Plot hole: In the second Shrek movie, we find out that Fairy Godmother and the King had a deal that Prince Charming would save Princess Fiona from the keep, hence becoming her true love and breaking the curse. In the fourth movie, we start with Rumple monologuing about how he almost had the Kingdom by signing a deal with the King. Why would the King be so desperate to try and reverse the curse by signing a deal when he knows he has a prior attempt through Prince Charming, assuming it would take the same time for the messenger to return with news about Charming and Fiona either way?
Shrek Forever After (2010)
Ending / spoiler
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Cleese, Julie Andrews, Mike Myers, Jon Hamm, Craig Robinson
Rumplestiltzken offers the "Deal of a Lifetime" to anyone who turns Shrek in, so Shrek turns himself in and wishes for all the captured ogres to be set free. Rumplestilzken locks Shrek up with Fiona. The loophole being that since Shrek was never born, Fiona's curse was never broken and she will become human at sunrise, so she is technically is not an ogre. Donkey and all the other ogres storm the castle and Shrek and Fiona escape. Rumplestiltzken is defeated, but it's too late - Shrek's day is up, so he starts to disappear. Fiona kisses him, which breaks the spell (True Love's Kiss, remember?). Shrek wakes up earlier in the film at his kids' birthday and they all live happily ever after.
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Suggested correction: It is stated in the intro that when "days turned into years" of waiting for a Prince to rescue Princess Fiona, the king and queen resorted to more desperate measures - enter Rumpelstiltskin.
Shrek: You know, I always thought I'd rescued you from the Dragon's Keep.
Princess Fiona: You did.
Shrek: No. It was you who rescued me.
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Question: In the beginning, the king and queen are shown riding in a carriage. However, before watching this movie, I viewed Shrek 3 where the king had turned into a frog and died. If he died in 3, how did he come back to life in this movie? This was before the king and queen signed any contract and vanished, so magic was not involved in his being alive.
Answer: It was stated in this scene that Fiona was rescued from the tower, meaning this scene took place at the same time as Shrek 1, when the King was still alive.
But they didn't have kids in the first?
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