WildeHopps

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

Canon
Judy Hopps is the first rabbit officer of the ZPD, who is 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 that his friend 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 to 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
WildeHopps is without a doubt one of, if not the, most popular ships in the Zootopia fandom. One of the biggest contributors is their chemistry despite seeming to be opposites of each other. Namely, while Judy is a bright, optimistic police rookie who believes the city's motto of "Anyone Can Be Anything", Nick is a jaded, cynical con-artist whose history led him to believing that one can only be what society thinks they were born to be. It's them being together and learning from each other's point of views that led them to breaking through their many faults (Judy's "acting before thinking" mentality and Nick's cynicism, for example) and grow to become better people. Another big factor is their nature as a predator (Nick) and their natural prey (Judy) and them being able to grow past the stereotypical rivalry between them for a common good (That particular fact being part of the film's overall message of unity is itself another big booster to the ship's popularity).

Despite many fans shipping the two romantically, the actual nature their relationship seems to be more platonic. The film deliberately leaves their relationship ambiguous, leaving it to fan interpretation as to whether they are romantically involved or not.

On Ao3, WildeHopps is the most written ship for Zootopia as a whole, as well as for both Judy and Nick themselves. For specific numbers, it currently beats ship with the second highest number (between two characters only seen in earlier drafts of the film) by a factor of over 20 to 1.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Nick/Judy tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Nick/Judy tag on FanFiction.Net

DEVIANTART
 * Nick/Judy on DeviantArt
 * Nick/Judy on DeviantArt

TUMBLR

Trivia

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