History VideoGame / Shrek2

* BleakLevel: Level 2 takes place in a haunted forest.

* GiantFood: In the farm level there are giant carrots used to keep you from entering certain places. Until you break them, which is apparently pretty easy.

* SloMo: Fiona can do this whenever you get an hourglass.

* HoldTheLine: Mongo's hero time at the end of Cookie, Cookie works in this fashion: while Mongo works to break down the drawbridge to the castle, Shrek has to protect him by shooting down the hot air balloons coming his way.

* DefeatMeansPlayable: Puss in Boots joins the team in Walking The Path, after being soundly defeated in Ogre Killer.

* AdvancingWallOfDoom: Done twice at different points in "Fairy Godmother's": once from Fairy Godmother sending a wave of magic that threatens to turn the team into "[[RuleOfFunny rancid rump roast]]", and once from Prince Charming sending a giant cauldron rolling down the team's path.

** Ogre Killer exclusively consists of a boss battle against Puss in Boots.
** Final Fight has Shrek, Donkey, Fiona and Puss go up against the [[FinalBoss Fairy Godmother]] and her army of enemies from across the entire game.

** In Spooky Forest, after a run-in with a witch ends with the three blind mice reverted from horses to mice, Shrek, Donkey, Fiona and Lil' Red have to escort the mice through the titular forest in search of a magic potion to change them back into horses.
** One mission in Far Far Away puts the player in charge of escorting Cinderella through a shopping district, protecting her from an army of muggers.
** To get one snapshot in Walking The Path, the team has to escort Billy Goat to the end of a bridge, though this mission is much easier since you can defeat all of the enemies before doing so.

** At the end of Haunted Forest, Dragon and Donkey have to save Fiona from being taken away by witches.
** In The Mines, Shrek and Donkey's hero time involves them chasing the Fairy Godmother though dangerous mine tunnels.

* GameOverMan: Fairy Godmother laughs at you every time the team dies. And should Shrek and Donkey die during their hero time in The Mines:

** One of the snapshots in Shrek's Swamp is called "Fairies-[[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} gotta catch them all!]]"

* SpinAttack: Little Red Riding Hood and Fiona each have one.

* UniqueEnemy: Robin Hood and his Merry Men, who you fight at one point in Shrek's Swamp, yet aren't treated as anything more than standard enemies.

* GateGuardian: A leprechaun usually makes you have to give him gold to get through. The first time you meet him, you have to catch fairies in the area he's in.

** Final Battle has Shrek, Donkey, Fiona and Puss go up against the [[FinalBoss Fairy Godmother]] and her army of enemies from across the entire game.

* EasterEgg: Pressing the action button when not near any interactive objects results in the current character doing their IdleAnimation.

** In Haunted Forest, after a run-in with a witch ends with the three blind mice reverted from horses to mice, Shrek, Donkey, Fiona and Lil' Red have to escort the mice through the titular forest in search of a magic potion to change them back into horses.

-->'''Fairy Godmother''': ''(mocking)'' Waah waah waah. I'm Shrek. I'm never gonna see my beautiful Fiona again. ''(normal)'' Pathetic.

** One of the snapshots in Shrek's Swamp is called Fairies-[[{{Franchise/Pokémon}} gotta catch them all!]]

!!Shrek 2 provides examples of:

* ShoutOut: If you start causing chaos during the Far Far Away Level, stars will appear on the left side of the screen and the local law enforcement will come after you. [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto Doesn't it remind of you anything?]]

* CollectionSidequest: Each level has a limited amount of gold coins, eyeballs, and fish you can collect. Your scrapbook has these categories and shows what you've cleared.

** To get one picture in Walking The Path, the team has to escort Billy Goat to the end of a bridge, though this mission is much easier since you can defeat all of the enemies before doing so.

* HeelFaceTurn: Keeping with the movie, Puss in Boots does this, going from a boss to a playable character.

* CollectionSidequest: Each level has a limited amount of gold coins, eyeballs, and fish you can collect. Your scrapbook has these categories and shows what you've cleared. Subverted as it turns out in later levels, you can use the coins to buy power-ups.

* EscortMission: In Haunted Forest, after a run-in with a witch ends with the three blind mice reverted from horses to mice, Shrek, Donkey, Fiona and Lil' Red have to escort the mice through the titular forest in search of a magic potion to change them back into horses.
* FinishingMove: If you attack mooks enough time they get dizzy, allowing you to do finishing moves on them.

* GameBreakingBug: Subverted. If you accidentally roll the giant ball off the high platform, it reappears where you found it.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Even if Shrek get beaten unconscious by Prince Charming at the beginning of the Prince Charming level, at the end Prince Charming says "I'll get you, Shrek!" and Shrek laughs triumphantly.

* GetBackHereBoss: There are two of these. At the end of the second level you play Dragon and you have to save Fiona from being taken away by witches. In the last mine level, you have to play as Shrek and Donkey to stop The Fairy Godmother.

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: One of the knights from the movie says "Here we go!" when he dies.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential:
** You can hit citizens and break things. If you get angry at one of the playable characters who you're not playing, you can hit them!
** Averted with King Harold. If he makes fun of you thinking you're too scared to take on his challenge, you can't hit him. All you can do is go talk to him again.

* AscendedExtra: [[Literature/LittleRedRidingHood Lil' Red]] goes from a short gag early on in the movie to a full-on main character in the game, tagging along with Shrek and co on their adventure.

* BloodlessCarnage: Enemies fall and dissapear, no blood or cuts on them.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The game has checkpoints after you win certain parts.
* BleakLevel: Level 2.

* CollectionSidequest: : Each level has a limited amount of gold coins, eyeballs, and fish you can collect. Your scrapbook has these categories and shows what you've cleared. Subverted as it turns out in later levels, you can use the coins to buy power-ups.
* CutsceneIncompetence: Fiona gets stolen by witches near the end of Level 2.
* ExcusePlot

* FakeLongevity:
** Each level has collection sidequests, and first level and the dungeon levels have sidequests where you have to rescue each of The Seven Dwarves. In the dungeon levels you also have the sidequest of rescuing prisoners.
** In the farm level, there's a certain amount of chores you have to do to pass the level, less than the amount of chores there actually are.

* GateGuardian: A leprechaun usually makes you have to give him gold to get through. The first time you meet him you have to catch fairies in the area he's in.

* HeelFaceTurn: Puss in Boots does this, keeping with the movie. He goes from a boss to a playable character.

* RegeneratingHealth: After defeating a boss, they leave a potion behind that restores health. In the last level there are four life potions, each high up on the stands.

* UniqueEnemy: Robin Hood and his Merry Men.
* VideoGameCaringPotential: You can help a talking, humanlike Billy Goat get across the bridge and get nothing in return. You also don't have to all the pigs' chores on the farm level.

* TheCakeIsALie: The Little Pig in front of the henhouse promises to make you an omelette if you catch enough eggs. This would be a delightful meal for the child playing if they never got to have omelettes very often in their life. When you do win he doesn't actually make you an omelette.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: One of the knights from the movie say "Here we go!" when he dies.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: You can hit citizens and break things. If you get angry at one of the playable characters who you're not playing, you can hit them!

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!! Shrek 2 provides examples of:

* FakeLongevity: Each level has collection sidequests, and first level and the dungeon levels have sidequests where you have to rescue each of The Seven Dwarves. In the dungeon levels you also have the sidequest of rescuing prisoners.
** In the farm level, there's a certain amount of chores you have to do pass the level, less than the amount of chores there actually are.