Ogres

*"I just want this to succeed for us, but no-one has ever taken us seriously and I don't think people will start now..."
"Well, not everyone believes in Ogres."*
―Jason Bermudez and Daniel Coleman[src]
**Ogres** are a legendary race of hideous, green-skinned humanoid monsters, known to consume regular human beings. Though Ogres usually live within the Ogre Dimension, several Ogres have been proven to populate other dimensions, such as Earth. Ogres were considered to be mythological creatures by most humans inhabiting Earth, until 2016 during the terrifying Ogre invasion that occurred in Orlando, Florida.

The *Shrekbusters*, a professional Ogre-extermination service created by Jason Bermudez, has been prominently credited to have proved the Ogres' existence to their world.

## History

### 'Mythological' Creatures

*"Everyone has heard Ogre stories around the campfire, heck, my grandma used to tell stories that would scare the socks out of us!"*
―Murphy Harlond[src]

Since the Middle Ages, Ogres had been depicted as monstrous creatures that deliberately consume human beings, plus other species, out of desperate hunger. Though Ogres had been considered to be real throughout history, their existence was deceived to be mythological, with multiple people disbelieving they existed. Despite these disbeliefs, several people still believed in Ogres, and would tell others campfire stories about them, or tell them presumed folktale, with Daniel Coleman's grandfather being one of the taletellers.

Sometime later, Ogres were documented in several books regarding supernatural mythology. These books were later read by Alex Rainsford during his studies. Jason Bermudez is considered to be the first person on Earth to discover a real-life Ogre in the flesh, having seen one through the window of an abandoned private property during his middle school years. Ogres soon became known to inhabit a parallel universe where their species ultimately overthrew humanity.

### The Tale of Shrek

*"Shrek? You mean the character we based our company from? I thought he was just a character from a movie!"
"Negative, his tale is quite real and much more terrifying than the romanticized film. He is the most powerful Ogre and many consider him to be a God."*
―Alex Rainsford and Jason Bermudez[src]

The Ogre Dimension served as the home of Shrek, an Ogre who often isolated himself from the rest of his hellish underworld. When Shrek's peaceful life started to become threatened, he sought to rescue Princess Fiona, a human who suffered a curse in her youth that would cause her to turn her into an Ogre every nightfall. Ultimately, Shrek fell in love with Fiona and married her, causing Fiona to remain an Ogre permanently, but due to her human origins, she didn't posses the abilities to fly or teleport through supernatural portals like other female Ogres. Shrek soon became regarded as the most powerful Ogre in existence, with many considering him to be a God.

### The Professional Ogre Exterminators

*"...and just like that, the Shrekbusters are at it again! With this whole month of going up and down the state of Florida, some people are beginning to think these Ogres they're seeing are nothing more than a scheme. Though others believe that this may be the start of an "Ogre invasion"."*
―Don Lee[src]

In 2016, Jason Bermudez, Daniel Coleman, and Alex Rainsford created the *Shrekbusters*, a professional extermination service specializing in capturing and containing Ogres. The business was established after the three were wrongfully expelled from Melston High School for trespassing an Abandoned Swamp. The reports from the incident stated they were causing disturbances during the night, when those disturbances were truly caused by the Ogre that tried to kill them. Unfortunately, due to the school's principal disbelieving in Ogres, he ultimately had the students' reputations shattered.

Despite the expulsion, the *Shrekbusters* ultimately became mainstream throughout Orlando, Florida, responding to several instances of Ogre-related activity. During the *Shrekbusters'* rise to fame, several people started to reconsider their beliefs regarding Ogres, being convinced that they were truly real. However, some such as Raymond Floyd continued to disbelieve in their existence, assuming the Ogres people were seeing were fake and that the *Shrekbusters* were nothing more than a scam.

### Ogre Invasion

*"Mr. Mayor, you gotta come see this. We've been getting reports on a hundred green monsters that are attacking the city!"
"I know."*
―Hunter and Mayor Buddy[src]

Seeking to confront the *Shrekbusters*, Raymond Floyd's troublesome violence resulted in the destruction of the Ogre Containment Unit, a device that was made to imprison all the Ogres the *Shrekbusters* had captured. This resulted in a catastrophic explosion, unleashing all the Ogres onto Orlando, Florida, starting a terrifying event known as the Ogre invasion. Mayor Buddy later brought the *Shrekbusters* in to help solve the issue, with the *Shrekbusters* successfully crossing the streams of their Proton Guns in order to turn the Ogre Dimension portal that was created into a trap, sucking all the Ogres back in, including Shrek. Despite Shrek being sent back to his world, he was eventually recovered by The Host, who took control over Shrek, utilizing his horrifying presence as "The Penalty" within *Nerd Or Noob*.

## Characteristic Traits

*"Millions, if not billions of different classes of Ogres have already crossed over and are wrecking havoc as we speak... More threatening are their feminine counterparts, such as the one we have encountered at the concert, who are able to fly, teleport through surfaces, and are overall more deadly."*
―Alex Rainsford to Jason Bermudez[src]

Ogres are usually presented as green-skinned humanoid creatures, often seen wearing regular human clothing. Ogres often lack sentience, proceeding them to impulsively devour whatever they deem to be edible. The weakest set of Ogres are the Class-V Raysnipes, though they had been credited by Alex Rainsford to still be very struggling to deal with. Ogres embody superstrength and have several layers of skin in their body, making them highly resistant to regular bullets. However, Ogres can usually be weakened by Protonic Technology, capable of stabilizing them and decreasing their sizes, evident with those such as Shrek, who was usually reduced to a regular human's size while under The Host's control. While Ogres are commonly spotted in the Ogre Dimension, Ogres also inhabit Earth, being possible to find in places such as swamps or abandoned buildings.

Though Ogres don't normally speak English, they do understand the language as one Ogre at the Gaylord Palms Hotel became irritated when Daniel Coleman described it as a "Vile Creature". Some Ogres are shown to speak, such as the first Ogre that Lily Moser encountered at the Orlando Orange County Center, though the Ogres have limitations, only capable of speaking lines from films in the *Shrek* franchise. The more threatening roster of Ogres are the female ones, who have wings that can make them fly, while even having the capability to teleport through supernatural portals invisible to the human eye. With the exception of Shrek, female Ogres are considered to be the most deadly, due to them being able to swoop down and take people away, such as DeAndre and Silverhawk, with the element of surprise.

Ogres share similarities with the concept of Zombies, being capable of mutating someone into an Ogre themselves if their DNA happens to be infected by the Ogre's. However, this is only possible if the victim has any exposed cuts for the Ogre DNA to slip through, such as Luis, who received cuts from the window glass of DeAndre's Car, before being dragged out and mutated into an Ogre himself. Those who are transformed into Ogres lose their sentience, and become mindless creatures, just like Zombies. Despite their lack of sentience, Ogres can still be controlled by human beings like pets, as The Host managed to take control of Shrek into doing what he commanded. Ogres have also been credited for producing Ogre Slime, mutated snot that usually comes out of an Ogre's nose.

## Appearances

In chronological order:

* *Shrekbusters* (Flashback)
* *Shrekbusters*
* *Nerd Or Noob*
	+ *Nerd Or Noob 2*
	+ *Nerd Or Noob 3*
* *Shrekbusters II* (Unreleased)

*THE FINAL PHASE SAGA*:

* *Battle for BFLBI: The Power of Tanner*

## Trivia

* The designs of the Ogres depicted in the *LittleBigPlanet* Universe are intended to share similarities to the Ogres that are depicted in the *Shrek* franchise, having green skin with some more human features.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 *Shrekbusters*
2. ↑ *Nerd Or Noob 2*