Zootopia+ shines the spotlight on the supporting characters and returns the fun to Zootopia! It is currently streaming on Disney+. The show is an anthology of animated shorts about ten minutes long. The original film, Zootopia (2016), was a reflection of our world through animal, in this case, mammal, eyes. It was directed by the trio of Byron Howard, Rich Moore, and Jared Bush. They also contributed to the story and Bush co-wrote the screenplay. The rest of the story crew were Jim Reardon, Josie Trinidad, Jennifer Lee, and Phil Johnston who was also the co-screenwriter. The world was almost similar to the cute mammals of The Busy World of Richard Scarry. It focused on Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) who dreamed of being the first rabbit police officer in Zootopia. Her parents, Bonnie (Bonnie Hunt) and Stu (Don Lake) worry about her leaving their country home of Bunnyburrow to the big city.
She encounters dispatcher, Benjamin Clawhauser (Nate Torrance), he is a fan of the songs of Gazelle (Shakira), and there is also Chief Bogo (Idris Elba). Judy encounters con artist and fox, Nick Wilde (Jason Basteman) who becomes her partner. Then, she chases after the sneaky thief Duke Weaselton (Alan Tudyk) and in the process saves Fru Fru (Leah Latham), the daughter of crime boss, Mr. Big (Maurice LaMarche). Along the way, the duo on the missing animal case, gets help at the Department of Mammal Vehicles (DMV) and finds a clue from the vveeerrry slllooww sloth, Flash (Raymond S. Persi). He has a cooooo-woooorrrker sloth named Priscilla (Kristen Bell). The first episode is “Hopp on Board”! The show’s opening shows a quick overview of life in Zootopia. This episode is directed by Trent Correy and Josie Trinidad. It features the original voice cast!
It starts at the Bunnyburrow train station with Judy’s massive family (mostly kits and kittens) and a sign, “Good Luck, Judy!” Hanging on the station that has bunny decorations! Judy’s parents are again worried about her in the city when the Zootopia Express arrives. I think the express horn is from the monorail! We see the animals exiting from three different sized doors! Judy says her goodbye, but runs back for a hug goodbye. Stu starts to cry, Lake’s performance is just funny! Judy says her last goodbye as the Zootopia Express leaves. Stu is still crying and mentions baby pointing to Baby Molly sitting at the back of the train! Bonnie tells her father to watch after the kids while they chase after the train! Little Molly crawls over to the bubble window to see Judy (she starts to play Gazelle’s “Try Everything” on her headphones).
Molly falls down from the window into the train. The slipping in and out of the original film is brilliant! I think of the clever Back to the Future II (1989) scenes within scenes. Stu throws Bonnie the keys for their Hopps Family Farm truck, but they fall into a grate! Still, Bonnie is resourceful and hotwires the truck! She takes off with Stu clinging to the truck. Molly crawls along a train seat and just passes the behind of a hippo! Stu regrets not doing a head count of his family, it is so long that it becomes hilarious! Bonnie races the truck until they see the train below! She looks for her phone as Stu turns the steering wheel to avoid a collison with the van of Gideon Gray, the fox who was the childhood rival of Judy. The truck leaps across a stream and lands on the other side! Bonnie gives Stu the phone, he can’t get the password so takes a face scan (it looks like an Apple cell phone) of his wife, who gives a smile. This short is so fun!
Stu can’t type in Judy’s number with sweaty paws, Bonnie uses the voice function, Deeri (complete with a deer icon!) to call Judy. Deeri instead plays “All Groovy”, there is just countless jokes thrown in on this adventure! Stu is happy, though, since it was their wedding song and they happily sit together. The truck is climbing up a forested hill and Stu accidentally drops the cell phone outside! A comedy of errors and the hits keep coming! The yak guru, Yax (Tommy Chong) has his Mystic Spring Oasis Retreat members stretch down. The truck soars over them and Stu is stunned after what he had just seen! Bonnie points out that they are now parallel to the Zootopia Express! Molly slides down and is almost stomped by a massive rhino hoof! Bonnie is driving next to the train and Stu decides to climb over the truck to hop onto it! He brings a pitch fork and manages to pin it against the train. Stu sees through the window, Molly haplessly walking around a sleeping tiger’s mouth! The adventure takes them through the Zootopia districts! Zootopia+ has some funny moments behind the movie!
Five Zootopia Express Trains out of Five!
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