History VideoGame / Shrek2

* SignatureMove: Each character has an exclusive ability only they can use:
** Shrek: Ogre Lifting - Shrek can pick up stunned enemies and specific objects and throw them.
** Fiona: [[SloMo Stop Time]] - Fiona can slow down time for everything except herself.
** Donkey: Burro Blast - Donkey launches a powerful kick that can knock enemies away and break locks.
** Gingy: Cookie - Gingy throws a cookie that attracts enemies.
** Lil' Red: Rotten Apple Bomb - Red throws an explosive apple that deals heavy damage to enemies when it explodes.
** Puss in Boots: Tightrope Walking - Puss can walk on chains and tightropes too narrow for anyone else.
** Big Bad Wolf: Huff 'N Puff - Wolf exhales a powerful gust of air capable of blowing enemies away, extinguishing fires and activating machinery.
** Fairy: Fairy Dust - Fairy uses her magic to make allies and enemies alike float into the air.
** Human Shrek & Stallion Donkey: Charge - Donkey rushes forwards as Shrek stabs his sword, which heavily damages enemies and breaks locks.

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In the original movie, Little Red Riding Hood only appeared for a brief scene during Shrek and Fiona's honeymoon, where she was scared of them and ran away upon encountering them. As a result of getting the AscendedExtra treatment, Red isn't scared of Shrek or Fiona and actually befriends them, tagging along with them and Donkey on their journey to Far Far Away.

** Shrek and Donkey: one animation has Shrek pets Donkey's back while another has Shrek pull Donkey under his legs to ride him, only for Donkey to crumple under his weight.

* DashAttack: Donkey and Puss each have one. In the mine levels Shrek and Donkey use this together.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Upon being defeated, the Fairy Godmother calmly notes that she "can be defeated" before fading away]].

* AdaptationalBadass: In the movies, the Gingerbread Man and Lil' Red were non-combatants, with Gingy being primarily comic relief and Red being terrified of Shrek and Fiona. In the game, both are fully capable of beating the crap out of enemies; Gingy can use a candy cane and cookies as weapons while Lil' Red developed the ability to throw apples and use her basket as a blunt weapon.
* AdaptedOut: Pinocchio is completely omitted from the fairy tale creatures' prison break, with both Lil' Red and Fairy taking his place in the group.

* JigglePhysics: Fiona's breasts [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar jiggle whenever she moves]].

* GuideDangIt: Obtaining upgrades can be obtuse to the point where plenty of players have gone through the game without even knowing they exist, since Lucky Larry, the character you have to talk to in order to purchase them, can only be found in certain levels[[note]]Spooky Forest, Walking the Path and Prison Break[[/note]], and in rather out of the way places the player is likely to miss on their first playthrough.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Both Lil' Red and Fairy completely vanish from the story after they help break Shrek, Donkey and Puss out of prison. While this may be {{justified}} due to Shrek and Donkey already having a fully canonical team by that point, it's rather odd that they don't even appear in the ending.

* RhymesOnADime: Lucky Larry speaks entirely like this. He even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades it]] at one point.

* GlassCannon: Gingy, Fairy and Lil Red are great at attacking enemies from afar and have great crowd-controlling abilities in Gingy's cookies and Lil Red's poison apples, but neither of them can take much punishment.

* PlayingTennisWithTheBoss: There are several trolls in the game, and they all have the same weakness: the bombs they shoot at of their mouth to kill you. There's no other way to defeat them than to hit the bombs back.

* DemotedToExtra: Due to most of Fiona's subplot being skipped over, her human form only appears in one cutscene right before the FinalBoss.
* TheDividual: Human Shrek and Horse Donkey are considered one character.

** In The Mines, Shrek and Donkey's hero time involves them chasing the Fairy Godmother though dangerous mine tunnels.

** Shrek and Fiona: Shrek and Fiona SlowDance together.

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

* IdleAnimation: Each character has several, but the most notable are the special animations that may play when certain characters are in the party together (Shrek tries to ride on Donkey only to crush him with his weight, Gingy trips Shrek up with his cane and Shrek gives him a look, etc).

* PragmaticAdaptation: The game's events are translated relatively well, but with some tweaks in order to ensure four players are always able to play. Some of the more major changes include adding the Gingerbread Man and Lil' Red into certain scenes they weren't present for in the movie, cutting out most of Fiona's subplot to put more focus on Shrek and Donkey's journey, and additional areas such as a haunted forest and Jack and Jill's farm (The former appearing to have been transplanted in from ''WesternAnimation/ShrekFourD'') were added to stop the game being too short.

-->'''Fairy Godmother''': ''[[BriefAccentImitation (mocking Shrek's Scottish accent)]]'' [[BriefAccentImitation Waah waah waah. I'm Shrek. I'm never gonna see my beautiful Fiona again.]] ''[[OohMeAccentsSlipping (normal)]]'' [[OohMeAccentsSlipping Pathetic]].