--- title: Teen in Full Shrek Makeup Gets Pulled Over By Cop description: A teen with a full face of Shrek makeup shared her story of getting pulled over for speeding, to the internet's delight. canonical: https://time.com/4994897/shrek-teen-cops/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-24T16:10:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:14.368Z og:title: Shrek Fan's Brush with the Law Has Internet Laughing og:description: "The cops can’t stop me from repping my fave character" og:url: https://time.com/4994897/shrek-teen-cops/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Shrek Fan's Brush with the Law Has Internet Laughing twitter:description: "The cops can’t stop me from repping my fave character" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Internet Is Living for This Teen's Brush with the Law in Full Shrek Makeup > Sponsored content. 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(The theme was “fantasy week.”) “OK so I got pulled over on my way home from makeup class…” she shared on Twitter along with a photo of the vivid face paint, headband with ears included. (She was stopped for making an improper left turn, and was ultimately ticketed for the move.) Although the officer was “startled” by her distinctive appearance and asked if she was under the influence — she was not — he ultimately did not ask any questions about her look. Mazmanian was actually driving two younger friends home at the time. After about 20 minutes of discussion with his partner, she said, she was allowed to drive off, ticket in hand. As for why she chose Shrek? “I’ve always loved the movie and the character,” she told TIME. A friend even painted her a portrait of Shrek that hangs in her bedroom, making for daily inspiration. In fact, she’ll be recreating her Shrek look in just a few weeks for a final showcase in the class, this time including a full costume. And she won’t be bothering to remove the makeup for her drive home. “The cops can’t stop me from repping my fave character,” she said. “I’ll just be more careful.” > [](https://twitter.com/%5Fhaybayy/status/920127758541262848) Internet commenters couldn’t help but weight in with some pun-tastic responses. > [](https://twitter.com/LonerAvenue/status/920741872913567744) > [](https://twitter.com/grant%5Fdennison/status/920742132834586625) > [](https://twitter.com/meghanfreytag/status/921042067530371074) > [](https://twitter.com/KodeineCrazy/status/920739522618441729) > [](https://twitter.com/fxrrest/status/921078287086116866) > [](https://twitter.com/abbeyBdonaldson/status/920858918728994816) > [](https://twitter.com/VivaLaBrooklynn/status/920838776615817216) Even one police department weighed in. > [](https://twitter.com/PascoSheriff/status/921387693648633856) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4994897/shrek-teen-cops/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4994897/shrek-teen-cops/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Living for This Teen's Brush with the Law in Full Shrek Makeup","datePublished":"2017-10-24T16:10:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:14.368Z","description":"\"The cops can’t stop me from repping my fave character\"","url":"https://time.com/4994897/shrek-teen-cops/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Funny"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4994897/shrek-teen-cops/","name":"The Internet Is Living for This Teen's Brush with the Law in Full Shrek Makeup"}}]}] ```