History Webcomic / Zistopia

* CatchPhrase: Just about anytime Nick sees a baby or small child he'll wave and say "Hi baby/babies."

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Nick and Gwen, previously. She seems to be dating a vixen now.

* CoolOldLady: Honey counts as one.
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Honey comes off as a crazy conspiracy theorist, and Nick explains it to Judy that it's her way of coping [[spoiler:with the loss of her husband and subsequent shock collar-induced miscarriage]], trying to find something bigger than herself to pass the guilt and blame onto. His explanation seems to make sense on the face of it, give how seriously he takes that traumatic event. Except she was right- [[spoiler:there ''is'' a conspiracy against predators that involves collars, and part of it is run by sheep, as well as goats. By the time Nick is free, and after he realizes Judy never sold him out, Honey warns him to stay low because Judy being fired could very well be a means of baiting ''him'', especially since at this point he's been uncollaring predators all day.]] All of the sudden, Honey doesn't sound so crazy.

* CutenessProximity: Nick seems to suffer from this to a certain extent.

* DeadpanSnarker: Both Judy and Nick to certain extents.

-->'''Dolly:''' So, do they register on your ''screwdar''?
-->'''Herb:''' They are most ''definitely'' doing it.

* FemaleFlatfootAndSnarkyGuy: Judy and Nick, still.

* [[BandageBabe Bandage Dude]]: Nick spends some time in Judy's household still wearing his shredded shirt showing off his bandaged belly (after the [[spoiler: Manchas case]]), and one of Judy's siblings, Tulip, thinks he's hot that way.

* VillainousAromanticAsexual: [[http://nicolaswildes.tumblr.com/post/149930000170/dr-hegemony-said-im-still-calling-it-that-shes Word of God]] described Nancy Goetz as a "self serving asexual".

-->'''Tulip:''' 13 y/o DADDY!! I'M 59% HIS AGE!![[note]]Thus, Tulip mocks the possibility that Nick could have had a child at age 13, therefore pointing out that she's 19.[[/note]]

* AdaptedOut: Neither of the Ottertons have yet to appear, and Gideon Grey is explicitly [[WordOfGod stated will not appear.]] In fact he has nothing to do with Judy's background in this continuity, as a [[RealityEnsues fox living in this world's Bunny Burrows would have been out of the question in this setting.]] Other characters who are suggested by the author to not appear is Mr. Big, and Mayor Lionheart. Whether or not they will appear in roles unrelated to their canon-selves is still up in the air.

* DoWrongRight: Inverted; Nick did a good thing, but not for entirely unselfish reasons. During a flashback to the grand opening of ''Wilde Times'', Nick realized his mother might be disappointed if she was there to see that he'd found a way to get the collars off, but only did it for a limited amount of time and also for a small profit. Although as the author points out later during an ask, [[RealityEnsues if someone were to go around taking random predators' collars off, it could ultimately cause a reaction from the government or police force that could make life even worse for them than it is already.]]

* RealityEnsues: Both the comic and the author's answers to the Asks explain a lot about to dangers the collars pose to the Predators, as well as what problems such a heavily racist society has.
** Even the [[spoiler: [[AncientConspiracy Cud Club]]]] got hit hard by having [[spoiler: Nancy Goetz]], one of their most prominent members point out the FatalFlaw of the modus operandi of their entire shock collar-based industry by pointing out that predators can't buy vehicles due to risk from shocks and driving adrenaline, workout equipment is out due to exertion, effectively limiting their own market. The shock collar effectively makes them second class citizens resulting in declining birth rates and in the long run, [[DidntThinkThisThrough there won't be any predators left to sell their outdated merchandise to.]] Is it any wonder that [[spoiler: she would resort to a collar that robs the predator customers of their free will to make sure that they stay in business?]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: This story takes scrapped elements from some earlier scripts of the film that were scrapped for causing DarknessInducedAudienceApathy in test audiences (namely the shock collars were stated to cause the viewers to not be able to love the world as much as they could) as well as adding some (mild) sexual themes and having a character be brutally murdered (eaten) off-screen. The author presents all this in a way that overall averts the DarknessInducedAudienceApathy of the original script.

!!Zistopia, the ''racist'' animal ''hell'' [[AlternateUniverse AU]] provides examples of:

* ActionGirl: Judy of course. Arguably moreso than her canon counterpart.

* BiTheWay: Honey, according to [[http://nicolaswildes.tumblr.com/post/142020117230/on-another-note-honey-is-and-was-and-always-will Word of God]].
* ByTheBookCop: Judy, [[spoiler: until Nick's collar nearly kills him as he was trying to protect her. Then she starts to question bias against Predators, and by extension the bias the "book" has as well.]]

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Nick and Gwen, previously. She [[BiTheWay seems to be dating a vixen now.]]

The story begins with Nick Wilde, who had just recently been arrested by none other than Lieutenant Judy Hopps not long ago for illegally taking collars off of his fellow Predators, (although only for a short period of time and for a small price,) being offered a way out of prison. Help the woman who arrested him solve a mystery or remain behind bars. What happens next is a character-driven story of adventure.

As some might know, Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'' was originally going to be much, much darker. The Predators and the Prey were going to be segregated, with the Prey being upper and middle class citizens and the Predators being the lower class citizens. The Predators would be forced to wear {{shock collar}}s that would zap them whenever they became "too emotional" in order to "correct" them. After test audiences found the story too grim to be able to enjoy the setting or the characters, the writers started over and eventually came up with the Zootopia we know and love today. Despite the love the movie received there were actually many who have found the original premise far more interesting, including a tumblr user under the penname Nicolas Wildes (yes, we know) who decided to take these [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot thrown out ideas]] and make it into a fanfic/webcomic.

* MythologyGag: There are several lines and events that refer to the actual ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}''.

* {{Asexuality}}: [[http://nicolaswildes.tumblr.com/post/149930000170/dr-hegemony-said-im-still-calling-it-that-shes Word of God]] described Nancy Goetz as a "self serving asexual".

After a two-year hiatus beginning from November 2016, WordOfGod [[http://nicolaswildes.tumblr.com/post/180241892705/ declared]] it an OrphanedSeries due to personal issues on November 2018.

After a two-year hiatus beginning from November 2016, WordOfGod [[https://thewittyarsonist.tumblr.com/post/180084345575/heads-up declared]] it an OrphanedSeries due to personal issues on November 2018.

You can get started at [[https://zistopia.com/archive the comic website]], [[http://nicolaswildes.tumblr.com/post/143158518895/awesomeiness-the-zistopia-au-is-an-alternate the masterlist]] or if you want to see some extra stuff and a bit of WordOfGod you can begin reading [[http://nicolaswildes.tumblr.com/tagged/Zistopia-AU/chrono here]]

-->'''Chet:''' ''[[spoiler: ([[MomentOfAwesome pummeling the other rabbit to the ground]])]]'' [[spoiler: [[PunctuatedForEmphasis NICK WILDE! IS! A! SAINT! YOU! JERK!]] ]]