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With the exception of the [[List of cameos in Who Framed Roger Rabbit|characters appearing or created specifically for the movie]], all cartoon characters ever created (ranging from the [[wikipedia:1900s|1900s]] to the [[wikipedia:2000s|2000s]]) live in Toontown.

Toontown is a cartoon city created by author [[wikipedia:Gary K. Wolf|Gary K. Wolf]]. It was present in his 1981 novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit, but only in brief mentions. Toontown served as the central setting and reached a wider audience in the novel's loose 1988 Disney film adaptation [[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]. The film won four Academy Awards, and Roger Rabbit was featured in three subsequent animated shorts, 1989's [[Tummy Trouble]], 1990's [[Roller Coaster Rabbit]], and 1993's Trail Mix-up.

Toontown served as the setting for Disney’s television series Bonkers and had several brief references and/or mentions in Warner Brothers' [[wikipedia:Tiny Toon Adventures|Tiny Toon Adventures]], [[wikipedia:Animaniacs|Animaniacs]], and [[wikipedia:Freakazoid|Freakazoid]]. It could be possible that Toontown was the setting for the scenes in [[The Lion King 1½]] where [[Timon]] and [[Pumbaa]] are watching the film, due to the appearance of several other Disney characters joining to watch it with them at the end.

Toontown has been reproduced in Disney theme parks as [[Mickey's Toontown]]. Some suggested rides for Mickey’s Toontown were suggested around in [[1990]], many of them featuring the characters from the film. However, only one ride came out, [[Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin]]. The other rides suggested at that one plan included:

*'''Toontown Trolley''', a ride that would have introduced a new fantasy dimension to the simulator technology made popular by “[[Star Tours]].” Roger Rabbit will take guests on a wild ride through Toontown, first seen in the Touchstone Pictures release, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" executive-produced by Steven Spielberg.