Nick Wilde

**Officer Nicholas Piberius** "**Nick**" **Wilde**[6] is a male red fox and the deuteragonist of *Zootopia*. He is the son of Mrs. Wilde.

## 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. 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 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 and friendly demeanor. He nearly always has a sly smile on his face and seems unfazed throughout most of the film, as he later reveals that because of the numerous years of suffering from prejudice and stereotypes that came with being a fox, he decided on two things: He would never let anyone know they got to him and if the world only ever saw foxes as sly scoundrels then he would be that. This led him to be cynical and pessimistic of the world, and he came believe that animals can only be what they are, not what they want to be. He is very street smart and intelligent, and is also good at telling what kind of person someone is, as he was able to correctly guess upon simply meeting Judy that she was from a family of carrot farmers and graduated top of her class with high dreams of making it big and living in a place like Zootopia where it seemed like everything was great because people could live equally before displaying his pessimistic side and stating she would never make it and would return home.

Because he is a con artist, he is tricky and knows how to get out of sticky situations using his words and knows how to get around the city easily managing to evade Judy and tricking her into stepping into wet cement. Despite being a con artist (or perhaps because of it), he has numerous friends and connections (most of whom are shady characters to begin with). He also got in trouble with at least one mob boss, notably Mr. Big (though by the end of the film they seem to have put the matter under the skunk butt rug). He enjoys being sarcastic and poking fun at others particularly Judy, since she was much more serious than him and was a bunny, on occasion citing stereotypes such as carrot farmer and dumb bunny toward her.

It is implied throughout the film and stated outright by Judy that his obvious enjoyment in poking at others' failures comes from the suffering he endured and seeing another's pain makes his views about his own frustrating life feel better. However, when Judy saw more to him than that, he grew hopeful as he believed someone finally saw him for who he really was, implying that deep down that was all he ever wanted. However, when she unintentionally said bigoted comments about the animals going savage being predators and that their affliction was caused by their "biology" and something in their genes causing them to revert, he felt betrayed as he (a predator) was once more being labeled as dangerous simply because of his species. Despite this, he is quite forgiving, as he did quickly forgive Judy when she realized her mistake and broke down crying. He is also not a glory hound and seems to prefer remaining in the shadows, letting Judy take all the credit for finding the 14 missing mammals, claiming it was because he was not a cop and so didn't need or deserve the credit. He also proved to be resourceful and intelligent, quickly figuring out that the cameras around the city could help them find where Mr. Otterton was and understanding how to avoid being caught on camera doing illegal things by using Maintenance Tunnel 6B and keeping evidence of Bellwether's treachery in case their attempt at hijacking the train where she and her minions grew Night howlers went awry, which it did and also coming up with the plan (alongside Judy) to switch the serum in the dart gun with blueberries in case one of Bellwether's minions caught them and to keep the serum as evidence.

Prejudice remains a big deal for him, as he hates it when others misjudge him, but at the same time does his best to hide this anger under an easygoing facade and sarcastic comments, and easily creating a comeback to retaliate. The only time he ever breaks his easygoing facade are when he is scared for his life, or when someone close to him betrays him. This also shows 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. The two times Judy asked Nick to leave her behind, he refused.

## TMNT X Pokemon

Nick was able to trick Fishface and Dogpound into letting him join them. But when they were about to attack the Turtles, he knock the two out and thus joining the Turtles. Being a con artist, he often tricks his friends into getting what he wants without them even knowing they have been scammed.

## 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.

### Development

* In the original *Zootopia* draft, Nick was the protagonist whilst Judy was the deuteragonist, however, their roles were later switched during production.
* 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.[9]
* Also according to Byron Howard, the name "Piberius" is in reference to James Tiberius Kirk,[6] 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.
* According to Byron Howard, in earlier drafts of the film, Nick was known by the name Jack Savage. After the idea for the savage serum was introduced, they changed his name to Jack Wilde, however this was again changed as Disney were also working on *Gigantic* and the directors did not want the name of the protagonist to be similar to another Disney production, hence it was changed to Nick Wilde.

### GeneralEdit

* 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 started when he was twelve and Judy multiplies his income in a year with 20).
* Nick does not eat meat.[10]
* Nick's tax forms show information on him:
	+ His name, Nicholas P. Wilde, is on his form.
	+ His Zootopia Benefits Number is 555-16-2239.
	+ 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.
	+ 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.[11]
* 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.[12]
* 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.[13]
* 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