Shrek 3

Corrected entry: There is one scene towards the end where the sun can be interpreted as coming from the front right (shadows top left to bottom right)(it's a long-distance shot of Far Far Away either as the women or the animals approach). However at the top left you can see a full moon - it should be crescent.

Correction: That's not a full moon, it's a new moon. Though the sun shines on the back side of the moon, the light reflected off the Earth illuminates it slightly so it's often visible during the day.

JC Fernandez

Corrected entry: In the scene where Snow White is singing, you can tell the song she is singing was obviously recorded long before the movie was made.

Correction: What does this even mean? As an animated film, *everything* was recorded long before the sequences were animated.

JC Fernandez

Correction: They do not disappear, they were never standing on the slanted ramp where the ship was sitting, which is all that is shown in the side shots. They are still there on the dock that is out of frame.

Corrected entry: The place where Shrek knights the man appears in Shrek 2, when Fiona is looking for Shrek after she turns into a human. Only problem is, in Shrek 2, the window above the stairs was a regular window. In this movie, it's a stained glass window.

Brad

Correction: Plenty of time has passed between the movies to allow some redecorating to take place. Plus, according to this site's rules, discrepancies between two movies aren't considered mistakes.

Sereenie

Corrected entry: Captain Hook is supposed to have had his left hand cut off. As he is from the work of a single author and not a composite like Robin Hood, that characteristic is not subject to interpretation.

Correction: Maybe not, but by oft-stated site policy, any differences between a film and its source material is not considered a mistake.

Tailkinker

Correction: Not true. He throws down the melted sword and when the villains come on stage, he steals one of theirs.

Corrected entry: When Merlin returns Donkey and Puss-in-Boots to their respective bodies, their tails remain switched. In the final scenes, though, the tails are normal.

Correction: In an earlier scene Merlin says any changes will wear off, so the tail-switching simply wore off by the final scene.

Corrected entry: In scenes where Pinocchio tells a lie, his nose grows in size. In each subsequent scene, however, the nose has returned to its normal length.

Correction: That's a joke. Or if an explanation is demanded, either a) Pinocchio could have shortened his nose himself in between scenes, with some simple knife work, or b) His nose grows back by itself. As Pinocchio is a magical being, it is impossible to say what his limitations or exact qualities are.

Twotall

Corrected entry: When Prince Charming asks Pinocchio where Shrek is, Pinocchio says, 'I don't know where he's not.' Considering he knows where Shrek is, he therefore knows where Shrek isn't, which means he is technically lying - but his nose doesn't grow.

Correction: Pinocchio spoke a double negative, so his nose won't grow, because he's not lying. In the broader picture, he knows where Shrek IS, but not where Charming is thinking of searching for Shrek, so he isn't telling Charming specifically where Shrek ISN'T. In other words, he doesn't truthfully know the EXACT spot Shrek is, so he doesn't know exactly where Shrek isn't. By this same logic, he could have simply said, "No, I don't know where Shrek is" and not technically have been lying, but that wouldn't have been as funny.

Correction: He sent Captain Hook to kill Artie and bring Shrek to the show.

Continuity mistake: In the end of the movie, during the play, when all the fairy tale princesses break through the wall, from the side view you can see Cinderella, Snow White and Doris standing and not Queen Lillian. But in the next scene Queen Lillian is standing behind all of them. So you should have seen her in the earlier scene.

elephant

More mistakes in Shrek 3

Artie: Did you say you were looking for Arthur?
Puss in Boots: That information is on a need to know basis.
Donkey: It's top secret. Hushity-hush.

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Trivia: After Queen Lilly is dazed after banging the rocks with head to get them out of prison, she hums the first few bars of "A spoon full of Sugar." After Fiona asks if she's alright, she hums a few lines from "My favorite things," both songs made famous by Lilly's voice, Julie Andrews.

More trivia for Shrek 3

Question: What's that sound when the witch's broom dives into Far Far Away?

Answer: You have to be more specific, there are a lot of sounds. Do you mean what song or what sound effects?

lionhead

Answer: It sounds like a stuka dive bomber in reverse.

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