Changes: Shrek 2/Trivia

Revision as of 17:35, 19 October 2008

Cameos, in-jokes, re-used animation and other trivia for Shrek 2.

Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio, Oscar nominees for writing the screenplay to the first "Shrek", opted out of returning for the sequel as they felt that the basis for the storyline needed to be a traditional fairytale and disagreed with the producers' choice to follow a different plot line.

The fairy godmother Dama Fortuna was originally created for the first Shrek (2001) but was cut out and now featured in this sequel.

The Wolf is found reading a magazine named Pork Illustrated with the front page featuring an image of a posed pig in a bikini. This is a spoof of the swimsuit issue of the magazine Sports Illustrated.

While Larry King lent his voice to episodes of "The Simpsons" (1989), this was the first time that he voiced a character other than himself in an animated movie or television series.

Puss-in-Boots, an orange tabby, says, "I hate Mondays." A clear reference to Garfield the Cat, a fat orange tabby, who also constantly says "I hate Mondays."

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 * In the film's trailers, the wolf is reading "The New Porker".
 * While [[Larry King]] lent his voice to episodes of "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons The Simpsons]" (1989), this was the first time that he voiced a character other than himself in an animated movie or television series.
+* Puss-in-Boots, an orange tabby, says, "I hate Mondays." A clear reference to Garfield the Cat, a fat orange tabby, who also constantly says "I hate Mondays."
+* This was the first sequel
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