# Shrek Forever After

Shrek Forever After (also known as Shrek: The Final Chapter or Shrek Forever After: The Final Chapter) is a 2010 animated fantasy-comedy film, and it is the fourth installment in the Shrek film series. The film is released by DreamWorks Animation and is distributed by 20th Century Studios. It was released in theaters on May 5, 2010 in Russia, on May 15 in the United States, Pakistan, Canada, India and on May 28 in Vietnam. The film was released on June 17, 2010 in Australia and Sri Lanka and on July 2, 2010 in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Like the first 3 Shrek films, the film is based on fairy tale themes.

## Dialogue

    [As Rumpelstiltskin angrily scrunches up a page from a library book about Shrek]
    Pinocchio: Uh, sir? You’re gonna have to pay for that.
    Rumpelstiltskin: Uh, m-m-maybe we can make a deal for it, little boy?
    Pinocchio: Oh, I'm not a real boy.
    Rumpelstiltskin: [looking devious] Do you want to be?
    Pinocchio: [kicks him out of the library] NOBODY NEEDS YOUR DEALS ANYMORE, GRUMPEL STINKYPANTS! [closes the door]
    Rumpelstiltskin: [coughs, and looks at the ripped page of the royal family in anger] I wish that prince was never born!
    Butterpants: Do the roar.
    Shrek: Uh, roar.
    Butterpants: [unimpressed] I don't like it.
    Princess Fiona: Unbelievable!
    Prince Shrek: Tell me about it! Those villagers are so–
    Princess Fiona: I'm not talking about the villagers, Shrek, I'm talking about you. Is this really how you want to remember the kids' first birthday?
    Prince Shrek: Oh, great. So this is all my fault?
    Princess Fiona: Yes! But.... You know what? Let's talk about this after the party, at home.
    Prince Shrek: You mean that roadside attraction we live in?! [mimicking the tour guide] "Step right up! See the dancing ogre! Don't worry! He won't bite!" I USED TO BE A PRINCE, NOW I'M JUST A JOLLY JOKE!
    Princess Fiona: Okay, okay. Maybe you're not the ogre you used to be. But maybe that's not such a bad thing.
    Prince Shrek: Oh, I wouldn't expect you to understand. It is not like you're a real ogre. You spent half your life in a palace! [throws down the party hat]
    Princess Fiona: [solemnly] And the other half locked away in a tower.
    Prince Shrek: [sighs] Look, all I want is for things to go back to the way they used to be! Back when villagers were afraid of me, and I can take a mud bath in peace! When I could do what I wanted, when I wanted to do it! BACK WHEN THE WORLD! MADE! SENSE!
    Princess Fiona: [sharply] You mean, back before you rescued me from the Dragon's Keep? (Like you wished it never happened in the first place?)
    Prince Shrek: [angrily] EXACTLY!
    Princess Fiona: [widens her eyes in great shock, not believing what her husband just said to her; solemnly] Shrek, you have three beautiful children. A wife who loves you. Friends who adore you. You have everything. Why is it the only person who can't see that.... is you?
    [Shrek doesn't respond; Fiona heads back inside the party, but before she gets in, she glances and shakes her at Shrek who just glares at her. She sadly closes the door, leaving the stubborn prince alone]
    Prince Shrek: That's just great. [leaves]
    Rumpelstiltskin: So, you're not gonna eat me?
    Shrek: No, thanks. I already had a big bowl of curly-toed weirdo for breakfast.
    Shrek: Alright. I knew it. So what do you want?
    Rumpelstiltskin: A day.
    Shrek: A day?
    Rumplestiltskin: Ooh, rat's done!
    Shrek: You witches are making a big mistake! I know my rights!
    Pumpkin Witch: You have the right to shut your mouth! [drops a pumpkin which explodes with smoke in Shrek's face]
    Shrek: Stiltskin.
    Witch: I said, quiet!
    Shrek: Stiltskin!
    Rumpelstiltskin: Oh, Shrek! [Witches gasps and the music stops; laughs] There he is!
    Pinocchio: Oh! So close!
    Rumpelstiltskin: Have I been waiting for you! Ladies, this is the guy that made all of this possible! So, tell me, how are you enjoying your day?
    Shrek: All right, Rumpel, what’s going on? What have you done?
    Rumpelstiltskin: No, Shrek, it’s not what I’ve done. It’s what you’ve done. Thanks to you, the King and Queen signed their kingdom over to me.
    Shrek: They would never do that.
    Rumpelstiltskin: They would if I promised them all their problems would disappear. And then THEY disappeared! They would have done anything if they thought it would broken their daughter’s curse.
    Shrek: I broken Fiona’s curse!
    Rumpelstiltskin: How could you when you never existed?
    Shrek: You better start making sense, you dirty little man!
    Rumperstiltskin: Here let spell out for y’all. You gave me a day from your past, a day you wouldn't even remember, a day when you were an innocent, mindless, little baby. [starts scatting "Happy Birthday"]
    Shrek: [shocked] You took the day I was born.
    Rumpelstiltskin: No, Shrek, you gave it to me.
    Shrek: Enjoy this while you can, Stiltskin, because when this day is up…
    Rumpelstiltskin: But you haven’t heard the best part. Since you were never born, once this day comes to an end, so will you.
    [The witches all laughed as Shrek saw the hourglass with the sand running, which meant the time he had left was running.]
    Shrek: Where's Fiona? WHERE’S MY FAMILY?
    Rumpelstiltskin: Silly prince. You don’t get it, do you? You see, you were never born. You never met Fiona. Your kids don’t exist.
    [Then the witches all laughed at Shrek's misery, making the ogre more upset. Rumpelstiltskin even taunted him some more.]
    Rumpelstiltskin: How’s that for a metaphysical paradox? Looks like you got exactly what you wanted! Happy Ogre-day!
    Shrek: [angrily] RUMPEL!! [He lunged at Rumpelstiltskin, who yelped in alarm as he jumped back.]
    Rumpelstiltskin: Get him! Get him, witches!
    Rumpelstiltskin: Wolfe, My angry wig.
    Shrek: [spots at Fiona's crown] Oh, no. If I didn’t saved Fiona. Then who did?
    Shrek: Donkey! Don't eat that! [Donkey stopped and frowned.] There’s a stack of freshly made waffles in the middle of the forest. Don’t you find that a wee bit suspicious? [Donkey trying to take a little nibble of the waffles, but Shrek kept protesting against it.] I’m just…What are you…? Bad Donkey! Mustn’t--I said, don’t! Don’t! No! Get away from it! [Donkey extended his tongue out and licked the dripping syrup of the waffles.] You did.
    Shrek: [about soilders using their horn] I didn't know we could do that.
    Donkey: Why don't you just tell her what you told me? You know, about how you are her true love and you came from an alternate universe.
    Shrek: [sarcastically] Oh, and while I'm at it, why don't I tell her that you're married to a fire breathing dragon, and you have little mutant donkey-dragon babies?
    Donkey: I do?!
    Shrek: You saw what happened, she's gonna think I'm crazy.
    Donkey [not listening] I'm a daddy?!
    Shrek: [spots the frog] You know what? If I got Fiona to kiss me once... [blows into a frog's mouth, inflating it like a balloon] Then I can do it again.
    Shrek: [enters Fiona's tent] Hello? Fiona?
    Puss in Boots: [green eyes are shown in the shadows of a cat condo] You should not be here, señor.
    Shrek: Puss? [Puss struggles to get out of his resting place, revealing himself as now overweight with a pink bow on wrapped around the back of his neck] You have gotta be kiddin' me.
    [Puss lowers down on the scratching post, slowly, then lands on his back on a pillow. He then struggles to get up, followed by facing Shrek]
    Puss in Boots: Feed me, if you dare.
    Shrek: Puss, what happened to you?! You got so fa... [as he goes to say "fat", Puss gives him a look] Fancy!!
    Puss in Boots: Do I know you?
    Shrek: Well, where is your hat and your belt? [gasps softly] And your wee little boots?
    Puss: Boots, for a cat? [laughs]
    Shrek: But you're Puss in Boots.
    Puss in Boots: Maybe once. [opens a bottle of milk] But that is a name I have outgrown.
    Shrek: [under his breath] That's not the only thing you have outgrown.
    Puss in Blots: Hey! I may have let myself go a little since retirement, but hanging up my sword was the best decision of my life! I have all the cream I can drink and all the mice I can chase. [a mouse runs up to his bowl and starts drinking out of it] Eh, I'll get him later. [starts drinking out of the bowl himself]
    Shrek: Oh, Puss, what have I done to you? You've gone soft.
    Puss in Boots: Well, I do get brushed twice a day.
    Shrek: Donkey! [as Donkey opens his real eyes] (I'm not listening to eyeballs noses and) I hate to pull you away from your adoring public, but I’m not getting anywhere with Fiona.
    Puss in Boots: Come on, Donkey, ¡¡vamonos!!
    Donkey: Man, you are a cat-tastrophe!!
    Puss in Boots: And you, are ri-donkey-lous!!
    [Beat; then both laugh]
    Shrek: Stop! Where are you going?!
    Princess Fiona: To save my friends!
    Shrek: How, by getting yourself killed?!
    Princess Fiona: If that is what it takes!
    Shrek: Puss, say something!
    Princess Fiona: [suspiciously] Puss?!
    Puss in Boots: Eh, let me explain.
    Princess Fiona: So that's how you knew so much about me.
    Shrek: Fiona, wait! [jumping in front of her] Kiss me!
    Princess Fiona: What?!
    Shrek: It's the only way to save your friends.
    Princess Fiona: Get out of my way! [walks past him]
    Shrek: You used to believe that a single kiss could solve everything! [Fiona turns around and reluctantly kisses him. However, when they are done kissing, nothing happens, to Shrek is confusion. Fiona, indifferent, wipes her mouth; doesn't believe this] I don't understand. [frustrated] This doesn't make any sense! True love's kiss was supposed to fix everything!
    Princes Fiona: Yeah, well, you know what? That's what they told me too. True love didn't get me out of that tower. I did! I saved myself! [short pauses; ogres gone] Don't you get it?! It's all just a big fairy tale!
    Shrek: [pleads] Fiona, don't say that, it does exist!
    Princess Fiona: And how would you know?! Did you grow up locked away in a dragon's keep?! [voice cracked] Did you live all alone in a miserable tower?! Did you cry yourself to sleep every night waiting true love that NEVER CAME?!
    Shrek: [shocked] But... I'm your true love.
    Princes Fiona: Then where were you when I needed you?
    [Shrek, stunned and full of guilt, can not bring himself to answer. Fiona turns around and leaves]
    Donkey: Maybe you kissed her... wrong?
    Shrek: No. The kiss didn't work... because Fiona doesn't love me.
    Shrek: Stiltskin! [Rumpelstiltskin jumped up and looked back, seeing Shrek wander through the aisle] I hear you're looking for me.
    Rumpelstiltskin: All right! Finally! [calls out and looks around] Who turned him in? Who gets the deal of a lifetime?
    Shrek: I do.
    [He took the 'deal of a lifetime' contract out of Rumpelstiltskin's hand]
    Rumpelstiltskin: What?! But--
    Shrek: If I'm turning myself in, I get the deal of a lifetime. [He plucked a feather from Fifi and dipped in the magic ink jar] That means you have to give me anything I want. [The scared villain leaped onto the table, stopped him signing it]
    Rumpelstiltskin: No, no, no! Only true love's kiss can break your contract! So if you thought you were just gonna [mimicks walking] doot-doot-doot in here and get your life back--
    Shrek: I'm not here to get my life back.
    Rumpelstiltskin: [with a glare] Then what DO you want?
    Rumpelstiltskin: I don't know. Not much of a storybook ending. [mockingly] The noble Shrek turns himself in to save a bunch of filthy ogres.
    [The witches trying to shackles Shrek with chains]
    Shrek: All that matters is that they're free, and Fiona is safe.
    Rumpelstiltskin: Awww, I bet Fiona would be really touched to hear that, but, hey, I guess you can tell her yourself. [He and the cackling witches turned to reveal Fiona, shackled as well, struggling to get out]
    Shrek: Fiona! [Shrek & Fiona rushed to each other, but the weight of the shackles and chains held them back. They tried breaking free from them to no avail, and Rumpelstiltskin only cackled maniacally as he watched the two ogres struggle to reach each other in failed attempts to his pure wicked amusement] Stiltskin, we had a deal! You agreed to free all ogres!
    Rumpelstiltskin: [uncaring tone] Oh, yeah. [slyly] But Fiona isn't all human, is she?
    [He gave a smug, evil smirk. Shrek's face faltered as he looked over at Fiona worryingly.]
    Rumpelstiltskin: By day, one way, by night, another. Blardy, blardy, blar. Ha ha! [He skipped merrily out of the room in triumph and more triumphantly] Nobody's smart but me! [He and the laughing witches left the room, closing the doors and leaving the two prisoners alone. Shrek gave a solemn sad look]
    Princess Fiona: That was a really brave thing you did, Shrek. Thank you.
    Shrek: [sullenly] No, you were right. I wasn't there for you, and not just at the dragon's keep, but... everyday since.
    Princess Fiona: [smiles softly] Well, you're here now. [Long pause; Shrek grin at Princess Fiona]
    [During the main event]
    Donkey: ♪ Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall. All you've got to do is call. ♪ [Rumpelstiltskin and the witches hear and spot him on top of the new hanging chandelier ball] ♪ And I'll be there. Yeah, yeah, yeah! ♪
    Shrek: Donkey?
    Donkey: And Puss!
    Puss in Boots: [descends down the chandelier ball's rope, now wearing his boots, belt, hat and cape] In Boots!
    Princess Fiona: Shrek.
    Shrek: It’s alright.
    Princess Fiona:
    Shrek:
    Princess Fiona: You have kids?
    Shrek:
    Princess Fiona:
    Shrek: And someday you will.
    Shrek: You know what the best part of today was? I got the chance to fall in love with you all over again.
    Puss in Boots: ?
    Princess Fiona:
    Rumpelstiltskin: Impossible!
    Princess Fiona: The kiss worked.
    [last lines]
    Princess Fiona: Shrek, are you okay?
    Shrek: [turned to see Fiona, the way she was before signing his life away. He removed the party hat and went up to hug his wife.] Oh, Fiona. I've never been better.
    [Fiona smiled warmly, and the parents then heard their kids playfully sword fighting.]
    Shrek: Happy Birthday, Farkle. Fergus, my little man! And Felicia, sweetheart. I believe this is yours.
    Felicia: Thank you, Daddy.
    Shrek:
    Donkey:
    Puss in Boots:
    Princess Fiona:
    Donkey: That’s my best friend!
    Shrek: You know, I always thought I rescued you from the Dragon's Keep.
    Princess Fiona: You did.
    Shrek: No. It was you that rescued me.
    [Fiona beams, before the two share a kiss]

## Taglines

* The Final Chapter
* It ain't ogre– til it's ogre
* There's a new king in town
* Bake no prisoners (Gingerbread Man tagline)
* The fairy tale is ogre (Princess Fiona tagline)
* Waffles in the face of danger (Donkey tagline)
* Feed me! If you dare! (Puss in Boots tagline)
* Where my witches at? (Rumpelstiltskin tagline)
* What the Shrek just happened? (Shrek tagline)

## Cast

* Mike Myers — Shrek
* Eddie Murphy — Donkey
* Cameron Diaz — Princess Fiona
* Antonio Banderas — Puss in Boots
* Julie Andrews — Queen Lillian
* John Cleese — King Harold
* Walt Dohrn — Rumpelstiltskin/Pied Piper
* Jon Hamm — Brogan
* Jane Lynch — Gretched
* Craig Robinson — Cookie
* Lake Bell — Patrol Witch, Wagon Witch #2
* Kathy Griffin — Dancing Witch, Wagon Witch #1
* Mary Kay Place — Guard Witch
* Kristen Schaal — Pumpkin Witch, Palace Witch

## See also

* Shrek
* Shrek 2
* Shrek the Third
* Puss in Boots
* Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
* Shrek 5
* Donkey

## External links

* Shrek Forever After quotes at the Internet Movie Database
Shrek  (2001) · Shrek 2  (2004) · Shrek 3  (2007) · Shrek 4  (2010) · Puss in Boots  (2011) · Puss in Boots: The Last Wish  (2022) :
| Short films | Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party (2001) · Shrek 4D (2003) · Thriller Night (2011) · Puss in Boots: the Three Diablos (2012) |
| Television specials | Far Far Away Idol (2004) · Shrek the Halls (2007) · Scared Shrekless (2010) |
(1998) · The Prince of Egypt  (1998) · The Road to El Dorado  (2000) ·  (2000) ·  (2001) ·  (2002) ·  (2003) · Shrek 2  (2004) ·  (2004) ·  (2005) ·  (2005) · Over the Hedge  (2006) · Flushed Away  (2006) · Shrek the Third  (2007) · Bee Movie  (2007) ·  (2008) · Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa  (2008) · Monsters vs. Aliens  (2009) ·  (2010) · Shrek Forever After  (2010) ·  (2010) · Kung Fu Panda 2  (2011) ·  (2011) ·  (2012) ·  (2012) ·  (2013) · Turbo  (2013) ·  (2014) ·  (2014) ·  (2014) · Home  (2015) ·  (2016) ·  (2016) · The Boss Baby  (2017) · Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie  (2017) · How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World  (2019) · Abominable  (2019) · Trolls World Tour  (2020) · The Croods: A New Age  (2020) ·  (2021) · The Boss Baby: Family Business  (2021) ·  (2022) · Puss in Boots: The Last Wish  (2022) ·  (2023) · Trolls Band Together  (2023) ·  (2024) ·  (2024) ·  (2025) :
| Short films | Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party (2001) · Shrek 4D (2003) · Far Far Away Idol (2004) · Thriller Night (2011) · Puss in Boots: the Three Diablos (2012) |
| Television specials | Shrek the Halls (2007) · Scared Shrekless (2010) |
| Television series | The Penguins of Madagascar |