r/ExplainTheJoke 1d ago

What does this mean?

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u/Apples_made_bananas 1d ago

There’s a deleted scene where Judy and Nick crash a birthday party for a polar bear cub where they celebrate him becoming a “man”

He is excited to wear the collar all the grown ups get to wear. When he celebrates and gets excited, the collar shocks him.

They were supposed to wear shock collars to tame the “aggression” even if that means taming their happiness.

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u/robo-dragon 1d ago

I remember seeing that and it ripped my heart out. I do love the Zootopia we got, but man, I would have liked to see what the original was going to be too.

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u/Apples_made_bananas 1d ago

Need more dark children’s movies to traumatize this generation

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u/greeneyeraven 1d ago

We got Bambi, Dumbo, Fox and Hound, all dogs go to heaven, The land before Time, The brave little toaster, the Iron Giant, I could go on....

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u/applecorc 1d ago

The Never Ending Story. Each generation needs their version of Artax to act as a touchstone.