DreamWorks' 'Shrek 5' announcement leads to resurgence of ogre memes
It isn't ogre yet. "Shrek 5" is coming to theaters in two years, DreamWorks Animation announced Tuesday, kicking off a fresh wave of memes about the franchise.
It isn't ogre yet. "Shrek 5" is coming to theaters in just under two years, DreamWorks Animation announced Tuesday, kicking off a fresh wave of memes about the franchise.
"I've dreamed about this moment since I was a wee young lad," social media prankster Baylen Levine posted on TikTok in response to the news. "Now that it's here, I'm ogrewhelmed." He finished off the video with a Shrek-style roar.
Since the film's 2001 debut, the swamp-dwelling animated icon has become a pillar of ironic meme culture, particularly in the 2010s.
Memes about Shrek have often veered into sexually explicit and even political territory as the original film's audience grew up. Shrek-themed raves have even proliferated in nightlife culture.
The "Shrek 5" announcement, 14 years after the last sequel, "Shrek Forever After," reinvigorated the thriving Shrek subculture.
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