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Now really, it's rude enough being alive when no one wants you, but showing up uninvited to a wedding?
— Shrek • 2001
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Farquaad's insult lands because he has spent the film hiding behind his own cruelty, and here he talks to a hero twice his size as if he were the injured party. It is the film's best example of pompous villain snobbery turned into a joke, and fans still reach for it to dismiss any gatecrasher.
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In context
Spoilers for ShrekShow the scene
In the climax of Shrek (2001), Lord Farquaad is marrying Princess Fiona in the chapel at Duloc so that he can become king. Shrek, who has realised he loves her, rides Dragon to the city and walks up the aisle in the middle of the ceremony, greeting the guests as he goes. Fiona asks what he is doing there, and the short, sneering Farquaad answers for him with this put-down. Shrek says Fiona cannot marry him because he only wants the crown. Farquaad scoffs, the sun sets, Fiona turns into an ogress, and the enraged lord orders Shrek's execution, until Dragon bursts in and eats him.
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- Wikiquote: Shrek (2001 film), wedding sceneWedding dialogue after Shrek reaches the front of the churchReference checked
- Wikipedia: Shrek, plotPlot, final actReference checked
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