Fairy Godmother (Shrek)

"I told you, ogres DON'T live happily, ever, AFTER!""

- The Fairy Godmother's last words.

The Fairy Godmother is the main antagonist in the 2004 movie Shrek 2, and a non-physical cameo character in the 2007 sequel Shrek The Third. She is the mother of Prince Charming and runs a company specializing in making wishes and dreams come true.

She was voiced by Jennifer Saunders in the film and by Claudia Christian in the videogame.

Shrek 2
In Shrek 2, the Fairy Godmother wanted her son Prince Charming to marry Princess Fiona. She was enraged to discover that Fiona was married to Shrek instead, and planned to have Shrek killed. When Shrek took a Happily Ever After potion from her place, the Fairy Godmother and Prince Charming tricked everyone into thinking that Charming was Shrek. As Fiona wasn't in love with Charming (though believing him to be Shrek, saying he "lost his mind"), the Fairy Godmother instructed Fiona's father King Harold to give Fiona a potion that would make her fall in love with the first man she kisses, intending him to be Charming.

But Harold gave her the wrong cup (on purpose), so when Charming kissed Fiona (after the fairy tale creatures fought against the Fairy Godmother and took her wand), she knocked him out afterwards, but only for a second; he took the Fairy Godmother's wand. After the Fairy Redeemed, he threw it back to her. She shot a magic beam at Shrek to kill him, but King Harold jumped in front of him and his armor reflected her spell back at her, making her disintegrate, presumably killing her and leaving only her wand and damaged glasses behind.

Thriller Night
In the short Halloween film (preceded by Scared Shrekless), the Fairy Godmother appeared as a supporting antagonist and one of the zombies who danced with each other in a parody of Michael Jackson's song "Thriller".

Similar Villains

 * Marla (Family Guy)
 * Zira (The Lion King II: Simba's Pride)

Trivia

 * She is a spoof of the real Fairy Godmother from the classic fairy tales.
 * In the Shrek 2 videogame, the Fairy Godmother's clothes were pink instead of blue (like they were in the movie).
 * She was originally supposed to be featured in the first Shrek film, but she was kept until the second.