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{{Short description|2010 film directed by Gary Trousdale}}
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| image                = Scared Shrekless DVD cover.jpg
| image_size           = 220
| image_alt            = DVD cover
| caption              = DVD cover
| genre                = [[Comedy]]<br />[[Adventure film|Adventure]]<br />[[Mystery film|Mystery]]
| creator              = 
| based_on             = ''[[Shrek!]]''<br>by [[William Steig]]
| screenplay           = [[Gary Trousdale]]<br />Sean Bishop
| story                = Clairee Morrissey ("Bride of Gingy")<br />Robert Porter ("Boots Motel")<br />Sean Bishop ("Shreksorcist")
| director             = [[Gary Trousdale]]<br />[[Raman Hui]]
| starring             = [[Mike Myers]]<br />[[Cameron Diaz]]<br />[[Antonio Banderas]]<br />[[Kristen Schaal]]<br />[[Dean Edwards]]<br />[[Cody Cameron]]<br />[[Christopher Knights]]<br />[[Conrad Vernon]]<br />[[Aron Warner]]
| narrated             = 
| theme_music_composer = [[Halli Cauthery]]
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_episodes         = 
| executive_producer   = Gary Trousdale
| producer             = Karen Foster<br />Chad Hammes
| editor               = 
| cinematography       = 
| runtime              = 26 minutes
| company              = [[DreamWorks Animation]]<br />[[Pacific Data Images]] (uncredited)
| budget               = 
| network              = [[NBC]]
| released             = {{Start date|2010|10|28}}
}}
'''''Scared Shrekless''''' is a 2010 American animated [[Halloween]] [[horror comedy]] [[television special]] based on the ''[[Shrek (franchise)|Shrek]]'' franchise. Set shortly after the events of ''[[Shrek Forever After]]'', the film is told in [[anthology film]] format, using a [[frame story]] to introduce three horror tales. The special premiered on the American television network [[NBC]] on October 28, 2010.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hibberd|first=James|title=NBC orders 'Shrek,' 'Kung Fu Panda' specials|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nbc-orders-shrek-kung-fu-27473|access-date=September 8, 2011|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 6, 2010|archive-date=January 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119010436/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nbc-orders-shrek-kung-fu-27473|url-status=live}}</ref> 

The special marks the first time outside of the video games that [[Donkey (Shrek)|Donkey]] is now voiced by [[Dean Edwards]] since [[Eddie Murphy]] declined to return. [[Rupert Everett]] and [[Chris Miller (animator)|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 [[List of Shrek characters#Farkle, Fergus, and Felicia|Fergus, Farkle, and Felicia]] from ''Shrek Forever After''. This is also the first time Duloc has been seen since the original ''[[Shrek]]''. It was produced with the working title of ''Shrek or Treat''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Scared Shrekless|url=http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/127736-Scared-Shrekless|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150831231842/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/127736-Scared-Shrekless|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 31, 2015|publisher=bcdb.com|access-date=August 11, 2015}}</ref>

==Plot==
After [[Princess Fiona|Fiona]] and [[List of Shrek characters#Farkle, Fergus, and Felicia|their three children]] scare away some teenage [[Trick-or-treating|trick or treaters]], [[Shrek (character)|Shrek]], [[Donkey (Shrek)|Donkey]], [[Puss in Boots (Shrek)|Puss]], the [[Three Little Pigs]], the [[Big Bad Wolf]], Gingy, and Pinocchio (after unsuccessfully trying to scare Shrek and his family) decide to tell [[Horror fiction|scary stories]]. Shrek claims that whoever can tell the scariest story without getting eliminated will be crowned King of [[Halloween]]. They go to the rundown kingdom of Duloc where [[Lord Farquaad]] once reigned and get settled inside his abandoned castle. Each takes turns telling their story.

===Scary stories===
*'''The Bride of Gingy''' told by [[Gingy]] (a spoof of ''[[Bride of Frankenstein]]'')
*'''Boots Motel''' told by [[Donkey (Shrek)|Donkey]] and [[Puss in Boots (Shrek)|Puss]] (a spoof of ''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]'') 
*'''The Shreksorcist''' told by [[Shrek (character)|Shrek]] (a spoof of ''[[The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]'')

===The Bride of Gingy===
Gingy goes to see [[the Muffin Man]] 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 (cooking)|batter]], he finally becomes free of her, unaware that the batter Sugar was dropped in ended up creating thousands of [[zombie]] [[Cloning|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 (1960 film)|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 [[wand]] to dust, but Puss says he used his [[sword]] 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 [[waffle]]. Donkey tries to run, but gets covered in butter, wears a pink tutu, a sombrero and a coconut bra. Finally, Donkey gets Pinocchio to spray Puss with water, 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 [[babysitting]] a crazed and possessed [[Pinocchio]].

After repeatedly beating up Shrek, Pinocchio leaps from the window, despite Shrek's attempts to catch him. When Pinocchio lands on the streets, [[Talking Cricket|a talking cricket (Jiminy 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 [[Cricket (insect)|cricket]], he screams and flees in terror, being eliminated as well. Now alone, 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 [[ghost]], who has come to exact revenge. Scared out of his wits, Donkey admits defeat and runs away, resulting in his 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 [[egging]] the Seven Dwarfs, who declares them the winners of the scary story contest and the "Kings of Halloween".

==Cast==
* [[Mike Myers]] as [[Shrek (character)|Shrek]]
* [[Dean Edwards]] as [[Donkey (Shrek)|Donkey]]
* [[Cameron Diaz]] as [[Princess Fiona]]
* [[Antonio Banderas]] as [[Puss in Boots (Shrek)|Puss in Boots]]
* [[Cody Cameron]] as [[List of Shrek characters#Pinocchio|Pinocchio]] and [[List of Shrek characters#Three Little Pigs|Three Little Pigs]]
* [[Conrad Vernon]] as [[List of Shrek characters#Gingebread Man|Gingerbread Man]] and [[List of Shrek characters#The Muffin Man|Muffin Man]]
* [[Christopher Knights]] as [[List of Shrek characters#Three Blind Mice|Three Blind Mice]]
* [[Aron Warner]] as [[List of Shrek characters#Big Bad Wolf|Big Bad Wolf]]
* [[Kristen Schaal]] as [[List of Shrek characters#Sugar|Sugar]]
* Sean Bishop as [[Geppetto]], [[List of Shrek characters#Prince Charming|Prince Charming]], [[Talking Cricket|Jiminy Cricket]], [[List of Shrek characters#Seven Dwarfs|Dwarves]], and Waffle
* Miles Christopher Bakshi and Nina Zoe Bakshi as [[List of Shrek characters#Farkle, Fergus, & Felicia|Ogre Babies]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-07-29|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=List of Shrek characters#Farkle, Fergus, & Felicia|reason= The anchor (Farkle, Fergus, & Felicia) [[Special:Diff/660767021|has been deleted]].}} (Felicia, Farkle and Fergus)
* [[Gabriel Basso|Louis Gabriel Basso III]] as Teenager #1
* [[Devon Werkheiser]] as Teenagers #2 and #3

==Home media==
''Scared Shrekless'' was released on [[DVD]] on September 13, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=Scared Shrekless and Monsters vs Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space Halloween Party Double Pack|url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paramount/2011/08/22/scared_shrekless_and_monsters_vs_alien|access-date=August 27, 2011|newspaper=Starpulse.com|date=August 22, 2011|archive-date=July 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709034514/http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paramount/2011/08/22/scared_shrekless_and_monsters_vs_alien|url-status=live}}</ref> The release was accompanied by a new short animated film, titled ''[[Shrek (franchise)#Thriller Night (2011)|Thriller Night]]'' (a parody of the [[Thriller (song)|song by Michael Jackson]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Scared Shrekless (2010)|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056YMDU0/|work=Amazon|access-date=August 27, 2011|archive-date=July 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709032926/http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056YMDU0/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was rereleased on August 28, 2012 as part of the ''Shrek's Thrilling Tales'' DVD and the ''DreamWorks Spooky Stories'' Blu-ray.<ref name=ShreksThrillingStories>{{cite web|title=Shrek's Thrilling Tales (Widescreen)|url=http://www.walmart.com/ip/21014123|publisher=Wallmart|access-date=July 20, 2012|archive-date=July 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706202720/http://www.walmart.com/ip/21014123|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=ShreksSpookyStories>{{cite web|title=Dreamwork's Spooky Stories: Shreks Thrilling Tales / Scared Shrekless / Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space (Blu-ray) (Widescreen)|url=http://www.walmart.com/ip/21014103|publisher=Wallmart|access-date=July 20, 2012|archive-date=August 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830200354/http://www.walmart.com/ip/21014103|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of films set around Halloween]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1725156|Scared Shrekless}}

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