Lord Farquaad

Lord Farquaad is the villain from the 2001 animated film *Shrek*, a diminutive tyrant who banishes fairy-tale creatures and seeks to marry a princess to legitimize his rule.

The character has become a meme fixture, his name a thinly veiled joke on a profanity.

References to Farquaad typically invoke pompous authoritarianism, compensatory behavior, or the film's irreverent humor: He's giving Lord Farquaad energy with that power trip.