Scared Shrekless

It’s a Halloween special, so it’s unavoidable that there are brief scenes that show knives, magic wands, and other items objectified as weapons. Donkey is shown being eaten by an animated waffle, and characters sing that they’ll “chop off your head and then laugh when you’re dead” as one demonstrates using a wooden fish as an ax. Scary content includes disembodied ghostly voices and furniture moving by itself, but this relatively mild stuff might only bother very young kids.

One very mild instance of innuendo as Fiona hints at intimacy with Shrek, but it will go over most kids’ heads.

One instance of "stupid," plus the title plays on an expression that normally includes a swear word.

Parents need to know that for kids who are familiar with Shrek and his pals, there's nothing in Scared Shrekless, but it's a very funny Halloween special. Mild peril includes some inferences of a ghostly presence as well as some brief instances of knives or magic wands brandished as weapons, and in one scene, characters sing about chopping off heads and then laughing about it. Expect a fair amount of the trademark potty humor (vomiting, pooping, and the like) that Shrek is famous for, as well as one very subtle bit of sexual innuendo. Of course there's also the major marketing tie-in as well, since Shrek's face graces everything from lunch boxes to loungewear, but more than anything, families should prepare to laugh at this treat of a Halloween special.

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