History Awesome / Zootopia

* If ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' was an exercise in the animation of ice, and ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' was an exercise in the animation of hair, then ''Zootopia'' is an exercise in fur textures. A good comparison is ''Disney/{{Bolt}}'', which is animated well, but doesn't even come ''close'' to how rich and detailed the fur textures are in ''Zootopia''. The animators studied the fur texture of every single species featured in the film, from rabbits through sheep to polar bears, to make them as believable as possible. Some characters have over a ''billion'' individually animated hairs.

* ''Zootopia'' set the new record for biggest animated opening and is the second highest grossing animated Disney film behind ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''.

** Judy managing to grab the giant donut just in time to prevent Fru Fru from being crushed to death. And then using it as a weapon against Duke, who had thrown it in first place.

* Nick saving Judy's job in a number of ways: Reminding Chief Bogo that the 48 hours aren't up and in spite of her not having a lot of information, she managed to get more done than he and the others could in two weeks.

* Judy managing to grab the giant donut just in time to prevent Fru Fru from being crushed to death.
** And then using it as a weapon against the poor thief that had thrown it in first place.

* This is the highest grossing movie of all time that's based on an original intellectual property / not part of a bigger franchise. ''Film/{{Inception}}'' is number two.

* If ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' was an exercise in the animation of ice, and ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' was an exercise in the animation of hair, then ''Zootopia'' is an exercise in fur textures. A good comparison is ''Disney/{{Bolt}}'', which is animated well, but doesn't even come ''close'' to how rich and detailed the fur textures are in ''Zootopia''. The animators studied the fur texture of every single species featured in the film, from rabbits through sheep to polar bears, to make them as believable as possible.

* Due to [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Nick making the already-slow sloths at the DMV waste time until night falls]], the limo rental lot Judy needs to investigate is locked down for the night and she can't enter as she'll be trespassing. Nick tells Judy to give him the pen/recorder with the tax evasion confession as his work is done, and she instead throws it into the lot. Nick climbs the fence to get at it only for Judy to burrow underneath the fence, grab the pen, and claim she now has probable cause to be inside the lot: to investigate a trespasser (Nick).

** Also, don't forget the amount of trust that Judy must have had for Nick to place his jaws, and sharp teeth, upon her neck, and likewise, the amount of willpower Nick must of had not to even flinch when Judy let out her "death" scream. One wrong move, and Judy would have been "Bye-bye Bunny" indeed.

* [[spoiler: Assistant Mayor Bellwether is behind the disappearances and created a scheme that could reformat society as the citizens of Zootopia know it. She did this all with ''four guys'', an excellent shot, a few flowers, and a ''well-placed favor''.]]

** She returns that trust during the climax; When her leg gets injured, she tells Nick to get the evidence over to the ZPD and [[IWillOnlySlowYouDown escape without her]], but [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind he refuses to abandon her to the mercy of the villain]]. Then [[spoiler: during their BatmanGambit, she trusts Nick enough to let him grip her neck with his teeth and not hurt her at all]].
* How the BigBad gets caught. [[spoiler: Bellwether traps Nick and Judy in a pit, grabs the dartgun loaded with the Night Howler-extract pellets responsible for the HatePlague which makes the infected "feral" and shoots Nick with it. Judy immediately flees from a savage Nick all the while Bellwether gloats and confesses her scheme. Nick immediately chomps down on Judy and... she's not hurt! Nick only pretended to be infected. The pellet Bellwether shot? Blueberries that Judy brought from her family's farm. Bellwether attempting to frame them just as she did with Lionheart? They reveal Judy's carrot-shaped pen/recorder which [[CaughtOnTape recorded the whole gloat]] as Chief Bogo and the rest of the force show up. Bellwether's [[OhCrap expression]] says it all.]]
** [[spoiler:[[HellYesMoment Judy and Nick's smug grins]] to Bellwether, revealing how they faked the entire attack. "It's called a hustle, sweetheart. ''Boom''."]]
** [[spoiler: The best part? Bellwether called the police over with a phony predator attack when she thought Nick was infected and going to kill Judy for her. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard She brought on her own downfall]].]]
** A careful observer of the movie could see literally every ChekhovsGun falling into place in that last act. [[spoiler:Judy's acting during her childhood appeared to just establish the movie's setting, but she was able to convincingly fake terror and injury to entrap Bellwether at the climax; Nick's skills as a con artist likewise stood him in good stead in their little scene. Nick's love of blueberries gave him the means to swap out the Night Howler extract. Both of them knew what the extract did and that Nick was going to be targeted per Bellwether's scheme, especially since Judy was injured. Also, seeing a feral Nick kill the local "hero" would go a long way to cement the police force's enforcement of Bellwether's racist agenda, something she would clearly call them in for. As a result, they orchestrated the whole gig with that foreknowledge, down to Nick hitting the "record" button on the pen before he was shot. The entire scene from their taking cover to Nick "biting down" on Judy was nothing more than a game, and Bellwether got played.]] The writers have every right to be proud of this moment.
** [[spoiler: Not to mention that Judy and Nick completely turned the tables on the BigBad's elaborate plan with [[XanatosSpeedChess only a few moments to improvise]] and using nothing but ''blueberries and a pen recorder'']].

* Give it up for Mr. Otterton for an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome - [[spoiler: the man is a ''florist,'' so he must have at some point figured out that the thing making all of the predators go feral was a toxic ''flower!'' The reason he was screaming about Night Howlers in the limo was because he knew exactly what he'd been afflicted with and that must have been why he was targeted!]]

* While on a derailed train about to ''explode'', Nick has both the presence of mind and the speed to [[spoiler:grab the weapon case they need as evidence]] before jumping out.

** It's since become the fifth highest grossing animated film of all time and won best animated film in the 2017 Oscars. It was also the runner-up for the Academy Awards and netted quite a large trophy case of smaller awards that included being Website/RottenTomatoes' best overall movie of 2016.

* The entrance to Zootopia. Firstly, the train ride features three separate ecosystems and multiple accommodations for the various animal species living in the city, which makes the city look grand, distinct, and beautiful. Combine that with Music/{{Shakira}}'s uplifting "Try Everything" and seeing the whole city from Judy's smaller perspective, and the audience feels the same awe and wonder that Judy does.

** She returns that trust during the climax; When she gets injured, she tries to get Nick to get the evidence over to the ZPD and [[IWillOnlySlowYouDown escape without her]], but [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind he refuses]]. Then [[spoiler: during their BatmanGambit, she trusts Nick enough to let him grip her neck with his teeth and not hurt her at all]].

** [[spoiler: Not to mention that Judy and Nick completely turned the tables on the BigBad's elaborate plan with only a few moments to improvise and using nothing but ''blueberries and a pen recorder'']].

** Remember, tax evasion is what they got ''Al Capone'' on.

Powerful entertainment for the entire family is what Creator/{{Disney}} does, and here are some scenes from ''Zootopia'' that show just why.

** In other words: change can be awesome [[http://www.feelingsuccess.com/zootopia-ending-scene-try-speech/]]

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Powerful entertainment for the entire family is what Disney does, and here are some scenes from Zootopia that show just why.

** It's since become the fifth highest grossing animated film of all time and won best animated film in the 2017 Oscars. It was also the runner for the Academy Awards.

* Young Judy defending a group of kids from Gideon (a fox bully). After asking Gideon to return the tickets, he pushes her down to the ground - hard. She then kicks him in the face and gets hers clawed in return, but while he's giving his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, she's ''picking his pocket'' to get her friends' tickets back. The whole scene [[EstablishingCharacterMoment sums her up perfectly]].

* During her training days in the Zootopia Police Academy, Judy gets into a boxing match against a rhinoceros. What's a rabbit to do? Well, how about bouncing off the ropes to jump into one of the rhino's fists, the impact causing it to [[StopHittingYourself hit his face]]?

* How Judy gets Nick to help her. Confronting him on the street, she has him boast of how much money he makes off his various scams (as he's been working them since he was 12, it's nearly $1.5 million all told). She then arrests him and when Nick laughs "on what charge," she answers "tax evasion," noting that Nick hasn't reported any of those earnings. When he protests she has no proof, Judy reveals her pen is a voice recorder and plays Nick's own words back at him. [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame "It's called a hustle, sweetheart,"]] she says as Nick's partner laughs hysterically at him getting a taste of his own medicine.

* Judy manages to find fourteen missing mammals in two days using just her sheer resourcefulness and one key witness.

* How Judy gets Nick to help her. Confronting him on the street, she has him boast of how much money he makes off his various scams (as he's been working them since he was 12, it's over a million dollar all told). She then arrests him and when Nick laughs "on what charge," she answers "tax evasion," noting that Nick hasn't reported any of those earnings. When he protests she has no proof, Judy reveals her pen is a voice recorder and plays Nick's own words back at him. [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame "It's called a hustle, sweetheart,"]] she says as Nick's partner laughs hysterically at him getting a taste of his own medicine.

** She actually demands that Nick, who is trying to decelerate, speeds up instead. After confirming that she's aware of the situation (specifically, of another train on a collision course), he simply complies, trusting her with his life without explanation. That enormous trust is well-placed.

** [[spoiler: The best part? Bellwether called the police over with a phony predator attack when she thought Nick was infected and going to kill Judy for her. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard She brought her own downfall upon herself]].]]
** A careful observer of the movie could see literally every ChekhovsGun falling into place in that last act. [[spoiler:Judy's acting during her childhood appeared to just establish the setting, but the only real injury she took in that scene was the cut on the leg. Nick's love and fascination of blueberries gave him the setup to swap out the Night Howler extract. Both of them knew what the extract did and that Nick was going to be targeted per Bellwether's scheme, especially since Judy got injured. Also, seeing a feral Nick kill the local "hero" would go a long way to cement the police force's enforcement of Bellwether's racist agenda, something she would clearly call them in for. As a result, they orchestrated the whole gig with that foreknowledge, down to Nick hitting the "record" button on the pen before he was shot. The entire scene from their taking cover to Nick "biting down" on Judy was nothing more than a game, and Bellwether got played.]] The writers have every right to be proud of this moment.
** [[spoiler: Not to mention that Judy and Nick turned the tables into a completely 180 using ''nothing'' but blueberries and a pen recorder]].
* Nick saving Judy's job in a number of ways: Reminding Chief Bogo that the 48 hours aren't up and in spite of her not having a lot of information, she managed to get more done than he and the others could in two weeks. Needless to say, Chief Bogo can't retaliate.