Nick Wilde.

This unfair treatment continued well throughout his life, becoming apparent during his adulthood as depicted in the film, which only amplifies Nick's cynicism. Some instances of this include Nick's interaction with the prejudiced Jerry Jumbeaux, Jr., who explicitly states that he has the right to refuse service to anyone and abuses this power against Nick, openly due to his distrust of foxes. Chief Bogo also displayed this behavior when Officer Judy Hopps called Nick as a key witness in her case; Bogo brazenly scoffed at the idea that a fox would be trustworthy enough to listen to him, refusing to hear his testimony.

As a result of this arrangement, Nick declared that if the world believed foxes were nothing but phonies and dishonest, it should accept it and not try to be anything else, thus becoming a successful con artist. Sometime during his time as a con artist, Nick encountered Mr. Big, a feared Arctic shrew crime boss, and developed a stable alliance with him. Mr. Big liked and trusted the fox, welcoming him into his home and even introducing him to his Granny, who baked him a cannoli. However, Nick later took advantage of Big's trust by selling him an extremely expensive wool rug secretly made from the fur of a skunk's rear end. Feeling betrayed and disrespected, Mr. Big shunned Nick and threatened to kill him if they ever met again.

At the beginning of the film, Nick appears comfortable, claiming to have earned $200 daily since the age of twelve (though the accuracy of these claims is questionable). He often works and splits the day's earnings with his ill-tempered partner and fellow fox, Finnick.

This led him to become cynical and pessimistic about the world, and he came to believe that animals can only be what they are, not what they want to be. He is very astute and intelligent, and he's also good at discerning what kind of person someone is, as he was able to correctly guess that Judy came from a family of carrot farmers and graduated at the top of her class with big dreams of making it big and living in a place like Zootopia where everything seemed fine because people could live equally, before revealing his pessimistic side and declaring that he would never do that and that he would go back home. Nick Wilde is a charming, sometimes con-artist fox with a big mouth and plenty of opinions. But when a rabbit police officer tricks him, he finds himself helping her solve a mystery.

Nick came from a poor background, living with his mother, Mrs. Wilde (his father is never mentioned or seen). As a child, Nick dreamed of joining the local Junior Scouts, hoping to gain genuine acceptance. When he was eight or nine, his mother saved enough money to buy him a new Scout uniform, giving him the opportunity to join the division.

Although he was the only predator there, the only fox, Nick attended his initiation with confidence and enthusiasm, unknowingly falling into a trap. The "initiation" turned out to be a cruel joke, and Nick was ridiculed, brutally beaten, and gagged by the other explorers for being a fox (as foxes are considered one of the vilest and most untrustworthy mammal species in Zootopia). After running outside to escape his tormentors, Nick ripped off his muzzle and ended up crying, developing a trigger-induced fear of muzzles and an aversion to predators and intolerant mammals. From that moment on, Nick vowed never to expose his true vulnerability to others, causing the fox to present himself as stoic and unapproachable.

Nick Wilde, Officer Nicolas Piberius "Nick" Wilde[4] is a male fox and the deuteragonist of Zootopia. He is the son of Mrs. Wilde and is currently a police officer, as well as being the first fox officer. Appearance Nick is a fox with a slender build. He is covered in red fur with a cream-colored patch under his muzzle. He has dark brown fur on his feet, hands, the tips of his ears, and the tip of his tail. He has green eyes and a dark purple nose.

Nick's attire consists of a light green Hawaiian shirt, a dark indigo tie with red and blue stripes, and a pair of grayish pants. While assisting Judy during her investigation, he wears a Junior ZPD badge sticker on his shirt pocket, originally a gift from Judy to Finnick before she humorously passed it on to Nick. He removes it after Judy's press conference when Nick feels hurt by her.

After Nick graduates as a police officer, his fox uniform is navy blue with sleeves, a pointed cap, a high collar, and trousers with a gold aiguillette and the ZPD badge on the shoulders, along with a black tie and a belt full of various paraphernalia. He is also shown wearing police sunglasses.

Personality Nick Wilde is suspicious, cunning, and shrewd—traits supposedly common to all foxes. He is tolerant and skillful, easily deceiving and swindling others through his charm and friendly demeanor. He almost always has a sly smile on his face and appears unfazed for most of the film, as he later reveals that due to years of suffering from the prejudices and stereotypes associated with being a fox, he learned two things: He would never again let them see that they had succeeded in hurting him, and if the world believes that a fox can only be deceitful and dishonest, there is no point in trying to be anything else.