149 Fun Facts About Shrek

In the first Shrek film, what is the candle on Shrek's table made of?

Earwax from Shrek's own ear makes the candle he lights for a solitary meal, while Donkey, shut out of the house, sulks outside the door.

Who provides the voice of Shrek in the film series?

Mike Myers voices Shrek, and after seeing a rough cut in 2000 he asked to record every line again in a new accent, which sent finished animation back to be redone.

What colour is Donkey's fur in the Shrek films?

Grey is Donkey's colour from his first scene, where his owner, an old woman, tries to sell him to Farquaad's guards as a talking animal and he bolts straight into Shrek.

What does Shrek compare ogres to when explaining that they have layers?

Shrek says ogres are like onions because they have layers; Donkey objects that not everybody likes onions and proposes a sweeter alternative.

What song by Smash Mouth plays during the opening of Shrek (2001)?

All Star was only a placeholder: the filmmakers had a replacement song written, then kept the Smash Mouth hit after studio boss Jeffrey Katzenberg asked why they didn't just use it.

In the first Shrek film, what happens to the bluebird that joins Fiona's morning song?

It explodes when Fiona's high note climbs too far, a send-up of Disney's singing princesses, and she fries its eggs for breakfast.

Which actress provides the voice of Princess Fiona?

Cameron Diaz voices Princess Fiona in all four films, and when she burped mid-session after a fizzy drink, the writers gave Fiona a belch of her own.

Which studio produced the Shrek films?

DreamWorks Animation produced the Shrek films, which send up Disney's animated classics; DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg had run Disney's film studio until he left to start the rival company.

What job does Thelonius hold under Lord Farquaad?

Thelonius is Lord Farquaad's hooded executioner and torturer, the henchman who holds up two fingers while shouting for his master to pick princess number three.

How does Dragon end Lord Farquaad's wedding to Fiona in the first Shrek film?

She eats him: Dragon bursts in with Donkey on her back and gulps Farquaad down in the middle of his rant about order and perfection.

Far Far Away, Fiona's home kingdom in Shrek 2, is a medieval send-up of which real place?

Beverly Hills gets the medieval treatment, down to a coffee chain called Farbucks: when a giant gingerbread man attacks one, its customers flee to another across the street.

In Shrek 2, where does Shrek read that Fiona once dreamed of marrying Prince Charming?

Her childhood diary is full of the name, written page after page, and reading it feeds Shrek's fear that he is losing her.

Which Shrek film features Rumpelstiltskin as the main villain?

Rumpelstiltskin is the main antagonist in Shrek Forever After (2010), the fourth film. He tricks Shrek into signing a contract that erases the day Shrek was born.

In Shrek the Third, what is Shrek's nightmare about?

Shrek's nightmare in Shrek the Third is a flood of ogre babies overrunning the swamp, after Fiona tells him she is pregnant; he wakes up screaming.

Which Leonard Cohen song, sung by John Cale, scores Shrek's sad montage after the misunderstanding?

John Cale's recording of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" plays as Shrek and Fiona part; Rufus Wainwright's version replaced it on the soundtrack album.

Donkey in the Shrek films was modelled on which real animal?

A miniature donkey named Perry, who lived in a Palo Alto park, posed for the photos, video and sketches the animators used to build the character.

In the first Shrek film, what briefly lets Donkey fly?

Pixie dust showers Donkey when Tinker Bell is knocked out of Peter Pan's hands onto his head, and he floats up boasting until it wears off and drops him.

What Academy Award did Shrek (2001) win?

Shrek won Best Animated Feature at the 2002 ceremony, the category's first year, beating Monsters, Inc. and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.

Who voices Puss in Boots in the Shrek franchise and his spin-off films?

Antonio Banderas voices Puss in Boots, and the comedy rests on a choice he made: instead of a small voice for a small cat, he gave Puss one deeper and bigger than his own.

What surrounds the castle where Fiona is imprisoned in the first Shrek film?

A lake of lava surrounds the keep, and Donkey freezes halfway across its rickety bridge until Shrek bounces the planks and backs him to the far side.

Which celebrity appears as herself hosting the red-carpet arrivals in Shrek 2?

Joan Rivers voices herself, loudspeaker in hand, telling the camera that everyone who's anyone has turned out to honour Princess Fiona and Prince Shrek.

Which bachelorette does the Magic Mirror call 'a mentally abused shut-in'?

Cinderella is bachelorette number one, said to like sushi and hot tubbing and to cook and clean for her two evil sisters; Farquaad passes her over for number three.

Who wrote the 1990 children's picture book that Shrek is based on?

William Steig wrote and illustrated the picture book 'Shrek!' in 1990. In the book, Shrek is an ugly ogre who is told by a witch that he will marry a princess even uglier than himself.

What Shrek character is voiced by Julie Andrews?

Queen Lillian, Fiona's mother, is voiced by Julie Andrews from Shrek 2 on, and in Shrek the Third she frees the captured princesses by head-butting through a brick wall.

What song does the Fairy Godmother perform at the ball in Shrek 2?

Holding Out for a Hero is the Fairy Godmother's showstopper: she belts it from the ballroom stage while Shrek and his friends storm the castle to stop Charming kissing Fiona.

Which bachelorette does the Magic Mirror introduce as 'a cape-wearing girl from the land of fancy'?

Snow White is bachelorette number two: the Mirror says she lives with seven other men but is not easy, and some of Farquaad's guards shout for her before he settles on number three.

What are the hybrid babies Donkey fathers in the Shrek films called?

Dronkeys are a surprise even to their father: Dragon turns up with the babies in a scene during Shrek 2's credits, and Donkey's first thought is that he has to get a job.

Which actor voices King Harold in Shrek 2?

John Cleese voices King Harold, who cannot stomach an ogre son-in-law: their first family dinner in Shrek 2 collapses into a shouting match.

What colour is Princess Fiona's hair?

Red is Fiona's hair colour in both her forms, and the Magic Mirror's pitch to Farquaad leads with it, billing her as a fiery redhead.

In which accent did Shrek's voice actor re-record every line after seeing a rough cut?

Scottish won out, and studio boss Jeffrey Katzenberg said the result was so good that they took out $4 million of animation and did it again.

In Shrek the Third, who does Shrek set out to fetch as the next heir to the throne?

Arthur Pendragon, Artie for short, is the dying king's nephew, and Shrek finds the future ruler as a scrawny 16-year-old his school's jousting team uses as a punching bag.

How much did Shrek 2 gross at the worldwide box office, making it the highest-grossing film of 2004?

Shrek 2 grossed about $934 million worldwide, the top film of 2004, and remained the highest-grossing animated film until Toy Story 3 overtook it in 2010.

Who hires the swashbuckling mercenary Puss in Boots to assassinate Shrek in Shrek 2?

Harold acts under threat of losing his own happy ending; Puss switches sides as soon as Shrek spares him.

What is the name of the giant gingerbread man who storms the castle in Shrek 2?

Mongo carries Shrek to the castle, but he loses both arms to its defences and sinks into the moat as the heroes break in.

Shrek Forever After borrows its "world where you were never born" premise from which classic film?

It's a Wonderful Life supplies the shape: Shrek is plunged into a world where he never existed, because the single day he signed away to Rumpelstiltskin was the day of his birth.

What animal does Shrek roast over the campfire for Fiona in the first film?

Shrek serves Fiona weed rat, 'rotisserie style', at their campfire; she surprises him by enjoying it, an early hint that she is an ogre too.

In Shrek Forever After, what kind of giant pet does Rumpelstiltskin keep at his side?

A goose named Fifi pulls his carriage and supplies the quills for his contracts, and he tries to flee on her back when the ogres win.

Which comedian was first cast as Shrek and recorded most of the role before he died?

Chris Farley had recorded most of the ogre's dialogue when he died in 1997, and the script was then rewritten for the actor who replaced him.

In Shrek the Musical, how does the actor playing the tiny Lord Farquaad perform the role?

On his knees: Christopher Sieber played Broadway's Farquaad with tiny fake legs dangling in front, and London's Nigel Harman even managed a high-kicking dance with his.

In Shrek 2, what does the Fairy Godmother's factory produce?

The Fairy Godmother's factory mass-produces potions; she turns Shrek away at the door, insisting ogres do not get happy endings, so the trio break in and steal one.

The name Shrek comes from a Yiddish word meaning what?

Fear or terror is the meaning of the Yiddish word shrek, a cousin of the German Schreck, and the name suits an ogre who sends villagers running.

Which talk-show host voices Doris, the Ugly Stepsister, in Shrek 2?

Larry King gives Doris her gravel voice behind the bar of the villains' tavern, and by the next film she has quit the job and joined Fiona's circle of princess friends.

In the Shrek franchise, what is Puss in Boots's signature trick for disarming enemies?

A pleading wide-eyed stare melts Shrek the first time Puss tries it, moments after the cat has attacked him, and the ogre decides to keep him.

Who composed the music for Shrek the Musical?

Jeanine Tesori composed the score for Shrek the Musical, with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire; Tesori later won a Tony for Fun Home.

Which Proclaimers song plays as Shrek and Donkey set off to rescue Fiona?

"I'm on My Way" was chosen because its story of leaving misery for happiness said something about the grumpy ogre who was setting out.

When Spielberg bought the rights to Shrek! in 1991, which actor did he want for the ogre?

Bill Murray was to voice the ogre opposite Steve Martin's Donkey in a hand-drawn film, a plan that never reached production; the version that did was computer-animated.

In the first film's opening montage, what does Shrek bathe in?

Shrek's morning routine opens the first film: he showers and soaks in mud, then brushes his teeth with bug slime before painting a warning sign.

Who voices Donkey in the Shrek films?

Eddie Murphy voices Donkey, his second wisecracking sidekick after the dragon Mushu in Disney's Mulan, this time for Disney's arch-rival studio.

Which layered dessert does Donkey insist everybody likes when Shrek says ogres have layers?

Donkey proposes parfaits, insisting nobody ever turns one down and that they may be the most delicious thing on the whole planet.

Why does Lord Farquaad want to marry Princess Fiona in the first Shrek film?

Farquaad wants to become a king: his realm has a lord but no king, so he needs a princess bride to complete his 'perfect' kingdom.

What does Donkey say he is making 'in the morning' on his first night at Shrek's?

Waffles are Donkey's promise for the morning once he has talked his way into the hut for one night, and Shrek's answer is to make him sleep outside.

Shrek competed for the top prize at which 2001 film festival?

Cannes put Shrek in its main competition for the Palme d'Or in 2001, but the jury gave the prize to Nanni Moretti's The Son's Room.

What does Fiona ask Shrek to remove right after he rescues her from the tower?

Fiona expects a handsome knight and insists Shrek remove his helmet so she can see her rescuer's face, only to find an ogre.

What is the name of the villains' tavern in Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third?

The Poison Apple is the seedy tavern where Shrek 2's villains drink and where Prince Charming recruits his army of fairy-tale baddies in Shrek the Third.

Besides its Oscar, which BAFTA did the original Shrek win?

Best Adapted Screenplay went to Shrek's script over A Beautiful Mind at the BAFTAs, and a month later the Oscar in the same category went the other way.

Which song does Donkey start singing as he and Shrek set off, before Shrek stops him?

Donkey launches into Willie Nelson's "On the Road Again" as the pair leave the swamp; Shrek cuts him off ('What did I say about singing?') and lets him hum instead.

What is the name of Lord Farquaad's kingdom?

Lord Farquaad rules Duloc, a spotless theme-park-like realm with a towering castle; Shrek wonders aloud whether the short lord is 'compensating for something'.

Who looks after Shrek's swamp while he and Fiona travel to meet her parents in Shrek 2?

The fairy tale creatures mind the swamp: the Gingerbread Man, Pinocchio, the Three Pigs and the Wolf are lounging in Shrek's house when they see him arrested on the Magic Mirror.

In the 2011 film Puss in Boots, what crime put Puss on the run from the law?

Puss fled San Ricardo after a failed bank robbery that his childhood friend Humpty Alexander Dumpty tricked him into as a teenager, leaving Puss branded an outlaw.

What does Shrek shout as he bursts into Fiona and Farquaad's wedding in the first film?

"I object!" is the line Donkey coaches him to save for the priest's 'speak now' moment; they find the moment has already passed, and Shrek runs in shouting it anyway.

Who voices Lord Farquaad in the first Shrek film?

John Lithgow voices Lord Farquaad, who would rather send others after the princess: he tells his knights that some of them may die, but it's a sacrifice he is willing to make.

What is the main villain's plan in Shrek 2?

She wants to marry Fiona off to her own son, Prince Charming, and leans on King Harold, who owes her his own happy ending, to get Shrek out of the picture.

What does the Happily Ever After potion do to Shrek and Fiona in Shrek 2?

The potion turns them into humans overnight, but only a kiss by midnight makes the change permanent, and Fiona chooses to let the clock run out.

Who voices the Fairy Godmother in Shrek 2?

Jennifer Saunders voices the Fairy Godmother, and by her own account the whole villain took just four days in a recording booth, spread across a year.

What interrupts Puss's first attack on Shrek in Shrek 2?

Mid-fight in Shrek 2, Puss breaks off to hack up a hairball; the disgusted ogre grabs him by the scruff, and Puss begs for mercy and pledges his loyalty.

Which fairy tale character does King Harold turn out to be in Shrek 2?

King Harold turns out to be the Frog Prince: when the Fairy Godmother's blast rebounds off his armour he reverts to a frog, and Lillian accepts him 'warts and all'.

Whose 1984 hit does the Fairy Godmother cover during the climax of Shrek 2?

Bonnie Tyler recorded the original for the film Footloose, and in Shrek 2 the Fairy Godmother's version plays over the storming of the castle.

Which classic film character does Puss in Boots parody?

Zorro is the model, down to the signature: Puss scratches a P with his sword where the masked hero leaves a Z, and his voice actor had played Zorro on screen.

What does Shrek bellow at the squatters camped on his land?

"What are you doing in my swamp?" echoes until the whole camp falls silent, and when Shrek orders everyone out he learns that Lord Farquaad sent them there.

In Shrek Forever After's alternate timeline, what has become of Puss in Boots?

In Rumpelstiltskin's timeline Puss has grown fat and pampered as Fiona's house cat, retired from swashbuckling and admitting he has 'let himself go'.

In Shrek the Third, what is the name of the boarding school where Shrek finds the teenage heir?

Worcestershire Academy, 'like the sauce' as Donkey says on reading the sign, is the boarding school where Shrek finds the heir as a scrawny outcast.

Which pop star voices the teenage heir to the throne in Shrek the Third?

Justin Timberlake voices the heir, three years after Shrek 2 had slipped him in as a joke: a pin-up of a knight called Sir Justin hangs in Fiona's old bedroom.

What does the Happily Ever After potion turn Donkey into in Shrek 2?

He turns into a white stallion, to his noisy delight, and is crestfallen when midnight makes him a donkey again.

In Puss in Boots (2011), which outlaw pair has the prize that Puss is after?

Jack and Jill are no nursery-rhyme innocents here: the outlaw couple carry the magic beans that Puss and his partners steal to grow a beanstalk up to the giant's castle.

Which song from Shrek 2 earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song?

"Accidentally in Love" opens the film over the honeymoon montage, and Counting Crows played it at the 2005 Oscars, where the award went to a song from The Motorcycle Diaries.

The plot of Shrek 2 was inspired by which 1967 film?

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) inspired Shrek 2: director Andrew Adamson borrowed its meet-the-in-laws setup and swapped in an ogre son-in-law.

In the first film, Shrek's fight against Farquaad's knights is staged like what kind of contest?

A pro-wrestling match is the template: Shrek body-slams knights inside a roped ring, a fan in the crowd yells for the chair, and he obliges with a folding one.

What actor voices Prince Charming in Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third?

Rupert Everett voices Prince Charming, the Fairy Godmother's vain son, who reaches Fiona's tower too late in Shrek 2 and returns in the third film at the head of an army of villains.

In Shrek 2, what kind of carriage carries Shrek and Fiona to her parents' kingdom?

An onion carriage, the same one that drove the newlyweds off at the end of the first film, carries them to her parents while Donkey keeps asking if they are there yet.

In Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, the wolf hunting Puss turns out to be who?

Death has come in person because Puss has burned through eight of his nine lives without valuing any of them, and means to take the last one himself.

Which Narcos star voices the Wolf in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish?

Wagner Moura, who played Pablo Escobar in Narcos, voices the Wolf, whose eerie whistle announces him wherever he appears.

What is the name of the Gingerbread Man character in the Shrek franchise?

Gingy is what his friends call the Gingerbread Man, who faces Lord Farquaad with both legs already broken off and still begs him to spare his gumdrop buttons.

Which nursery-rhyme figure does the Gingerbread Man bring up to stall Farquaad's interrogation?

The Muffin Man is the Gingerbread Man's stalling tactic: asked who is hiding the others, he asks whether Farquaad knows him, and the lord recites that he lives on Drury Lane.

In 2020, the Library of Congress selected Shrek for which honour?

The Library of Congress added Shrek to the National Film Registry in December 2020, alongside The Dark Knight and The Blues Brothers, as culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.

For which BAFTA was Donkey's voice actor nominated for the first Shrek?

Best Supporting Actor was the category, the first BAFTA acting nomination ever given to a voice-only performance, though Jim Broadbent won for Moulin Rouge!

Which pop hit do Donkey and Puss sing at the party that ends Shrek 2?

Livin' la Vida Loca closes the film as a duet at the victory party, with Donkey counting the band in and handing Puss the second verse.

Which Christmas story does Shrek keep trying to tell his family in Shrek the Halls?

The Night Before Christmas is what Shrek, armed with a guide called Christmas for Village Idiots, tries to recite, but Donkey, Puss and the Gingerbread Man keep cutting in with stories of their own.

Which studio, known for Antz, took over the animation of Shrek after motion-capture tests failed?

Pacific Data Images gave the film its final computer-animated look after the motion-capture test disappointed, and later merged into the studio that had hired it.

In Shrek the Third, whose botched spell makes Donkey and Puss swap bodies?

Merlin, the heir's retired magic teacher, is tricked into sending the heroes home by spell, and it works except that Donkey and Puss arrive in each other's bodies.

Fiona's slow-motion fight against Monsieur Hood and his Merry Men in Shrek parodies which 1999 film?

The Matrix is the target: Fiona hangs frozen in mid-air, takes a moment to smooth her hair, and then kicks two Merry Men flat at once.

Which princess betrays Fiona and her friends to Prince Charming in Shrek the Third?

Rapunzel leads the princesses into a trap because Charming has promised to make her his queen, and her payback comes at his stage show, when her famous hair is pulled off as a wig.

Which nursery-rhyme trio is among the creatures Lord Farquaad dumps on Shrek's swamp?

The Three Blind Mice blunder across Shrek's dinner table on their first night in the swamp, and one of them bites his ear, taking it for cheese.

In the first Shrek film, the Magic Mirror says Princess Fiona likes which cocktail?

Piña coladas are part of the Mirror's sales pitch, and it works: Farquaad picks Fiona and then shouts the Mirror down when it tries to mention what happens to her after sunset.

In 2010, which Hollywood honour was given to Shrek himself?

A star on the Walk of Fame went to the ogre in May 2010, with his voice cast at the ceremony, putting him alongside cartoon honorees such as Mickey Mouse and the Simpsons.

What Shrek attraction opened at Universal Studios in 2003?

Shrek 4-D, also released as The Ghost of Lord Farquaad, is set between the first two films: the dead lord's ghost has Fiona snatched on her honeymoon.

Which cheerful Chihuahua tags along with Puss in The Last Wish?

Perrito is first met disguised as one of an old lady's cats, and the upbeat stray, who dreams of being a therapy dog, appoints himself Puss's best friend.

How does Pinocchio avoid lying to Prince Charming about Shrek in Shrek the Third?

With tangled double negatives: he says it wouldn't be inaccurate to assume he couldn't exactly not say, and keeps going until one of the pigs blurts out the truth.

Which actor turned down Shrek, later saying he worried how children would see him drawn as an ogre?

Nicolas Cage confirmed in 2013 that he had said no, calling talk of vanity a bit strong: being drawn, he said, shapes how children see you more than anything else.

Which Reality Bites star was first cast as Princess Fiona and then fired from Shrek?

Janeane Garofalo says she was never told why she was dropped from the first version of the film, and guessed it was because she sounds like a man sometimes.

Which fast-food chain recalled 12 million Shrek Forever After drinking glasses over toxic cadmium in their paint?

McDonald's paid customers to hand the glasses back, because the painted ogre designs contained cadmium, a metal that is harmful with long-term exposure.

Which Hollywood honour did the animated ogre Shrek receive in May 2010, the week his fourth film opened?

A Walk of Fame star was unveiled for Shrek on Hollywood Boulevard on May 20, 2010. Weeks later Entertainment Weekly ranked him 15th among the greatest characters of the previous 20 years.

Which streaming service made its first interactive TV show with a 2017 special starring Puss in Boots?

Netflix let viewers steer Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale with their remote control, choosing how the cat's adventure should continue at each turn.

Which Pixar film ended Shrek 2's six-year reign as the highest-grossing animated film worldwide?

Toy Story 3 took the worldwide crown in 2010, though the ogre sequel stayed the top animated earner at the North American box office until 2016.

In Shrek 2, what does the Fairy Godmother burst into when her own spell rebounds off a breastplate?

Bubbles are all that remain of her, because Fiona's father leaps in front of the wand and his armour reflects the spell straight back.

Which American Idol judge guest stars in the fairy-tale singing contest included on the Shrek 2 DVD?

Simon Cowell judges the sing-off beside Shrek and Fiona, and in one ending he rejects the viewer's winner and declares himself the champion.

Which 1960s band first recorded the song Smash Mouth cover for the closing party of the first Shrek film?

The Monkees recorded it in 1966 from a Neil Diamond composition. The film's party ending was added late, after a producer asked for a finale that went out on a big laugh.

In Shrek the Third, what mishap does Merlin's transport spell cause for Donkey and Puss in Boots?

They swap bodies on the trip home, and when Merlin finally undoes the spell he leaves the pair wearing each other's tails.

By what deadline must Shrek kiss Fiona to make the stolen potion's effects permanent in Shrek 2?

Midnight is the cut-off, and when the clock strikes Fiona turns down the chance to keep the change, choosing the life she already had with Shrek.

In the first Shrek film, what is the only thing that can break the spell placed on Fiona?

True love's kiss is the only cure, which is why Fiona asks Farquaad to hold their wedding that very day rather than wait.

Whose birthday party does a fed-up Shrek storm out of early in the fourth Shrek film?

His babies' first birthday goes so badly that he storms off after snapping at Fiona, and a watching Rumpelstiltskin spots the perfect moment to offer a deal.

In Shrek 2, how does Fiona react when the impostor posing as her husband kisses her at the ball?

She knocks him out instead of swooning, because her father had quietly swapped their teacups and kept the love spell away from her.

How does Fiona's mother break the captured princesses out of the castle dungeon in Shrek the Third?

She headbutts the wall and smashes an opening, after Fiona grows frustrated that her fellow princesses would rather wait to be rescued.

Which pirate, voiced by Ian McShane, hunts Shrek on behalf of the villains in Shrek the Third?

Captain Hook tracks him to a remote island with a pirate crew. The Peter Pan villain had only a brief appearance as a piano player in the previous film.

In which European capital did the walk-through attraction Shrek's Adventure! open at County Hall?

London was chosen for the live walk-through, which was announced as the first of six such attractions planned over nine years.

In the fourth Shrek film, what does Rumpelstiltskin offer to tempt Shrek into signing his magic contract?

A day as a feared ogre is the bait, offered just after Shrek laments that he has become a celebrity and family man whom nobody runs from.

Which actress voices Kitty Softpaws, the thieving cat who falls for Puss in Boots in both spin-off films?

Salma Hayek voices the thief in both spin-offs, returning eleven years after the first film as the hero's resentful ex-fiancée.

Which Monty Python member voices Merlin, the retired magic teacher, in Shrek the Third?

Eric Idle plays the wizard, who is tricked into magically sending the stranded heroes home from a remote island.

Which fairy-tale figure does Rumpelstiltskin hire to round up the rebel ogres in the fourth Shrek film?

The Pied Piper makes his victims dance helplessly to his flute, and in the closing scenes he turns the same trick on his former employer.

In the alternate world of the fourth Shrek film, what has the never-rescued Fiona become?

A resistance leader, she commands an army fighting the new king's rule and has given up on love after years of waiting in vain for a rescuer.

Which British actress voices Goldilocks, head of a bear crime family, in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish?

Florence Pugh's Goldilocks was adopted by the bears as a child and chases the wish to gain a human family, before deciding she already has the right one.

Shrek the Musical earned eight Tony Award nominations on Broadway but won only which one?

Best Costume Design went to Tim Hatley, who created both the outfits and the towering sets for the show's fairy-tale cast.

Which Broadway star originated the role of Princess Fiona in Shrek the Musical?

Sutton Foster earned a Tony nomination for the part, and she and her castmates performed in the opening medley of that year's ceremony.

In the picture book that inspired the films, which power does Shrek have that his screen version lacks?

Breathing fire lets the book's Shrek knock out a dragon and blast a knight into a moat on his way to marry an equally ugly princess.

Shrek's first home video release fell on the same day as which Pixar film's cinema debut?

Monsters, Inc. opened that Friday, and Disney executives complained that the unusual release day was an underhanded bid to steal attention from their film.

Which composer shared the first Shrek score with Harry Gregson-Williams, who went on to score the sequels alone?

John Powell had already teamed with him on Antz and Chicken Run, and the Shrek score the pair recorded at Abbey Road won an Annie Award.

Which Wings hit is sung at the royal funeral in Shrek the Third?

Live and Let Die scores the send-off, a choice the Guardian's critic called bizarre for a scene that is meant to be sad.

Which Mexican director joined Puss in Boots (2011) as executive producer after leaving The Hobbit?

Guillermo del Toro loved an early screening so much that he asked to be involved, and he went on to rewrite the ending to redeem the film's schemer.

Which creatures serve as Rumpelstiltskin's army of enforcers in the fourth Shrek film?

Witches do his bidding, and like the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz they have green skin and can be destroyed by water.

In Shrek the Third, how does the teenage Artie finally end the fairy-tale villains' takeover?

With a speech: he tells the villains they could be accepted instead of living as outcasts, and all but their leader agree to give up their evil ways.

Which animated superhero film inspired the painterly visual style of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish?

Into the Spider-Verse set the template, and one of that film's co-directors was first attached to direct the cat's sequel before being replaced.

Which star of The Office voices Lancelot, the jousting-team captain, in Shrek the Third?

John Krasinski voices the school bully, whom Shrek at first mistakes for the teenager he has travelled to collect.

For which magazine did Shrek's creator draw cartoons for decades before turning to children's books at sixty-one?

The New Yorker first published him in 1930, and his decades of work for the magazine earned him the nickname King of Cartoons.

Which 19th-century French illustrator's work inspired the designers of Shrek 2 to enrich the sequel's settings?

Gustave Doré's finely detailed engravings guided the designers as they gave the sequel a darker, richer look than the first film had.

Which Mad Men star voices Brogan, one of the rebel ogres, in the fourth Shrek film?

Jon Hamm's Brogan fights beside Gretched, an ogre voiced by Jane Lynch, in the army that tries to ambush Rumpelstiltskin.

Which gravel-voiced songwriter lent Little Drop of Poison to Shrek 2 and made a cameo in the film?

Tom Waits allowed the film to use the song and made a cameo, as did Nick Cave, who lent the soundtrack a ballad of his own.

Shrek appears as an unlockable bonus character in which skateboarding video game from 2004?

Tony Hawk's Underground 2 lets players unlock the ogre as a secret skater, in a game released the same year as his second film.

In Shrek 2, Donkey complains that a fairy-tale owner once traded him away for which item?

Magic beans were the price, which makes him the animal from Jack and the Beanstalk, a swap he takes as a personal insult.

In Shrek 2, what does Pinocchio briefly turn into before becoming a wooden puppet again moments later?

A real boy is his lifelong wish from Carlo Collodi's Italian novel, and the Shrek version of the puppet is animated to recall Disney's 1940 film.

With which accent do the Three Little Pigs speak throughout the Shrek films?

German is the pigs' accent, and all three are voiced by one actor, Cody Cameron, who also plays Pinocchio.

What is the Big Bad Wolf dressed in when he turns up among the fairy-tale creatures in the Shrek films?

A grandmother's clothes mark him as the villain of Little Red Riding Hood, though here he is a quiet friend of Shrek, voiced by producer Aron Warner.

How is the teenage Artie related to Princess Fiona in Shrek the Third?

Her cousin is a scrawny 16-year-old outcast when the film begins, picked on by classmates at his boarding school.

Shrek and Fiona's triplets are named Fergus, Farkle and which third child, their only daughter?

Felicia arrives with her two brothers at the end of the third film, after Shrek has spent the whole story dreading fatherhood.

Which American TV host voices Mabel, the second ugly stepsister, from Shrek the Third onward?

Regis Philbin plays Mabel, who once managed the villains' tavern and is later reunited with her sister.

Which weapons does the wolf who stalks Puss in Boots carry in The Last Wish?

Twin sickles are his weapons, and they lock together into a double-bladed glaive once he reveals he is far more than a bounty hunter.

What sets Puss's love interest Kitty apart from other cats in the Puss in Boots films?

She has no claws, yet the declawed thief manages to make off with the hero's boots at the end of their first film together.

Princess Fiona was redesigned after test-screening children cried at which quality of her early Shrek animation?

Its lifelike realism unsettled young viewers, an effect known as the uncanny valley, so the animators softened her into a more stylised heroine.

In Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, how does the villain Big Jack Horner make his living?

Selling pastries funds his hoard of magical objects, which he began collecting out of resentment at being known only as Little Jack Horner.

Which French actor voices Monsieur Hood, who tries to rescue Fiona from Shrek in the first film?

Vincent Cassel gives the outlaw his French accent, playing a hero who wrongly assumes that Fiona is the ogre's prey.

In the original Shrek picture book, what nightmare disturbs the monster on his way to the castle?

Children hugging him and covering him in kisses is the book hero's idea of horror, because he delights in repelling everyone he meets.