Shrek 2

Trivia: The film's numerous billboards of the Fairy Godmother in suggestive poses are a parody of the ubiquitous Hollywood persona Angelyne, a self-described "billboard self-promoter" who recently ran for Governor of California in 2003.

Trivia: When Gingy, the pigs, the wolf, and the other fairy tale characters are watching TV, they are watching "KNIGHTS", where they see Shrek getting arrested. For viewers who don't know, that TV program is a direct parody of "COPS", an American documentary TV series that follows on-duty police officers.

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Trivia: When Shrek and his friends flee the bar, knights are performing the 'close your eyes and touch your nose' sobriety test on the Headless Horseman.

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Trivia: This was the first animated sequel to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Trivia: This applies to both movies. Donkey is genderless. The genitals of both a donkey and a stallion are very obvious, but Donkey does not have them at any point. This was necessary to keep the movies with a PG rating.

Trivia: Throughout the movie, there are hints that King Harold is actually a frog. When Lillian is reading a book, she mentions how they had their first kiss at a lily pond. Which is a place where frogs live, and her bedroom has a bunch of lily pads on the walls. And then at the first scene at the bar when King Harold is looking for Puss in Boots, there is a frog who says, "Do I know you?"

Trivia: When Queen Lillian and King Harold are in the castle courtyard getting ready for the ball, look in the background, and you can see a man climbing a ladder that leads to nowhere.

Trivia: The three leads in the movie were paid $10 million each, while in the previous movie they were paid $350,000 each.

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Continuity mistake: When Fairy Godmother is throwing the books behind her, the book "Snow White" lands on the other books. "Snow White" noticeably changes position between two shots. (00:41:15)

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[Donkey, Shrek, and Puss in Boots have just been arrested.]
Donkey: What about my rights? You're supposed to say I have the right to remain silent. Nobody said I had to remain silent!
Shrek: Donkey, you have the right to remain silent. What you lack is the capacity.

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Question: If I remember correctly, in the trailer the magazine that the Wolf was reading was called "The New Porker" or something similar. Any reason why it was changed to "Pork Illustrated" in the final film?

Answer: The gag is that the wolf has developed a peculiar sexual fetish: he wears women's clothing for fun and is attracted to pigs. The magazine was changed for the trailer to be less suggestive (and thus to make the trailer G-rated).

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