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I know he's a jerk and everything, but I gotta admit that Charming makes me hotter than July.
―Doris.

Doris is a supporting character in the DreamWorks Shrek franchise. She and her sister Mabel are Cinderella's stepsisters. She is included in Fiona's princess circle, even though Doris is not a princess. She also seems to get along well with Cinderella.

Background[]

Physical Appearance[]

Doris is seen as an unusually ugly female. She works at The Poison Apple and has a deep voice. Doris also sports make up similar to that of a drag queen; which includes blue eye-shadow and prominent drawn eyelashes. She wears a crown braid and a purple floor-length dress in all the films she appears in.

Many of the characters find Doris unappealing, with some even doubting her gender, just like the Big Bad Wolf. A few examples saying "You go...girl?" during her singing performance of Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" in Far Far Away IdolSimon also accuses her of being ugly. In Shrek the Third, Snow White retracts her statement of how many beautiful princesses there were in the group when she looks at Doris, who responds by glaring at her. It is unknown why Doris has a male voice, though it could be to make her more unattractive.

Appearances[]

Shrek 2[]

Doris is first seen in Shrek 2 when King Harold secretly enters the Poison Apple Club, in which she is working as a bartender. She recommends Puss In Boots to the king for the task of assassinating Shrek. Near the film's climax, Doris points King Harold to a door guarded by the Fairy Godmother's bodyguards, behind which Prince Charming and the Fairy Godmother are secretly meeting. At first, she has a crush on Prince Charming and forces him to kiss her at the film's end. In Far Far Away Idol, she is accused by Simon Cowell of being ugly after she sings Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun".

Shrek the Third[]

In Shrek the Third, Doris becomes one of Shrek's best friends before the film's events. At the beginning of the film, Doris is briefly mentioned by Mabel when Prince Charming visits the Poison Apple. Mabel says that Doris does not belong here, indicating that Doris is living with Princess Fiona in the castle. During Fiona's baby shower, she is also seen, but she escapes by a hidden trapdoor when Charming starts to enter the castle. Later, she is imprisoned by Charming after he invades Far Far Away. With the princesses, Donkey, and Puss, she escapes and infiltrates the castle to confront Charming. In the end, Doris and Mabel finally meet in Charming's play and reconcile when Artie convinces the villains not to continue their criminal ways when they didn't get their happily ever after.

Shrek Forever After[]

Doris appears very briefly in Shrek Forever After at the ogre triplets' birthday party.

Thriller Night[]

She made a background cameo among with Snow White, Rapunzel, Mabel, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty.

Trivia[]

  • Doris is voiced by Larry King in the US, and Jonathan Ross in the UK.
  • She is seen as a cross-dressing male or a transgender woman to some viewers.
  • In the Fairy Godmother’s factory, you can see two pictures of Doris. The Before picture is of her as a man and the After picture is of her as a transgender female, so it is possible that she was assigned male at birth and the Fairy Godmother changed her gender.
    • Another theory is that Doris may have been assigned female at birth but her voice and physical appearance developed more closely to that of a male, which is likely the reason why she sought Fairy Godmother's help. But even after her change in appearance her voice remained the same and even then many still question if she's a woman or not (whether or not this was due to Fairy Godmother only being able to so much, or it was done purposely, or Doris couldn't afford better treatment is never revealed).

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Locations: DulocFar Far AwayOgre SwampPoison Apple InnPotion FactoryWorcestershire Boarding School

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