- “That was not just right!”
- ―Goldilocks frustrated and her most famous quote.
Goldilocks, also known as Goldi, is one of the main antagonists in the DreamWorks film, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. She is the infamous leader of the criminal gang of three bears, Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and Baby Bear. Goldilocks wants to get the Last Wish before Puss in Boots, his allies Kitty Softpaws and Perrito, and "Big" Jack Horner can so she can use it to regain her biological family.
Background[]
Personality[]
Goldilocks, known as Goldi by her adoptive family and rivals, is a fierce and determined young woman, seeking what she wants with great fervor and having a liking for things to be "just right". Goldi leads her adoptive family, the Three Bears, as their self-appointed leader, supported by Papa and Mama Bear while Baby Bear tends to butt heads with her and they bicker like all brothers and sisters do. She often has to keep her adoptive parents focused on the task at hand and often orders Baby to sniff out their quarry since he has the best sense of smell.
Though she is close with her adoptive family, deep down Goldi longed for her biological family, as she is an orphan (a fact often rubbed in her face by Baby) and wanted the Wishing Star's singular wish to find her real family, an obsession that blinded her initially to the family she already had. At first, Goldi kept her wish a secret from the Three Bears until Baby angrily demanded her to tell them and her answer left them heartbroken and speechless. Goldi halfheartedly explained that she didn't really belong with them, as she isn't a bear herself, and that she wanted things to be "just right" with the world (as in being with her real family despite not knowing anything about them).
She was humbled when the Three Bears, despite being hurt, chose to help her get her wish if it was what she truly wanted. But when Goldi had the chance to make the wish she passed it up to save her adoptive brother, Baby, from his doom, proving that in spite of her feelings and insecurities, Goldi loved the Three Bears and finally made peace with herself and truly understood that what she'd wanted she already had (which the Wishing Star had been trying to tell her all along) and she began getting along better with Baby, encouraging him to decide their next venture.
Physical Appearance[]
Goldilocks is a beautiful young woman around 18-20 years old. She has golden blonde hair, blue eyes, fair skin, and she wears a blue dress with white sleeves and carries a wooden staff with two points and has pearl-like beads tied to it. She also wears mismatching jewelry, like beads, pearls, mismatched earrings, and beaded hair ties holding her hair up in two frilly parts, and has two locks of her extending from the back of her head down her shoulders. As a child, Goldi was very similar to how she would have been as a girl, and even the clothes were similar.
Appearances[]
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish[]
Goldilocks first appears when she and the Three Bears go into Mama Luna's house for Puss. She tells Mama Luna that she and the family got an offer for him, in which Mama Luna declined that Puss is here. Goldilocks then had Papa Bear and Mama Bear interrogate her, which ended up having her fainted. She then orders Baby to search for Puss by using his smell, while she and Mama search for Puss as Papa Bear torments Mama Luna while playing her piano. Baby then informs Goldilocks and his parents that he found Puss, in which he shows them his corpse.
She, along with the bears then infiltrate "Big" Jack Horner's collection in which they spot Puss and Kitty as well as Jack Horner. As Goldi and the Bears chase Puss and Kitty, the Bears attempt to come after him in which Puss uses a stick on Baby and Mama, as he attempts to do the same with Papa, only to be knocked out of the air as he breaks out of the window with Kitty as the two them hop on in a carriage with Perrito.
Goldi and the Three Bears then go on a journey to the Wishing Star, while planning on what they can do when they make a wish for it. "Big" Jack Horner then bumps into them as the Bears family crash while Mama holds the latter to cushion her fall. As "Big" Jack Horner is taken Perrito hostage, Goldi and the Bears then threaten him by using one of his henchmen. After noticing Puss and Kitty have the map, Goldi and the Bears then go in battle to retrieve the Map while The Baker's Dozen try to kill Puss and his friends.
After getting the map to the Wishing Star, Goldi and the Bears family then celebrate as they travel to the Wishing Star in which they notice a cabin in the forest, as they relax in while Goldi looks at a book she used to look at, in which was the day she was adopted. As Puss and Kitty sneak in, the latter accidentally leaves one of the boots, causing Goldi and Mama to notice it's gone. As Goldi wakes up Baby and Papa, Puss then gets caught in which Goldi and the Bears then attempt to retrieve the Map. Puss and Kitty then battle the Bears as they each kick the porride, in which they throw the hot porridge to Mama, cold porridge to Baby, and the warm porridge to Papa.
As Puss and Kitty escape with the map, Goldi and the Bears then kidnap Perrito. Kitty then goes to rescue Perrito while Puss finds a way in the Soul's Cave. Goldi and the Bears then make a booby-trap in order to get the Map back from the cats using Perrito as bait, a couple of minutes later Baby Bear and Goldilocks start a fight, which is amused and mocked by Perrito, Baby Bear tells Perrito to stay out of the fight, which causes Perrito to laugh and insult the Three Bears and Goldilocks with profanity, which makes Mama Bear and Papa Bear laugh and admire Perrito, then Perrito tells Goldilocks that her family is funny and she being an orphan she won the lottery, which makes Goldilocks put sensitive, when Mama Bear says that they should adopt Perrito since he's just like them, Kitty stealthily takes Perrito and replaces he with a fake statue of Perrito, which makes Baby Bear angry and takes the statue, but just as Goldilocks reminds Baby Bear about the trap it's too late as they fell for the trap.
Later, while Puss in Boots arrives at the place where the Last Wish was, the Three Bears and Goldilocks unknowingly (since they were lost) were near the place where the Last Wish was. Which makes Goldilocks insult and scold Baby Bear, fed up with Goldilocks' abuse and insults, Baby Bear gets angry with Goldilocks, yelling at him and asking him how important is that desire that has got him and his parents involved in this, what which makes Goldilocks reveal that he wants to use the wish to get back together with his birth parents, which breaks the hearts of the Three Bears, to which the Bears doubt Goldilocks, to which Goldilocks comments that she's not a bear and does not feel part of the family, to which Mama Bear says that if that wish is very important to her they will get the Last Wish.
Then the Three Bears and Goldilocks join in the final fight. Near the end of the fight, Goldilocks has the map of the Last Wish, when she is about to make the wish, Goldilocks realizes that Baby Bear is about to die, which makes Goldilocks abandon his wish and save Baby Bear, to which Baby Bear gets excited. After the "defeat" of "Big" Jack Horner, Death appears hissing in front of everyone, which attracts the attention of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, after Goldilocks watches the epic battle of Puss in Boots and Death and the defeats of the latter. After this, Goldilocks and the Three Bears team up with Puss in Boots, Kitty and Perrito to defeat "Big" Jack Horner. After Jack Horner's defeat and the destruction of the Wishing Star Puss in Boots, Kitty, Perrito, the Three Bears and Goldilocks enjoy the meteor shower together. After a few minutes, the Bears and Goldilocks leave, saying goodbye to Puss in Boots, Kitty and Perrito, she tells the latter that he was right about how lucky she was, and she says goodbye as a Perrito before winking at him. Later on while they were planning what was going to be of his life, Baby says that they can be the replacement for Jack Horner's pastry organization, to which Goldilocks comments that it is a good idea, upon hearing what the bears were planning, the Talking Cricket told them says it's a good idea and that he can be his business partner, Baby Bear freaks out which makes Goldilocks try to hit the Talking Cricket.
Puss in Boots: The Trident[]
Goldilocks and the Three Bears Crime Family find Puss on a pirate ship where he's almost eaten by a shark. Papa Bear grabs Poseidon's trident and takes Puss off of it. Goldi then uses the trident to boil a bucket of water, claiming that their porridge will be "just right." Wanting to have a turn with the trident, Baby Bear accidentally knocks it out of her hands, nearly waking up one of the pirates. Before they can get it back, Kitty wakes all of the pirates with a loud guitar strum. A massive brawl ensues, with the crime family fighting the pirates and the cats. When seeing Kitty run away with the trident, Goldi chases after her with the bears on a boat. Unfortunately, they fail and are not seen again in the story.
Quotes[]
- “You're supposed to be dead.”
- ―Goldilocks to Puss in Boots.
- “Track that cat. Dead or alive will be just right.”
- ―Goldilocks.
- “You’re a daft, fat, slow thinking, no reading, lyme disease, flea ridden, dingleberry bear.”
- ―Goldilocks insulting Baby Bear.
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- She is based on the character from Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
- Goldilocks (along with the Three Bears) is the fourth villain of the Shrek franchise who is usually good (though in Goldilocks' case, flawed) in the fairy tales but a villain in the film series, following the Fairy Godmother, Prince Charming, and Rapunzel.
- Goldilocks was planned to be included in the original Shrek film, with the storyboarders proposing two ideas for her potential appearance: one was having Goldilocks knock Shrek's door to sell him girl scout cookies and another was having Goldilocks raiding Shrek's lander and complaining about the food by remarking that it was too hot, too cold or too disgusting. In the end, the filmmakers desisted from including Goldilocks in the movie, though the Three Bears were kept.
- It's hard to notice, but Goldilocks' teeth are pointed similar to a bear.
External links[]
- Goldilocks on the Villains Wiki
- Goldilocks on the Shrek Wiki
- Goldilocks on the The Adventures of Puss in Boots Wiki
