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== ''Shrek''
* [[Adaptation Displacement]]: You probably won't find a lot of people who have even heard of ''[[wikipedia:Shrek!|Shrek!]]'' by Willaim Steig. So much was added to this little story that about the only thing it and the movies have in common is... a grumpy ogre named Shrek, a donkey, and an "ugly" princess.
* [[Non Sequitur Scene]]: Monsueir Hood's appearance in the original movie.
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* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: The Gingerbread Man.
* [[First Installment Wins]]: The first film is considered by fans as the best due to the satirical tone and simpler plot.
* [[Fountain of Memes]]: Since the 2010s, the franchise as a whole has generated tons of memes.
* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: Farquaad chose Shrek's swamp for his [[Fantastic Ghetto]] because he knew there was an ogre there and decided it's easier to move every other fairy tale creature to his place rather than taking pains to move ''him'' anywhere else.
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▲** One of the first things Shrek said to Fiona was "You were expecting Prince Charming?" And then...
▲** Lord Farquaad is mostly a pompous asshole with a mean streak for most of the first movie, but he really crosses the line during the film's climax when {{spoiler|he sees Fiona's ogre form. He freaks out and orders for Fiona to be dragged back to her tower and locked up for life while having his knights Haul off Shrek to be executed via getting drawn and quartered. Thankfully, he gets his when Dragon crashes in and devours him.}}
* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: Shrek's roar. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S01rd0G9peM Video here.]
* [[The Problem with Licensed Games]]: Many of the games based on Shrek franchise aren't exactly critically acclaimed.
* [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny]]: When the first ''Shrek'' movie came out, it was considered a witty and refreshing break from the then-formulaic [[Disney Animated Canon]] fare, and it put [[Dreamworks Animation]] on the map. Nowadays ''Shrek'''s often blamed for killing traditional animated films and starting a trend of rather mediocre [[All CGI Cartoon|CGI fims]] overly reliant on [[Anachronism Stew]] and [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]. It didn't help that Dreamworks would not only give Shrek four sequels, but rehash the formula for [[Shark Tale|most]] [[Madagascar|of]] [[Over the Hedge (animation)|their]] [[Flushed Away|other]] [[Bee Movie|films]] until they [[Growing the Beard|Grew the Beard]] with ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]''.
** And after Dreamworks themselves grew the beard, other studios followed suit - instead of making ''Shrek'' ripoffs, they themselves started more frequently producing [[Bolt|original]] [[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs|and well-liked]] [[Despicable Me|CGI movies]].
* [[Signature Song]]: "All Star".
* [[Woolseyism]]: The Polish version is arguably funnier than the original, at least to Poles.
** Same applies to the Hungarian version (and every other localization, I'm inclined to believe), with an extremely clever choice of voice actors and well-adapted cultural references.
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