Just like the name suggests. All of the songs on this shuffle centers more on empowering songs. Don't be surprised if this shuffle focuses more on Judy and her day to day struggles.
#11: Titanium by David Guetta ft Sia.
"Coming through!"
"This is Officer McHorn. We got a 10:31!"
"I call dibs!" the rhino gasped as a gray blur jumped over his cruiser.
"Officer Hopps. I am in pursuit! Whoop wooo!" she exclaimed. But McHorn could only stare in disbelief.
This was her chance. She can catch this perp! He can run but it won't be enough. She will catch him.
As she ran she undid the fasten that secured her orange traffic vest and just let it fly off of her shoulders, like it was holding her down.
The weasel ran as fast as he could. He darted in and out of alleyways, ran between the legs of larger animals and purposely knocked things over in hopes of slowing down the bunny that's chasing him. Though these last few attempts proved useless as the rabbit stayed on his tail.
He looked up ahead and saw the tiny gates that lead to a village compound for the smaller species that lived in Zootopia. Aptly named: Little Rodentia.
As a last desperate attempt, he threw the bag that he had been carrying around over the village's fence before climbing over it himself.
Judy knew the fence would just slow her down. So she took an alternative: she didn't stop running. She aimed for the tiny entrance. And just before the last second she fell on her side and the momentum of her run made her slide into the tiny opening. Like what she would do back at her parent's burrows.
And just like that, the chase was on again.
The weasel struggled with his bag as he ran through tiny traffic. And in his haste he knocked over a realistic looking donut sign that was perched on a tiny cafe. It rolled down it's roof and on to the pavement where it toppled over miniature cars and almost running over pedestrians. It was no larger than the weasel himself but for the small animals that stood in its path, the injuries may prove fatal.
It continued to roll down the street. A female shrew that was crossing the pedestrian lane stood directly in it's path.
She screamed. Flinching as the sign was poised to crush her. Judy saw this and reacted quickly.
Just before the sign was about to come down on the poor rodent, Judy grabbed it just in time. Stopping merely inches away from the shrew's face.
The rabbit Officer looked down at the shrew and gave her a smile.
"I love your hair." she complemented.
Once the shrew gratefully thanked her she scoped around for thug. She spotted him just a few feet away and immediately gave chase.
She quickly gained on him. And when she was close enough she went in for the tackle.
She arrested her first thug that day. Maybe the first of many to come. And Judy Hopps was ready for each and every one of them.
#12: Alive by Sia.
85.
86.
87.
She hung upside down from the monkey bars, her legs wrapped around it as she pulled herself up.
She was cold and wet from the rain. Her muscles ached, her stomach grumbled and she was all alone.
88.
89.
90.
Her breath hitched. Her mind shut down, ignoring the voices that nagged at her.
'You won't make it'
91.
'Give up!'
92.
'You don't belong here!'
93.
She would show them. She's way too stubborn and She's got too much to prove to just give up.
She has a place here. She knew she was worthy for that badge.
94.
95.
96.
She was Judy Hopps. She's still breathing.
97.
She's still moving.
98.
She is strong.
99.
She has guts.
100.
And she is alive.
#13: I turn to you by Christina Aguilera.
The case wasn't over. New light had shined on the savage case. And with Nick gone, she can't do this on her own. She needed to find him. And she knows just where to look.
Nick was at this part of the park; a short tunnel under a bridge, where it was secluded enough for him to have some sort sanctuary of his own.
She saw him slumped on a folding lounge chair. A pair of sunglasses over his eyes with a radio blaring the latest pop songs.
"Nick."
The fox's ear twitched. He then reached over to his radio and turned the dial off.
Taking off his sunglasses, he harshly asked, "What are you doing here?"
Judy sighed. He was still mad. She expected him to yell at her, curse her even for everything she had said.
"The case isn't over." she said as she stepped into the tunnel's shade.
"And that means what to me?" he drawled.
"I need your help."
"For what? You don't need me." he turned his back on her and began to walk away.
"Look I know I've said some stupid things-"
"Yeah no kidding!"
"But Nick, please I can't do this without you." she admitted, tears stinging her eyes and threatening to flow down her cheeks.
"I know I never should have said those things. And I know that you're still mad at me but believe me when I say that I need you."
When he didn't turn his back to look at her only then she let her tears fall.
Believe me when I say that I need you.
Judy looked up to Nick. Her carrot shaped voice recorder held in his paw. It had recorded what she said.
She saw him smile. A sight that only lead her to cry more.
"You bunnies..." he strolled towards her, meeting her with hug.
"...So emotional."
#14: Halo by Beyonce.
It all happened too fast.
First thing Judy knew was that she and Nick had been chasing a bobcat that had stolen an ewe's purse and the next was a sound of gunfire. And her getting pushed aside. And Nick falling to the ground.
The crook got away.
She immediately grabbed her radio and called Clawhauser for dispatch. Minutes later McHorn and some other Officers came with paramedics.
She now waited impatiently in the waiting room. Ignoring the slight ache in her feet for pacing for the last hour or so.
McHorn and Clawhauser were there at the time.
The portly cheetah eyed the bunny as she walked back and forth.
"Judy, everything's gonna be alright." soothed the spotted cat. "Nick will be fine."
Judy stopped acknowledge him.
"How could you know?"
"Was he wearing his vest when it happened?" asked McHorn. Though the rhino never liked Judy and/or Nick, he was surprised when he found out what Wilde had done. And for that, he respected the fox a little more.
"Yes." Judy answered.
"Then what are you so afraid of? He was wearing a bulletproof vest, he's gonna be alright."
He was forced to stop himself when Judy gave him a glare.
"It's not that!" she exclaimed.
"He pushed me out of harms way." she sighed, sniffling as the her eyes turned glassy.
"I never knew he'd do that for me."
"Neither did I."
"Chief!" both male Officers stood up from their seats to salute their commanding officer.
Bogo looked down at Judy,
"Doctor's said your partner's gonna be alright."
A wave of relief washed over Judy as she heard those words.
"Just a severe bruise on his chest and a slight fracture on one his ribs from the gunshot. That vest saved his life."
"Can I go see him, Sir?" Judy asked.
"The doctor gave him some pain killers. He might be a bit under from the drug." He stated.
But Judy was persistent, "I still want to see him."
Chief Bogo sighed at his stubborn subordinate.
"Go ahead."
She thanked the Chief and went on her way to Nick's room.
She pushed the door open. He was lying on a hospital bed, his blue uniform traded in for a medical gown. She couldn't help but let out a few tears as she saw that same warm smile on his face.
"Hey Judes. Why ya crying?" he asked, like he hadn't been in pain.
Judy strolled up to his bed, barely containing how happy she was to hear his voice again.
"How are you feeling?" she asked.
Nick would've shrugged if it weren't for his aching ribs.
"Like I've been shot by a 45."
He was making jokes. Usually she would roll her eyes whenever he does that, but looking back at what happened it seems as though his joke sounded far more hilarious.
God forbid she never hear another corny joke from him. Or hear his laugh. See his smile.
"Hey." Nick reached his paw over to her face to wipe away the tears.
"C'mon. Look at me. I'm alive, aren't I? Stop crying, okay?" He soothed, caressing a padded finger over her cheek as he did so.
With her paws, Judy softly held onto his paw. And she simply held it there. Against her cheek, where she was sure that it wasn't going to vanish into thin air.
"You're such an idiot."
Nick chuckled, "Yeah but I'm your idiot."
Judy let out another sniffle before leaning her face close to his.
She hadn't known what came over her when she kissed him. Nick didn't complain about it. And She didn't regret it.
But as he let her climb into his hospital bed and let her snuggle up against him. One thing is certain: He loved her. And she loved him.
#15: Baby got back by Sir Mix-a-Lot. (I swear to god I have no idea how this got here)
It wasn't a secret that Judy had a certain fondness for infants. Be it her motherly instinct to care for them Or her general girly ways, nobody had a clue.
So when her co-officer Francine brought her two month old baby over for her to babysit, the rabbit couldn't stop herself from gushing on how adorable it looked. Even though the infant was ten times her size.
She also adored the sound of an infant's laughter. She spent almost half an hour making Francine's baby laugh at classic baby games like Peek-a-boo and The little piggy song.
The calf had no trouble laughing at her antics. But when Nick tried to make it laugh, well... It didn't.
Fortunately it didn't cry. But it didn't smile either. It just sat on it's baby carrier and looked at him in a confused way.
"Here." Judy pulled Nick's face away from the baby's sight. And only then the baby started laughing again when Judy made a face.
Then Nick pushed her away. The baby stopped again when it saw him.
He threw his arms up in the air in disbelief.
"I don't get it!" he exclaimed.
"How could she not find me funny?"
"Maybe because you're not?" Judy offered.
The fox sneered at his partner. "For your information cottontail, a lot of people find me hilarious." he said as a matter of factly.
And as if on cue, the baby calf sent a raspberry at Nicks way. As if it were saying 'yeah, right!'
Nick rolled his eyes at the baby.
"How'd you get her to laugh anyway?" He asked Judy as he sat on her sofa.
"Oh well, it wasn't easy." she answered as she tickled the calf's trunk, making her trumpet happily.
"At first she didn't laugh to anything I did. But then I sang her a song."
"What kind of song?"
"Well, I mostly just rapped actually." she answered, coughing uneasily as she did so.
"You rapped?" Nick wondered if he heard her right.
"Yeah. I rapped Baby got back to her."
The fox stood straight out of his seat just as soon as he heard it.
"Wait wait let me get this straight-"
"It's not a big deal."
"Not a big deal? You sang to a two month old infant about a guy who loves to sex with women with gigantic asses!"
A beat. Then, "Well nothing else worked!" She reasoned.
"This girl is all about the ass!"
Nick didn't say anything back. He just crossed his arms over his chest and stared at Judy.
"You're not gonna tell Francine, are you?" Judy asked meekly.
She suppressed a sigh when he simply shook his head.
"No. Although..."
"Although what?"
"I really wanna make her laugh." he confessed as he scratched the back of his neck.
Judy chuckled at his farce, "You're really that desperate?"
"Oh just shut and sing it with me!"
She chuckled again before turning back to the calf.
"Okay sweetie, aunt Judy and Uncle Nick are doing this for you." she cooed. All the calf did was look at her while she gummed her hoof.
The rabbit shoved Nick towards her.
"Alright Nick, you go first."
Minutes later...
The calf was finally laughing at Nick. And he thought that it was the most beautiful sound that he had ever heard.
They both spent the next hour singing and rapping the offensive song. And with his hips bobbing along to an imaginary beat he and Judy rounded around the second verse for the twentieth time.
The calf laughed happily along at every funny word and movements that they did. Even though she had no idea what those words meant.
"She'll sweat! Wet! Got it going like a turbo vette"
"So fellas!"
"Yeah?"
"So fellas!"
"Yeah?"
"Does your girlfriend got the butt?"
"Hell yeah!"
"So shake it!"
"Yeah!"
"Shake it!"
"Yeah!"
"Shake that nasty butt!"
With all of their rapping and singing, they failed to notice the door as it opened. It goes without saying that Francine the elephant really had no words to describe what was happening in front of her.
"Baby got back!" Nick continued. He was forced to stop his dancing when he glanced towards the hulking elephant sow that's glaring at both of them.
Judy noticed too late and she kept singing.
"One more time from the top! I like big butts and I cannot lie! You other brothers-"
She stopped. A little too late. She met with Francine's heated glare at the door. And immediately, her long ears fell to the back of her head, and they burned with a flush of embarrassment.
"Judy please! That is so inappropriate!" Nick accused as a last desperate attempt.
Needless to say though, both Nick and Judy were never aloud to babysit Francine's calf ever again.
#16: Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson.
There many words to describe a fox.
Thieving.
Conniving.
Mischievous.
The words above come to mind.
But of course, not every fox is the same. Especially here in Zootopia. Some are shy, some are confident. Others are pranksters while some are respectable beings.
And of course there's always going to be that one fox that stands out above the rest.
And if I were to describe my partner and close friend Nicholas Wilde, a few words would come to mind.
Smooth. Like that time he hustled me out of fifteen dollars when we first met.
Sly. Like that time when he convinced Clawhauser into giving up all his doughnuts.
Charming. Like that time when he cooked for me. He made every dish that I loved. From the appetizers right down to the desserts.
And last but certainly not the least: Cheeky.
Like right now for instance.
"For the last time Wilde, stay out of my drawers!"
It was like the fifth or sixth time that I've caught him doing this. These panty raids were fun at the beginning, but it's really getting on my last nerve.
I sent Nick a death while he tried his best to look innocent.
"I wasn't in your drawers." he defended. His paws hid obviously behind him.
"Then what do you have behind your back?" I swear to god if it's one of my bras I will kill you.
He revealed what he was hiding. "Your phone."
"And where'd you find my phone?"
He grinned. Like one of those grins that make me contemplate vulpine murder.
He didn't even sound guilty when he answered, "Your drawer."
"Nick!"
#17: Can I have this dance by Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens.
"Can look now?"
"No."
"Now?"
"Not yet."
...
"How about now?"
Nick forced a groan from escaping his maw as he guided Judy through a flight of stairs. With a paw covering her eyes they slowly climbed their way up to the roof top of Nick's apartment building.
"With all of the trouble your causing this surprise better be worth it." said Judy in mock anger.
The fox decided to stay quiet and ignore her. They're just on floor away from the rooftop, they'll be time to for snappy comebacks on she sees it.
Judy's ears twitched at the sound of a door creaking. And then all of sudden Nick stopped.
"Okay, you can look now."
Once the fox took his paw off her eyes they immediately went wide as dinner plates. And she could have sworn her jaw had almost hit the floor.
There at the middle of the rooftop, a perfect table for two. Candles flickering against the nightlife of a background.
The familiar sound of a camera's shutter going off caught her attention. And by the time she glanced at Nick he was already busy tapping away at his phone.
"That is going straight to my screen saver." he declared.
Judy was too dumbstruck to even react, all she did was gawk and mumble an occasional vowel.
"Did you do all this?" she asked.
Nick gave her a genuine smile. "Of course I did. You've always been harping me about making you dinner, so..."
She gasped in disbelief, "You cooked?"
"Yup! And I even made your favorite dessert."
"Blueberry pie?"
"Blueberry pie with Cool whip." he corrected.
With a loss for words, she reached over to and hugged him around his middle. Her nose digging against his chest affectionately.
Judy sighed contently "Nick, this is beautiful."
She then looked up, her violet orbs clashing with his green ones.
"Thank you."
He tenderly smirked down at her, "Oh sure, you're thanking me now, but once you've tasted my cooking you'll be eating out my paw."
She returned his smirk, releasing him from the hug and punching his shoulder for good measure.
"I'll be the judge of that."
The food tasted amazing. And the dessert was heavenly. They chatted, they flirted and they eventually ended the night with a dance.
"May I?" Nick had asked her, his radio playing a soft romantic song in the background.
She feigned disinterest and declined, saying that she could've been wearing something more as she gestured to her plain white blouse.
He discarded her reason and insisted. And eventually she gave in.
It was a sweet, slow and tender dance that ended with a perfect kiss.
#18: Fighter by Christina Aguilera.
With a flick of her wrist, Judy Hopps slammed the paw of a cat against a brick wall. The cat made the mistake of mugging the seemingly harmless rabbit.
The cat's bones in his paws broke upon impact, to which made the feline drop his weapon. An ice pick. Judy had quickly kicked it away and gave the feline a swift jab to his eye for good measure. The punch sent the mugger staggering backwards.
But the cat refused to back down despite of his injury. And so with his uninjured paw he grabbed the closest thing he could find as a weapon: A steel pipe that was lying on the ground.
With the pipe in hand he raised it above his head, intending to hit her squarely on the top of her head.
They never learn.
Judy quickly ducked sideways and socked the feline in his gut. And with the air completely winded out of him, she finished him off with a well aimed kick to his face. He never got up.
She then fished out her cuffs from her back pocket.
"Next time..." she spoke as she pulled the perp to his feet. "Make sure you know who you're mugging."
#19: Eye of the tiger by Survivor.
"Ten more!"
"No!"
"Ten more!"
"No!" Nick screamed, flopping down on his back with his eyes screwed shut.
I'm at his apartment helping him with his exercises. Part of being a cop is having a physically healthy body, and since Nick's going to be my new partner in a month I have to monitor his crunches.
Speaking of which...
I can't believe I'm actually gonna say this.
"Ten more crunches and I'll open up my vest and flash you!"
His eyes immediately popped open and suddenly he was up and counting.
Sigh... Males.
"Four... Five!" he exclaimed, and then suddenly flopped back down again.
"Okay just show me one of them."
I slammed a fist on his thigh. "Ten more!"
#20: Night Changes by One Direction.
Okay, so apparently the first date curse is real.
So far into the night, my first date with Nick did not start out too well.
And it should've been perfect. Nick had made dinner reservations on the most famous restaurant in town.
Of course we got in, but when the establishment found out that Nick was a fox they seated us to a table that was right next to the kitchen. It was hard to eat with all of the noise and clatter of the chefs that yelled at the cooks.
Next we went to the theatres to watch a movie. I would've remembered the plot and the name of the characters if weren't for the loud boar that kept talking on his phone.
Nick told him off. The boar told him to shove it. And then one insult lead to another and the next thing we knew we were being thrown out of the theaters, with Nick sporting a black eye.
And so here we are. Sitting on a park bench and staring at the pond.
"I'm sorry." Nick said. "I just wanted you to have a good time."
I was about say something back but he cut me off.
"And I also wanted to show you that, if you're going through with this whole relationship thing with me, I'd show you I could change. That I could show that I could make us work."
He sighed, "Guess I just screwed things up."
I dropped whatever it was that I'm supposed to say. I grabbed him by his face and looked at him straight in his eyes. I smiled.
"Tonight was perfect." I said, and then I kissed him.
It was the first kiss I've ever had with anyone. And those cheesy romance books that my mom used read were right. I felt hazy. I felt my spine tremble when he wrapped his arms around me. And by then, everything just faded away.
Maybe this date wasn't so bad.
And cut there!
If you haven't noticed yet, song number fifteen was inspired by a FRIENDS bit. I'm a huge fan of Ross and Rachel and I could totally see a lot of similarities between the couples.
Well, one more shuffle to go. Please stay tuned.
