Line #156 Fanfic/GuardianBlue


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3	''Guardian Blue'' is an extensive, long-running ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' fanfic written by Alps Sarsis, comprising multiple interrelated stories [[{{Continuation}} beginning six months after the events of the movie]]. Most prominently are the "seasons", all of which are told from Judy Hopps' perspective, but there are several side works - some of which are told from Judy's perspective, some from other characters'. However, these works all take place in a specific order, and many (Sarsis included) recommend that new readers read them in order - beginning with ''Thanks for the Fox''.
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5	''Guardian Blue'' can be found on Archive Of Our Own [[https://archiveofourown.org/series/678305 as a series]], but can also be found on [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/8572225/sarsis Sarsis's FanFiction.net page]].
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7	Sadly, ''Guardian Blue'' became a DeadFic on July 20 2023, [[https://www.zootopianewsnetwork.com/2023/07/alps-sarsis-author-of-guardian-blue-has-passed-away.html due to Alps Sarsis's]] [[DiedDuringProduction untimely passing]].
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9	[[folder:Full List of ''Guardian Blue'' Stories in Reading Order]]
10	* '''''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10193201 Thanks for the Fox]]'':''' After hearing the story of Nick's mother, Judy becomes determined to find [[spoiler: her grave]].
11	* '''''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10193798 Who Writes This?!]]'':''' A few choice remarks from Nick leads Judy to the discovery that [[OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs mammals actually write fanfiction about them]]...
12	* '''''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10195775 Season 1]]'':''' The first true "season". It begins with Judy taking Nick to Bunnyburrow, but no sooner do they return to Zootopia than they are faced with new accommodations, new faces, and a new case.
13	* '''''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10699683 Season 2]]'':''' Begins immediately after the events of Season 1. As a contentious mayoral election approaches, Judy and Nick are left with the question of where they are going as a partnership, and with a new mystery that starts with a murder, but eventually takes them far beyond the Zootopia they know.
14	* '''''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/12206181 Fall Festival]]'':''' A one-chapter work centering on Benjamin Clawhauser attending the ZPD Halloween Party.
15	* '''''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/12606068 The Duke of Absolution]]'':''' Follows Duke Weaselton as he deals with the events of Season 1 and his role in them, and if he can even be a criminal anymore.
16	* '''''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/13145412 Winter Hearth]]'':''' Judy and Nick return to Bunnyburrow for the holidays, taking [[spoiler: Vivienne Wilde, Nick's mother,]] with them. However, there's still the question of how accepting the mammals of the town will be with [[spoiler: Nick and Judy's recent marriage]] from Season 2, and what other developments might occur.
17	* '''''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/13874982 Season 3]]'':''' With a new [[spoiler:Acting Chief of Police]], and a new dynamic in their relationship, Nick and Judy return to average police work. Compared to Seasons 1 and 2, Season 3 seems to deal more with their day-to-day lives as officers, bordering on PoliceProcedural. Was left unfinished by [[DiedDuringProduction Alps Sarsis's death]].
18	* '''''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/13908861 Sheepless in New Reynard]]'':''' A follow-up to the events of ''Winter Hearth''. A few ill-placed remarks in ''Winter Hearth'' wind up sending Sharla Shearer, Judy's childhood friend, to the fox-dominated town of New Reynard in search of her missing brother, Gareth. [[ConspiracyTheorist Honey]], the badger Sharla's been sent to meet, is hostile, but may just be her best shot at finding Gareth…
19	* '''''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/40214016 Radio Fin]]'':''' Takes place around the same time as Season 3. Finnick, Nick's old hustling partner, after some consideration, decides to follow him in going straight, taking a job at a local small radio station. But he finds the station to be a poorly run mess, to the point that their DJ's a no-show. If only someone with a striking enough voice were on hand to take his place… Was also left unfinished by [[DiedDuringProduction Alps Sarsis's death]].
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22	Sarsis also published '''''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/951816 Guardian Blue After Dark]]''''': a series of two works that take place in the same continuity as the other stories, but because they contain more explicit content, and because they are not necessary to read any of the other works, Sarsis didn't link ''After Dark'''s stories to the other works on the Archive Of Our Own version (on that site, ''After Dark'' is rated "E" - the other works are rated "T").
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24	'''Contains unmarked spoilers for [[{{WesternAnimation/Zootopia}} the movie]]!'''
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27	!! This fanfic provides examples of:
28	* ActionMom:
29	** Bonnie Hopps (of all mammals) is shown to be able to kick a rather bigoted squirrel across a room.
30	---> '''Nick (to Judy):''' “Your mom… just kicked half the letters out of that fella’s last name.”
31	** [[spoiler:Vivienne Wilde]] also counts. [[spoiler:Putting an arrow into a Lanolin assassin ''definitely'' makes her qualify. The reason she hit the sheep's shoulder wasn't because she was shooting merely to wound - ''it was because her aim was getting rusty'']].
32	---> '''[[spoiler:Vivienne]]:''' “The next arrow’s a letter addressed to your face, [[spoiler:Poufy]]. [[BadassBoast So go on… just give me a reason to lick this stamp]].”
33	* ActuallyPrettyFunny: During [[spoiler:Judy and Acting Chief Tora's sparring match, when Clawhauser (of all mammals!) scares Tora out of the ring by throwing a cucumber in front of her, Tora remarks that there is to be no interference in the match, "regardless of how funny or well-intentioned," prompting Judy to briefly wonder if even Tora thought it was amusing]].
34	* AscendedToCarnivorism: PlayedForLaughs. A RunningGag is made out of Judy eating fish, either accidentally or on purpose.
35	* BadOlBadger: Honey tries to invoke this trope, but she is ''not'' antagonistic.
36	* BetaCouple: Jack and Skye.
37	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Immediately after Bonnie's ActionMom moment (see above), [[TheStoner Yax]] shows that while he's content to go with the flow most of the time, he does ''not'' take kindly to guests at Mystic Springs Oasis antagonizing each other.
38	--> '''Bigoted Squirrel:''' “I am not going out that door without a full refund.”
39	--> '''Yax:''' “Huh huh! Oh, you don’t have to go through the door if you don’t want. Nangi, how far you figure you can throw a squirrel over the property wall?”
40	--> '''Nangi:''' “I have no idea.”
41	--> '''Yax:''' “Thirty-six meters and sixteen centimeters if it’s not too windy.”
42	--> ''<Cue the bigoted squirrel beating a hasty retreat>''
43	* BigBad:
44	** [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Darmaw]] in Season 1.
45	** [[spoiler: [[MegaCorp Lanolin]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Enterprises]]]] in Season 2.
46	* BusmansHoliday: A variation. After their actions in the movie and the first season of the fic result in them receiving celebrity status, both there is a stated interest from both Bogo and Tora in keeping Judy and Nick on smaller or more "fluff" assignments until their notoriety dies down. As a running gag, both of the main cases in Season 2 and 3 start out as smaller affairs... except it invariably turns out that every single case they're assigned to, no matter how apparently minor, turns out to be a huge, city-shaking conspiracy they have to deal with themselves anyway.
47	* CanisMajor: Cherry is shown to be rather large by wolf standards. It's rather telling that she [[spoiler: went toe-to-toe with an elephant and only lost thanks to intervention from Judy and Nick, and that's before she managed to take down ''half of Precinct 1'' before Tora, Judy, and Nick managed to bring her to heel]].
48	* CatsAreMean: Played with with regards to [[spoiler:Acting Chief]] Mayumi Tora. She's somewhat abrasive with Judy and Nick (especially in their first meeting), but Season 3 establishes that [[JerkassHasAPoint it's usually not without reason]], and if her reaction to [[spoiler:Judy beating her in their sparring match]] is any indication, she's capable of eating crow.
49	** If what Tora says about her plans for Clawhauser's weight loss regimen are true, then she's not afraid to use [[DrillSergeantNasty a bit less carrot and a bit more stick]] to encourage him to stick to it.
50	* CombatPragmatist: [[spoiler: How Judy defeats Acting Chief Tora in their sparring match]] in Season 3. [[spoiler: For all the effort Tora went to to demonstrate that Judy was needlessly reckless, Judy responded by showing that yes, she ''could'' take down a tiger without putting herself in too much risk. How? By [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim simply shooting Tora with a tranq dart]]]].
51	* ConspiracyTheorist: Honey. [[spoiler:Her theories may not be so off the mark though...]]
52	* {{Continuation}}
53	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: [[spoiler:Lanolin Enterprises was perfectly willing to kill innocent mammals in the interior just to protect their trade agreements]].
54	* CunningLikeAFox: Nick Wilde, as always, as well as [[spoiler:his mother, Vivienne]].
55	** Sam also counts, to a lesser extent.
56	* DaChief: Chief Bogo, as always.
57	** In Season 3, after [[spoiler:Bogo becomes Acting Mayor of Zootopia, the position falls to Acting Chief Mayumi Tora]].
58	* DeadFic: Sadly, [[DiedDuringProduction due to Alps Sarsis's untimely passing]].
59	* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: A variation. [[spoiler:Acting Chief Tora]] punishes Clawhauser for his [[spoiler:intervention in her sparring match with Judy]] by replacing his food supply for more healthy alternatives. This is shown to be part of a broader effort to get Clawhauser to lose weight.
60	* {{Determinator}}: '''Judy'''. The fanfic is by no means subtle that she'd ([[spoiler:[[OrpheanRescue literally!]]]]) go to Hell and back for Nick.
61	* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Nick]] near the end of Season 1.
62	%%** Nick lampshades this [[spoiler:after his rescue]]:
63	%%---->“Judy, [[spoiler:you are now zero for two on finding dead foxes]]. It’s an exciting sport but I think you were better at Munch.”
64	* DoesntLikeGuns: Clawhauser is scared stiff when he has to use a tranquilizer gun. Judy figures that it's because [[spoiler:the last time he tried to tranquilize a suspect, it resulted in the suspect dying, resulting in Clawhauser being put on perpetual desk duty]].
65	* DroppedABridgeOnHer: Despite being built up as a [[spoiler:potential antagonist, Councillor Swinton is assassinated offscreen by one of Lanolin Enterprises' agents when it seems she's getting too close to TheConspiracy]].
66	* {{Fangirl}}: Kris is seemingly one to Nick, but it turns out that [[spoiler:she's one to Judy as well. Her admiration stems from gratitude for their role in curing her uncle, Emmet Otterton]].
67	* FantasticRacism: Carries over from the movie. We particularly see it in Pop-Pop. [[spoiler:[[CharacterDevelopment He gets better]]]].
68	* FreeRangeChildren: In Season 3, Judy and Nick are chagrined - and more than a little concerned - when Sam suddenly appears without warning at their apartment, having travelled all the way there from New Reynard.
69	-->'''Nick:''' "Does your mom know you're here?"\
70	'''Sam:''' "No. Could you call her and let her know I'm here safely?"\
71	'''Nick:''' "Are you supposed to be here?"\
72	'''Sam:''' "My mom said it was okay, and you said I could visit you if I wanted."\
73	'''Nick:''' "I mean, you needed to ask... We have to... Sam, you can't just show up!"
74	* GrumpyOldMan / ScrewPolitenessImASenior: Otto "Pop-Pop" Hopps - [[FantasticRacism especially where foxes are concerned]].
75	* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:Judy and Nick]] as of the end of Season 2.
76	* HeinousHyena: {{Averted}} with Motti. She's quick to anger in her first appearance (in fairness, she'd just lost her adoptive brother), but after that, she becomes an invaluable ally to Nick and Judy, and later, [[spoiler:to Honey and Sharla]].
77	* HeroBall: ZPD Medic Surikata's decision to [[spoiler:give Cherry a tranquilizer diffuser without giving Nick, Judy, and Pennington a chance to explain ''why'' the giant wolf was double-heavied]]. Tora royally chews him out for this afterwards.
78	* [[ImplacableMan Implacable Wolf]]: Cherry in Chapters 9 and 10 of Season 3, thanks to her being enormous by wolf standards, and especially since she's covered her fur in epoxy to make her [[spoiler:mostly]] tranq dart-proof, making her capable of [[spoiler:nearly beating Pennington - an ''elephant'' - and later '''half of Precinct 1''']].
79	* INeedAFreakingDrink: Chief Bogo remarks that since Judy and Nick joined the force, all he needs to to is text "FB"[[note]]"Fox and Bunny"[[/note]] to his wife to ensure there's a stiff drink waiting for him when he gets home.
80	-->“It’s… gonna be a drinking night tonight.”
81	* InterspeciesRomance:
82	** Judy and Nick eventually, and also Jack and Skye.
83	** Jack's parents, a hare and a hyena, also count.
84	* LastSecondWordSwap: A variation.
85	-->'''Flash:''' "My... brakes... are... out... [[spoiler:standing]]!"
86	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: At one point, Jack Savage alludes to the fact that he originally hails from [[{{WhatCouldHaveBeen/Zootopia}} a very early draft of the movie]].
87	-->"Oh my god I’m stuck in a cutting-room floor draft, help me please."
88	* LegendaryInTheSequel: Nick and Judy achieve this status as the fic goes on.
89	* ALizardNamedLiz / SpeciesSurname: Well, naturally! This ''is'' a ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' fanfic, after all!
90	** Mayumi Tora's surname is literally the Japanese word for 'tiger'.
91	* LostMyAppetite: One of Judy's brothers swears off cheese forever after finding out [[{{Squick}} where it comes from]].
92	* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: {{Subverted}} in Season 2. [[spoiler:While Judy, Nick, and co. were being menaced by Lanolin's assassins, Chief Bogo and the rest of the ZPD were doing the heavy lifting in terms of arresting their bosses]].
93	* MegaCorp: Lanolin Enterprises - they have a finger in just about every pie, and hold considerable political influence; [[spoiler:influence they'll do ''anything'' to keep]].
94	* MixAndMatchCritters: {{Downplayed}}. Jack Savage is meant to be the hybrid son of a hare father and a hyena mother, and a considerable amount of money and genetic engineering went into his conception. However, Jack explains that because of scientific limitations, he's not really a ''true'' hybrid; his birth mother was a bunny, and the only traits he got from his hyena side are sharper claws and stripes in his fur.
95	* MyGreatestFailure:
96	** Judy considers her role in creating the Night Howler Panic during the movie to be this.
97	** Season 3 reveals that [[spoiler:Clawhauser]] has this as well. The reason he's [[spoiler:saddled with perpetual desk duty is because he tranquilized a suspect, but it reacted badly with them, resulting in him being the only Precinct 1 Officer other than Judy to have caused a fatality in the line of duty. As a result, Clawhauser is terrified of using tranq guns]].
98	* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Nick's "death"]] in Season 1. Oddly enough, [[spoiler:Judy is ''looking'' for Nick's body when she finds him alive in Hell's Cauldron]].
99	* NotNowKiddo: ZPD Medic Surikata doesn't give Judy, Nick, and Francine a chance to explain [[spoiler:why he shouldn't give Cherry a tranq diffuser]] until it's too late.
100	* NotSoDifferentRemark: [[spoiler:Vivienne]] inflicts this on Bonnie and Stu, pointing out to them that Judy's instinct to protect others and make the world a better place - even at the risk of her own safety - is most likely something instilled in her from her parents' love and protectiveness towards her and her siblings.
101	-->“Who your daughter is today is absolutely the product of all the love and care you have given to her… You two ''should'' be scared because you ''never'' stopped loving and caring, but please understand… It is because of that love… that fear, care and worry that she became what she is. ''Sungura ya Shetani'', clad in [[TitleDrop guardian blue]]. Were it not for the heart that you two cultivated in her, [[spoiler:I would be without a son, and more than half the mammals in this room would be dead]]. The ZPD prepared her to be a cop. You prepared her to be more than that.”
102	* OfficialCouple: Judy and Nick.
103	* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: In Season 2, [[spoiler:Chief Bogo and the rest of the ZPD somehow blow the lid on Lanolin Enterprises' conspiracy while Judy, Nick, and the other witnesses are being menaced by their assassins in New Reynard]].
104	* OhCrap: Skye, after learning she really ''did'' just [[ItMakesSenseInContext lick Jack Savage's face]].
105	* OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs: The central premise of ''Who Writes This?!''
106	* OrpheanRescue: [[spoiler:A metaphorical version - after Nick's apparent death in Season 1, Judy searches for his body in a place deep in Zootopia's climate control system colloquially known as "Hell's Cauldron." What she doesn't expect to find is that Nick is actually alive in there. This trope is what follows - complete with [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments Judy kicking a hole in a parking lot surface and yanking Nick out of the ground with her]]. A newspaper headline about the rescue put it best]]:
107	-->'''''"...AND DEATH BACKED AWAY SLOWLY"'''''
108	* PintSizedPowerhouse:
109	** Judy, a rabbit, is shown to be able to take down mammals many times her size.
110	** Also, Finnick, as [[spoiler:Darmaw's enforcers]] learn the hard way.
111	* PlanetOfHats: Just as Bunnyburrow is predominantly comprised of rabbits, New Reynard is predominantly populated by foxes. The occasionally mentioned town of Fenrir is presumably mainly wolves.
112	* PoliceProcedural: The fic alternates between this and CopShow.
113	* PoorCommunicationKills:
114	** [[spoiler:Innocent miscommunications erroneously lead Nick to believe that his mother was dead]] until the events of ''Thanks for the Fox''.
115	** In Season 1, the fact that Nick [[spoiler:didn't tell Judy that he was an experienced Munch player or about his plan to raise money for the Tuber family]] makes Judy think he was essentially hustling everyone at the Munch game.
116	** Also rears its head in Season 3 when ZPD Medic Surikata panics and [[spoiler:gives Cherry a tranq diffuser before Nick, Judy, and Francine can explain to him that [[ImplacableMan Cherry is incredibly dangerous]]]]. After the dust settles, [[spoiler:Acting Chief Tora]] makes a note to pull the security footage of the incident as an example to ZPD trainees of the risks of poor communication.
117	* PopulationXAndCounting: After Nick expresses his concerns after seeing Bunnyburrow's incredibly high-number "Population" sign from the movie, Judy explains that the sign is really just a tourist trap, and Bunnyburrow's population isn't actually ''that'' high.
118	* PutOnABus: Chief Bogo makes hardly any appearances after Season 2. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as [[spoiler:he probably has his hooves full running the city as Acting Mayor]].
119	* RankScalesWithAsskicking: While [[spoiler:Acting Chief Mayumi Tora]] may not be as brawny as her predecessor, her skill in martial arts makes her more than capable of holding her own in a fight, as [[spoiler:Cherry]] learns the hard way.
120	* RankUp: At the end of Season 2, [[spoiler:Judy and Nick are both promoted to Sergeant. Additionally, Chief Bogo's simultaneous ascension to Acting Mayor of Zootopia may count.]]
121	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[{{DaChief}} Chief Bogo]] seems keen to avoid repeating his mistakes from the movie. In ''Guardian Blue'', he makes sure to give Judy and Nick assignments that play to their strengths, and to their niche as the ZPD's two smallest non-rodent officers, even using their relationship to his advantage during an undercover investigation at Mystic Springs Oasis.[[note]]It was a two-officer job that would've required the officers to go in naked, and no one else would take the assignment because they didn't want to become ''that'' well acquainted with their partner. Sending a team of two who were a couple in reality circumvented that issue.[[/note]] He goes even further with this trope as [[spoiler:he manages to take down Lanolin Enterprises ([[OffscreenMomentOfAweseome off-camera, no less!]])]], and as of the end of Season 2, [[spoiler:is tasked with running the whole damn ''city'' as Acting Mayor]].
122	* {{Reconstruction}}: ''Guardian Blue'' occasionally makes some of the more outlandish parts of ''Zootopia'' a bit more palatable.
123	** Judy and Nick being able to become cops after Judy's resignation, Nick's tax evasion, and the damage they did while revealing Bellwether's scheme is explained with three things;
124	*** Chief Bogo instituted a media campaign that basically told the media that Judy's actions were as a private citizen on behalf of the ZPD.
125	*** Judy and Nick both refused to testify against Bellwether unless charges for the damage inflicted in the train chase were overlooked.
126	*** Nick's tax evasion was also overlooked in exchange for his testimony, and since Nick was going to be taking a government paycheque anyway as a police officer, it was agreed that [[WorkOffTheDebt he could pay back what he owed by having a cut taken out of his salary]].
127	** Season 3 gives us an explanation for Judy and Weaselton's chase through Little Rodentia. There ''are'' times that make it necessary for non-rodents to enter the tiny borough, but there is a standard protocol for mammals Judy and Nick's size to enter that Judy hadn't followed when pursuing Weaselton.
128	** Season 3 also tackles Judy's CowboyCop attitude, with [[spoiler:Acting Chief Tora]] calling Judy out on her reckless behaviour during [[{{WesternAnimation/Zootopia}} the movie]]. During [[spoiler:Judy and Tora's sparring match, Judy responds by proving that yes, she ''can'' approach a dangerous situation without needlessly putting herself at risk]].
129	* [[RefittedForSequel Refitted for Fanfic]]:
130	** Some characters, like Jack, Skye, Honey, and Councillor Swinton all hail from [[{{WhatCouldHaveBeen/Zootopia}} early drafts and unused concepts for the movie]].
131	** Happytown is also a concept taken from the early "Shock Collar" draft of ''Zootopia''.
132	* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: [[spoiler:Vivienne Wilde]] in ''Thanks For the Fox''.
133	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:Darmaw's willing to turn a whole parkful of elephants savage if it means getting back at the police]].
134	* RunningGag:
135	** Judy eating fish - intentionally or otherwise. ItMakesSenseInContext.
136	** Nick or [[spoiler:Vivienne]] making use of the "GOT YOU" coin, or related mentions of "getting" characters (read: playing jokes on them).
137	** Whenever Chief Bogo delivers bad news he puts on his glasses. Nick always notices, and gives an appropriate, comical ThisIsGonnaSuck reaction. Nick can tell ''even when they're talking on the phone.''
138	** Judy's growing reputation for being an unstoppable, reckless force of nature with no concept of limits, and her own denial about how true it is. She hates it and to her credit ''tries'' to do things by the book, but can never seem to, and it's constantly played for humor as her friends crack jokes about it, criminal and pranksters alike flee in terror of her, people jump to the assumption that she's going to do crazy things, and eventually the whole city (and beyond) starts to believe it. It reaches its zenith when she has to beat up half a village in self-defense, leading everyone there to start calling her "Demon Rabbit."
139	* SavageWolves: Cherry is [[CanisMajor enormous]], [[{{Yandere}} stalkeriffic]], delusional, an adrenaline junkie, and not afraid to [[spoiler: torture her ex-boyfriend, or take on cops (even elephant cops or other wolves)]]. It comes out that she was originally a subversion of this, [[spoiler: until she developed an undetected brain tumor that altered her personality. It's removed after Judy and Nick defeat her, returning her to the way she was.]]
140	* ShoutOut:
141	** With regards to fox culture, plenty to Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'', by virtue of having a fox version of Robin who occupies a similar place in Zootopian mythology that real-world Myth/RobinHood does in ours.
142	** When the ZPD needs to alert officers to a situation that's too complicated to efficiently explain over the radio, they name the type of situation "a [[Creator/JRRTolkien Foalkien]]" after "an equine writer known for writing out painstakingly every detail."
143	* ShownTheirWork: In Season 3, it's mentioned that once upon a time, 80% of Zootopia's bat population was wiped out by a fungal disease. This is a reference to a real-life epidemic called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-nose_syndrome White-Nose Syndrome]] that as of 2019 is spreading among North American bats.
144	* TheShrink: Dr. Carlisle, a skunk, and Precinct 1's resident therapist. She's moderately effective at her job from what little we see of her, though Judy [[spoiler:and later Nick]] does take issue with how her and Nick's joint sessions with her have to have a divider between them, and with Carlisle calling Nick "Nicholas." Though Carlisle doesn't object when [[spoiler:Nick knocks the divider over]], or when Judy demands she call Nick "Nick" in Season 3.
145	* SmellySkunk:
146	** During Season 3, Judy and Nick have to deal with drugged-out skunk who passes out in a museum, and winds up spraying the entire lobby when he has a seizure. Nick takes the spray square in the face.
147	*** Apparently [[CrazyPrepared the ZPD has a special shower for just such an emergency]].
148	** Averted with Dr. Carlisle, for whom no mention is made of her ability to spray.
149	* {{Squee}}: How [[spoiler:Clawhauser loses his bet with Judy]] in ''Fall Festival''
150	* {{Squick}}: Judy's reaction to discovering an abandoned gas station filled with knockoff "celebrity cheese" (that is, cheese that supposedly came from the milk of dead Zootopian celebrities). Even more so when she discovers that ''she'' was one of the celebrities in question (they were aging 'her' cheese in advance).
151	* SuicideByCop: Finnick explains to Judy that Nick's selling [[TheDon Mr. Big]] a skunk-butt-rug may have been a subconscious attempt at this.
152	* StraightMan: Jack Savage generally plays this role beside Nick, Judy and even Skye (who plays this role instead when he's not around). It's telling that the movie star is the most normal one of the group. His default emotion tends to be "stunned and confused about the madness around him."
153	* TitleDrop: [[spoiler:Vivienne]] drops one near the end of Season 2.
154	* TranquilizerDart: Frequently used by the ZPD, but they're shown to have their limitations.
155	** In Season 1, part of the plot revolves around [[spoiler:the season's BigBad spiking elephants' ice cream with a substance to render them immune to tranq darts after he turns them savage with Night Howler pellets]].
156	** In Season 3, Cherry armours herself against tranq darts by spraying her fur with epoxy. [[spoiler: The first time she takes on the ZPD, Judy and Nick only manage to take her down by putting darts in her joints - the few areas she couldn't epoxy. The second time, Chief Tora has to pin her down before Judy and Nick tranq her again.]].
157	** Also from Season 3, it's mentioned that tranquilizers can be health hazards, which is why ZPD Medic Surikata panics and [[spoiler:gives Cherry a tranq diffuser - though he should have asked ''why'' they'd dosed her so much]].
158	*** Judy also figures that the reason [[spoiler:Clawhauser is the only Precinct 1 officer other than her to have killed someone in the line of duty is because he tranqed a suspect and it reacted badly to them, resulting in their death]].
159	* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Vivienne Wilde]]. The fact that [[spoiler:she's even alive]] is a '''massive''' spoiler for ''Thanks for the Fox'', and has major ramifications for the remainder of the series.
160	* WeirdnessMagnet: Judy and Nick seem to attract cases ranging from the shocking to the just plain bizarre. {{Lampshaded}} in Season 3:
161	-->'''Pennington:''' “Oh my god, Fangmeyer was right. You’d have [[spoiler: taken down the Department of the Interior]] even if the Chief gave you parking duty! This stuff comes and finds you!”
162	* WhatWereYouThinking: Mayumi Tora's reaction to Surikata [[spoiler:giving Cherry a tranquilizer diffuser without letting Judy, Nick, and Francine tell him ''why'' they had double-heavied her, which had resulted in half of Precinct 1 getting trounced by a mentally unstable wolf]].
163	* WholesomeCrossdresser: Judy, Nick, Jack, and Skye all attend the ZPD Halloween Party, with Judy and Nick dressed as Jack and Skye respectively and vice-versa, with their fur dyed to complete the look. It's so convincing that Wolfard tries to flirt with "Skye".
164	* WolfInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Inverted literally]] in ''Sheepless in New Reynard''. [[spoiler:Big Bad, who Honey, Sharla, and Motti believe to be a wolf, is in fact a cover for Gareth - a sheep]]!
165	* WorkOffTheDebt: A variation. After Bellwether's arrest, it was decided that since Nick was going to be taking a government pay check as a police officer anyway, he could pay back the debts from his tax evasion by having a chunk taken out of his salary.
166	* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Darmaw, as demonstrated by his taking a wolf cub hostage when cornered by Nick and Judy]].
167	* WretchedHive: Happytown, a predominantly predator-populated area, has this reputation in-universe.
168	* {{Yandere}}: '''Cherry'''. Suffice to say, her ex-boyfriend has every reason to fear her.
169	* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Why Darmaw holds a grudge against the ZPD]].
170	* YoureDrinkingBreastMilk:
171	** In Bunnyburrow, Nick winds up unwittingly drinking breast milk that came from Judy's sister Eli.
172	** Becomes a heartwarming BrickJoke later on, when Eli sends via the family a bottle to Nick as a humorous "get well soon" gift when he [[spoiler:gets out of the hospital after Judy rescues him from Hell's Cauldron]]; when he finally gets to gulp it down, we have this scene:
173	--->'''Judy:''' Nick, please say that was just regular milk.\
174	'''Nick:''' Nope. Sweet. Definitely grade-A bunneh!\
175	'''Judy:''' You know that’s not for foxes, right? Why would you drink that?\
176	'''Nick:''' Did ''you'' ever drink it?\
177	'''Judy:''' Yeah, of course. First couple years of my life, like most kits. But I’m a bunny. I’m supposed to.\
178	'''Nick:''' Yeah, well, you drank it for two years... and you [[spoiler:carried a mammal twice your weight more’n a mile upward through the guts of the city with your shoulder out of joint and then kicked a freaking crater in the road in front of Palm Market just to drag me back into the light]]... so yeah - Imma drink the milk. I’ll suck down every drop of it that gets handed to me. I figure I’ll be able to ''fly'' if I drink enough.
179	** Also, there's the fact that in a world where just about every mammal is sentient, eating cheese may count as this. The full extent of this becomes apparent in Season 3, when Judy and Nick discover an abandoned gas station filled with counterfeit 'celebrity cheese' - cheese that supposedly came from the lactations of Zootopian celebrities. Judy is ''not'' amused when she discovers that ''she'' was one of the mammals the cheese supposedly came from. [[SkewedPriorities Nick just wonders if it tastes the same as rabbit milk]].
180	--->'''Kris:''' It's heartless!\
181	'''Judy:''' It's greed at its worst!\
182	'''Kris:''' It's unconscionable!\
183	'''Nick (chomping on "Swinton Premier"):''' [[SkewedPriorities It's actually goat cheese]].\
184	'''Judy:''' Stop eating that!\
185	'''Nick:''' I'm investigating!

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