| NOTE: This articles was about incarnation of Lord Farquaad from Shrek Retold a remake of the movie. The mainstream version can be found here: Lord Farquaad. |
| “ | That champion shall have the honor- no, no- the privilege, to going forth and rescue the lovely Princess Fiona from the fiery keep of the dragon. If, for any reason, the winner is unsuccessful, the first runner-up shall take his place.... and so on and so forth. Some of you may die, but that is a risk. I am willing to make. Let the tournament begin. | „ |
| ~ Farquaad during the tournament. |
| “ | Princes Fiona.... she's perfect | „ |
| ~ Farquaad on Fiona, and his most famous quote. |
Lord Maximus Farquaad, better known as Lord Farquaad, is the main antagonist in Shrek Retold, a remake of 2001 movie Shrek.
He was the oppressive ruler of a lordship called Duloc and he spent the first part capturing fairytale creatures, so that he could find the magic mirror. Once he did, he asked if Duloc, the place where he ruled, was the perfect kingdom, but as he was not a king, Duloc was not a kingdom, so he tried to marry Princess Fiona to become king. He is very opprobrious, despicable and abhorrent, so he loathes creatures of any kind and sought to relocate the fairytale creatures to Shrek's swamp. He attempts to cut a deal with Shrek by promising to remove the fairy tale creatures from his swamp if Shrek could bring Fiona to him, as he wanted to marry her.
Personality[]
Lord Farquaad is the ruthless, deceptive, ill-tempered, egotistical, and iron-fisted ruler of Duloc. He is an extremely prideful, oppressive and power-hungry dictator who doesn't care about anyone but himself. However, despite his villainy, Farquaad does not see himself as a monster and when this was brought up to him by the gingerbread man named Gingy, he dismissed it and even went as far to call him and the rest of fairytale creatures trash and viewed them as poisoning his perfect world, which makes him completely xenophobic, contemptuous and individualistic at once. Farquaad also suffered from a Napoleon Complex and felt the need to overcompensate for his diminutive stature (which is a constant source of humor throughout the film) by being extremely despotic, domineering, authoritative and controlling.
Biography[]
Lord Farquaad has exiled all of the fairytale creatures from his land, forcing them to take refuge in Shrek's swamp. Back at his castle, Farquaad tortures the Gingerbread Man named Gingy into revealing the location of the other fairytale folk that he has been unable to capture or exile. Just as the Gingerbread Man is planning to reveal what he knows, the captain of the guards shows up and announces that they have found the Magic Mirror. After dispensing with the Gingerbread Man, Farquaad asks the mirror if Duloc is the most perfect kingdom of them all. The Magic Mirror tells him technically he is not a king as he is not descended from royalty, but he can become one officially if he marries a princess.
Quotes[]
Remake of the movie[]
| “ | I'm not the monster here, you are. You and the rest of that fairytale trash, poisoning my perfect world. | „ |
| ~ Lord Farquaad to Gingy. |
| “ | I've tried to be fair to you creatures now my patience has reached it's end. Tell me or I'll-! | „ |
| ~ Lord Farquaad threatening Gingy. |
| “ | Silence! I will make this Princess Fiona my queen, and Duloc will finally have the perfect king. Captain, assemble your finest men. We're going to have a tournament. | „ |
| ~ Farquaad's plan about having to make a tournament at his kingdom. |
| “ | Ugh! It's hideous! | „ |
| ~ Farquaad upon seeing Shrek for the first time. |
| “ | Knights, new plan - the one who kills the ogre will be named champion. Have at him! | „ |
| ~ Lord Farquaad's ordering the knights to kill Shrek. |
| “ | Lord Farquaad: People of DuLoc, I give you our champion. Shrek: What? Lord Farquaad: Congratulations, ogre. You've won the honor of embarking on a great and noble quest. Shrek: Quest? I'm already on a quest: a quest to get my swamp back! Lord Farquaad: Your swamp? Shrek: Yeah, my swamp, where YOU dumped those fairytale creatures! Lord Farquaad: Indeed... all right, ogre, I'll make you a deal. Go on this quest for me, and I'll give you your swamp back. Shrek: Exactly the way it was? Lord Farquaad: Down to the last slime-covered toadstool. Shrek: And the squatters? Lord Farquaad: As good as gone. Shrek: (a brief pause) What kind of quest? |
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| ~ Farquaad forming a deal with Shrek. |
| “ | Who cares? It's preposterous! Fiona, my love, we'd better kiss away from our happily ever after. Now kiss me! | „ |
| ~ Farquaad persuading Fiona to kiss him. |
| “ | Very well, ogre, the deed to your swamp, cleared out as agreed. (*hands deed to Shrek*) Take it and go before I change my mind. | „ |
| ~ Farquaad honoring his side of the deal with Shrek after he brings Princess Fiona to him. |
| “ | Lord Farquaad: UGH! It's disgusting? GUARDS! GUARDS! I order you to get them out of my sight? Now, get them! Get them both? Fiona: Shrek! Shrek: No! Lord Farquaad: This hocus pocus alter nothing! This marriage is blinding? And that makes me King! SEE! SEE! Fiona: Shrek! Lord Farquaad: Don't just stand there, you moron! Shrek: Fiona! Get out of my way! Lord Farquaad: I'll see you drawn and quartered! You'll beg for death to save you? Fiona: Shrek! Lord Farquaad: And as for you, my wife. Shrek: Fiona! Lord Farquaad: I'll have you locked back in that tower FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAYS!!! I AM KING!!! I WILL HAVE ORDER!!! I WILL HAVE PERFECTION!!! I WILL HAVE... AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!! AAAAAAH!!!! |
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| ~ Lord Farquaad's last words during his breakdown before Dragon eats him alive, making reference of [1]. |
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Trivia[]
- Lord Farquaad serves as a dark parallel to Shrek as they both dislike fairy tale creatures (or anyone in Shrek's case) on their lands. However, when Donkey told Shrek that friends forgive each other, he apologized for disowning him & not letting him visit his land whereas Farquaad refuses to accept them. If Shrek hadn't met Donkey, Fiona or the fairy tale creatures and accept company, he would've ended up like Lord Farquaad.
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