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See production notesIn a world inhabited by anthropomorphic animals, Judy Hopps, a rabbit from rural Bunnyburrow, fulfills her childhood dream of becoming the first rabbit police officer in the city of Zootopia. On her first day at the Zootopia Police Department (ZPD), Judy is assigned to parking duty by Chief Bogo, who underestimates her potential. During her shift, she is hustled by red fox con artist Nick Wilde, who tells her she will never be a real cop. The next day, Judy abandons her post to arrest small-time crook Duke Weaselton for robbing a florist right in front of her. Afterwards, Mrs. Otterton visits Bogo, pleading for someone to find her husband Emmitt - he is one of several predators who have gone missing. Judy volunteers to take the case without waiting for permission, and an annoyed Bogo warns her she must solve it within 48 hours, or turn in her badge. Having ascertained that Nick was one of the last to see Emmitt, Judy blackmails him into helping her. They follow clues to a naturist club, then to the sloth-run DMV. There, they get an address for the limousine that took Emmitt from the club, and trace it to arctic shrew mafia boss Mr. Big, who has a grudge against Nick. Mr. Big prepares to drown Judy and Nick, until his daughter Fru Fru reveals Judy saved her life while stopping Weaselton. Mr. Big then welcomes them in, and explains that Emmitt unexpectedly "went savage" in the limousine and attacked the chauffeur Renato Manchas, a black jaguar. Judy and Nick question Manchas, who explains that Emmitt yelled about "Night Howlers" before attacking him. Before he can explain more, Manchas suddenly turns savage himself, and pursues them. Judy alerts the ZPD, but Manchas vanishes before backup arrives. Bogo demands Judy's resignation, but Nick reminds him there are still a few hours left. Nick later reveals to Judy that he was bullied as a child, and has resigned himself to always being seen as a "shifty fox". At City Hall, Assistant Mayor Dawn Bellwether allows them access to Zootopia's traffic cameras, which reveal Manchas was abducted by timberwolves, whom Judy assumes are the Night Howlers. Following the wolves to an asylum, Judy and Nick locate Emmitt and the other missing predators, who are all "savage". Mayor Leodore Lionheart had imprisoned them to prevent citywide hysteria, and to protect the public, and his career. After Judy and Nick alert the ZPD, Lionheart and the asylum staff are arrested, Bellwether becomes the new mayor, and the missing animals are hospitalized. Judy, praised for solving the case, invites Nick to join the ZPD as her partner. At a press conference, Judy inadvertently suggests that the predators' physiology caused their feral behavior. Deeply hurt, Nick leaves, and Judy's comments incite fear and discrimination against predators throughout Zootopia. Wracked with guilt over causing the panic Lionheart tried to prevent, Judy resigns from the ZPD and returns to Bunnyburrow. While managing her parents' vegetable stand, Judy learns that Night Howlers are actually flowers, which have severe, lasting psychotropic effects if ingested. Realizing that someone is using the flowers to turn predators savage, Judy returns to Zootopia and reconciles with Nick. They interrogate Weaselton, who confesses that a ram named Doug hired him to steal Night Howler bulbs. They find Doug in his laboratory, where he manufactures a serum from the Night Howlers to poison predators via a dart gun. Judy and Nick seize the gun as evidence after a pursuit, but before they can reach the ZPD, they are confronted by Bellwether in a Natural History Museum. Revealing that she masterminded the whole prey-supremacist plot to gain power due to the labor abuse that she received from Lionheart, Bellwether traps Judy and Nick in an exhibit and attempts to poison Nick and make him kill Judy. However, Judy and Nick had managed beforehand to replace the serum with blueberries, and record Bellwether's confession. Bellwether and her accomplices are arrested, while the still-incarcerated Lionheart publicly denies involvement in her scheme. The savage predators are cured, and Judy is reinstated into the ZPD, while Nick becomes Judy's partner and the first fox police officer.
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See all quotesStu: Judy, you ever wonder how your mom and me got to be so darn happy? Young Judy: [enthusiastic] Nope! Stu: Well, we gave up on our dreams, and we settled, right, Bon? Bonnie: Oh, yes, that's right, Stu. We settled hard. Stu: See? That's the beauty of complacency, Jude. If you don't try anything new, you'll never fail! Young Judy: I like trying, actually. [jumps on a line of hay and skips] Bonnie: What your father means, hun, is that it's gonna be difficult, impossible even, for you to become a police officer. Stu: Right! There's never been a bunny cop. Bonnie: No. Stu: Bunnies don't do that. Bonnie: Never! Stu: Never. Young Judy: [disappointed] Oh... [enthusiasm picks up again] Then I guess I'll have to be the first one! Because I [runs to a stand, flips off of it, and lands, striking a pose] am gonna make the world a better place! Stu: [laughs nervously] Or, uh, heck, you know, if you wanna talk about making the world a better place, no better way to do it than becoming a carrot fa
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Young Gideon: Give me your tickets right now, or I'm gonna kick your meek little sheep butt! [shoves Sharla] Sharla: Ow! Cut it out, Gideon! Young Gideon: Baa-baa! [takes the tickets] What are you gonna do, cry? Young Judy: [out of nowhere] Hey! You heard her. Cut it out. Young Gideon: Nice costume, loser. What crazy world are you living in where you think a bunny could be a cop? Young Judy: [unfazed] Kindly return my friend's tickets. Young Gideon: Come get 'em. But watch out, 'cause I'm a fox, and like you said in your dumb little stage play, us predators used to eat prey, and that killer instinct is still in our "dunnah". Travis: Uh, I'm pretty much sure it's pronounced "DNA". Young Gideon: [shoving Travis] Don't tell me what I know, Travis! Young Judy: You don't scare me, Gideon. [Gideon shoves Judy onto the ground, knocking her police hat off her head.] Young Gideon: You scared now? Travis: Look at her nose twitch! She is scared! Young Gideon: Cry, little baby bunny. Cry-- [Judy k
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Bonnie: We're real proud of you, Judy. Stu: Yeah. And scared, too. Bonnie: Yes. Stu: Really, it's a kind of a "proud-scared" combo. I mean Zootopia! It's so far away. Such a big city. Judy: Guys, I've been working for this my whole life. Bonnie: We know, and we're just a little excited for you, but terrified. Judy: The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Stu: And also, bears. We have bears to fear, too. To say nothing about lions, and wolves-- Bonnie: Wolves? Stu: Weasels. Bonnie: You play Cribbage with a weasel? Stu: Yeah, and he cheats like there's no tomorrow. You know what? Pretty much all predators, and Zootopia's full of them. Bonnie: Oh, Stu. Stu: And foxes are the worst. Bonnie: Actually, your father does have a point there. It's in their biology. Remember what happened with Gideon Grey? Judy: When I was 9, Gideon Grey was a jerk who happened to be a fox. I know plenty of bunnies who are jerks. Stu: Yeah, but just in case, we made you a little care package to take with y
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Judy: Oh, hi, I'm Judy, your new neighbor. Bucky: Yeah? Well, we're loud. Pronk: Don’t expect us to apologize for it.
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Muzzled wolf: Come on! He bared his teeth first! Clawhauser: [behind the radio dispatcher's desk, eating a bowl of Lucky Chomps Cereal] Mm-mm-mmm! Judy: [walks up to the desk] Excuse me! Clawhauser: [looking around in surprise] Hm? Judy: Down here! [Clawhauser looks out from his desk and sees her] Hi! Clawhauser: O.M. Goodness. [puts down his bowl of cereal, clearly surprised and excited] They really did hire a bunny. [laughs] What?! Heh, I gotta tell you, you are even cuter than I thought you'd be! Judy: Ooh, uh, you probably didn't know, but a bunny can call another bunny cute, but when other animals do it, it's a little... Clawhauser: [gasps] I am so sorry! [pointing to himself] Me, Benjamin Clawhauser, the guy everyone thinks is just a flabby, donut-loving cop stereotyping you. Aw... Judy: [giggles] That's okay. [notices a donut stuck under Clawhauser's neck fold] Oh, you've actually - you've actually got... There's a... Clawhauser: Um... A what? Judy: In your neck, the fold... The
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Chief Bogo: First... we need to acknowledge the elephant in the room. [turns to an elephant officer] Francine. [they look at Francine in mild suspense] Happy birthday. Judy: [applauds and is later surprised] Oh, oh...
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