One of these counterparts is Puss in Boots: a hilariously chaotic character that earned his own spinoff movies thanks to ...

But one movie franchise bucks the trend in spectacular fashion. Right from its first film released in 2001, the Shrek series ...

The new Shrek movie finds the ogre completely domesticated, living with his princess and their three ogre triplets. But he still yearns for the bad old days, and finds himself sweet-talked by an imp ...