Shrek fandom

A fan cosplaying Shrek, 2015

DreamWorks Animation's Shrek franchise, based on William Steig's book of the same name, has an underground Internet fandom that started around 2009.

With the fanbase described by some people as an ironic liking towards the series, there have been several sexually explicit memes based on the title character. An example is a 2013 metameme centered on a video called "Shrek Is Love, Shrek Is Life", which is based on a post originating on 4chan's /b/ board.

Fans of Shrek are known as "Brogres", a take on the name "Bronies", the teen and adult fans of the show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.[1]

According to New York, Shrek is "one of the patron saints of the elaborate and complex culture of Dank Memedom."[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference The Daily Dot was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Feldman, Brian (July 19, 2016). "America Inspired by Teen Protester's Call at RNC: 'Make Memes Great Again'". New York. Retrieved July 22, 2016.