#The Real Rodents of Rodentia

[burnouts3s3]

"The Family you have, that makes you rich. The Friends you choose, that makes them Family. And with these things, you will never feel small." - Mr. Big

[life-on-our-planet]

The Arctic ground squirrel hibernates longer than any other species, for more than eight months of the year-- starting in early August until April. Their heart beats about once per minute and their core temperature becomes subzero. BBC Earth

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[evie-carnahan]

Zootopia+ "The Real Rodents of Little Rodentia"

[emiemi345]

The ending of The Real Rodents of Little Rodentia is hilarious but also HORRIFYING and raises sooo many questions (spoilers under the cut)

What happened to Tru Tru and the bridesmaids after they went savage?? They couldn't have been sent to Cliffside Asylum since they weren't targeted by Bellwether, so were they hospitalized or locked up somewhere else?

Were they on the news too? Did Fru Fru end up thinking it was all her fault for throwing the bouquet? How many people were attacked/injured?

Was Bellwether blamed for the girls going savage? How did the in-universe producers think it was okay to air this in-universe episode?

[thedisneyhub]

The Real Rodents of Little Rodentia

[thejdblog]

THE REAL RODENTS OF LITTLE RODENTIA 🧀

Zootopia+ on Disney+ 🐁

[disneytva]

Disney+ Drops Walt Disney Animation Studios ‘Zootopia+’ Images

Zootopia gets its own spin-off series streaming later this week; six new stories return to the mammal metropolis for a deep dive into the film’s characters.

Disney+ has released a trailer for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Zootopia+, a new series that heads back to the mammal metropolis named Zootopia and promises a deeper dive into the lives of the most intriguing residents, including Fru Fru, the fashion-forward arctic shrew; ZPD dispatcher Clawhauser, the sweet-toothed cheetah; and Flash, the smiling sloth all during the time of the original film.

All six episodes hit the streamer November 9.

Josie Trinidad (Zootopia, Ralph Breaks the Internet) and Trent Correy ( Frozen: Once Upon a Snowman, Drop) direct the series, and Nathan Curtis (Encanto, Raya and the Last Dragon) is the producer.

Episode 1 “Hopp on Board”

Judy boards the train from Bunny Burrow to Zootopia to begin her life as the big city’s first bunny cop, and Stu and Bonnie’s youngest daughter, Molly, board too. The down-to-earth duo is forced out of their comfort zone and into an action-packed rescue mission.

Episode 2 “The Real Rodents of Little Rodentia”

Newly engaged, Fru Fru kicks off wedding planning with enthusiasm and flourish—at least until her scene-stealing cousin Tru Tru arrives to assume the role of Shrew of Honor. A battle for the spotlight ensues until a close call with a giant donut reveals that, for better or worse, no one knows you better than family.

Episode 3 “Duke the Musical”

After being wrangled and arrested in a giant donut—compliments of Officer Judy Hopps—clever criminal weasel Duke reevaluates his life, pondering where he went wrong—in song. Then, in a musical aptly staged in his own mind, Duke contemplates how to go from a small-time crook to the Big Time!

Episode 4 “The Godfather of the Bride”

A touching tale about the powerful arctic shrew known as Mr. Big revisits Fru Fru’s big day when he delivers a revelatory father-of-the-bride speech. Then, returning to his days as Mr. Small, a new immigrant to Zootopia, he imparts the wisdom he gained about the importance of friends, family, and community.

Episode 5 “So You Think You Can Prance”

ZPD dispatcher Clawhauser persuades his boss, Chief Bogo, to audition for “So You Think You Can Prance.” The stakes are high as the ultimate prize is a dream-come-true opportunity to dance on stage with megastar pop sensation Gazelle.

Episode 6 “Dinner Rush”

As a super server, Sam urgently tries to finish her restaurant shift to make a once-in-a-lifetime Gazelle concert. But Flash and Priscilla show up at the last minute, hoping for a once-in-a-lifetime dinner.

[rodentcompetition]

Hello, welcome to rodent competition where we'll be choosing tumblr's favourite real life rodent :D

You can submit any amount of rodents you want but please don't submit same one multiple times

Specify species, e.g. write black rat, not just rat. there's many of them ^^

Only real life animals that belong to Rodentia order. No Remy or rabbits, sorry <3

submit them here!!!

inspired by other nature tournaments like @treebattleroyal @snakeswagbracket @may-the-best-penguin-win @mushroom-showdown @dailylepidopterans

Have fun! ^^

[genericpuff]

Any au tips cos I’m making one

and any world drawing tips cos I’m so bad at world drawing

Oof big question with some not so simple answers!

I guess big thing would be to just start with what you want to do. Because that's the lifeblood of AU's, it's "what if this but it went like this?" Start small and build it outwards from there. And most of all, have fun with it because that's really the ultimate goal :3

As for your second request, do you mean world drawing or worldbuilding?

If the former, study up on perspective, always be keeping a reference collection you can add to, and don't make backgrounds more complicated than they need to be unless it serves a purpose in the scene/panel. Make up some concept sketches for yourself, not only are they helpful for reference later on, but they also help you get into the "mood" of your setting.

If the latter, worldbuilding is based on questions. In LO's case (as a foundation) what would a modern world built around immortal/deathless gods look like? What amenities would they have? What amenities would be rendered non-existent? How do they get around, what kind of jobs do they work, etc.? How would the world be built around their needs?

A great (albeit simple) example of amazing and practical worldbuilding is Zootopia. Everything in Zootopia has a purpose built around whatever animals are inhabiting it, Little Rodentia is built with tiny buildings to accommodate rodents, there are hamster tubes everywhere for rodents to get around the city regardless of whether or not they're within Little Rodentia, the food is even designed to be consumed by the animals its marketed towards (like Judy's little microwave carrot pack LMAO), all of these things are very inconsequential on their own but make for great details in a world that make it feel more real and immersive.

So again, have fun with it! Always be asking yourself questions as you go along and add in new things or plot elements. Never stop going "wait, but if I do this, what would that mean for xyz?" because that will help you maintain the established rules of your world, whatever they happen to be. Don't be afraid to push the mundane in interesting new directions.

[star-killer89]

Watched Zootopia+ *SPOILERS*

Also, daaaaayum, a new Review post here after so long.

Spoilers, discussion,ranking and Final Verdict after the cut.

This was a fun amalgamation of short stories all in all, although, sadly, just like with Baymax and I Am Groot, not really that useful to hint at a possible sequel for this world and characters.

The fact each story also happened, chronologically speaking, at the same time of the main story of Zootopia (to the point they even cheaply re-used snippets of the movie instead of creating something new, especially focused on Nick and Judy) didn't really help.

Here's my ranking (with a bit of motivation too):

The Godfather of the Bride: The best short story (possibly also because of my bias towards The Godfather - Part II) and the only one that greatly expanded on the universe of the characters. The only flaw of the episode was the absence of Nick and Judy at the wedding of Fru Fru (considering they were there), but that's basically because they didn't have any good shots with the two from the movie to reuse here without having to call Jennifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman to reprise their roles (and, at that point, calling them only for a one episode cameo with new lines to record would have been a huge waste).

Hopp on Board: Most of what made this episode so good was the interactions between Bonnie and Stu Hopps. Also, slapstick comedy is always funny to watch.

The Real Rodents of Little Rodentia: Considering the premise, I wasn't expecting this episode to also have a sentimental portion towards the end, which I appreciated very much. I also liked the introduction of Fru Fru's friends and cousin, but the episode looses a position in my ranking in terms of breaking the continuity. Specifically, when Fru Fru almost gets crushed by the giant doughnut, since they re-used the scene from the movie, the mice that were with her outside the shop were not her friends, thus breaking the immersion of the episode.

Dinner Rush: It was kind of a bummer to find out the waitress Sam was NOT, in fact, Mrs. Otterton, with the writers basically missing the opportunity to expand on her character to have her be more than just "the wife that set everything in motion" from the movie. Flash and Priscilla also made the episode kinda annoying after a while (in my opinion, what made the DMV's scene of the movie so memorable and entertaining was probably the fact it was short yet felt like an eternity, but in a fun way, whereas here having to watch very slow characters for 9 whole minutes made the experience a drag). This one ALSO broke the immersion with its ending scene, since they tied this story with the finale of Zootopia and, once again, went against their own continuity (Gazelle's concert was at 6PM, yet Priscilla and Sam were in the same car Flash was driving as he was stopped by Nick and Judy, who JUST started their morning shift and patrolling...come on, not EVERY short story needed to be tied to the main one by reusing segments of it!). This was the worst tie-in to the main story they pulled in the whole series.

Duke the Musical: Aside from a personal dislike in musicals (although I've also watched many other movies which were musicals that I appreciated), this story didn't really bring that much, not to the character of Duke, not to "what happened as X was going on", nor in terms of "this character evolved after this experience". This episode could have been used to expand on some more important characters in the whole universe, like Bellewheter (personally, a "prison break attempt" episode or even showing her dealing with Mayor Lionheart to expand on what her daily life was that pushed her to scheme the whole "let's show how predators are dangerous" plot from the movie would have been much better than a musical number that ultimately didn't change anything...I wonder if the reason for Bellwether's absence in the series was because they were not able to bring Jenny Slate back to reprise her role).

So You Think You Can Prance: Let me get this straight. You ALREADY have only 6 episodes for this series. Each one being ONLY 10 minutes long (even less, once you remove the opening and end credits). You were able to have Shakira come back to reprise her role as Gazelle and Idris Elba to reprise his role as Chief Bogo... And you made THE WHOLE EPISODE being just a dream of Clawhouser? Dream episodes are absolutely THE WORST you can come up with in terms of entertainment and are a HUGE waste of the watcher's time. I want those 9-10 minutes of my life back, Disney!

Final Verdict: 6/10

Not bad, but, again, the whole experience didn't give me the impression this was done with the goal to reignite everyone's interest back into the Zootopia universe to launch a sequel (which was ALREADY supposed to be set to launch in 2021).

At this point, I doubt we will ever get one.

[oddballtumbles]

Just saying, I would probably binge 10 seasons of The Real Rodents of Little Rodentia.

[bladedamus]

I misread your name as Blademaus and I thought "fuck yeah German Knight-rodent" and then I read it for real and was slightly disappointed.

It's okay now I'm kinda disappointed that it's not Blade Maus too. I would die for a valiant knight of the order rodentia.

[weirdzootopiaframes]

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What's this one again?

you know what it is from the title

Was it a good idea?

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i have never watched one of these shows and i haven't exactly been sold on the concept

How well does it mesh with the movie?

in... principle... this is functioning as intended. if you're going to make a zootopia interquel that has to be about established minor characters, and also has to be set within the events of the movie, this is certainly one. you could do. even adds new emotional context to judy saving fru-fru, which is nice? i guess?

except

then they do a night howler gag, at the party that nick and judy just left as they sought to solve the mystery of the night howlers, which is peak "here's a dumb joke that invalidates a core moving part of the source material". so.

(and there's another thing. we'll get to it later.)

What important detail that you missed was pointed out to you by your cool wife?

well for one thing she reminded me that it was explicitly established that night howlers' effects only kick in if you ingest the flower, not through smell. worse again

also she heard the director of cinematography had to watch a bunch of these kinds of shows to get the authentic feel:tm: right, so she was braced for it in a way i was not

Best character?

in your language, laddie,

FUCK everyone else

i respect YOU

Rating out of ten?

i'd say "disappointed the real rodents of little rodentia did not perish" except it looks like they actually did

[zootopiagush]

Watched Zootopia+ and have plenty of thoughts on it. I will write a full post on "So You Think You Can Prance" when I have more time, but for now, here are my initial impressions of the other five episodes and the series as a whole (no spoilers)

-The episodes are self-contained and have continuity only with the movie, not each other. You can watch them out of order or skip some no problem.

-Francine gets more screentime which means many of my wholecloth invented headcanons for her seem less likely now. But that's really my fault.

-Occasionally context from the movie added lines of dialogue or changed gestures, which was distracting.

-Hopp on Board was hilarious and adorable, as was Judy's youngest sister, Molly. Some characters return from the deleted scenes.

-The Real Rodents of Little Rodentia was not my cup of tea. I liked the ending but the build-up was all based on a genre of tv I couldn't be less interested in and none of Fru Fru's friends seemed interesting. The very end seemed to cause a continuity snarl, so I'd rather say it's not canon.

-Duke the Musical had a very barebones plot, but a good song and Alan Tudyk got to show off his singing ability.

-The Godfather of the Bride was probably the best one for character development for Mr. Big and Koslov. It made me like both characters more.

-Dinner Rush introduces a good new character and has cute Flash/Priscilla moments. And not so cute Oryx-Antlersons moments.

[emiemi345]

Reblog with what you think Mandy went to prison for in The Real Rodents of Little Rodentia

[thecastingcircle]

Zootopia+ | Trailer | Disney+

“Zootopia+” heads back to the fast-paced mammal metropolis of Zootopia in a short-form series that dives deeper into the lives of some of the Oscar®-winning feature film’s most intriguing residents, including Fru Fru, the fashion-forward arctic shrew; ZPD dispatcher Clawhauser, the sweet-toothed cheetah; and Flash, the smiling sloth who’s full of surprises. The series is directed by Josie Trinidad (Co-Head of Story, “Zootopia”; Head of Story, “Ralph Breaks the Internet”) and Trent Correy (Director, “Once Upon a Snowman” and “Drop”), and produced by Nathan Curtis (Associate Producer, “Encanto” and “Raya and the Last Dragon”).

 Episodes debuting Nov. 9 include: 

 1.       Hopp on Board – When Judy boards the train from Bunny Burrow to Zootopia to begin her life as the big city’s first bunny cop, Stu and Bonnie’s youngest daughter, Molly, hitches a ride atop the train, forcing the down-to-earth duo out of their comfort zone and into an action-packed rescue mission.

 2.       The Real Rodents of Little Rodentia – Newly engaged, Fru Fru kicks off wedding planning with enthusiasm and flourish—at least until her scene-stealing cousin Tru Tru arrives to assume the role of Shrew of Honor. A battle for the spotlight ensues until a close call with a giant donut reveals that for better or worse, no one knows you better than family. 

 3.       Duke the Musical – After being wrangled and arrested in a giant donut—compliments of Officer Judy Hopps—clever criminal weasel Duke reevaluates his life, pondering where he went wrong—in song. In a musical aptly staged in his own mind, Duke contemplates how to go from a small time crook to the Big Time! 

 4.       The Godfather of the Bride – A touching tale about the powerful arctic shrew known as Mr. Big revisits Fru Fru’s big day when he delivers a revelatory father-of-the-bride speech. Taking guests back in time to his days as Mr. Small, a new immigrant to Zootopia, he imparts the wisdom he gained then about the importance of friends, family and community. 

 5.       So You Think You Can Prance – ZPD dispatcher Clawhauser persuades his boss, Chief Bogo, to audition for “So You Think You Can Prance.” The stakes are high as the ultimate prize is a dream-come-true opportunity to dance on stage with megastar pop sensation Gazelle. 

 6.   Dinner Rush – As super server Sam urgently tries to finish her restaurant shift to make a once-in-a-lifetime Gazelle concert, Flash and Priscilla show up at the last minute with hopes of a once-in-a-lifetime dinner.