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Why were sloths chosen to depict DMV workers?
One reason the scene works so well on repeated viewings is that it's essentially a sketch. The scene is just as funny on its own as it is within the context of the movie, and that's due to its ...
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Why does Zootopia have an intentional Breaking Bad reference?
The directors addressed this scene and their motivation directly, indicating that it was both a cultural homage and just a really good joke:
The gag works. During copious test screenings, Moore and ...
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Why were sloths chosen to depict DMV workers?
It's a joke
The actual US DMV (Dept of Motor Vehicles) is renowned (at least in Film & TV) for slow service, long queues and poor efficiency & service.
Now this may not actually be the case ...
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Why were sloths chosen to depict DMV workers?
For an in-universe answer, if I may speculate:
Perhaps in the for-profit sector, sloths are stereotyped as being too slow to get any work done, and so no one hires them. Meanwhile, the city, with its ...
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License plates in Zootopia
This is probably a date like Dec. 29th 2003 for example, but director Rich Moore has said that there is no hidden meaning in this twitter reply:
Who knows? :)
Fast Animal, without the vowels
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Why did Zootopia change newscasters based on country?
There doesn't appear to be a clear reason behind how they decided to use certain animals and broadcasters for certain reasons.
The full breakdown is:
In the American, Canadian, French versions, he ...
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What is the moral of Zootopia?
I believe the moral of the story is "Don't judge book by its cover". The whole movie is against stereotypes.
The bunny should be a carrot farmer, because that's what bunnies do,
the predators are ...
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Did the filmmakers of Zootopia have a "gay agenda"?
No agenda, or perhaps just an open one.
At the end Judy reflects that Zootopia is not a dream place, it's more complex than that.
I thought Zootopia was this perfect place.
Where everyone got ...
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Is the naming of Alan Tudyk's "Zootopia" character (Duke Weaselton) officially related to his "Frozen" character (Duke of Weselton)?
Alan Tudyk confirms this
In a red carpet interview for Zootopia he addresses this directly.
Well, I have convinced Disney that I should be in everyone of their animated movies after Wreck-It Ralph ...
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Why are goats used as a symbol for yoga/meditation?
They aren't; neither of those characters is a goat.
The Zootopia character is a yak. His name is Yax, and look at him side-by-side with this picture of a yak:
Yaks are native to Central Asia; they'...
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Why was Dawn Bellwether (sheep) depicted so small compared to other animals?
This is done in order to better provide the moral of the film.
The lamb is usually a symbol of innocence and, by size, looks, and behavior, Dawn Bellwether resembles more of a lamb than a sheep. It ...
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What is Bonnie Hopps referring to when she said Judy "opened their minds"?
This was actually made clearer in a deleted scene available on the Blu Ray. It happens when Nick and Judy are still investigating the case and she brings him to her apartment - where they suddenly ...
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Is there any reference to the existence of platypuses in Zootopia?
Yes, but only in secondary canon.
In the film itself (primary canon), there are no platypuses. But the "expanded universe" novel The Stinky Cheese Caper and Other Cases from the ZPD Files, in which ...
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What is the city in Zootopia/Zootropolis called in the US version?
In the US version of the film, the city is called Zootopia. As for why it was changed in the UK (and some other countries, apparently), IMDB has this to say:
Why is Zootopia called "Zootropolis&...
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What is Judy's and Nick's relationship?
During the movie they become good friends. As to that ending scene and the future after that, it seems it's intentionally ambiguous. The directors (Mainly Rich Moore) seem to be having great fun ...
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Why didn't Judy bring up Nick's side business' health code violations when she realised he hustled her?
Very good point has been made in the question. But there is another important point we should keep in my mind while asking this question. It was only Judy who witnessed all the process of ...
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Is there any significance of Flash speeding up at the end of Zootopia?
In addition to being a funny trait in a sloth, Flash choosing to be fast on the road also ties nicely into the movie's theme
of not judging a book by its cover.
A lot of Zootopia is about challenging ...
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What is Bonnie Hopps referring to when she said Judy "opened their minds"?
Possibly the order of events was:
Judy opens her parent's minds about trusting all animals, even predators, and giving them chances.
Judy leaves for Zootopia.
Judy's parents partner with Gideon Grey.
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Why Walt Disney renamed Zootopia in UK?
As explained here, there was no official reason except for some PR fluff ("In the UK we decided to change the US title to Zootropolis to merely allow the film to have a unique title that works for UK ...
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Why does Zootopia have an intentional Breaking Bad reference?
Kid's movies and TV often contain jokes/references or other Easter eggs that only adults will catch. This entertains the parents, while going over the kid's heads. For example in Scooby Doo (2002) ...
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Did the filmmakers of Zootopia have a "gay agenda"?
Those people fearing a gay agenda see the movie "promoting" certain things, peoples, and behaviours; I see it more as "showing a modern world", a nowadays city where you have the rich, the poor, the ...
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Why are goats used as a symbol for yoga/meditation?
There is a very interesting article about "Symbolic Meanings of Goats" present on whats-your-sign.com.
Symbolic goat meaning can be hard to tackle because there are so many
symbolic ...
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Are there any large aquatic mammals in Zootopia?
They show hippos, which are large aquatic mammals. Further we see that the hippo commuters use a special water-filled "subway" that presumably could be used by other aquatic mammals.
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What is Bonnie Hopps referring to when she said Judy "opened their minds"?
I'd say the mere example of herself, a bunny, taking a cop job is mind-opening in itself in the sense of not typecasting species by personality traits.
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Is there any significance of Flash speeding up at the end of Zootopia?
It's a joke. or irony. Or both. "Significant"? No. It's just a play on the fact that sloths are slow, so to see them do something fast would be out of the ordinary. Or silly. Which would cause ...
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Are there any large aquatic mammals in Zootopia?
I believe zootopia is like a regular zoo. If you go to a regular zoo, you can see lions, elephants, apes, birds, etc... , you don't see whales or dolphins only in an Aquazoo/park which Zootopia isn't.
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What is Judy's and Nick's relationship?
There they are at the end of the movie couple, proves this conversation:
Nick: You know you love me.
Judy: Do I know that? Yes I do.
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