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Be good...

—Mongo's last words to Gingy

Mongo was a giant gingerbread man that helped Shrek, Donkey, Puss in Boots, and others to enter Far Far Away Castle to stop the Fairy Godmother and Prince Charming from bewitching Fiona.

Appearances[]

Shrek 2[]

Gingy and Shrek hatch a plan to try to break into the Far Far Away Castle. Still knowing him, Gingy directs Shrek to the Muffin Man, who creates Mongo (the giant gingerbread man) in order to help the crew. Mongo is first seen crushing an ice cream cart under his foot. He then destroys the billboard sign with Fairy Godmother. He quickly gets distracted by a giant Farbucks Coffee cup for display on top of the Farbucks building before he realizes there is nothing in it. After discarding it, Donkey (as a horse) convinces Mongo to follow him to the castle. Mongo and the team begin to storm the castle. Mongo is angered when a catapult's flaming shot hits his upper gumdrop button, knocking it off of him- to which he kicks the burning gumdrop, destroying the catapult. When he tries to bring down the bridge, the guards attempt to break him and get rid of him for good by soaking him with hot foamy milk. Mongo is able to resist one soak, but his arms break on the second soak, causing him to fall in the moat. Gingy (who was with Shrek on Mongo's shoulder) jumps down onto him, while Mongo's severed arms keep the bridge open long enough for Shrek to successfully enter the castle. The latter takes out the guards and lowers the bridge as Puss lifts Gingy with his sword and is caught by Pinocchio, who bawls over leaving Mongo to sink in the moat. Mongo's last words were (to Gingy) smiling, "Be good".

While Donkey and Puss are singing (after Shrek and Fiona turn back into ogres and after Fairy Godmother died), Mongo also sung "Livin' la Vida Loca" along with the rest of the gang. It is unknown what happened to him after this, but he is last seen laying in the bottom of the moat. It's possible he could've gotten soggy, but would've eventually torn apart beyond repair.

Thriller Night[]

Mongo reappears in Thriller Night rising from the graveyard as a zombie during Shrek's dream. He begins to dance with the other zombies in the film until Shrek wakes up.

Personality[]

Unlike his much smaller counterpart Gingy, Mongo is shown to be childish, slow-witted and unintelligent- thinking he can drink from the giant Farbucks Coffee cup replica. This is due to the fact that he had just been created and acts like a newborn because of that (not unlike the Frankenstein monsters in the Universal films). Ultimately, he is good-hearted, sacrificing himself to help Shrek and his friends enter the castle and save Fiona.

Skills and Abilities[]

  • Enormous size and strength - Mongo's tremendous size easily makes him one of the biggest characters in the series, on par with Dragon, making him a powerful ally to Shrek like her. Because of his size, he is strong enough to destroy a Fairy Godmother billboard, lift a giant cup, kick his burnt gumdrop button towards the catapult and force open the castle gate.

Video Game Appearances[]

Mongo appears in Shrek Super Slam as a stage. Battles are fought on a giant birthday cake he carries. Mongo makes a cameo on the Suburbs of Far Far Away track from Shrek Smash and Crash Racing. He walks around the track and if any careless racer makes contact with him, their kart will spin out. Mongo also appeared in Shrek Pinball in the Shrek plug and play TV game. His latest video game appearance was in DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing on the Far Far Away track. He is seen on the meadows happily waving to the drivers.

Trivia[]

  • When Mongo awakens, Gingy screams "It's alive!", referencing the famous line from the 1931 horror film Frankenstein. This may imply that Mongo was created through meteorology and alchemy rather than simple magic.
    • This is heavily supported by the fact both Mongo and Gingy's birthplace being in Drury Lane, a location being affected by storms and possibly the source for Mongo and Gingy to be alive.
  • The roar Mongo makes angry when he loses his gumdrop button is similar to that of Godzilla. Mongo seems to be a reference to classical Godzilla and similar Kaiju movies, due to his size and the way in which he acts, the citizens also seem to mirror this.
  • Mongo's name and personality (dim-witted and childish) seems to be a homage to Mongo in the Mel Brooks movie Blazing Saddles from 1974. Where Mongo in that movie portrays the same purpose as a character (being dumb muscle to help the main protagonist), and has the same type of voice and personality.
  • In the French dub, Mongo is called Cake Kong, a reference likely to King Kong.
  • Additionally, his arrival is announced with loud footsteps that cause ripples across two coffee cups, which is also a nod to Jurassic Park. Specifically when the Tyrannosaurus Rex approaches and causes ripples across the water with her footsteps.
  • Like Gingy, Mongo has lost his limbs, albeit the difference being his arms.
  • In the Movie Storybook adaptation, Mongo has red eyes and white lips instead of white eyes and red lips.

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