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About
Shadow X Shrek, sometimes shorten to Shredow is a popular crack ship between Shrek and Shadow the Hedgehog, each character being from the Shrek series and The Sonic the Hedgehog series respectively. Due to the rather bizarre pairing, it has often known as a cringeworthy ship.
Origin
On January 17th, 2010, DeviantArt User Cmara uploaded a comic[1] depicting Shrek and Shadow the Hedgehog (Pictured Below).
Spread
Every since the original art, the duo became popular in DeviantArt. Numerous artwork were made of the ship, with about 429 results as of March 2015 in DeviantArt[2]. On Tumblr[3], the ship was also widespread.
On September 7, 2013, Youtuber Berry Punch[4] uploaded a Source Filmmmaker animation titled “[SFM] Buttlicker”. (Shown Below)
The video portrayed Shadow the Hedgehog standing in a forest in the middle of a blizzard. Shrek then appears behind him, then they romantically embrace each other and kiss. Multiple characters from different franchises are seen in backround, some cheering while are others are in disgust. As of March 2015, the video has 4,195 likes, 1,096 comments, and 324, 976 views.
On January 10, 2014, Chloe Cole, staff member of Dorkly, uploaded a post[5] on the aforementioned site. The post, titled “The Most Upsetting Shrek and Shadow Fan Art On the Internet”, showcased several examples of Shrek x Shadow fanart.
Various Fanart
External references
[1]DeviantArt – Shadow begs Shrek by Cmara
[2]DevianArt – shrek shadow search results
[3]Tumblr – Post tagged with shrek x shadow
[4]Youtube – Berry Punch
[5]Dorkly – The Most Upsetting Shrek and Shadow Fan Art On the Internet