Shrek 2

Trivia: A little foreshadowing - when the King first goes to the Poison Apple pub, a frog with ruby red lips asks him if she has met him before.

Johny English

Trivia: In the scene where Fiona starts to cry, many bubbles can be seen to fall from the sky. In one of them is Fairy Godmother. This is a reference to The Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz.

Trivia: When Mongo falls into the moat, The Gingerbread Man jumps in after him screaming "He needs me." Elliot yells the exact same thing when E.T. is taken away, and upon submerging in the moat, Mongo says "Be good," just like E.T. in "ET: The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982).

Trivia: There is a reference to "Dinner For One" which I'm sure every German person knows when Shrek says the line "Oooo, I'll kill that cat," because it's said in exactly the same way.

David Swann

Trivia: When the police are chasing Shrek, Donkey and Puss in Boots, the radio dispatcher says "We are in a high speed pursuit with a White Bronco....." This is a reference to the infamous O.J. Simpson car chase in 1994.

Trivia: The potion that is supposed to make Fiona fall in love with Prince Charming comes in a bottle marked "IX." That means it's *Love Potion No. 9*, which was a hit for The Clovers in 1959. Love potion No. 9 is also a film.

Trivia: During the first bedroom scene with the King and Queen, the king goes to stand on the balcony where he meets the Fairy Godmother. The queen asks where he is going, and the king replies: "Bit of trouble from the old crusade wound, gonna go outside and walk it off" while holding his knee. This is a reference to John Cleese's (King) character in "Fawlty Towers" (1975), Basil Fawlty, who has a war wound in the exact same place, and also uses it as an excuse to get out of a situation.

Trivia: The gate to Far Far Away is the famous Bronson Gate at Paramount Pictures Studio in Culver City, California.

Trivia: If you have Shrek 2 with the extended ending, watch past the credits and you will see a guest appearance by Simon Cowell.

Trivia: In the scene in the Fairy Godmother's workshop, there are two pictures placed next to each other. One picture is a profile of a mean-looking woman, and the picture next to it is of a profile of a witch. This is what Miss Gulch looks like when she transforms into the Wicked Witch of the West in "The Wizard of Oz" (1939).

leyesalot82789

Trivia: Stay through the credits, and it will show a clip with Dragon and Donkey and their Dragon - Donkey babies.

BigOLB

Trivia: When Fiona beats up several people at the very beginning of the film, the moves she does are carbon copies of Chun-Li's Spinning Bird Kick and Ken's Dragon Punch from the video game series "Street Fighter 2."

Moose

Trivia: The first time Shrek enters Fiona's bedchamber, while she is talking to the Fairy Godmother, he starts to pack her stuff. Look at the poster on the wall. It features a blond singer, a dark-haired "guitarist" and it says "Stonehenge." A reference to the film "This is Spinal Tap" (1984), where a rock band with a blond singer and dark-haired guitarist play their hit "Stonehenge."

Zaphod Beeblebrox

Trivia: The Fairy Godmother is usually referred to just as "Fairy Godmother" in the film. However, press releases describing the film give her the name "Dama Fortuna."

Moose

Trivia: At the very beginning of the Honeymoon montage, we see Shrek looking directly into the camera and moving it around to get a good shot of him and Fiona in front of the house. The is exactly the same as the opening credits for the late 1980s TV program "The Wonder Years" (1987).

Kara

Trivia: In the scene where Donkey and Shrek test out the potion they stole from the fairy godmother, they drop a bit on a mushroom below them. Later as they leave, the mushroom blooms into a rose. This rose is the enchanted one from Beauty and the Beast.

Trivia: When Donkey drank the Potion, his true love, Dragon, was transformed off screen into a Pegasus, a 'large pink horse/dragon', according to the DVD commentary.

Audio problem: When the Fairy Godmother sings "Holding Out for a Hero" she tells the pianist to 'put it in C minor,' yet the pianist immediately begins to play in G minor, and the rest of the song is sung in that key. (01:08:15)

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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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