

Judy returns to Zootopia, tearfully reconciling with Nick. There, she learns that "Night Howlers" are actually the crocus bulbs Weaselton stole they contain a neurotoxin that has severe, lasting psychotropic effects on mammals that causes them to turn savage. Wracked with guilt, Judy quits her job and returns home. Judy's comments, broadcast on television, incite fear and discrimination against predators throughout Zootopia. However, he angrily rejects her offer after a reporter maneuvers Judy into saying predatory biology is behind the mysterious "savageness" epidemic. Judy, praised for solving the case, asks Nick to join the ZPD as her partner. Lionheart and the asylum staff are soon arrested for false imprisonment and Bellwether becomes the new mayor. Zootopia's mayor, Leodore Lionheart, ordered their capture, and is trying to ascertain the cause of their behavior. Following the wolves, the duo locates Manchas and the rest of the missing animals, all "savage" predators, imprisoned at a local asylum. They discover Manchas was taken by timberwolves, whom Judy surmises are the "Night Howlers". While leaving the scene, Nick reveals to Judy that he became a con artist because, as a child, he tried to join the Junior Ranger Scouts, only to be mistreated and rejected simply for being a fox.Īt City Hall, Bellwether offers Judy and Nick access to Zootopia's traffic cameras. Bogo demands Judy to resign, but Nick reminds Bogo that she still has ten hours remaining. Judy traps Manchas and calls the ZPD for help however, Manchas vanishes before they arrive. Manchas then turns savage and chases the pair. The two visit Manchas, a black jaguar, and he says Emmitt yelled about "Night Howlers" before the attack. He reveals that Emmitt suddenly went "savage", attacking Mr. Their partnership ended after Nick gave him a rug made from a skunk's butt. Big, an arctic shrew, who Nick has a history with. They track Emmitt to a limousine owned by crime boss Mr. Having ascertained that Nick was the last to see Emmitt, Judy blackmails him into helping her by covertly recording his confession to tax evasion. Bogo has no choice but to agree, but secretly orders Judy to resign if she fails after forty-eight hours. Judy volunteers and the city's assistant mayor, a sheep named Dawn Bellwether, praises the assignment. Otterton unexpectedly barges into Bogo's office pleading for someone to find her husband Emmitt, one of fourteen missing animals. Judy abandons her post to arrest Weaselton, and is reprimanded by Bogo.

Later, small-time crook and bootleg film seller Duke Weaselton steals a bag of crocus bulbs known as Midnicampum holicithias. On her first day on the job, Judy is hustled by a con artist fox duo, Nick Wilde and Finnick. Despite being the academy valedictorian, Judy is delegated to parking duty by Chief Bogo, who fails to recognize her talent. In a world populated by anthropomorphic animals, Judy Hopps, a rabbit from a rural town called Bunnyburrow, fulfills her childhood dream of becoming a police officer in the urban city of Zootopia. The film earned numerous accolades it was named one of the top ten best films of 2016 by the American Film Institute, and received Best Animated Feature at the 89th Academy Awards, among numerous other accolades. The film opened to record-breaking box offices in several countries, and earned a worldwide gross of over $1 billion, making it the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2016. Zootopia received positive reviews from critics, who praised its screenplay, animation, voice acting, subject matter, and Michael Giacchino's musical score. Zootopia premiered at the Brussels Animation Film Festival in Belgium on February 13, 2016, and went into general theatrical release in Disney Digital 3-D, RealD 3D, IMAX 3D, and 4DX formats in the United States on March 4. Taking place in the titular city where anthropomorphic mammals coexist, it tells a story of an unlikely partnership between a rabbit police officer and a red fox con artist as they uncover a criminal conspiracy involving the disappearance of predators. Simmons, Octavia Spencer, Alan Tudyk, and Shakira. The film stars the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Jenny Slate, Nate Torrence, Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Tommy Chong, J. The 55th Disney animated feature film, it was directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore, co-directed by Jared Bush (in his feature directorial debut), and produced by Clark Spencer, with a screenplay written by Bush and Phil Johnston, and a story by Howard, Moore, Bush, Johnston, Jim Reardon, Josie Trinidad, and Jennifer Lee. Zootopia (titled Zootropolis in various regions) is a 2016 American computer-animated buddy cop action-comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
