Continuity mistake: At the end of the film, the three blind mice are turned into the horses for the onion carriage but a second later they are dancing on the piano. (01:21:10 - 01:22:00)
Shrek (2001)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Andrew Adamson
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow, Mike Myers
Genres: Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Lord Farquaad is eaten by Dragon, and Shrek marries Princess Fiona who is now an ogre.
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More trivia for Shrek
Question: In a movie with talking ogres, pigs, mice, wolves, and all sorts of animals, why is everyone so surprised to find a talking donkey?
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Chosen answer: Who is "everyone"? The only person surprised he can talk is the one human who is processing the fairytale creatures for banishment, and this was used as a plot device to highlight a joke (between him flying and talking).
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Fiona also says "it talks", after he "saves his ass."
To be fair, she was locked in a castle for the majority of her life, so she wouldn't know that donkeys would be able to talk.
And yet he wasn't the only one surprised by it; watch the scene again and Fiona was surprised, too.