They have arrived to ship a letter to Fiona from her mother and father, inviting her and her new husband to come to their castle in celebration. Shrek at first refuses to go as an end result of he knows from experience they may "sharpen their pitchforks." Fiona thinks that is ridiculous and assures him that as an end result of there're her dad and mom, they may love them simply the finest way they're. Regardless of how a lot annoyance and nuisance Donkey may be to Shrek, Shrek nonetheless cares about his finest pal, as each time Shrek is on an adventure, he asks Donkey to return alongside, and seems to appreciate his help. When the Happily Ever After potion was about to fall down, however, Donkey saved it, Shrek complimented him. When Shrek and Donkey had been later turned back into an ogre and a donkey, and Donkey appears sad about it, Shrek cheers him up by saying he nonetheless a noble steed for him. In the fourth movie, when Shrek is the alternate timeline and Donkey does not acknowledges him, Shrek turns visibly unhappy to see his greatest pal didn't recognize him.
After a protracted carriage journey, Shrek and Fiona make their grand appearance in front of the entire kingdom, leading to everyone being shocked. With some awkward greetings and suggestive offended stares, the meeting strikes onto a dinner where Shrek and King Harold struggle over dinner about raising children, after Harold belittles Shrek, just for being an ogre. Fiona is upset Shrek didn't attempt to get alongside her father and he or she feels the connection is one-sided since she changed for him and yet he remains unwilling to just accept her household and even attempt to be pals with them, although no fault of his own. After being threatened by the Fairy Godmother, Harold convinces Shrek and Donkey to fulfill him on a looking path where they'll get to know each other. They are then spotted by Puss in Boots, who was employed by King Harold to kill Shrek. When the misunderstanding is resolved, Puss vows to accompany Shrek to make amends for the error.
Overall, Shrek and Fiona are a loving and inseparable couple who although they generally get into some arguments due to their contrasting natures, however, they love one another immensely and both will go to excessive lengths to make sure each other's happiness and safety. Shrek even claimed as quickly as that he did not rescue Fiona from Dragon's Keep, and that it was Fiona who rescued him, displaying how grateful he is for having Fiona in his life. In a twist of irony, Shrek proves that he knows very little about kids as when he found Arthur and then pressured him to turn into a king so he can solely keep away from becoming one himself. He does attempt to relate to Arthur through the use of what he considers slang however fails horrifically. It's not until the 2 meet Professor Merlin, his old school trainer, and started to sympathize with the boy and freely allows him to turn into a king as it's now his choice. Shrek's dedication to Artie was so sturdy he was willing to permit Charming to kill himself if it allowed him to stay.