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'''''Shrek SuperSlam''''' is a 2005 fighting3D videofour-player game[[Fighting Game]] developed by Shaba Games and published by [[Activision]]. basedBased on the ''[[Shrek]]'' franchise., Itit is considered a rare example of [[No Problem With Licensed Games|a good and fun licensed game]] that gained a cult following among ''Shrek'' fans and waseven saw usedplay forin fighting game competitions.
 
The game'sstory Storymode Mode is the only one withuses a plot.literal In[[Excuse it,Plot]]: Donkey and Dragon's kids with the dragons are still veryup and active late in theone night, and when Shrek tries to tell them fairy tale stories of a book to make them sleep, the babies accidentally burn the book. Fiona suggests to the others to make up and tell stories whichof theytheir themselvesown, created.laying Shrekthe beginsfoundation tofor tell[[Let's a storyYou and Him Fight|the firstpremise of manythe fights]]. The battles feature destructible environments and a meter that players can fill up to execute Slam attacks - [[ExcuseSuper Plot|Excuse PlotsMove]]s begin..that ragdoll the target around the stage for maximum destructive impact.
 
The actual gameplay though, it's a 3D [[Fighting Game]] with some destructible environments and a meter which you can fill up to execute a Slam attack. A successful Slam makes the target character to be pushed around the stage, further destroying and changing it. Up to four players can fight at the same time.
 
Developed by Shaba Games. Published by Activision.
 
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* [[Based on a Great Big Lie]]: [[Played With]]. The stories Shrek and friends tell were intended to be made-up, but by the end of the Story Mode, the group's arguing between themselves about which ones were real.
* [[Excuse Plot]]: Taken almost to literal levels. The story mode fights are, in-universe, stories invented by Shrek and his friends to make the baby donkey-dragons sleep. And they are basically excuses to make characters fight.
* [[Cute Witch]]: Luna.
* [[Evil Genius]]: The Puppetmaster(a [[Palette Swap]] version of Pinocchio) , which can create puppet versions of people which replicate the originals' fighting abilities to the letter.▼
* [[EvilExcuse KnockoffPlot]]: In[[Invoked]]. theThe Story Mode Chapterfights 8,are the Puppetmasterresult hasof createdstories puppet,invented [[Frankenstein]]-like versions ofby Shrek and Fiona,his andfriends gangsto upentertain withDonkey them toand attackDragon's Puss-In-Bootschildren.
▲* [[Evil Genius]]: The Puppetmaster( is a [[Palette Swap]] version of Pinocchio) , whichwho can create puppet versionsreplicas of people which replicate the originals' fighting abilities to theother lettercharacters.
* [[Fartillery]]: Shrek can use his farts for his slam.▼
* [[ForEvil Science!Knockoff]]: The[[Frankenstein]]-like onlyversions motivationof givenShrek and Fiona are created by the Puppetmaster toin hisChapter evil actions8, thatand arehe impliedgangs toup bewith kidnappingthem andto non-consensualattack experimentation on sentientPuss-In-beingsBoots.
▲* [[Fartillery]]: Shrek can use his farts for his slamSlam attack.
* [[Hypnotic Eyes]]: Puss' infamous [[Puppy Eyes]] technique used in the second movie is shown here as some kind of hypnosis, given the [[Stock Sound Effect]] and imagery(it emits circles through the air in succession).
* [[For Science!]]: The Puppetmaster's motivation for kidnapping and experimenting on people.
* [[Here We Go Again]]: {{Spoiler|At the end of story mode, Shrek tells the narrator to shut up or the ogre will beat him up. This makes the babies wake up again}}.
* [[Hypnotic Eyes]]: Puss's infamous [[Puppy Eyes]] technique from ''Shrek 2'' is used as this in his Slam attack.
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]:
** Donkey says nobody will fall asleep hearing stories in the intro of storyStory modeMode. Shrek saysmerely has to say "once upon a time", and he's alreadyout doeslike a itlight.
** In "K.N.I.G.T.H.S.", Donkey says he committed no crimes before outright confessing to a series of misdeeds.
* [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]: [[Interspecies Romance|Donkey had half-donkey, half-dragon babies with theand Dragon,'s]] something[[Hybrid shownChild]]ren only appeared in the very last seconds of ''[[Shrek 2]]''.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]:
** In a more straight case, theThe game's version of [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (novel)|Quasimodo]] is inspired by [[Kurt Cobain]], withbased on the hair, rebellious rock-star attitude, and a stage theme which sounds suspiciously like "Smells Like Teen Spirit".▼
** In-universe. The story mode is in no way real, but still stars most of Shrek friends along a few in-universe fictional characters, that is, created for the [[Show Within a Show]].
** [[Invoked]] [[In-Universe]] with Shrek and the gang telling stories about themselves and others.
▲** In a more straight case, the game's version of [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Quasimodo]] is inspired by Kurt Cobain, with the hair, rebellious rock-star attitude, and a stage theme which sounds like "Smells Like Teen Spirit".
** In a more straight case,
* [[No Ending]]: None of the stories have any conclusion of their story lines, at best the player character cheering after defeating his opponent.
* [[Palette Swap]]: Every character has multiple skins.
* [[Puppy Eyes]]: Puss uses this before he charges at his enemies for his slamSlam attacks.
* [[Shaped Like Itself]]: Shrek(the ogre) discusses with Donkey at the story mode's ending, saying that Donkey's stories are making him look like an ogre.
* [[Show Within a Show]]: The Story Mode is a bunch of bedtime stories being told to the baby donkey-dragons.
* [[Show Within a Show]]: The story mode is a bunch of false, but supposedly true according with their narrators, bedtime stories being told to the baby donkey-dragons. At the end of it, the adults begin to fight between themselves for their obvious lying nature.
* [[The Dreaded]]: The moment Gingerbread Man shows up in the cowboy story, people on the barbargoers immediately run away, likely already expecting him to start a fight.
 
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