What Was Duloc’s Fate After Farquaad’s Death? | Shrek Explained 

Isn't odd, though, that Shrek had keys to Duloc and could just walk in unopposed? He claimed the swamp was his, but if we are honest, it really wasn't, at least not until Farquaad gave Shrek the deed to it, which also made Shrek the only other known landowner in Duloc, and Shrek was technically a citizen of Duloc, even if he didn't acknowledge it, as Farquaad apparently had legal right over the swamp until he gave the deed to Shrek, though it may have been an attempted ruse on Farquaad's part. To that end, once Farquaad died, and with no one else available, Shrek, as the only other landowner in Duloc, would rightly be the Lord of Duloc, which is an interesting twist. What do you think?

Well, we were distracted by the crashed wedding of that guy and him being eaten by the dragon, so it's good you thought of that.

I was like He died? And then I remembered that donkeys wife had him for dinner

“You think he’s compensating for something?” One of the many quotes that went over my head as a child

Welcome to Duloc, such a perfect town Here we have some rules, let us lay them down Don't make waves, stay in line And we'll get along fine Duloc is a perfect place Keep your feet off the grass Shine your shoes, wipe your ... face Duloc is, Duloc is Duloc is a perfect place

I wonder: what happened with Duloc in the alternate timeline from Shrek Forever After?

What's funnier is that Duloc was meant to look like Disney.

Thelonius wasn't really a bad guy. He was just loyal. But his loyalty extended to the throne, with Farquad dead he was free to do as he pleased. When he came back as a ghost, Thelonius's honor demanded he serve his master again. We don't really know what he's up to now. No one sits on Duloc's throne now so I'm guessing he's just wandering the land looking for purpose.

It was always in my mind and always found curious that Duloc was literally forgotten in the series after the first movie....I mean someone better could’ve replaced Farquad as a King but they decided to turn Duloc into into a creepy place for the Halloween special just to have a creepy version of the song of the creepy dolls lol

I knew he was eaten but child me watching just didn't assume he really died. He was just in dragon's tummy yknow?

Speaking of shrek 4D, in it shrek finds farquads grave, a massive statue depicting him fighting the dragon. This shows that even after his death his people still lived in fear of him and tried to appease him.

Why didn't the fairy godmother marry lord Farquad or take over that kingdom? She could've made a deal to make him taller.

Watso videos: why did Duloc die? Me: starts thinking about all the empires in the past

Why does faquad's "f" banner look like a midevil Facebook logo

I JUST noticed the Kermit in the background

I want to know what would have happened if Charming reached Fiona first and how they would trick Fiona into believing the kiss worked when it didn't because her true love is Shrek not charming

The person who disliked is Lord Farquaad

they all just left Duloc and it left it as a ghost town, as for it's dilapidation. well since no one was tending to the city, nature took over as seen in episodes of Life After People.

Still not over the fact that Farquaad anticipated humiliating Shrek, but didn’t expect things to actually work out between him and Fiona

Apparently, Farquaad was originally going to appear in Shrek 4ever After, but the idea was scrapped. Would have been cool to see what kind of role he could have played and what kind of relation he would have with Rumplestiltskin.

Welcome to Duloc, it’s a creepy town! What was once pristine now is all run down

Most likely Duloc would continue for a short time, but with a succession crisis, no clear heir, and no drive to stay in Duloc anymore, most of the people probably left within the first few months of Lord Farquad’s death, eventually leading to the city becoming abandoned. If I had to guess, most likely the majority of the population moved to Far Far Away, which seemed to be a much nicer place to live! It is possible a small civil war would occur as well between the remaining loyalists and the people who wanted freedom, leading to further damage, and Farquad’s army falling apart with many abandoning their posts, stealing weapons, and joining the people in freedom.

I would love to know what happened to Faarquad, Charming and Fairy Godmother in Rumpelstiltskin's alternate universe. After Shrek's deal, Fiona was never saved by him, so...what of the villains we already met?

Chances are, they either found a new leader, or the kingdom just fell...at least those are my guesses.

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I hope the lady who told Shrek to use the chair is okay 😔

I wish Isaac knew he’s making everyone’s quarantine better

I think they left & traveled to *FAR FAR AWAY* but hey that's just a theory, A FILM THEORY

So glad this video was finally made! Duloc is....Duloc is....Duloc is a CREEPY place!!!!

After realising people lived in those houses, it kinda made me think of buy and large for some reason

Honestly I think the power vacuum was probably what doomed the place, I mean even if farquad was a tyrant at least he got the job done , but being dependent and suddenly having the thing you were depended on disappeare, I wouldn't be surprised if a few power struggles start arising,it very likely everyone just died

My one complaint about 4D is... how the hell didn’t Farquaad realize that Fiona was still an ogre when she ‘came back as a ghost’ once he threw her over the waterfall? He should’ve immediately realized that her skin was still green and that she was still very much not dead (no aura, not translucent).

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Hey Wotso What if wonder what will happen if Lord Shen’s parents ( Kung fu panda 2 ) have another child? What if Lord Shen have a pure heart from someone from his family? What will happen if Lord Shen have a little sister?

What I want to know is what happened to Duloc during rumpelstiltskin's regime in forever after

I think everyone in Duloc left, mostly likely went to the kingdom of Far Far Away

I actually theorized the origin of Farquaad one day while watching the movie. He’s a ruler who took over the kingdom either through armed forces or a coup d’etat whose power throughout the kingdom was feared which explained the reaction cards. Fairy God Mother never dared go to Duloc in fear of Farquaad’s power.

I have two theorys for this , 1. As you said people assumed the city kept them safe , but when farquad was eaten by the dragon it shattered their illusion of safety and caused them to flee the city 2. The more fleshed out option is the fact the he had no one to keep his thrown no wife, child, brother or sisters . For all we know what would realistically happen in a fudal kingdom would be that several factions rose in the new power vacuum and fought for control thus destroying the city around them in their presumed civil war .

Lord Farquad and O'Hare from the lorax are so alike. They both short, have short hair, and like having a perfect little world, and love controlling the people that live their. Lord Farquad and O'Hare should just be best friends lol

How would marrying Fieona make him king of the under world

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Wow, I never knew that Farquaad and Duloc appeared in more than the original movie. You learn something new every day!

And you think this all could have been avoided if Lord Farquaad had chosen Snow White or Sleeping Beauty. Those two were probably a few days travel but there would be no danger. Snow White was in swamps Forest it would have been easy.

Farquaad was such a hypocrite, kicking out fairy tale creatures, imprisoning them, and torturing the last one, Gingy just because they're anthropomorphic living things compared to normal humans...

“Some of you will die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make.” This quote says a lot about him.

The tournament shows that there is a nobility in Duloc, although possible that some of them were just sons of rich merchants, means that they could possibly raised up in rebellion due to Farquaads death and lack of heir, and how indifferent he was about sending them to their deaths. This led to a string of noblemen declaring themselves kings before being killed by the next person claiming to be a king. Eventually the chaos and deaths on the streets made people decide to leave, so the nobility could possibly have looted the city and used their stolen wealth to set up their own petty kingdoms.

well considering some of the changes we see, there was probably some magic linked to farquaad, maybe he was a magical creature but wanted to be the only one, thus having more power than anyone else, maybe using some to build Duloc, when he died the magic would have rebounded, destroying the place and turning it into something deeply unsettling

I was thinking that Duloc would be a new kingdom after Farquaad died. Never guessed that place was abandoned. Hopefully that there weren't any new villain who want to rule that place.

All these Halloween’s and this is the first time hearing about Scared Shrekless

Yeah I wondered what happened

In early drafts of the original movie, DuLoc was already a well established kingdom with Fiona's parents serving as king and queen. Farquaad takes over as regent after they pass away.

Wow, fifth comment! Its so interesting to see how Duloc fell into ruin, like its so creepy it’s just like the people somehow snapped and couldn’t handle the oppression, and they didn’t know what to do so they went mad. It’s so interesting yet creepy to see this happen

Six minutes ago... thank youfor the cure to a quiet day ISSAC(wotso)

Deep down in our hearts, we all needed an in depth look at Shrek lore

Nice job buddy I always learn so much when I watch your videos

One thing I just recently thought of was what would have happened to the Shrek universe if he didn't get eaten by Dragon, like he jumps out of the way at the last second and survives, what would happen then?

6:01 I didnt even know there was a shrek 4D

So essentially...Duloc pulled a French Revolution/Reign of Terror?

honestly I Wondered what happened to Duloc when Lord farquaad disappeared Thanks for that information Wotso take care yourself and stay healthy👊❤👊❤👊❤

I just thought that Dulac was abandoned when he was ate by Dragon

Machiavelli had some choice words for what Lord Farquaad's demise: it is PREFERED to have the fear and love of your people, but above all else, NEVER be hated. The underlying bits indicate that Machiavelli implicated that by being HATED, you only setup for your death for people WILL ANNIHILATE someone whom they hated.

When they return to Duloc and that song plays about how it’s a creepy place. Just literally makes me laugh so hard I need a doctor because my ribs are really hurting every time🤣🤣🤣

"Pride goeth before a fall..."

Shrek didn't actually crash the wedding in time, because they were waiting for the cue that had already been said. So Farquaad did end up marrying Fiona, but it didn't matter in the end because he died by a dragon, ending the marriage completely. For quite a long time since I saw the movie, I wondered what would become of Duloc after loosing its only leader, but didn't expect it to be covered in a holiday special rather than a sequel.

Welcome To Duloc! It's a perfect town! We have some rules, you got to obey them now!

There sort of was a succession plan. The plan was that Farquad marry Fiona and produce an heir. But as Shrek proved, the most vulnerable time for any feudal land is when the lord has no heirs.

....this...this is a lot more depth than I thought I'd see out of Shrek.

Lord Farquaad was also a blunt parody of Mike Eisner and how he ran Disney.

Would love to know of what would have happened if Prince Charming made it to duloc to find farquaad trying to marry her and him trying stop it or maybe just finding out of where she was and got to farquaad before shrek

I'm sure that the fact Duloc was a really, really large town, whose every tiny bit of farmland in the miles and miles around was, by Farquaad's orders, MOSTLY WASTED ON SUNFLOWERS, a largly disparative space to food yield ratio crop, just because he liked the thought of his perfect little kingdom surrounded by endless fields of giant flowers, played a role. Without Farquaad to bankroll food imports food would be very, very scarce in Duloc. Lack of water was also a possible factor. The entire big town only seems to have a single well, isn't situated near any sort of river or stream, and despite bearing the name Du Loc (medieval French for 'Of the Lakes), not a single lake is anywhere near the place, and most of the water from that well was probably wasted on WASHING EVERYTHING (again, Farquaad's orders) which would make the already bad water shortage much worse. How long was Duloc ever really going to last? The only ways in which the place was well-planned were literally none of the ways that actually MATTERED towards the long-term existence of the town. It was a town that wasn't built to be a functioning town, it was a town that was built for the sole purpose of stroking Farquaad's ego and indulging his power trips. It was doomed from the start. Likely the reason it was populated at all in the first place was the same reason all of Duloc's fairytale creatures ended up in Shrek's swamp; Farquaad had people rounded up, brought in, and just not allowed to leave. Once Farquaad was gone, the food imports stopped, and the soldiers stopped getting paid. Now, not only did the people there have to deal with water shortage, but also a looming starvation crisis. There wasn't going to be time to clear the stupid sunflowers, plant more higher-yield crops, and harvest them before people starving to death was a certainty. Nobody there really wanted to be there, had any love for Farquaad or attachment to the place, nobody could see any benefit to staying on, and now there was nobody MAKING them stay there since the soldiers had likely wandered off to find work with another noble. So, they just up sticks and left. I'm sure more than one of them paused to take a dump or whizz on Farquaad's grave monument on the way out.

The ruinous state of the city of Duloc reminds me of a level from the PC games Diablo and Diablo II...

The run down and defunct Duloc felt very Dark Souls to me

Hey Icaas, have you ever watch any the Hotel Transylvania films? Many you could some Discovery videos on that for October.

Everyone thinks Katniss from Hunger Games is the greatest symbol of rebellion while high iq people like us now know that Shrek is the #1 greatest symbol of rebellion

I got distracted by Kermit in the back 😐

Wow! This becomes even wilder when you realize that Duloc is Walt Disney World. It actually becomes kind of prophetic.

I remember the city of duloc when i was as kid and i watched it for the first time. I was scared. The white walls, the symmetry, everything was too perfect

My reason: there is no next heir so the people commit anarchy

thinking realistically, an abandoned massive, well-fortified castle and castle-town would be the perfect location to just take over for yourself! that or have the actual King grant it to someone as part of a Lordship or something

Isaac, thank you for cheering us up during this pandemic. Stay safe, happy & optimistic. "Always look on the bright side of life" . . . Monty Python

I forgot Duloc showed up in Scared Shrekless. I guess my assumption was people either left because Farquaad died and after seeing what he tried to do Shrek and Fiona they didn't want his legacy to live on. Maybe an allied kingdom took them in.

I wonder what happened to duloc and lord farqaad in shrek forever after

My guess is everyone living there probably hated it and wanted to leave due to having no true freedoms. Even the majority of his soldiers/guards seem to have simply turned their backs on him the moment he was eaten, no longer putting up any resistance to Shrek and in fact actively supporting him, doing things such as writing the "Awwww" sign quickly. They likely hated their jobs to begin with, but did them both due to not having a choice and due to the pay. With their leader gone, so too is their paychecks and orders. With truly nobody left who wishes to stay, I'd imagine that the armed forces would focus on protecting the ordinary citizens as they travel together to relocate to another nation such as Far Far Away, and then either join the local militia or take up work as mercenaries. Duloc, now abandoned with nobody left to keep everything maintained would start degrading and become dilapidated. In essence, there might not even have needed to be any anarchy or anything. As soon as they got the opportunity, everyone just up and left the place.

Talk about a dystopia.

*What happened to the Pink Dronkey in Shrek The Third??!!!* *IT'S A CONSPIRACY!!!!!!*

Great video 😊

1:00 I love the Shrek the Musical reference here! I just finished preforimg in that show, (which is why I am now watching a million Shrek videos).

"You See Farquad, He Blushes and Looks at you" Which will you Choose: ⬇️ (A)Talk (B)Break Up "Farquad then Smiles and Approaches" Farquad: *"E"*

E. And I do have an idea for Shrek 5, where the Emperor from 'The Emperor's New Clothes'. takes over Duloc. And with the help of the Grand old Duke of York and his 10,000 Men, wages war against Far Far Away. So Shrek and the Gang have to gather allies such as the Snow Queen, Philonius, The Queen of Hearts, The Lilypudians, The Beast and many others to battle the coming Darkness. And Death keeps taunting Shrek with the fact that he should've been hunted down and killed already. And the title would be Shrek: Ogre and Out.

Whoa, Issac, I thought a Shrek fan like you would have paid more attend to the original Shrek film, as it shows clearly shows exactly what happened to Duloc. You may remember that after Dragon dropped Shrek and Donkey off at the Palace, Donkey told Dragon "to go have some fun", and like any self-respecting dragon, we see her immediately start chasing knights, and quite possibly any other inhabitant of Duloc that wasn't at the wedding - and she wasn't just chasing them like it was a game of "tag".. Remember that for all of those years she guarded Fiona, she was EATING everybody that came to rescue her. She even had a cookbook entitled "Serving Man". There is little doubt that the whole reason she agreed with Fairy Godmother to guard Fiona, was due to all of the free meals she would make out of all of the knights who would be coming to rescue her. So who do you think she was eating AFTER Fiona was finally rescued? Nobody else was coming to her castle that she would be able to eat, and her "boyfriend" Donkey had already turned her loose once to terrorize Duloc, so this obviously became her source of food and entertainment whenever she wasn't cuddling her Love Interest. With its leader gone, and it inhabitants being devoured daily, any remaining survivors no doubt abandoned the ruined city. Just because she "married" Donkey doesn't mean Dragon ever changed her dragonish nature, as we later in the films when she is admonished by Shrek for eating a Valet the last time they went to a hotel, and of course, her deliberate murder (and in all likelihood offscreen devouring) of Prince Charming. And let's face it, a giant, flying, carnivorous dragon would undoubtedly have an extremely high metabolism, requiring a massive daily caloric intake, and the now leaderless Kingdom of Duloc, (with the unwitting, tacit approval of her new friends, Shrek and Doneky), has become her buffet. This doesn't make her "evil", it's just a "dragon thing".

He was a megalomaniac

I honestly had no idea that Shrek lore got so deep. This straight up felt like a history lesson lmao

As someone who still loves the Shrek movies, I can only imagine the rest of his life ... was pretty crappy 😂😂😂 Thanks for the new vid Scott and go hug your furbabies all 💙🐱💙

Honestly tho, cheers to the madman that took the "perfect world" booth and turned it into "creepy world" before they left, just for one last performance, as the show would destroy many parts of it and noone would be around to fix it for the next visitor. Takes alot of dedication just for one prank that may never happend, and that you'll never see the result of!

omg stop this is actually such a beautiful explanation. you GO, citizens of duloc!! 😭

Request: explain more about the dronkies from Shrek

The whole kingdom was ran like an amusement park. The question is, how was Farquaad keeping it afloat?

You should do something like what would have happened if Fiona didn’t change into an ogre

Shrek: let’s do that again Donkey: *NO! 😱*

This totally made me understand more! Thank you wotso!❤