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Prince Charming was the secondary antagonist of Shrek 2 and the main antagonist of Shrek the Third. He was the Fairy Godmother's son and henchman.

Appearances

Shrek

In Shrek, although Charming doesn't appear physically, he gains a brief mention, in which Fiona reveals that she thought that she would be rescued by a Prince "Charming", probably told to her by her parents.

Shrek 2

File:Charming hair sherk 2.png

Charming flipping his hair.

In Shrek 2 he appears as the secondary antagonist. Charming travels to the castle, where Princess 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.

Charming's narration in this scene (as well as his conversation with Big Bad Wolf) reveal the most important information and aspects of the plot of the original film, Shrek (movie.)

File:Prince charming human shrek disguise.jpg

Charming disguised as the human Shrek

It is later revealed that Charming is in fact the son of the Fairy Godmother, and with his mother's thorough support, he wants to marry Fiona so that he can become king (similar to Lord Farquaad's intentions from the first film). As such (in contrast to his fairy tale namesake), this version of Prince Charming plays a more villainous role.

Later, in the movie, Charming deceives Fiona into believing that he's Shrek, havingbeen turned human by a Happily Ever After potion.

Nevertheless, at the ball, Charming's attitude shines through the disguise, and Fiona realizes the truth. The Fairy Godmother orders her son to kiss Fiona and he does so, and she appears to have fallen in love with him, but then she suddenly puts her two hands on his cheeks and does a Karate shout and headbutts him, knocking him out. Prince Charming tosses the mothers wand from Puss. Fairy Godmother then aims the wand at shrek but Fiona's father the King blocks it. The reflecting ray then turns The Fairy Godmother into a burst of bubbles.

Fiona headbutts charming shrek 2 — A human Fiona headbutting Charming

At the film's climax, Charming is forced into dancing with Doris, who runs the Poison Apple.

Shrek the Third

In Shrek the Third he returns as the main antagonist. Charming is stuck in a theater, playing himself due to his name. However, despite being the hero in Charming's own play (which appears to be a spoof on the classic fairy tale Rapunzel), the audience cheers when the "Shrek" Mascot comes onstage. Finally (in a version of a Buster Keaton gag), a prop tower falls on Charming, but he escapes injury as the window passes around him. Charming leaves the theater upset and goes to his "dressing room" (in reality, the back alley behind the bar), and starts sobbing at his misfortune. There, Charming vows to his mother (whom he has a picture of) that he will become the king of Far Far Away and kill Shrek to avenge her death.

Prince Charming organizes an army of villains in the Poison Apple, all upset that they haven't gotten their "Happily Ever After".

While Shrek, Donkey, and Puss are in search of the heir to the kingdom, Fiona holds off a coup d'état by Charming. Upon Shrek's return, he is captured by Charming.

Charming then places Shrek in the play, now being performed in an auditorium before the entire kingdom. Shrek begins to ruin it for Charming by making a fool of him. As Charming is about to kill Shrek onstage, Fiona and the others burst in, getting ready to fight the villains. However, before a confrontation ensues, Artie, the true king, convinces the villains to give up their evil ways, and they do so. However, Charming refuses, and apparently stabs Shrek (in slow motion), but (as Shrek reveals to the others) Shrek is completely unharmed; Charming (with his bad aim) merely stuck the sword between Shrek's arm and side. Shrek then throws Charming before Dragon, who tips over the stone tower, which leads to Charming's defeat and death. His crown then goes rolling and Artie puts his foot on it.

Little is known about Prince Charming after the film, though he still showed up at the Far Far Away carnival in the Shrek's Carnival Craze video game, which takes place after these events. This could mean that he survived the ordeal and didn't die after all. He did, however, appear in a zombified form along with Mongo, Rumplestiltskin, Lord Farquaad, Fairy Godmother, Captain Hook and King Harold in Thriller Night which may or may not mean that all of these characters are dead, as Captain Hook was never hinted to be dead, and Mongo sang a small part at the end of Shrek 2, (while under water) during the singing of Livin' La Vida Loca.

Shrek Forever After

In Shrek Forever After, Charming appears during the end credits at the Production Designer (Peter Zaslav).

Scared Shrekless

In Scared Shrekless, Granny Charming is the owner of Boots Motel in Donkey and Puss' story (which is a spoof of Psycho, and it is called Doncho). In the story, Granny Charming is eventually revealed to actually be a slightly aged Prince Charming in disguise, he was packing heat, wants revenge "I want revenge.", and laughed just like a crazed maniac.

Video Game Appearances

Prince Charming appeared as a boss in Shrek 2 (video game) and as the secondary adversary and in Shrek The Third (video game). as the main adversary.

Charming also appeared in Shrek Super Slam as one of the 10 starting characters. His Super Slam is that he slams down with his sword creating giant beams of light.

He also appears in Shrek Smash and Crash Racing. Prince Charming is one of the eight unlockable racers in this game. Prince Charming's kart is the stallion that he uses in the Shrek films. His personal item is a giant mirror.

Personality

According to the image of a typical "Prince Charming", Charming's look is somewhere near to "ideal". Although he looks very handsome and is in prince clothing, he is really a snobby, psychopathic, and narcissistic villain. His most remarkable asset is his "soft and bouncy" blonde hair. His main goal, which was thoroughly supported by his mother, the Fairy Godmother, was to become king of Far Far Away.

Trivia

Out of the four villains (Farquaad, the Fairy Godmother, Charming, and Rumpelstiltskin), Charming has the most appearances in the 4 Shrek movies, having appeared in Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third, (cameo in Shrek Forever After during the clip montage part of the credits,) with the others only appearing in one (not counting the two bit parts Rumpelstiltskin had in Shrek the Third).
In Far Far Away Idol, Charming sang "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred, but he was way off-key. However, during the song, Shrek holds a button that Fiona presses to open a trapdoor below Charming (because of his horrible singing) and he falls in screaming.
He's a charming (hinted in his name) prince-to-be with blonde hair.

Charming was the possible fiancé of Rapunzel and the son of the Fairy Godmother. His father is unamed, never mentioned, and probably dead (he was probably a normal human like his son).

His henchmen were the Cyclops, Captain Hook, the pirates, the witches, the guards, the Evil Trees, the Headless Horseman, the knights, Rumpelstiltskin, and the gnomes in Shrek the Third.

A good description of Charming might be the name Gingy gave him in Shrek the Third, "The King of the Stupids."

Charming was always tormenting Pinocchio (in Shrek the Third, he asked him where Shrek was).
He's also the only main antagonist of a Shrek movie to not be a midget, as Lord Farquad, Charming's mom, the Fairy Godmother, and Rumplestiltskin were all midgets (though Fairy Godmother was a fairy, and fairies are normally short in stature).
Charming is able to shatter glass with his voice.
It was shown in Thriller Night that he is still alive, as he was seen in the movie theater when Shrek woke up from his nightmare.

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 |race = Human/Fairy (no fairy details)
 |voice = [[Rupert Everett]] (films)<br>[[Sean Bishop]] (''[[Scared Shrekless]]'')<br>[[James Arnold Taylor]] (video games)}}
-'''Prince Charming''' (or simply known as just "'''Charming'''", known as "'''King Charming'''" in ''[[Shrek the Third]]'' while ruling, and also as "'''PC'''" based on his pink handkerchief) is the secondary antagonist in ''[[Shrek 2]]'' and the main antagonist in ''[[Shrek the Third]]''.
+'''Prince Charming''' was the secondary antagonist of ''[[Shrek 2]]'' and the main antagonist of ''[[Shrek the Third]]''. He was the [[Fairy Godmother]]'s son and henchman.
+==Appearances==
-==Character Traits==
-According to the image of a typical "Prince Charming", Charming's look is somewhere near to "ideal". Although he looks very handsome and is in prince clothing, he is really a snobby, psychopathic, and narcissistic villain.
-His most remarkable asset is his "soft and bouncy" blonde hair.
-His main goal, which was thoroughly supported by his mother, the [[Fairy Godmother]], was to become king of [[Far Far Away]].
-==Biography==
 ===''[[Shrek]]''===
-In ''Shrek'', even though Prince Charming doesn't appear physically, he gains a brief mention, in which [[Princess Fiona]] reveals that she thought that she would be rescued by a Prince "Charming", probably told to her by her parents.
+In ''Shrek'', although Charming doesn't appear physically, he gains a brief mention, in which [[Fiona]] reveals that she thought that she would be rescued by a Prince "Charming", probably told to her by her parents.
 ===''[[Shrek 2]]''===
+[[File:Charming_hair_sherk_2.png|thumb|230px|left|Charming flipping his hair.]]
-in ''Shrek 2 ''he appears as the secondary antagonist. Charming travels to the castle, where Princess Fiona had been imprisoned (prior to the first movie), only to discover that [[Shrek (character)|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.
+In ''Shrek 2 ''he appears as the secondary antagonist. Charming travels to the castle, where [[Princess Fiona]] had been imprisoned (prior to the first movie), only to discover that [[Shrek (character)|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.
 Charming's narration in this scene (as well as his conversation with Big Bad Wolf) reveal the most important information and aspects of the plot of the original film, Shrek (movie.)
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 Later, in the movie, Charming deceives Fiona into believing that he's Shrek, havingbeen turned human by a Happily Ever After potion.
-Nevertheless, at the ball, Charming's attitude shines through the disguise, and Fiona realizes the truth. The Fairy Godmother orders her son to kiss Fiona and he does so, and she appears to have fallen in love with him, but then she suddenly puts her two hands on his cheeks and does a Karate shout and headbutts him, knocking him out.
+Nevertheless, at the ball, Charming's attitude shines through the disguise, and Fiona realizes the truth. The Fairy Godmother orders her son to kiss Fiona and he does so, and she appears to have fallen in love with him, but then she suddenly puts her two hands on his cheeks and does a Karate shout and headbutts him, knocking him out. Prince Charming tosses the mothers wand from Puss. Fairy Godmother then aims the wand at shrek but Fiona's father the King blocks it. The reflecting ray then turns The Fairy Godmother into a burst of bubbles.
 [[File:Fiona_headbutts_charming_shrek_2.jpg|thumb|162px|A human [[Princess Fiona|Fiona]] headbutting Charming]]
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 At the film's climax, Charming is forced into dancing with [[Doris]], who runs the [[Poison Apple]].
-===''[[Shrek the Third]][[File:Charm.jpg|thumb]]''===
+===''[[Shrek the Third]]''===
+[[File:Charm.jpg|thumb]]
-In ''Shrek the Third ''he appears as the main antagonist. Charming is stuck in a theater, playing himself due to his name. However, despite being the hero in Charming's own play (which appears to be a spoof on the classic fairy tale ''Rapunzel''), the audience cheers when the [[The "Shrek" Mascot|"Shrek" Mascot]] comes onstage. Finally (in a version of a Buster Keaton gag), a prop tower falls on Charming, but he escapes injury as the window passes around him. Charming leaves the theater upset and goes to his "dressing room" (in reality, the back alley behind the bar), and starts sobbing. There, Charming vows to his mother (whom he has a picture of) that he will become the king of [[Far Far Away]] and kill Shrek to avenge her death.
+In ''Shrek the Third ''he returns as the main antagonist. Charming is stuck in a theater, playing himself due to his name. However, despite being the hero in Charming's own play (which appears to be a spoof on the classic fairy tale ''Rapunzel''), the audience cheers when the [[The "Shrek" Mascot|"Shrek" Mascot]] comes onstage. Finally (in a version of a Buster Keaton gag), a prop tower falls on Charming, but he escapes injury as the window passes around him. Charming leaves the theater upset and goes to his "dressing room" (in reality, the back alley behind the bar), and starts sobbing at his misfortune. There, Charming vows to his mother (whom he has a picture of) that he will become the king of [[Far Far Away]] and kill Shrek to avenge her death.
-{{:wikiavideo: Shrek The Third (2007) - Clip: No One Will Stand In My Way/thumb=1&width=250px&align=left&caption= }}
 Prince Charming organizes an army of villains in the Poison Apple, all upset that they haven't gotten their "Happily Ever After".
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 While Shrek, [[Donkey]], and [[Puss in Boots|Puss]] are in search of the heir to the kingdom, Fiona holds off a coup d'état by Charming. Upon Shrek's return, he is captured by Charming.
-Charming then places Shrek in the play, now being performed in an auditorium before the entire kingdom. Shrek begins to ruin it for Charming by making a fool of him. As Charming is about to kill Shrek onstage, Fiona and the others burst in, getting ready to fight the villains. However, before a confrontation ensues, [[Arthur Pendragon|Artie]], the true king, convinces the villains to give up their evil ways, and they do so. However, Charming refuses, and apparently stabs Shrek (in slow motion), but (as Shrek reveals to the others) Shrek is completely unharmed; Charming (with his bad aim) merely stuck the sword between Shrek's arm and side. Shrek then throws Charming before [[Dragon]], who tips over the stone tower, which leads to Charming's defeat. His crown then goes rolling and Artie puts his foot on it.
+Charming then places Shrek in the play, now being performed in an auditorium before the entire kingdom. Shrek begins to ruin it for Charming by making a fool of him. As Charming is about to kill Shrek onstage, Fiona and the others burst in, getting ready to fight the villains. However, before a confrontation ensues, [[Arthur Pendragon|Artie]], the true king, convinces the villains to give up their evil ways, and they do so. However, Charming refuses, and apparently stabs Shrek (in slow motion), but (as Shrek reveals to the others) Shrek is completely unharmed; Charming (with his bad aim) merely stuck the sword between Shrek's arm and side. Shrek then throws Charming before [[Dragon]], who tips over the stone tower, which leads to Charming's defeat and death. His crown then goes rolling and Artie puts his foot on it.
 Little is known about Prince Charming after the film, though he still showed up at the Far Far Away carnival in the ''[[Shrek's Carnival Craze]]'' video game, which takes place after these events. This could mean that he survived the ordeal and didn't die after all. He did, however, appear in a zombified form along with [[Mongo]], [[Rumplestiltskin]], [[Lord Farquaad]], [[Fairy Godmother]], [[Captain Hook]] and [[King Harold]] in ''[[Thriller Night]]'' which may or may not mean that all of these characters are dead, as Captain Hook was never hinted to be dead, and Mongo sang a small part at the end of Shrek 2, (while under water) during the singing of Livin' La Vida Loca.
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 ===''[[Scared Shrekless]]''===
-[[File:Prince_Charming_Scared_Shrekless_1.png|thumb|190px|Prince Charming as he appears in ''[[Scared Shrekless]]'']]
+[[File:Prince_Charming_Scared_Shrekless_1.png|thumb|230px|Prince Charming as he appears in ''[[Scared Shrekless]]'']]
 In ''Scared Shrekless'', Granny Charming is the owner of [[Boots Motel]] in Donkey and Puss' story (which is a spoof of ''Psycho'', and it is called ''Doncho''). In the story, Granny Charming is eventually revealed to actually be a slightly aged Prince Charming in disguise, he was packing heat, wants revenge "I want revenge.", and laughed just like a crazed maniac.
-==Video Games==
+==Video Game Appearances==
 Prince Charming appeared as a boss in [[Shrek 2 (video game)]] and as the secondary adversary and in [[Shrek 3 (video game)|Shrek The Third (video game)]]. as the main adversary.
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 He also appears in [[Shrek Smash and Crash Racing]]. Prince Charming is one of the eight unlockable racers in this game. Prince Charming's kart is the stallion that he uses in the Shrek films. His personal item is a giant mirror.
+==Personality==
+According to the image of a typical "Prince Charming", Charming's look is somewhere near to "ideal". Although he looks very handsome and is in prince clothing, he is really a snobby, psychopathic, and narcissistic villain. His most remarkable asset is his "soft and bouncy" blonde hair. His main goal, which was thoroughly supported by his mother, the [[Fairy Godmother]], was to become king of [[Far Far Away]].
 ==Trivia==
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 *He's also the only main antagonist of a Shrek movie to not be a midget, as Lord Farquad, Charming's mom, the Fairy Godmother, and Rumplestiltskin were all midgets (though Fairy Godmother was a fairy, and fairies are normally short in stature).
 *Charming is able to shatter glass with his voice.
+*It was shown in [[Thriller Night]] that he is still alive, as he was seen in the movie theater when Shrek woke up from his nightmare.
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery captionalign="left">
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-Charming_hair_sherk_2.png|Charming flipping his hair in ''[[Shrek 2]]''
 Charming_knight_sherk.jpg
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 Prince Charming Dead.png|Thriller Night 2011: Dead Prince Charming
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