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From bawdy puns to cheeky pop-culture references, the “Shrek” movies are packed with jokes that sailed right over our heads as kids. Join us as we revisit the funniest adult-oriented gags in Far Far Away, from Farquaad’s not-so-subtle insecurity to Donkey’s awkward run-ins with Dragon, plus a whole lot more hidden innuendo.
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00:00Amigo, we are off to the Kit Kat Club. Come on, join us!
00:04Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the adult-oriented gags from the Shrek movies
00:10that likely flew over our heads as kids.
00:12Thank you! Thank you very much! I'm here till Thursday. Try the veal!
00:17We'll be discussing specific scenes in this beloved franchise, so a spoiler warning is now in effect.
00:23Number 20. Donkey's Dream, Shrek
00:26Listen, there's no limit to what our imaginations can conjure up while we sleep.
00:31Some dreams are wholesome, others are horrifying, and some fulfill our deepest unspoken desires.
00:37In that respect, Donkey's no different from any of us.
00:40But that's not enough to save him after Shrek and Fiona catch him in the middle of what could be
00:44described as a private fantasy.
00:47Come on, baby, come on, my left side, and I'll give you a rat.
00:49Donkey, wake up!
00:50Huh?
00:51What?
00:51Let's just say that his choice of words leave little to the imagination for viewers with life experience,
00:56especially considering he had just put the moves on Dragon a few scenes earlier.
01:00Plus, seeing as how the two have started a family by the end of Shrek 2,
01:04we have an idea of where things were heading before he's woken up.
01:08What? Say that one more time.
01:09What are you talking about? Are you serious?
01:12Huh?
01:12Huh?
01:15Huh?
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01:26Number 19, Hooters, Shrek the 3rd.
01:29Once upon a time, someone decided that we were the losers.
01:34There are two sides to every story, and our side has not been told.
01:40So, who will join me?
01:42Who wants to come out on top?
01:44After the events of Shrek 2, Prince Charming is hell-bent on exacting revenge against the royal family,
01:49and thus recruits a group of villains to seize the kingdom.
01:52Unfortunately for Charming, some of his minions miss the point of pillaging far, far away,
01:57with their antics qualifying more as pranks than acts of insurrection.
02:01That's especially true of the dwarves who loot the local bootery and change the name out front to Hooters.
02:07Children with more cautious parents likely haven't experienced the restaurant chain that name is synonymous with,
02:12but a group of cheerful men nevertheless descend upon the joint.
02:15Honestly, the joke's on Charming.
02:18Even under false pretenses, taking refuge there has got to be better than being outside while an uprising takes place.
02:24We're all gonna die!
02:30Everyone in!
02:31Now!
02:32Number 18, True Enough, Shrek 2.
02:35After being transformed by the Happily Ever After Potion, Shrek quickly catches the eye of a group of maidens.
02:41The potion must have worked a little too well, because the women waste no time in flirting with him
02:46and don't think twice in offering themselves up as his true love.
02:50One of them takes things especially far with an offhanded remark that unsubtly suggests a more debaucherous side to her
02:56personality.
02:57Pick me!
02:57I'll be your true love!
02:58I'll be your true love!
02:59I'll be true!
03:01Enough!
03:01Older and wiser audience members will note this is the same woman who laments that she has nothing to rub
03:07when her friends start feeling Shrek up.
03:08Their unabashed excitement when Donkey suggests a wardrobe change is really the cherry on top
03:14of this delightfully absurd beginning to Shrek's new life.
03:17Look out, princess!
03:18Here comes the new me!
03:21First things first, we need to get you out of those clothes.
03:25Number 17, Hello Acne, Shrek Forever After.
03:29Sir, you're gonna have to pay for that!
03:31Uh, maybe we can make a deal for it, little boy?
03:35Oh, I'm not a real boy!
03:37You wanna be?
03:38True to his literary origins, Pinocchio spends much of his time in the Shrek movies dreaming of becoming a real
03:44boy.
03:45You'd think, given his idealism, that he'd be a little naive about everything that wish entails.
03:50After all, we certainly aren't privy to many of the nitty-gritty details about our bodies until we start seeing
03:56them change.
03:57The puppet is clearly one step ahead of younger viewers when signing a deal with Rumpelstiltskin,
04:02as he's eager to trade one nuisance for another.
04:04Oh, please make me a real boy!
04:07Go away!
04:08Terms are in the details, bossa boy.
04:10Sayonara, termites!
04:11Hello, Acne!
04:12His preparation probably doesn't mean much from a kid's perspective.
04:16But for those of us who have been through the ordeal of growing up,
04:19Pinocchio's willingness to confront puberty head-on gets a big kudos.
04:24Number 16.
04:25Celebrity Marriages, Shrek
04:27It goes without saying that Lord Farquaad was never going to be Fiona's true love.
04:32While his abject cruelty toward the fairytale creatures is a blinking red flag,
04:36this quality is outshone only by his need to be propped up as important.
04:40Princess Fiona.
04:42Beautiful, fair, flawless Fiona.
04:44I ask your hand in marriage.
04:47Will you be the perfect bride for the perfect groom?
04:51His desire to marry Fiona is nothing but a play to boost his own status.
04:56And it's a trait that Donkey, of all characters,
04:58seems keenly aware of after Farquaad meets his demise.
05:02His perfectly timed quip is a hilarious encapsulation of the wannabe ruler's entire essence,
05:07as he likely would have trapped Fiona in a loveless marriage simply to make himself look good.
05:15Celebrity marriages, they never last, do they?
05:17Trust us, if you've ever read a tabloid magazine, you'll know exactly what Donkey means.
05:22Number 15.
05:24Fairy Godmother's Potions
05:25Shrek 2
05:26If the Fairy Godmother wasn't so focused on manipulating people for personal gain,
05:31she'd probably still make a decent living with her exceptional brewing skills.
05:35If the names of her potions are any indication,
05:37it seems there are some specific markets that only she can tap into.
05:41What do you see?
05:43Don't stool soften her?
05:44Oh yeah, you're right.
05:45I'm sure a knife BM is the perfect solution for marital problems.
05:48Alpha Teltor?
05:50Uh-uh.
05:51Hexlax?
05:51Anyone with gastrointestinal issues may be tempted to invest in the likes of these magical remedies,
05:56and those are just the ones that are name-dropped.
05:59If you pay especially close attention to her factory's conveyor belts,
06:03you just might notice a bottle with Viagra plastered across the front.
06:06It's definitely one of the harder-to-spot jokes in this franchise,
06:10but Fairy Godmother is nothing if not determined to equip her customers with all the right tools.
06:16If you should ever need me,
06:18happiness is just a teardrop away.
06:20Number 14, Waffle Hole, Shrek Forever After
06:24Sticky stacks of gold and fairbit deliciousness!
06:28Donkey, don't eat that!
06:30There's a stack of freshly made waffles in the middle of the forest.
06:34Don't you find that a wee bit suspicious?
06:36After signing his existence away to Rumpelstiltskin,
06:39Shrek's only hope in setting things right is earning his true love's kiss.
06:43The trouble is, Fiona has never met him in this alternate universe,
06:46and his first impression leaves a lot to be desired.
06:49I'm so happy I found you!
06:59Maybe you missed orientation,
07:01but for future reference, personal space is very important to me.
07:04After Donkey falls into a trap by snacking on some waffles,
07:07Shrek follows his bestie into the heart of the Ogre Rebellion.
07:11It's here when he tells Fiona about how he got there,
07:14making sure to remember the colorful details.
07:16We're married.
07:17Hear me out.
07:18And at the birthday party with some pigs and a puppet,
07:21the villagers wanted me to sign their pitchforks.
07:23And this boy kept saying,
07:24Ditheraar! Ditheraar!
07:25Then I punched the cakes that the pigs ate,
07:27and the next thing I knew, my donkey fell in your waffle hole!
07:30The thing is, even though Shrek is telling the truth,
07:32Fiona's mix of confusion and disgust is still pretty warranted.
07:36Especially once you look up the phrase on Urban Dictionary.
07:39You're off to a hot start, Shrek!
07:41Number 13. Save My Ass, Shrek.
07:45Speaking of bad first impressions,
07:47Fiona's initial meeting with Shrek is not the fairy tale she always imagined.
07:51In fact, the two are on completely different wavelengths.
07:54This beeth our first meeting.
07:57Should it not be a wonderful, romantic moment?
08:01Yeah.
08:02Sorry, lady.
08:03Hey, wait!
08:04What are you doing?
08:05For Shrek, saving the princess is merely a job that will earn him back his swamp.
08:09But his lack of attention towards her leads to this humorous play on words.
08:13Running away from the exit,
08:15the green-skinned knight informs Fiona just how much he's looking out for number one.
08:19At least that's what she thinks.
08:20Wait, where are you going? The exit's over there!
08:23Well, I have to save my ass.
08:26What kind of knight are you?
08:29One of a kind.
08:30Kids will probably be too busy laughing at Shrek dropping a curse word to get the joke.
08:35But anyone who understands the word's proper meaning
08:37will know that Shrek's intentions are actually quite noble.
08:41As protecting Donkey from Dragon clearly means a lot to him.
08:44Ah, princess!
08:45It talks!
08:46Yeah, it's getting him to shut up, that's the trick!
08:48Number 12. Giving Shrek the talk.
08:51Shrek the third.
08:52Like many an expecting parent,
08:54Shrek is anxious and in disbelief about the idea of becoming a father.
08:58While confiding in Puss in Boots and Donkey,
09:00he wonders aloud how this could have happened.
09:03Ever the straight shooter, the swashbuckling feline takes the lead.
09:07Allow me to explain.
09:08You see, when a man has certain feelings for a woman,
09:11a powerful urge sweeps over him.
09:13Shrek quickly clarifies that he understands that part.
09:17And it's certainly a relief to any viewer who may have briefly wondered
09:21if Shrek was ever told about the birds and the bees.
09:23In fairness, we're never given a glimpse of the ogre's childhood,
09:27so it's a valid concern.
09:28And a good reminder to have the same talk with our own kids when the time is right.
09:32My father was an ogre.
09:35He tried to eat me.
09:37Now I guess I should have seen it coming.
09:40He used to give me a bath and barbecue sauce and put me to bed with an apple in my
09:43mouth.
09:43Number 11. Pork Illustrated. Shrek 2.
09:47Despite being typically cast as a villain,
09:49the big bad wolf is actually a pretty easygoing guy.
09:52But like any character in the world of Shrek,
09:55he still has some strange proclivities.
09:57When Prince Charming arrives at the Dragon's Keep to find the wolf in Fiona's place,
10:01the nightgown-clad squatter is equipped with some curiously titled reading.
10:05Cross the room to her sleeping silhouette.
10:08Pull back the gossamer curtains to find her.
10:12What?
10:13As if Wolfie's exchange with Charming isn't funny enough,
10:16his selection of the Pork Illustrated Swimsuit issue
10:19is complemented by a very telling snack of choice, pork rinds.
10:23Today's young pups are probably unfamiliar with the time-honored tradition
10:26of getting one's kicks from a widely circulated magazine.
10:29As for their parents?
10:31Hopefully their thoughts aren't as dark
10:33as the ones Wolfie is harboring for the three little pigs.
10:35Let's go eat.
10:36Hey, wait a minute.
10:37There's something more to this.
10:39Come on now, what's going on?
10:40Number 10. She's Not Easy.
10:42Shrek.
10:43Mirror, mirror on the wall.
10:44Is this not the most perfect kingdom of them all?
10:48Well, technically you're not a king.
10:51The villainous Lord Farquaad, who starts Shrek on his fateful journey,
10:54is searching for a princess to marry to legitimize his rule.
10:58To that end, he inquires of the magic mirror
11:01to locate a suitable princess to be his bride.
11:03So, just sit back and relax, my lord,
11:07because it's time for you to meet today's eligible bachelorettes.
11:11And here they are.
11:14The mirror displays the eligible ladies in a manner similar to a dating game show host.
11:19When speaking about Snow White,
11:21the mirror remarks that while she lives with seven men,
11:24namely the dwarfs,
11:25she isn't easy.
11:27Bachelorette number two is a cape-wearing girl from the land of fancy.
11:30Although she lives with seven other men,
11:32she's not easy.
11:33When we were younger,
11:34the reference to Snow White being intimate with her roommates was lost on us,
11:38but the implications are both funny and unsettling now.
11:42Give it up for Snow White.
11:44Number 9. College Trip.
11:46Shrek the Third.
11:47You really should think about going on a diet.
11:49Yeah, you should think about getting yourself a pair of pants.
11:52I feel all exposed and nasty.
11:54In order to find a suitable replacement heir for the kingdom of Far, Far Away,
11:58Shrek, Donkey, and Puss in Boots travel to find Artie.
12:01During their journey,
12:02they encounter Merlin,
12:03whose eccentricities are as numerous as his less than successful spells.
12:08The madcap wizard sends the group back to Far, Far Away,
12:11with the side effect that Donkey and Puss switch bodies.
12:14Upon their arrival,
12:16Donkey remarks that he hasn't been on a trip like the one they just experienced since college.
12:21Man, I haven't been on a trip like that since college.
12:23Aside from the bizarre revelation that Donkey has a higher education,
12:27the reference to recreational drug use can be easy to miss,
12:30particularly since so many college students go on literal trips abroad.
12:34I've been abracadabbered into a fancy feasting second-rate sidekick.
12:38Number 8. Milkboarding.
12:40Shrek.
12:40The aforementioned Lord Farquaad doesn't take too kindly to fairytale creatures living in his kingdom,
12:46and when he isn't driving them out of their homes,
12:48the guy is straight up savaging them.
12:51That's enough!
12:52He's ready to talk.
12:53Farquaad orders the torture of the gingerbread man by having his head dunked in milk,
12:58which kids, of course, won't realize,
13:00has a Rock War era brutal interrogation connotations.
13:03Run, run, run, as fast as you can.
13:06You can't catch me.
13:08I'm the gingerbread man!
13:10You're a monster!
13:11Then there's the ripping off and crushing of Gingy's legs,
13:14before Farquaad threatens to tear off his gumdrop buttons.
13:18Tell me, or I'll...
13:19No, not the buttons!
13:20Not my gumdrop buttons!
13:22All right then, who's hiding them?
13:23The darkness of this scene can get a little lost,
13:26what with the ridiculous Muffin Man exchange,
13:28but it's really messed up when you think about it.
13:31Do you know the Muffin Man?
13:33The Muffin Man?
13:34The Muffin Man!
13:36Yes, I know the Muffin Man.
13:38Who lives on Drury Lane?
13:39Number 7.
13:40Frankincense and Myrrh, Shrek the Third.
13:43What in the Schistashire kind of place is this?
13:45During the course of their search for Arthur,
13:47Shrek and company discover the future king at a boarding school
13:50that mixes modern high school tropes with medieval fantasy ones.
13:53While exploring the campus,
13:55the trio pass by a carriage in the rough shape of a VW bus,
13:59whose occupants stumble out covered in smoke.
14:01One asks the other not to burn all his frankincense and myrrh.
14:05Hello, bro.
14:06Don't burn all my frankincense and myrrh.
14:09The marijuana reference is easy to overlook,
14:11since it's a throwaway scene.
14:13Somehow we doubt they'll be gifting their stash
14:16to their newborn lord and savior,
14:17or whatever the fairy tale equivalent is.
14:20Number 6.
14:21Physical Relationship, Shrek.
14:23Shrek and Donkey's first adventure together involves rescuing Princess Fiona
14:27from a castle guarded by a fearsome dragon.
14:30You're a girl dragon.
14:32Oh, sure.
14:33I mean, of course you're a girl dragon,
14:37because you're just reeking of feminine beauty.
14:40However, as Donkey soon discovers,
14:42the dragon is female and quite infatuated with him.
14:46While the dragon's amorous intentions are about as subtle as Donkey is quiet,
14:50the sheer number of innuendos in their first meeting can be easy to miss when you're a kid.
14:54I don't want to rush into a physical relationship.
14:58I'm not emotionally ready for a commitment of this magnitude.
15:03Really is the word I'm looking for.
15:04Magnitude.
15:05Hey, that is unwanted physical content.
15:08From Donkey claiming he's not ready for a physical relationship
15:11to the dragon's off-screen touching of Donkey's body parts,
15:14this scene is a lot dirtier upon rewatch.
15:16I mean, we really should get to know each other first,
15:19you know, as friends, or maybe even as penpiles.
15:21Number 5.
15:22Paid.
15:23Shrek.
15:23This franchise's take on Robin Hood is...
15:26unique, to say the least.
15:28Be still, mon chéri,
15:29for I am your savior,
15:31and I am rescuing you from this green...
15:36beast.
15:37Why is he French?
15:38When Robin, or as he prefers Miss Your Hood,
15:41sees Shrek with Fiona,
15:42he attempts to rescue her from the apparent monster.
15:45Please, let me introduce myself.
15:47Oh, merry men!
15:49He and his merry men then launch into a musical number
15:52that they've clearly rehearsed,
15:54explaining who he is.
15:55I risk you pretty damsels, man, I'm good!
15:57Oh, the night!
15:59Monsieur Hood!
15:59Take it down.
16:00One of the verses mentions that Hood likes an honest fight
16:03and a saucy little maid,
16:05which is basically to say that he likes to get...
16:07and Hood interjects with the word paid.
16:10I like an honest fight and a saucy little maid.
16:12What he's basically saying is he likes to get paid.
16:14The natural completion of the verse
16:16would have been the word laid,
16:18but with the pace of the song,
16:19the joke can get lost in the rhythm.
16:22Number 4.
16:23Farquaad's name, Shrek.
16:25Who knows where this Farquaad guy is?
16:29Although this not-so-big-bad's name
16:31sounds like someone trying to gussy up
16:33their description of the distant part of a school campus,
16:35it's actually much more juvenile.
16:37Captain, assemble your finest men.
16:39Then we're going to have a tournament!
16:42Try saying his name aloud,
16:43but without the letter R.
16:45We'd say it ourselves,
16:46but we try to keep things family-friendly here.
16:48I am Lord Farquaad.
16:51Also, while we can't prove anything,
16:53the fact that Farquaad's kingdom
16:54is a pretty thin parody of Disney
16:56makes it possible that the creators of Shrek
16:58were using the small ruler as a commentary
17:00on then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner,
17:02and the name is a big middle finger at the man.
17:05Some of you may die,
17:07but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make.
17:11Number 3.
17:11Knights and O.J.
17:13Shrek 2.
17:14As we've seen already,
17:15the world Shrek inhabits
17:17is a hilarious mix of modern-day pop culture
17:19and fantasy tropes.
17:20Everyone who's anyone has turned out
17:22to honor Princess Fiona and Prince Shrek,
17:25and oh my, the outfits look gorgeous!
17:28One such blending occurs in the second film,
17:30which sees several of Shrek's fairytale friends
17:32watching a red carpet ball on the magic mirror.
17:35During a commercial break,
17:36they switch to Knights,
17:38which is a pretty clear parody of the show Cops.
17:40Tonight on Knights.
17:42Ah, now here's a good show.
17:43We got a white bronco heading east into the forest,
17:46requesting backup.
17:47It's time for the men in steel
17:48to teach these madcap mammals
17:49their devil-made-mare attitudes just won't fly.
17:53The shaky cam sees Shrek, Donkey, and Puss,
17:55the former two transformed into new forms,
17:58arrested by the boys in steel.
18:00Not only is Puss found to be in possession of catnip,
18:03which he denies is his,
18:04in a clear drug parallel,
18:06but Donkey is referred to as a literal white bronco,
18:09a reference to the infamous police pursuit of O.J. Simpson.
18:12Catnip.
18:13That's, uh, no mine.
18:14Hold on!
18:15It's mine!
18:16Princess Fiona!
18:17Number 2.
18:18Me Time.
18:19Shrek.
18:20Lord Farquaad is evil,
18:22but also gross.
18:24We've already detailed how he uses the magic mirror
18:26to find a potential wife,
18:28but his use of the mirror doesn't stop there.
18:30Number 3!
18:32Lord Farquaad,
18:33you've chosen
18:34Princess Fiona.
18:36Later, Farquaad is seen in bed,
18:38requesting the mirror show him Fiona again.
18:41Again.
18:41Show me again.
18:42While kids,
18:43and the far more innocent-minded among us,
18:45probably took the moment for a demonstration
18:47of Farquaad pining after the idea of his future bride,
18:51the implication is actually that he might be intending
18:53to use the image to, uh, enjoy himself.
18:56Mirror, mirror,
18:57show her to me.
18:58Show me the princess.
19:01Hmm.
19:04The signs are all there,
19:05from the mood lighting,
19:06to the mirror's look of disgust,
19:08to Farquaad looking down at something under the covers
19:11that we can't see,
19:12and never want to.
19:14Ah, perfect.
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19:36Where are you, my love zone here?
19:38Say the word and I'll appear.
19:40I wrote this song just for you
19:42to tell you what I always knew.
19:53The first hurdle in Shrek and Donkey's mission
19:56to get the fairy tale creatures out of his swamp
19:58is finding Duloc, Farquaad's castle.
20:01Upon arrival,
20:02Shrek asks if Donkey also thinks
20:04that the castle's large size
20:05indicates that Farquaad is compensating for something.
20:08So, that must be Lord Farquaad's castle.
20:13Yeah, that's the place.
20:15Do you think maybe he's compensating for something?
20:18As children, it's a funny joke.
20:20Because, haha, Farquaad is short.
20:23But as adults,
20:24the implication that the diminutive Lord
20:26may be making up for a deficiency inside his trousers,
20:29rather than his height,
20:30is far more obvious.
20:32Then again,
20:33it's entirely possible that Farquaad is trying to do both.
20:36Who are we to say?
20:41What joke from Shrek made much more sense to you as an adult?
20:44Be sure to let us know down in the comments.
20:46We'll see you next time.
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