![]() ![]() ![]() But who can blame her? She’s been cooped up alone in a tall tower guarded by a dragon for years. ![]() She’s also hesitant to truly let others in, keeping some powerful secrets that she has trouble sharing with others. She has been taught the niceties of being a princess, but she has a tomboyish side. Very odd things happen to her at night, but is that just another curse than can be lifted? Fiona must decide whether she is truly the beautiful princess she appears to be, or if she’s something altogether different, something a lot more like Shrek. Fiona seems to be warming up to Shrek, but in what fairy tale has a beautiful princess ever ended up with an ogre?Ĭhallenge… struggling with her identity. But now that she’s been rescued by an ogre who wants to marry her to Lord Farquaad-the height-challenged (and ethics-challenged) ruler who sent Shrek to retrieve her-Fiona is a cross roads. She’s been waiting for Prince Charming all her life, or at least a charming prince. She helps Shrek beat the wind out of Robin Hood and his Merry Men. Interests… high-pitched singing, kung fu. And with the constraints of captivity lifted at last, she finally has the chance to break free from it all. Perhaps more than anything, Fiona has actually been waiting to take her destiny into her own hands. These quirky characters make up one of the most beloved franchises in cinema history. Fiona is straight out of the fairy tales: the kind of princess whose job, like Rapunzel, is to wait in a high tower for a man to come to her rescue. In addition to the main character, there are many other memorable characters in the series including Donkey, Puss in Boots, Fiona, Lord Farquaad, Gingy, Big Bad Wolf, King Harold, Prince Charming, and others. Along with his trusty sidekick, the very chatty Donkey, Shrek is about the furthest thing from the dreamy “happily ever after” that Fiona spent her whole life expecting. Instead of a handsome young prince, Shrek the ogre ended up saving Fiona from the dragon’s keep. The spell kept her locked in a castle protected by a fire-breathing dragon, where “she waited in the dragon's keep, in the highest room of the tallest tower, for her true love, and true love's first kiss.” Like something out of a fairy tale, Fiona grew up waiting for her Prince Charming. Each of these female Shrek characters has withstood the test of time, and has given both kids and adults characters they can grow up idolizing.Grew Up… under a fierce enchantment. Even the newest installment in the Shrek franchise, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish has cast massive Hollywood juggernaut Florence Pugh to star as the film's main antagonist, Goldilocks. The yin to her husband, King Harold's, yang, Queen Lillian is a wonderful and accepting individual who simply wants the best for her daughter, Princess Fiona. Each and every classic female character in Shrek is the opposite of what audiences would expect them to be, and these ideologies have given moviegoers some of the best animated characters in the history of cinema!Ĭharacters like Princess Fiona voiced beautifully by Cameron Diaz and Fairy Godmother voiced to maniacal perfection by Jennifer Saunders have burst through traditionally animated character stardom and have become pop culture phenomenons as few films have. Often the voice of reason during the latter Shrek film, Queen Lillian always remains cool and calm under pressure, even during the most dire circumstances. Almost every character is shockingly different than their book counterparts, however, there isn't a more prominent example of this than with the female Shrek characters. Attention citizens of Far Far Away! We are ranking the best female characters in Shrek from best to worst! The Shrek franchise has become synonymous with subverting what audiences expect from traditional fairy tale creatures, from their personalities down to the ways they look. ![]()
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