--- title: Zootopia Predicted the Shakira Super Bowl 2020 Halftime Show description: People were quick to catch the movie reference in Shakira's Super Bowl 2020 Halftime show performance. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Dec 12, 2023 7:42 PM UTCPublished: Feb 3, 2020 1:00 PM UTC  Jeff Kravitz—FilmMagic/Getty Images; Walt Disney Animation Studios by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Dec 12, 2023 7:42 PM UTCPublished: Feb 3, 2020 1:00 PM UTC If [Shakira’s Super Bowl 2020](https://time.com/5776445/super-bowl-2020-shakira-tongue/) glittery red number that burned up the proceedings on the stage at the halftime show seemed a tad familiar to you, you would be right on the money. In Shakira’s [Super Bowl 2020 Halftime Show](https://time.com/5774180/super-bowl-2020-halftime-show-recap/) performance at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami that got tongues wagging, she wore a glittery Penter Dundas two-piece skirt covered in Swarowski crystals with matching knee-high boots — as one does when one is stunting on the world’s biggest stage on one’s 43rd birthday. And as she opened the [show](https://time.com/5772692/best-super-bowl-commercials-2020/), in which she cycled through smash hits like “Whenever, Wherever” and “Hips Don’t Lie,” fans on Twitter were quick to point out the similarities between her presentation and her 2016 _Zootopia_ character. Of course, this was not lost on the internet because you can’t sneak an overt reference by Twitter, and no one sleeps on a mammal metropolis movie connection. In the animated Disney flick, Shakira voices the character Gazelle who performs for the fans resplendent in a crimson two piece, just as Shakira did in her incendiary show with Jennifer Lopez. In the movie, she raises her voice with a message of peace. Sounds on-brand to us. See some of the Shakira _Zootopia_ memes below. > [](https://twitter.com/cbunkbed/status/1224142982225498113) > [](https://twitter.com/PatrickSKling/status/1224156925174206464) > [](https://twitter.com/fluffpuddle/status/1224149989464690688) > [](https://twitter.com/jaakerz314/status/1224144499611443200) > [](https://twitter.com/samhelene97/status/1224145128056639490) > [](https://twitter.com/NashtrillPromo/status/1224355432724140033) > [](https://twitter.com/Beastybryo/status/1224346377012027392) > [](https://twitter.com/AshleyJTyrie/status/1224150803755294722) Previously, the internet seized on _The Simpsons’_ apparent clairvoyance when it came to “[predicting](https://time.com/4667462/simpsons-predictions-donald-trump-lady-gaga/)” Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl Halftime show in 2017. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5776753/super-bowl-2020-shakira-memes-zootopia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5776753/super-bowl-2020-shakira-memes-zootopia/"},"headline":"The Super Bowl 2020 Shakira Memes Don't Lie and This Reference You May Have Missed Is Perfecto","datePublished":"2020-02-03T13:00:36.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T19:42:46.000Z","description":"People were quick to catch the movie reference in Shakira's Super Bowl 2020 Halftime show performance. 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