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• Why does Fiona's father, King Harold, hire Puss in Boots to kill Shrek?▾

  King Harold made a secret deal long ago with the Fairy Godmother that Fiona would marry her son, Prince Charming, in exchange for breaking his own curse. When Fiona returns married to Shrek, Harold is pressured by the Fairy Godmother to honor the bargain, so he hires Puss in Boots as an assassin to eliminate Shrek and clear the way for Charming.

• What is King Harold's secret, and why does it matter to the story?▾

  Harold is revealed to be the Frog Prince, transformed into a human king by the Fairy Godmother's 'Happily Ever After' potion in exchange for promising Fiona to Charming. At the climax, when the potion's effects wear off in front of everyone, he reverts to a frog, which is why he understands Shrek and Fiona's situation and ultimately blesses their marriage as ogres.

• Why do Shrek and Fiona turn human after drinking the Happily Ever After potion?▾

  The potion is designed to make the drinker into the idealized 'handsome' version of themselves to match a storybook fairy-tale ending, so it strips Shrek of his ogre form and reverts Fiona to her cursed human appearance. However, the magic requires a 'true love's kiss' by midnight to become permanent, which is why the transformation is temporary and tied to Fiona choosing who she really loves.

• Why does Fiona ultimately choose to stay an ogre at the end?▾

  Although the potion offered her the human life she had once dreamed of, Fiona realizes she fell in love with Shrek as he truly is and that her ogre form is part of who she has become. When given the chance to seal the human transformation with a kiss from Charming or remain an ogre with Shrek, she picks Shrek, reaffirming that the curse from the first film was actually her true self.

• What is the Fairy Godmother's real motivation throughout the film?▾

  She is not a benevolent fairy but a businesswoman who runs a potion factory and manipulates fairy tales to secure power and profit, particularly by installing her son Charming as royalty. Her grudge against Shrek stems from him 'stealing' Fiona's storybook ending, which she had engineered with Harold years earlier, threatening the dynasty she planned for Charming.