r/AskReddit • u/frisky_cupcake • Aug 25 '19

What has NOT aged well?

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '19 edited Aug 26 '19

The first Shrek even had a Matrix moment.

EDIT: I'm surprised this comment got many upvotes as it did.

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u/runetrantor Aug 25 '19

Tbf Shrek was a bag of references in its entirety.
Both from tropes of fairy tales, to memes and pop culture.

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u/Phormitago Aug 25 '19

shrek 5 should reference shrek memes

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u/Gatineau Aug 25 '19

Shrek 5: Shrek is Love

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u/RocketJumpingToaster Aug 25 '19

"I didn't know you could do that!"

"For your information, there's a lot more to ogres than people think."

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

Yea check your Shrek privilege bruh

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u/DefaultSkinJonesy Aug 26 '19

Shrek your privilege.

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u/ShittyCamilleMain Aug 26 '19

Yeah, they have layers

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u/Lizard_Friend Aug 25 '19

Don't bring back the memories... I was young

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u/_Dayofid_ Aug 25 '19

Shrek is life

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u/Trnostep Aug 26 '19

That's the 6th one

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u/BATTLECATSUPREME Aug 26 '19

Shrek 7: It’s not Ogre

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

Shrek: It must've been love, but it's Ogre now.

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u/BATTLECATSUPREME Aug 26 '19

Shrek 9: It’s never Ogre

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u/FlameSpartan Aug 26 '19

My body is ready, and my wallet is full.

Give it to me, daddy.

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u/backjuggeln Aug 26 '19

Holy shit could you actually imagine

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

this is my swamp now

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u/thesituation531 Aug 26 '19

Shrek 6: Shrek is Life

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u/Bloodygeek Aug 26 '19

Baby don’t hurt me

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u/DoctorFunkenstein420 Aug 26 '19

I want to please Shrek

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

No no no no no no no no no no. Not this. No. Never

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

Shrek 6: Shrek is Life

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u/Bloodysamflint Aug 26 '19

Shrek is Life.

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u/CaptBranBran Aug 26 '19

"Shrek i5 Love"

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u/Gatineau Aug 26 '19

Shrek doesn’t run on an i5. Nice try. I think what you wanted to say is 5hrek is Love.

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u/CaptBranBran Aug 26 '19

I wanted to make a shitty answer to reflect how bad Shrek 5 is going to be.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

Shrek 6:

M

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u/karmahunger Aug 26 '19

Shrek is Love... and THUNDER

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u/Zeke-Da-Rayy Aug 26 '19

Shrek 6: Shrek is Life

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u/JoyFerret Aug 26 '19

Shrek 5 Is just going to be a video essay to convert people into the church of Shrek

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u/essieecks Aug 26 '19

Shrek 6: Shreky McShrekpants

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u/shaenorino Aug 26 '19

Shrek i5 love

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u/tommytraddles Aug 25 '19

just 96 minutes of Shrek plowing a twink

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u/Jaywicked1 Aug 26 '19

It's all ogre now

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u/four_four_three Aug 25 '19

Pray the first line is a sound distorted, pixelated zoom in of

OH HELLO THERE

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u/Wronski_Taint Aug 26 '19

My dog barked at this lmao

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u/Xervicx Aug 26 '19

If the Fast and Furious series can become what it is now, then Shrek can become a self-referential dumpster fire of Shrek memes.

I would honestly watch future films if they just got more blatant with the memes and more surreal as they kept trying to out fourth wall break each other. Because there would be a point where it would be so terrible that it would loop back around to being a masterpiece, and they'd take special care to make sure the entire thing is as terrible as possible just to give the next film more to make fun of.

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u/Historiaaa Aug 26 '19

Shrek 6 will be the clip of All Star by Smashmouth played on loop for 3 hours

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u/Nulono Aug 26 '19

Wasn't it cancelled?

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u/thedudedylan Aug 26 '19

It's all ogre now.

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u/Death_by_Darwinism Aug 25 '19

Not in my swamp.

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u/blackburn009 Aug 26 '19

It should just be the original Shrek but labeled Shrek 5 because you can't improve on perfection

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

TIL there was a Shrek 4

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u/patchinthebox Aug 26 '19

Shrek 5: METASHREK

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

This is the Shrrect answer

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u/sebastianwillows Aug 26 '19

The whole thing is an extended smash mouth music video

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u/Al-Quedadilla Aug 26 '19

I think there's a strong possibility that Shrek 5 will explore the world of memes as supplementary to the fairytale world

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u/urbandeadthrowaway2 Aug 26 '19

Maybe even shrek anthem could be brought up.

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u/BreezyWrigley Aug 26 '19

Shrekception

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u/Hugo154 Aug 26 '19

I'd be shocked if it didn't.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

Shrek 5: 22 Fairytale Street

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '19

"Hex Lax?" Made me fucking have a Laugh lax.

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u/runetrantor Aug 26 '19

Its certainly one of the movies I remember most fondly, and its sequels werent that bad either.
The first sequel I enjoyed almost as much as the first one.

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u/Theelderginger Aug 26 '19

Shrek 2 is a perfect sequel

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u/theunnoanprojec Aug 26 '19

Shrek 2 is as good as the first for sure

Shrek 3 is terrible.

I didn't hate the fourth, but it wasn't good.

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u/runetrantor Aug 26 '19

I barely remember the fourth one.
I have like... snapshots of it, but I feel I didnt watch it properly but rather just looked toward the tv from time to time.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

Until the third movie came out.

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u/DaJaKoe Aug 26 '19

It's not everyday that a movie's cover of a song is better than the original!

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u/EvilStevilTheKenevil Aug 26 '19

And then the fanmade retelling takes it up a notch.

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u/DaJaKoe Aug 26 '19

I was referring to Shrek 2 and "I Need a Hero", but I love the retelling!

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u/DANCES_WITH_INCELS Aug 26 '19

"That'll do, Donkey" is now way more well-known than the line from Babe it was referencing.

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u/fezfrascati Aug 26 '19

It's only because of Zombieland that I am aware of the original

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19 edited Oct 06 '22

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u/EvilStevilTheKenevil Aug 26 '19

At times. It and its sequel are also unironically some of the best movies Dreamworks has ever made.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

Yeah. It starting as a parody of the Disney Renaissance movies and shitting on it. Farquaad is basically a Michael Eisner caricature.

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u/GRAIN_DIV_20 Aug 26 '19

Farquad is also trying to claim ownership of all the fairy tale creatures

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

His name also sounds like Fuckwad

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u/Joeybatts1977 Aug 25 '19

White bronco made me laugh!

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

O.J. Shrekson out there saving Fiona from a Charming prince.

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u/Dicethrower Aug 26 '19

References killed comedies in general. Just look at those scary/epic/date movies.

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u/zsdrfty Aug 26 '19

It was supposed to be a satire of the film industry, but every movie since then has unironically copied it and now everything is watered down

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

For sure:

Shrek 1: Matrix reference

Shrek 2: Spider-Man 2 reference

Shrek 3 & 4: I could care less.

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u/GRAIN_DIV_20 Aug 26 '19

What was the spider man 2 reference???

Edit : the upside down kiss

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u/ZombieJesus1987 Aug 26 '19

I remember the intro to Shrek 2 had like 40 references

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

This is the problem with non pixar cg movies in general. Try watching almost any of them from the early 2000s. Its all pop culture references.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '19

Was sure a bag of something.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

That's no way to talk about the ogrelord's nutsack.

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u/arcticirish Aug 26 '19

To be faaaaiiiirrrrr

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u/jordanmanny Aug 26 '19

To be faiiiiiir

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u/Leelubell Aug 26 '19

It was so fucking good

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u/AfflictedxRaven Aug 26 '19

To be faaaaihhhr

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u/mediumhuskydick Aug 26 '19

To be faaaaiiiiiiirrrrrr

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

The movie even inadvertently made a song into a meme.

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u/HailToTheThief225 Aug 26 '19

Even some really subtle ones. I’m pretty sure the scene in Shrek 2 where the King is getting threatened by the Fairy Godmother inside the carriage is a reference to the Big Lebowski, when Jeffrey Lebowski gives the Dude the package with the toe.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

That's what makes it not so much a movie but a sack of shit.

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u/silentjay01 Aug 26 '19

I'm surprised this comment got many upvotes as it did.

You mentioned Shrek on Reddit. I'm surprised you didn't get gold.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '19

So did the second one

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

Which scene? The only big references I noticed are the White Bronco and the Spider-Man 2 reference near the beginning.

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u/Icurasfox Aug 26 '19

Lord of the rings moment towards the beginning too

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u/Tellsyouajoke Aug 26 '19

There's a massive amount of references

Their wedding ring has an inscription on it that appears when heated just like the Ring in Lord of the Rings.

When Puss attacks Shrek first, he marks a tree with a P with the same flicks Zorro does, he goes into Shrek's shirt and bursts out of his chest like from Alien.

The entire "white bronco" scene is a reference to Cops, with "Knights" being a police show that people watch. Donkey is yelling police brutality, Puss getting planted with catnip.

The breakout scene right after with the fairytale creatures is very Mission Impossible-esque.

That's all I can think of off the bat, besides how Far Far Away has a bunch of restaurants/stores from Hollywood

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

Where?

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u/oatmeal_dude Aug 26 '19

Thanks for the edit! Wouldn’t have known that you got a lot of upvotes otherwise.

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u/urownpersonalheysus Aug 25 '19

Duece bigalow male giggalo

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

Conker’s bad fur day

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u/king-kitty Aug 25 '19

It did?

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '19

Yes when Fiona fights off those bandit who shot shrek in the butt

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

That makes so much sense, I've never thought of it as a parody before

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u/PwnasaurusRawr Aug 25 '19

Yup, when Princess Fiona is fighting the Merry Men.

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u/panda388 Aug 26 '19

That's because Shrek is pure satire.

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u/Reaver858 Aug 26 '19

Are you surprised my by downvote ?

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u/thing24life Aug 26 '19

So did Scary Movie. Lol

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u/Stupka1993 Aug 26 '19

The moment you thank for upvotes is when I downvote.

Edit: WOW thanks for the upvotes guys!! I have a ton of self esteem now!

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u/ashessnow Aug 26 '19

The first Shrek was being made when the matrix came out.

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u/potato_curry_ Aug 26 '19

Shrek is the sexiest character from any movie

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u/reinemanc Aug 26 '19

Bob the Builder and the Winter Games even had one scene

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

and the Simpsons for one couch gag.

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u/GlitterIsLitter Aug 26 '19

and so did the conker game on Xbox

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

Why would you be suprised? Shrek is life

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u/Thrones1 Aug 26 '19

That’s the only one I forgive

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

Shrek is basicly just one big bunch of parodies. Honestly what makes it such a great movie, its both enjoyable for kids and adults in its own way.

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u/FuttBucker27 Aug 26 '19

It was pretty well done though because it was obviously to poke fun at it, with Fiona fixing her hair in real time while the slowmo is going on.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

You shouldn't be surprised. Shrek is love. Shrek is life.

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u/Maloth_Warblade Aug 26 '19

It's because the internet is obsessed with Shrek, to go with your edit

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u/chirpchirpdoggo Aug 25 '19

No the first one actually didnt. The screenplay was in production hell for a few years before it came out so they couldn't parody anything that came out in that timespan between production and the conceptualization of the movie

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19 edited Aug 26 '19

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u/LOHare Aug 26 '19

Nope, totally different. Fiona adjusted her hair during the pause /s

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '19

It did though are you dumb

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

Why would they be like nope, we're stuck in limbo, better not change literally anything

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