Post by Judy Hopps on Mar 14, 2016 5:32:09 GMT -8
JUDY HOPPS
"It's a hustle, sweetheart."
"It's a hustle, sweetheart."
The Basics
Full Name:
Judith Mary Hopps
Nickname/Alias:
Judy Hopps, Cotton Tail, Officer Hopps, Jude the Dude, Carrots, Dumb Bunny, Sly Bunny
Species: Rabbit
Gender:
Female
Age: 25
Occupation: Police Officer, ZPD
Appearance
Fur/Tail:
If you weren't careful, the very first time you hear Judy calling you, you'd probably not see anything but two black, furry sharp tips. Belonging to the class of smaller mammals, Judy is of the bunny variety, specifically of the gray types. She isn't very distinctive in terms of fur and coloring to be honest. A young bunny, her body is lithe and lean, gray fur tapering off to a lighter white on her underbelly, muzzle and paws.
Perhaps the most distinct part of Judy would be her eyes, a gentle shade of purple that seem to sparkle with enthusiasm for life in general. Her optimism ran as long and as heavy as the rain in Rainforest District. If she smiled, you'd be hard pressed not to, especially if she flashed her bright grin at you. Of course, they could also clap a dangerous thunder if she was angry, but unless you're on the other side of the law (or you happened to be a dumb fox), don't worry too much about that.
Other then that, her pink nose, long ears with black tips, wide paws and lithe body generally proclaimed her of the leporidae in the small mammal family, quite unmistakably.
Clothing:
Usually in her uniform, the ZPD uniform is quite common for all officers. A regular navy blue with sleeves, she likes the collar high and well starched. The pants were adorned with a gold chain that clanged as she walked or ran, and Judy was most happy of the ZPD patches sewn on her shoulders that proclaimed her of her status within the force. On more dangerous missions, Judy would throw on a kevlar vest undewr her blue top. Otherwise, Judy was contented with just the black tie under her collar, and the utility belt to hold her stuff when she's out.
Off duty though, Judy is a simple girl. She likes buttoned shirts, untucked and left loose with her farmer jeans. On hot days she'd pop on a straw hat, and Judy usually went for brighter colors, but otherwise she wasn't a very elaborate dresser really.
Overview:
Judy is, for lack of a better word, tiny. But what she lacks in size, she makes up for twice in speed. As such, you can see plenty of blisters and scratch marks under her fur due to her overzealous training back in the academy. Her position was not given, as much as people tended to think. It was a hard earned position, and the bunny would like to see you try it in her place, a bunny competing with elephants and rhinos for a spot in the ZPD. Despite so however, you'd be surprised that an easy smile comes to this bunny, and she is happy to make friends (okay maybe a little bit hesitatnt sometimes if you're a predator, but she's just... very careful). Her ears often twitch when she's paying attention, but would droop to press against her head if she was scared or sad.
Because of the massive family and easygoing culture she grew up in, Judy wears her heart on her sleeve, in a manner of speech. Her eyes reflect her emotions like a still lake in summer, and one can guess easily so long as they look at her long enough. Judy is quite incapable of hiding something she feels, and while she's getting better at it for undercover jobs, the more deeply she cares for you, the more unlikely it is that Judy could lie to you.
Personality
Personality Description:
Like a bunny of her kind, cheerful Judy has energy that was boundless, which eventually translated into her being driven by it. As a child who was surrounded by a happy family, she was extremely optimistic, and believed that everything would always be better. From the idealistic community she was raised in, it was no wonder Judy fully internalized her belief of 'anyone can be anything'. Disliking the fact that predators and prey were often placed in specific boxes of expected behaviours, Judy sought to prove it wrong, and combining that with her desire to always do what was right, eventually translated into her ambition to be a cop to retain her belief along with helping others.
Due to her size, Judy's time in the academy has made her clever, resourceful, as well as stubborn in the face of the impossible. She bales against the stereotype of a 'dumb bunny', and had to fight her way with everything that she had to eventually graduate from the academy on the top of her class. Judy is smart to use her disadvantages to turn them into advantages.<
However, Judy's raging sense of morality occasionally ends up with her being easily manipulated. The bunny genuinely wants to see past stereotypes and prejudices, but her goal leads to her being occasionally oblivious when people were trying to scam her. Luckily for her though, she is clever enough to get the best of her enemies, usually with cunning and wit more then brute strength. Judy doesn't particularly like violence, but prefers to apprehend criminals and leave things to the law.
Her stubborn and overzealous nature often leads her to be impulsive, especially in the heat of the moment. That has gotten her in trouble more then once, and is heightened more when her instincts surface. Due to bullying by predators as a baby bunny, Judy has an inherent fear for predators, which manifests in an unintentional prejudice. While she strives to not be so, she subconsciously keeps the fox repellent, almost using it on her best friend when he was angered by bigoted comments. These days, she keeps the fox repellent in her cupboard, but she's still extremely wary, especially when predators of any kind are emotionally unstable. However, her naturally enthusiastic and caring nature is what makes her strive to want to make Zootopia a better place while attempting to stamp out discrimination once and for all.
Strengths:
- stubborn and determined
- optimistic, an energy driven achiever with the belief that 'anyone can do anything'
- incredibly fast and smart despite her size
- capable of outsmarting people twice her size or height
- not easily defeated and doesn't accept it easily either
- superb sense of hearing
- a sense of equality she tries to uphold as much as possible
- can make anything grow with a little dirt, sunlight and water
Weaknesses
- stubborn
- overzealous and impulsive
- still a little bit intimidated by predators, large ones especially
- being unintentionally prejudiced
- failing at her ambitions and turning Zootopia into a prejudiced city
Likes:
- carrot juice
- being out in the field making a difference
- proving previous assumptions wrong
- Snarlbucks coffee
- driving... fast
Dislikes/Fears:
- cheats and liars
- being unintentionally controlled by her fears
- being intimidated and bullied just because of her size
- tomato juice
- mistreatment of her friends
- prejudiced people
- overcrowded places
- mistreatment of her friends
History
History:
Growing up in Bunnyburrow was... for lack of a better word, boring. Although how could anyone be bored with two hundred and seventy six siblings (and counting), Judy wasn't entirely sure, but to think that her whole life and future consisted of only planting carrots, tomatoes, celery, and being a farmer in general, was not the most appealing to the little ambitious bunny. Her parents mollycoddled her, but instead of being spoilt, Judy's forever curious mind and adventurous streak brought her on a different path.
Despite her parent's discouragement, Judy eventually joined the Police Academy, and graduated even though she initially had problems with the course demands. Judy's stubborn nature and refusal to back down translated to the bunny becoming a valedictorian as well as the very first bunny officer for the ZPD, moving to Zootopia in the department's first precinct. Leaving her family wasn't easy, even if Judy had been excited. Zootopia was a place she had only dreamed about, where prey and predator coexisted peacefully. Even if the girl was determined to not be prejudiced, she still carried with her an instinctual fear for them, reluctantly taking the fox repellent Stu gave her.
Arriving at Zootopia was... an eye opener. Judy was dazzled by the city's color, live, vibrant nature. Her apartment was small, her neighbors noisy, and the prejudices she faced in her new office frustrating, but Judy was naturally overzealous and determined to do well. Not wanting her parents to worry about her, Judy took up the job as a meter maid, albeit reluctantly. Determined to prove Chief Bogo wrong and to show him one up because he refused to acknowledge her as a real officer, Judy intentionally did an exceptionally good job (in her head anyway)... until that stupid fox showed up anyway.
With one meeting with an idiot Nick Wilde, he messed up her beliefs that prejudices and assumptions were wrong. But what frustrated Judy the most was how quickly he got to the heart of her insecurities, leading her to doubt not only herself, but of the paradise she had imagined Zootopia to be. His predictions of her failure had Judy returning home defeated and her hopes dented.
Despite so, Judy had never been a bunny who gave up easily. She returned to her job in the following week, but did not perform it as overzealously as she did on the first day, and only succeeded in making enemies galore. It wasn't till a real cop, a Weasel popped up, did her familiar vigor returned. Judy all but tore off her meter maid costume, taking chase into Little Rodentia, saving a young shrew and delivering him to the office, all the while thinking she did an amazing job.
Until Chief Bogo calls her into his office.
But luck was apparently on her side. At thes ame time, a Mrs. Otterton popped in to the office, desperation clear as she seeked for someone to find her husband Emmitt. Always one to take a challenge, and wanting to help Mrs. Otterton's grief, Judy took on her case despite Bogo's outrage. She would've gotten fired, had Assistant Mayor Bellweather not appeared and helped her case. 48 hours wasn't alot, but Judy didn't believe in the impossible afterall.
Judy had been a little dismayed to find so little leads on the Otterton casefile, but somehow fate loved to play a part. Noticing that Mr. Otterton had bought a popsicle from the sly fox she had unfortunately ran in to the week before, Judy quickly caught him out, played his own game back on him to blackmail him to helping her on his case... or spend 5 years in jail. It was too good an offer for Nick to pass up, obviously. It's a hustle, afterall.
He wasn't the easiest person to work with, and half the time Judy felt like drowning him with how often he delayed and annoyed her (the sloth office was the last straw, seriously), and Judy honestly thought that he would've left her for the dead when Bogo appeared after they went after Mr. Manchas and lost him. But it was then that Judy saw a dramatically different side to Nick. In the gondola ride, Judy couldn't help but soften to the fox she had somehow, eventually, come to call a friend. They had ten hours left, but as partners, they were unstoppable. Judy believed in Nick's capabilities, and when his sly wit was combined with her smarts and speed, they solved the case and found the missing mammals. Admiring Nick's quick wit and knowing he'd be a great asset, Judy couldn't help but extend the offer to be her partner, for the rabbit knew she couldn't find a finer partner anywhere else.
But try as she could, Judy was a rabbit at heart. Childhood bullying had developed into a subconcious prejudice for predators, as much as she tried to deny it. The press conference brought them all to surface, and Nick was not happy with it. Judy tried to fight her case, but Nick was a bitter fox who refused to listen to reason. Crushed by his desertion, she half heartedly continued her duty in the ZPD, but watched in horror as the predators were ousted. She had turned Zootopia into a prejudiced filled city, the very thing she had wanted to avoid in the first place. Depressed and unable to believe her falling paradise, Judy declined the new Mayor's offer to be the face of the ZPD, and resigned from the force.
Thinking that perhaps farming was the only thing she could do, Judy returned to Bunnyburrow as a carrot farmer, unable to recognize the irony that it was exactly what Nick had predicted the first day they met. But it was on their farm that Judy discovered the real key to the case. Her parent's protection plant, something colloquially called 'Night Howlers'. When her parents explained the effects, it was like a lightbulb clicked in her head. Judy rushed back to Zootopia, knowing her first cause of action was to find Nick. He would know what to do.
His rebuff to her hurt, cut deeper then she thought it could. And as a rabbit who wore her heart on her sleeve, Judy's expression showed. But she couldn't take Nick walking away from her again, not when they worked so well together, and they could save Zootopia from the carnage it was becoming. She apologized profusely, and no one was happier then she when Nick eventually reconciled with her and the two resumed the case.
It didn't take long for the fox and the rabbit to get in sync with each other again, and after a subway chase, a con job and a high profile arrest, the city was restored to its previous peace, and Judy happily waved Nick off to the Academy, promising she'd be waiting for his graduation. She attended it, grinning as she badged Nick nad officially welcomed the first fox officer into the first precinct of Zootopia, happy to have her partner on the force with her as they prepared to take Zootopia by waves.
Roleplay Sample:
With a hefty grunt, Judy dropped the final box down on the dusty floor of the empty hall, and tapped her paws together with a satisfied grin as her large foot pushed the main entrance closed behind her. Violet eyes looked up, appreciation shining within them as she finally had a chance to take a good look around the new place. While she had come to grow quite fond of her shoebox sized apartment in the Grand Pangolin Apartments, but the noise of her neighbours, combined with the rather dodgy security in the area eventually finalized Judy's decision to move out.
The new place costed a little bit more of course, but with her pay rise from the last few months she's spent on the force, Judy could afford it by the skin of her teeth. Wasn't much bigger, but at the very least she had a separate room from the kitchenette.
Crouching down, the bunny's nose twitched, resisting the urge to sneeze whilst she started to unpeel the tape, but just as she reached for it, her phone buzzed in her pocket, causing Judy to reach for it, grinning when she heard the familiar voice of Clawhauser. "Hey Benny, what's up?" Curiosity, mainly, considering the office rarely called her on her days off. Judy rarely took days off, but she had to move out of her apartment before her contract was up, and tomorrow was the last day. The bunny had spent the better part of the day moving, and she was planning to spend the rest of the evening cleaning up before microwaving a nice dinner of carrots and beets before bed.
"We need some help, Judy. Rowan Jackrabbit's downtown and this is the third time he's going after a new shipment of medicine being delivered to a pharmacy." Judy's eyes popped as the overweight cheetah announced the situation, every word making Judy's senses tingle on alert. "He's too fast for our guys, do yo-"
"On my way, Benny." It was a no-brainer. Her paw's hurt from hauling boxes, her back tinged from bending up and down cleaning stuff, and her room was seriously dusty from the amount of time that her new place has stayed empty, but Judy's sense of duty reigned stronger then anything, and in less then 5 minutes the rabbit had changed into her uniform and raced out the new building, a grin on her face as she padded on the familiar pavements of Zootopia in the evening.
And All The Rest
How You Found Us:
i don't even remember how omg. xD I think it was an ad on my current site, SMAH?
Alias:
kitsie!
Comments:
Ribbit
Codewords:
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