All animals have feelings, hopes, and dreams, all of which can be destroyed by preconceived notions. Through her experiences, she discovers the downside of having an overly idealistic mentality, and that the world can be a problematic place, filled with issues such as prejudice and stereotype, showing that all mammals-be they predator or prey, foxes or rabbits-can be victims of bias, even when it is unintentional. Judy's time in Zootopia will cause her to blossom into a more mature, practical, diligent, and legitimately progressive individual. When it appears that Nick was merely an innocent dad looking to buy ice cream for his son, she feels ashamed of her profiling, which causes her to overcompensate in hopes of redeeming herself, which ultimately makes her an easy mark for Nick's Jumbo Pop scam. When she first spots Nick looking dubious in the street, she immediately assumes him to be up to something and follows him inside ready to use her repellent just because he was a fox. However, due to her childhood experience, having been bullied, attacked and injured by a fox, Judy harbors a degree of unconscious fear of predators (mainly foxes), such that while she is aware that predators don't pose a threat, there is a small part of her that does believe they could revert to their primitive savage ways.Īfter being pestered into taking a canister of fox repellent during her move from Bunnyburrow to Zootopia, Judy makes the conscious decision to keep the canister by her side for a majority of the film. Judy believes that predators and prey should be treated equally and works to follow that belief. More often than not, Judy comes out successful as a result of this.Ī screenshot of adult Judy, reflecting her confident and optimistic nature. During times of chaos, she can quickly take charge of a situation by concocting an efficient plan on the spot, being daring enough to take dangerous chances, in order to potentially end the day victorious. Months of training at the Zootopia Police Academy has also left her tactical, with an impressive amount of physical prowess. She tarnishes the stereotype of a "dumb bunny", being intelligent enough to outsmart professional con artist, Nick Wilde, several times. She is clever, kind, and resourceful, which proves to be her greatest asset. This leads to them nearly crashing into another train and ultimately destroying almost all the evidence.ĭespite the odds, Judy remains optimistic and determined, adapting herself to the environment of Zootopia and those around her to build up both the way she presents herself and pursue her goals. Big to his face which leads to him deciding to ice her and Nick steal an entire train car full of evidence, rather than simply taking some key evidence to the ZPD. This leads her to: abandon her post on parking duty to pursue Duke Weaselton into Little Rodentia causing considerable mayhem almost get herself fired by taking on the Otterton case without permission stake her career on being able to solve that case in 48 hours before learning that she has no resources threaten to expose Mr. She is shown to leap into action without always taking the time to fully think things through. Unfortunately, Judy's fierce determination, at times, causes her to be overconfident and impulsive. Unfortunately, she was too idealistic in this regard and found herself unprepared when facing the reality that city had both positive and negative aspects including prejudice, stereotyping, and profiling. Nevertheless, she used this doubt as a means to increase her determination she believed in the importance of always trying and making an effort to reach her goals, one of which was to eventually become a police officer of Zootopia, a city where predator and prey supposedly live together in peace and harmony, believing she will be quickly accepted amongst her peers. She cares for the well-being of others, and is always willing to extend a helping hand.Ī screenshot of young Judy, reflecting her determined nature.ĭue to being a rabbit, a species not known for being police officers, Judy faced continuous doubt from those around her, from her parents to local bullies. Since childhood, she had harbored a dream to become a police officer, to make the world a better place. Judy is fiercely optimistic and independent. And when she's on high alert, her natural rabbit instincts take over - ears and nose twitching, foot thumping.” ― Kira Lehtomäki She's a tough bunny, but she's still feminine. “ In Hopps' animation, we tried to celebrate both her rabbitness and her female nature.
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