| Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular | |||||||
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General information
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| Title |
Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular | ||||||
| Length |
5m. | ||||||
| Release Date |
N/A | ||||||
| Release on DVD |
December 07, 2010 | ||||||
| Genre |
Holiday/Christmas special | ||||||
Production information
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| Directed by | |||||||
| Produced by |
Gina Shay | ||||||
| Starring |
Eddie Murphy | ||||||
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Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular is a direct-to-DVD Shrek holiday special.
It tells the story of Donkey's Christmas holiday with his family and friends.
Synopsis[]
This short animation film takes place in the Candy Apple, the friendly version of the Poison Apple. Donkey (Eddie Murphy) suggests everyone sing Christmas carols. Donkey sings "It's the Most Wonderful Time", Shrek (Mike Myers), Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), the Ogre children, and army of ogres sing an ogre version of "Jingle Bells" (containing lyrics such as "Bug Cocoon, Lick the spoon. Try our cricket slurp"). Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) sings "Feliz Navidad" in a new rendition titled "Fleas Navidad". In the finale, everyone sings "Jingle Bell Rock", dubbed as "Fairy Tale Rock".
Voice cast[]
- Eddie Murphy as Donkey
- Mike Myers as Shrek
- Antonio Banderas as Puss in Boots
- Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona
- Walt Dohrn as Rumpelstiltskin (cameo in his cage)
- Jon Hamm as Brogan
- Craig Robinson as Cookie
- Jane Lynch as Gretched
- Cody Cameron as Pinocchio/The Three Little Pigs
- Christopher Knights as The Three Blind Mice
- Conrad Vernon as Gingy
- Aron Warner as Big Bad Wolf
- Miles Christopher Bakshi/Nina Zoe Bakshi/Oliie Mitchell as Felicia, Farkle & Fergus
The entire cast from the previous films all reprised their roles. Eddie Murphy also returns to voice Donkey (having been previously played by Dean Edwards).
Production[]
The short was created as a holiday bonus with DVDs of Shrek Forever After for Christmas purchases.
DVD release[]
The DVD of Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular was released on December 7, 2010. There was also a virtual yule log paired with the DVD entitled "Shrek's Yule Log".
Transcript[]
Trivia[]
- This was the last Shrek production to feature all core members of the original cast until the release of Shrek 5 in 2026.
- Only Antonio Banderas would continue voicing his character, Puss in Boots, in official subsequent media.
- Mike Myers would voice Shrek for a cameo in his mini-series, The Pentaverate, in 2022.
Video[]
Donkey's Caroling Christmas-Tacular