Gary De'Snake I'm really sorry, but this is my family's only chance to come home.
Played by Ke Huy Quan 
Zootopia 2 (2025) · 89 quotes
Zootopia 2 (2025) · 89 quotes
4th most-quoted character in Zootopia 2 (2025): in 17 of its 89 quotes
Most scenes with: Judy Hopps (9), Nick Wilde (8), Pawbert Lynxley (7)
Hurt him? Snakes never hurt anyone. We aren't the bad guys. They are. And this journal holds the secret that will prove it. I have to prove it. Please. This is my only chance to set things right, and when I do, my family will finally be able to come home.
More lines from Gary De'Snake
4 quotes Gary De'Snake Gary De'Snake My family's been trying to prove we're not what everyone thinks for 100 years. But even this close, they'd never want me to put the weight of the world on my shoulders. Because [shrugs his coils] I don't have any shoulders! [chuckles]
Gary De'Snake We shall succeed.
Gary De'Snake Permission to hug?
Scenes with Gary De'Snake
12 scenes
French Chef
[During the chase scene at the Lynxley Manor, a lion chef's hat is knocked off, revealing a rat/mouse controlling him by pulling his mane.] [gasps; points at the lion]
I knew it!
[Gary races down a hallway with Milton and the Lynxley journal, with Judy trying to stop him, but the viper turns the corner while Judy loses her balance as she slips. Gary drags Milton into his study, where a huge fireplace is burning, muffles him, and puts the encased journal in front of him, engaging a large retina scanner. To unlock it, Milton's eye is scanned, unlocking the case, but before Gary can take the journal out, Judy kicks the door open and catches up with them in the study]
Gary [whimpers with fright as he recoils in fear]
[fixes her dress]
Please, you don't have to hurt him. [Gary becomes stunned to hear what she said]
Gary Hurt him? Snakes... never hurt anyone. [Judy starts listening to him] We aren't the bad guys. [points to Milton] They are. [Judy turns confused, not knowing whose side to be on; grabs the journal out of the container] And this journal holds the secret that will prove it. I have to prove it. Please. [Judy's ears droop in surprise] This is our only chance to set things right. And when I do, my family will finally be able to come home. [gets knocked out by a frying pan from Nick, who didn't hear the situation]
Ha! I am here! [Gary collapses, uncoiling Milton and the journal] Hopps and Wilde. [chuckles] Dream team. We got him. Or her. Reptiles. It's like, who knows? [chuckles as Milton recovers and grabs the journal]
Kitty
[barges in with Cattrick, who locks the door behind them]
The cops are right behind us.
[darkly; to Kitty and Cattrick]
Kill the snake. [Nick and Judy turn to him in horror as he and his children start to approach] We'll burn the journal. If he wants it, it's dangerous. [to Judy and Nick] And then you two will file a report that he attacked us, and you will keep your mouths shut. [retracts his claws, scaring Judy and Nick] Step aside. [Cattrick and Kitty retract their claws, too. Before Nick can react, Judy kicks a fire poker, catapulting out flaming coal and igniting a tapestry, causing Milton, Cattrick, and Kitty to step back] Put out the fire!
[Nick and Judy are chasing Gary throughout Marsh Market with Nibbles' help]
Pro tip: If he goes for the red line, do not follow! You will run out of air! Good luck! I LOVE YOU!
Gary [As Nick follows Judy, who is still chasing Gary, the latter looks behind him and swallows the journal.]
Cannonball! [leaps into the red line water tube]
[Having disobeyed Nibbles' warning, Judy promptly follows Gary into the red line tube.] [worried]
Hopps, no, that's the red line! Red line, red line! [sees Judy jumping into the red line] You're gonna run out of air! Coconut, coconut! [leaps into the red line after Judy and Gary]
[In the Desert Dunes, located in Sahara Square, Pawbert leads Judy and Gary to his tent on his motorcycle.]
Pawbert: [in a pirate accent] Almost to me hideout. [chuckles, driving toward a tent on a small dune] Snake in the hole.
Gary Ooo! Yeah, yeah. [slithers in the sidecar, where Judy is in]
Gary We shall succeed, Judy Hopps. We'll stop the lynxes and save your partner. [taps Judy's nose gently with his tail]
I'm sorry, you are...?
Gary Oh! [gestures to himself] Gary. Gary De'Snake.
And your last name?
Gary De'Snake. [Judy nods in realization] Everything is gonna be okay.
How did you become partners?
Gary Oh, when I found out the journal was gonna be on display at the Gala, I sent his family an anonymous letter asking to see it. Luckily, they make Pawbert work in the mailroom, so he read it first.
I got him smuggled in from overseas.
Gary Seven days in a crate. But if I fix things for my family, it'll be worth it. Then we'll fix things for your partner too.
Gary We just didn't know where her home was buried, [finishes drawing a map] until now.
[Reveals the reptile neighborhood, Reptile Ravine, is located in...]
My family's land? But... under all that... snow, how are we gonna find it?
[spots a clock tower on Gary's drawing map]
Wait. Clocktower... her neighborhood... the reptile neighborhood had a clocktower. [shows them an old photo she saved from the Honeymoon Lodge] I-It lights up like a beacon. If it wasn't fully buried, maybe we could see it; follow it to her home.
Except my great-grandfather turned off the power.
But we have the plans that show us how to turn it back on! Ooh, ooh! [looks in the journal] The power switch to her whole neighborhood was in... the original control room.
Gary All right! And where is that?
Inside the oldest wall of the city: The Desert-Tundratown weather wall. We get inside, turn on that switch, light the clock tower, we find her house.
We find her patent.
Gary And my family is finally coming home! We will succeed, Judy Hopps! [happily coils Judy and Pawbert] We shall succeed!
[In Flash's car, Nick is calling Clawhauser at the ZPD by phone to track Judy's location.]
I cannot help Judy if I don't know where she is, which is why I need you [off-screen] to get on Paul's computer and track Hoggbottom.
Clawhauser
[whispering]
You are an escaped fugitive! I could get fired for even talking to you.
Clawhauser
Okay! [sees a box of donuts and gasps in delight]
Paul
[typing on his computer]
Did you try restarting it? Mhm. Have you tried not being an idiot?
Clawhauser
[whispers; holding a box of donuts]
Hey, Paul, I got you some donuts. [trips over the soda can and drops the box on Paul] Oh, no!
Officer McHorn
[grabs the box of donuts]
Thanks, Clawhauser!
[Clawhauser reaches for Paul's computer, which has a screensaver on and requires a password. Clawhauser grabs the sticky note on the computer with the password "P@Rt3izFr&BrdZr2" written on it, much to his dismay as he struggles to read it. Pawbert, Judy, and Gary arrive in front of the Burning Mammal festival] [frustrated]
Oh, no... I think we're gonna have to go through the festival. [hops off his motorcycle with Judy and Gary]
Festival?
[Judy, Gary, and Pawbert turn around, seeing the ZPD closing in, much to Judy's shock] [snatches Pawbert's phone]
The phone's the first thing they track. [destroys the phone and jumps into the motorcycle with Pawbert and Gary] Go, go!
[Judy, Gary, and Pawbert descend into Burning Mammal as the ZPD chases them. Nick and Nibbles are still in the back seats of Flash's car] [impatiently]
Clawhauser!
Clawhauser
[typing on Paul's computer]
I am working on it! [logs in] Got it!
Clawhauser
[A captcha page pops up, saying "click everything that's cheese" as images pop up] [frustrated]
No!
Gary [At the Burning Mammal festival, Judy, Gary, and Pawbert run their way through an animal crowd]
What festival is this?
Yax
[A moose lights a sign saying, "Burning Mammal" as Judy, Gary, and Pawbert run through more animals] [strips his clothes]
Oh, yeah!
[While DJ Lemmens play music, Judy looks back, seeing the Zebros chasing them]
Move, move, move!
[The Zebros run after Judy, Gary, and Pawbert as the three enter into a tent, where they find Gazelle and her tiger dancers, which they noticed, though, and see the Zebros coming after them]
Come on! Go, go, go!
[Judy, Gary, and Pawbert race out of the tent through the back flap] [arrogantly] (We got you now, Bunny-loser!) [barge in the tent]
HA! [notices Gazelle is in front of them] Huh?
We meet again, zebra. [the tiger dancers grin mischievously, the Zebros become horrified, before they can escape, the tigers grab them by their shirts, and drag the Zebros to beat up]
Whoa! [the tiger dancers starts to beat the Zebros up]
Here come the horns! [body slams on Zebraxton and Zebrowski]
Ow!
[After Judy, Gary, and Pawbert flipped the switch of the clock tower in the old control room, they return to see if it worked.]
Can you see it? Did we turn on the clock tower?
[sees Nick struggling to open the weather wall door; confused]
Nick...? The door... It's locked. [runs to the monitors] Wait... How did it lock?
[Outside the weather wall, Nick starts panicking as the walls begin to heat up.] [trying to barge in]
Nibbles, open it! Nibbles!
[In the control room, Judy watches worriedly as Nibbles opens the access door, allowing Nick to enter, then slams the door shut before the flames scorch them.]
Dang door stuck on me...
[Back in the control room, Judy sees Nibbles helping Nick back up.] [sighs in relief, then chuckles embarrassedly]
Sorry. Last case, there was kind of a... twist.
I know. [suddenly injects Judy in the neck with snake venom, paralyzing her] Oh my gosh. I really... Oh, my heart is pounding. [chuckles] I thought you knew. I thought you knew.
Gary [feeling betrayed]
No! [tries to attack Pawbert, but...]
[grabs him by the throat]
Sorry, partner. [throws Gary outside in the snow] Hate to leave you out in the cold... But... I'm gonna... [sighs] Please don't be mad at me, but... I mean, you get it. We've always been on the same page. Me and you. Underdogs, right? You gotta prove you're as good as everyone else, that you belong. I know, it's messed up, but... [reloads his venom injector] this is my chance. I have to take it. 'Cause when I get to his great-grandma's home, and I burn the original patent, I'll finally be something in my family. And I'll finally belong, too.
[Judy and Gary watch in horror as Pawbert steals the latter's fanny bag.]
Bye, partner. Bye, Judy Hopps. [walks past her]
[pauses; coldly]
I don't wanna be different. [slams the door shut and locks the control room]
[As Pawbert leaves the control room after betraying Judy and Gary, he hears Nick climbing the stairs and follows him.] [off-screen]
Judy? [looks around the corridors] Judy? [looks down] Nibbles, do you see her?
Gary [from outside; shivering]
We shall... succeed, Judy Hopps.
[Judy briefly looks at Gary before continuing to crawl. Outside the control room, Nibbles stumbles upon Pawbert.] [pretends to surrender]
It's okay. Judy sent me. She... needs to find Nick. [injects Nibbles with snake venom]
[Back in the control room, Judy is still struggling to reach the door. On the monitors, Nick is climbing the stairs as Pawbert follows him.] [struggling to crawl]
Nick...
Gary [off-screen]
We... shall... succeed,... [Judy struggles to reach for the door, but collapses] Judy.
[weakly]
I can't... move... and [looks at Gary] you're too... cold... to help... [off-screen] And he's gonna... Nick's gonna...
Gary [Thinking Judy is outside, Nick swings the steel door open. Once outside, Nick shields his eyes from the blizzard, looking for Judy.] [off-screen]
Judy,... the world... was never meant... to be... on one animal's... shoulders...
Gary [As he turns around, Nick is confronted by Pawbert. Nick warily backs away upon seeing the venom injector in Pawbert's paw.] [crawling to Judy]
That's why... my great-grandma... wanted... Zootopia... [Judy sees Pawbert confronting Nick] to be... for everyone,... so we could... all... help each-other.
Gary [Outside, Nick is still backing away from Pawbert.] [off-screen]
You did. [slowly crawling] You chose... to help me... and became... my... best warm-blooded... friend. [touches Judy with his tail; his eyes glow] Very warm. [senses Judy's body heat; smiles] Permission... to hug?
Gary [When Judy weakly nods "yes", Gary softly coils around her as the ice crystals on his scales start melting thanks to Judy's body heat, restoring him.] [sees Pawbert with his fanny bag through the monitor]
We're gonna save you and save your friend. [Judy smiles, then passes out; worried] Judy? [officers Higgins, Chévre, and Bücheron enter the control room] Aah!
Officer Higgins
[points at Gary in fright]
Hey, he's gonna eat that rabbit!
Gary [panicked]
No, wait! [backing away] I-I'm saving her! I'm gonna get her the anti-pen!
[Outside the Sahara-Tundratown weather wall, Nick is still backing away from Pawbert, not noticing his footing.] [about Judy]
Where is she?
[blankly]
She... She didn't make it. [Nick turns mortified] But with snake bites, you... go fast... You'll see.
[Inside the control room, Gary, surrounded by officers Higgins and Bloats, quickly swings a telephone at Higgins' head, angering him and Bloats. On the roof, Pawbert aggressively tackles Nick to the ice, trying to stab him with his venom injector. Back in the control room, Chèvre tries to tackle Gary, but he slithers aside while still coiling around a passed-out Judy. Gary tries to leave the control room, but Officer Bücheron stops him from doing so.]
Gary No! [looks at Judy, who is losing strength]
[Officer Bloats attacks Gary alongside the other officers as they try to restrain him. Back outside, Nick tries to stop Pawbert from injecting him.]
She gone, Nick! Just... get it over with!
[As Nick struggles to kick and push Pawbert off him, he kicks at Gary's fanny bag and knocks a bunch of markers out of it that fall onto an ice ledge. Back inside the control room, Gary struggles to free himself from the officers until he sees some of his markers falling from outside, then gasps in shock upon seeing through the monitor that Nick is struggling against Pawbert on the roof.]
You're done! Know when to quit!
Gary [The ice underneath Nick and Pawbert starts cracking, when suddenly...] [off-screen]
Anti-venom! [Nick looks down; pops out] You can save her with the anti-venom! Throw me the bag! [the officers yank him back inside, revealing Judy's unconscious body]
Judy!
[Upon noticing Gary's anti-venom pen, Nick kicks Pawbert off him, flipping each other over and causing the cliff to crack. Nick and Pawbert start wrestling for the fanny bag until the pen drops out of it towards the edge of the cliff. As the cliff rumbles again, Nick prepares to grab the pen, but...] [grabs Nick's paw; desperate]
Leave it! You're gonna kill us both! It's not worth dying for.
[glances at the anti-venom pen]
Agree... [glares at Pawbert] to disagree. [shoves Pawbert away, slides down, grabs the anti-venom pen, and throws it to the fire escape, allowing Gary to barely grab it]
Anti-Venom Pen
[Nick briefly smiles before he starts losing grip as the ledge gives out. In the control room, Gary uncoils Judy and activates his anti-venom pen.]
Stab me straight into the heart!
[As Gary stabs his pen into Judy's heart, she recovers instantly, gasping in shock. Seeing Nick on the verge of falling to his demise, Judy kicks Bloats and Higgins off Gary before knocking Rhinowitz out in a rush to save him. As the cliff shatters, Nick and Pawbert both start to fall to their deaths, but Judy quickly grabs Nick's paw with Gary's help, who grabs Judy, as Pawbert falls.]
[After Gary saved Judy and Nick from falling to their deaths, they look at each-other worriedly before rushing to hug each-other in relief and both start weeping.]
I was trying to get you...
He told me that you... That you were...
And I saw you...
Gary [Nick and Judy stop hugging and stare at each-other with watery eyes, much to Gary's awkwardness.] [blushing]
I'll... help your friend. [slithers off to help Nibbles]
[hesitantly]
Okay. I- I don't- I don't care that we're different... you know? I- What I care about… is you. I care about you. Okay? And I didn’t say it. I should've said it, but I didn't... because... [shrugs] Uh... Well... [chuckles nervously] 'cause I am an emotionally insecure source of your discomfort who's not good at expressing his feelings. Probably because I've been on my own my whole life. It's not an excuse; It's just... [awkwardly scratches his neck] it's why instead of telling you that you're the best thing that ever happened to me, [Judy smiles] I-I make jokes about your ears and-and I tell you that you try too hard, when, you know, the truth is: I just don't want you... to get hurt because… because no one else in the world matters more to me than you do.
[holding back her tears; talking fast]
I… I do try too hard because deep down I'm afraid I am what everyone thinks I am, and I suppress my discomfort because I'm worried it makes me look weak and I wanna be strong, and I think I'm failing all the time and I only take what you say personally because you're the only one in my life who ever believed in me, even when I don't even believe in myself. And I should have told you that… [pouts] No one else in the world matters to me more than you do, either...
[pauses; almost entranced]
I have unresolved childhood trauma that I refuse to discuss because being vulnerable scares me.
I make dangerous choices because I have an unhealthy bunny hero complex.
[teary]
And I didn’t join the ZPD because I wanted to be a cop; I joined because I always wanted to be part of a pack… and the thought of losing you scares me because… [whispering softly] because you’re my pack.
[sobbing]
I should never have left you. And I do need a herd of therapy animals, and I should've told you that you're the only partner I would ever want because… you're my fluffle.
[Nick and Judy giggle as the former smiles at her warmly and the latter wipes her tears away.] [after she got healed; arrives with Gary beside her]
Whoo! Now that is what we call an overshare. I’m alive, by the way. I made it.
[Judy and Nick are closing in on Pawbert as he reaches the clock tower, when a chasm tears open between them.]
I'm gonna jump! [leaps outside the snow cat, ready to do so, but...]
[playfully grabs her paw]
Zoogetherness! Huh? [serious] No, never mind. Forget I said it; here we go! [leaps off the snow cat with Judy, knocking the gasoline and matches away from Pawbert]
[When Pawbert finds the matchbox, it suddenly vanishes in the snow, much to his surprise.] [pops out of the hole]
Bunnies... we're burrowers. Rabbit kick! Hyah! [kicks at Pawbert, allowing Nick to trip him, then fist bumps Nick]
[However, Pawbert emerges from the snow, growling and grinning evilly, as he pounces on Nick and Judy and strangles them, ready to tear them apart.] [insanely]
I'll destroy the patent, that town, and everything in it. And a dirtbag fox and a [pushes Judy's head deeper in the snow] dumb bunny will never stand in my way!
[Nick and Judy briefly exchange glances before the former glares at Pawbert.] [under his breath; defensively]
She's not a dumb bunny and you're forgetting one thing...! [smirks]
We're friends with a snake!
Gary [arriving with Nibbles; coils Pawbert]
Howdy, partner! [hisses in Pawbert's ear as he shrieks]
Gary [Gary is happy to see his family again, Judy approaches them and he introduces them to her.]
This is my family. Permission to hug? [Judy nods, and the De'Snake family hug her] Thank you.
[The snakes heads off into their new home.]
