Fantastic characters "Shrek": a list, characteristics and interesting facts

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

Ogre Shrek

In the series of cartoons about the man Shrek, mostly non-original characters are involved. Shrek and his friends came to us from the stories of well-known fairy tales, just their images were slightly corrected and presented in the postmodern light.

The main character named Shrek is a typical ogre giant from Western folklore. This image was first used under this name by writer William Steig in his children's book "Shrek!". On motives of this work the whole animation franchise was then removed.

The hero of the eponymous cartoon has green skin and elongated ears in the form of a tube. Shrek is tall, his belly is slightly bulging. Ogre wears a beige canvas shirt, a waistcoat and dark brown trousers.

Shrek is non-human and prefers to live exclusively in swamps. He does not like the guests very much and is usually sullen. The only one who agrees to tolerate such behavior is the sociable Ass and Princess Fiona, who genuinely loves the good-natured giant.

The character of the cartoon "Shrek" Princess Fiona

At the beginning of the first part of the franchise Fiona appears before us a beautiful princess in human form. She lives in an abandoned castle and waits until the charming prince saves her. But instead of the prince comes a rough and ugly Shrek. He was sent to the princess by a certain lord Farquad, promising in exchange to free the house of the ogre from the fairy-tale creatures. Fiona does not have to - just submit and follow the green liberator to the castle of his future fiance Farquad. So the main animated characters are introduced.

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

In subsequent cartoons, Fiona and Shrek were married and brought in three children.

A donkey

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

His habit of saying out loud everything that he thinks, The ass irritates the ogre. But it is this hero who succeeds in convincing Shrek that he must take the risk for his love, go to the marriage ceremony of Fiona and Lord Farquad and confess to the princess in her feelings.

Subsequently, the Ass will become a friend of the family and will compete for the title of best friend with Kot in boots. Another piquant fact: the Donkey will start an affair with the Dragon, who has guarded Fiona in the castle, the characters will be married and they will have children-hybrids.

Puss in Boots

A colorful hero in the animated series is considered not only ogre Shrek. Characters whose names did not go away from the mouth of enthusiastic children - this is the Cat in boots, and Robin Hood, and the Fairy godmother.

The cat in boots appears in the second part of the franchise and becomes a full participant in the ensemble of the protagonists of the cartoon. He wears a tiny sharp saber on his belt, and also often uses a distracting maneuver in battle: he makes big sad eyes, but as soon as the enemy regrets him, he hits the most vulnerable place.

According to the plot, the Cat in boots worked as a hired killer before he met the ogres. Fiona's father hired the Cat to remove the uncomfortable groom. But during the attack on the ogre Coth choked 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 had become his friend forever.

Osly did not like this news: he was jealous of Shrek to the Cat, so for a long time he tried to survive a red purr from their friendly company.

Fairy-godmother

The characters of the cartoon Shrek 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" Fairy appears before the viewer of a calculating business lady. She is kept compromising on the first persons of the fairy-tale state, including the king. By force, she forces Fiona's father to get into the daughter's family relations and to make her recognize her husband as Prince Charming (son of the Fairy godmother). However, the machinations of this heroine go to rubble: Shrek still found a way to escape death and came to 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 Cat in boots for two cartoons are opposed to the insidious Prince Charming.

A beautiful prince 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 scoundrel.

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. But this lie is exposed at the end of the animation film. Prince Charming returns to the screens in the third edition: this time he tries to take the throne from Fiona and Shrek. The villain manages to realize his treacherous plan: Fiona with other fabulous heroines goes underground, and Shrek at the same time trying to convince Prince Arthur that the young man is worthy to rule the Far Ended Kingdom.

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

Draconic

The most comical couple in the cartoon can be called Draconia and Donkey. They met when Aussie came to rescue Fiona along with Shrek. Being incredibly charming, he immediately won the heart of a big and ardent lady. It was Draconika on her back that brought Shrek and Osla to the church so that they would upset the marriage of Fiona and Lord Farquhad.

Then in each film, Draconicha helped the main characters defend their interests. In one of the series, the Ass and Draconich are getting married and they have "dragonflies".

Characters from "Shrek": a list of secondary heroes

Who else from the famous fairy-tale characters can be seen in the cartoon about the giant ludode?

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 biography of the famous ruler interpreted a little differently.

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

And also in a glimpse of "Shrek" appear Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelshtiltshen and many other heroes of fairy tales.