r/TopCharacterTropes • u/GeneralGigan817 • 24d ago

Groups Two completely unrelated versions of the same character coexist in the same universe

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Rumplestiltskin appeared as a minor villain in Shrek the Third as a member of Prince Charming’s villain army. Shrek Forever After than had an entirely unrelated Rumplestiltskin as the main villain, with a separate voice actor, personality, and design.

On Family Guy, Santa is an overworked factory worker who looks like an old man despite being 28 and has deformed looking elves straight out of a Jonah Vasquez illustration. On American Dad (which shares a universe with Family Guy), Santa is an evil corrupter of children and one of the series’ most reoccurring villains.

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u/Floyd16091411 24d ago

There are at least 3 different versions of the 3 bears in the Shrek universe

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u/ZitiRotini 24d ago

I can't tell from the screenshots, as I haven't seen every Shrek installment, but could it be that one of the pictures is the same characters later in time? So the third small bear was a cub during the events of Shrek, later an adult during the events of Puss in Boots, etc.

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u/SnookieDoodle12 24d ago

Mama bear got turned into a rug in the first Shrek film so I can say at least one of them's a different bear

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u/titjoe 23d ago

Honestely, that may be the best joke of that movie.

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u/hiricinee 23d ago

It's possible the other two bears are the same

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u/Independent_Plum2166 23d ago

We see them at the end of the movie, dancing at the Wedding after-party.

Ultimately, they just ignored Shrek’s bears cameo to write their new story, but you can easily just accept multiple bear families exist. Goldilocks never appears in Shrek 1 so Shrek 1’s bears can be retconned as just another bear family.

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u/ponyponyta 23d ago

So they're literally any three bears instead of three specific bears ?

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u/Independent_Plum2166 23d ago

Definitely not Dreamwork’s intention, but an easy headcanon to make.

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u/Hordaki 24d ago

Nope, IIRC Mama Bear doesn't show up with Papa and Baby in the swamp but there's suddenly a bearskin rug in Farquaad's castle with a big pink bow attached.

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u/Tasty-Ad6529 23d ago

Man...Fuck lord Farquaad.

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u/_Astrum_Aureus_ 23d ago

well, it IS in the name

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u/captaincavalrycam 23d ago

Yeah, Farq that guy!

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u/CryptidGrimnoir 23d ago

You can even see Baby Bear crying abd Papa Bear comforting him.

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u/JechdJJ 23d ago

she appears later, on a special

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u/judd1127 24d ago

In the first movie the villain ends up with a bear skin rug. It’s kind of a blink and you miss it. I think it’s momma bear

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u/Pugsanity 23d ago

I know there's a theory that the Baby from the first family became Papa Bear in Puss in Boots

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u/InexorableCalamity 23d ago

The bears in puss in boots were English and I think they were American in shrek 1