Last weekend, I watched Shrek Forever After in 3D with the family. Boy, was it a blast.

The movie was awesome. So much that, in fact, I wanted to find my old Shrek DVDs and watch it again at home. This prompted me to do a little Googling. For your reference, I’ve reprinted the plot synopsis of each Shrek movie (starting from the first one in 2001) to the latest… and added video trailers to boot.

Have fun!

SHREK 1 (2001)

Shrek is a big ogre who lives alone in the woods, feared by all the people in the land of Duloc. When Lord Farquaad, the ruler of Duloc, exiles all the fairy-tale beings to the woods, Shrek loses his peaceful life and his home becomes a refugee camp. So he sets out to find Lord Farquaad and convince him to take the fairy-tale beings back where they belong, and leave him alone. Lord Farquaad accepts, under one condition. Shrek must first go and find the beautiful young princess Fiona, who will become Farquaad’s bride. So the big Ogre begins his quest, along with his newfound donkey friend.. Plot summary Written by Chris Makrozahopoulos

SHREK 2 (2004)

Shrek has rescued Princess Fiona, got married, and now is time to meet the parents. Shrek, Fiona and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona’s mother and father. But not everyone is happy. Shrek and the King find it hard to get along, and there’s tension in the marriage. It’s not just the family who are unhappy. Prince Charming returns from a failed attempt at rescuing Fiona, and works alongside his mother, the Fairy Godmother, to try and find a way to get Shrek away from Fiona. Plot summary Written by Film_Fan

SHREK THE THIRD (2007)

When Fiona’s father and King of Far Far Away passes away, the clumsy Shrek becomes the immediate successor of the throne. However, Shrek decides to find the legitimate heir Artie in a distant kingdom with his friends Donkey and Puss in Boots to be able return to his beloved house in the swamp with the pregnant Fiona. Meanwhile, the envious and ambitious Prince Charming joins the villains of the fairytales plotting a coup d’état to become the new king. Plot summary Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

SHREK FOREVER AFTER (2010)

A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, but when he’s duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away — where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and Fiona have never met — he sets out to restore his world and reclaim his true love

Via IMDB