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Honest Trailer - Shrek

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Shrek is the 185th episode of Screen Junkies comedy series Honest Trailers. It was written by Spencer Gilbert, Joe Starr, Dan Murrell and Andy Signore. It parodies the 2001 computer-animated comedy film Shrek. It was narrated by Jon Bailey as Epic Voice Guy. This video is a musical episode and includes a parody of the Smash Mouth song "All Star", as heard in the film. It was published on January 31, 2017, as part of Screen Junkies' annual Fan Appreciation Month. It is 5 minutes long. It has been viewed over 4.8 million times.

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"Settle in for a story with an important lesson: 'Only ugly people can be together'. Wait, that can't be right... 'True love will turn you into a monster'. No, that's not it either... 'Stick to your own kind'? Ooh, no... 'Short people deserve ridicule'?" ~ Honest Trailers - Shrek

Script[]

It's Fan Appreciation Month at Screen Junkies, and to reward our awesome fans, we're making the Honest Trailers that you voted for. Here's the Honest Trailer you voted number one, for some reason.

From the studio (DreamWorks Animation) that brought you the "DreamWorks face" (shows Po from Kung Fu Panda, Alex from Madagascar, Barry B. Benson from Bee Movie, Oscar from Shark Tale, Rumpelstiltskin from Shrek Forever After, Donkey from this film, and Metro Man and Megamind from Megamind, all with cocked eyebrows), comes the animated feature that revolutionized kids movies...

Shrek: (after belching) Better out than in, I always say.

...by adding 90 minutes of non-stop in-jokes.

Gingy: Do you know the muffin man?

Farquaad: The muffin man?

Gingy: The muffin man.

Shrek

Meet Shrek, an ogre who used to sound just like Chris Farley...

Chris Farley's Shrek: "Help! A big, stupid, stinky, smelly ogre!"

...but when Chris passed away, he transformed into an ogre who sounds just like that one voice Mike Myers does.

Mike Myers' Shrek: "Aargh! Help! Run!"

Stuart MacKenzie (So I Married an Axe Murderer): Shut it!

Fat Bastard (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me): I got a "crap on deck" that can choke a donkey.

When his gas-based way of life is threatened, he'll set off on a quest with... Donkey, a character who's sadly more famous than Eddie Murphy these days...

Donkey: --I'm makin' waffles.

...Fiona, a princess struggling with bi-ogre disorder; and an entire kingdom's worth of fairy tale characters that Disney had yet to snatch up.

Gingy: Eat me! (spits icing in Farquaad's face)

Together, they'll prove that nothing can overcome the power of true love... or more specifically, the power of having a dragon murder your enemies. (shows Dragon eating Farquaad whole) Wow, they really just straight-up killed him at the end. (shows various fairy tale characters dancing) Wait, so who's running the government now?! You just started a coup! Why are you dancing in a swamp?!

Enjoy early computer animation that looks just as good as modern computer animation... that hasn't finished rendering, for a story that parodies all the overused Disney tropes, full of overused Disney tropes, like... the reluctant, ugly hero who thinks no one can love them (shows Shrek alongside Beast in Beauty and the Beast (1991) and Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)); the no-nonsense princess (shows Fiona alongside Jasmine in Aladdin (1992), Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Fa Mulan in Mulan (1998), and Pocahontas in Pocahontas (1995)); the creepy, horny government official who wants to be king (shows Farquaad alongside Jafar in Aladdin (1992), Judge Claude Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), and Hans in Frozen (2013)); and the lovable animal sidekick. (shows Donkey alongside Timon and Pumbaa in The Lion King (1994), Abu in Aladdin (1992), Meeko in Pocahontas (1995), and Flounder and Sebastian in The Little Mermaid (1989)) Hey, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, while at the same time mercilessly mocking them...? (shows Donkey and Shrek staring at each other and loudly laughing)

Settle in for a story with an important lesson: "Only ugly people can be together". Wait, that can't be right... "True love will turn you into a monster". No, that's not it either... "Stick to your own kind"? Ooh, no... "Short people deserve ridicule"?

Shrek: Men of Farquaad's stature are in... "short" supply? (laughs)

Ugh... Uh, hey, look! These guys are doing the Macarena! (shows Robin Hood, the Merry Men, and some villagers dancing the Macarena) Ha, references!

So come along for the blockbuster hit that appealed to adults and kids alike, and won the first Academy Award for Best Animated Film, all while making fun of Disney's obsession with franchising and merchandising, that spawned one great sequel (Shrek 2), two bad sequels (Shrek the Third and Shrek Forever After), a spin-off (Puss in Boots (2011)), a Broadway musical (Shrek the Musical), a ton of unfortunate green merchandise (shows Shrek-branded Twinkies, Dum Dum lollipops, Go-Gurt, and Play-Doh), and that Smash Mouth song that's been stuck in your head since 2001. (to the tune of "All Star")

Back in the late '90s
When Matrix jokes were timely
You couldn't get away from these chords
Because Smash Mouth made a tune
Loved by children and buffoons
And it hit number four
On the Billboards
Well, the plays start coming
And they don't stop coming
Stuck in your head
For like twenty years running
It's in more films than just this one
Rat Race, Mystery Men, Digimon
This song is lame, this song is dumb
But Shrek made it go triple plat'num
And here's something you can't unsee
The singer is Guy Fieri?
Smash Mouth, they got Shrek rich
Did the soundtrack, got paid
Smash Mouth, stuck in your head
Every time it gets played
And if you think we're unfair
Go support them at your county fair

Starring: Chris Fartley (Mike Myers as Shrek); Beverly Hills Clop (Eddie Murphy as Donkey); Bi-Shrektual (Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona); Mini-Mean (John Lithgow as Lord Farquaad); Mother of Donkeys (Dragon); and Creepy Animation Errors (montage of rendering mistakes).

Shrek: (with most of his model missing save for his clothes and eyeballs) I'm a delivery boy.

Swamp Thing

for Shrek - Swamp Thing. Title design by .

Honest title for Shrek - Swamp Thing. Title design by Robert Holtby.

What's up with all the Shrek memes I've been seeing? Let's see what this is all about. (clicks on the link for the video "Shrek Is Love, Shrek Is Life. (Original)")

Teenage Boy: (lying on his bed while Shrek stands nearby) It's Shrek. I'm so happy. (gets grabbed by his upper arm and crotch and lifted up as Shrek grins creepily) Shrek is love. Shrek... is life.

Oh, no! (pauses the video) No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Shrek is not love! Shrek is not life! Ugh, who likes this dreck?

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Reception[]

Honest Trailers - Shrek has a 98.1% approval rating from YouTube viewers. Hypable said the Honest Trailer was "hilarious." Uproxx remarked that "the honest trailer covers several facets, including the original voice acting from Chris Farley, unclear moral, and how it parodies Disney tropes while also falling back on those selfsame tropes." Slash Film said the parody of the Smash Mouth song was "amusing," but not as good as Michael Bolton's song from the Honest Trailer from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. In the same article, Slash Film also wrote "the jab about the animation looking like it’s not fully rendered yet is a bit of a cheap shot....The one part of the Honest Trailer that hit the nail on the head is when the snarky voiceover guy tries to figure out what the lesson of Shrek actually is, and basically comes up empty handed."   

Screen Rant noted that the Honest Trailer made several legitimate points, including its reliance on fart jokes, dated pop culture references and its nihilistic message, but also argued that "other complaints feel unfair, like pointing out that 2001's CG animation looks dated now, especially since Shrek's animation was phenomenal for the era. As for Honest Trailer's highlight of behind-the-scenes animation glitches - it's hard to see what relevance they have to even a tongue-in-cheek critique."   

Production credits[]

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Video thumbnail for Honest Trailers - Shrek

Voiceover Narration by Jon Bailey

Title design by Robert Holtby

Series Created by Andy Signore & Brett Weiner

Executive Producer - Andy Signore

Producers - Dan Murrell, Spencer Gilbert, Michael Bolton, Christina Kline

Written by Spencer Gilbert, Dan Murrell, Joe Starr & Andy Signore

Edited by TJ Nordaker & Kevin Williamson.

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