--- title: Elon Musk's Last Visit to the DMV Involved Zootopia's Sloth description: The Tesla founder paid a visit to the DMV — and encountered a surprise figure at the desk. canonical: https://time.com/4805947/elon-musk-dmv-zootopia/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-05T19:50:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:12.106Z og:title: Elon Musk Encountered a Fuzzy Stuffed Animal at the DMV og:description: The tech juggernaut shared an Instagram featuring an unexpected character og:url: https://time.com/4805947/elon-musk-dmv-zootopia/ 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: Elon Musk Encountered a Fuzzy Stuffed Animal at the DMV twitter:description: The tech juggernaut shared an Instagram featuring an unexpected character twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Elon Musk Saw the Sloth from 'Zootopia' During His Routine DMV Visit > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 5, 2017 7:50 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 5, 2017 7:50 PM UTC [Tech juggernaut](http://www.thedrive.com/news/11093/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-vows-to-perform-the-tasks-of-injured-factory-workers) and Tesla and SpaceX founder [Elon Musk](http://www.thedrive.com/news/11077/elon-musk-quits-president-trumps-advisory-councils-due-to-paris-accord-exit) just paid a visit to a DMV office — because even when you’re one of the wealthiest men in the world, some duties are absolutely non-transferable — and he shared a pretty funny moment from his experience. According to his Instagram, the DMV worker helping Musk had a stuffed animal of the [sloth from the movie _Zootopia_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SmyATAYsNs) at his desk. In a classic scene from the animated film, all the DMV employees are sloths who take their sweet time accomplishing the tasks at hand. The ironic reference wasn’t lost on Musk’s followers and commenters. “Surround yourself with who you wanna be \[sic\],” one commenter said. In response, however, Musk added an upbeat comment of his own: “He was great though,” he wrote. Just goes to show that not all visits to the notoriously [slow-moving DMV](http://www.thedrive.com/news/6632/california-dmv-revokes-registrations-for-autonomous-uber-fleet) have to be painful. 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