Emmitt Otterton is a North American river otter[1] from the 2016Disney animated film, Zootopia. The husband of Mrs. Otterton, he goes missing and mysteriously turns savage. The search for the missing otter becomes the driving force of the film.
In the film, Mr. Otterton had urgent matters to discuss with his good friend and employer Mr. Big. He contacted Mr. Big, who sent a limousine to pick him up. Meanwhile he bought a pawpsicle from Nick Wilde and went to the Mystic Springs Oasis. When Yax and Nangi walked him out, Mr. Manchas picked him up in a limousine and started driving him to Mr. Big's mansion.
That night during the escort, however, Otterton is shot by a sniper with a pellet containing night howler serum, causing Otterton to regress to a savage state. In his last moments of sanity, Otterton madly yells "night howlers" as a warning to what had happened. When Manchas overhears the commotion, Otterton attacks him, brutally maiming the jaguar's eye and forcing the car to stop off-road while Manchas barely manages to get away alive from the now feral otter. With a snarl, Otterton then scurries off into the night. He is eventually captured by wolf security forces under the orders of Mayor Lionheart and incarcerated at Cliffside Asylum with other predatory citizens who also have gone savage.
Ten days later, Mr. Otterton is located by Officer Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde, who were sent by Mrs. Otterton to find him, but only receive a fierce snarl from the otter, his sentience apparently absent from his mind. After the asylum is raided, Otterton is moved to a hospital, though still trapped in his feral state. When Mrs. Otterton visits her husband, she is heartbroken to see the Emmitt she knew to be lost.
When it is discovered that the night howlers were the cause of the outbreak as an elaborate plot by Assistant Mayor Bellwether, an antidote for the savaged citizens is found. Among them, Mr. Otterton is eventually cured of his savage condition and happily reunites with his wife, who is there when he wakes up to sanity.
During the end credits, Mr. and Mrs. Otterton are seen at a concert held by Gazelle, happily dancing together.
Other appearances
An emoticon version of Mr. Otterton frequently appeared in the Zootopia entry of the As Told by Emoji short series.
Gallery
Screenshots
Photo showing Mr. Otterton with his wife and their two kids
Judy examines the photo more closely.
Mr. Otterton gets hit with night howler serum
Mr. Otterton goes savage
A captive Mr. Otterton in Cliffside Asylum, hiding from Nick and Judy
Mr. Otterton viciously trying to assault Nick and Judy
Emmitt starts to awaken
Mr. Otterton, cured from his savaged infection, hugs his wife
Miscellaneous
Trivia
According to the police report, Mr. Otterton is 2'4" in height, weighs 21 pounds, and has an address at 2347 Riverbrook Lane in Rainforest District.[1]
However, a deleted scene "Detective Work" shows that Otterton weighs 20 pounds.
In the same deleted scene, Otterton's zip code is 91521, which is a zip code where the Walt Disney Studios building is located in Burbank, California.
Mr. Otterton's full name is a reference to the Emmett Otter's Jug-Band Christmas TV special, according to Byron Howard.[2]
He is a frequent attendant of the Mystic Springs Oasis naturalist club, owned by Yax.
It is strongly implied that Mr. Otterton somehow figured out the night howler operation, due to his described desperation to talk to Mr. Big, as well as his mad wailing of the night howlers before becoming savage. Given his occupation as a florist, it is possible. This could also explain why he was targeted: to ensure his silence.
According to Zootopia: The Official Handbook, Mr. Otterton first met his wife at the Sunday Meerkat Market in Sahara Square 20 years before the events of the film, where the latter was looking at spicy lentils.
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