Man Finishes Tweeting All of 'Shrek's 129,575 Frames, Reveals Favorite

After a man finished a personal quest to tweet out all 129,575 frames from the 2001 film Shrek he revealed to Newsweek which one is his favorite.

The Dreamworks animated film stormed the box office when it hit cinemas more than 20 years ago and earned praise for its mix of hilarious characters and subversion of fairy tale tropes.

The movie centers on the ogre Shrek, voiced by Mike Myers, and his friend, Donkey (Eddie Murphy) as they quest to save Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz).

The Shrek franchise went on to spawn multiple sequels, spin-off movies, and now, a Twitter account dedicated to posting tens of thousands of the first film's individual frames.

In steps, software engineer Franky Campuzano, 23, decided to put his bot-development skills to the test after he watched Shrek.

Shockingly, Campuzano admitted despite his dedication to sharing every frame from Shrek it's actually not his favorite movie.

"I've seen other similar bots that used other popular movies and tv shows. But I didn't see any actually go through them frame by frame," he told Newsweek. "I had just finished watching Shrek and decided to do it myself. Shrek isn't a favorite movie of mine, but I'd consider it a classic, and it's worth rewatching."

Campuzano, who hails from Houston, said he would pitch bot ideas to his friends and noted they "were instantly excited" when he mentioned Shrek as his film of choice to start tweeting frames from.

Campuzano said creating the bot to tweet was "fairly easy" as he had made one to share Garfield comic strips.

"The hard part was going through the movie frame by frame. It took maybe an entire day, partially because I crashed a hard drive due to opening a folder containing all 120,000+ frames. I learned my lesson and sorted them 1000 frames per folder," he said.

Since Campuzano unleashed the account "Every Shrek Frame In Order" in February 2021, it gained more than 64,600 followers and hundreds of thousands of likes.

Over several months, the account tweeted out five frames from the film every 30 minutes.

Frame 81,094 of a frog looking shocked managed to get 229,600 likes and 26,400 likes and retweets alone. Another frame of Shrek diving into a pool of water in a swamp raked in an impressive 210,700 likes.

But the software engineer told Newsweek his favorite frame is from the same pool scene where Shrek looks to the camera after he let out a sneaky fart under the water.

Dreamworks even acknowledged the account in a March 5 quote tweet that simply said: "I heart Ogres."

On November 22, the account's quest finally came to an end with all 129,575 frames tweeted out.

To Campuzano's amazement, people continued to follow the account—possibly in the hope that he would continue to tweet out films from the Shrek franchise.

He said: "Somehow the account has continued gaining followers ever since it finished. I have no clue why, but maybe people are waiting for Shrek 2," he said. "However, the bot could be considered a little spammy at times. You can imagine what it's like to have a ton of still images covering your timeline for weeks at a time. I have a lot of respect for people that never hit unfollow."

When asked if he would indeed continue with Shrek 2, Campuzano said: "I'm not sure. A lot of the replies are asking for a Shrek 2. It would take a few hours to make, and then the bot would just run itself, but I still haven't decided yet.

"Ever since I finished college and started working full-time, I don't have as much time to dedicate to solo projects. Plus, this was also used as something to talk about in interviews."

Newsweek reached out to Dreamworks for comment.