DreamWorks Studios is known for producing high-quality animated movies with unique
plot lines and incredible characters. But even the most beloved and popular
Dreamworks movies are far from perfect. If you look closely enough, you’ll notice plot
inconsistencies and unresolved mysteries that you won’t believe made the final edit.
These are Dreamworks Movie Plot Holes: Small to Big
First on the list, Toothless’ size and weight in How to Train Your Dragon
While Hiccup’s best friend and dragon is adorable in many ways, it’s weird how
Toothless’ height kept fluctuating throughout the first film, which was clearly an animation
mistake. Another major plot hole in the film series relates to Toothless’ weight. Apparently,
the dragon is a chunky beast that is revealed to have a weight of around 1, 776 pounds, which is
enormous. So, how come he casually sits on his human friends’ shoulders without crushing them?
At several points in the series, we see Toothless perching on his human
pals and they seem to bear his weight so easily, which is a major plot hole.
Next, let’s talk about Dragon and Donkey’s children in the Shrek franchise.
The Shrek movie series has to be one of DreamWorks’ biggest hits of all time,
but even a successful franchise like this one isn’t devoid of plot holes. In fact,
there are several glaring ones that can easily be spotted by eagle-eyed viewers. For instance,
one major question that remains unanswered is this: how can a dragon and donkey create hybrid
offspring? It’s not only biologically impossible but physically challenging to achieve due to
the massive size difference between the two species. Even in a fantasy world,
there’s no way for these two creatures to breed and have children successfully.
Moving on, Ogre’s clothes in Shrek 2 is another mystery.
In Shrek 2, the ogre comes across a potion, magically converting him
and Fiona into humans. We witnessed quite a drastic transformation.
Once he’s human, Shrek obviously needed a change of outfit as his soiled ogre rags
neither suited him nor fit his human build. So he decides to get decent clothing that looked much
better before he begins his new life as a man. Since Shrek thinks this transformation is real,
he throws away his old clothes without knowing that he would eventually need them again. Well,
it turns out it wasn’t an issue since his old clothes reappear out of nowhere when he turns
back into an ogre. So, where did he find the old rags that he got rid of? Guess we’ll never know.
Coming up next, Vanessa breaking up with Kevin and having feelings for a bee in the Bee Movie.
Viewers are fully aware of the fact that animated fantasy films often tend to defy the norms of
reality. Still, Bee Movie took things too far with Vanessa and Kevin’s relationship, with
the former leaving her boyfriend for a literal bee. Even the idea of a female human developing
romantic feelings for a honey bee sounds extremely absurd, yet the film included this bizarre side
story in the plot. How can a person possibly get into a relationship with an insect? Even if the
bee speaks and thinks like a human, it’s still too weird to see the intimate tension between them.
Not to mention the long-term consequences faced by Kevin after Vanessa dumps him. Frankly,
the bee’s intense reaction to the breakup seemed like a bit of a stretch.
Another plothole is how Magical Creatures appeared unnoticed in the Swamp in Shrek.
In the first Shrek movie, the titular ogre is quite shocked after opening his front door when
he sees tons of fairy tale creatures have appeared in his swamp. How come Shrek never heard this many
creatures setting up tents in his territory? It’s improbable he did not hear any sounds or
detect the presence of anyone other than him in his surroundings. Even if we consider that
he mostly stayed indoors or didn’t have a window to look out, his sense of hearing should’ve been
sufficient to tell him that a large number of creatures have emerged in his swamp.
Let’s talk about Unhealthy eating habits in Over The Hedge.
The 2006 film ‘Over The Hedge’ follows a group of forest animals that discover a housing
development encroaching on their forest land, after which they meet a crafty racoon named RJ,
who fools them into finding food for him. While the movie is clever and fun with jokes that cater
to viewers of all ages, there’s one question that remains unanswered. The furry crickets turn
to junk food in human supplies when they have limited access to their regular food sources,
and these animals are shown munching on the unhealthiest snacks ever,
including chips, soda, and coffee. Even in a fantasy film, shouldn’t there be some consequences
of such terrible eating habits? Also, there must be a limit to how long these animals can survive
on such a garbage diet that’s essentially devoid of any nutrients or actual energy.
One of Dreamworks’ lesser remembered movies is next. Shark Tale... Easy forgiveness.
Animated movies usually have pleasant, satisfying endings that often seem too
good to be true, and one such example is the conclusion of DreamWorks’ Shark Tale.
Even if we consider that the conflict was magically resolved in the end, it still
makes little sense how everyone forgave Oscar so easily and let him back into their lives.
The blue-streak cleaner wrasse had quite an underwhelming personality,
and didn’t hesitate one bit before lying in order to make himself appear more powerful and heroic
than he actually was. It doesn’t take multiple watches for one to realize just how shallow,
arrogant and selfish this character was. So it’s definitely crazy how Oscar simply got away with
everything in the end, without having to deal with repercussions of any sort, and it’s surprising
how no one held even a tiny bit of grudge or decided to establish any boundaries from him.
Moving onto Flushed Away, let’s talk about Irresponsible pet owners.
The 2006 family-comedy animated film ‘Flushed Away’ narrates the story of Roddy,
a rat who’s used to a luxurious life but ends up getting flushed into the sewers of London by
a sewer rat Sid who takes his place. In an attempt to get out, Roddy meets an enterprising scavenger,
Rita, and the two team up against the evil Toad in an adventure that’s full of hurdles
but also surprises. However, there’s one major plot hole in the movie: reckless and
ignorant pet owners. How come Roddy’s owner doesn’t actively try finding him
and how is she completely okay with the idea that Sid has taken Roddy’s place?
We’re also wondering why there are no language barriers in The Road To El Dorado
DreamWorks’ ‘The Road To El Dorado’ is a cult classic, narrating the adventures of
two swindlers who follow a treasure map to the legendary city of gold,
El Dorado. While the movie has a list of flaws, a major one that did not slip under our radar
is the absence of language barriers. By this logic, the concept of different languages in
different regions doesn’t apply here because Tulio and Miguel could easily understand Chel.
They definitely weren’t familiar with the language spoken in El Dorado, so how
did they communicate with the city’s residents without any issue? It’s certainly unrealistic.
Next is how the gang in Madagascar 3 travelled to Europe.
The Madagascar franchise is considered one of DreamWorks’ most successful ones,
but many plot holes are buried within the brilliantly funny series.
Since the Madagascar movies feature talking animals as main characters, you can overlook minor
physical issues, but some bizarre details unravel the logic of the entire storyline. For example,
it doesn’t make sense how the characters traveled to Europe so easily for ‘Madagascar
3: Europe’s Most Wanted’. In Madagascar 2, they apparently face many difficulties while trying to
get back home safely and even end up in the middle of Africa when their plane crashes.
So, how exactly did they travel all the way to Europe for the next film? Did they magically get
seats on an airplane or take a voyage via sea? It’s a question that remains unanswered to date.
There’s also something odd about the Penguins’ Nuclear Reactor scene in Madagascar.
In one of the scenes from Madagascar, the Penguins make a return with a nuclear explosive which was
supposed to give them the speed boost they needed for the chase. As per the movie, they powered the
reactor with Uranium-238 into their Luxury Urban Assault Recreation Vehicle, but things don’t go
according to plan. The vehicle crashes into the roof of a hotel, but we see an underwhelming
explosion instead. Logically speaking, if the Penguins had truly used Uranium-238,
the nuclear reactor would have caused a huge, majorly destructive blow-up,
resulting in a crisis in Monte Carlo.
Finally, we caught a mistake in Madagascar 3
when DuBois said the words “Never Should’ve Left the Forest.”
The creepy Chantel DuBois is the main antagonist of Madagascar 3 and has been given names like
‘Psychopath’, ‘crazy lady’, and ‘horrid woman’ by other characters due to her cruel nature.
The cold-hearted animal control officer was notorious for caring little about humans or
animals in general and having no regard for laws either. When she’s tracking down the
animals in the film, she says the line: “You never should’ve left the forest.”
This raises two questions. First, how did Chantel know they were in the forest when she had no idea
about their whereabouts all along? Second, she could never have guessed it since none of these
animals are naturally found in the forest, so her statement makes little to no sense.
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