Nick Wilde should be a detective
Okay so like I'm going crazy over this so I'm finally gonna make a post about it. Nick Wilde should've been a detective instead of a cop. And that's not just my disdain for cops talking.
First off, he sees in person the incompetence and asshollery of the ZPD's police force. Him and Judy manage to find all 14 missing mammal cases that the (seemingly) entire police force was already trying to find but to no avail.
Additionally, Chief Bogo literally insults him in front of his face! In this scene, Chief Bogo says "Do you think I'm going to believe a fox?".
LITERALLY NICK WILDE'S WHOLE TRAUMA IS THAT HE WAS SEEN AS UNTRUSTWORTHY BECAUSE HE'S A FOX. CHIEF BOGO IS LITERALLY HIS BOSS AS A COP.
One more thing: I really don't think he would've been able to pass in the police academy. From what we've seen, it clearly is made for large mammals, and Judy was only able to get through due to her smarts and bunny agility.
(Then again I wouldn't be surprised if they made Nick exempt from the actual training, even though they really shouldn't. The ZPD would though cuz they suck like that)
Now moving onto why he should specifically be a detective:
First of all, we see Nick and Judy do detective work throughout the entire movie, so that field of expertise wouldn't exactly be alien. Especially with his criminal knowledge and great sense of smell, I think he'd be fantastic at it, actually.
If Nick Wilde was a detective, it would also allow him to work alongside Judy Hopps, even though they aren't both police officers, and I think that's very important to our loverboy over here. (Honestly if you ask me, he only became a cop to be with Judy)
Adding onto this, there's also some really cute official art that'd support him being a detective, like come on.
(from: The Stinky Cheese Caper and Other Cases from the ZPD Files)
Anyways, I hope y'all enjoyed my ramble. I could go on just to talk further on why I hate the ZPD, but yeah. Judy gets a pass cuz that's her special interest and she was willing to give it up at one point, but she's on very thin ice with me about it.
