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'''Roger Rabbit''' is the titular anthropomorphic rabbit and deuteragonist of the film, a frantic over-anxious type who often stutters while screaming. The character first appeared in the book, ''[[Who Censored Roger Rabbit?]]'' by [[Gary K. Wolf]], which was adapted into the 1988 Academy-Award winning Walt Disney film, ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit (film)|Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''. Mixing both live action and animation to create a believable "toon" universe, Disney set up an animation studio in Camden Town, London, whilst the live action was shot at [[Elstree Studios]]. Both the animation and live action were then composited by ILM FX Studios in LA. In the book, Roger is a sidekick in a popular comic strip called "Baby Herman", his murder is being investigated by a detective named [[Eddie Valiant]] and a slowly evaporating stunt doppelganger of himself that he created hours before being shot. In the film version, he is re-envisioned as a 1940's character in animated cartoons and a resident of the fictional Los Angeles enclave, [[Toontown]]. He is framed for a murder and seeks out Valiant to help clear his name. In the film, the voice of Roger is performed by comedian [[Charles Fleischer]], who was known for electing to wear an actual rabbit costume on the set to get into the role. One of his famous traits is his voice, "P-b-b-b-b-bleeeease!". He is a white clownish rabbit with a gap between his front teeth, a voice that resonates of [[Wikipedia:Huntz Hall|Huntz Hall]] in "[[Wikipedia:The Bowery Boys|The Bowery Boys]]", a blue [[Porky Pig]]-like bowtie with yellow polka dots, a red-haired [[Bugs Bunny]]-like head with blue eyes, a pink nose and round-tipped ears, red [[Wikipedia:Oswald the Lucky Rabbit|Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]]-like pants with a green patch behind and yellow [[Mickey Mouse]]-like gloves.

Roger also had a cameo in the ''[[w:c:tinytoons:Tiny Toon Adventures|Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' episodes "[[w:c:tinytoons:New Character Day|New Character Day]]" and "[[w:c:tinytoons:Buster and Babs Go Hawaiian|Buster and Babs Go Hawaiian]]". [[w:c:tinytoons:Babs Bunny|Babs Bunny]] also did an impression of Roger in the episode "[[w:c:tinytoons:Pledge Week|Pledge Week]]".

Roger Rabbit made his footprints and handprints with his signature phrase "P-p-p-p-lease" (pucker and bubble bottom lip) in front of the Chinese theatre at Disney's Hollywood Studios on its opening day along with Mickey Mouse, Steven Spielberg, Minnie Mouse, and Goofy.

Roger Rabbit is a popular character at Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland, both of which contain identical versions of the ''[[Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin]]'' attraction, which opened in 1994 in a new Toontown section of the park, inspired by the film and included shops, character houses and rides. As part of the ride's queue area, passengers walk through the dark streets of Toontown and see the shadows of Jessica and the Weasels walk by windows and hear their plot to kidnap her. On this entirely dark-light ride, you board [[Lenny the Cab]] (Benny's twin cousin) and race through streets, alleys and buildings.

Also, Roger Rabbit appears in the Disneyland Fun sing-along video, ''[[w:c:disney:The Magic of Christmas at Disneyland|The Magic of Christmas at Disneyland]]''.