Scene 21: Discussing Otterton
[The scene changes to Fru Fru's wedding. Mr. Big, Fru Fru, her husband, and several other
shrews pose for a picture. The shrews then dance and cheer while Fru Fru dances with her
husband.]
Shrews: Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
[A female shrew in a hat holds her cringing son as she dances. Mr. Big's polar bear mafia
are shown to be watching everyone, surrounding in a circle the platform on which the
wedding is taking place.]
[A shrew waiter offers Nick a pea-sized slice of cake, which Nick takes.]
Nick Wilde: Hmm... [he looks at the cake, scoffs, and uses a tiny fork to cut part of the cake
and eats it. He nods his head slightly to the side with a smile, apparently liking it]
Mr. Big: Otterton is my florist. He's like a part of the family. He had something important he
wanted to discuss. That's why I sent that car to pick him up. But he never arrived.
Judy Hopps: Because he was attacked.
Mr. Big: No. He attacked. [Judy and Nick are surprised]
Judy Hopps: Otterton?
Mr. Big: Otterton. He went crazy - ripped up the car, scared my driver half to death [his eyes
are visible for a moment and widen as he says this last part], and disappeared into the night.
[he holds his paw out for emphasis]
Judy Hopps: But he's a sweet little otter.
Mr. Big: Hmm. My child, we may be evolved, but deep down, we are still animals. [Judy and
Nick show looks of concern.]
Scene 22: The Chase in the Rainforest District
[The scene transitions to Judy and Nick crossing a bridge to a moss-covered house in the
Rainforest District. It is lightly raining.]
Mr. Big: [voiceover] You wanna find Otterton, talk to the driver of the car. His name is
Manchas. Lives in the Rainforest District. Only he can tell you more.
[Judy and Nick reach Manchas's house. Judy moves some vines covering the doorbell and
rings it. Nick shakes himself dry.]
Judy Hopps: Mr. Manchas? Judy Hopps, ZPD. We just wanna know what happened to
Emmitt Otterton. [the door opens slowly revealing Manchas, a big black jaguar. Judy and
Nick tensely look at him in suspense.]
Renato Manchas: You should be asking what happened to me! [he shows his right eye is
badly scratched and bruised. Judy and Nick give shocked looks.]
Nick Wilde: Whoa. A teensy otter did that?
Judy Hopps: What happened?
Renato Manchas: He was an animal. [A flashback shows Manchas driving the limo when he
hears snarling and ripping from the back] Down on all fours. [Manchas from flashback
adjusts his rear view mirror and sees Otterton tearing the car seats] He was a savage!
[Otterton jumps up and attacks Manchas with a snarl, making the car spin out of control.
Manchas screams in pain and jumps out of the car, clutching his eye and watches with a
gasp in shock as Otterton climbs out the car and snarls before running off as the flashback
ends]
Renato Manchas: There was no warning. He just kept yelling about the Night howlers. Over
and over, the Night howlers! [Nick looks at Judy and she shrugs]
Nick Wilde: Oh, so, you know about the Night howlers, too. Good, good, good. Because the
Night howlers are exactly what we are here to talk about, right?
Judy Hopps: Yep. So, uh, you just open the door and tell us what you know, and we will tell
you what we know. Okay?
Renato Manchas: Okay. [Manchas closes the door and starts to unlock it]
Judy Hopps: [to Nick] Clever fox. [Nick smirks]
[A sound of clattering is heard and Manchas screams]
Judy Hopps: Mr. Manchas? [Judy opens the door and sees Manchas hunched over on the
floor, twitching and convulsing horribly]
Nick Wilde: Buddy?
Judy Hopps: Are you... okay? [Manchas stops convulsing and turns to them growling with his
teeth bared, and pupils now slits] Run. Run! [as the rain becomes a downpour, Judy and
Nick race away from the house with Manchas chasing them like a primal predator]
Nick Wilde: What is wrong with him?!
Judy Hopps: I don't know! [Manchas leaps on the bridge, flinging Judy and Nick in the air,
until they reach the end of the bridge] Jump! [Judy and Nick jump as Manchas leaps towards
them. They land on a branch, with Nick grunting in pain.] Come on! [Judy and Nick run on
the branch with Manchas chasing them. They head into a log and crawl through with
Manchas tearing it to get at them] Head down! [talks on her radio] Officer Hopps to Dispatch!
[at the ZPD, Clawhauser shows his phone to the wolf prisoner, as his microphone is
beeping]
Benjamin Clawhauser: Are you familiar with Gazelle? Greatest singer of our lifetime? Angel
with horns? [The wolf prisoner shrugs] Okay, hold on. Keep watching. Who's that beside
her? Who is it?
Gazelle App: Wow, you are one hot dancer, Benjamin Clawhauser.
Benjamin Clawhauser: [laughs] It's me! [The wolf prisoner shoots a quick glance at the
officer escorting him] Did you think it was real? It looks so real! [Slightly disappointed] It's
not, it's just a new app. [sees his microphone beeping] Hold on a second. [Clawhauser
answers his microphone and gets startled by Judy's yelling. He juggles the microphone for a
moment.]
Judy Hopps: CLAWHAUSER! Clawhauser, listen to me, we have a 10-91! Jaguar gone
savage! Vine and Tudjunja!
Nick Wilde: It's "Tuh-hunga"! [Nick grabs Judy's paw and pulls her. Judy slips and the radio
falls out of her hands]
Benjamin Clawhauser: Okay, we're sending backup! Hopps? HOPPS!
[Judy and Nick run through leaves to a sky tram station]
Judy Hopps: There! Head to the sky-trams!
[Nick runs ahead. Manchas was close to Judy. Judy jumps to a lamp post and spins on it to
escape, but the slippery floor makes her slip over the edge and she grabs on. Nick gets to
the gondola lift and opens the door]
Nick Wilde: Get in! Carrots? Carrots!
Judy Hopps: Go! [Manchas moves towards him and the gondola leaves]
Nick Wilde: No, no, no, no! [sees Manchas coming towards him] Buddy, one predator to
another... No, no, no, no! [Manchas leaps towards Nick, but is stopped a few feet away from
him. Judy has handcuffed his leg to a post.] Now I can tell you're a little tense, so I'm just
gonna give you a little personal space! [Manchas snarls and lunges at Nick, knocking him
backwards into Judy. They fall off the ledge, Judy grabs a vine and grabs Nick's paw and
they swing back and forth under the bridge.] Rabbit, whatever you do, do not let go!
Judy Hopps: [seeing a vine cluster nearby] I'm gonna let go!
Nick Wilde: No! You what?!
Judy Hopps: One... Two...
Nick Wilde: I said do not- Rabbit! [Judy lets go and they're sent flying off and land on vines.
They see Manchas snarling and growling over the sky tram entrance. Nick glances at Judy
in amazement] Carrots, you saved my life!
Judy Hopps: Well, that's what we do here at the ZPD-
[The vines break under them and Judy and Nick land on leaves. They both get tangled up in
vines a few feet off the ground. Police sirens are heard and police cars drive up to them.
Chief Bogo steps up to them.]
Chief Bogo: Well, this should be good.