Flash Slothmore is a character who appears in the Zootopia franchise. He is the so-called fastest sloth working in the DMV (Department of Mammal Vehicles).
Flash Slothmore, the fastest sloth in Zootopia's DMV, is humorously noted for his slow demeanor typical of sloths. However, he surprises with unexpected speed when driving a race car, adding a comedic twist to his character in Disney's Zootopia.
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How does Flash contribute to the humor in Zootopia?
Flash adds humor to Zootopia with his slow reactions and love for jokes. At the Department of Mammal Vehicles, Nick Wilde tells Flash a joke to delay Judy Hopps, knowing Flash will take time to respond. This frustrates Judy but entertains viewers, showcasing Flash's comedic role in the film.
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What makes Flash Slothmore a memorable character in Zootopia?
Flash Slothmore, the fastest sloth at the DMV in Disney's Zootopia, is memorable for his ironic speed and humorous personality. Despite his slow demeanor, he is friendly and enjoys jokes, which often disrupts his work. His interaction with Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde, where Nick tells him a joke to delay Judy, highlights his comedic nature. Flash's unique traits and the contrast between his sloth-like behavior and his title make him a standout character.
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How does Flash's personality contrast with his slowness?
Flash from Zootopia is a sloth known for his slow pace, yet he is friendly and social. At the DMV, he is the fastest sloth, helping Judy Hopps professionally. His easygoing nature contrasts with his slowness, as he enjoys jokes and socializing, often getting distracted by humor.
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What role does Flash play in Zootopia's DMV scene?
In Zootopia, Flash Slothmore is the fastest sloth at the DMV. He helps Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde by identifying a license plate. Despite his slow pace, Flash is friendly and professional. His interaction with Nick, who tells him a joke, shows Flash's love for humor, briefly distracting him from his duties.
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Background
Personality
Given that he is a sloth, Flash moves, talks, and responds slowly. Despite this, Nick claims that he was the fastest sloth at the DMV. He does seem to move relatively fast by sloth standards.
Despite his slowness, Flash is quite friendly, polite, gentle, social, and speaks quite professionally, which makes him sound more intelligent than he looks.
Flash's outgoing and easygoing attitude gets him acquainted as he speaks to them in a casual and friendly (yet literally slow) way, as he's well acquainted with Nick Wilde.
Flash is helpful when it comes to the DMV and does it professionally, as shown when he willingly helps Judy identify a license plate.
Flash can be easily distracted, as Nick interrupts Flash's work to tell him a joke.
Flash enjoys jokes and finds them hilarious. This can hinder his professionalism as he even goes so far as to retell them to his co-worker, Priscilla.
When Judy Hopps needs to run a plate to find the missing Mr. Otterton, she blackmails Nick Wilde to do so as she's unable to complete the task herself, on account of being new to the city. To annoy and waste her time, Nick takes her to Flash and sadistically prolongs the meeting by telling a joke, to which Flash takes a while to react and eventually tells the joke to his coworker Priscilla.
At the end of the film, it is revealed that Flash also has a liking for street racing, driving a fast and fancy sports car, before he is finally caught by Judy and Nick, the latter now the former's partner.
During the end credits, he and Priscilla are seen dancing in a slow manner at Gazelle's concert.
In "Dinner Rush", Flash and Priscilla go together to a restaurant where they are served by a waitress named Sam, who tries to finish her shift quickly to arrive in time to Gazelle's concert. However, this is made difficult due to Flash and Priscilla's slowness, resulting in many other customers getting angry and Sam almost getting fired, but they calm down when it's revealed Flash invited Priscilla to propose to her, which she happily accepts, which surprised and moved Sam and the customers, with her congratulating the newly engaged couple and asking them to take their time, but Flash reveals that he and Priscilla also had tickets to Gazelle 's concert, much to Sam's delight, to which Flash offered to take her alongside them to the concert in his sports car (where they are approached by Nick and Judy as shown in the movie), much to Sam's shock, who says she would rather walk to the concert.
―Partner's in trouble, need to get across town, ignore the laws.[src]
Flash returns in the sequel with a more heroic role. He helped drive Nick and Nibbles Maplestick over to Judy, Gary De'Snake, and Pawbert Lynxley at the Burning Mammal festival before the ZPD could get them first, ultimately saving Judy from a lethal dart misfired by Captain Hoggbottom with his car. As his passengers disembarked, Nick declared he was in his debt as Flash drove away from the scene.
Again, during the end credits, he and Priscilla are seen dancing with the Reptile Hangout's tortoise bouncer in a slow manner at another one of Gazelle's concerts.
Other appearances
In promotion for the film, a puppet version of Flash appeared in a video where he visited the El Capitan theater to watch Zootopia. The puppet was both voiced and controlled by Persi.[3]
An emoticon version of Flash appeared in the Zootopia entry of the As Told by Emoji short series. His first scene was a joking reference to the occasionally long loading times of smartphones. He also appears after the credits, prolonging the arrival of the "The End" banner.
Flash made his cameo appearance in Moana as a sloth monster in Lalotai who approached Moana before being blasted by a water geyser to the surface.
Flash is a playable character in Disney Heroes: Battle Mode. Introduced in Update 4.8-B, Flash is a Mid-Line Control role hero on the Yellow Team. He is the ninth Zootopia playable character as well as the 200th playable character in the game. Flash's skills are: "Ticket Taker", "Flash Flash", "Paperwork It", "But First, Coffee", and "Big Smile". These skills allow Flash to (in the order):
"Ticket Taker":
Passive: Flash is Immune to Slows but starts each wave moving slow as molasses. Instead of a Basic Attack, Flash drinks coffee. After a few sips, Flash will start moving at normal speed. From that point on, each sip will grant him Energy along with an Attack Speed increase that lasts for the rest of the wave.
Active: Flash has enemy Heroes Take a Number! Each enemy is assigned a unique Ticket, numbered 1-5, and holds on to their Ticket for a duration with higher Ticket numbers equating to more time. While holding a Ticket, enemies are Stunned and take Fantastic Damage per second. These Tickets cannot be Cleansed, avoided by Evasion, reduced by Tenacity, or Dodged. Slows include Snares as well as reductions in Movement and Attack Speed.
"Flash Flash": Flash takes a photo of the closest enemy, dealing Normal Damage to them while Blinding them and all other enemies for a few seconds.
"Paperwork It": Flash gives random enemies paperwork to fill out, Slowing their Attack and Movement Speed by a percentage for a duration and removing Energy each second the Slow is active. When the Slow wears off or is removed from enemies, they take Normal Damage and are Studied for a few seconds.
"But First, Coffee": When anyone on the battlefield is Slowed by any source, Flash heals HP and gains more Skill Power, Armor, and Reality for a duration. The Heal and buffs to Flash can trigger once every few seconds.
"Big Smile": Flash Flash now increases allies’ Attack and Movement Speed for a few seconds and decreases enemies’ Tenacity and Evasion for the duration. Paperwork It affects more enemies and deals an additional Normal Damage. The Tenacity and Evasion decreases have a chance to fail on enemies above a certain level. Ticket Taker gains bonus Fantastic Damage per second.
Flash has friendship campaigns with Dash Parr and Fred.
Flash uses a touch-screen computer because a sloth would never be fast enough to be able to double-click with a mouse.
Flash and Nick went to high school together and were both members of the track team.[6] It was there that Flash got his nickname due to his love of drag racing.
Ironically, Flash's license plate is "FST NML" ("fast animal" minus the vowels).
In a Korean trailer, Flash drives a race car because he cannot get off the subway.
Flash owns a white mug that says "You Want it When?"
At one point in the film's development, Flash and Priscilla were going to be a married couple.[7]. However, this is likely going to come true as in "Dinner Rush" Flash proposed to Priscilla and they are currently engaged.
In the Brazilian Portuguese dub, he is called "Flecha", which translates as "arrow".
This name was also given for Dash from Pixar's The Incredibles.
According to the Zootopia: The Essential Guide, one of Flash's hobbies is watching trees grow.
Flash suddenly turning into a speed freak isn't an out-of-character moment. In real life, three-toed sloths, presumably what Flash is supposed to be, can actually be fast if angry or excited, meaning Flash is quicker once he raced in his car. Even if that's not the case, Flash is riding a race car, which is meant to be fast, and once Flash rides it, he has problems reacting to slow down his car.
It is presumed that Flash and his DMV co-workers were all designed to be sloths because of the unpleasant ordeal of going through the "process" at a DMV since employees there make visitors stand in line for such a long time and make them write out so much paperwork that it's not very helpful at all.
