WildeHopps is the het ship between Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps from the Zootopia fandom.

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Canon

Judy Hopps is the first rabbit officer of the ZPD, who is at first assigned parking duty by her Chief. It is during her first day as meter maid that Judy meets hustler fox Nick Wilde.

In their first meeting, Nick is attempting to scam an ice cream parlor for a Jumbo Pop by pretending Finnick, a fennec fox, is his son. Judy falls for the hustle but by happenstance learns of it later that day when she spots the pair and follows them. She angrily confronts Nick, who manages to outsmart her to make his escape.

Judy later blackmails Nick into helping her solve the case of missing Emmitt Otterton by threatening him with arrest for felony tax evasion, but during the course of that case, Nick and Judy learn to trust one another, after Judy saves Nick's life and Nick stands up to Judy's Chief.

After the solving of the missing mammals case, Judy asks Nick to become her partner officially, however Judy's words in the following press conference regarding predators going savage cause their relationship to fracture and Nick leaves her behind. Judy would later leave the city, but would go looking for Nick once again after realizing the truth behind the savage mammals - that a plant called Night Howler was causing them to go savage. Judy offers a heartfelt and tearful apology to Nick for her previous words and actions, which Nick accepts, and the pair learn the truth behind the Night Howler conspiracy. Their trust for each other is shown after they hustle Dawn Bellwether, the sheep mayor behind the Night Howler plot, by switching out a pellet in the Night Howler gun with a blueberry. Nick pretends to go 'savage' and hunt Judy, and only after Bellwether confesses her plot (which is being recorded by Judy), is their ruse revealed.

Months later, Nick is admitted to the Zootopia Police Department as Judy's partner, the pair exchanging proud looks as Judy gives Nick his badge. During their first case, in which they are tasked with chasing down a speed racer, Nick playfully tells Judy "You know you love me." to which Judy replies, "Do I know that? Yes, yes I do."

The pair later attend the concert of pop star Gazelle, in which Judy enthusiastically gets Nick to dance along by hip-checking him.

Fanon

Though their relationship seems to be platonic, many fans ship the two of them together. The creators of the show deliberately left the relationship ambiguous, claiming that it could be seen as romantic and decided to leave it to fan interpretation.

Fandom

FAN FICTION

Judy/Nick tag on AO3 Nick/Judy tag on FanFiction.Net

DEVIANTART

wildehopps tag on DeviantArt Nick/Judy on DeviantArt

TUMBLR

WildeHopps posts on Tumblr

Trivia

The name of this ship was designated by Rich Moore, one of the directors for Zootopia.

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