Prince Charming (Shrek)

Kill Shrek in order to avenge his mother's death and become the new king of Far Far Away (failed)

### Worst Actions

Forcibly kissing Fiona with the intent of activating the love potion and making her fall in love with him instead of Shrek.
Throwing Far Far Away into complete anarchy and relentlessly taking over the kingdom.
Trying to kill Arthur after he offers all of the other villains a chance to redeem themselves.

### Kill Count

3 (attempted)
Numerous (indirectly attempted; implied)

### Crimes

**Confirmed:**
Attempted murder
Usurpation
Terrorism
Identity theft
Attempted love theft
Sexual assault
Unlawful imprisonment
Defamation
Mass corruption
Attempted regicide
Abuse of power
Fraud
Incrimination
Attempted nepoticide
Aiding and abetting
Conspiracy
Abuse
Kidnapping
Poaching
Stalking
Sabotage
Breaking and entering
Child abuse
Public endangerment
Fearmongering
Psychological abuse
Torture
Animal cruelty
Treason
**Implied:**
Attempted mass murder (indirectly)
Attempted populicide (indirectly)

### Type of AB

Vengeful Usurper

**Prince Charming** is the secondary antagonist of Dreamworks' 8th full-length feature animated film *Shrek 2*, which is the sequel to their 5th full-length feature animated film *Shrek*. He is also the main antagonist of the second movie's 2007 sequel *Shrek the Third*, and a cameo character in its 2010 sequel *Shrek Forever After*, the 2010 TV special *Scared Shrekless*, and the 2011 short film *Thriller Night*.

He is an English-accented prince who is very arrogant and vengeful against Shrek for indirectly killing the Fairy Godmother, who was Charming's mother. Also, Prince Charming was originally supposed to rescue Princess Fiona only for her to end up being rescued by Shrek who he would end up forming hatred against, particularly in *Shrek the Third*, where he would try to kill him out of spite.

He was voiced by Rupert Everett.

## His Brilliance and Evil Rankings

### What Makes Him Amazing?

* He is very comedic due to how many times he is played for laughs.
* He is genuinely in love with Rapunzel.
* He genuinely cares for his mother, the Fairy Godmother, as he always shows affection to her and her death was part of his motivation to kill Shrek in *Shrek the Third*.
* He is a little bit tragic due to witnessing the death of his mother, the Fairy Godmother. He ended up crying about his mother's death in the third movie.
* He has insecurities which are played for sympathy in the 3rd film as he didn't get his own happy ending like he wanted deep down.
* While his hatred of Shrek is not excusable or justifiable, it is still understandable to some extent because Shrek stole the Princess that Charming worked hard to rescue which caused Charming to become a joke while working at a dinner theater. Not to mention that Shrek was indirectly responsible for his mom's death which greatly upset him.
* Unlike Lord Farquaad and Fairy Godmother, Charming actually felt genuine sympathy for the other villains for not getting what they wanted, which caused him to rally them to his side.
* He has no true plan or goal of his own and just goes along with the Fairy Godmother's plans. Even his plan to take over Far Far Away in the third movie was originally his mom's plan.

### What Makes Him Heinous?

* He assisted the Fairy Godmother in her plan to have Fiona drink the love potion and end up being forced to fall in love with Charming instead of her true love interest, Shrek.
* When he complained about Shrek's annoying nature, he insulted Shrek by calling him a "dreadful ogre".
* He kidnaps Fiona and her friends (and some of Shrek's friends) and imprisons all of them in a dungeon even though his victims were innocent.
* He rallied multiple villains to his side so he could take over Far Far Away and throw the place into pure chaos and anarchy. When he initiates the corruption, one of the villains followed his orders and started endangering the kingdom, terrorising innocent civilians and even chasing several children around the streets along with some townsfolk. Soon, all other villains started doing the same thing under Charming's orders.
* When Shrek and Arthur ambushed him, Charming summoned the villains and held Shrek and Arthur hostage so that he could kill both of.
* He chained Shrek and attempted to kill him at a public play that he set up himself.
* When Arthur successfully convinced the villains to redeem themselves, Charming refused to redeem himself and tried to kill Arthur out of spite only to end up being stopped by Shrek, whom he would try to kill one more time himself before trying to assert his rule over Far Far Away.

## Trivia

* Prince Charming is the only *Shrek* villain to be an Amazing Baddie.

## External Links

* Prince Charming on the Villains Wiki
* Prince Charming on the Villainous Benchmark Wiki