Blue flower, red thorns, blue flower, red thorns - this would be so much easier if I wasn't color blind!
Donkey
- Director
- Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
- Year
- 2001
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Genres
- fantasy film, buddy film, fantasy comedy
- Country
- United States
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Shrek (2001) was DreamWorks' fairy-tale demolition job, and its dialogue was engineered to run on two frequencies: pantomime jokes for children, sharper ones for the adults. 'Ogres are like onions' became the film's thesis statement and an enduring meme about hidden depths. The film won the first-ever Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, beating Pixar's Monsters, Inc.
Don’t die, Shrek. And if you see any long tunnels, stay away from the light.
Donkey
Don't mess wit' me. I'm the Stair Master. I've Mastered the Stairs. I wish I had a step right here, I could step here and here and here and step all over it.
Donkey
I just know, before this is over, I'm gonna need a whole lot of serious therapy. Look at my eye twitchin'.
Donkey
I'll find those stairs. I'll whip their butt, too. Those stairs won't know which way they're going.
Donkey
This'll be fun. We'll stay up late, swapping manly stories, and in the morning... I'm making waffles.
Donkey
Wow, that was really scary, and if you don’t mind me saying, if that don’t work, your breath will certainly get the job done, ’cause you definitely need some Tic Tacs or something ’cause your breath stinks.
Donkey
You cut me deep, Shrek. You cut me real deep just now.
Donkey
No! Not the buttons! Not the gumdrop buttons!
Gingerbread Man
Please keep off of the grass wipe your shoes, wipe your... face Dulac is, Dulac is, Dulac is a peeeeerfeeeect plaaaaace!
Little singing dolls
Now really, it's rude enough being alive when no one wants you, but showing up uninvited to a wedding?
Lord Farquaad
Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make.
Lord Farquaad
Although she lives with seven other men, she’s not easy.
Magic Mirror
Although she lives with seven other men, she's not easy. About Snow White
Magic Mirror
That’ll do, Donkey. That’ll do.
Shrek
C’mon, princess, you’re not that ugly. All right, you are ugly. But you’re only like this at night. Shrek’s ugly 24/7.
The Donkey