Abstract
Shrek the ugly, antisocial Ogre is happy living by himself in his swamp, frightening away any visitors, until he rescues a non-stop talking donkey and then gets invaded by a host of displaced fairy tale characters, evicted by the evil Lord Farquaad who wants to chase away all different and "abnormal" creatures like trolls, elves, sprites and all other fairytale characters. There are blind mice in his food, a big, bad wolf in his bed, three little homeless pigs and more, all banished from their kingdom by the evil Lord Farquaad. Shrek goes to protest this invasion, and ends up on a quest to rescue Princess Fiona from the dragon, so that Farquaard can marry her to become King. He made a deal with Farquaad: if he brings the princess back, the Lord will give him his swamp back and leave him alone.
