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It's been debated whether he survived the tower falling or not, people have even pointed out a detail of him escaping through the window in the background in the scene where Arthur becomes king (I haven't watched 3 in a long time so I'd have to rewatch to see if I saw that)

My theory is he either escaped and went to live a new life in another kingdom, or was found by the stage hands off screen and taken to Arthur where he was sentenced to the dungron for his crimes.

One theory I had is he escaped to Camelot since its never mentioned in Shrek 3 (and the school Arthur went to was on an island in the middle of the sea, nowhere near another Kingdom so it wasn't in Camelot) . I had even thought about writing a story about this that detailed Charmings survival and what became of him in Camelot after escaping Far Far Away

As a big fan of all four Shrek movies (including 3 which gets hated on for no reason) these are the things the 5th movie can do to make a successful 5th entry.

• Introduction of Shreks parents/past- this is a big one that I hope gets brought up or is a plot point. I'm not sure if it will happen or not but I'm hopeful this plays a big part in Shrek 5, especially with the adult triplets present

• Pure Evil Villain- Its still unknown who the villain of Shrek 5 will be, but I'm hoping for terrifying villain. The closest the movies got to a truly evil villain was both Rumpel and Farquaad but im hoping the 5th one succeeds them both. I'm hoping for an evil princess antagonist

• Return of old antagonists- This one is the most rumored to happen, which I think would be great for the movie as long as none of them gets a redemption arc outside of Charming

• Felicia and Shreks relationship- I think it's good the 5th movie is going to explore Shrek dealing with his adult kids and daughter, since she's going to be a big part of the movie.

• Introduction of new fairy tales/Nursery Rhymes - I would be excited to see fairytale characters not seen in the movies yet show up in this one, like Chicken Little, Mother Goose, The Princess and the Swan, Bluebeard. It would be cool if some of them even show up as the villains henchmen

I really think he's the most underrated of the Shrek villains outside of Rumpelstiltskin even though a lot of people think he's not that great. He was treated mostly as an arrogant but dumb brute in Shrek 2 but actually was shown to be intimidating in Shrek 3 as the main antagonist. Unlike Farquaad or Rumpel, he was no coward either and actually tried to fight Shrek one on one at the end of 3 which also I think is what makes him underrated

I think the best idea for a redemption arc in Shrek 5 (if its revealed he survived the tower falling) is hes visited by the 5th villain either in the dungeon or working as a stable hand (as punishment for his actions in 3) where he is offered the chance to have his revenge on Shrek, to which he accepts

He basically becomes a bounty hunter for the 5th villain and is tasked with capturing Felicia in order to lure Shrek in, however after doing so Charming begins to regret his actions (a scene where Felicia complains about Shrek being an overbearing father and how he would never rescue her) which makes Charming remember the way Shrek saved Arthur, and even said to him "I'm not giving up mine" in reference to having his happily ever after.

A redeemed Charming brings Felicia back to Shrek much to the shock of both him Donkey and Fiona. They are wary of him at first until he explains his intentions and offers to help join them in stopping the 5th villain.

After the villain is defeated Arthur offers Charming to become a nobleman/swordsman/knight for him in Far Far Away but Charming declines and leaves to start a life in another land but promises to return to the swamp every now and then to visit Felicia and Shrek.

Not the longest idea but its what I had in mind. I think this would make him a more dimensional villain if the 5th movie took this route and might fix him in the eyes of fans that think hes the weakest of the Shrek villains. He would be better utilized than Tai Lung was in KFP4 and get more screen time. I tried to think of a way to work Rapunzel into this idea but couldn't really see a way to, and I'm not sure what would happen to the other villains in this plot line if they are all returning (because I CANNOT see the godmother, Farquaad or rumpel redeeming at all)

Despite how strange the animation looked at least they didn't recast any of the characters, which would have been awful. I'm glad they kept all the same actors despite there not being a Shrek sequel in over 15 years.

I'm still worried that it looks like Puss might not be in the movie, since Antonio Banderas isn't anywhere in the cast yet and mentioned in an article that he hadn't been asked to come back for the 5th movie