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'''Roller Coaster Rabbit''' is a 1990 short, starring [[Roger Rabbit (character)|Roger Rabbit]] and [[Baby Herman]], that was shown before the film ''[[Wikipedia:Dick Tracy (1990 film)|Dick Tracy]]''. It is the second animated Roger Rabbit short, produced after ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit (film)|Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''. It was produced by [[Touchstone Pictures]] and [[Amblin Entertainment]] and was released on June 15, 1990.

 

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*Roger Rabbit - [[Charles Fleischer]]

*Jessica Rabbit - [[Kathleen Turner]]

*Young Baby Herman/Mrs. Herman - [[April Winchell]]

*Adult Baby Herman - [[Lou Hirsch]]

*Droopy - [[Corey Burton]]

*Bull - [[Frank Welker]]

=== <u>Live Action Cast</u> ===

*Fritz - Damian London

*Secretary - Joni Barnes

*Cameraman - Jim Bracken

*Fireman - Ancel Cook

*[[Charlie Adler]] - Carnival Barker

*[[Mickey Mouse]]

*[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Clarabelle_Cow Clarabelle Cow]

*[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Pinocchio_(character) Pinocchio]

*[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Ariel Ariel] from ''[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid The Little Mermaid]''

*Droopy

*The title card at the start of the short states that it was made in 1947, the year ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' was set in.

*The version of the short on video is just a tad shorter than the one seen in theaters. The scene where Roger's coaster car goes out of the frame has been scissored a bit. However, this was done in order to make the gag work better.

*Shooting gallery prizes not only include Mickey Mouse, but also Roger Rabbit and Baby Herman.

*When Roger is throwing stuff out of Baby Herman's baby carriage, he tosses out a bottle, a rattle, a teddy bear, a ball, a safety pin, a rolling pin, a pistol (which fires), a box of cigars, two fluffy dice, an axe, TNT, a [https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Mickey_Mouse_Club Mickey Mouse Club] hat, a book titled ''The Disney Look'', a bowling ball, a bear trap, an anvil, a rubber tire, a bottle with a skull motif, a kitchen sink, and a copy of ''Play-Toon'' magazine.

**The rattle Roger threw out of the baby carriage is the exact same one from the previous Roger Rabbit short, ''[[Tummy Trouble]]''.

*The small billboard poster in the opening shot is a reference to the name change of ''[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/The_Great_Mouse_Detective The Great Mouse Detective]'', which was originally titled "Basil of Baker Street".

*Originally a special in-joke was planned. It was to have taken place when Roger and Baby Herman reached the top of the roller coaster's lift hill. At the top would have been a intersection with a traffic light that turned red, pausing their train. At this point, the "Long Car" was have zoomed through the intersection in front of them. Riding in this train was supposed to have been every single animated character that has ever appeared in a Disney film. Mickey and [https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Minnie_Mouse Minnie] were to have been seated in the front car, while [https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Monstro Monstro the Whale] from ''Pinocchio'' and [https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Chernabog Chernabog] would have been towering over everyone from seats at the very back. Disney animators worked for weeks to get this brief flash of a scene just right. Ancient model sheets were pulled from the studio's animation research library to make sure every single character looked perfect. Whether each character should go on the train was endlessly debated. However, despite all the effort put into the gag, it had to eventually be cut. If the "Long Car" zoomed through the scene as fast as it was originally supposed to, none of the audience would have been able to recognize any of the characters. But if it was slowed down, it threw off the frantic pace of the rest of the short. So the joke was left on the cutting room floor.

*This short was the center of some disputes. [[Wikipedia:Michael Eisner|Michael Eisner]] wanted it to be shown before ''Dick Tracy'', whereas [[Wikipedia:Steven Spielberg|Steven Spielberg]] wanted it to be shown before ''[[Wikipedia:Arachnophobia (film)|Arachnophobia]]''. It ended up preceding ''Dick Tracy''.

*This is the only Roger Rabbit short to not be included on the home video release of the film it originally accompanied.

*This was the only one of the three Roger Rabbit shorts to get a [[Wikipedia:Motion Picture Association film rating system#MPA film ratings|PG]] rating. The given reasons take place in two mildly risque gags; firstly the beginning where Roger accidentally grabs Mrs. Herman's panties while begging not to get her palm read and puts them in his pocket, allowing her to go on the rides bottomless (a homage to the gag from the ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon "The Big Snooze" where Bugs Bunny begs Elmer Fudd not to drop out of the cartoon, only to accidentally grab Elmer's trousers) and then in the bull scene where Roger lands head first in manure and Baby Herman grabs the bull by his groin, thinking it is a balloon (albeit it was hidden by the balloon). This could be the possible reason why it was released by Touchstone Pictures instead of Walt Disney Pictures. However, it was the only Disney animated short to be rated PG until 2014's ''[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Monsters_University Monsters University]'' sequel short ''[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Party_Central Party Central]''.

**In fact, the theatrical trailer shows that (like ''Dick Tracy'') the short was originally to be released under the Walt Disney Pictures banner<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG5YmpkN6OA Running A Rare Rollercoaster Rabbit/Dick Tracey 35mm Film Trailer From 1990!!!]</ref> until it was eventually decided that it would instead be released under the Touchstone Pictures banner.

***However, when the short was re-released on the ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' Blu-ray, the 1987 Touchstone Pictures logo was plastered with the 2011 variant of the 2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo. This occurred on [https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disney%2B Disney+] as an extra on said film.

**Due to this short being released under the Touchstone Pictures banner during its original 1990 theatrical release, this is the only short film ever produced and released by Touchstone Pictures.

*This short was filmed at [[Wikipedia:Disney's Hollywood Studios|Disney-MGM Studios]] in 1989.

*The short was reissued in 1995 in front of ''[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Toy_Story Toy Story]''.

*In the canceled [https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Sunset_Boulevard Sunset Boulevard] expansion for a [https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Roger_Rabbit%27s_Hollywood Roger Rabbit land] in Disney's Hollywood Studios (then-named Disney-MGM Studios), there was a roller coaster that is speculated to be themed after this short.

*''Dick Tracy''

*''[[The Best of Roger Rabbit]]''

=== <u>Laserdisc</u> ===

*''The Best of Roger Rabbit''

*''Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Vista Series''

*''Who Framed Roger Rabbit: 25th Anniversary Edition''