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Someone Compared ‘Game Of Thrones’ To ‘Shrek’ In 17 Scenes And The Similarities Are Incredible

Someone Compared ‘Game Of Thrones’ To ‘Shrek’ In 17 Scenes And The Similarities Are Incredible

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Game of Thrones showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff had a difficult task ahead of them after the end of the fifth season – invent new Game of Thrones plots without the carefully crafted and detailed guide of George R.R Martin’s books. Unfortunately, this led to a season finale that left much to be desired, but the author revealed his ending in his much anticipated next novel would differ from the HBO series.

So if Weiss and Benioff didn’t have the books to rely on for inspiration, then how did they come up with seasons 6 – 8? One Twitter user posted a thread that compares GOT characters and plot with the beloved animated classic Shrek movies – and the side by side comparison similarities are almost too coincidental.

This fan theory sparked the twitter account @Shrekgot, dedicated solely to these screenshot comparisons and even a GoT + Shrek trailer, which combines scenes from Game of Thrones dubbed with the voices from Shrek.

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    The similarities are endless from the costume design inspirations

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    To the cinematography (maybe not as climactic in animation)

    Of course, we can’t forget the intelligent and empathetic dragon characters in both

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    Are the Dothraki really that savage or are they just misunderstood?

    Other fans joined the thread with even more plot similarities

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    Come on the adorable Podrick sure does look a lot like human Shrek

    Arya and Puss in Boots definitely could go head to head in a duel

    This fan theory sparked the twitter account @Shrekgot, dedicated solely to these side by side comparisons and even a GoT + Shrek trailer, which combines scenes from Game of Thrones dubbed with the voices from Shrek.

    Hmm there certainly are a lot of character doppelgangers between the two. Fiesty, smirking, with plenty of tricks up her sleeve, Olenna Tyrell was the closest thing to a ‘Fairy Godmother’ on GOT

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    Two short men with large personalities and styles, however, Tyrion Lannister would make no doubt a better ruler than Lord Farquaad

    Much like Jon Snow, King Harold’s true (frog) identity was not revealed until later – and it still made no difference

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    Greta Jaruševičiūtė

    Greta Jaruševičiūtė

    Author, BoredPanda staff

    Greta is a Photo Editor-in-Chief at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication.In 2016, she graduated from Digital Advertising courses where she had an opportunity to meet and learn from industry professionals. In the same year, she started working at Bored Panda as a photo editor.Greta is a coffeeholic and cannot survive a day without 5 cups of coffee... and her cute, big-eared dog.Her biggest open secret: she is a gamer with a giant gaming backlog.

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    Devin Robinson
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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    PyroarRanger
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My friend - "Game of Thrones has dragons, swordfights, and mythical creatures" // Me: yeah so does Shrek

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    Devin Robinson
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Can I copy your homework?" "Yeah, but make sure it doesn't look obvious"

    PyroarRanger
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My friend - "Game of Thrones has dragons, swordfights, and mythical creatures" // Me: yeah so does Shrek

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