And Zootopia walks the red carpet for their movie along with some special guests!
Chapter 2: Zootopia
February 17, 2016; Los Angeles, CA
El Capitan Theatre
As the limo pulls up to the El Capitan Theater, all of the paparazzi, interviewers and fans were all waiting for the cast of 'Zootopia' to come out and greet them and as the limo door opens, they see Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde alongside the rest of the cast come out of the limo and all of them were greeted by throngs of the public just looking forward to see the movie. The cast were 10 times excited as the general public were after a worldwide premiere tour through parts of Europe in the past month and to come back to the states for the premiere of the movie.
Clawhauser was probably more excited than anyone else because he gets to see himself in the movie and can barely contain his excitement as he takes a couple of selfies with fans while Judy and Nick get interviewed about the movie and how it's gonna be a big hit. Nick's sly laugh confirms the one comment he has on his mind and he said, "We'll see what happens."
"I think this movie is gonna touch everyone and hopefully, learn to respect each other's difference, regardless of their species." Judy agreed.
"Right. That's what it's all about. Just expect action, comedy, drama, mystery...and cute little bunnies." Nick added.
Judy folded her arms after that last comment Nick made about bunnies and asked, "Really, Wilde?"
"Hey, I had to throw it in there somehow." Nick replied, in his defense.
Not long afterwards, Bogo, Lionheart, Yak, Gazelle, Bellwether, the Ottertons, Duke Weaselton, Gideon Grey, Flash, Mr. Big, Fru Fru, Finnick, Officer McHorn and many other cast members walked towards the red carpet with Nick and Judy close behind as they all came together and took mounds of pictures on the red carpet and as they did so, the cast of 'Kung Fu Panda 3' attended the red carpet for the premiere and they're just equally excited about seeing the movie after a whirlwind worldwide premiere tour.
"Man, can you guys believe we're at the El Capitan Theater? It's like the coolest theater ever because it premieres every freaking Disney movie ever made?" Po said, excitedly.
"Uh, Po...we've been there thousands of times before." Mantis pointed out.
"I know, Mantis. I'm just showing them to my dad and my relatives." Po added, as Li Shan and the rest of the pandas pop out of the limousine and sees the ginormous theater right in front of them.
Li Shan became deeply excited to see the actual theater in person and the fact that his son goes there post-Kung Fu Panda for invites made him amazed even more and Po asked, "Pretty cool, huh?"
"Oh, very much so, son. I've heard about this theater before, but I never got a chance to get inside there in person." Li Shan added.
Po nods and said, "Now you do."
All of the pandas and the kung-fu masters arrived at the red carpet premiere of Zootopia and many cameras were flashing all over them as the press acknowledged their arrival and one of them asked Po, "Welcome to the premiere of Zootopia, Po! Is this your first time attending a premiere for a Disney movie?"
"No, not really. Me and the Five have been in at the awesome El Capitan Theater millions of time every year to see what Disney comes out and we're just excited to see Zootopia. Heard it's an awesome movie so we wanted to check it out...along with my dad and my panda relatives." Po replied, giving Li Shan a head nod to come over.
"So...how is Kung Fu Panda 3 doing right now?" asked another reporter.
"Kung Fu Panda 3 is doing awesome! Way awesomer than ever and we've been receiving a lot of feedback from the fans from social media saying how much it's their favorite 'Panda' sequel ever, so we just wanted to thank all the awesome fans of this 'Pandamonium Movement', especially those who have been loyal to us from the first movie." Po replied.
Li Shan walks over to a few reporters and and one of them asked, "I bet it must've been weird playing your long-lost father in the movie when you're his father in real life, hasn't it?"
"No, it hasn't been weird at all. The relationship you saw on screen is the same way off-screen as well, so it's not hard to work with your son." Li Shan replied, smiling.
"Will there be a Kung Fu Panda 4 on the horizon? Are you working on it right now? Because we saw a tweet from you that says 'Awesomeness 4', so...?" asked another reporter.
Po chuckled in embarrassment and said, "I shouldn't have sent that tweet because I was just so excited by the success of 'Panda 3' already and when I tweeted it, it wasn't an intention to confirm that a fourth movie is coming. We just have to get through the third one first and if it does well...you never know what's gonna happen."
"What he said." Li Shan agreed.
Not long after, the cast of 'Panda 3' walked in the inside of the El Capitan Theater and Li Shan was floored by how it looked on the inside with all the walls surrounded by mounds of Disney posters all around that have been shown over the years and Li Shan felt like his heart was about to burst out of his giant stomach and he said, "Son...this is one of the greatest moments of my life."
"Uncle Li...are you okay?" asked Dim.
"Yes...I just need a minute." Li Shan replied, a little breathless.
Li Shan became so overwhelemed by being surrounded by everything so Disney that he fainted in happiness and Po looked at his dad to see if he's okay while Dim, Sum, Tigress, Crane and the others surrounded him to see if he can come to. After only a few seconds, Li Shan woke up and got himself up and said, "I'm okay...it's just so happy to come here."
"Next time, please don't faint." Crane pointed out.
At the theater, the cast of Zootopia were sitting at the theater as they looked forward to seeing this movie and Judy looks at McHorn from behind the seat and holds out a fist for a fist bump and said, "Can you believe we're here?"
McHorn looked at Judy for a second and he gave her a fist bump and afterwards, she was full of excitement that is difficult to contain and Nick looked at her for a second and said, "Take it easy, bunny."
"Aren't you excited too, Nick?" asked Judy.
"Who wouldn't be?" asked Nick, sipping his soda.
As the lights came down, the movie begins with the Disney logo coming in and for the cast of Zootopia, they know they've made it when they see the Disney logo right in front of the screen that they know they're a part of something amazing. Meanwhile, the cast members of Kung Fu Panda 3 arrived at the balcony just in time to see the movie and Crane sighed in relief and said, "Thank goodness. We could've been here earlier if Po and Li Shan didn't spend that much time at the concession stand."
Po and Li Shan came in with oodles of food; popcorn, candy, bamboo cheese sticks, nachos and sodas for everyone and Monkey looked at the refreshments they brought in and asked, "Really?"
"What, every panda has to be fed, right?" asked Po.
"I think I'm gonna let that go." Monkey responded.
"What did we miss?" asked Li Shan.
"Not much, the movie has just started." Shifu responded.
The cast members enjoyed the scenic scope of Zootopia and they were amazed by how it all looks and it was enough to take their breaths away and Po slurped on his soda while looking at the screen in a much more dazed and amazed look, which caught the Five's attention as they stared at him and once Po saw them staring at him, he stopped and asked, "What?"
"You should refill your drink, Po." Shifu added.
Several minutes into the movie, the cast of Zootopia looked at themselves on the screen and saw most of the Nick and Judy scenes as it picks up and once Nick looks at himself on the screen, he smiled a little bit and said, "Who is that handsome little devil?"
"It's you, Nick." Judy replied.
Flash slowly rose his hand to give Nick a high-five and once his hand with up behind him, Nick received the high five to him and Flash slowly lowered his hand back and replied, "Awe...some!"
Throughout the next few scenes, they see the scenes where the predators are leaving Zootopia due to Judy's press speech about predators and after watching that scene, it made Judy cringe after hearing that and Nick blinked his eyes as he remembered that scene very well when they were filming and he could tell that it has hit the core of the movie.
"Wow..." Nick whispered, as he's blinking many times in bewilderment.
As the cast of 'Panda 3' watched that scene, they were surprised that this is way more than just a Disney movie because they were surprised that there's a hidden message by it that involves fear and discrimination of prey against predators and that seems to shock Tigress a lot and just thought about the big picture on how she would feel if she was ever subjected to that.
"Wow...I couldn't imagine what that feels like." Tigress added.
"Neither would we." Viper agreed.
"We would never discriminate others; based on species, weight, age, gender, race or anything else in particular. We treat everyone equally." Shifu added.
Li Shan agreed with Shifu's wise words and said, "Our panda village is always open to every vistor that comes through here."
And by the tail end of the movie where the sheep was responsible for the conspiracy of the 14 missing cases, they were stunned by the plot twist and Po said, "Who wrote this out?"
"Whoever wrote this movie deserves a high five or a high belly bump." Li Shan added, captivated.
"Or deserves their own Oscar." Mantis added.
Bellwether was so surprised to see herself as a villain onscreen responsible for the whole conspiracy and she said, "I look so menacing."
By the end credit sequence, the cast sees themselves onscreen attending a Gazelle concert dancing to 'Try Anything' and most of the cast members were amazed by how they're celebrating and dancing along to the song while on the balcony, Po, Li Shan, Dim and Sum were head bobbing through the song because of the beat and Monkey joined in as well while th rest of them watched the dance sequence and they were amazed by this movie.
Soon afterwards, both casts from both movies headed to the Zootopia afterparty as several characters from past Disney movies such as 'Frozen', 'Wreck-It-Ralph' and 'Big Hero 6' come by to lend their support for Zootopia as they have a huge cupcake tray, refreshments and a dance floor to dance in as the DJ plays 'Same Old Love' from former Disney starlet Selena Gomez and soon enough, Bogo, Clawhauser, McHorn and Lionheart gathered around the bar for a few drinks while Nick and Judy check out the cupcake tray as they meet Anna, Elsa, Hiro, Baymax, Vanellope and Wreck-it-Ralph themselves as Olaf comes over to the cast to take group selfies with everyone in it.
Po, Tigress, Li Shan, Shifu and Mr. Ping walked by the afterparty and the atmosphere screams fun and both Shifu and Tigress were gonna go and have a little meet and greet while Po, Mr. Ping and Li Shang are gonna check out the food and as they saw this cupcake display, Li Shan and Po could not resist those cupcakes right in front of them.
Both father and son took a few cupcakes and just ate them while Mr. Ping looks at both pandas with much sheer shock that they're that hungry after that massive refreshments they got from the concession stand and Mr. Ping asked, "Are you two working on getting stomachaches?"
"Can't help it. We gotta store food on our bellies." Li Shan replied, with his mouth full.
Just then, they see Judy, Nick, Bogo, Clawhauser, Flash and half of the cast come by and Li Shan stopped what he was doing and Po did the same as well and they said, "Hello."
"We meet again." Judy added, like she was seeing deja vu.
Po chuckled softly and he swallowed the cupcakes and said, "Nice to see you guys again."
Nick chuckled in response to this and said, "You guys must really love cupcakes a lot."
Li Shan wiped his face off of cupcake crumbs and said, "Pandas eat everything."
"So...how did you like Zootopia?" asked Clawhauser.
Po chuckled excitedly and responded, "Awesome! I was just telling every fan on my social media to check out the movie when they get a chance."
"Spreading good word of mouth, I see." Nick said, smiling.
Soon enough, the Five, half of Po's relatives and Shifu reappear and met the cast yet again and everyone has given Zootopia a good rapport which made them excited and Gideon Grey responded, "Well, I hope it'll be number one soon."
"You never know." Judy said, chuckling.
"All right, everyone come to the dance floor as we play the new Taylor Swift joint 'New Romantics' right here to kickstart the afterparty!" the DJ announced as he played the new Taylor Swift song and from the minute the first beat comes in, they knew they couldn't resist turning that request down.
"What are we standing around here for?! Let's dance!" Li Shan exclaimed, ready to get his groove on.
Po laughs and said, "You took the words out of my mouth, dad!"
Both pandas started dancing like it was no one's business as the song starts playing and most of the cast members watched them dance and Tigress asked, "How does Po dance like this?"
"You know you've seen him dance, Tigress. It's nothing new to you." Viper pointed out.
"I don't know about you guys, but I feel like I'm ready to shake my cheetah moneymaker!" Clawhauser exclaimed, starting to dance.
Clawhauser went over to the dancefloor to do some dancing and that surprised Judy to see the cheetah dispatcher getting down with some moves and she said, "If you can't beat them, join them."
Nick chuckled at this and took part in this as well and the rest of the cast of Zootopia along with the cast of Kung Fu Panda 3 went to the dance floor and just danced throughout the song with Po trying to do his panda version of the whip/nae nae and Clawhauser did his cheetah version, but Li Shan one-upped them with his whip/nae nae moves and ending it with a moonwalk/windmill move and everyone was cheering after that move.
As strobe lights flash all around the dance floor, along with smoke and confetti, the whole gang celebrated this moment like it was their last and mounds of colors surround the dance floor from the walls, ceilings and to the floors as they partied up a storm and with the cast of Zootopia, they felt like they have arrived and knew that their lives were gonna change, knowing fully intact that this will be a big hit...way beyond their expectations.
But for now, they're just happy to have fun with the cast of Kung Fu Panda 3 and even danced alongside the cast members together when they reached the final chorus of the song and they all took a huge selfie with both cast members together, savoring this moment that they'll remember.
I hope I haven't spoiled anything on Zootopia! For those that haven't seen it yet...sorry! Hope ya'll like! AniUniverse out! And my Zootopia fanfiction debut will come out very soon!