Nick Wilde

Officer Nicholas Piberius "Nick" Wilde  is the main deuteragonist of ''Zootopia. ''He became the best friend and partner of Judy Hopps after helping her solve the case with the Night Howlers.

Early Life


"No, it's true. I think I was eight or maybe nine, and all I wanted to do was join the Junior Ranger Scouts. So, my mom scraped together enough money to buy me a brand new uniform because by God I was gonna fit in, even if I was the only predator in the troop, the only fox"

- Nick Wilde

Nick came from a poor family, being raised single-handedly by his mother. There is no mention what happened to his father (he was a character but was immediately deleted). He dreamed about being part of the boy scout's of Zootopia, but his mother couldn't afford it. Eventually, Mrs. Wilde scrapped up enough money to buy her son a boy scout's uniform. Nick joined in, even if he was the first ever predator to join. However, during the meeting, Nick was severely attacked by the other boys, who put a muzzle on him. He quickly ran out crying, and quickly discarded the muzzle and broke down crying. From that day on, Nick began believing that no one would ever see him as anything but a sly fox and decided to never let anyone see that they got to him.

He became a con artist, by doing business with Finnick the fox. At an unknown point, Nick became well associated with the crime boss, Mr. Big and his grandmother, Grandmama. They developed a stable partnership, especially allowing Mr. Big to meet his grandmother and used to have her cannoli. Taking advantage of Mr. Big's hospitality, he once sold Mr. Big a rug that was made from a skunk's …but. This caused Big to believe that Wilde had betrayed him and cut off his friendship with Nick.

Meeting Judy Hopps
Nick first appears in the film when Judy is doing her meter maid duty. He is seen crossing the streets, and glaring at a ram, who honks at Nick and yelling at him to watch it before driving away. The fox goes to Jumbeaux's ice cream parlour to meet up with Finnick, who pretends to be his son.

Trivia

 * Nick's middle-name, Piberius is a callback to James Kirk's middle-name, which is Tiberius..