What's with the frog king?

The other night I tried to watch Shrek the Third. I have never seen the first or second movie, but I figured it wouldn't be that hard to understand what was going on. I feel like I know the main characters just from all the media, like Mike Myers and that donkey played by Eddie Murphy. And I thought I knew the basic story. Well I guess I was wrong.

I didn't realize that princess Fiona was a green ogre, too. I thought she was a regular person. Right? Then, as the movie goes on, we learn that the king is going to die. This is Fiona's dad ... and, um, he's a frog.

King frog
King frog

Why is he a frog? And Fiona's mother is a normal lady. Why did she marry a frog? And are you telling me that the queen had sex with a frog and then birthed an ogre? I'm so confused, and not entirely sure this movie is suitable for kids!

By the time we got to the old frog's funeral (where his "wife" pushed his frog coffin that was set atop a lilly pad across the pond to float away), I was done. How does a frog become a king anyway? Does he rule a land of humans or what? I've been really distracted by this now (you know how I obsess) and I supposed I'll have to google the whoe story to get the scoop.

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Life In Ruins
I really liked the first Shrek. Just like I liked the first Austin Powers movie. Its a clever take on fairy tales and you actually might like it. (If first you club yourself in the head with a shoe and forget the one you just saw).

It seems all those franchises go straight to dumbville when they make a sequel and its the same derivative shit over and over and over again. As if the people watching these movies can't stand new things., it must be the same jokes or excrement humor to be enjoyable. I pretty sure a movie executive could film a box of pudding sitting on a curb, with Mike Meyers riffing in a scottish accent over it, and give the movie the title Shrek 4 and it will be the "Family Movie of The YEAR! " " Better then the original!"
Gerri Atric
Oh I have no doubt the first one was very clever and funny. Mike Myers is awesome. PS - I did LOVE Austin Powers 2 more than the first one. I LOVED Fat Bastard. But seriously, why was the king a frog?
Flutter Box
you know, i don't know why the king was a frog either. from what i remember he was a human in the 2nd one. so i dunno.
M

This may be a spoiler alert to others, but...I think the King was a frog because it turned out at the end of Shrek 2 that the "perfect" king, queen, and princess weren't perfect as in perfect the way we think of perfect and...for God's sake, just go rent the first two movies!!!!

:) They actually were very funny, I thought.

Gerri Atric
Why would he change into a frog? That doesn't make any sense! And is the queen still expected to have sex with it? Does a frog even have a dick?
Gerri Atric
This makes no sense. Again, why a frog!? I HATE these movies now. So dumb! I can't watch a movie where a man turns into a frog. And again, what kind of sex life did this frog and his wife have? Do you still have sex if your husband turns into a frog? I think that's a HUGE legitimate question here!
Bex
[this is good]
Ok, so Fiona (Shrek's wife), was human and hid the secret that when the sun faded and it was dark, she transformed into an ogre.
Bex
Ok, so Fiona (Shrek's wife), was human and hid the secret that when the sun faded and it was dark, she transformed into an ogre. It was said something like when she finds true love then she'll take her true form, thinking she was going to never turn into an ogre again after she fell in love. But, turns out, after she fell in love with shrek, her true form is an ogre. And, in the second movie, the king, Fiona's father didn't accept Shrek because he wasn't a fan of ogres and thought, too, that his daughter would take the form of a human indefinately. So, at the end when things are winding down, you find out that he used to be a frog prince that was kissed and turned back to human and had the form of a human his entire marriage, so no, they never had frog/human intercourse. And that's how he accepts Shrek, because he realized not everything's perfect, including his situation. At the end of the movie, the fairy godmother turned him back into a frog because he wouldn't do the thing she wanted him to do, which was force Fiona to marry the godmother's son, Prince charming. It's a fairytale!!! Just enjoy it, don't ask questions.
Gerri Atric
Well that sounds absolutely delightful! And ridiculous at the same time. So the frog king gave up his chance to remain a human so his daughter could marry Shrek - her true love? That's amazing, but then you can't say for sure that no frog/human intercourse took place as he remained a frog for the whole second movie then. I'm sure Fiona's mom wanted to have sex at some point in between the making of a whole other sequel! But back to Fiona and being forced to marry Prince Charming. That makes no sense. Why wouldn't she WANT to marry Prince Charming? EVERYONE wants to marry Prince Charming. I would think the whole snag in the plan would be that once Prince Charming sees that Fiona's true form is an ogre, he wouldn't want to marry her. So, all the frog dude had to do was allow the forced marriage, Prince Charming sees Fiona is an ogre, and promptly dumps her. Then Fiona is once again able to marry Shrek and frog guy remains a man. SEE!?!? I should be writing this stuff!

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