Roller Coaster Rabbit: Difference between revisions

*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 [[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 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 ''[[Monsters University]]'' sequel short ''[[Party Central]]''.

***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 [[Disney+]] as an extra on said film.

*The short was reissued in 1995 in front of ''[[Toy Story]]''.

*In the cancelled [[Sunset Boulevard]] expansion for a [[Roger Rabbit's 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.