Shrek, a huge and disgusting green ogre who falls in love with a beautiful princess (later turning into an evil ogre) is a perfect example of a stereotypical fairy tale, right? Well, in the movie Shrek, the voiceover in the trailer talks about a "hero" who tries to save a "beautiful princess" with the help of "his trusty companion." Besides the fact that the hero is a voluptuous green ogre and the companion is a donkey, everything normally falls within the definition of a traditional fairy tale (Diaz). Again according to Mary Kunimitsu, in fantasy films “There can be characters with magical or supernatural abilities such as witches, wizards, superheroes, mythical creatures, speakers. animals and ghosts” (Kunimitsu). In Shrek, there are many of these different characters. Therefore, for explanation, a traditional fairy tale with the beautiful princess who is saved by the prince and falls in love is exactly what happens in the movie Shrek,. only with a twist. The voiceover in the Shrek trailer states this perfectly as he says “Shrek is a highly irreverent take on the classic fairy tale” (Adamson) Being a non-traditional fairy tale and a parody, the film Shrek represents the twist on genre stereotypes and cinematic fairy tales while maintaining the criteria of a fairy tale. The original Disney fairy tales portray their princesses as beautiful, elegant, and very ladylike. While this is depicted in most fairy tales, it is not a qualifying factor in determining whether a film is a fairy tale or not. In the film Shrek, Princess Fiona starts out as a very stereotypical girl, but as the film progresses, she becomes more comfortable and begins to break these stereotypes. For example when Shrek, Fiona and Donkey return to the woods Fion...... in the center of the card ......le. Films like this resist gender stereotypes that women must be beautiful and ladylike to live like a princess. There should be more movies like Shrek because it breaks norms and teaches people that the only thing that matters is what's on the inside. Works Cited Adamson, Andrew and Vicky Jenson, Shrek, Dreamworks Animations, 2001. BAYKAL, Nurulhude. "MURATHAN MUNGAN'in "ZAMANIMIZIN BİR KÜLKEDİSİ"Nİ MARKSİST KURAM ÇERÇEVESİNDE OKUMAK. (Turkish)." Milli Folklor 24.96 (2012): 137-147. Premier of academic research. Network. November 11, 2013.Diaz, E. "From ogre to beloved husband." Our animated world. Jura Gentium Cinema, and Web. 09 November 2013.Kunimitsu, Mary. "Fantasy3." Fantasy3. Np, nd Web. 06 November 2013.Westland, Ella. "Cinderella in the Classroom. Children's Responses to Gender.." Gender & Education 5.3 (1993): 237. Academic Search Premier. Network. November 11. 2013.