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| “ | Ah, thank you! This is gonna be fun! We can stay up late, swap manly stories, and in the morning, I'm makin' waffles. Where do… uh, I sleep? | „ |
| ~ Donkey's most famous quote. |
| “ | YEAH! I like big butts and I cannot lie! You other brothers can't deny! And when a girl walks in with and itty bitty waist and a round thing in you face you get— | „ |
| ~ Donkey during the Karaoke dance party. |
Donkey is the deuteragonist of DreamWorks Animation' Shrek franchise.
He is Shrek's best friend, Dragon's husband, and the Dronkeys' father. Because he talks (seemingly without end), Shrek's catchphrase became "DONKEY!"
He is voiced by comedian Eddie Murphy who also voiced Mushu from Disney's Mulan and played Dr. John Dolittle from the first two Dr. Dolittle films, Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop film series, Jim Evers in The Haunted Mansion, Prince Akeem Joffer in Coming to America, Norbit Albert Rice in Norbit and Professor Sherman Klump in The Nutty Professor and Charlie Hinton in Daddy Day Care and its sequel. In the Japanese dub of the movie, he is voiced by Kōichi Yamadera, who also voiced Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop and the Japanese dub of Donald Duck.
Personality[]
Donkey is a calm and well-mannered talking donkey, though sometimes a bit energetic with a hunger for adventure. He has a very good heart, but his end-less talk and confused personality can be somewhat annoying for others, which makes him somewhat of a nuisance, but he never holds any bad intentions. Because of the life of abuse he suffered before meeting Shrek, Donkey was left with an extreme obsession for friendship to the point that he have little to no regard for Shrek's wish of privacy.
Donkey enjoys singing, idle chatter and often speaks ebonics, which annoys others, mainly his best friend Shrek. Despite his hunger of adventure, Donkey is extremely fearful and cowardly, being afraid of heights, dark, ghosts, spiders, blood and several other things. His cowardice can even led him to be paranoid, such as when he thought he was melting when it actually was just the rain. Despite his fears getting the best of him, Donkey is extremely heroic and noble, and cares deeply for his family and friends.
Also, he is not completely cowardly, as he assists Shrek on his battles and was even willing to sacrifice his life for Shrek when he thought the "Happily Ever After" Potion was dangerous, and Donkey was willing to sacrifice himself drinking it before Shrek. Also, unlike all other people, Donkey was not scared of Shrek, proving he has some bravery hidden behind his cowardice and paranoia.
Donkey is one of the few characters in the series without a lack of prejudice, as he never judged Shrek for being an ogre. Instead, he looked beyond Shrek's species and understood that his species does not define who he is on the inside. His kindness would heavily influence Shrek, and it was through their friendship that Shrek changed for the better and gained a family and several friends. Despite that, in the alternate timeline Shrek created after signing a contact with Rumpelstiltskin, Donkey turned as prejudiced as everyone towards Shrek; possibly because he was being slaved by Rumpel's witches, and that left him with negative traits he never had in the original timeline, such as a short temper and prejudice, as he even called Shrek "ugly". However, after seeing Shrek cry, Donkey warmed up to him and helped him fix the timeline, showing that deep down he was still the same donkey Shrek knew. After the timeline was fixed, Donkey returned to his former personality.
Relationships[]
Shrek[]
Shrek and Donkey have been best friends since the end of the first film. They do argue, butt heads, and Shrek does get annoyed by him often but it is clear that they have a strong bond and are very loyal to each other. Donkey becomes a surrogate uncle to Shrek's kids once they are born.
Princess Fiona[]
Fiona and Donkey are also close friends. Fiona does have her moments in the first two films where she gets slightly annoyed by Donkey but Fiona tolerates him a lot better than Shrek does. Donkey is the first person she tells her secret to.
Dragon[]
At first in the first movie, Donkey was afraid of Dragon but they later grow attached to each other and they fall in love.
Puss in Boots[]
They start off as rivals in Shrek 2 but they become close companions by the end of the film. They still have a few moments where they butt heads but they still remain good friends.
Dronkeys[]
Donkey has a very playful and loving bond with his children and cares for them deeply.
Arthur Pendragon[]
Coming soon!
Merlin the Wizard[]
Coming soon!
Farkle, Fergus and Felicia[]
Coming soon!
Fairy Tales Creatures[]
Coming soon!
Beginnings[]
Donkey is presumably born in a factory and maybe lived in the same factory as a cub, later being adopted by a boy named Jack, but Jack gave Donkey away for magic beans. Afterward, Donkey became the pet of a old man, who later gave him to a mean-spirited old lady.
Shrek[]
Donkey first makes his debut at a sale of animal or mythical characters from beloved fairy-tales being sold to the evil Lord Farquaad's knights. His owner, an old woman, attempts to sell Donkey, claiming he can talk intelligently. However, Donkey refuses to speak so no one believes her. The business owner sends his guards to rid him of her, then magic pixie dust accidentally is unleashed upon Donkey from a caged fairy, thus giving him the temporary ability to fly, he flies off saying "You might have seen a housefly, maybe even a superfly, but I bet you ain't never seen a DONKEY fly!". However, the spell unleashed upon Donkey then breaks and he falls to the ground.
Now knowing he can talk, Donkey is chased by Farquaad's knights into the woods, where he literally bumps into Shrek. Shrek scares the knights away, unintentionally saving Donkey's life. To repay him, Donkey decided to become his friend, much to the chargin of the grumpy Shrek who preferred to live alone and thus tries to scare him away too. It doesn't work and Donkey merely comments that Shrek needs some Tic-Tacs.
On their way to Shrek's house, Donkey keeps talking (& singing) consistently, which annoys Shrek. When they get there, Donkey pleads to Shrek to let him stay. Shrek begrudgingly says yes, but says that he can only stay for one night and must sleep outside.
Later, when Shrek's swamp is overrun with other fairy tale creatures put their by Lord Farquaad, Shrek decides to go to Duloc to confront him. Donkey tells Shrek that he knows the way to Duloc and the two leaving for it immediatley.
When they arrive at Duloc and have their picture taken, Shrek and Donkey find Farquaad at the castle arena where he has held a contest to find a warrior worthy to send on a quest to rescue Princess Fiona, a beautiful princess who is imprisoned in a castle guarded by a Dragon and whom Lord Farquaad wants to make his bride. Upon seeing the duo, Farquaad orders his knights to kill them but Shrek & Donkey manage to fight then all off. Impressed, Farquaad declares that Shrek and Donkey will be the ones to rescue Fiona, telling Shrek that if he can accomplish this task, he give back his swamp.
On their way to the Dragon's castle, Donkey asks Shrek why he didn't just force Farquaad in giving him back his swamp. Shrek then tries to explain to Donkey that their is more to ogres than just ravaging and destroying. Using an onion as an example, Shrek tells Donkey that ogres have layers. Donkey however doesn't get it and they proceed onwards.
When they arrive at the castle and cross the bridge over its lava-filled moat, Donkey tries to chicken out as he's afraid of heights. In order to get him to move, Shrek teasingly shakes the bridge to scare Donkey into walking across to the other side. While exploring the castle, Donkey encounters the dragon who proceeds to chase him before cornering him on a broken bridge. Using his quick thinking, Donkey tries to flatter the dragon by complementing her teeth and breath. He also discovers that the dragon is a female and further sweet talks her, making her spare his life.
Unfortunately it also causes her to fall in love with him and carry him to her chambers. In her chambers, She coils up Donkey in her tail and flirts with him persistently, stroking him, nuzzling him and licking his tail. Her attraction appears quite one-sided as Donkey tries to talk his way out. This doesn't stop her though and she attempts to kiss him. Luckily though, Shrek managed to intervene, landing on top of Donkey and knocking him out of her tail, causing dragon to kiss Shrek's butt instead which infuriates her into resuming her rampage.
Things often went roughly between Shrek and Donkey during the quest mainly due to Shrek's being reluctant about having Donkey as a forced "friend" and poor attitude, but by the end of the movie they were close friends. After Shrek saved Fiona from marrying Lord Farquaad and Dragon swallowed the evil fiend, Donkey sang "I'm a Believer" at Shrek and Fiona's wedding reception and takes his love, Dragon, as his wife. At the Shrek and the Swamp Gang Karaoke Dance Party, he sings "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mixalot.
Shrek 2[]
Donkey was having troubles in his relationship with Dragon as she was acting strangely, but he could not determine the cause (later revealed to be because she was laying eggs), and accompanied Shrek and Fiona to the Far Far Away kingdom but keeps on asking every second "Are we there yet?" Shrek and Fiona keep answering no.
He then meets Puss in Boots and becomes jealous as he is spending a lot of time with Shrek. By the end of the film they are great friends. At one point in the film, he reveals that he was the donkey traded by Jack for the magic beans, which greatly offended him. He and Shrek ended up drinking the "Happily Ever After" potion from the Fairy Godmother's workshop and while Shrek transformed into a human, Donkey became a magnificently bred and handsome white stallion (albeit with the same buck teeth and voice, and on the bottle it says that it's not for those with nervous disorders. After which Shrek and everyone else stares at Donkey as it is strongly hinted that he has one, but Donkey remains clueless as to the reason of why everyone's staring at him). After the duo worked together with their mission to stop her plans to force Fiona to engage with her son Prince Charming, both return to their normal forms, though Donkey seemed to be quite disappointed at returning to his original form although Shrek told Donkey he still sees Donkey as a noble steed. After the credits, Donkey and Dragon are reunited and he meets their newborn children, flying flame breathing miniature Donkeys. He later sings "Disco Inferno" on Far Far Away Idol.
Shrek the Third[]
Donkey is enjoying fatherhood in Shrek the Third, and he is still first and foremost Shrek's sidekick and closest friend. When Far Far Away is in need of a new king, Donkey ventures off with Shrek in search of Fiona's cousin Arthur Pendragon, known simply as Artie at the Worcestershire Boarding School where he resides. In their magical transport back to Far Far Away (aided by a slightly off-kilter Merlin), Donkey and Puss accidentally switch bodies, (most likely from holding hands) and Puss finds Donkey's quadrupedal form hideous. Donkey, meanwhile, can't figure out how Puss can walk with such fancy accouterments. They must put that aside and work together, however, if they are to save Far Far Away from a vindictive Prince Charming. After Charming is defeated, the same sorcerer comes to change them back, it works, but switches their tails (in the next scene, their tails have been corrected as well).
Shrek Forever After[]
In the fourth and final film, Donkey brings his Dronkey children over often, much to Shrek's annoyance at the ensuing daily chaos. He takes part in innocently ruining Shrek's babies' birthday party.
In Rumplestiltskin's alternate reality, Donkey first meets Shrek when he pulled a wagon the ogre was imprisoned in, forced to sing (reminiscent of a car stereo) by the witches, who whip him to change songs. After being taken to Rumplestiltskin, Shrek escapes and takes Donkey with him, much to the latter's chagrin. At first, Donkey fears Shrek and runs away, but returns after seeing Shrek crying over his babies' toy. Having never seen an ogre cry before, Donkey decides to trust Shrek and befriends him. Donkey also proves to be highly intelligent, and helps Shrek find a loophole in Rumplestiltskin's contract, comparing Shrek's situation to The Twilight Zone. The duo meet Fiona, Puss, and the rebellion of ogres in the woods, and Donkey befriends Puss in Boots and the ogres as well. Donkey and Puss later save Shrek and Fiona from the Pied Piper, and then lead the assault on Rumplestiltskin's castle.
In the ending, with reality restored, Donkey celebrates Shrek's children's birthday. Later on, he is seen with Dragon, who playfully gobbles him up, and then he, along with the other characters, is last seen making a mud angel.
Shrek 5[]
To be added...
Quotes[]
| “ | (singing) 'Cause I'm all alone. There's no one here beside me. My problems have all gone. There's no one to deride me. But you gotta have friends... | „ |
| ~ Donkey singing to Shrek about his loneliness, before the latter cuts him off. |
| “ | I was hoping this would be a happy ending. | „ |
| ~ Donkey after Shrek and Fiona kiss. |
| “ | You know, ... when we first met, I didn't think you were a big, stupid, ugly ogre. | „ |
| ~ Donkey to Shrek. |
| “ | What do ya mean? I mean, I've NEVER seen you like this before. | „ |
| ~ Donkey to Fiona about her ogre form. |
| “ | Are we there yet? | „ |
| ~ Donkey asking Shrek and Fiona if they have arrived at Far Far Away yet, much to their annoyance. |
| “ | That's real smooth, Shrek. (imitates Shrek) "I'm an ogre! Aaaaarghhh!"! | „ |
| ~ Donkey shaming on Shrek for arguing with Fiona. |
Trivia[]
- In the movies, he is voiced by Eddie Murphy, but in various video games, he is voiced by Mark Moseley, who also voiced Mushu, another character formally voiced by Murphy.
- He and Shrek are very similar to Sid and Manny.
- In Shrek Forever After, Shrek remembers what would have been like if he wasn't friends with Donkey. Shrek didn't realize that without Donkey, he might never have been the hero he is now.
- Donkey is heavily theorized to be Lampwick from Pinocchio, given his child-like nature and because he mentions that he's been to high school. However, given the fact that Lampwick turned into a full-on, non-sapient donkey, and Donkey himself turns into a steed instead of a human when drinking the Happily Ever After Potion, this theory could be false.
External Links[]
- Donkey on the Shrek Wiki
- Donkey on the DreamWorks Wiki
- Donkey on the Near Pure Good Wiki
- Donkey on the Universal Studios Wiki
- Donkey on the Wikipedia
- Donkey on the Universal Studios Wiki
- Donkey on the Love Exalted Wiki
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