The Dish and the Spoon are characters who only appeared in Shrek the Musical. They are based on the last lyrics of the nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle".
Shrek the Musical[]
The Dish and the Spoon appear in the musical number "Travel Song" as a couple on the run from Duloc authorities. It is unknown what happened to them after they ran away together.
Trivia[]
- The Dish and the Spoon were mentioned in The Pig Who Cried Werewolf by one of the Three Little Pigs.
- Despite being sentient, they don't have any special features to them and look like any regular household objects.
- The duo were going to appear in Puss in Boots as background characters. They were scrapped out of fear of being "too weird."
- A sentient fork was also intended to appear.