Last week, Jared Bush, director of Zootopia 2, celebrated the success of the movie with a Q&A session on X. He answered a number of fan questions, providing us with a wealth of extra information to better understand the world and characters.
To start, we got some reasoning on how Judy’s leg was fine after Bellwether’s arrest
jared, I was intrigued by one detail: at the beginning of the film, when Judy talks about her first case, she kicked a door, but how could she have done that if her foot was so badly injured and she couldn’t walk? She doesn’t even have that red bandage on her leg that Nick tied pic.twitter.com/89mW2QdT5f
— lia ᶜʳᶠ (@liatuwita) December 11, 2025
Now what about Nick’s Apartment?
Money on the wall is from his first scam. Tennis balls, because….🦊
— Jared Bush (@thejaredbush) December 12, 2025
Of course, we also need to talk about Pawbert. Is he redeemable? A very contrivusal question for sure!
That’s a very subjective question. He got pretty murdery… and when offered a different path… he chose to double down.
— Jared Bush (@thejaredbush) December 12, 2025
And a little more background on how far thought out Pawberts plan really was.
What I love is that Pawbert has to improvise after Judy and Nick start messing with his plans. Why are they at the gala? He doesn’t know. But he needs to find out, hence the bump and everything he talks to her about. 😬
— Jared Bush (@thejaredbush) December 13, 2025
Another good question about the meaning of the word Zoo in Zootopia
The word “Zoo” comes from Ancient Greek, and refers to “animal” – not a zoo as in a place you would visit today. In other words, “Zootopia” is a play on words for “animal utopia” – or our European version Zootropolis – which is a play on “animal metropolis.”
— Jared Bush (@thejaredbush) December 12, 2025
We also get to see a bit of Jared’s childhood, and one of the coolest photos I think he could have possibly flexed on us with.
Dying to finally visit Outback Island. Been trying to go there since the first film. Also… I lived in Australia as a kid, and had a rescued baby kangaroo as a pet. The receipts: pic.twitter.com/nsTxnmzoQj
— Jared Bush (@thejaredbush) December 12, 2025
As we are well aware, the movie is jam packed with easter eggs. This is one I didn’t catch, but in hindsight is amazing!
Love that someone spotted my favorite Lonely Island Easter egg – both Jenny Slate and Andy Samberg had nefarious plans to… throw Judy on the ground!!! #Zootopia2 pic.twitter.com/I2hP16ptz6
— Jared Bush (@thejaredbush) December 12, 2025
And of course we can’t forget that Jared is a bit of a troll himself.
They’re more fun.
— Jared Bush (@thejaredbush) December 13, 2025
And finally, a small sneak peek at Zootopia 3!
🤣
— Jared Bush (@thejaredbush) December 14, 2025
If you haven’t already, check out Jared’s X Profile here, and give him a follow as I’m sure this isn’t the last Q&A he will do!