Talk:Zootopia/@comment-27658474-20160328002622/@comment-27997791-20160328064405

The expression "breed like rabbits" is so well known that it's more of a cliche than an naughty implication. In the movie this is mostly used for jokes and gags. First there is the fact that Bonnie and Stu mentione "you and your 275 siblings", which is mostly just a joke for the adults. Humor is a lot about learning and reflecting, it's about us making connections and practicing our ability to toy around with ideas, and the laughter is a rewarding mechanism for when we concieve of or understand some clever joke, because it taught us to understand an implication, to connect two things, to figure out a word-play, etc. This is why such jokes work, because we know that rabbits are have a reputation of reproductive efficiency, so when that is referenced in a movie we make a connection, and this results in an amused response. It doesn't work just becasue it is borderline naughty, it's mostly becasue we realize the obsurdity of the idea of having that big a family, but also becasue we consider that this might be what we should expect of rabbits who lived wwithout fear of predators or starvation.

The there is also the gag with the population counter constantly and rapidly ticking up as Judy leaves Bunnyburrows. Again, it promts us to make that connection between the movie and what we know about rabbits, as well as consider the obsurdity of such a population growth.