Shrek is an ogre who lives a quiet life in his swamp and loves his solitude. His life is shattered when he unintentionally rescues the talkative Donkey from the ruthless ruler of the Kingdom of Duloc, Lord Farquaad’s soldiers. Farquaad, who is obsessed with perfection, throws out all fairytale creatures because they don’t exactly fit in with his plan. He uses the Magic Mirror to find his perfect princess bride, so he can finally become king and chooses Princess Fiona. Unfortunately, the princess is held captive in a castle tower guarded by a fire-breathing dragon. Shrek finds out Farquaad sent the fairytale creatures to his swamp and is VERY unhappy about it. So, he and Donkey set off for Duloc, intending to complain, but when they get there, they interrupt a tournament Farquaad is holding to find a knight to rescue the princess. Once Farquaad sees Shrek, he tells the knights to kill him. They go after Shrek and he takes them all down, with help from Donkey. Farquaad gets an idea and sends Shrek to rescue Fiona and even agrees to get the fairytale creatures out of the swamp. When Shrek and Donkey get to the castle, they split up, look for Fiona. Shrek puts on the helmet of a fallen knight and finds the princess, but Donkey gets cornered by the fire-breathing dragon. He compliments her so she won’t eat him and is then taken to her chambers. Fiona wants Shrek to remove the helmet, but he refuses at first, and then does as she says. Once she sees he is an ogre and not her true love, she refuses to go with him to Duloc. He then decides to take her there by force and throws her over his shoulder. As they walk through the woods, Fiona insists on stopping to make camp and sleeps in s rock cave. The next night, Fiona and Shrek are about to kiss when Donkey says the sun is setting; Fiona races into an old windmill nearby and Donkey thinks the two are falling in love. Shrek denies this adamantly and storms off. Donkey goes into the windmill to find an ogress, not Fiona. He starts freaking out and then realizes the ogress is Fiona. She tells him a spell was cast on her when she was a young girl and that she will take one form by day and another by night until she meets her true love and kisses him. Shrek overhears the conversation, storms off without waiting to hear the rest and the next day, takes her to Lord Farquaad. Farquaad takes her to his castle and has her get ready for their wedding. Shrek realizes he loves Fiona no matter what and decides to break up the wedding, but doesn’t think he’ll get there in time. Donkey whistles and Dragon appears. Shrek gets to Duloc and tells Fiona he loves her, kisses her and watches as Fiona turns into an ogre for good. They get married and are taken to their honeymoon in an onion carriage. more...