Officer Bloats
Officer Bloats is a hippo and a ZPD officer assigned to Precinct 1 in We Can Fix Pawbert. He is frequently partnered with Higgins, another hippo officer, and the two of them are what Precinct 1 sends when something has to be knocked down.
Background
Bloats serves as a patrol officer at Precinct 1. Pairing him with Higgins puts two hippos on one assignment, which is why the pair draw breaches and close-quarters work.
Series History
Zootopia 2
Bloats and his partner Higgins join in the chase of Antony Snootley early in the film, getting covered in spikes during the chaos Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde cause. After Chief Bogo assigns Judy and Nick to Partners in Crisis therapy, Bloats is among the officers laughing at the two rookies in the Precinct 1 lobby. He later arrives at the Zootennial Gala with the rest of the ZPD to rescue Bogo after Gary De'Snake's attack. Bloats pursues Judy, Nick, and Gary through Marsh Market, running underwater and disrupting service at Below Deck. In the climax, Bloats and Higgins go to Tundratown with the ZPD. When Pawbert tries to kill Judy with venom, the officers believe Gary is the attacker and move to arrest him. When the truth about the Lynxley framing is revealed, Bloats and Higgins help arrest the Lynxley family. At the film's conclusion, Bloats watches Judy and Nick receive awards from Mayor Winddancer and sits with Higgins and other ZPD partners for their speech.
Season 4
S04E19 "Operational Surprise"
Bloats and Higgins are called in for mandatory weekend compliance training at Precinct 1. Bogo announces it in the bullpen, the room groans, and Higgins whispers to ask whether it really has to be a Saturday; Bloats whispers back something about compliance window deadlines and admits he has no idea what that means. At the training the two hippos take the back row, where Higgins manages to sleep with his eyes open and Bloats fills his notepad with drawings.
Season 5
S05E21 "Final Position"
During the final assault on Icener's position, Bloats and Higgins serve on the eastern assault team alongside Fru Fru's polar bears and officers from half a dozen precincts. The two of them wait out the staging side by side, each checking the other's vest straps. Once the push starts they go through Icener's first barricade together and take it apart, sandbags and emplacement and all.
Key Relationships
Officer Higgins
Bloats and Higgins are constant partners and are almost always assigned together, from the Snootley chase through the last night of the Icener campaign. Two hippos hitting the same barricade at the same moment is the whole tactic.