Dragon (Shrek)

Dragon is a fictional character from the Shrek franchise, who is initially believed to be a fearsome villain guarding Princess Fiona. In a twist, she is revealed to be female and in search of love. While she is abandoned during Shrek's escape, she later becomes his ally and the wife of his sidekick, Donkey, helping defeat the evil Lord Farquaad by eating him whole. She has since appeared in every series film in some regard, with a parallel universe version becoming a villain in Shrek Forever After. Also appearing in spin-offs, she is commonly seen as a puppet in stage adaptations of the series such as Shrek the Musical.

Dragon has become well-known in pop culture, and been noted as a satire of animated Disney dragons. Her appearance and role were praised by critics, some of whom praised her unexpectedly kind and heroic nature as a feminist twist on the trope of a male knight slaying a dragon to rescue a princess.