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Quilda[1] is a character featured in the 2016 Disney animated feature film Zootopia.

Background[]

Quilda is an anthropomorphic crested porcupine. She serves as an interviewer who interviews with Mayor Lionheart during his arrest after the predators infected by the night howlers have been cured back to normal, which Lionheart claims that he did imprison the savage animals. However, she doesn't talk much.

Role in the film[]

Quilda is first seen during the part where Judy Hopps attempts to arrest Nick Wilde for scamming her with his Pawpsicle plans. She is seen standing between the two at a crosswalk. Soon as Quilda walks across the street, Nick follows the porcupine using her quills to protect herself from a herd of wildebeests in another direction just as Judy follows him.

Later at the end of the film, Quilda is seen interviewing Mayor Lionheart questioning him if he was responsible for arresting the predator animals in savage mode - albeit in a false way. Lionheart tells her giving him claims that he did intentionally imprison the animals, telling him it was good intentions. Quilda makes no further appearances after that.

Trivia[]

  • In the book Zootopia: The Essential Guide, Quilda was named "Muriel".
  • In the original theatrical release where Mayor Lionheart's in-jail interview was slightly longer where he explains about why he imprisoned the animals, he asks Quilda, "You can understand that, can't you?" to which she replies to him flatly, "No." In all subsequent releases of the movie (DVD, Blu-ray, digital, streaming, TV broadcasts, etc.), these two lines are not present, leaving Quilda silent in all subsequent releases. The reason why these lines were cut is unknown.
    • Additionally, in an original screenplay of Zootopia, it was a deleted character named "Kitty Cowlick" who interviewed Lionheart at the end of the film and not Quilda.
  • Quilda's name is a pun of her species "quill" which porcupines have and the female name "Hilda".

References[]

  1. "Zootopia VIII". Borja Montoro Character Design (April 24, 2016).

External links[]


v - e - d
Zootopia logo
Media
Films and Television: Zootopia (video/soundtrack) • Zootopia+Zootopia 2 (video/soundtrack)

Video games: Disney Infinity: 3.0 EditionDisney Crossy RoadZootopia: Crime FilesDisney Emoji BlitzDisney Heroes: Battle Mode
Books: Zootopia Junior NovelizationThe Art of ZootopiaZootopia: Friends to the Rescue

Disney Parks
The AnnexCountry Bear Musical JamboreeDisney Animation BuildingGarden of the Twelve FriendsHappy CirclePLAY!Zootopia (Zootopia: Hot PursuitDisney Zootopia Comes Alive) • Zootopia: Better Zoogether!

Entertainment: "A Whole New World" A Magical Disney SongbookFollow Your DreamsMax LIVE: Gettin’ Goofy with ItMickey's Magical Music WorldMickey’s Storybook Adventure
Parades: A Million Splashes of ColourDisney Adventure Friends CavalcadeDisney Harmony in Color! ParadeDreams.... And Shine Brighter!Move It! Shake It! Dance and Play It! Street PartyMickey's Storybook ExpressUsatama on the Run!
Fireworks: Disney EnchantmentHappily Ever AfterIlluminate! A Nighttime CelebrationMomentousWonderful World of AnimationWondrous Journeys
Spring: Disney Color-Fest: A Street Party!Disney Friends Springtime Processional
Summer: Club Mouse BeatSummer Blast
Christmas: Disney Winter Magic CavalcadeMickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade

Characters
Zootopia:Judy HoppsNick WildeFinnickChief BogoBenjamin ClawhauserMayor LionheartDawn BellwetherYaxFlashMr. BigKoslovFru FruEmmitt OttertonMrs. OttertonDuke WeaseltonBonnie and Stu HoppsRenato ManchasGazellePeter MoosebridgeFabienne GrowleyJerry Jumbeaux Jr.Gideon GreyNangiDougWoolter and JesseDr. BadgerPriscillaBucky and Pronk Oryx-AntlersonZootopia Police OfficersSwintonQuildaStephanie StalkinewDharma ArmadilloPop-PopCottonGerbil JerksGary and LarryGram-mamaLemmingsTiger Dancers

Zootopia 2:Gary
Deleted: Jack SavageMr. WildeOfficer MabelRazorbacksBat Eyewitness
Zootopia+: Molly HoppsTimmy HoppsBriancaChristineMandyCharismaTru TruRhino BossDJ Stripes, Kitty Claws, and Sir WhiskersSamGerald

Locations
ZootopiaSahara SquareSavanna CentralTundratownBunnyburrowLittle RodentiaRainforest DistrictMystic Springs OasisZootopia Police DepartmentDepartment of Mammal VehiclesJumbeaux's CaféZootopia Police AcademyGrand Pangolin ArmsCliffside AsylumWild TimesLemming Brothers Bank
Songs
Try EverythingBig Time
Objects
PawpsicleJumbo-popNight howlersCarrot Pen
See Also
As Told by Emoji
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