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Zootopia

2016. Directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard and Rich Moore, written by Byron Howard and Rich Moore and Jared Bush.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    21 women characters. 11 of them speak.
  2. Yes 2. Who talk to each other
    In 4 scenes out of 82.
  3. Yes 3. About something besides a man
    In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.

Poster for Zootopia

The film

From the largest elephant to the smallest shrew, the city of Zootopia is a mammal metropolis where various animals live and thrive. When Judy Hopps becomes the first rabbit to join the police force, she quickly learns how tough it is to enforce the law. Determined to prove herself, Judy jumps at the opportunity to solve a mysterious case. Unfortunately, that means working with Nick Wilde, a wily fox who makes her job even harder.

Released
04 Mar 2016
Genres
Animation, Action, Adventure
Rated
PG
IMDb
8 / 10
Metascore
78 / 100
Awards
Won 1 Oscar. 50 wins & 75 nominations total
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. Hopps 306 lines, woman
  2. Nick 182 lines, man
  3. Bogo 54 lines, man
  4. Stu Hopps 43 lines, man
  5. Bellwether 42 lines, woman
  6. Bonnie Hopps 35 lines, woman
  7. Clawhauser 23 lines, man
  8. Flash 23 lines, man
  9. Young Judy 22 lines, woman
  10. Lionheart 20 lines, man
Full cast, 50 people
  • Ginnifer Goodwin as Judy Hopps (voice)
  • Jason Bateman as Nick Wilde (voice)
  • Idris Elba as Chief Bogo (voice)
  • Jenny Slate as Bellwether (voice)
  • Nate Torrence as Clawhauser (voice)
  • Bonnie Hunt as Bonnie Hopps (voice)
  • Don Lake as Stu Hopps (voice)
  • Tommy Chong as Yax (voice)
  • J.K. Simmons as Mayor Lionheart (voice)
  • Octavia Spencer as Mrs. Otterton (voice)
  • Alan Tudyk as Duke Weaselton (voice)
  • Shakira as Gazelle (voice)
  • Raymond S. Persi as Flash (voice)
  • Della Saba as Young Hopps (voice)
  • Maurice LaMarche as Mr. Big (voice)
  • Phil Johnston as Gideon Grey (voice)
  • Fuschia! as Drill Sergeant (voice)
  • John DiMaggio as Jerry Jumbeaux Jr. (voice)
  • Katie Lowes as Badger Doctor (voice)
  • Gita Reddy as Nangi (voice)
  • Jesse Corti as Mr. Manchas (voice)
  • Tommy Lister Jr. as Finnick (voice)
  • Josh Dallas as Frantic Pig (voice)
  • Leah Latham as Fru Fru (voice)
  • Rich Moore as Doug (voice)
  • Kath Soucie as Young Nick (voice)
  • Peter Mansbridge as Peter Moosebridge (voice)
  • Byron Howard as Bucky Oryx-Antlerson (voice)
  • Jared Bush as Pronk Oryx-Antlerson (voice)
  • Mark Rhino Smith as Officer McHorn (voice)
  • Josie Trinidad as Landlady (voice)
  • John Lavelle as Mouse Foreman (voice)
  • Kristen Bell as Priscilla (voice)
  • Evelyn Wilson Bresee as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Hewitt Bush as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Jill Cordes as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Madeleine Curry as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Terri Douglas as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Melissa Goodwin Shepherd as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Zach King as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Dave Kohut as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Jeremy Milton as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Pace Paulsen as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Fabienne Rawley as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Bradford Simonsen as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Claire K. Smith as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Jackson Stein as Additional Voices (voice)
  • David A. Thibodeau as Additional Voices (voice)
  • John Wheeler as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Hannah G. Williams as Additional Voices (voice)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 8% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 82

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 210
3 to 43023
5 to 6510
7 to 82113
9 to 1010
11 to 1242
13 to 141215
15 to 16106
17 to 1865
19 to 2001
21 to 22916
23 to 241610
25 to 2667
27 to 2875
29 to 302728
31 to 322021
33 to 341112
35 to 362231
37 to 3876
39 to 4089
41 to 421217
43 to 4435
45 to 461410
47 to 481725
49 to 5002
51 to 521711
53 to 541915
55 to 561414
57 to 5869
59 to 603115
61 to 6235
63 to 642716
65 to 6675
67 to 6838
69 to 7047
71 to 72414
73 to 741014
75 to 763810
77 to 7860
79 to 8054
81 to 8245

The evidence

  • Straight from the script
  • Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
HOPPS: Oh hey, it's my parents! BONNIE HOPPS: Aw there she is! Hi sweetheart!
HOPPS: It was real great. BONNIE HOPPS: Yeah? Everything you ever hoped? HOPPS: Mmm. Absolutely. And more. Everyone's so nice. And I feel like I'm really making a difference--
BONNIE HOPPS: Oh my sweet heaven-- Judy, are you a meter maid? HOPPS: Oh this? No! Oh, no no! This is just a temporary thing-- BONNIE HOPPS: It's the safest job on the force!
BONNIE HOPPS: Bye bye! HOPPS: Buh-bye.
GAZELLE: The Zootopia I know is better than this. GAZELLE: We don't just blindly assign blame. We don't know why these attacks keep happening... GAZELLE: ...but it is irresponsible to label all predators as savages. MRS. OTTERTON: That's not my Emmitt.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 52 are women's.

467 lines from women, 431 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

21 women and 29 men in the cast. 11 women and 19 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

A woman speaks the first line. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 10 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

  • First line by a woman
  • Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 46% of the words (4,249), men 54% (4,894). Women have 52% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Exhibit F: behind the camera

4 of the 18 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 17% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
Byron Howard (man), Rich Moore (man)
Written by
Phil Johnston (man), Jared Bush (man)
Story by
Jim Reardon (man), Josie Trinidad (woman), Phil Johnston (man), Rich Moore (man), Byron Howard (man), Jared Bush (man) and 1 more
Produced by
Clark Spencer (man)
Shot by
Nathan Warner (man)
Edited by
Fabienne Rawley (woman), Jeremy Milton (man)
Music by
Michael Giacchino (man)
Production design by
David Goetz (man)
Cast by
Jamie Sparer Roberts (woman)

The crew, department by department

  • Visual Effects

    5 women, 49 men, 100 not listed

  • Sound

    5 women, 24 men, 16 not listed

  • Other crew

    0 women, 8 men, 36 not listed

  • Lighting

    1 women, 7 men, 33 not listed

  • Production

    6 women, 5 men, 23 not listed

  • Writing

    8 women, 16 men, 3 not listed

  • Directing

    1 women, 7 men, 15 not listed

  • Art

    1 women, 15 men, 3 not listed

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit G: how old the stars were

Women: 42 on average. Men: 54 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Jenny Slate 33, Ginnifer Goodwin 37, Octavia Spencer 45, Bonnie Hunt 54

Men

Nate Torrence 38, Idris Elba 43, Jason Bateman 47, Don Lake 59, J.K. Simmons 61, Tommy Chong 77

Exhibit H: the money

It made 6.8 times what it cost.

Budget
$150 million
Box office
$1 billion

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 82 scenes and 971 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works

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