Nick Wilde

Nick is a fox with a slim build. He's covered in red fur with a cream underbelly up to his muzzle. He has dark auburn fur on his feet, his hands, the tips of his ears, and at the tip of his tail. He has green eyes and a dark purple nose. His primary expression is the Sly Fox which is the persona he adopted after his traumatic encounter with Pack 914 as child. However, at heart, Nick has always wanted to be a Junior Ranger Scout and the qualities they demonstrate. There are hints that he never fully gave up that dream. This is the primary image Nick presents during the film. This "Nick Wilde" is shifty, sly, and cunning, traits supposedly common to all foxes. He is easygoing and slick, easily conning and tricking others through his charm, quick-talking and friendly demeanor. He nearly always has a sly smile on his face with half-lidded eyes and appears unfazed throughout most of the time. He is very street smart and intelligent, and uses his vast knowledge and experience of Zootopia and its people to his advantage when carrying out his schemes. This personality is Nick's response to being the shifty and untrustworthy fox that society expects of him as well as providing a mask that he can hide behind so they can never see that they got to him. As a result, he deals with prejudiced statements directed at him behind an easygoing facade and often delivers a snarky comeback in response. The Sly Fox is particularly good at reading his fellow mammals. Because Nick has operated with this persona for over twenty years, many of the traits of this mask are now part of Nick's personality. His feeling that he needs to be shifty has led to a cynical outlook on life in Zootopia such that he feels that animals can only be what they are and never what they want to be. His cocky, audacious and sometimes arrogant nature occasionally gets him into trouble.