Prince Charming (Shrek)

Prince Charming is a character in the Shrek franchise of films, appearing in Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third. He is voiced by Rupert Everett. He gains only brief mention in Shrek, in which Princess Fiona reveals that she thought she would be rescued by "Prince Charming", while he has a much larger role in Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third. According to the image of a typical "Prince Charming" his look is somewhere near to "ideal". His most remarkable asset is his "soft and bouncy hair".

Shrek the Third finds Charming, as the new main antagonist, stuck in the theatre, rather a stage in a bar, playing himself. Despite being the hero of his own play, the audience cheers when the Shrek character comes on stage. Finally, in a version of a Buster Keaton gag, a prop tower falls on Charming, but he escapes injury as the window passes around him. Charming leaves the theatre upset, and vows to his recently deceased mother that he'll become the King of Far, Far Away. He organizes an army of classic fairy tale villains, all upset that they've not gotten their 'happily ever after.' While Shrek, Donkey and Puss in Boots are in search of the heir to the Kingdom, Fiona holds off a coup d’etat by Prince Charming. Upon Shrek's return he is captured by the Prince. He places Shrek in the play, now being performed in an auditorium before the entire kingdom. Shrek begins to ruin it (for Charming) by making a fool of the Prince. As he is about to kill Shrek on stage, Fiona and the others burst in. Before a confrontation ensues, Artie, the true heir, convinces the villains to give up their evil ways. Charming refuses and apparently stabs Shrek but, as Shrek reveals to the others, he is completely unharmed; Charming merely stuck the sword between the ogre's arm and side. Shrek throws him before Dragon, who tips over another tower -- this one made of stone. He may have escaped injury through the window as he did last time, though his current status is unknown. The only thing we see left of him is his crown, which rolls out from beneath the tower and is placed on Artie's head.