Fabulous characters "Shrek": list, characteristics and interesting facts

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In 2001, the cartoon "Shrek" was released on world screens, which won the hearts of millions of viewers of different ages. The audience was especially sympathetic to his characters: Shrek, Princess Fiona and their friends are described with a fair amount of humor and satire. So, who are they - the heroes of the famous cartoon?

Ogre Shrek

The series of cartoons about the cannibal Shrek mainly involved non-original characters. Shrek and his friends came to us from the plots of well-known fairy tales, just their images were slightly corrected and presented in a postmodern light.

The main character named Shrek is a typical ogre from Western folklore. This image was first used under this name by the writer William Steig in his children's book Shrek! Based on this work, an entire animation franchise was then filmed.

The hero of the cartoon of the same name has green skin and elongated ears in the form of a tube. Shrek is tall, his stomach bulges a little. The ogre wears a beige canvas shirt, vest, and dark brown pants.

Shrek is unsociable andprefers to live exclusively in swamps. He does not really favor guests and is most often gloomy. The only ones who agree to tolerate such behavior are the sociable Donkey and Princess Fiona, who sincerely loves the good-natured giant.

Shrek cartoon character Princess Fiona

At the beginning of the first part of the franchise, Fiona appears before us as a beautiful princess in human form. She lives in an abandoned castle and is waiting to be rescued by Prince Charming. But instead of the prince, a rude and ugly Shrek comes. He was sent for the princess by a certain Lord Farquaad, promising in return to free the ogre's house from fabulous creatures. Fiona has no choice but to obey and follow the green liberator to the castle of her future fiancé Farquaad. This is how the main cartoon characters get to know each other.

Shrek is not very friendly with the princess. And yet, during their journey, they managed to feel each other's feelings. Then it turns out that a curse prevails over Fiona: at night she becomes as green and ugly as Shrek. After much thought, Fiona gives up her beauty, kisses the unattractive, but devoted and good-natured Shrek, and then turns into an ogre forever.

In subsequent cartoons, Fiona and Shrek got married and had three children.

Donkey

The cartoon is filled with interesting characters, but there are simply unforgettable characters. Shrek sets off to rescue Fiona from the tower along with the annoying Donkey. The donkey talks a lot and may seem stupid, but in factin fact, he is just a sociable and good-natured animal.

With his habit of speaking out loud whatever he thinks, Donkey annoys the ogre. But it is this hero who manages to convince Shrek that for the sake of his love he must take a risk, go to the wedding ceremony of Fiona and Lord Farquaad and confess his feelings to the princess.

Subsequently, the Donkey will become a friend of the family and will compete for the title of best friend with Puss in Boots. Another juicy fact: the Donkey will have an affair with the Dragon, who guarded Fiona in the castle, the characters will get married and have hybrid children.

Puss in Boots

Colorful hero in the cartoon series is considered not only the ogre Shrek. Characters whose names have not left the lips of enthusiastic children are Puss in Boots, Robin Hood, and the Fairy Godmother.

Puss in Boots appears in the second part of the franchise and becomes a full member of the ensemble of the main characters of the cartoon. He carries a tiny sharp saber on his belt, and also often uses a diversion in battle: he makes big sad eyes, but as soon as the enemy takes pity on him, he hits him in the most vulnerable place.

According to the story, Puss in Boots worked as a hitman before he met an ogre. Fiona's father hired the Cat to eliminate the inconvenient fiancé. But during the attack on the ogre, the Cat choked on his hair, and Shrek did not take advantage of the weakness of the enemy and saved his life. After that, the hot Spanish Cat declared that Shrek became his friend forever.

Osluhe didn’t like this news: he was jealous of Shrek for the Cat, so for a long time he tried to survive the red purr from their friendly company.

Fairy Godmother

Shrek cartoon characters have found a new life in this project. So the kind Fairy Godmother from the fairy tale about Cinderella suddenly turned into the main antagonist in the second part of the franchise.

In "Shrek" the Fairy appears before the viewer as a prudent business woman. She has compromising evidence on the first persons of the fabulous state, including the king. By force, she forces Fiona's father to intervene in his daughter's family relations and make her recognize Prince Charming (the son of the Fairy Godmother) as her husband. However, the intrigues of this heroine go to waste: Shrek still found a way to avoid death and arrived at the ball to free Fiona from evil spells with a kiss. From anger, the Fairy Godmother burst and turned into soap bubbles.

Prince Charming

Fairy-tale characters Shrek, Donkey and Puss in Boots for two cartoons confront the insidious Prince Charming.

Prince Charming in ordinary fairy tales is a good character. But in Shrek, this character is the son of a hypocritical Fairy Godmother, and by nature is a narcissistic, self-confident villain.

In the second part of the franchise, Prince Charming tries to convince Fiona that he is her husband Shrek. Allegedly, Shrek drank the potion and turned into a man specifically for her sake. But this lie is exposed at the end of the animated film. Prince Charming returns to the screens in the thirdissue: this time he is trying to take the throne from Fiona and Shrek. The villain manages to realize his insidious plan: Fiona and other fairy-tale heroines go underground, while Shrek is trying to convince Prince Arthur that the young man is worthy to rule Far Far Away.

In the finale of the third film, Charming is defeated again, and King Arthur ascends the throne.

Dragon

The most comical couple in the cartoon can be called the Dragon and the Donkey. They met when the Donkey came to rescue Fiona along with Shrek. Being incredibly charming, he immediately won the heart of a big and fiery lady. It was the Dragon on her back that delivered Shrek and Donkey to the church so that they upset the marriage of Fiona and Lord Farquaad.

Then, in each film, the Dragon helped the main characters to defend their interests. In one of the episodes, the Donkey and the Dragon get married and they have "dragon faces".

Shrek Characters: List of Minor Heroes

Which other famous fairy-tale characters can be seen in the cartoon about the ogre?

1. Merlin. The famous magician and wizard from British folklore appears in the third part of the franchise.

2. King Arthur. Although King Arthur, the knight of Camelot, is a real historical character, in the cartoon the biography of the famous ruler was interpreted a little differently.

3. Rapunzel. The long-haired princess turned out to be a traitor and in the third film of the franchise helped Charming to carry out a coup.

And also Cinderella, Snow White, SleepingBeauty, Rumplestiltskin and many other heroes of fairy tales.