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This study intends to discuss the storytelling of two animated films, Beauty and the Beast (1991) by Walt Disney Animation Studios (hereafter Disney) and Shrek (2001) by DreamWorks SKG (hereafter DreamWorks). The storytelling techniques that the two works employ follow the structure of a hero’s journey based on the folktale type AT425, ‘The Search for the Lost Husband.’ The story of AT425 involves a young heroine finding a wonderful husband through adventure. Bell, a country maiden, in Beauty and the Beast, and Shrek, a green ogre, in Shrek find a husband and a wife respectively after embarking on adventures. The two works also convey the ideology of each studio through the journey of the protagonist overcoming hardships and obtaining desired results. Specifically, Beauty and the Beast shows the conservative values in the United States of America. And Shrek advocates a different ideology, pursuing ‘political fairness’ under an anti-Disney slogan. Disney, which advocates conservative values, and DreamWorks, which parodies Disney, have played a leading role in animated films and storytelling while influencing each other.