#duke weaselton

[araminakilla]

Since Zootopia Plus comes tomorrow, here are my opinions of each episode so far + Nick & Judy's thoughts

See you on the wild side...

[zootopiathingz]

Duke: welcome to the “Fuck Nick Wilde” club, where we all talk about how much we hate Nick.

Judy:

Judy: I may have misunderstood the purpose of this club.

[boxyam]

Silly weasel ‼️😼

[peppercheeni]

"I'll pay you..." "Pay me what?" "Moneyyy~" "DONE!"

"They're offered me what I couldn't refuse - money!"

same fuckin' energy

[kingmaxstatic]

Wanted to show off concept art for a redesign of my Zootopia Oc: Betsy! (They/He/She/Bits) Honestly SUPPPERR proud of this concept art. Hopefully I'll make a ref soon.

[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.

[plaguedaemonart]

a thing that's underappreciated by the counter-revolutionary general public is that duke weaselton is a cute lil guy, lookit'im

[weirdzootopiaframes]

[bunnyburrow-pie-fox]

Random Zootopia Starters, Part 1

• "Nice costume, loser!" • "What are you gonna do? Kill me?" • "What are you talking about?! My shop — it was just robbed!" • "Well, I've been thinking... It would be nice to have a partner." • "You ARE stepping on my tail, though. Off, off, off!" • "We reserve the right to refuse service to ANYONE. So beat it." • "Life isn't some cartoon musical where you sing a little song and your insipid dreams magically come true!" • "They offered me what I couldn't refuse: money!" • "You know what I think is weird? Clothes on animals!" • "You wasted the day on purpose!"

- Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 -

[nsokolow]

Little Weasel, Big City: Chapter 22

“Hey, uh, Leilani?” Duke entered Leilani’s cubicle.

Leilani turned her chair around. “Oh, Duke! Hi! What’s that red stuff on you?”

Duke looked down and saw he had traces of red powder on his shirt. He brushed it off. “All gone?”

“You still have some on your face.” Leilani ran a paw down her muzzle.

Duke gave his muzzle a few swipes. “Lei, this weird thing happened a couple minutes ago. I’m pushin’ my cart, and this red dust explodes from it and it throws me on the floor! It turned out to be some recalled toy. When I picked it up, it had a note on it sayin’ that I’d be sorry. Ya think that’s somethin’ to worry about? I’m wonderin’ if maybe it’s from PJ and she’s mad at us, or just me, since I was the one that got the creepy prank threat thing.”

Leilani, her mouth dropped open, remained silent for a moment. “I, uh, well, I actually would be worried.” She shivered. “Wow, now I’m scared. You think anybody’s gonna come for me?”

“Well, if it’s PJ, then probably.” Duke shrugged and nodded.

Leilani yelped and crawled under her desk. “Wait! It’s too dark in here!” She climbed back up to her chair and squeezed onto the back, her claws digging holes in it.

“Whoa! Lei! I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” Duke frantically patted her head. “Look, are ya done with work soon?”

The trembling weasel slowly allowed her wide purple eyes to look up into Duke’s eyes. “About five more minutes.”

“Tell ya what, since I’m done with work, how ‘bout I stay with ya until you’re done, then I’ll stay extra close to ya when we leave and walk to the car. Sound good?” Duke stroked Leilani’s back.

“T-That w-would be great! Thank you!” Leilani gingerly arranged herself back around, facing the computer.

Duke was surprised to find himself fascinated during his observation of Leilani’s digital work. “So, uh, can I sit here, too?”

Leilani, a bit more relaxed, scooted over.

Duke sat next to her. “So, ya gotta write ten different sales pitches?”

Leilani sighed. “Yeah, before I leave today. Once I’m done here, I’m going to email this document to Miss Leapman.”

“So, does this Miss Leapman come up with anythin’ on her own?”

A gentle laugh escaped Leilani. “Yeah, she just likes having other animals to bounce things off of.”

“Well, ya got some good sales pitches here, and I bet nobody’s got any better ones.”

“You think so?” Leilani turned to face him. “I’ve honestly been pretty worried.”

“Yeah. I do.”

“Thanks,” Leilani said, “I needed that.”

Duke stared at Leilani as she typed with more vigor. “Okay! I’m done! Let’s go!”

“Oh!” Duke shook his head. “Okay!”

“Ya know, I really wish this joint had a parkin’ lot!” Duke exclaimed as he got into the driver’s seat.”

Leilani got into the passenger’s seat. “Yeah, it can be a huge pain in the neck to find a place to park on the street. Parking lots at least don’t have oncoming traffic.” She threw her briefcase in the backseat. She turned back around. “Duke, I didn’t know you bought a radio! Thank you! We can have something for backup in case something goes wrong with this car’s radio!

“Radio? I didn’t buy a radio.”

“Huh, that’s weird, because there’s a radio back there. It’s on mute and it’s changing stations by itself! Battery must be low.”

Duke looked back and saw a black box with green digits counting down. “It’s a bomb! I’ve seen them in action movies!”

Duke and Leilani screamed as they clambered out of the car.

“Should we throw it?” Leilani asked.

“I don’t know! I don’t wanna explode anybody!”

“What number was it down to?”

“It was like, one minute! I think I have time to find some place to put it!” Duke opened one of the back car doors, grabbed the black box, and ran. He ran onto the sidewalk as he turned his head in all directions. Although the amount of animals present was sparse, he knew it wouldn’t be safe to throw. He looked back at Leilani. “I don’t know where to throw it!”

Leilani grabbed her ears and looked around. She pointed to an empty construction side across the street. “Throw it there! Nobody’s there!”

Duke ran across the street, then toward the construction site. He dropped the bomb as far away from the unfinished building as possible, then ran back to the car.

BOOM!

Duke felt the ground shake as he caught himself on the handle of the front car door. Leilani caught herself on his shirt.

As animals screamed and frantically talked amongst themselves, Duke looked back at Leilani. “ZPD?”

“Yes! ZPD!”

They got in the car and sped off.

[kaechan]

Rewatched Zootopia last night and I love this cute little guy.

He reminds me of Randall Boggs mixed with Joe Pesci but not as evil as Randall. 

I just think he’s neat.

^^ Should have been more of him

[perseustoons]

Duke & Travis

[tymime]

Music just as good as any song by Queen. Chills down my spine, breath taken away, nearly freakin' *cried*.

This has got to be a Disney weasel's greatest triumph.

[anawkwardgalnamedtarazan]

Well, looks like I found the perfect theme song for Mamsie/Mammon! 🦊🤑

Listen for yourself and tell me....

[juniperah]

How did I not notice this! 😂