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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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*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]''.

*This was the only one of the three Roger Rabbit shorts to get a 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.