''Scared Shrekless'' is a 2010 American animated

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based on the ''

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'' franchise. The special premiered on the American television network

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on October 28, 2010. The special marks the first time outside of the video games that

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is now voiced by Dean Edwards since

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was unable to return.

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and Chris Miller were both replaced by Sean Bishop as Prince Charming and Mister Geppetto respectively while Miles Christopher Bakshi and Nina Zoe Bakshi reprise their roles as Fergus, Farkle, and Felicia. It was produced with the working title of ''Shrek or Treat''.

Plot

After

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and their three children scare away some teenage trick or treaters,

, Puss, the Three Little Pigs, the

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, Gingy, and Pinocchio (after unsuccessfully trying to scare Shrek and his family) decide to tell scary stories. Shrek claims that whoever can tell the scariest story without getting eliminated will be crowned King of

. They go to the rundown kingdom of Duloc where

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once reigned and get settled inside his abandoned castle. Each takes turns telling their story: *The Bride of Gingy told by Gingy (a spoof of ''

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'') *Boots Motel told by

and Puss (a spoof of '' Psycho'') *The Shreksorcist told by

(a spoof of ''

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'')

The Bride of Gingy

Gingy goes to see

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and tells him that his girlfriend dumped him because he only thought of himself. So, he and the Muffin Man make a new girlfriend named Sugar. When they make her, Gingy decides to use a lot of sugar, thinking that she will love him forever, despite the Muffin Man's warnings against doing so. When she is baked, Gingy is initially happy with her, but ends up disturbed by her obsession with him. After running away and pushing her in a big container of batter, he finally becomes free of her, unaware that the batter Sugar was dropped in ended up creating thousands of

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clones of herself, surrounding Gingy and eating him. This story causes the elimination of the Three Little Pigs, who get scared and run away and Big Bad Wolf, wearing a witch hat, heads after them on the grounds that they're his ride home. Shrek comments on the falsehood of Gingy's story, saying that he cannot be there if he was eaten, and Gingy runs off as well to hide his embarrassment, resulting in his elimination as well.

Boots Motel

Next, Donkey and Puss tell a story about their taking shelter from a thunderstorm at the Boots Motel (a parody of the Bates Motel from '' Psycho''). Their story starts off well, but when Donkey tells it, it always ends up with Puss getting killed (which irritates Puss to no end), so Puss decides to change it: Donkey and Puss go to the Motel, but Donkey calls Puss his sidekick. When Puss tries to deny it, Donkey says he took a tongue bath, and gets killed by the innkeeper, but Puss retells it, saying he would fight the innkeeper but the keeper gets knocked over by Donkey, who rescues Puss. It turns out that the keeper was Prince Charming and he zaps Puss with his

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to dust, but Puss says he used his

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and leaped to safety, but Donkey says he was standing on an 'X' spot, which Charming pulls a lever to drop Puss to oblivion, but Puss says he would never let that happen to him, so he says that he woke up, revealing to be all a dream. Donkey comes in and tells Puss that he is actually on the ceiling. The lights go out and when they come back on, Donkey is in the shower and about to be eaten by a giant

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. Donkey tries to run, but gets on the plate covered in butter, wears a pink tutu, a sombrero and a coconut bra. Finally, Donkey bribes Pinocchio to spray Puss with water in exchange for a dollar bill, making him run away, signaling his elimination. Shrek suspects that this was cheating.

The Shreksorcist

At last, Shrek tells the final story about his experience

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a crazed and possessed

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. After repeatedly beating up Shrek, Pinocchio leaps from the window, despite Shrek's attempts to catch him. When Pinocchio lands on the streets, a talking cricket pops out of Pinocchio's head, claiming to be his conscience and the voice in his head that made him go crazy, in which Pinocchio squashes him with his foot in retaliation. Pinocchio denies that the story is true, but when Shrek shows him a normal

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, he screams and flees in terror, being eliminated as well.

Epilogue

Being declared the final two in the story-telling contest, Shrek and Donkey once again discuss the rumors about Farquaad's ghost, with Shrek recalling that Donkey was involved in Farquaad's demise. Suddenly, they hear the wind moving about, and a walking suit of armor calling Donkey's name. It appears to be Farquaad's

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, who has come to exact revenge. Scared out of his wits, Donkey runs away, resulting in him being the final one to be eliminated. Fiona reveals it was her and the babies who planned the ghost act and then they, along with Shrek, celebrate by

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the Seven Dwarfs, who declares them the winners of the scary story contest and the "Kings of Halloween".

Cast

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* Dean Edwards as

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as Puss in Boots * Cody Cameron as

and Three Little Pigs *

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and Muffin Man * Christopher Knights as

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* Aron Warner as

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* Sean Bishop as

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, Dwarves, and Waffle * Miles Christopher Bakshi and Nina Zoe Bakshi as Ogre Babies (Felicia, Farkle and Fergus) * Louis Gabriel Basso III as Teenager #1 *

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as Teenagers #2 and #3

Home media

''Scared Shrekless'' was released on

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on September 13, 2011. The release was accompanied by a new short animated film, titled '' Thriller Night'' (a parody of the song by Michael Jackson). It was rereleased on August 28, 2012 as part of the ''Shrek's Thrilling Tales'' DVD and the ''DreamWorks Spooky Stories'' Blu-ray.

References

External links

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