Once Upon a Time... in the first movie, Shrek and Donkey travel to Duloc to set things straight with Lord Farquaad. Meanwhile, the fairy tale creatures (Pinocchio, Three Little Pigs, Two Bears, Big Bad Wolf, and Three Blind Mice) have their own adventure to rescue Gingy and save the fairy tales from Farquaad's nasty ways of getting rid of them after having promised Shrek they will be gone from his swamp.