Shrek

by DreamWorks Animation

In a world where fairy tale creatures are refugees and princes are villains, Shrek just wants to be left alone in his swamp. But friendship, love, and an endless parade of displaced fairy tale beings keep dragging him into adventures he never asked for.

39 characters, locations, and items in this world codex.

Characters

• Arthur Pendragon — The most unpopular kid at Worcestershire Academy who turns out to be the rightful King of Far Far Away — a teenager who went from getting stuffed in j
• Big Bad Wolf — A wolf in grandmother's clothing — he was supposed to be the villain of his own fairy tale, but he'd rather wear a nightgown and read Pork Illustrated
• Captain Hook — A piano-playing pirate who traded the high seas for a bar stool at the Poison Apple — then got recruited into a fairy tale villain coup that went abou
• Cinderella — The glass-slipper princess living her happily ever after in Far Far Away — until Prince Charming's coup forced her to trade the ballgown for a jailbre
• Donkey — The unstoppable force of friendship — a motormouth donkey who latched onto an ogre, married a dragon, and has never once in his life read a room.
• Doris — Cinderella's stepsister and the Poison Apple's bartender — a woman with a deep voice, a strong right hook, and zero patience for anyone questioning wh
• Dragon — The fire-breathing terror of Dragon's Keep who was supposed to guard the princess forever — then a smooth-talking donkey showed up and she chose love
• Dronkeys — Six dragon-donkey hybrid children who breathe fire, fly on tiny wings, and have a donkey's personality in a dragon's body — Donkey calls them his 'lit
• Fairy Godmother — A potion-factory mogul disguised as a kindly godmother — she runs the fairy tale industrial complex and will burn down anyone who gets between her son
• Fairy Tale Creatures — The displaced masses of every fairy tale ever told — banished from their homes, dumped in an ogre's swamp, and eventually becoming the most chaotic fo
• Fergus, Farkle, and Felicia — Shrek and Fiona's triplet children — three tiny ogres who treat their father's roar as a game, use earwax as crayons, and nearly got erased from exist
• Gingerbread Man — A six-inch cookie with the defiance of a man ten times his size — he's been tortured, dismembered, and dunked in milk, and he still won't talk.
• King Harold — The King of Far Far Away who was secretly a frog all along — a father who spent his life hiding what he was, then died proving what he'd become.
• Lord Farquaad — A tiny tyrant with a towering castle and a persecution complex — the short king who rounded up fairy tale creatures and tried to marry a princess to l
• Merlin — A retired wizard gone completely off the grid — he lives in the woods, talks to trees, and his magic works just well enough to be dangerous.
• Pied Piper — A bounty hunter whose magic flute forces any creature to dance against their will — Rumpelstiltskin's most insidious weapon, because you can't fight w
• Pinocchio — A wooden puppet who dreams of being a real boy — and whose nose grows every time he lies, which is constantly and at the worst possible moments.
• Prince Charming — The fairy tale prince who was supposed to get the girl, the throne, and the happily ever after — and instead got upstaged by a swamp ogre at every tur
• Princess Fiona — A princess who was cursed to become an ogre — and when true love's kiss made it permanent, she chose happiness over beauty without a second thought.
• Puss in Boots — A swashbuckling ginger tabby who weaponizes adorable kitten eyes, fights with a rapier, and has the ego of a Spanish conquistador stuffed into a body
• Queen Lillian — The Queen of Far Far Away — gracious, tolerant, and hiding a headbutt that can shatter dungeon walls beneath her royal composure.
• Rapunzel — The princess with the perfect hair who turned out to be a traitor — she sold out her friends for a prince who wasn't worth the wig she was hiding.
• Rumpelstiltskin — A deal-making con artist who erased an ogre from existence to steal a kingdom — proof that the fine print is always where the real villain lives.
• Shrek — A solitary ogre who built walls around his swamp and his heart — then a motormouth donkey, a princess who fights like a ninja, and three babies disman
• Sleeping Beauty — A princess whose defining characteristic is narcolepsy — she falls asleep mid-conversation, mid-battle, and mid-escape, and everyone just works around
• Snow White — The fairest of them all — or so the election said — a princess whose singing voice can weaponize woodland creatures and who has strong opinions about
• The Muffin Man — The baker of Drury Lane whose most famous creation is a six-inch cookie with attitude problems — and who can bake a giant gingerbread warrior when the
• Thelonious — Farquaad's hulking henchman who held up 'Awww' cue cards at a wedding and caught four people mid-waterfall with one hand — the gentlest executioner in
• Three Blind Mice — Three sightless mice brothers who navigate the world through sound, smell, and a cheerful refusal to let blindness slow them down — they just bump int
• Three Little Pigs — Three German-accented pig brothers named Horst, Dieter, and Heimlich — displaced builders who went from constructing houses to being fairy tale refuge

Locations

• Dragon's Keep — A crumbling castle on a volcanic rock pinnacle surrounded by lava — the fairy tale prison where princesses waited for rescue and knights became dinner
• Duloc — A totalitarian theme park disguised as a lordship — where the houses were symmetrical, the rules were strict, and the puppet welcome booth was deeply
• Fairy Godmother's Potion Factory — A magical industrial complex hidden behind a quaint cottage — where happily-ever-afters are manufactured, bottled, and sold to the desperate.
• Far Far Away — A fairy tale kingdom modeled after Beverly Hills — complete with Farbucks Coffee, a medieval red carpet, and enough glamour to make an ogre feel like
• Far Far Away Castle — The royal seat of Far Far Away — a fairytale palace with 108 turrets, a moat, and a dining room that's hosted the most uncomfortable family dinner in
• Shrek's Swamp — A muddy, smelly, outhouse-adjacent paradise — not just where an ogre lives, but who he is.
• The Poison Apple — The fairy tale underworld's favorite bar — where villains drink, pirates play piano, and the ugly stepsister tends bar.

Items

• Happily Ever After Potion — A glowing blue potion that gives you 'beautiful' — but the clock is ticking, and if you don't kiss your true love by midnight, you turn back into what
• Magic Mirror — A sentient mirror that functions as an all-seeing intelligence service, dating app, and television — currently serving its third owner and still not g

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