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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 recognized 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". As of March 2015, the video has 4,195 likes, 1,096 comments, and 324, 976 views. (Shown Below)

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

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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