Royal Decree: When Shrek first encounters the soldiers, they try to read him the prince's decree outlawing all fairy-tale creatures, but get intimidated by him looming over them. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. The mirror tries to warn Farquaad of something that happens to Fiona after the sun goes down, but Farquaad cuts him off. As he discovers later due to his refusal to listen, it is her curse that turns her into an ogre at night. Shrek finds out at the same time, but has quite a different reaction to Farquaad's.

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Snipe Hunt: Donkey is sent off to find a blue flower with red thorns to keep him from distracting Fiona and Shrek while they dealt with the arrow in Shrek's behind. Taken further as Donkey turns out to be colorblind. Donkey actually finds the flower, too. Out-of-Context Eavesdropping: As mentioned under One Side of the Story, Shrek is about to confess his love to Fiona, when he overhears Fiona talking to Donkey, saying that no-one could love a monster like an ogre. Of course, he is unaware that she is talking about the curse that turns her into an ogre, which she conveniently doesn't explicitly mention again until just after Shrek gets disgusted and leaves.

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Thriving Ghost Town: Duloc is clearly a large kingdom, but it doesn't seem to host that big of a population in comparison, about enough to crowd an arena and church and that's it. This was due to technical limitations (the studios' crowd animation system was specifically designed for indoor settings) and to save on expensive and valuable rendering time for the film.

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Ruder and Cruder: Shrek uses mild profanity, whereas the children's book upon which it's very loosely based had none. Oddly subverted, however, in that the titular character was uglier, meaner, and cruder in the book than in the film. Mistaken for Own Murderer: Donkey, unaware of Fiona's curse, thinks that an ogre ate her when he finds one in her room. She manages to calm him enough to explain. Donkey: You know, I do too. That's another thing we have in common! Like, I hate it when you got someone in your face, you trying to give them a hint and they won't leave. And then there's that big awkward silence, you know... Donkey: I don't get it, Shrek. Why didn't you just pull some of that ogre stuff on him? You know, throttle him, lay siege to his fortress, grind his bones to make your bread? You know, the whole ogre trip.

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Donkey when he sees Dragon for the first time in the castle. Cue Big Word Shout and running like hell.

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Contrived Coincidence: Donkey just happens to feel morose at the same shore Dragon is crying at. It's a Small World, After All! The Smurfette Principle: Princess Fiona is the only female main character. All the rest - Shrek, Donkey and Farquaad - are male. Innocently Insensitive: When Donkey is giving Fiona a pep talk after he discovers her ogress form, he does rather tactlessly admit that she's ugly, but tries to soften the blow by pointing out that it only happens at night, whereas Shrek is ugly 24/7. It doesn't really help Fiona feel any better. Rescue Introduction: Shrek and Donkey meet Fiona when rescuing her from the tower. Though unintentional, Shrek also manages to scare off the knights and save Donkey when they first met.

Dragon becomes smitten with Donkey because he's the only castle visitor that has showered her with compliments. Later, he starts returning her feelings. Turn Your Head and Cough: When Donkey learns that Shrek has been hit by an arrow, Donkey panics at the thought of Shrek dying from it and shouts irrelevant medical advice, including "keep your feet elevated", a plea for somebody to perform the Heimlich Maneuver, and "turn your head and cough." Shrek: Maybe you're right. But we'll let you do the "measuring" yourself when you see him tomorrow. Sure, Let's Go with That: On the second night with Fiona, Donkey says he knows what's going on when Fiona says it's late and she has to go inside, before saying that he thinks Fiona's scared of the dark. She decides to go with it.

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Waking Non Sequitur: When Farquaad and his soldiers arrive at the mill, Donkey wakes up and says "What'd I miss? What'd I miss?" Seeing the soldiers walking past, he tries to throw his voice and make it appear like he didn't speak. Nature Tinkling: In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, seen from afar, Donkey urinates on a campfire.Downplayed. Shrek is by no means handsome in the film, but he's certainly not as gruesome looking as he was in the William Steig book. Curse Escape Clause: Fiona was cursed to be an ogre at night and a human during the day. The curse was broken by True Love's Kiss. Good thing it wasn't just any true love...