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The following reference(s) may be useful when improving this article in the future:

Sims, David (May 19, 2014). "Why Is the Internet So Obsessed With Shrek?". The Wire (The Atlantic).
McCue, Devin (February 15, 2021). "Shrek, the Unacknowledged Hero of Queer Youth, 20 Years Later". (The Mary Sue).

This article was the subject of an educational assignment in 2014 Q1. Further details were available on the "Education Program:Queen Mary, University of London/Research Methods (Film) (Spring 2014)" page, which is now unavailable on the wiki.

On 27 March 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved to Shrek (film). The result of the discussion was no consensus.

Mike Myers

After Chris Farley died in December 1997, in August 1998. Mike Myers was given the role. Please add this date on "Production".^[1]

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Home Video release

the shrek was also released on Gameboy Advance Video, but it isnt listed in the Home Video release section. in shrek 2 wiki its listed but on this shrek 1 it isnt here. should it be added ?

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There is a Shrek Home Release for the Gameboy Advance. 113.30.241.64 (talk) 01:58, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: The right place for this content would be List of Shrek (franchise) video games. FifthFive (talk) 04:58, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"SHReK" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect SHReK has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 June 14 § SHReK until a consensus is reached. Thepharoah17 (talk) 02:03, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Acromegaliac Maurice Tillet As The Basis For Shrek's Appearance?

Briefly noted in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_French_Angel is the rumor that acromegaliac Russo-French wrestler Maurice Tillet served as the basis for Shrek's appearance. The change in appearance from both the illustration in Steig's book and the "I Feel Good" test video to Shrek's appearance in the actual movies does make one wonder if the "new-look" Shrek in the movies didn't have some pre-existing model. The cited Wikipedia article in turn cites https://www.huffpost.com/entry/real-life-shrek-inspiration-maurice-tillet-french-angel-photos_n_6391422 "Despite the uncanny physical similarities between Tillet and Shrek, DreamWorks -- the studio which released the film -- has never officially addressed the long-standing rumor that Tillet's appearance served as the basis for the animated character. A spokesman at the company did not immediately return a request for comment from The Huffington Post." Should this be included in the article?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.174.127.222 (talk) 16:04, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested grammar fixes

Article is locked. So please consider:

"Entertainment Weekly put it on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list" (i) change "it" to "Shrek" (or "the film") since this is a new section and we should reintroduce the referent; (ii) remove the incorrect comma before "best-of" (since "best-of list" is a fixed noun phrase: you couldn't reverse "a recent best-of list" to "a best-of recent list" so you can't use a comma as you might in "big, green aliens").
"Such elements can be seen in films like Robots, Chicken Little, Doogal, and Ron's Gone Wrong and more recently with Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken and The Tiger's Apprentice." Insert "and" where shown in bold: it needs to say "films like X, Y and Z, and more recently with..." or else the grammar is incorrect (you can't just say "films like X, Y, Z", and "with" doesn't fix it).

~2026-86823-2 (talk) 10:28, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I reworded the section with the list of films to match the sources. Barry Wom (talk) 11:41, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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