A History of BAD Shrek Products

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  • Today, we're taking a look back at the bizarre array of Shrek-themed products that were used to promote Shrek movies throughout the 2000's.
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    0:00 Intro
    2:17 2000's Kids Snacks
    2:58 Heinz Shrek Ketchup
    4:18 Shrek Themed Kid Cuisine
    6:00 The Nesquik Swamp Syrup
    7:23 Shrek Twinkies
    8:37 The Mcdonald's Shrek Cups
    10:31 Shrek for VMan
    11:21 Shrek's Vidalia Onions
    12:13 The Mcdonald's Shrek Ravioli
    13:11 The Shrek Nascar Promotion
    14:08 Conclusion
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  • @NecroGuy360
    @NecroGuy360 Рік тому +6865

    “I kinda like shrek” is in the us government record of testimony. Incredible.

  • @vz_61_skorpion
    @vz_61_skorpion Рік тому +5487

    Honestly, Shrek marketing onions just makes sense.

    • @slow_start
      @slow_start  Рік тому +437

      It was inevitable

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio Рік тому +431

      It can actually be argued to be a good thing, since it meant kids were eating fresh vegetables instead of color change desert, chemically enhanced French fry dip, or fast food.

    • @JR1ckDoodles
      @JR1ckDoodles Рік тому +145

      onions are like ogres

    • @attackonponyproductions4927
      @attackonponyproductions4927 Рік тому +106

      ​@@JR1ckDoodles THEY HAVE LAYERS!

    • @nayru1855
      @nayru1855 Рік тому +69

      i commented this on the video already but i had a shrek scratch n sniff book that just smelt like onions on every page, being older now and especially after watching this i feel like it was intentional haha

  • @skynet0912
    @skynet0912 Рік тому +631

    I remember a tiny local sexshop that marketed their gigantic green "toys" as "Shrek-sized"...

    • @sarmin8008
      @sarmin8008 5 місяців тому +153

      "It'll make you beg for a load of swamp milk"

    • @screechingweasel34
      @screechingweasel34 4 місяці тому +36

      ​@@sarmin8008 WHY TF DID I CACKLE

    • @noahboat580
      @noahboat580 4 місяці тому +45

      Im sure after Forever-after and before The Avengers, they relabeled them as "hulk-sized" 😂

    • @gabrielv.4358
      @gabrielv.4358 4 місяці тому +2

      @@sarmin8008 are you ok bud?

    • @Leafy_greenz83
      @Leafy_greenz83 3 місяці тому +5

      *Aia amare vtuber would love to know the location*

  • @GoblinsAteMyCats
    @GoblinsAteMyCats 6 місяців тому +279

    I was so mad at my grandma when she threw my shrek cups away. I really told her that I would rather be poisoned than drink out of a non-shrek cup

  • @irisjoosten8669
    @irisjoosten8669 Рік тому +798

    Honestly, the shrek onions weren't a bad idea. Kinda wished they had done a whole with green veggies.
    "Why are ogres green? Cause they eat their greens!" Would have been a good way to help kids eat healthy. What a missed opportunity.

    • @woodfur00
      @woodfur00 6 місяців тому +85

      It wouldn't quite have the same natural appeal as a food item Shrek canonically endorses in-movie. Still a better idea than Shrinkies though.

    • @RichardThimble
      @RichardThimble 5 місяців тому +19

      Well, what if a kid doesn’t want to be green? That could be a turn-off.

    • @zigzagintrusion
      @zigzagintrusion 4 місяці тому +30

      @@RichardThimbleI really don’t think kids think that far. They see Shrek on something and think, _”Me want.”_

    • @lawrencetalbot8346
      @lawrencetalbot8346 4 місяці тому +21

      Should’ve partnered with Green Giant. The hint was in the name and mascot. Oh well

    • @j_man-ob3yp
      @j_man-ob3yp 4 місяці тому

      I ❤ onions 😂

  • @ZelZel-04
    @ZelZel-04 Рік тому +1850

    “Moaning for swamp milk” is one of the funniest phrases ever spoken in the English lexicon and history cannot tell me otherwise💀

    • @swervegod1897
      @swervegod1897 Рік тому +22

      Not…really 💀

    • @Hyperion4K
      @Hyperion4K Рік тому +51

      "most horrifying"

    • @putinontheritz6634
      @putinontheritz6634 Рік тому +27

      Shrek is love shrek is life

    • @kyleinthejar6829
      @kyleinthejar6829 Рік тому +54

      “Preserved Shrek essence” is a close second for me 💀

    • @justaspy5605
      @justaspy5605 Рік тому +6

      The youtube guy named "swiftor" has an episode called "make me cringe /uncomfortable"
      And 1 of the guys in the lobby talk about shrek raping swiftor

  • @SailorMaxie
    @SailorMaxie Рік тому +825

    I honestly find it ironic how Shrek was initially designed as a jab at Disney’s money making machine, but became so popular that it became its own money making machine.

    • @DarkOverlord96
      @DarkOverlord96 Рік тому +13

      And then Disney beat them at their own game.
      Oh sweet irony.

    • @VoxTheUkrainianComrade
      @VoxTheUkrainianComrade 10 місяців тому +61

      @@DarkOverlord96 still Shrek>Disney for me and i'm a Disney fan

    • @illford6921
      @illford6921 5 місяців тому +20

      ​@@VoxTheUkrainianComradeimo most Disney stuff isn't anything that has had an impact on me. But Shrek and DreamWorks in general lives rent free in my mind.

    • @darshansooful9559
      @darshansooful9559 2 місяці тому +3

      @@DarkOverlord96wait when

    • @FieldMarshalFeels
      @FieldMarshalFeels 2 місяці тому +2

      It wasn't so much a jab at Disney making money as it was at their pretentious and melodramatic style of screenwriting.

  • @benm5970
    @benm5970 Рік тому +233

    Ah yes, 99% of these products are what we truly love
    Tasty green Shrek fluids

  • @mr.goodboi2780
    @mr.goodboi2780 Рік тому +1760

    Shrek was basically unstoppable in the 00s, even Toy Story had a hard time keeping up with the amount of consumer products Shrek had.

    • @slow_start
      @slow_start  Рік тому +176

      Shrek was a marketing FORCE. No other franchise occupied as much shelf space as Shrek.

    • @Yvng_lowdown
      @Yvng_lowdown Рік тому +50

      *Garfield has enter the chat*

    • @abstraction6212
      @abstraction6212 Рік тому +23

      ​@@slow_startGodzilla and Star Wars did it too lol

    • @ZeranZeran
      @ZeranZeran Рік тому +30

      I had a buzz lightyear soap as a kid in the 90s / early 2000's and I refused to use it because it smelled so good.
      I would pay stupid amounts of money to have it again.. it smelled SO GOOD

    • @MASTEROFEVIL
      @MASTEROFEVIL Рік тому +3

      100th like

  • @gordieboi2340
    @gordieboi2340 Рік тому +1713

    11:22 To be fair, branding onions with Shrek is genius; seeing as that's the food Shrek is most related with due to the "onions have layers" scene

    • @siderods
      @siderods Рік тому +22

      Fellow ttte fan in the middle of nowhere, wow

    • @Marchers46
      @Marchers46 Рік тому +18

      Fair, honestly

    • @Marchers46
      @Marchers46 Рік тому +2

      @Mr T Are they smelly lairs?

    • @Marchers46
      @Marchers46 Рік тому +1

      @Mr T 😲 Wait, so you’re a...

    • @mrviking2mcall212
      @mrviking2mcall212 Рік тому +37

      Not to mention the marketing to kids/families is much better morally as onions are vegetables, not junk food.

  • @Metallikat
    @Metallikat Рік тому +692

    “They’re using Shrek to poison our children.” “Shrek has a powerful appeal to kids minds”
    Absolutely incredible

    • @umairashraf5167
      @umairashraf5167 5 місяців тому +19

      Well turns out ,they weren't wrong in thr long run 😅

    • @flyaround312
      @flyaround312 5 місяців тому +42

      My favorite part was when he admitted "I kinda like Shrek" just to make sure no one thinks that he's anti-Shrek😂

    • @sarmin8008
      @sarmin8008 5 місяців тому

      Imagine people voting him out and the opinion polls say, it's because "he's a Shrekphobe"@@flyaround312

    • @DimT670
      @DimT670 5 місяців тому +3

      ​@@umairashraf5167 media have real world impact? Who'd have thunk it am I right?

    • @lawrencetalbot8346
      @lawrencetalbot8346 4 місяці тому

      I mean he wasn’t wrong. Twinkies are essentially poison when you look at the sugar content and amount of processed crap that goes into them, plus the stuff in the green dye. It’s was vacuum packed diabetes.

  • @mm123gchannel9
    @mm123gchannel9 7 місяців тому +53

    8:08 I kinda respect him for addressing that the character himself is not the problem, it’s the companies that tried to use his image to sell unhealthy foods to kids. Because I feel like some adult would just pin the blame on the characters themselves for selling stuff to kids, when often the visions of artists that create those kind of characters don’t always aline with the intentions of the companies distributing them when they get put on products.

  • @Rainygirl3100
    @Rainygirl3100 Рік тому +1196

    People thought the minions were bad for being slapped on everything, but they don't even hold a candle to the amount of Shrek-branded items that could be seen in stores during the 2000s. The main difference being that Shrek wasn't absolutely insufferable

    • @LPTV84
      @LPTV84 Рік тому +151

      It's likely because of the fact Shrek is a likeable character, and I think a green guy who is slightly jaded, but still smiles and smirks is more appealing than one eyed yellow twinkie people with big smiles.

    • @smoldogo2979
      @smoldogo2979 9 місяців тому +58

      I'd take the Shrek candies over the minion tictacs every day. I received so many of them from out-of-touch relatives and they were the literal worst. they had a medicinal banana flavour, they made your breath smell worse and they were truly terrible to open. I'd take Shrek's green apple or sometimes lime-flavoured candies as the chance of lime is superior to the suffering that is an artificial banana. hell, I'd even take onion-flavoured tictacs over banana ones.

    • @kiryukazuma8089
      @kiryukazuma8089 6 місяців тому +10

      @@LPTV84screen is love, shrek is marketable

    • @toonboy2041
      @toonboy2041 5 місяців тому +7

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      @christopher9727 5 місяців тому

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  • @MyT1m3
    @MyT1m3 Рік тому +2139

    Can you imagine what it would have been like if minions came out during the 2000's?

    • @slow_start
      @slow_start  Рік тому +535

      Minions 6 would probably be premiering right around now...

    • @kaykutcher2103
      @kaykutcher2103 Рік тому +70

      ​@@slow_start Isn't it?

    • @blockotheblock5672
      @blockotheblock5672 Рік тому +145

      @@slow_start despicable me 11

    • @blockotheblock5672
      @blockotheblock5672 Рік тому +93

      That would be an absolute disaster lmao

    • @Spongyboi897
      @Spongyboi897 Рік тому +50

      The Minions literally came into existence at the end of the 2000's millenial lol

  • @cynthiagreen3821
    @cynthiagreen3821 Рік тому +203

    When I was younger I had a Fiona themed bath set. The whole gag was that it was like a swamp, and the bath products were like a mud. I can still remember the smell, but I’m convinced I hallucinated it because I can’t find any evidence it existed no matter where I search.

    • @nicholaslienandjaja1815
      @nicholaslienandjaja1815 6 місяців тому +37

      Reminds me of this scene from Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022):
      Bob the Dwarf: “For example: Do you remember Shrek body wash?”
      Dale: “Uhhhh, no?”
      Bob the Dwarf: “EXACTLY! No one does!”

    • @skylertooley
      @skylertooley 4 місяці тому +11

      oh, like me and coconut water rockstar? I believe you.

    • @ExhiledGod2
      @ExhiledGod2 4 місяці тому +16

      I swear it existed too, my sister used it when we were little.

    • @themorrigan7224
      @themorrigan7224 2 місяці тому +9

      We had shrek bubble bath that stained our tub this nasty dark greenish brown color for months after we used it

    • @1236alexa
      @1236alexa Місяць тому +2

      Omg I wish I could see this

  • @Kytheguy
    @Kytheguy 9 місяців тому +90

    I work at Goodwill and we have pictures of the Puss in Boots McDonalds glass taped up with a warning saying not to sell it. I've actually seen a couple of them get donated.

    • @RodrickMarsMoon
      @RodrickMarsMoon 4 місяці тому +5

      Imagine the stories this donations carry...

  • @devintingle5892
    @devintingle5892 Рік тому +1049

    As a kid I had a Kid Cuisine with Shrek on the box, I opened it and saw it was a green tray and didn't think twice about it, eat my lunch and then threw the green tray away, a few days later I had another kid cuisine with Shrek on the box and noticed that tray was blue, didn't think twice about it, later had another kid cuisine (ate that a lot as a kid) with Shrek on the box tray was blue, was confused and read the back of the box and saw if you had the green tray you were a winner, I was so disappointed in myself

  • @suspicioustumbleweed4760
    @suspicioustumbleweed4760 Рік тому +631

    That’s a disturbing point, mascots can even make onions appealing to kids, now imagine the effect the sugar cereal and soda ads have

    • @slow_start
      @slow_start  Рік тому +174

      it's actually a problem that was all too real. I don't know how bad it is these days, but back in the day, mascots had serious selling power. Tony the Tiger made us think Frosted Flakes were an after-sports snack! lol

    • @suspicioustumbleweed4760
      @suspicioustumbleweed4760 Рік тому +54

      @@slow_start Yeah and now that I’m a parent I show my kid Shrek and he loves him now. I found myself agreeing with the senator about the green twinkies. Great vids by the way

    • @Hagashager
      @Hagashager Рік тому

      It's manipulative enough that all of Latin and South America banned cartoon mascots in advertising over the last three years. Mexico was the last hold put, banning the practice last year. Go look up how Mexican super markets dealt with it. You'll see workers putting red tape over the Lucky Charms Leprechaun on boxes they bought before the ban.
      Australia is set to pass similar legislation and the EU is considering the same thing, but have yet to put formal legislation.
      Needless to say, it's controversial and may well see its end here in the states before long. I suspect around the same time Mickey is forced into public domain and Disney losses an incentive to have cartoon mascots.

    • @ImaginaryAlchemist
      @ImaginaryAlchemist Рік тому +43

      Despite that politician's easily memeable presentation, he made a good point. There was a huge pushback against fast food and junk food mascots for that very reason. It's why McDonald's rarely uses Ronald and never uses the other characters, for example

    • @NASCAR_Junk
      @NASCAR_Junk Рік тому +19

      Imagine the effect that good parenting could have

  • @perspectiveflip
    @perspectiveflip Рік тому +56

    You just know some scientist making the swamp pudding was like "oh shit boss we messed up. This stuff turns your tongue green"
    And then some exec saying: "That sounds like an absolute win"

  • @JuanHernandez-cy9yw
    @JuanHernandez-cy9yw Рік тому +112

    A cashier at Walmart had a funny story that a woman in a rush bought a Shrek snickers which if I remember was when the 3rd movie was coming out. She started eating it and noticed it was green inside that she freaked out and thought she was eating a expired snickers.

    • @kingdeespadas
      @kingdeespadas 7 місяців тому +10

      😂

    • @RodrickMarsMoon
      @RodrickMarsMoon 4 місяці тому +5

      If this happened nowadays, could've been viral online pretty quickly 😂.

  • @amphibiansriseup596
    @amphibiansriseup596 Рік тому +108

    Puss: “Hey! Wanna see something cool?”
    *puts cadmium in your cup*

    • @jacm4150
      @jacm4150 Рік тому +16

      he beat death at his own game

    • @Raptorozaur
      @Raptorozaur Рік тому +3

      negative Mickey screamer sound

    • @kingdeespadas
      @kingdeespadas 7 місяців тому +2

      😂😂😂

    • @ThatGenericPyro
      @ThatGenericPyro Місяць тому

      @@jacm4150 "Sneak Preview of his design!"

  • @bungoboy5718
    @bungoboy5718 Рік тому +605

    I remember Baskin Robbins had some kinda Shrek sundae with crushed oreos and gummy worms supposed to be dirt and worms. I still call that combo a Shrek Sundae.

    • @chasg3242
      @chasg3242 Рік тому +54

      I wish I got the chance to try that 😫
      That's a Shrek food item I wouldn't pass up.

    • @Jakepearl13
      @Jakepearl13 Рік тому +36

      Wtf that actually sounds bangin’

    • @ImaginaryAlchemist
      @ImaginaryAlchemist Рік тому +32

      Sounds kinda like the "dirt pudding" my mom used to make, except with vanilla pudding instead of ice cream. It was pretty good

    • @nicks4802
      @nicks4802 Рік тому +13

      Used to be able to get this (no relation to shrek) at Swiss Chalet here in Canada as a desert… not sure if they still do it.

    • @optiTHOMAS
      @optiTHOMAS Рік тому +3

      I remember that! My aunt and uncle went and got it one day when the movie came out! 😆 👍🏻

  • @taftdousette100
    @taftdousette100 Рік тому +52

    Once I was at a function and this family gave their child green Shrek Cheetos™️ and they were panicking trying to figure out why their kids tongue was green lmao

  • @hannygurl9279
    @hannygurl9279 Рік тому +116

    I worked at McDonald's during the "glassware scare" and totally kept my puss in boots cup lol

    • @ThePreciseClimber
      @ThePreciseClimber 9 місяців тому +9

      Just don't drink anything from them! :P

    • @fartingfox8072
      @fartingfox8072 3 місяці тому

      @@ThePreciseClimberthey belong in the fine china cupboard that’s just for show and nobody ever touches

  • @macxolix
    @macxolix Рік тому +240

    “Tv dinners are far less depressing when you’re a kid”
    Couldn’t have said it better

    • @TheSpacey52
      @TheSpacey52 2 місяці тому +1

      That quote was so good, I paused the video to write it down

  • @Flusap
    @Flusap Рік тому +325

    I remember my parents got me green shrek toothpaste and i couldnt use it because i thought it was supposed to be shrek's snot/boogers

    • @cyruscyberdogcyroi8178
      @cyruscyberdogcyroi8178 Рік тому +11

      Too funny!!

    • @nawal10
      @nawal10 Рік тому +8

      Smart kid 😂😂

    • @pikapi7429
      @pikapi7429 Рік тому +3

      Never had anything shrek theme outside of the toxic cups

    • @soot9145
      @soot9145 Рік тому +9

      I had a Shrek toothpaste too. It was green and tasted so gross I begged my parents to buy me a new toothpaste

    • @Lawnmower737
      @Lawnmower737 Рік тому +16

      @@soot9145 I had it too, it’s probably still in my grandparents bathroom somewhere in a long lost drawer.

  • @wyattfowler4868
    @wyattfowler4868 3 місяці тому +5

    i love how genuinely hurt the senator sounds when he says “shrek now becomes a bad guy”

  • @Mr.Needlemouse2000
    @Mr.Needlemouse2000 9 місяців тому +20

    9:30 If McDonald's made Sonic the Hedgehog drinking glasses. Tails would have been the deadliest because Tails is a orangish yellow two tailed fox who can fly with his two tails while Sonic, Knuckles, and Amy would have been the safe ones to drink out of. Sonic is blue, Knuckles is red, and Amy is pink.

  • @EAFFAEEAF
    @EAFFAEEAF Рік тому +499

    Licensing is love, licensing is life.

    • @charliegarcia4987
      @charliegarcia4987 Рік тому +18

      oh dear god.

    • @Jakepearl13
      @Jakepearl13 Рік тому

      You are evil

    • @abstraction6212
      @abstraction6212 Рік тому +6

      licencing is love, licencing is life. and liscenceing is DEATH 💀

    • @OJK-
      @OJK- 10 місяців тому +3

      @@abstraction6212watch shrek Is love shrek is life, you won’t be the same

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 Рік тому +392

    I swear, the level of quality in the presentation, editing, and writing on this channel feels like it should belong to a channel at least 5 times the size as it is now. For what it's worth, I'm close to certain this channel is going places.

    • @slow_start
      @slow_start  Рік тому +34

      Thanks so much for the kind comment. I hope you're right!

    • @cbreezy
      @cbreezy Рік тому +9

      See this comment on every new channel with documentaries.

    • @bluecanine3374
      @bluecanine3374 Рік тому +9

      Guess you could say this channel is off to a....slow start.

  • @eatatjoes6751
    @eatatjoes6751 5 місяців тому +16

    Honestly, Kid Cuisine being stuck in the late 1990s and early '00s makes a whole lot of sense when their mascot is a CGI'd penguin named after the thing they're selling. Also, Shrek onions make sense.

  • @TruthWizardTemplar7
    @TruthWizardTemplar7 4 місяці тому +6

    10:22 WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SAYING? I WOULD LOVE TO WORK IN SHREK EARS

  • @mm39607
    @mm39607 Рік тому +105

    Honestly, here in Argentina it was all about Shrek during the 2000's, and we loved it. We didn't get the Twinkies and the Cuisine things, fortunately, but we did get tons of McDonald's toys, cereal promotions and a lot more things I can barely remember. Such a Shrektastic era ❤️

    • @The_UmbrellaMan
      @The_UmbrellaMan Рік тому +12

      I now need to work "Shrektastic" into my everyday vocabulary 💯

    • @mm39607
      @mm39607 Рік тому +2

      @@The_UmbrellaMan Absolutely ❤️🤙🏻

  • @christopherrobyn4416
    @christopherrobyn4416 Рік тому +209

    My dad was actually a district manager at McDonald’s during the shrek glass fiasco. Somehow he was able to get all the glasses for the promotion for free, so I remember getting them vividly. We obviously gave them all back but for some reason I thought the whole situation was hilarious.

    • @broisyougobbling
      @broisyougobbling Рік тому +41

      I refuse to believe that he doesn’t have one hidden somewhere that he’ll use to kill someone someday

    • @Ya_Boy_Roy
      @Ya_Boy_Roy Рік тому +1

      @@broisyougobbling Anytime he gets into an altercation he smiles remembering that at the end of day he has a Puss in Boots glass on standby back home.

    • @kikiunique9354
      @kikiunique9354 Рік тому +18

      My family still has all of them in our china cabinet 😂

    • @masterseal0418
      @masterseal0418 Рік тому

      It was for Shrek The Third. So he's mistaken.

    • @kirbysuperstaruhh3769
      @kirbysuperstaruhh3769 Рік тому +4

      My grandparents still have them including the troublesome puss in boots glass downstairs

  • @odie4464
    @odie4464 Рік тому +5

    "Shrek coloured cream filling"
    "Preserved Shrek essence"
    ...

  • @jamesevans6332
    @jamesevans6332 Рік тому +17

    12:33 I live in New Zealand and McDonalds sold the Shrek pasta here too! They had pasta Happy Meals in 2007 under the name 'Pasta Zoo', and I remember eating the Shrek pasta and seeing promotion for it. Odd little time capsule, I must say

  • @ToaAxiomMan
    @ToaAxiomMan Рік тому +60

    The 2000s were a wild west of marketing where any strange market for any movie is bound to happen

    • @princewellidk
      @princewellidk Рік тому +9

      I wish the 2020's were like that

    • @BwooHuraca
      @BwooHuraca 2 місяці тому

      Like making Starship Troopers into a kids show.

  • @regumkoyu6620
    @regumkoyu6620 Рік тому +211

    They could have made healthy veggie green shrek snacks but they didn’t

  • @AidenMarioTMNTSonicWonkaCRGB3
    @AidenMarioTMNTSonicWonkaCRGB3 5 місяців тому +15

    8:35 I kinda like shrek

  • @brettshrekington
    @brettshrekington Рік тому +9

    All I see is amazing Shrek products that I need in my life.

    • @RugMann
      @RugMann Рік тому +2

      I still have my toxic McDonald's shrek cup and one day it will be buried with me

    • @Bryan_Pureblood
      @Bryan_Pureblood 2 місяці тому

      Username checks out

  • @DD-qx3gp
    @DD-qx3gp Рік тому +165

    If I had a Nickel for every time McDonald's poisoned people with cadmium laced cups. I'd have two nickels. Which isn't much but it's weird it happened twice

    • @kindlykitten-gh9hd
      @kindlykitten-gh9hd Рік тому +20

      Yeah the garfield ones had it to right?

    • @DD-qx3gp
      @DD-qx3gp Рік тому +7

      @@kindlykitten-gh9hd yeah

    • @kittykittybangbang9367
      @kittykittybangbang9367 Рік тому +2

      @@DD-qx3gp what was the other one?

    • @DD-qx3gp
      @DD-qx3gp Рік тому +11

      @@kittykittybangbang9367 garfield cups.

    • @locobandito1566
      @locobandito1566 Рік тому +39

      Also the two toxic glasses had an orange animated cat. What are the odds.

  • @paolaanimator
    @paolaanimator Рік тому +194

    The politician saying he likes Shrek but dislikes the green Twinkies knowing kids are eating it for the green filling is my favorite part of the video, so random and funny. Shrek marketing was pretty much everywhere.

    • @eatatjoes6751
      @eatatjoes6751 5 місяців тому +10

      It's bizarrely relatable too.

  • @hilariousskullnamedcatzo647
    @hilariousskullnamedcatzo647 11 місяців тому +35

    Nort American Nesquik rabbit: "this chocolate milk is delicious bro, you should try it 😁"
    South American Nesquik rabbit: " **extreme moaning** this milk **moans** is so good **even more moaning** 😫"

  • @bogdansgaming8106
    @bogdansgaming8106 Рік тому +8

    This video made me remember some deep ass memories of these Shrek game books I used to have, and you could like make up stories by choosing alternative words on premade stories and draw on Shrek among other things

  • @Free_Krazy
    @Free_Krazy Рік тому +101

    The Shrek marketing went so out of control it went full circle with the onions going from trash to veggies lol

  • @jinsei1208
    @jinsei1208 Рік тому +171

    I think a history of things like overdone over aggressive movie tie ins or marketing things similar to Shrek mania would be fun. Others that i think of are the 90s pokemon pokemania products... the current overuse of The minions come to mind. But it'd be fun to look at past generations of yester year too

    • @slow_start
      @slow_start  Рік тому +25

      Love these ideas! I've got lots planned for the new year so definitely keep an eye out :)

    • @rapidashrorschachtest430
      @rapidashrorschachtest430 Рік тому +9

      I think Garfield definitely fits with this theme even if it's not technically a movie. That orange cat was everywhere in the early 90's.

  • @FOOTBALL_CLIPS683
    @FOOTBALL_CLIPS683 Рік тому +18

    5:41 what did they do the kid cuisine penguin 💀💀💀💀

  • @EmersonFlemingEmRock13
    @EmersonFlemingEmRock13 9 місяців тому +12

    As a diehard Shrek kid born in 2001, I’m a little embarrassed at how many of these products I actually owned. I drank that Shrek Kool Aid to the ends of the earth

  • @outtoxicated9104
    @outtoxicated9104 Рік тому +61

    I actually think using Shrek to market onions is genius since it actually correlates with the movie.

  • @LuvzToLol21
    @LuvzToLol21 Рік тому +127

    The reason why McDonald's keeps trying to sell pasta is because of Jollibee. The Filipino fast food brand is huge in Southeast Asia and Oceania, rivaling and even surpassing McDonald's in some areas. Jollibee's menu features burgers, fried chicken, palabok noodles and their famous spaghetti with Filipino-style tomato sauce. That's why McDonald's is trying to copy their success.

    • @mrcritical6751
      @mrcritical6751 Рік тому +11

      McDonald’s even has spaghetti in the Fillapines

    • @hotaruishere2133
      @hotaruishere2133 Рік тому +5

      I'm basically counting down the days until I can finally try Jollibee's for myself 😆😆The Halo-Halo drink looks unbelievably good!! And I want to try their chicken so bad!!

    • @mrcritical6751
      @mrcritical6751 Рік тому +5

      @@hotaruishere2133 I actually tried them for the first time last weekend (they opened one in my hometown last year but I never felt the drive to go there, Jesus Christ best fried chicken on the market it’s honestly between Jollibee and Wingstop for the best fast food fried chicken

    • @LuvzToLol21
      @LuvzToLol21 Рік тому +4

      @@mrcritical6751 I've been to Jollibee a few times, they've opened a few test locations near Toronto, Canada. Tbh the burgers, palabok and spaghetti are pretty mediocre. I like the aloha burger tho. But the fried chicken was really good.

    • @mrcritical6751
      @mrcritical6751 Рік тому +1

      @@LuvzToLol21 fried chicken has just the right level of spice and the chicken sandwich is great, comparing it to Popeyes which just opened in my town the other week the difference is night and day

  • @toddlenard7602
    @toddlenard7602 Рік тому +9

    Me and my best friend or in our late 50s and he had bought some twinkies and brought them over. I said I had not had a Twinkie and over 20 years. We open the box both got one and took a bite in the filling was Green. We start spitting it out thinking it was bad until we looked on the front of the box and read the label. We still laugh about this from time to time.

  • @rnalonto
    @rnalonto 5 місяців тому +5

    11:40 To be fair...
    Onions have layers...
    Ogres have layers...
    ...end of story.

  • @Algojuker
    @Algojuker Рік тому +129

    How the actual hell does this not have more views? The quality and humor of this is stellar.

    • @slow_start
      @slow_start  Рік тому +23

      Unfortunately at the end of the day I'm just at the mercy of the algorithm. Glad you enjoyed it!

    • @Assimandeli
      @Assimandeli Рік тому +18

      @@slow_start change your user profile picture to Shrek. According to this video, you would gain millions of views and subs instantly.

    • @SpaceCadet45s
      @SpaceCadet45s Рік тому +1

      I agree

  • @alexslusher16
    @alexslusher16 Рік тому +18

    6:55
    Shrek and Fiona making their triplet Ogre Babies Audio Only

  • @greenworkstu
    @greenworkstu 9 місяців тому +3

    i can’t wait for Shrek flavored Benadryl so I can overdose watching Shrek 4

  • @zeus200044
    @zeus200044 Рік тому +6

    Still waiting for the "BAD products"... Shrek is love

  • @nathanael659
    @nathanael659 Рік тому +54

    In german, "Schreck " means "a scare", as in "to scare" translates to "erschrecken" .. good times, we got Shrek toothpaste (Colgate I think), coming with little collectible rubber figurines ...

  • @jordanguy4241
    @jordanguy4241 Рік тому +64

    I have such a vivid memory of eating the Shrek kids cuisine while watching Shrek 2 in a hotel room with my family as a child. I remember nothing else from that vacation. Shrek 2 is peak

  • @OfficialVillagerTranslator
    @OfficialVillagerTranslator 5 місяців тому +5

    2:31 missed opportunity to say "Horribles"

  • @FixedUser4u
    @FixedUser4u Рік тому +6

    13:35 donki's rockin' the eyebrow raise 🤨

  • @LuisOrtiz-fq4bb
    @LuisOrtiz-fq4bb Рік тому +18

    8:25 guy is right. Mexico banned characters from food advertisments.

  • @rileyweston236
    @rileyweston236 Рік тому +63

    Maybe we could put a portrait of Shrek on the box? That always increases sales!

    • @slow_start
      @slow_start  Рік тому +22

      These days it's the Minions, but it works just the same!

  • @starbuxlord2770
    @starbuxlord2770 9 місяців тому +2

    "Mint Ogre-Load" might be one of the most disgusting things ever made

  • @Twee13
    @Twee13 5 місяців тому +4

    10:27 Good thing, when Shr3k the 💩 was being promoted, Mickey D's didn't make employees wear ogre headbands.
    We had ogre hats.
    Really wish I kept my ogre hat.

  • @lucianonmarazzo436
    @lucianonmarazzo436 Рік тому +11

    The way the politician phrases everything makes it sound like hes standing up less for the children and more for shrek...

  • @AutisticJoker88
    @AutisticJoker88 Рік тому +36

    I remember the same weekend the first Shrek movie came out, Baskin Robbins (the 31 flavour Ice Cream joint) had a promotion for Shrek flavoured Smoothies. You had the Green Shrek flavour and then there was blue flavour for Donkey. This lasted for only a few weeks however and the smoothies were discontinued for whatever reason despite Shrek 1 becoming all the hype

    • @AutisticJoker88
      @AutisticJoker88 Рік тому +1

      For the record, those smoothies were actually pretty good. I remember loving the blue Donkey one when I had it.

    • @kirbysuperstaruhh3769
      @kirbysuperstaruhh3769 Рік тому +1

      Do you specifically remember what they tasted like

  • @ShOscar
    @ShOscar 5 місяців тому +7

    We didnt get a new Shrek™️ movie, but we did get a new Puss in Boots movie, and that did really well! Just comes to show how strong the legacy of Shrek still is

  • @drawingsuperstar252
    @drawingsuperstar252 Рік тому +4

    Senator Harkins, Shrek is not poisoning children. The green filling is just food coloring.

  • @mizfit4479
    @mizfit4479 Рік тому +38

    .... as a kid, my dad got me the whole set of Shrek glasses from McDonald's lmao they magically disappeared one day too 🤣 idk when the word came out about the cups being poisonous, so idk if they disappeared cause of that or cause my mom got sick of Shrek and Fiona staring her in the face daily, mocking her

  • @bungieman2810
    @bungieman2810 Рік тому +46

    It was neat that you referenced the 2004 Joe Gibbs cars. NASCAR has had a history of neat sponsorships and I reccomend taking a look into some of them.

    • @connorbeith3232
      @connorbeith3232 Рік тому +5

      They also did it again with Shrek The Third paint schemes during the 2007 season.

    • @bungieman2810
      @bungieman2810 7 місяців тому

      @@connorbeith32327 months late but Jimmy Spencer also ran a Shrek car in 2001.

  • @cinnamonflavord
    @cinnamonflavord 4 місяці тому +1

    I really enjoy how you initially describe the shrek marketing as if we were living in a dystoian shreknostate

  • @gdd9150
    @gdd9150 Рік тому +8

    Remember guys shrek was supposed to be a punishment for the animators who didnt perform well enough during the making of the prince of Egypt

  • @robbycooper6787
    @robbycooper6787 Рік тому +26

    These feel weird, gross and uncanny. They also make me feel uncomfortable and I don’t know why.

  • @Spongyboi897
    @Spongyboi897 Рік тому +15

    11:09 I wouldn't blame Shrek, it seems very uncomfortable and awkward there

  • @PrettyinGreenn
    @PrettyinGreenn 5 місяців тому +4

    McDonald's probably wants pasta on their menus so bad because they can produce it for pennies and sell it for like $5+. I can't even imagine what the profit margins on that would be.

    • @marstothestars33
      @marstothestars33 3 місяці тому +1

      They actually used to sell spaghetti. However, it actually didn't turn up a huge profit, and so it was discontinued everywhere except the Philipines (as spaghetti is a staple dish over there), and Orlando for some reason. After all, people don't come to McDonald's for spaghetti and breadsticks, they go for burgers and fries. Plus, pasta is super easy to make at home and is fairly cheap to. You can also have leftovers for days.

  • @oshabot1646
    @oshabot1646 Рік тому +8

    4:41 the freaking frogs lol

  • @jjbonafide3845
    @jjbonafide3845 Рік тому +87

    My parents used to buy us the Shrek Fruit by the Foot snacks, they were green instead of red and sour and so delicious. One time when I was 4 years old I ate the whole box and threw up afterwards, it’s one of my most favorite memories lmao

    • @stevarino1989
      @stevarino1989 Рік тому +2

      Not Shrek related but I was 5 in 1994 and ate a whole box of Blue raspberry gushers and my mom had a fit lol. Thankfully it didn't make me sick. But I will never forget that. She didn't buy Gushers very much after that.

    • @mattgonzales774
      @mattgonzales774 8 місяців тому +2

      that happened to me in 3rd grade on super bowl sunday except with regular oreos cause there was no adult in the house to stop me from eating an entire package of oreos as an 8yo

  • @geisttheawkwardnerd7062
    @geisttheawkwardnerd7062 Рік тому +25

    I remember getting Shrek toothpaste and being scared of it because it was unsurprisingly green. I eventually got over my fear, though.

  • @mikubox364
    @mikubox364 Рік тому +7

    13:11 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe!

  • @ArcticoTheFurryAnti-Zoophile
    @ArcticoTheFurryAnti-Zoophile Рік тому +9

    1:08 Gotta give respect for him calling Shrek a Smash(mouth) hit.

  • @SONICgokuverine
    @SONICgokuverine Рік тому +27

    I initially thought the slowed down, warped Shrek soundtrack transition gimmick would get old fast. But every time I heard the next one, I giggled a bit to myself. So I guess I deserve to be here.

  • @davidfeltheim2501
    @davidfeltheim2501 Рік тому +13

    The Tom Harkin presentation about the danger of Shrek's green ogre cream to a U.S. senate hearing is probably one of the greatest things to ever happen of all time.

  • @pipbernadotte6707
    @pipbernadotte6707 Рік тому +3

    I am obsessed with the brownies from KID Cuisine. They're the best brownies on the face of the planet, and I will hurl myself off the Golden Gate Bridge if they ever stop making them.

  • @cheeseboi588
    @cheeseboi588 2 місяці тому +2

    The Senator trying to defend Shrek like they tarnished his good name is hilarious

  • @walkerj.7895
    @walkerj.7895 Рік тому +43

    I used to love the green ketchup as a kid! I also remember really liking the purple one as well. Such an odd time to be a kid

    • @slow_start
      @slow_start  Рік тому +15

      It was definitely odd... that kind of product would never fly now I don't think. Artificial colouring is an even badder word these days.

    • @kidwolf0015
      @kidwolf0015 Рік тому +12

      ​@@slow_start I can't help but feel like they could easily recreate a "natural" green ketchup by using tomatilloes instead of tomatoes, much like salsa verde does.
      I mean, that actually *might* work as "exotic foods" are a trend now. I could see a Shrek themed "verde" ketchup selling well.

  • @theconnorthatusedtoreactto6283
    @theconnorthatusedtoreactto6283 Рік тому +11

    8:09 is the funniest thing I've ever seen I'm my life

  • @Karlmit
    @Karlmit Рік тому +3

    I remember having Shrek snot ice cream in Sweden. It was a cup of some green gummy goop. Not really ice cream and very snot like. Can't believe they stopped selling it. ...

    • @Karlmit
      @Karlmit Рік тому +1

      I googled "shrek snot ice cream" and found it "Shrek 2 Cup". "Chewey ice cream with bubbelgum taste and a chewing gum in the bottom of the cup"

  • @shadowotter3116
    @shadowotter3116 11 місяців тому +2

    damn i almost forgot about the colored ketchup. I never had the green one, but i remember using the purple ketchup as a kid

  • @DIO-qo6ty
    @DIO-qo6ty Рік тому +23

    I was watching this video and I told my grandma about the cups and she proceeded to tell me all the ones she had as she proudly showed me her collection

  • @gracebrewer4281
    @gracebrewer4281 Рік тому +20

    I can remember begging my mom for Shrek Kids Cuisine. 😂 She caved and bought it for me & my siblings. The pudding 100% did change your tongue green.

  • @optiTHOMAS
    @optiTHOMAS Рік тому +2

    "I kinda like shrek!" 😆 brooo! This brought back so many Shrek filled memories! Shrek was fun, and actually good movies! All the gmod poop and memes born from shrek nothing short of GLORIOUS! I remember the green ketchup, the glasses, kid cuisine, Baskin Robin's, and all the others! SHREK WAS HUGE, and he was everywhere, especially happy meals and such!
    The early 2000s were wild! There was a new strange kids candy or snack every day! I remember watching cartoons and you'd get bombarded by ads of tons of stuff! I remember being obsessed with the 1st Shrek when it came out. I even have a story...
    I remember being at my aunts house and she was keeping there for a day or two. We had Shrek on VHS and I wanted to watch it. The weather had been REALLY bad out too! I watched all of Shrek and my aunt was like, "hey can we check the weather? It sounds bad out there!" And I was like "yeah....right after I watch Shrek one more time! >:D"
    so i watched the whole thing a 2nd time and at the Tornado sirens were going off right at the end of the movie. My aunt finally checked the weather and she said "oh lord! We gotta go get in the closet!"
    The weather was rough, and my aunt probably got scared, but i just couldn't refuse Shrek, his love, and my fascination with him! Good times back then, man! 😅🤣👌🏻

  • @That0neDud
    @That0neDud Рік тому +5

    8:47 I had these as a kid and i have no idea what happened to them. I highly doubt my parents would have cared about the recall, and my main theory has just been that they didn't want as much kid stuff

    • @cass171
      @cass171 Рік тому

      My friend still has the Shrek themed one lol

  • @SlapDrink
    @SlapDrink Рік тому +17

    You've unlocked a memory for me!! I remember eating the Shrek ravioli as a kid. It just tasted like the regular beef/ cheese ravioli I'd get from the grocery store. I remember them having that starchy-sticky feeling and opening them up the filling were like these little squares. I think there was like some savoury tomato sauce as well (by Heinz btw). We never got the tongs however.

    • @bonnie5334
      @bonnie5334 Рік тому

      they had zoo animal shaped ones, i loved the shrek ones i can still remember the taste

  • @IantheKid125
    @IantheKid125 Рік тому +12

    God, brings me back to simpler times. I really hope they make another Shrek movie so we can all relive the craziness a Shrek release brought and forget about life for awhile

  • @angelsunlight
    @angelsunlight 9 місяців тому +1

    This was a great video 💚 also “I’m a believer” slowed and reverb is fire af!

  • @saladman420
    @saladman420 2 місяці тому +2

    When I was in elementary school we had a shrek scandal, no I won’t elaborate

  • @jtaylor7970
    @jtaylor7970 Рік тому +17

    I remember asking for the Shrek ketchup in the grocery store my mom told me no and got mad because no one wants to eat green meatloaf. My brother asked for it next trip and she got it lol.

  • @maccamachine
    @maccamachine Рік тому +21

    I honestly kinda miss this type of stuff they don’t really do this shit for movies anymore plus the first shrek was a childhood favorite. Also it’s true ketchup is the last sauce I would choose I only get that if it’s the only one possible

    • @stevarino1989
      @stevarino1989 Рік тому +9

      Wasn't Frozen inescapable for awhile back in 2013-2014? And the Minions? But I definitely agree with you, Shrek was a huge part of my generation 🤣

  • @josephrowe849
    @josephrowe849 6 місяців тому +1

    Ah misaimed marketing in a nutshell. The worst one is the PSA from when the 3rd movie came out that had the characters telling kids to get out and play to be active and healthy. But then you remember their faces are plastered on every junk food item in the book from Twinkies to McDonald's!

  • @JaceAVinson
    @JaceAVinson Рік тому +6

    6:24. Ugh, green apple flavored Nesquick mix? I normally like green apple stuff, but why would I want green apple flavored milk? Also regular Nesquick mix in my milk made me throw up every time I tried it, why would I ever want a green apple one?