An Italian Brony

This was a fun amalgamation of short stories all in all, although, sadly, just like with Baymax and I Am Groot, not really that useful to hint at a possible sequel for this world and characters.

The fact each story also happened, chronologically speaking, at the same time of the main story of Zootopia (to the point they even cheaply re-used snippets of the movie instead of creating something new, especially focused on Nick and Judy) didn't really help.

Here's my ranking (with a bit of motivation too):

The Godfather of the Bride: The best short story (possibly also because of my bias towards The Godfather - Part II) and the only one that greatly expanded on the universe of the characters. The only flaw of the episode was the absence of Nick and Judy at the wedding of Fru Fru (considering they were there), but that's basically because they didn't have any good shots with the two from the movie to reuse here without having to call Jennifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman to reprise their roles (and, at that point, calling them only for a one episode cameo with new lines to record would have been a huge waste).

Hopp on Board: Most of what made this episode so good was the interactions between Bonnie and Stu Hopps. Also, slapstick comedy is always funny to watch.

The Real Rodents of Little Rodentia: Considering the premise, I wasn't expecting this episode to also have a sentimental portion towards the end, which I appreciated very much. I also liked the introduction of Fru Fru's friends and cousin, but the episode looses a position in my ranking in terms of breaking the continuity. Specifically, when Fru Fru almost gets crushed by the giant doughnut, since they re-used the scene from the movie, the mice that were with her outside the shop were not her friends, thus breaking the immersion of the episode.

Dinner Rush: It was kind of a bummer to find out the waitress Sam was NOT, in fact, Mrs. Otterton, with the writers basically missing the opportunity to expand on her character to have her be more than just "the wife that set everything in motion" from the movie. Flash and Priscilla also made the episode kinda annoying after a while (in my opinion, what made the DMV's scene of the movie so memorable and entertaining was probably the fact it was short yet felt like an eternity, but in a fun way, whereas here having to watch very slow characters for 9 whole minutes made the experience a drag). This one ALSO broke the immersion with its ending scene, since they tied this story with the finale of Zootopia and, once again, went against their own continuity (Gazelle's concert was at 6PM, yet Priscilla and Sam were in the same car Flash was driving as he was stopped by Nick and Judy, who JUST started their morning shift and patrolling...come on, not EVERY short story needed to be tied to the main one by reusing segments of it!). This was the worst tie-in to the main story they pulled in the whole series.

Duke the Musical: Aside from a personal dislike in musicals (although I've also watched many other movies which were musicals that I appreciated), this story didn't really bring that much, not to the character of Duke, not to "what happened as X was going on", nor in terms of "this character evolved after this experience". This episode could have been used to expand on some more important characters in the whole universe, like Bellewheter (personally, a "prison break attempt" episode or even showing her dealing with Mayor Lionheart to expand on what her daily life was that pushed her to scheme the whole "let's show how predators are dangerous" plot from the movie would have been much better than a musical number that ultimately didn't change anything...I wonder if the reason for Bellwether's absence in the series was because they were not able to bring Jenny Slate back to reprise her role).

So You Think You Can Prance: Let me get this straight. You ALREADY have only 6 episodes for this series. Each one being ONLY 10 minutes long (even less, once you remove the opening and end credits). You were able to have Shakira come back to reprise her role as Gazelle and Idris Elba to reprise his role as Chief Bogo... And you made THE WHOLE EPISODE being just a dream of Clawhouser? Dream episodes are absolutely THE WORST you can come up with in terms of entertainment and are a HUGE waste of the watcher's time. I want those 9-10 minutes of my life back, Disney!

Final Verdict: 6/10

Not bad, but, again, the whole experience didn't give me the impression this was done with the goal to reignite everyone's interest back into the Zootopia universe to launch a sequel (which was ALREADY supposed to be set to launch in 2021).