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thinking about how much more sinister zootopia wouldve been if theyd rolled with that idea of making the predators wear shock collars so they couldn’t experience emotions

i got a few questions abt this so i’m just going to like.. answer them here for everyone who is unawares.

the original plot/concept for zootopia involved predators having to wear shock collars (called ‘tame collars’) once they came of age that administered shocks if the predator experienced any strong emotion. the prey believed these collars were necessary to prevent predators becoming violent. it shows up a fair bit in the concept art

in the original story nick was going to be the protagonist and he ran a business (theme park-esque i think?) where he would illegally allow predators to remove their collars. it seems (?) like they got fairly far along before they scrapped it. here are some deleted scenes

this was a really intense concept. it rlly makes you wonder what the movie would’ve ended up being like had they continued down this route