Rumpelstiltskin
Rumpelstiltskin from Shrek Forever After'
Full name	Rumpelstiltskin
Status	Unknown (as of Thriller Night)
Occupation	Traveling magical salesman
Location	Far Far Away, Rumpelstiltskin's Carriage
Character information
Gender	Male
Family	Fifi Witches (as he said during the cupcakes dinner)
Race	Dwarf
Production information
Voice actor	Conrad Vernon (Shrek the Third) Walt Dohrn (Shrek Forever After, video games) Danny Devito (Scared Shrekless)
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Rumpelstiltskin (also known as Rumpel or Mr. Stiltskin for short) is a short man who makes magical deals (complete with contracts). He has a giant pet goose named Fifi.

Based on the eponymous fairytale character, he is a minor antagonist in Shrek the Third and the main antagonist in Shrek Forever After.

In the third film he is voiced by Conrad Vernon, and in the fourth by Walt Dohrn.

Contents 1 Appearance and personality 2 Powers and abilities 3 Biography 3.1 Early life 3.2 Shrek the Third 3.3 Shrek Forever After 4 Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular 5 Thriller Night 6 Trivia 7 Gallery 8 Comments

Appearance and personalityEdit

Rumpelstiltskin is short, greedy, and selfish. In Shrek the Third, Rumpelstiltskin appears with facial hair and yellow clothing. In Shrek Forever After, his face is larger, he has no facial hair and he wears different clothing. Prince Charming calls him "Frumpypigskin", but he still helps Charming. Rumpelstiltskin may look human, but he is in fact a dwarf.

Powers and abilitiesEdit

He has no magical powers, but he does have a variety of magic contract that he calls "Magical Transactions" (as shown in Shrek Forever After) These contracts seem to be able to warp reality based on the details written within that had been agreed upon by Rumpelstiltskin and his recipients, to the point where they can actually create an alternate reality, as Rumpelstiltskin demonstrated by tricking Shrek into signing a deal that allowed him to null away the day the ogre was born (subsequently allowing Rumpelstiltskin to gain kingship over the Kingdom of Far Far Away).

However, these contracts are not perfect, since Donkey (in his alternate reality self) claimed that all of Rumpelstiltskin's contracts have an "exit clause" that can render the contract void if the recipient succeeds in fulfilling the clause.

BiographyEdit

Early lifeEdit

King Harold and Queen Lillian are going to sign their kingdom over to Rumpelstiltskin to break Fiona's curse, but the deal is cancelled when they learn that Shrek has rescued Fiona from the tower, and he wishes Shrek was never born.

Shrek the ThirdEdit

Rumpelstiltskin was one of the many villain recruits assisting Prince Charming to invade Far Far Away, Charming mispronounces his name as "Frumpy pig-skin" and Rumpelstiltskin corrects him. He gives up the mantle of being a villain after Artie convinced the villains (except Charming) to stop.

Shrek Forever AfterEdit

In Shrek Forever After, as years went by, a disgruntled Rumpelstiltskin wished that Shrek was never born and he sought revenge. This shows that Rumpelstiltskin either didn't really reform in the third film, or was overcome by bitterness at the failure of his plans.

After the events of the third film, Rumpelstiltskin stumbles upon Shrek. Shrek is depressed lately and wants one day of being a "real ogre" again. So Rumpelstiltskin offers Shrek one day of being an ogre in exchange for one day of his childhood. So Shrek signed the contract without knowing that he just signed the day he born away, and soon finds himself in a twisted, alternate version of Far Far Away, where Donkey is all wet, has never met Shrek, and is scared of him, Puss is fat and lazy (quite similar to Garfield) and is now Fiona's pet and wearing a pink bow on his neck, and Fiona is a hunted ogre who is the leader of other hunted ogres and has never met Shrek and hates him. And Rumpelstiltskin is now king of Far Far Away, with many witches to do his dirty work and the Pied Piper.

Rumpelstiltskin goes out to fight the ogres led by Fiona and sends the Pied Piper to make them dance, capturing all but Shrek and Fiona, who are rescued by Donkey and Puss (both of whom now trust Shrek).

Rumpelstiltskin offers any deal (with no strings attached) to whoever turns Shrek in. Once Shrek hears of this, he turns himself in to get this deal, and in return, Shrek has Rumpelstiltskin free all the ogres, even though he keeps Fiona (as she is a princess by day, and therefore not completely an ogre) and tries to feed them to Dragon (whom has never met Shrek and is now a villain like in the original film), but Donkey, Puss, and the ogres fight Rumpelstiltskin and his witches. They eventually defeat Rumpelstiltskin as the dwarf tries to escape on his pet goose Fifi, but by this time, the 24 hours are up and Shrek is starting to disappear. Fiona, who now loves Shrek, kisses him before he vanishes completely. Thus, Rumpelstiltskin's world falls apart, and everything is restored to normal. Rumpelstiltskin is last seen being held prisoner at the party and Fiona kills Fifi by making him explode by singing a high note (similar to the blue bird scene in the first Shrek film). Rumpelstiltskin is also being tormented by the Pied Piper.

Donkey's Christmas ShrektacularEdit

In Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular, it is shown that Rumpelstiltskin is still imprisoned at the swamp, and most likely will remain there. In the virtual fireplace video Shrek's Yule Log, he tries to put out the fireplace twice, but is stopped by Shrek both times. In the actual video Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular, Rumpelstiltskin is shown reimprisoned inside his cage, apparently having tried to run away once before, and gets coal in his stocking for Christmas.

Thriller NightEdit

On the DVD release of Scared Shrekless, it features a Shrek version of Michael Jackson's Thriller. This music video is performed by the whole cast of all four movies, including deceased classic villains Lord Farquaad, Fairy Godmother and presumed Prince Charming.

TriviaEdit

• Rumpelstiltskin is often called "Rumpel" or "Mr. Stiltskin," implying that his name is actually "Rumpel Stiltskin."
• Right before Shrek Forever After came out, Paul McCartney, David Morrissey, and Tom Cruise were all rumored to voice Rumpelstiltskin many times.
• Rumpelstiltskin is the only main villain left alive by the end of a Shrek movie.
• He is the only villain to have a known pet.

• He could be considered an amalgamation of all the main villains of the previous films, being short and ruling an empire with an iron fist (in an alternate universe) like Farquaad; has magical powers and had a business that helped characters alter their fate like the Fairy Godmother and, like Prince Charming, had his life ruined by Shrek through the rescue of Princess Fiona.
• He is arguably the most evil antagonist in a Shrek film.

• In Thriller Night, Rumple is shown as a dead zombie emerging from a grave with his angry wig on. This is contrary to his fate in the fourth Shrek film but the events turned out to be a nightmare of Shrek who'd dozed off for a dew minutes, meaning Rumple is probably still alive and imprisoned.

GalleryEdit