of Shrek the Third omits Debbie and instead lists Eclair. They are voiced by Frank Welker (uncredited).

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 don't exist on that timeline.

Farkle, Fergus, & Felicia

Template:Shrek character Farkle, Fergus, & Felicia (also known as the Ogre Babies) are the infant children of Shrek and Princess Fiona. There are two males (Farkle and Fergus) and one female (Felicia) (this can be seen when she is wearing a pink bowtie, in a female fashion, tied to her hair). Like their parents, their skin is green and they inherit a lot of physical features too such as their ears.

In Shrek The Third, before their physical appearance, they are briefly mentioned by Princess Fiona when Shrek, Donkey and Puss in Boots are preparing to leave for finding Artie. She said that when Shrek and herself will go back to their swamp, there will be some little 'ogre feet' too. In their first physical appearance, they appear (along with hundreds of them) in Shrek's dream while Shrek is on his way, along with Donkey and Puss in Boots, to find Artie. They flood inside Shrek's house and later, they laugh at Shrek while he is visibly naked and wearing his graduation hat. In the end of the film, they are already born and they play around the swamp. Two of them pull Puss's tail and head (putting a pacifier into his mouth). Another pulls some ear wax from Shrek's ear uses it to draw pictures with his/her 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 enjoy seeing Puss, hugging him tightly and call him "Kitty". The two are shown to 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 proceed to do what they love the most seeing Puss. Which is hugging him too tightly, patting his back, and tugging on his tail. Among enjoying various Christmas stories, they actually get to see Santa Claus at the end.

In "Shrek Forever After", the three are learning to speak, they are also 1 year old each, they are now named Farkle, Fergus, & Felicia. The Ogre Babies didn't appeared at the alternate universe as their parents, Shrek and Fiona never met. They are voiced by Frank Welker (uncredited).

Queen Lillian

Template:Shrek character Queen Lillian was the wife of King Harold (currently a widow), and mother to Princess Fiona. She is voiced by Julie Andrews.

Queen Lillian makes her debut in the film Shrek 2, as Queen of Far Far Away. Although initially surprised at Fiona's transformation into an ogre, she is far more 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 movie, she still accepts him as she did years ago. It is revealed that she and Harold are the Princess and the frog from the famous fairy tale.

In Shrek the Third, she 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" (an in-joke referring to the song sung by Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music) and "A Spoonful of Sugar" from "Mary Poppins", another role Andrews is famous for. She is able to rally the other princesses from being damsels in distress to independent fighters. It was also revealed in the movie 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?") Lillian is last seen after the movie's finale in Shrek's swamp home, happily seeing her grandchildren and plays with an ogre triplet, who is spits up on her dress she initially looks distressed and a little disgusted, this changes as she finds it adorable.

King Harold

Template:Shrek character King Harold was the husband of Queen Lillian, and father to Princess Fiona. He was 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. King Harold had secretly made a promise to the Fairy Godmother that her son Prince Charming would marry Fiona. King Harold hires Puss in Boots to assassinate Shrek. King Harold then succumbs to guilt when Fiona finds out that Shrek is not around. Harold at first refuses when the Fairy Godmother asks him to give the love potion to Fiona that will cause her to fall in love with Prince Charming, because he recoils 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 loved the old Shrek (rather the 'new' one that Prince Charming is pretending to be), Harold swaps the cup which contains 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. He is finally transformed into his original form of the Frog Prince when he is hit by the Fairy Godmother's magic wand. The wife seems not at all unhappy about this turn of events. After this, he apologizes to Shrek and accepts him into the family, his wife saying that he is more of a man for accepting Shrek and Fiona's marriage than he ever was when he was actually human.

King Harold makes a very brief appearance in Shrek The Third as a frog king where he sadly dies of a sickness (probably old age or transition from human to frog years). Before he dies he tells Shrek that he and Fiona are next in line for the throne of Far Far Away, Shrek refuses as he cannot imagine an ogre as king. The king dies after telling Shrek about Fiona's cousin Arthur.

Footage from Monty Python: Almost The Truth confirms that John Cleese will reprise his role as King Harold in Shrek Forever After, he appears very briefly in a couple of flashbacks the first in which he and Lillian are shown about to make a deal with Rumplestilskin that if no one within the next 24 hours would rescue Fiona she would be his wife but just before they are about to sign they receive news that Shrek rescued her, he is later shown turning into pixie dust along with Lillian by Stilskin and him taking over their kingdom in the alternate universe, and at the end after everything is back to normal since he is dead at that point in time he is seen in a painting in which the eyes seem to move which may mean his spirit inhabits the painting. Unlike the previous films he is not seen in his frog form at any point.

The king's role is a partly reference to another character Cleese once starred; Basil Fawlty, from the sitcom Fawlty Towers. The king once makes a reference to 'his old war wound', to avoid his wife. This is obviously based on Fawlty's character, who often uses his 'honourable war wound' (a shrapnel shot from the Korean War) as an excuse, to rescue himself from displeasing situations. Also, both the king and Fawlty are very cynical and sarcastic at times.

Princesses

Cinderella

Template:Shrek character Cinderella is one of Princess Fiona's friends. Like the character she is based on, she wears her pair of glass slippers throughout the events of Shrek The Third. Cinderella does use her glass slipper as weapon. It functions somewhat the same as a boomerang. Also, she is possibly suffers from an anxiety disorder called Obsessive-compulsive disorder due to her obsession to cleanliness and tidiness after doing this extremely commonly when she was serving her stepmother and her stepsisters (revealed to be Doris and Mabel). This is a stark contrast to the Shrek 2 video game, in which she is portrayed as an oblivious valley girl. She is voiced by Amy Sedaris and she based loosely on the fairy-tale character, Cinderella.

When Lord Farquaad is forced to choose his wife so that he could be king, one of the choices was Cinderella herself. She is shown in a painting at #1 and she is depicted as wearing a yellow dress and trying on her glass slipper. However, Farquaad chooses #3 which is Princess Fiona. She is also shown at Shrek and Fiona's wedding fighting with Snow White to catch Fiona's bouquet. In Shrek 2, Cinderella is briefly mentioned when the Fairy Godmother is explaining to Shrek that ogres don't live happily ever after. There is also a picture of her in Fairy Godmother's factory thanking her which can be more closely seen in a "Behind-the-Scenes" guide. Because of this, it could also be possible that Cinderella's fairy godmother is indeed her.

Cinderella appears more prominently in Shrek The Third. However, she receives a design change such as that instead of her old yellow dress, she is now wearing a light blue-silver dress. She becomes friends with Princess Fiona prior to the events of the film. She first appears in Fiona's baby shower. However, Prince Charming interrupts Fiona's baby shower and takes over the throne. She escapes with Fiona, Queen Lillian and the other princesses. She is later betrayed by Rapunzel and imprisoned in a dungeon. They manage to escape and they head towards the castle. Snow White tricks the guards: talking trees, by singing a high tone to charm the animals and suddenly command them to attack the trees. Her plan works and they enter the castle's grounds and avoided the knights who are guarding. While trying to get into the castle, Cinderella hurls her glass slipper to a knight, knocking him out cold. Her throwing resembles a fashion to a boomerang. Cinderella, along with the other princesses and Queen Lillian, arrives just in time to stop Prince Charming from killing Shrek before the entire kingdom. After Charming is defeated, she is seen talking to the other princesses in the background.

Snow White

Template:Shrek character Snow White, is one of Princess Fiona's friends, and is based on the fairy-tale character, Snow White as well as the Disney version from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. She has a talent in singing and uses it to charm animals and direct them to follow her orders. She is shown to be very prideful 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 fairy-tale creatures to be banished to Shrek's swamp. She is shown sleeping inside her coffin and being handled by her 7 dwarves. When Lord Farquaad is forced to choose a wife, Snow White is the second choice, seen sleeping in the glass coffin. She is also shown at Shrek and Fiona's wedding fighting with Cinderella to catch Fiona's bouquet.

Snow White appears more prominently in Shrek The Third. According to this, she's shown to wear red. She has become friends with Fiona prior to the events of the film. However, Prince Charming interrupts Fiona's baby shower after she gives her a dwarf as a gift to babysit her babies. She says that she has 6 more of them at home. She escapes with Fiona, Queen Lillian and the other princesses. She is later betrayed by Rapunzel and imprisoned in a dungeon. They manage to escape and they head towards the castle. She tricks the guards - talking trees - by singing a high tone to charm the animals (With the same singing voice as the Disney version of Snow White) and suddenly command them to attack the trees. Her plan works and they enter the castle's grounds and avoided the knights who are guarding it. Snow White, along with the other princesses and Queen Lillian, arrives just in time to stop Prince Charming from killing Shrek before the entire kingdom. After Charming is defeated, she is seen talking to the other princesses in the background.

Sleeping Beauty

Template:Shrek character Sleeping Beauty is one of Princess Fiona's friends, and is based on the fairy-tale character, Sleeping Beauty (whose real name according to the story is Briar Rose). She is voiced by Cheri Oteri. Like the character she is based on, she literally sleeps a lot. This implies that she suffers from narcolepsy in which she sleeps during inappropriate times. She actually can avoid knights by falling onto the ground, tripping the knights down. Due to the fact that she does so much sleeping in the film, little is known about her personality, other than she seems to be a fair, nice person.

In Shrek 2, Sleeping Beauty is shown in a poorly drawn picture in Fiona's diary. It explains that she has a party with all the other princesses. However, Princess Fiona is not allowed to go due to her ogre-appearance charm that takes place every night. She is briefly mentioned when the Fairy Godmother is explaining to Shrek that ogres don't live happily ever after. Later, she comes in the film but receives no dialogue. Sleeping Beauty is seen when a limo pulls up at the red carpet to the Royal Far Far Away Ball. When the door opens, Sleeping Beauty falls to the ground, still sleeping. In the film, she is wearing a blue dress with a crown.

Sleeping Beauty appears more prominently in Shrek The Third. However, she receives a design change such as that instead of her old blue dress, she is now wearing a white-green dress, and instead of having golden hair, she now has shown that she has light brown hair. She becomes friends with Princess Fiona prior to the events of the film. She first appears in Fiona's baby shower. However, Prince Charming interrupts Fiona's baby shower and takes over the throne. She escapes with Fiona, Queen Lillian and the other princesses. She is later betrayed by Rapunzel and imprisoned in a dungeon. They manage to escape and they head towards the castle. Snow White tricks the guards: talking trees, by singing a high tone to charm the animals and suddenly command them to attack the trees. Her plan works and they enter the castle's grounds and avoided the knights who are guarding. While trying to get into the castle, Sleeping Beauty (due to her suffering from narcolepsy) yawns and falls onto the ground. This causes the knights to trip over her and fall, unconscious. Sleeping Beauty, along with the other princesses and Queen Lillian, arrives just in time to stop Prince Charming from killing Shrek before the entire kingdom. After Charming is defeated, she is seen talking to the other princesses in the background.

Rapunzel

Template:Shrek character Rapunzel is one of Princess Fiona's friends. She is voiced by Maya Rudolph. Unlike the rest of the princesses, she betrayed the group by siding with Prince Charming and assists in his evil plans. It is revealed in the end of the movie that she is actually bald and she is wearing a long braided wig. While unlikely, this could be a reference to the fairy tale when the witch cuts off her hair. She actually has a sympathetic side. This is evidenced when she reminds Charming to not hurt the princesses and Queen Lillian as he promised. Also, as they are led to their dungeon, she turns back and gave a sorrowful expression on her face. She is snobby, opinionated, vain, and doesn't seem to get along with the bossy Snow White in particular.

In Shrek The Third, she is first seen during Fiona's baby shower until Prince Charming invades the castle and the princesses and Queen Lillian escape secretly. Eventually, Rapunzel pretends to find an exit and runs all the way to where Charming really is. The princesses and the Queen follow but are cornered by Charming's knights. Rapunzel then shows off her love and affection towards the Prince and the ladies are imprisoned in a dungeon. While they are imprisoned, Rapunzel is practising 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 was a mimick of Rapunzel's) but the play was interrupted by all of Shrek's friends and wife. Gingy enters the stage by holding on to her hair as he quickly gets down. He accidentally pulls all of her hair and Rapunzel gasps in horror (when it is revealed that she is actually bald). She later runs away from the stage due to the embarrassment.

Doris the Ugly Stepsister

Main article: Ugly sisters § Analysis of Doris

Doris is one of Cinderella's Stepsisters, and first appears in Shrek 2. Unlike other adaptations of the sisters, she is more of an ally to Fiona. It is the only one that is not a princess between the friends of Fiona. She's seen as an unusually ugly female bartender at the Poison Apple, who has an extremely deep, male voice. At first, she had a crush on Charming and forces him to kiss her at the end of Shrek 2. She also seen during Fiona's baby shower in Shrek the Third. She is accused of being ugly in Far Far Away Idol by Simon Cowell, where she sings Cyndi Lauper's Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. Voiced by Larry King in the US version and Jonathan Ross in the UK version.

Merlin

Template:Shrek character Merlin is a retired wizard teacher from Artie's high school, Worcestershire in Shrek the Third. Merlin is roughly based on the mythological Merlin, as well as his Disney counterpart from The Sword in the Stone. He is voiced by Eric Idle.

In Shrek 3, after their ship crashed into sharp rocks, Shrek, Donkey, Puss, and Artie get stranded on an island (possibly Lovers' Beach in Far Far Away) where they met Arthur's retired teacher Merlin after Artie tries to separate himself from Shrek. Since he retired due to a nervous breakdown (although he calls it "third-level fatigue"), Merlin seems rather crazy 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 destroyed a boulder. In order to help Shrek and Arthur reconcile, 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 him frightened and confused. Merlin then is happy they decided to look into their soul and as he retreats to his hut, Shrek takes this opportunity to show Arthur that they're not so different after all. When Captain Hook and his cronies ambush the four, he plays his piano and Merlin is beside him playing it too, before being shoved off. 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 are inexplicably shown to have returned to normal later).

In the videogame followup of the first Shrek film, there is a different version of Merlin that kidnaps Fiona and serves as the game's antagonist.

Main Villains

Lord Farquaad

Main article: Lord Farquaad

Being the main antagonist in the 1st film, Lord Farquaad was a short man, who desired absolute power over his kingdom.

Farquaad banished the fairy-tale creatures from Duloc. Voiced by John Lithgow.

The Fairy Godmother

Main article: Fairy Godmother (Shrek)

Being the main antagonist in the 2nd film, the Fairy Godmother was an old woman and Prince Charming's mother, who could fly with her butterfly-like wings and had a wand for selfish purposes. She even made Kyle, her shofer, do everything for her. Voiced by Jennifer Saunders.

Prince Charming

Main article: Prince Charming (Shrek)

Being the secondary antagonist in the 2nd film and the main antagonist in the 3rd film, Prince Charming was a dashingly handsome prince-to-be and wanted to be the king of Far Far Away, but was thwarted by Shrek and killed by Dragon. Voiced by Rupert Everett.

Rumpelstiltskin

Being a minor villain in the 3rd film and the main antagonist in the 4th film, Rumpelstiltskin is a short man who makes magical deals and had a giant pet goose named Fifi. He first debuted in Shrek the Third. He appears as one of the villains in the Poison Apple bar. When he first appears, he wears facial hair and yellow clothing, and is incorrectly named "Frumpypigskin" by Prince Charming, but still joins Charming's attack on Far Far Away. In Shrek Forever After, he appears younger than his appearance in Shrek the Third and makes a deal with Shrek which allowed him to be the ruler of Far Far Away and he had an army of witches to stop Shrek. Voiced by Conrad Vernon (Shrek the Third) and Walt Dohrn (Shrek Forever After).

Minor Villains

Captain Hook

Captain Hook appeared in the Poison Apple Bar in Shrek 2 where he plays the piano and sings "Little Drop of Poison" and "People Just Ain't No Good". He later appeared 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're beautiful." Throughout the series, he wears a purple coat.

Thelonious

Thelonious appears in the movie Shrek. He is one of Lord Farquaad's henchman. Thelonious shows little signs of intelligence in this film. This is shown when Lord Farquaad is deciding between three princesses, 1, 2 and 3. Thelonious is heard saying "3". However, he holds up two fingers, thus showing his lack of intelligence. Due to having a black mask over his head, Thelonious could be Farquaad's executioner as well. Due to Shrek 4-D, it can be assumed that Thelonious is also an ogre as Lord Farquaad's ghost tells him to go back to his own kind when pointing to Shrek and Fiona. It is also seen that behind Thelonious' mask, it is pure green. This also implies he may be an ogre in disguise, so Lord Farquaad does not fire him from his job that he loves.He will make a cameo in Shrek Forever After but only during the credits.

Cyclops

The Cyclops is the bouncer for the Poison Apple. He appears in Shrek Super Slam and his slam is Eye in the Sky. The Cyclops helps Prince Charming in his attempt to take over Far Far Away in Shrek the Third. It is also seen that he has a daughter with one eye like him. It is shown that he is a family guy, and doesn't really want to be evil. He apologizes to Shrek when he hits him too hard.

The Evil Trees

Appearing briefly in the second film but more prominently in the third, the two evil trees are seen helping Prince Charming. In one scene of the third film, their names are revealed as Ed and Steve. In the same scene, they explain that it's hard to find work since most of the world is against them. It's assumed that they're the trees from The Wizard of Oz.

Headless Horseman

Appears in the second film making a cameo in the Poisoned Apple. And the third came with Prince Charming in his invasion of villains. He seems to be a good friend of the Captain Hook. He also reveals that he's "always wanted to play the flute".

Mabel the Ugly Stepsister

Main article: Ugly sisters § Analysis of Mabel

Mabel, one of Cinderella's Stepsisters, appears in Shrek the Third where she assists Prince Charming in his plan to take over Far Far Away. She is Doris's sister and when Prince Charming asks her where Doris is at the Poison Apple Bar, she says "that she isn't welcome anymore" (presumably because Doris now resides in the castle with Shrek and Princess Fiona). It is shown that she has a crush on Prince Charming. Voiced by Regis Philbin.

The Evil Queen

The Evil Queen appears in the 3rd Shrek film, where she assists Prince Charming in taking over Far Far Away. Prince Charming refers to her as the Wicked Witch. When Artie asserts they all can't be evil, the Queen voices her desire to open a spa in France. Voiced by Susan Blakeslee.

The Puppet Master

He appeared in Shrek the Third where Prince Charming convinces Puppet Master to join his brigade by talking about how Pinocchio went off to find his "real" father and never writes.

Sir Lancelot

Fellow at the Artie's high school. He fights and picks nonstop on Artie and treats him very badly. Lancelot is like a "school bully." He also bears an uncanny resemblance to Angeal from Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII.

Monsieur Robin Hood

The French-speaking version of Robin Hood appears in the first Shrek movie. Thinking Shrek is kidnapping Princess Fiona, he tries to save her with the aid of his Merry Men. They are defeated by Princess Fiona, who uses her karate skills. Robin Hood and his Merry Men also 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 YMCA). Voiced by Vincent Cassel.

The Black Knight

The gibberish-speaking Black Knight in black armor and a red cape appears in Shrek Super Slam. He is available as a standard character with his slam being the Seismic Smash.

Witches

The Witches are seen as one of Rumpelstitlskin's main assistants at Shrek Forever After, they wore black coats and have long noses and greenish faces. They ride their broomsticks and uses pumpkins as bombs. They can die by water as what Rumpelstitlskin did on one of them. Some of them are also seen dancing modern hip hop moves with the Pied Piper's flute after they ridiculed him. They are defeated at the final face off.

The Pied Piper

He is seen in final installment of the Shrek series in Shrek 4, when Rumplestilskin hires him to wipe out the ogres, he has a magic flute which controls any creature the knob points to when he turns a dial, he is never heard speaking in the film.

Other characters

Fifi

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, at the end after Stiltskin has been defeated Fiona sings a high note causing Fifi to explode like what happened in the first movie with a bluebird.

Magic Mirror

The Magic Mirror is owned by Lord Farquaad. He presents Lord Farquaad with three princesses that he can marry (from which he chooses Fiona). The mirror also appears in the "I'm a Believer" scene at the end of the movie, as well as the scene in Shrek 2, where Shrek, Donkey, and Puss are being arrested, meaning he may have teamed up with Shrek's posse. Voiced by Chris Miller. Magic Mirror will appear in the final film Shrek Forever After.

Mongo

Mongo, the giant gingerbread man created by the Muffin Man. He is based on the character Mongo from Blazing Saddles and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters. He even roars like him.

At the end of the movie, he sings a section of Livin' la Vida Loca.

He is the background character of the arena "Mongo" in Shrek Super Slam, where he is carrying a giant birthday cake. Mongo also makes a cameo in Shrek Smash and Crash Racing. He roams in the suburbs of Far Far Away track and if any racers make contact with him, they will spin out.

He does (not) reappear in Shrek Forever After.

Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood is shown at the beginning of Shrek 2, working for a honeymooner-oriented camping park, offering food for sale. She runs away after seeing Shrek and Fiona as ogres and leaves her basket behind and Shrek and Fiona proceed to eat its contents. She also appears in Shrek 2 the game, where she appears as a professional softball pitcher. Her slam is Basket of Utter Destruction. She has a different appearance in the two productions. She made a cameo in Shrek the Third, where she pick-pocketed a dwarf while cloaking herself in her red hood. She is also seen in Shrek 2 in the Poisoned Apple, a bar for villains. She also offered to help Prince charming take over Far Far Away (It is unknown why she is considered a villain in that film, but is possibly because she is the adversary of the Big Bad Wolf). Little Red Riding Hood appears as a racer in the game Shrek Smash and Crash Racing. Her name is simply "Red Riding Hood" and her appearance is the same as her appearance in the film Shrek 2. Little Red Riding Hood's kart is the Big Bad Wolf and her personal item is a picnic basket.

The Muffin Man

The Muffin Man, who lives on Drury Lane, enter King Harold's castle during the Wedding Ball. He is voiced by an unknown voice actor. In the third movie, the Muffin Man is revealed to be a father figure to Gingy as he calls him "Papa". Like the Nursery Rhyme, he lives on Drury Lane. He will reappear in Shrek Forever After.

The Seven Dwarves

The Seven Dwarfs first appear in the first movie carrying Snow White's coffin. These Seven Dwarves are later seen in Shrek 2 when they give Shrek a ring engraved with "I love you" in flaming letters (for Fiona). This is an allusion to the One Ring from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy book, The Lord of the Rings, recently popularized by Peter Jackson's film trilogy. In "Shrek the Third", some evil dwarves assist Prince Charming in his plan to take over Far Far Away. Also in "Shrek the Third" a Dwarf is given to Fiona as a wedding present from Snow White. When Fiona refuses Snow White muses she has "six more" back home.

Mr. Geppetto

Mr. Geppetto is Pinocchio's father. Mr. Geppetto can be seen, selling Pinocchio to Farquaad's army in the 1st film. Reappears in Shrek Forever After where Pinocchio tries to pass him off as Shrek to Rumplestilskin.

The Fairies

A fairy that resembles Tinkerbell appears in Shrek 2 when she was dancing with Gingy during the Far Far Away Idol and used as lighting for a mud bath. She was almost traded in by Peter Pan in the first movie. She used her magic to turn Puss's boots into dancing ones during the Far Far Away Idols. She was also a player in Shrek 2 the video game and helped to rescue Shrek, Donkey, and Puss along with Lil' Red, Big Bad Wolf, and the Gingerbread Man. In the game Shrek Smash and Crash Racing, Tinkerbell makes a cameo in the Potion Factory Exterior Track. She is the purple fairy that flies across the track and if any character hits her, they will spin out. An assortment of fairies were seen in the first Shrek movie and the second.

The Three Bears

The Three Bears appear in the first movie among the fairy tale characters captured by Lord Farquaad's troops and sent to Shrek's swamp. A bear that resembles Mama Bear is seen in Lord Farquaad's Bedroom as a bear skin rug, however at the end of the movie, during their big song party it is revealed that Mama bear is alive and well. In Shrek Smash and Crash Racing, Papa Bear is used as a kart for Goldilocks. Papa Bear however is not a playable character. In Shrek Superslam, there is a bear skin rug of a bear (most likely Papa Bear) in one of the secret arenas.

Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty, who sat on a wall, has yet to appear in a Shrek movie, (his grave can be seen in Shrek 4-D) but appeared in Shrek Super Slam as an unlockable character. Humpty is the only secret character in this game to have a secret costume; he played Master Fu, which is a spoof of the word, "Kung-Fu". In Shrek Smash and Crash Racing, his appearance differs from his appearance in other videogames. Humpty Dumpty now wears racing goggles. Humpty Dumpty's kart is the flying chicken and his special item is a frying pan. As stated above, Humpty Dumpty's grave is seen in Shrek 4-D, but is still seen in the Shrek videogames. Thus, it is unknown if he is still alive or not.

The Little Mermaid

A mermaid resembling Ariel the Little Mermaid makes a cameo appearance during the Accidentally in Love scene in the second movie when Shrek and Fiona are on the beach during their honeymoon a wave comes in and when it goes back out Ariel is on top of Shrek kissing him.And Fiona throws her back into the sea and the mermaid is eaten by sharks.

Tom Thumb

Tom Thumb is in the second movie walking with Thumbelina on the Red Carpet at Fiona and Shrek's Wedding Ball. They are both ignominiously swept up along with the debris cluttering the Red Carpet and possibly fail to attend the Wedding Ball because of this. Tom Thumb pushed Thumbelina in front of him as they get swept up.

Thumbelina

Thumbelina appears in the second movie walking with Tom Thumb on the Red Carpet at Fiona and Shrek's Wedding Ball. They are both ignominiously swept up along with the debris cluttering the Red Carpet.

The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper appeared in the first movie playing his pipe to the mice there. The Pied Piper also makes an appearance in the Downtown of Far Far Away track in the game Shrek Smash and Crash Racing. He can be seen toward the end of the track playing the flute while mice run across the track to create an obstacle for the racers. He also appeared as a boss in the Shrek 2 video game, in which he has only one hit point and no means of attack at all, but uses numerous rats to attack Shrek. The Pied Piper also appears in the Game Boy Advance game, Shrek Reekin Havoc as a boss in Sweetsville. The Pied Piper also appears in Shrek Forever After as a bounty hunter who uses his flute to control his prey. he has never been heard speaking in the films though. flute is played by Jeremy Steig.

Peter Pan

In the first Shrek movie, Peter Pan is seen waiting in line to sell Tinkerbell. His only line in the film is "He can fly!" (delivered when Tinkerbell inadvertently sprinkles fairy dust on Donkey). In Shrek the Third game, it is implied Captain Hook killed him. Although in the film, he approaches a small boy in Far Far Away stating, "Well well well, if it isn't Peter Pan!", mistaking him for Peter Pan.

"Wendy"

When Captain Hook approaches the small boy in Far Far Away, he also calls his mother and says "Shut it Wendy." It has not been confirmed whether this is really Wendy or if Hook is simply harassing her.

The Old Lady in the Shoe

Her house was seen when all the fairy tale characters were condemned into Shrek's swamp by Lord Farquaad.

The Knight's Horse

Artie's pet horse is a main character, voiced by Frank Welker from the movie Shrek the Third.

Appearances of the characters

Character	Shrek	Shrek 2	Shrek the Third	Shrek Forever After
Shrek	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Donkey	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Princess Fiona	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Puss in Boots	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dragon	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dronkeys	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rumplestiltskin	No	No	Yes	Yes
King Harold	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Queen Lillian	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Gingerbread Man	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pinocchio	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
The Big Bad Wolf	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Three Little Pigs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Three Blind Mice	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
King Artie	No	No	Yes	No
Lord Farquaad	Yes	No	Cameo	Cameo
Fairy Godmother	No	Yes	Mentioned	Mentioned and cameo
Prince Charming	Mentioned	Yes	Yes	Cameo
Merlin	No	No	Yes	No
Captain Hook	No	Yes	Yes	No
Evil Queen	No	Cameo	Yes	No
Sir Lancelot	No	No	Yes	No
Mongo	No	Yes	No	No
Snow White	Picture on Magic Mirror and cameos	No	Yes	Mentioned and cameo
Cinderella	Picture on Magic Mirror and cameos	No	Yes	Mentioned and cameo
Sleeping Beauty	No	Cameo	Yes	Mentioned and cameo
Rapunzel	No	No	Yes	Mentioned and cameo