10 Alternate Universe Characters That Were Better Than The Original

10. Forever After Fiona

What do you do when the handsome prince never shows up to rescue you from the tower? You rescue yourself, of course.

To be fair to Fiona, she was a strong character from the moment she was introduced. In Shrek, she refused to be rescued by just anyone, proved herself the equal of Shrek, and took on Robin Hood and his Merry Men without any assistance from the eight-foot ogre standing next to her. In Shrek the Third she led the other princesses in an attack against Prince Charming after he had taken over Far, Far Away. Okay, so she spends most of the second film under a spell that reduced her to your average simpering fairy tale princess, which sort of put a spanner into most of her character development. But other than that Fiona pretty much proved herself as a capable heroine in the first three films.

Forever After, the fourth and final Shrek film, introduced a new version of the character in a universe where Shrek was never born, and therefore never arrived to save her from the tower. You can tell that this Fiona is more extreme than the original because she wears leather. Nice girls don't wear leather. Or carry giant axes. In this reality Fiona freed herself after giving up on anyone ever saving her and went on to become a sort of Boadicea of Far Far Away, leading the ogre rebellion against Rumpelstiltskin. While still remaining kindhearted and caring, this version is much more cynical and forceful than the one seen in the other movies. And while she did eventually fall in love with Shrek just like the original Fiona, she remained an assertive, warrior ogre queen throughout the film.

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With a (nearly) useless degree in English literature and a personal trainer qualification he's never used, Freddie spends his times writing things that he hopes will somehow pay the rent. He's also a former professional singer, and plays the saxophone and ukulele. He's not really used to talking about himself in the third person, and would like to stop now, thanks.