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* [[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.
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▲* [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]]: Monsueir Hood's appearance in the original movie.
* [[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 whenever {{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. Thankfully, he gets his whenever 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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** The Austrian version had a different voice Actor for the Fairy Godmother than the German version.
* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: "A musical of ''Shrek?'' Oh c'mon! Haven't they [[Cash Cow Franchise|milked the franchise]] enou-- wait, what? [[Sesame Street|John]] [[Avenue Q|Tartaglia]]'s in it? ''[[Hilarious in Hindsight|As a puppet?!]]'' Where're they selling tickets?!"
** Same goes for the new and ''vastly'' improved Dragon puppet created for the tour.
* [[Crack Pairing]]: Quite a few. And within the actual show no less!
** In earlier performances, the White Rabbit and the (female) Ugly Duckling were frequently seen together; in the finale, he'd propose to her.
** Even Pinocchio and the Shoemaker's Elf - and the Sugar Plum Fairy and Tweedle Dum later - were sometimes given [[Last-Minute Hookup|Last Minute Hookups]].
** Later, in one of the promotional materials, it was revealed that Gingy has a crush on the Elf.
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: "Who I'd Be", the "[[Wicked (theatre)|Defying Gravity]]" of ''Shrek''.
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Pinocchio. The mere fact that he was originally played by [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|John Tartaglia]] may or may not have a lot to do with it.
* [[Ear Worm]]: ''"I think I got you beat, I think I got you beat! Yea-ah! Yea-ah! Yea-ah!"''
** ''"Sing a song, yes a travel song, when ya' gotta go somewhere~"''
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: It wasn't until a friend pointed it out that John Tartaglia, who has been a puppeteer most of his life, realized and appreciate the irony of playing Pinocchio, a literal puppet character.
* [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]]: The initial reaction to the song "Donkey Pot Pie" being replaced with "Forever." This has died down since then.
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