Nick Wilde

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Nick Wilde
Background Information
Feature Films	Zootopia Zootopia: As Told By Emoji Ralph Breaks the Internet (cameo) Zootopia 2 (upcoming)
Video Games	Disney Infinity 3.0 Disney Crossy Road Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ (Kingdom Hearts Union χ [Cross]) Zootopia: Crime Files Disney Tsum Tsum (cameo) Zootopia Puzzle Slider Zootopia Dash Club Penguin Zootopia Takeover Disney Emoji Blitz Disney Heroes: Battle Mode
Books	A Little Golden Book: Zootopia The Stinky Cheese Caper and Other Cases from the ZPD Files A Buddy Tale Read-Along Storybook and CD Judy's Dream Files Super Animals! Paws Up! Sticker Scenes Zootopia Grab and Go Play Pack Living the Dream Look and Find: Zootopia A Big Golden Book: Zootopia Ultimate Sticker Book: Zootopia The Official Zootopia Handbook The Junior Novelization My Busy Book The Essential Guide The Big Case It's A Hustle! The Art of Zootopia Sticker Album
Comics	Comics Collection Zootopia Comic Cinestory Comic Welcome to Zootopia The Noise from Next Door All Aboard! Brothers & Sisters Skunk Appreciation Parade Disney Zootopia: Friends to the Rescue Disney Zootopia: Family Night Disney Zootopia: A Hard Day's Work
Voiced by	Jason Bateman Kath Soucie (as a child)
Animated by	Chad Sellers David Stodolny Andrew Chesworth Benson Shum Tony Smeed Michael Woodside
Designer	Cory Loftis Byron Howard
Inspiration	Br'er Fox Robin Hood Cary Grant Han Solo
Character Information
Species	Red Fox
Gender	Male
Personality	Slick, charismatic, mischievous, cocky, opinionated, cynical, pessimistic, bitter, cunning, calculating, intelligent, sly, sassy, snarky, wise-cracking, caring, good-hearted, selfless, forgiving, protective, supportive, vulnerable, witty, sentimental, brave
Appearance	Slender fox, red fur, large ears, cream muzzle, dark purple nose, green eyes, light green Hawaiian shirt, dark indigo necktie with red and blue stripes, grayish-tan pants
Occupation	Con artist (formerly) Police officer(currently)
Alignment	Good
Home	1955 Cypress Grove Lane, Zootopia
Family	Mr. Wilde (father) Mrs. Wilde (mother)
Friends	Judy Hopps (love interest), Finnick (business partner), Flash, Chief Bogo, Mr. Big, Koslov, Antonio, Hedy
Enemies	Duke Weaselton, Assistant Mayor Bellwether, Doug, Woolter, Jesse, Mr. Big (formerly), Judy Hopps (formerly)
Likes	Money, teasing Finnick, toying with Bellwether's wool, Judy's moxie, blueberries, sassing Chief Bogo, hustling, Judy Hopps, pawpsicles, coffee, bantering with Finnick
Dislikes	Muzzles, prejudice, being hustled, betrayal, debts, discrimination, claw marks
PowersAbilities	Night vision, excellent sense of smell, business savvy
Quote	"It's called a hustle, sweetheart." "Never let 'em see that they get to you." "You can only be what you are." "For what? Hwurting your fweewings?" "Ha! You should have your own line of inspirational greeting cards, sir."

“Never let 'em see that they get to you.”

―Nick Wilde's life motto

Officer Nicholas Piberius "Nick" Wilde is a male red fox and the deuteragonist of Zootopia. He is the son of Mrs. Wilde.

Background

Official Bio

Nick Wilde is a charming, small-time, con artist fox with a big mouth and a lot of opinions. But when a rabbit cop outsmarts him, he finds himself actually helping her solve a mystery.

Early Life

A flashback depicting Nick's childhood.

Nick came from a poor background living with his mother, Mrs. Wilde (his father is never mentioned or seen, except in the original version of the film). As a child, Nick had a dream to join the local Junior Ranger Scouts, as he always wanted to be part of a pack. When he was 8 or 9 years old, his mother scraped up enough money to buy a brand new scout uniform, giving him the opportunity to join a local troop.

Though he was the only predator and only fox in the local troop, Nick believed that would not matter and attended his initiation with confidence and enthusiasm. Unfortunately, his "initiation" turned out to be a cruel hazing prank where young Nick was ridiculed, knocked to the ground and held down while being muzzled by the other scouts for being a fox (as foxes are considered untrustworthy). After running outside to escape his tormentors, Nick tore off the muzzle and broke down in tears.

As a result of this treatment, Nick vowed to never let them see that they got to him and, from that moment forward, hides himself behind a mask of sly confidence. In addition, he declared that if the world viewed foxes as nothing more than sly, vile and untrustworthy scoundrels, he should not only accept it, but embrace it, subsequently doing so by becoming a successful con artist.

This unjust treatment continued well throughout his lifetime, apparent during his adulthood shown in the film, which would only heighten Nick's cynicism. Some of these instances include Nick's interaction with the prejudiced Jerry Jumbeaux, Jr., who specifically states that he has the right to refuse service to anyone, and abuses this power against Nick, openly due to the former's distrust towards foxes. Chief Bogo also displayed this behavior when Officer Judy Hopps, at one point, called Nick forth as a key witness for her case; Bogo unabashedly scoffed at the idea of a fox being trustworthy enough to have its voice heard, thus refusing to listen to his testimony.

At some point while operating as a con artist, Nick fell in with Mr. Big, a feared arctic shrew crime boss. Mr. Big took a liking to the fox, welcoming him into his home and even introducing him to his grandmother, who made him a cannoli. At some point, Nick was involved with selling him a very expensive wool rug that turned out to be made from the fur of a skunk's butt. Feeling disrespected, Nick was turned away and was told to never show his face around Mr. Big ever again.

By the start of the film, Nick appears to be well-off, claiming to have made $200 on a daily basis since the age of twelve (though the accuracy of these claims is questionable). He often works and splits the day's earnings with his quick-tempered partner and fellow fox, Finnick.

In Disney Zootopia: Friends to the Rescue, young Nick is described as sweet, friendly, and mischievous, and is noted to have a natural ability to make others smile and laugh, by replacing the magician, who called in sick, for his childhood friend, Hedy's birthday.

Physical Appearance

Nick is a fox with a slim build. He's covered in red fur with a cream underbelly up to his muzzle. He has dark auburn fur on his feet, his hands, the tips of his ears, and at the tip of his tail. He has green eyes and a dark purple nose.

Nick's wardrobe consists of a light green Hawaiian shirt, a dark indigo necktie with red and blue stripes, and a pair of grayish-tan pants. He also has a yellow variant of his Hawaiian shirt. While helping Judy during her investigation, he wears a junior ZPD badge sticker over the pocket of his shirt, originally a gift from Judy for Finnick before the latter humorously passed it onto Nick. The sticker is removed after Judy's press conference when Nick feels hurt by her.

After Nick graduated into a police officer, his fox-size uniform is navy blue with sleeves, a peaked cap, a high collar and pants with a gold aiguillette, and the ZPD insignia on his shoulders, along with having a black tie and a utility belt filled with various paraphernalia. He's also shown wearing police sunglasses.

Personality

Nick has two notable facets of his personality on display in the film:

His primary expression is the Sly Fox which is the persona he adopted after his traumatic encounter with Pack 914 as child. However, at heart, Nick has always wanted to be a Junior Ranger Scout and the qualities they demonstrate. There are hints throughout the movie that he never fully gave up that dream.

The Sly Fox

Adult Nick as the Sly Fox, reflecting his cocky and cunning nature.

This is the primary image Nick presents during the film. This "Nick Wilde" is shifty, sly, and cunning, traits supposedly common to all foxes. He is easygoing and slick, easily conning and tricking others through his charm, quick-talking and friendly demeanor. He nearly always has a sly smile on his face with half-lidded eyes and appears unfazed throughout most of the film. He is very street smart and intelligent, and uses his vast knowledge and experience of Zootopia and its people to his advantage when carrying out his schemes.

This personality is Nick's response to being the shifty and untrustworthy fox that society expects of him as well as providing a mask that he can hide behind so they can never see that they got to him. As a result, he deals with prejudiced statements directed at him behind an easygoing facade and often delivers a snarky comeback in response.

The Sly Fox is particularly good at reading his fellow mammals. During their brief encounter at the ice cream shop, he picks up on Judy's naivety, idealism, and desperateness to be seen as a real officer despite her current assignment as a meter-maid. He takes all he had learned and distills it into the devastating "whoopsie" speech he gives later when Judy tries to arrest him.

Because Nick has operated with this persona for over twenty years, many of the traits of this mask are now part of Nick's personality. His feeling that he needs to be shifty has led to a cynical outlook on life in Zootopia such that he feels that animals can only be what they are and never what they want to be.

The Junior Ranger Scout

Young Nick, reflecting his desire to be a Junior ranger scout

As a young kit, Nick had different qualities of his personality on display. Stories of his childhood like "Magical Mystery Nick" as well as the flashback in the movie itself show that he is kind, clever, mischievous and even a bit idealistic. Although he knew that Pack 914 was all prey and he was going to be the only fox, he truly believed it would not make a difference and entered their initiation with buoyant enthusiasm.

Although the Sly Fox mask is now prominently on display, it later becomes clear that underneath it all, Nick would still love to show he can be a trustworthy Junior Ranger Scout.

There are numerous examples of the Junior Ranger Scout peeking out throughout the film. His carefree attitude toward the Otterton case quickly fades away once he's confronted by supposed evidence that Mr. Otterton had been attacked. When Nick visits Flash at the DMV, he responds warmly to Nick conveying that there's actual friendship between them and that Flash is not just a DMV resource that Nick uses as needed. Nick even kept his scout bandanna, which he uses as a handkerchief.

The most telling of example of Nick's basic decency occurs when he and Judy are being chased by Manchas after he went savage. As they approach the sky tram platform in the Rainforest District, Nick reaches the gondola first and, instead of jumping into safety, he holds the door open showing a willingness to stay in harm's way longer than he had to in order to insure that Judy makes it inside the gondola first.

To those that take the time to get to know Nick, they will find that he is loyal and caring to his friends. His friendship with Judy evolves to the point where he risks his life to help and protect her throughout the film. He even shows a softer warmer side to himself, comforting her over her mistakes and giving her advice.

Finally, it is noteworthy that during his Junior Ranger Scout initiation, Nick promises to be brave, loyal, helpful, and trustworthy. During his time with Judy, he fulfills every aspect of that oath.

• Brave - He stands up to Chief Bogo in the Rainforest District, thus saving Judy's job.
• Loyal - He refuses to leave Judy behind at the museum after she injures her leg even when she insists.
• Helpful - His knowledge of Zootopia and having a friend at the DMV, helped Judy's investigation immensely.
• Trustworthy - Judy trusted that Nick would pretend to be savage and clamp his teeth around her throat but not hurt her when they tricked Bellwether.

Role in the Film

Nick and Finnick posing as father and son.

Nick is first seen in Savanna Central after the driver of a truck yells at him for being in the way. This catches Judy's attention and he looks suspicious walking down the sidewalk and enters Jumbeaux's Café so Judy follows him in as she believes that, being a fox, he is up to something.

Inside the café, the owner denies Nick service because he's a fox and he doesn't want any trouble, even though Nick claims he means no harm, and is simply looking to buy a Jumbo-pop as a birthday present for his son (Finnick, disguised as a toddler). The owner's belligerent attitude toward Nick prompts Judy to intervene and citing a severe health code violation, she is able to leverage a more compliant attitude from the owner who agrees to sell Nick the Jumbo-pop.

Nick, having identified Judy as an easy mark, pretends to have left his wallet at home and plays up the dad having a very disappointed son. This works on Judy's sympathy and she pays for the Jumbo-pop herself. Nick, Finnick and Judy leave the store as Nick thanks her for her kindness and even offers to pay her back (knowing full well she won't accept). As the pleasantries finish, Nick and Finnick head down the street keeping up the father/son charade as Judy departs.

Nick sells pawpsicles to lemmings.

The pair now head off to work their Jumbo-pop hustle. Their first stop is Sahara Square to melt the Jumbo-pop down to liquid. Then over to Tundratown where they use the snow to form pawprint molds and refreeze the liquid into dozens of smaller pawpsicles which are sold across the city for $2 a piece. Also they recycle the wooden sticks used for the pawpsicle handles which are then sold as lumber to a construction site in Little Rodentia.

Unknown to them, Judy has been following their activities ever since she noticed Finnick driving a van back in Sahara Square. After Nick and Finnick conclude their work and Finnick drives off, Judy angrily confronts Nick about his trickery and deceit.

Judy angrily threatens to arrest Nick who deflects all of her charges by producing the permits and paperwork that show his exploits to be perfectly legal. Nick is content to walk away but as Judy continues to harass him, he launches into a brutally honest assessment of her situation identifying her as a small-town girl with big-city dreams who moves to Zootopia only to find that not everyone gets along. Plus she wants to be a big city cop but is relegated to being just a meter maid and is slowly discovering that no one cares about her or her dreams and she's doomed to return to Bunnyburrow to live out her life as a carrot famer.

"Everyone comes to Zootopia thinking they can be anything they want. Well, you can't. You can only be what you are. Sly fox; dumb bunny."

Judy, now deeply offended, gets in Nick's face to say that no one tells her what she can and can't be especially some jerk who is nothing more than a popsicle hustler [sic] . Nick bluntly replies that Zootopia is not a place where anyone can be anything. Instead, they will never be anything more than what they are, a sly fox and a dumb bunny. When Judy protests that she's not a dumb bunny, Nick wryly points out that she's standing in wet cement and walks off commending her on her inevitable career as a meter maid.

Judy hustles Nick.

The next day Judy has staked her career on solving the Otterton case in 48 hours. Upon reviewing the case file, she discovers that Nick sold Otterton a pawpsicle shortly before his disappearance making him her only lead. She tracks him down but Nick declines to provide any help. Judy then insults Nick's pawpsicle revenue causing him to brag about his daily take of $200 he claims to have made since he was 12. Judy then charges Nick with Felony Tax Evasion as she produces tax documents showing he reported zero income even though she has recorded his confession of regular daily income using her carrot pen. She uses this arrest threat to blackmail Nick into helping her.

Nick begrudgingly joins Judy's mission, as she promises to give him the carrot recorder once their job is complete. However, as he is not a willing partner, Nick takes every opportunity to delay and frustrate Judy's investigation. He accurately tells her that he last saw Otterton going to the Mystic Springs Oasis, but neglects to inform her that the members don't wear clothes, fully enjoying her discomfort.

Flash assists Judy and Nick.

Their visit yields a clue in the form of a license plate for a limo that picked up Otterton and Nick considers his obligation to Judy fulfilled. However when she realizes she doesn't have the resources to run a plate, she pressures Nick into more time with her investigation. Again, Nick is able to help but makes Judy pay with frustration. He takes her to the Department of Mammal Vehicles, where his friend Flash works, to help run the plate. Flash, however, being a sloth, takes the entire rest of the day to so. It doesn't help when Nick cheerfully interrupts Flash with a joke that adds even further delay.

By the time, they reach the business where the limo is registered, it is closed and locked for the night. Judy angrily accuses Nick of wasting the day on purpose to which Nick snarkily asserts that as a fake cop he would never impede her pretend investigation. When she accuses him of enjoying seeing her fail to make himself feel better about his sad, miserable life, Nick continues to goad her by not taking offense but simply smiling and agreeing that it does.

As Judy doesn't have a warrant to search the premises, Nick again presses that his obligation to her is over. Judy seems to agree and offers the carrot pen only to toss it over the fence as Nick reaches for it. Undeterred, Nick simply climbs the fence to retrieve the pen only to discover Judy has beaten him there by burrowing under the fence. She then reveals that by seeing a shifty lowlife trespassing into the limo yard, she now has probable cause to search the premises and jubilantly thanks him for his help.

Nick and Judy investigate a car in Tundratown.

The two find the limo and search it to discover Otterton's wallet and evidence of a vicious attack in the back seat. For the first time in their partnership, Nick realizes that Judy's investigation is a real case with real potential consequences. Unfortunately, Nick also realizes that the limo belongs to Mr. Big, the most feared crime boss in Tundratown, and Nick has been ordered to never show his face around Mr. Big again.

Nick and Judy are almost "iced" by Mr. Big.

Nick insists that they leave immediately, but they are captured by Mr. Big's henchmen and taken to the crime boss's house. Nick attempts to talk his way out of the situation doing everything he can to keep Judy from admitting she's a police officer. Unfortunately this fails and Judy gets right in Mr. Big's face, accusing him of being a suspect in Mr. Otterton's disappearance even as Nick cringes in the background. In response to this, Mr. Big orders to have the two iced, only to have a change in heart when his daughter, Fru Fru, arrives and explains that Judy saved her life earlier. Mr. Big spares their lives and invites them to Fru Fru's wedding as honored guests.

Nick nearly pounced on by a savage Manchas.

There, Mr. Big gives information on Otterton's disappearance, advising that Nick and Judy travel to the Rainforest District, to question a jaguar named Mr. Manchas, the driver of the limo and the last person to have seen Otterton. Upon meeting Manchas, they find him in a state of deep fear, having been viciously attacked by Otterton, who had mysteriously reverted to a savage beast. Though initially hesitant, Manchas agrees to let Judy and Nick into his home to talk further, but before he can do so, he suddenly loses his sanity and becomes savage himself. Nick and Judy make a run for their lives, and are hotly pursued by Manchas, though they narrowly escape.

Standing up for Judy, Nick chastises Chief Bogo.

Chief Bogo and his police force arrive on the scene, only to find that Manchas is nowhere to be found. Bogo accuses Judy of failure, and requests her badge. Nick views Judy's heartbreak and steps in to defend her, noting that Chief Bogo had set her up to fail by giving her an unfair deadline with no resources. He points out that ultimately, she still has ten hours left to solve the case, forcing Bogo to stand down and allow them to continue.

Nick and Judy take their leave on a gondola, where Judy thanks Nick for his help. Nick responds by revealing his traumatic childhood experience that would lead to his stoic nature, con artist lifestyle and sympathy towards the oppressed and underestimated.

"Nick, you are so much more than that."

Judy comforts him, and thanks him, again, for his warm heart insisting that he's more than just a sly fox. Suddenly, Nick gets the idea to track what happened to Manchas by using the city's camera systems, with Judy having the connections in City Hall that allows her to do so.

They visit Assistant Mayor Bellwether, who grants them access to the city's traffic cams and they discover that Manchas was taken by wolf mercenaries. After losing track of their van on the cameras, Nick uses his knowledge of the city's maintenance tunnels to uncover their stealth exit from the Rainforest District and tracks them to an abandoned asylum on the outskirts of the city. Impressed by his knowledge, Judy congratulates Nick and the two head out to the asylum, finding it heavily guarded by wolves, but are able to sneak inside.

Nick and Judy uncover Lionheart's conspiracy.

There Judy finds that all the missing mammals the ZPD is searching for have gone savage and been contained at this facility. They come across Mayor Lionheart and a doctor where they learn that Lionheart is overseeing the operation and keeping the animals confined to avoid a city-wide panic and seek a cure for their condition. The doctor reveals that the savagery may be a biological condition as only predators seem to be afflicted but Lionheart resists making this information public because, as a predator himself, he fears the loss of his position. Although Nick and Judy's presence is revealed due to a ill-timed phone call on Judy's phone, they escape by flushing themselves down an elephant-sized toilet, and report their findings to Bogo, who then raids the asylum and arrests Mayor Lionheart.

The next day, a press conference is held to report that the missing mammals case has been solved and Judy is to speak. Nick gives her some advice on how to handle questions she can't answer by reflecting back different question and answering that one which helps calm her nerves somewhat. Judy points out that she couldn't have solved the case without him and that should would like to have him as a partner giving him a ZPD application as well as the carrot pen. Nick is touched at the thought that Judy believes in him but she is called away before he can respond.

Judy starts awkwardly but uses Nick's advice to gain some traction as he looks on approvingly. Unfortunately, the question gets asked as to why only predators are going savage and Judy responds that it may have something to do with their biology. She says that predators survived through their aggressive hunting instincts and they seem to be reverting back to their primitive, savage ways.

Nick is extremely upset that Judy reveals that she has this belief about predators, since she has just admitted she believes that he too could go savage because he's a fox. Judy starts to realize the offense she made and awkwardly tries to explain that Nick isn't that kind of predator. The situation gets more heated and Nick moves in closer as he's making his point.

Nick believes that Judy sees him as a potential savage predator.

Unfortunately, in this moment, Nick's actions mirror Judy's childhood confrontation with Gideon and she finds herself being triggered by her memory of that traumatic situation. So, when Nick steps forward with his claws raised asking if she fears he might to eat her, she feels threatened, and makes a reach for her fox repellent. However, as Nick is unaware of Judy's past encounter, he sees this as confirmation that Judy does see him as a potential savage and never really had faith in him.

Hurt and betrayed, Nick leaves the building, declining her offer to become her partner and returning the application which he had actually filled out during her speech.

At this point, Nick drops out of the story while Judy deals with the repercussions of her speech which eventually results in her resigning from the ZPD and returning to Bunnyburrow. However, about 2.5-3 months after the press conference, Judy suddenly returns with a breakthrough on the case, and seeks Nick's help to solve it.

Nick rebuffs her, which prompts Judy to confess that she was ignorant, irresponsible and small-minded. She admits that she desperately wants to make things right for predators but that she can't do it without Nick. Judy breaks down in tears as she acknowledges that once they are done he can hate her because she was a horrible friend and severely hurt him. He can take satisfaction in knowing she was a dumb bunny all along.

"You bunnies. So emotional."

Nick reveals that despite the hurt she caused him, he still held onto her carrot pen and teasingly replays her dumb bunny confession a couple times and then forgives her.

Nick and Judy discover Doug's lab full of Night howlers.

Reunited as a team, the two head out to track down Judy's clue. She knows that the flowers called "night howlers" are the cause of the predators going savage and that Duke Weaselton stole a bag of those flower bulbs on her second day in the city. So they track him down to learn who he was stealing them for. When Duke refuses to cooperate, the pair allow Mr. Big to continue the interrogation where a threat to ice him leads to him being much more helpful. Duke reveals that the bulbs were sold to a ram named Doug and provides the pair with the location of his underground drop spot.

When Nick and Judy investigate, they find a subway car converted into a laboratory where Doug has been using the bulbs to grow his own night howlers and produces a serum that's stored in a pellet and shot at predators turning them savage. Judy realizes the subway car is still operational and commandeers the lab to try and take all the evidence to the ZPD. Although Doug's ram associates, Woolter and Jesse pursue they are able to shake them but the train is derailed and destroyed in the process. For a moment it appears that their investigation is over but then Nick reveals that he was able to escape the train car with a case that contains Doug's dart gun and a toxin pellet saving one piece of evidence.

Nick and Judy discover Bellwether is not as "sweet" and "meek" as she seems.

The two try to make their way to the ZPD through the Natural History Museum where they encounter Bellwether, who is revealed to be the true mastermind behind the savage predator conspiracy. She sends her henchrams to capture Nick and Judy who make a break for it through an area of the museum that's still under construction. Here Judy is injured when her leg is badly cut by an exposed tusk. Although she insists that Nick take the evidence to Bogo, he flat out refuses to leave her behind and insists that they'll think of something. After enduring a Bellwether monologue, Nick tries to carry Judy to the exit, only to be knocked into a pit-like exhibit by one of Bellwether's rams.

"It's called a hustle, sweetheart. Boom."

Here, Bellwether shoots Nick with the serum gun so he will become savage and kill the injured Judy. She also calls the ZPD to report a savage fox in the museum and that Officer Hopps is already down. As Judy does her best to avoid savage Nick, Bellwether gloats over Judy's impending doom and says how she'll gladly use the fear of savage predators to keep herself in power. Nick catches up to Judy and clamps his jaws around her neck as she releases a bloodcurdling scream.

Fortunately, it's revealed that Nick was only faking being savage as the pellet was exchanged for a harmless blueberry. The whole encounter was staged to get Bellwether to confess her role in the savage predator conspiracy which Judy has recorded on the carrot pen. As Bellwether turns to flee, she finds that Bogo and a ZPD squad of officers has arrived to arrest her.

With Bellwether behind bars and an antidote developed for the nighthowler toxin, life in Zootopia returns to normal. Judy is reinstated as a member of the Zootopia Police Department and Nick decides to join the ZPD. Judy is present at his graduation ceremony delivering an inspirational speech, identifying Nick as ZPD's first fox officer and presenting him with his badge.

Officers Nick and Judy on their first assignment together.

The epilogue shows Nick's first bullpen in which he playfully snarks Chief Bogo who snaps at him but not in a vicious way. Nick and Judy are now partners and their first assignment together is the task of tracking down a speed racer, who ironically reveals himself to be Flash, much to Judy's surprise and Nick's amusement.

During the end credits, Nick joins Judy and several other Zootopia citizens in attending a concert starring pop star Gazelle. He just watches at first, but a nudge from Judy gets him to start dancing.

Observations

As a kit, Nick proclaims that he always wanted to be part of a pack. By the end of the movie, he joins the ZPD to work with his friend Judy and is finally part of a pack that accepts him and gives him the chance to prove he is trustworthy.

This is apparent by the way the animators have mirrored Nick's joyful moment when he's about to join the Junior Ranger Scouts with the joyful moment he's about to receive his ZPD badge.

Young Nick beaming with pride

Adult Nick has the same smile.

Role in Zootopia: Crime Files

Nick is the male protagonist of the game. He and Judy (and the player) take part in every case and search for clues, interrogate suspects, and analyze evidence to solve more crimes.

Disney Parks

Nick Wilde made his live debut at the premiere of Zootopia in early 2016, along with Judy Hopps.

California Adventure

Nick and Judy are currently available for meet-and-greets daily near Animation Academy.

Walt Disney World

Nick in Walt Disney World.

Though Nick and Judy are not available for meet-and-greets at Walt Disney World, they can be seen on a float during the Move It! Shake It! Dance and Play It! Street Party parade in the Magic Kingdom, replacing the Genie and Stitch as of March 26, 2016. For a special promotional Zootopia event in early 2016, both Nick and Judy made appearances for meet-and-greet sessions in Disney's Animal Kingdom. Nick was also present during 2016's Easter parade at WDW.

In November 2016, he and Judy started their meet-and-greet sessions during Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party.

Tokyo Disney Resort

Nick made his debut with Judy during the 2017 Easter parade, which was held at Tokyo Disneyland.

Disneyland Paris

Nick made his first appearance in France at the Disneyland Park as part of the 2016 Easter meet-and-greet event.

Hong Kong Disneyland

On April 25, 2016, Nick and Judy began their meet-and-greet sessions on Main Street, U.S.A., as part of Hong Kong Disneyland's 10th anniversary celebration.

Shanghai Disneyland

Nick and Judy ride in the caboose in Mickey's Storybook Express, a train. Nick also appears briefly during the finale of Ignite the Dream, a nighttime spectacular.

For meet-and-greets, he and Judy can be found at Happy Circle in Adventure Isle.

See Also

• Judy and Nick's relationship
• Nick's graduation ceremony
• Judy and Nick's police car
• Pawpsicle

Trivia

• Nick first appeared as a cameo in Big Hero 6, specifically on one of the billboards in San Fransokyo and with his likeness on Honey Lemon's phone case.
• Nick made a cameo in Ralph Breaks the Internet.

Development

Jack Savage, an earlier version of Nick Wilde.

• According to Byron Howard, the earliest idea for the film involved spies and Nick was known by the name Jack Savage. The film changed to become more of a detective story involving animals affected by a savage serum. To avoid having savage as part of the hero's name, it was changed to Jack Wilde. However, as Disney was also working on Gigantic (a retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk), the directors did not want the name of their protagonist to be identical to another Disney production, hence Jack was changed to Nick.
• In the original Zootopia draft, Nick was the protagonist whilst Judy was the deuteragonist. However, their roles were later switched during production because audiences couldn’t connect with Nick on the kind of deep and meaningful levels they were able to with Judy.
• When designing Nick, Disney animators got inspiration by looking at Robin Hood, who is also an anthropomorphic fox, from Disney's Robin Hood.
• Nick's shirt originally belonged to Clawhauser in earlier stages of the film's development.
• Also according to Byron Howard, the name "Piberius" is in reference to James Tiberius Kirk, the captain of the USS Enterprise in the original television series of Star Trek, which the filmmakers were big fans of.
• In earlier drafts of the film, Nick had a father - Mr. Wilde.

General

• He habitually calls Judy "Carrots" and only once refers to her real name when he believes she is drowning after they evade the wolves at Cliffside Asylum, by flushing themselves down the toilet.
• According to his application, he is approximately 4 ft (1.2 m) tall and 80 lbs (36 kg) in weight.
• According to Nick's tax evasion confession, he is 32 years old. (He claims to have started when he was twelve and Judy multiplies his income in a year with 20).
• Nick does not eat meat.
• Nick's tax forms show information on him:
  • His name, Nicholas P. Wilde, is on his form.
  • His Zootopia Benefits Number is [[2]].
  • His address is 1955 Cypress Grove Lane, with 1955 referencing Disneyland's opening year, 1955.
  • He was committing tax evasion as his records were all zeros.
    • It’s rather bizarre how nobody got the impression he was lying for as long as he was, because 0 is an obviously suspicious number on a tax form.
  • Aside from his name being true, it is unknown if his phone number and/or his address are false.
• According to the director Byron Howard in the video "Drawing with D23: Nick Wilde from 'Zootopia'", Nick's full name is Nicholas Piberius Wilde.
• Nick's last name, 'Wilde', is a play on the word 'wild'.
• Rich Moore tweeted that Nick and Flash Slothmore were in the same high school and both on the track team together.
• The handkerchief that Nick uses to hold blueberries and patch Judy's leg wound during the climax is the same handkerchief that was part of his Junior Ranger Scouts uniform.
• According to The Essential Guide, Nick's top 3 secrets are:
  1. He secretly wants to be seen as more than a sly fox.
  2. He wanted to be a Zootopia Junior Ranger when young.
  3. He was bullied by mean prey kids as a kit.
     • Also according to the Guide, Nick likes "gullible animals and dreaming up new hustles".
• Nick and Judy's relationship is similar to Flynn Rider and Rapunzel's relationship from Tangled.
• Nick's handwriting resembles Walt Disney's handwriting.
• In Case 10 of Zootopia: Crime Files, it is revealed that as a child, Nick had a crush on a girl named Marian.
• In the mobile RPG Disney Heroes, Nick wields pawpsicles as throwing weapons. However, his shirt and tie lack their respective patterns, and his trousers are incorrectly colored gray.
• Nick appears to have PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), as seen when he sees the pictures of the muzzled predators during Judy's press conference. He is shown to be visually horrified and has flashbacks of his traumatic experience as a child.

Relationships

Zootopia Wiki has an article focusing on the relationships of Nick Wilde which can be found at
Nick Wilde/Relationships.

Quotes

Zootopia Wiki has a list of memorable lines and quotes spoken by Nick Wilde which can be found at
Nick Wilde/Quotes.

Gallery

Zootopia Wiki has a collection of images and media related to Nick Wilde which can be found at
Nick Wilde/Gallery.

Videos

Zootopia US Teaser Trailer

Zootopia (Trailer 2)

Zootopia - Deleted Scene - "Jumbo Pop" - HD

Zootopia Movie CLIP - Fur of a Skunk (2016) - Disney Animated Movie HD

"Gondola" Clip - Disney's Zootopia

Zootopia Movie CLIP - Assistant Mayor Bellwether (2016) - Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman Movie HD