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* CastingGag: The casting of John Tartaglia, a famous Broadway puppeteer, as Pinocchio, a puppet.
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* AdaptationalWimp: While he isn't much of a badass in the film either, here, Lord Farquaad is portrayed as a SissyVillain with ManChild tendencies.
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* AdaptedOut: Robin Hood and his Merry Men (which is ironic, considering that he's the only character that has a musical number in the film).
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* AdaptedOut: Robin Hood and his Merry Men (which is ironic, considering that he's since they're the only character characters that has actually have a musical number in the film).
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* AdaptationDistillation: While the show is mainly based on the first film, it includes Shrek's backstory from the original William Steig book (his parents kicked him out of the house and sent him off on his own). Unlike the book, however, he was kicked out as a ''child'' rather than an adult.
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* WorldOfHam: The entire cast!
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* WorldOfHam: The entire cast! cast!
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* LoveEpiphany: Shrek realizes Fiona loves him in "When Words Fail" after he considers two possible ways to confess and flounders both attempts, but finishes with how Fiona will take his hand, smile and understand.
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* GoKartingWithBowser: Lord Farquaad dances alongside the rest of the cast during "I'm a Believer".
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* MomentKiller: Farquaad rudely interrupts the "Big Bright Beautiful World" reprise not once, but twice. The first time, he whispers "Awkward!" in the middle of the song, and at the end, he lets out an obnoxious (if not hilarious) [[Jerkass "BOOOOOOOO!"]]
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* MomentKiller: Farquaad rudely interrupts the "Big Bright Beautiful World" reprise not once, but twice. The first time, he whispers "Awkward!" in the middle of the song, and at the end, he lets out an obnoxious (if not hilarious) [[Jerkass [[JerkAss "BOOOOOOOO!"]]
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* MomentKiller: Farquaad rudely interrupts the "Big Bright Beautiful World" reprise not once, but twice. The first time, he whispers "Awkward!" in the middle of the song, and at the end, he lets out an obnoxious (if not hilarious) [[Jerkass "BOOOOOOOO!"]]
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** At the end of the reprise for "What's Up, Duloc?", Lord Farquaad "levitates" to the top of his castle and imitates the iconic "Defying Gravity" riff from ''{{Theater/Wicked}}''.
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** At the end of the reprise for "What's Up, Duloc?", Lord Farquaad "levitates" to the top of his castle and imitates the iconic "Defying Gravity" riff from ''{{Theater/Wicked}}''. He even sings "nothing will bring me down" while the people below him reach out as if to grab him, just like in Wicked.
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** It's a common gag for Lord Farquaad to give his white horse different names in every performance. During one show, he blatantly calls it [[{{WesternAnimation/Shrek2}} "Reference to the Second Movie"]].
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** It's a common gag for Lord Farquaad to give his white horse different names in every performance. During one show, he blatantly calls it "Reference to the [[{{WesternAnimation/Shrek2}} "Reference to the Second Movie"]].Movie]]".
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* CrowdSong:
** "Story of My Life" introduces the various exiled Fairytale Creatures.
** "What's Up, Duloc?" promotes Lord Farquaad and his "plan with seven phases" for Duloc.
** "Freak Flag" is the MisfitMobilizationMoment for the Fairytale Creatures.
** "Story of My Life" introduces the various exiled Fairytale Creatures.
** "What's Up, Duloc?" promotes Lord Farquaad and his "plan with seven phases" for Duloc.
** "Freak Flag" is the MisfitMobilizationMoment for the Fairytale Creatures.
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* TheSongBeforeTheStorm: "Freak Flag" is the MisfitMobilizationMoment when the Fairytale Creatures decide to band together and actually fight against Farquaad's rule.
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-->'''Shrek:''' ''"Why me? Why me?\\
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-->'''Shrek:''' ''"Why ''Why me? Why me?\\
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Won't someone please send me a sign?"''\\
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Won't someone please send me a sign?"''\\sign?''\\
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The waiiiiitiiiiiing!
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* [[SoloDuet Solo Trio]]: Fiona with her 10-year-old self and teenage self in "I Know It's Today."
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* [[SoloDuet Solo Trio]]: Fiona with her 10-year-old self and teenage self in SoloDuet: In "I Know It's Today."Today", Adult Fiona sings a Solo ''Trio'' with Young Fiona and Teen Fiona.
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* [[ThenLetMeBeEvil Then Let Me Be A Monster]]: During "Build a Wall":
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* [[ThenLetMeBeEvil Then Let Me Be A Monster]]: ThenLetMeBeEvil: During "Build a Wall":Wall", Shrek declares that he's going to be the monster everyone expects him to be:
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* AdaptedOut: Robin Hood and his Merry Men (which is ironic, considering that he's the only character to have a musical number in the film).
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* AdaptedOut: Robin Hood and his Merry Men (which is ironic, considering that he's the only character to have that has a musical number in the film).
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* CanonImmigrant: Shrek's parents, who appeared in the William Steig book that the films were based on, make a brief appearance in the show's prologue.
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** At the end of the reprise for "What's Up, Duloc?", Lord Farquaad "levitates" to the top of his castle and imitates the iconic "Defying Gravity" riff from ''{{Theater/Wicked}}''.
** During "Story of My Life":
-->'''Mama Bear''': [[{{Theatre/Gypsy}} Mama's in the mud, Mama's in distress!]]
** At the end of "Forever", Dragon holds a note and takes a deep breath before finishing the song, similar to the end of "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going" from ''{{Theater/Dreamgirls}}''.
** In more recent productions of the show, there's a visual gag during "Freak Flag" where one of the fairy tale creatures [[http://www.cheaptheatretickets.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Shrek-Freak-Flag.jpg waves a large flag in the background]], an obvious reference to ''[[{{Theater/LesMiserables}} Les Miserables]]''. The flag even sports a picture of Pinocchio drawn to look like Cosette.
** It's a common gag for Lord Farquaad to give his white horse different names in every performance. During one show, he blatantly calls it [[{{WesternAnimation/Shrek2}} "Reference to the Second Movie"]].
** [[Disney/TheLionKing Giraffe and gazelle puppets]] make a brief appearance during "Travel Song", complete with a parody of the opening chant from "Circle of Life".
** During the show's tryout performances in Seattle, one of the fairy tale creatures, the Wicked Witch, mentions selling her rights to [[Creator/StephenSchwartz Stephen]] [[{{Theatre/Wicked}} Schwartz]].
** During "I Know It's Today":
-->'''Fiona''': [[Literature/AreYouThereGodItsMeMargaret Are you there, God? It's me, Fiona]].
** During "Story of My Life":
-->'''Mama Bear''': [[{{Theatre/Gypsy}} Mama's in the mud, Mama's in distress!]]
** At the end of "Forever", Dragon holds a note and takes a deep breath before finishing the song, similar to the end of "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going" from ''{{Theater/Dreamgirls}}''.
** In more recent productions of the show, there's a visual gag during "Freak Flag" where one of the fairy tale creatures [[http://www.cheaptheatretickets.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Shrek-Freak-Flag.jpg waves a large flag in the background]], an obvious reference to ''[[{{Theater/LesMiserables}} Les Miserables]]''. The flag even sports a picture of Pinocchio drawn to look like Cosette.
** It's a common gag for Lord Farquaad to give his white horse different names in every performance. During one show, he blatantly calls it [[{{WesternAnimation/Shrek2}} "Reference to the Second Movie"]].
** [[Disney/TheLionKing Giraffe and gazelle puppets]] make a brief appearance during "Travel Song", complete with a parody of the opening chant from "Circle of Life".
** During the show's tryout performances in Seattle, one of the fairy tale creatures, the Wicked Witch, mentions selling her rights to [[Creator/StephenSchwartz Stephen]] [[{{Theatre/Wicked}} Schwartz]].
** During "I Know It's Today":
-->'''Fiona''': [[Literature/AreYouThereGodItsMeMargaret Are you there, God? It's me, Fiona]].
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* MoodSwinger: Fiona, especially during "I Know It's Today", in which she "seem(s) a ''bit'' bi-polar..."
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* MoodSwinger: Fiona, especially Fiona seems "a bit bi-polar" during "I Know It's Today", in which she "seem(s) a ''bit'' bi-polar..."Today".
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* MiseryPoker: In "I Think I Got You Beat", Shrek and Fiona even sing about how bad each of their lives has been.
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* MiseryPoker: In "I Think I Got You Beat", Shrek and Fiona even sing about how bad each of their lives has been.
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* MiseryPoker: "I Think I Got You Beat"
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* MiseryPoker: In "I Think I Got You Beat"Beat", Shrek and Fiona even sing about how bad each of their lives has been.
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* FreudianExcuse: Lord Farquaad's backstory is delivered in "Ballad of Farquaad" about [[MissingMom his mother]] that died when he was young and his [[ParentalNeglect distant father]] that [[ParentalAbandonment left him alone in the woods]] when he was younger. Subverted later when it turns out that his past [[UnreliableNarrator wasn't as hopeless as he made it out to be]].
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* FreudianExcuse: Lord Farquaad's backstory is delivered in "Ballad "The Ballad of Farquaad" about [[MissingMom his mother]] that died when he was young and his [[ParentalNeglect distant father]] that [[ParentalAbandonment left him alone in the woods]] when he was younger. Subverted later when it turns out that his past [[UnreliableNarrator wasn't as hopeless as he made it out to be]].
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'''Humpty-Dumpty:''' ''"We've got magic! We've got power!\\
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'''Humpty-Dumpty:''' ''"We've ''We've got magic! We've got power!\\
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Are the things that make us strong!"''
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Are the things that make us strong!"''strong!''
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Puss in Boots makes a quick cameo during the Traveling Song.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Puss in Boots makes a quick cameo during the Traveling Song."Travel Song".
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* VocalDissonance: VillainSong: Lord Farquaad gets two:
** "What's Up, Duloc?" is a crowd song about [[SmugSnake how great he is]] and how he's rid Duloc of [[FantasticRacism non-human "freaks"]].
** "The Ballad of Farquaad" details his backstory and his [[UnreliableNarrator supposed]] FreudianExcuse.
* VocalDissonance:
** "What's Up, Duloc?" is a crowd song about [[SmugSnake how great he is]] and how he's rid Duloc of [[FantasticRacism non-human "freaks"]].
** "The Ballad of Farquaad" details his backstory and his [[UnreliableNarrator supposed]] FreudianExcuse.
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* WelcomingSong: "Welcome to Duloc/What's Up, Duloc?"
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** All three sing a Counterpoint ''Trio'' at the end of "Who I'd Be".
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** All three sing a Counterpoint ''Trio'' at the end of "Who I'd Be".Be" (which also counts as a DistantDuet since Fiona is separate from Shrek and Donkey).
* IrrelevantActOpener: "Morning Person" recreates a funny bit from the movie, and lets Fiona tap-dance with the Pied Piper and the rats, but is otherwise irrelevant.
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* SceneryPorn
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* SceneryPornSceneryPorn: Swamps, forests, castles, towers, lakes of lava, etc.
* SettingIntroductionSong: "Big Bright Beautiful World" introduces Shrek and Fiona (and their parents), and explains the role of an Ogre in this fairy-tale world.
* SettingIntroductionSong: "Big Bright Beautiful World" introduces Shrek and Fiona (and their parents), and explains the role of an Ogre in this fairy-tale world.
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* SummonBackupDancers: Fiona usually summons the dancing rats with the Pied Piper's flute in "Morning Person".
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* TheSomethingSong: "Travel Song"
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* AscendedFridgeHorror: Pretty much any struggles you could think of with Fiona being locked in one little room of the tower are lovingly spelled out in her verse of "I Think I Got You Beat", making it clear she was more a prisoner than anything. SanitySlippage from isolation and boredom, minimal creature comforts (including needing to boil her chamberpot since she had no toilet), not much headroom when she grew taller... She even admits that it's a good thing the walls were padded.
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* AscendedFridgeHorror: Pretty much any Any struggles you could think of with Fiona being locked in one little room of the tower are lovingly spelled out in her verse of "I Think I Got You Beat", making it clear she was more a prisoner than anything. SanitySlippage from isolation and boredom, minimal creature comforts (including needing to boil her chamberpot since she had no toilet), not much headroom when she grew taller... She even admits that it's a good thing the walls were padded.
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* CostumePorn: Bringing fairy-tale creatures to life pretty much requires it.
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* CostumePorn: Bringing fairy-tale creatures to life pretty much requires it.
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* [[SoloDuet Solo Trio]]: Fiona with her 10-year old self and teenage self in "I Know It's Today."
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* [[SoloDuet Solo Trio]]: Fiona with her 10-year old 10-year-old self and teenage self in "I Know It's Today."
* TheMusical: Shrek The Musical
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* TitleTheAdaptationTitleTheAdaptation: Shrek The Musical
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** Freak Flag
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** Freak Flag"Freak Flag"
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* GenderFlip: The Three Blind Mice are females in the musical, while in the films there males.
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* GenderFlip: The Three Blind Mice are females in the musical, while in the films there they're males.
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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Fiona in the play is... a little eccentric, due to being alone in her tower for years.
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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Fiona in the play is... [[SanitySlippage a little eccentric, eccentric]] due to being alone in her tower for years.
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* IWantSong: "I Know It's Today".
** Also possibly Dragon's part of the song "Forever", where she laments having to guard Fiona the whole time while people see her only as an obstacle instead of another lady who'd like to be rescued.
** Also possibly Dragon's part of the song "Forever", where she laments having to guard Fiona the whole time while people see her only as an obstacle instead of another lady who'd like to be rescued.
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* IWantSong: Several characters have them:
** Fiona's "I Know It'sToday".
Today", where she longs for a prince to come rescue her, just like the princesses depicted in her storybooks.
**Also possibly Dragon's part of the song "Forever", where she laments having to guard Fiona the whole time while people being Fiona's "glorified babysitter", constantly disturbed by would-be-heroes who see her only as an obstacle instead of another lady who'd like to be rescued.rescued.
** Shrek's "Who I'd Be", where he reveals his desire to be a "semi-dashing" hero, or a daring viking, or a poet.
** Fiona's "I Know It's
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** Shrek's "Who I'd Be", where he reveals his desire to be a "semi-dashing" hero, or a daring viking, or a poet.
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* MadnessMantra: Fiona in "I Know It's Today:" ''"And the waiting and the waiting and the waiting and the waiiiiitiiiiiing!"''
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* MadnessMantra: Fiona Fiona's lament in "I Know It's Today:" ''"And Today":
--> '''Fiona:''' And thewaiting and waiting, the waiting and waiting, the waiting and waiting, the waiiiiitiiiiiing!"''waiting,\\
The waiiiiitiiiiiing!
--> '''Fiona:''' And the
The waiiiiitiiiiiing!
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* AnthropomorphicShift: Donkey, being portrayed by a live actor in costume, went from the quadruped TalkingAnimal he was in the films to an [[FunnyAnimal upright biped wearing a vest]], at least in early productions. Inverted in later incarnations as the clothes were removed and he began walking in a torso-first fashion with his forelegs held up - a stance more like that of a real quadrupedal animal on it's hind legs.
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* AnthropomorphicShift: Donkey, being portrayed by a live actor in costume, went from the quadruped TalkingAnimal he was in the films to an [[FunnyAnimal upright biped wearing a vest]], at least in early productions. Inverted in later incarnations as the clothes were removed and he began walking in a torso-first fashion with his forelegs held up - a stance more like that of a real quadrupedal animal on it's its hind legs.
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* AscendedFridgeHorror: Pretty much any struggles you could think of with Fiona being locked in the tower with just one little room in the film are lovingly spelled out in the musical, making it clear she was mroe a prisoner than anything. SanitySlippage from isolation, having to boil her chamberpot due to lacking a toilet (or plumbing, it's implied), not much headroom when she grew taller...hell, she even admits that it's a good thing the walls were padded.
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* AscendedFridgeHorror: Pretty much any struggles you could think of with Fiona being locked in the tower with just one little room in of the film tower are lovingly spelled out in the musical, her verse of "I Think I Got You Beat", making it clear she was mroe more a prisoner than anything. SanitySlippage from isolation, having isolation and boredom, minimal creature comforts (including needing to boil her chamberpot due to lacking a toilet (or plumbing, it's implied), since she had no toilet), not much headroom when she grew taller...hell, she taller... She even admits that it's a good thing the walls were padded.
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* BurpingContest: Shrek and Fiona bond over one.
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* BurpingContest: Shrek and Fiona bond over one.one during "I Think I Got You Beat".
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* CostumePorn
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* CostumePornCostumePorn: Bringing fairy-tale creatures to life pretty much requires it.
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** Shrek and Donkey during "Travel Song."
** Shrek and Fiona during "I Think I Got You Beat."
** All three sing a Counterpoint ''Trio'' during "Who I'd Be."
** Shrek and Fiona during "I Think I Got You Beat."
** All three sing a Counterpoint ''Trio'' during "Who I'd Be."
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** Shrek and Donkey during "Travel Song."
Song".
** Shrek and Fiona during "I Think I Got YouBeat."
Beat".
** All three sing a Counterpoint ''Trio''during at the end of "Who I'd Be." Be".
** Shrek and Fiona during "I Think I Got You
** All three sing a Counterpoint ''Trio''
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* GenderFlip: The Three Blind Mice are females in the musical, while in the films there males.
* GenderFlip: The Three Blind Mice are females in the musical, while in the films there males.
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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Fiona in the play is a...little eccentric, due to being alone in her tower for years.
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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Fiona in the play is a...is... a little eccentric, due to being alone in her tower for years.years.
-->'''Fiona:''' Twenty years I sat and waited
-->'''Fiona:''' Twenty years I sat and waited
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-->'''Shrek''': I've heard better, I'm just sayin' / A for effort, thanks for playing / Sad to see a princess suffer / But I had it rougher.
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-->'''Shrek''': I've heard better, I'm just sayin' / sayin'\\
A for effort, thanks forplaying / playing\\
Sad to see a princesssuffer / suffer\\
But I had it rougher.
A for effort, thanks for
Sad to see a princess
But I had it rougher.
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''Shrek The Musical'' (music by Jeanine Tesori, book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire) is an adaptation of the film WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} (DreamWorks, 2001) as a stage musical. It opened on Broadway in 2008 after a trial run in Seattle. Multiple touring productions followed, and it is now available for independent productions.
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''Shrek The Musical'' (music by Jeanine Tesori, book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire) is an adaptation of the film WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} (DreamWorks, 2001) as a stage musical. It opened on Broadway in 2008 after a trial run in Seattle. Multiple touring productions followed, and it is now available for independent productions.productions.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The extra half-hour that the film didn't have is used to elaborate on the backstories of Shrek, Fiona, and Farquaad, as well as give more focus to the Fairytale Creatures as characters.
** Fiona's time in the tower is expanded on and we see how it' affected her outlook, namely why it makes her so eager to marry the first prince who comes. It also shows how being locked in a little room for twenty years can result in slight SanitySlippage.
** Shrek's cynicism comes from a harsh life of learning that ogres are the biggest recipients of FantasticRacism out there and having his dreams of maybe getting to be a hero crushed by that harsh life.
** Dragon doesn't really like her job, feeling she's essentially Fiona's babysitter and hating how no one will ever want to rescue her instead of the classically beautiful princess, explaining why Donkey's flirting works so well.
* AllThereInTheManual: The Fairytale Creatures get a surprising amount of characterization, sometimes even a little backstory, in the behind-the-scenes webisodes and their individual profiles on the (now defunct) "Shrekster" website, most of which isn't given in the show itself.
** Possibly due to it's half-spoken, half-sung nature, "Forever" is left off the soundtrack. The song contains a lot of Dragon's motivations (she's annoyed that she's a glorified babysitter and no one will ever want to rescue ''her'') and the reason Donkey becomes attracted to her (in stating that Fiona's not his type, he declares he "likes a big, big girl").
* AmbiguouslyGay: From the sassy Donkey, to the prissy Farquaad, to the entire pride-anthem vibe of "Freak Flag", the musical is full of this trope.
-->'''Pinocchio:''' I'm wood. I'm good. Get used to it!
* AnthropomorphicShift: Donkey, being portrayed by a live actor in costume, went from the quadruped TalkingAnimal he was in the films to an [[FunnyAnimal upright biped wearing a vest]], at least in early productions. Inverted in later incarnations as the clothes were removed and he began walking in a torso-first fashion with his forelegs held up - a stance more like that of a real quadrupedal animal on it's hind legs.
* ArcWords: "A big, bright beautiful world."
* AscendedExtra: All of the Fairytale Creatures ensemble to an extent, but especially Pinocchio.
* AscendedFridgeHorror: Pretty much any struggles you could think of with Fiona being locked in the tower with just one little room in the film are lovingly spelled out in the musical, making it clear she was mroe a prisoner than anything. SanitySlippage from isolation, having to boil her chamberpot due to lacking a toilet (or plumbing, it's implied), not much headroom when she grew taller...hell, she even admits that it's a good thing the walls were padded.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: The still-living prisoners of Dragon tell Donkey the reason they weren't incinerated is that she keeps them around to sing backup.
* BurpingContest: Shrek and Fiona bond over one.
* CastingGag: The casting of John Tartaglia, a famous Broadway puppeteer, as Pinocchio, a puppet.
* CostumePorn
* CounterpointDuet:
** Shrek and Donkey during "Travel Song."
** Shrek and Fiona during "I Think I Got You Beat."
** All three sing a Counterpoint ''Trio'' during "Who I'd Be."
* DuetBonding: Shrek and Fiona during "[[CounterpointDuet I Think I Got You Beat]]"
* EarlyBirdCameo: Puss in Boots makes a quick cameo during the Traveling Song.
* EvilIsHammy: Farquaad really cranks up his hammy tendencies, with a generous dose of [[{{Camp}} campy flair]] added for good measure.
* FantasticAesop: "Freak Flag" starts out with your typical BeYourself message, but it kind of gets derailed halfway through.
-->'''Pinocchio:''' We may be freaks, but we're freaks with teeth and claws and magic wands...and together, we can stand up to Farquaad!\\
'''Humpty-Dumpty:''' ''"We've got magic! We've got power!\\
Who are they to say we're wrong?\\
All the things that make us special\\
Are the things that make us strong!"''
* FatAdmirer: Donkey, as it turns out, as he sets the record straight during the song "Forever".
* GenderFlip: The Three Blind Mice are females in the musical, while in the films there males.
* ForTheEvulz: According to his Ballad (see below), Farquaad plans on total domination "with some torture, just for fun!"
* FreudianExcuse: Lord Farquaad's backstory is delivered in "Ballad of Farquaad" about [[MissingMom his mother]] that died when he was young and his [[ParentalNeglect distant father]] that [[ParentalAbandonment left him alone in the woods]] when he was younger. Subverted later when it turns out that his past [[UnreliableNarrator wasn't as hopeless as he made it out to be]].
-->'''Farquaad:''' No father of mine would've abandoned me in the woods as a child!\\
'''Farquaad's Father:''' ''Abandoned'' you?! You were twenty-eight! ''[[BasementDweller And living in my basement!]]''
* GiveMeASign: From "Travel Song":
-->'''Shrek:''' ''"Why me? Why me?\\
A simple answer would be fine\\
Won't someone please send me a sign?"''\\
'''Donkey:''' Oh look, a sign! Yunita Pal Avenue straight ahead!
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Fiona in the play is a...little eccentric, due to being alone in her tower for years.
* GradeSystemSnark: Shrek gives Fiona one in "I Think I Got You Beat."
-->'''Shrek''': I've heard better, I'm just sayin' / A for effort, thanks for playing / Sad to see a princess suffer / But I had it rougher.
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:Farquaad is half-dwarf.]]
* IWantSong: "I Know It's Today".
** Also possibly Dragon's part of the song "Forever", where she laments having to guard Fiona the whole time while people see her only as an obstacle instead of another lady who'd like to be rescued.
* LateToThePunchline: Upon arriving to Farquaad's castle, Shrek makes the CompensatingForSomething joke from the film, which receives a blank stare from Donkey. But then [[BrickJoke a bit later]], in the middle of the "Travel Song", Donkey suddenly breaks out laughing, saying he just got it.
* MadnessMantra: Fiona in "I Know It's Today:" ''"And the waiting and the waiting and the waiting and the waiiiiitiiiiiing!"''
* {{Manchild}}: Peter Pan.
-->'''Peter:''' Maybe if we all close our eyes and clap really hard!\\
'''Pinocchio:''' Oh, grow up!\\
'''Peter:''' I ''won't'' grow up!\\
'''Pinocchio:''' ''You're thirty-four and need a shave!''
* MiseryPoker: "I Think I Got You Beat"
-->'''Fiona''': Okay top this. I missed my prom.
-->'''Shrek''': My dad and mom sent me away, it was my birthday.
-->'''Fiona''': I was sent away on Christmas Eve. Haha!
* MisfitMobilizationMoment: The Fairytale Creatures all decide to band together and actually fight against Farquaad's rule during "Freak Flag."
* MoodSwinger: Fiona, especially during "I Know It's Today", in which she "seem(s) a ''bit'' bi-polar..."
* MotionCapture: How the Magic Mirror's face was portrayed on the stage.
* PrecisionFStrike: After the UnusualEuphemism below, Pinocchio ends the song "Story of My Life" with an exclamation of ''"Crap!"''
* SanitySlippage: Fiona has a moment of this in "I Know It's Today" from waiting to be rescued [[GoMadFromTheIsolation from a small room in a tower for over twenty years]].
* SassyBlackWoman: Dragon's singing voice sounds like one.
* SceneryPorn
* ShoutOut: To several other Broadway musicals.
* SissyVillain: Farquaad is played as this.
* [[SoloDuet Solo Trio]]: Fiona with her 10-year old self and teenage self in "I Know It's Today."
* StepfordSuburbia: Duloc under Farquaad's rule is well on its way to becoming this before he's dispatched. Donkey even lampshades it early on, saying that the whole place is "going Stepford."
* SuddenlyVoiced: Dragon. She even got a song.
* TakeThat:
-->'''Gingy:''' It's time we do what we should've done a long time ago.\\
'''Gnome:''' Stop mailing all those sweet but slightly threatening fanletters to Disney/TheLittleMermaid?
* [[ThenLetMeBeEvil Then Let Me Be A Monster]]: During "Build a Wall":
-->'''Shrek:''' I'm gonna be what they want.\\
I'm gonna be what they say\\
Hey world, I'll do it your way!\\
You're looking for a monster, it's your lucky day\\
I'll be what you want!"''
* TitleTheAdaptation
* TriumphantReprise: "Big Bright Beautiful World." The first version is a cynical opening number about how it's awesome being anything ''but'' an ogre. The reprise is a tender song about how Shrek's life has become worthwhile.
* UnusualEuphemism:
-->'''Pinocchio:''' Man I tell ya, sometimes bein' a fairytale creature sucks ''pine sap!''
** Later, "Mother Hubbard!" is exclaimed in place of a certain other, specific swear.
* VocalDissonance:
** The dainty-looking Sugar Plum Fairy speaks with a very deep, throaty voice.
** In several of the YouTube clips of the show, Dragon's singing voice is fairly high and jazzy.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman:
** Freak Flag
** Weirdly, Donkey [[InvokedTrope uses this]] to save himself from Dragon, pointing out that he's a donkey, not a knight, and therefore shouldn't be considered a threat. Then he accidentally seduces her.
* WorldOfHam: The entire cast!
'''Tropes'''
* AdaptationExpansion: The extra half-hour that the film didn't have is used to elaborate on the backstories of Shrek, Fiona, and Farquaad, as well as give more focus to the Fairytale Creatures as characters.
** Fiona's time in the tower is expanded on and we see how it' affected her outlook, namely why it makes her so eager to marry the first prince who comes. It also shows how being locked in a little room for twenty years can result in slight SanitySlippage.
** Shrek's cynicism comes from a harsh life of learning that ogres are the biggest recipients of FantasticRacism out there and having his dreams of maybe getting to be a hero crushed by that harsh life.
** Dragon doesn't really like her job, feeling she's essentially Fiona's babysitter and hating how no one will ever want to rescue her instead of the classically beautiful princess, explaining why Donkey's flirting works so well.
* AllThereInTheManual: The Fairytale Creatures get a surprising amount of characterization, sometimes even a little backstory, in the behind-the-scenes webisodes and their individual profiles on the (now defunct) "Shrekster" website, most of which isn't given in the show itself.
** Possibly due to it's half-spoken, half-sung nature, "Forever" is left off the soundtrack. The song contains a lot of Dragon's motivations (she's annoyed that she's a glorified babysitter and no one will ever want to rescue ''her'') and the reason Donkey becomes attracted to her (in stating that Fiona's not his type, he declares he "likes a big, big girl").
* AmbiguouslyGay: From the sassy Donkey, to the prissy Farquaad, to the entire pride-anthem vibe of "Freak Flag", the musical is full of this trope.
-->'''Pinocchio:''' I'm wood. I'm good. Get used to it!
* AnthropomorphicShift: Donkey, being portrayed by a live actor in costume, went from the quadruped TalkingAnimal he was in the films to an [[FunnyAnimal upright biped wearing a vest]], at least in early productions. Inverted in later incarnations as the clothes were removed and he began walking in a torso-first fashion with his forelegs held up - a stance more like that of a real quadrupedal animal on it's hind legs.
* ArcWords: "A big, bright beautiful world."
* AscendedExtra: All of the Fairytale Creatures ensemble to an extent, but especially Pinocchio.
* AscendedFridgeHorror: Pretty much any struggles you could think of with Fiona being locked in the tower with just one little room in the film are lovingly spelled out in the musical, making it clear she was mroe a prisoner than anything. SanitySlippage from isolation, having to boil her chamberpot due to lacking a toilet (or plumbing, it's implied), not much headroom when she grew taller...hell, she even admits that it's a good thing the walls were padded.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: The still-living prisoners of Dragon tell Donkey the reason they weren't incinerated is that she keeps them around to sing backup.
* BurpingContest: Shrek and Fiona bond over one.
* CastingGag: The casting of John Tartaglia, a famous Broadway puppeteer, as Pinocchio, a puppet.
* CostumePorn
* CounterpointDuet:
** Shrek and Donkey during "Travel Song."
** Shrek and Fiona during "I Think I Got You Beat."
** All three sing a Counterpoint ''Trio'' during "Who I'd Be."
* DuetBonding: Shrek and Fiona during "[[CounterpointDuet I Think I Got You Beat]]"
* EarlyBirdCameo: Puss in Boots makes a quick cameo during the Traveling Song.
* EvilIsHammy: Farquaad really cranks up his hammy tendencies, with a generous dose of [[{{Camp}} campy flair]] added for good measure.
* FantasticAesop: "Freak Flag" starts out with your typical BeYourself message, but it kind of gets derailed halfway through.
-->'''Pinocchio:''' We may be freaks, but we're freaks with teeth and claws and magic wands...and together, we can stand up to Farquaad!\\
'''Humpty-Dumpty:''' ''"We've got magic! We've got power!\\
Who are they to say we're wrong?\\
All the things that make us special\\
Are the things that make us strong!"''
* FatAdmirer: Donkey, as it turns out, as he sets the record straight during the song "Forever".
* GenderFlip: The Three Blind Mice are females in the musical, while in the films there males.
* ForTheEvulz: According to his Ballad (see below), Farquaad plans on total domination "with some torture, just for fun!"
* FreudianExcuse: Lord Farquaad's backstory is delivered in "Ballad of Farquaad" about [[MissingMom his mother]] that died when he was young and his [[ParentalNeglect distant father]] that [[ParentalAbandonment left him alone in the woods]] when he was younger. Subverted later when it turns out that his past [[UnreliableNarrator wasn't as hopeless as he made it out to be]].
-->'''Farquaad:''' No father of mine would've abandoned me in the woods as a child!\\
'''Farquaad's Father:''' ''Abandoned'' you?! You were twenty-eight! ''[[BasementDweller And living in my basement!]]''
* GiveMeASign: From "Travel Song":
-->'''Shrek:''' ''"Why me? Why me?\\
A simple answer would be fine\\
Won't someone please send me a sign?"''\\
'''Donkey:''' Oh look, a sign! Yunita Pal Avenue straight ahead!
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Fiona in the play is a...little eccentric, due to being alone in her tower for years.
* GradeSystemSnark: Shrek gives Fiona one in "I Think I Got You Beat."
-->'''Shrek''': I've heard better, I'm just sayin' / A for effort, thanks for playing / Sad to see a princess suffer / But I had it rougher.
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:Farquaad is half-dwarf.]]
* IWantSong: "I Know It's Today".
** Also possibly Dragon's part of the song "Forever", where she laments having to guard Fiona the whole time while people see her only as an obstacle instead of another lady who'd like to be rescued.
* LateToThePunchline: Upon arriving to Farquaad's castle, Shrek makes the CompensatingForSomething joke from the film, which receives a blank stare from Donkey. But then [[BrickJoke a bit later]], in the middle of the "Travel Song", Donkey suddenly breaks out laughing, saying he just got it.
* MadnessMantra: Fiona in "I Know It's Today:" ''"And the waiting and the waiting and the waiting and the waiiiiitiiiiiing!"''
* {{Manchild}}: Peter Pan.
-->'''Peter:''' Maybe if we all close our eyes and clap really hard!\\
'''Pinocchio:''' Oh, grow up!\\
'''Peter:''' I ''won't'' grow up!\\
'''Pinocchio:''' ''You're thirty-four and need a shave!''
* MiseryPoker: "I Think I Got You Beat"
-->'''Fiona''': Okay top this. I missed my prom.
-->'''Shrek''': My dad and mom sent me away, it was my birthday.
-->'''Fiona''': I was sent away on Christmas Eve. Haha!
* MisfitMobilizationMoment: The Fairytale Creatures all decide to band together and actually fight against Farquaad's rule during "Freak Flag."
* MoodSwinger: Fiona, especially during "I Know It's Today", in which she "seem(s) a ''bit'' bi-polar..."
* MotionCapture: How the Magic Mirror's face was portrayed on the stage.
* PrecisionFStrike: After the UnusualEuphemism below, Pinocchio ends the song "Story of My Life" with an exclamation of ''"Crap!"''
* SanitySlippage: Fiona has a moment of this in "I Know It's Today" from waiting to be rescued [[GoMadFromTheIsolation from a small room in a tower for over twenty years]].
* SassyBlackWoman: Dragon's singing voice sounds like one.
* SceneryPorn
* ShoutOut: To several other Broadway musicals.
* SissyVillain: Farquaad is played as this.
* [[SoloDuet Solo Trio]]: Fiona with her 10-year old self and teenage self in "I Know It's Today."
* StepfordSuburbia: Duloc under Farquaad's rule is well on its way to becoming this before he's dispatched. Donkey even lampshades it early on, saying that the whole place is "going Stepford."
* SuddenlyVoiced: Dragon. She even got a song.
* TakeThat:
-->'''Gingy:''' It's time we do what we should've done a long time ago.\\
'''Gnome:''' Stop mailing all those sweet but slightly threatening fanletters to Disney/TheLittleMermaid?
* [[ThenLetMeBeEvil Then Let Me Be A Monster]]: During "Build a Wall":
-->'''Shrek:''' I'm gonna be what they want.\\
I'm gonna be what they say\\
Hey world, I'll do it your way!\\
You're looking for a monster, it's your lucky day\\
I'll be what you want!"''
* TitleTheAdaptation
* TriumphantReprise: "Big Bright Beautiful World." The first version is a cynical opening number about how it's awesome being anything ''but'' an ogre. The reprise is a tender song about how Shrek's life has become worthwhile.
* UnusualEuphemism:
-->'''Pinocchio:''' Man I tell ya, sometimes bein' a fairytale creature sucks ''pine sap!''
** Later, "Mother Hubbard!" is exclaimed in place of a certain other, specific swear.
* VocalDissonance:
** The dainty-looking Sugar Plum Fairy speaks with a very deep, throaty voice.
** In several of the YouTube clips of the show, Dragon's singing voice is fairly high and jazzy.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman:
** Freak Flag
** Weirdly, Donkey [[InvokedTrope uses this]] to save himself from Dragon, pointing out that he's a donkey, not a knight, and therefore shouldn't be considered a threat. Then he accidentally seduces her.
* WorldOfHam: The entire cast!
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''Shrek The Musical'' (music by Jeanine Tesori, book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire) is an adaptation of the film WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} (DreamWorks, 2001) as a stage musical. It opened on Broadway in 2008 after a trial run in Seattle. Multiple touring productions followed, and it is now available for independent productions.
