In Shrek The Third he is stuck in the theater, rather a stage in a bar, playing himself, due to his name. In Far Far Away Idol, Charming sang, ' I'm Too Sexy', by Right Said Fred, although, during the song, Shrek and Fiona press a button, opening a trapdoor below him, due to his horrible singing. At the end, Charming is forced into dancing with Doris, who runs ' The Poison Apple.' Nevertheless, Charming's foul attitude shines through the disguise, and Fiona realizes the truth before the end of the movie. Later, in the movie, Charming deceives Fiona into believing that he is Shrek, having been turned human by a 'Happily Ever After' potion. As such (in contrast to his Fairy Tale namesake), this version of Prince Charming plays a more villainous role. It is later revealed that Charming is, in fact, the son of the Fairy Godmother and that the Fairy Godmother wants her son to marry Fiona, so that Charming can become king (similar to Lord Farquaad's intentions from the 1st film). Charming's narration in this scene (as well as his conversation with Big Bad Wolf) reveal the most important aspects of the plot from the first film. In Shrek 2 he is more of a comic relief character. Charming travels to the castle, where Fiona had been imprisoned prior to the first movie, only to discover that Shrek has already found her and married her, and that Big Bad Wolf (without any explanation to how Big Bad Wolf got there in the first place) has taken to sleeping in her tower. He also shares similarities with Lord Farquaad and Rumpelstiltskin, for the former, that they both wanted to marry Fiona in order to become king, for the latter, that they lives were inadvertently ruined by Shrek's rescuing of Fiona.Īlthough Charming doesn't appear physically in the film, he gains a brief mention, in which Princess Fiona reveals that she thought that she would be rescued by Charming. He was also the only Shrek villain to never get along with Shrek, though his mother and his minor henchmen only pretended to, and the only one that Shrek never trusted. He, along with his mother, was remorseless, unlike Harold, who formerly conspired with them, as he had no qualms about how what they were doing would affect Shrek. However, in Shrek The Third, he was eager to avenge his mother after her death in Shrek 2, caused by Harold.

He also believed, as shown in his last moments, that the 'Happily Ever After' of being with Fiona belonged to him, but that Shrek stole it from him. He also was very offensive towards Shrek, as when he called him 'dreadful'. He is also sometimes not very bright, as seen where he pretends to be Shrek, he doesn't know that he needed to act like Shrek in order to deceive Fiona. He is portrayed as an egotistical and conceited mother's boy. Not much is known about Charming's past but it's known he is a mother's boy, the only one he really cares for.Īs seen when he narrates his story at the beginning of Shrek 2, he is self-centered.

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