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'''''Who Framed Roger Rabbit''''' is a 1988 American [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_film <u>fantasy</u>]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_film <u>comedy</u>]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noir_film <u>noir</u>] film directed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Zemeckis <u>Robert Zemeckis</u>] and [[File:Who-Framed-Roger-Rabbit_avi_download.jpg|thumb|260px]]released by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchstone_Pictures <u>Touchstone Pictures</u>]. The film combines [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Films_with_live_action_and_animation <u>live action and animation</u>], and is based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_K._Wolf <u>Gary K. Wolf</u>]'s novel ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Censored_Roger_Rabbit%3F <u>Who Censored Roger Rabbit?</u>]'', which depicts a world in which cartoon characters interact directly with human beings. ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' stars [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hoskins <u>Bob Hoskins</u>] as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_detective <u>private detective</u>] who investigates a murder involving the famous cartoon character, Roger Rabbit. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fleischer <u>Charles Fleischer</u>] co-stars as the titular character's voice, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Lloyd <u>Christopher Lloyd</u>] as the villain, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Turner <u>Kathleen Turner</u>] as the voice of Roger's cartoon wife, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Cassidy <u>Joanna Cassidy</u>] as the detective's girlfriend.
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==Plot==
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In a stereotypical 1940`s cartoon, ``[[Somethin's Cookin'|Something`s Cookin`]]``, [[Roger Rabbit]] messes up (he sees birds instead of seeing stars). Detective [[Eddie Valiant]] watches him ``blow his lines``, and [[RK Maroon]], Roger`s boss, tells Eddie that he thinks Roger`s wife, [[Jessica Rabbit]], has been making Roger suspicious that he is cheating on him. He sends Eddie to figure out if Jessica ha been cheating, to which Ediie replies he will not work with Toons. (A Toon killed Eddie`s brother.) RK convinces Eddie, and he finds out that Jessica has been playing patty-cake---literally---with [[Marvin Acme]], the owner of [[Toontown|ToonTown]].
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[[File:Who-Framed-Roger-Rabbit_avi_download.jpg|thumb|<center>''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' on DVD (March 25, 2003<ref>''[https://www.aveleyman.com/FilmCredit.aspx?FilmID=21221 Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]''</ref>)</center>]]
'''''Who Framed Roger Rabbit''''' is a 1988 American [[Wikipedia:Fantasy film|fantasy]]-[[Wikipedia:Comedy film|comedy]] film directed by [[Robert Zemeckis]] and released by [[Amblin Entertainment]], and [[Touchstone Pictures]] on June 22, 1988. The film combines [[Wikipedia:Films with live action and animation|live action and animation]], and is based on [[Gary K. Wolf]]'s novel ''[[Who Censored Roger Rabbit?]]'', which depicts a world in which cartoon characters interact directly with human beings. ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' stars [[Bob Hoskins]] as a [[Eddie Valiant|private detective]] who investigates a murder involving the famous cartoon character, [[Roger Rabbit (character)|Roger Rabbit]]. [[Charles Fleischer]] co-stars as the titular character's voice, [[Christopher Lloyd]] as the villain [[Judge Doom]], [[Kathleen Turner]] as the voice of [[Jessica Rabbit|Roger's cartoon wife]], and [[Joanna Cassidy]] as the detective's girlfriend, [[Dolores]].


Eddie takes a few pictures of the patty-cake game and shows them to Roger. Roger gets drunk and storms off, declaring that him adn Jessica will be happy no matter what. Roger sits outside of the Acme Factory crying wile looking at pictures of him and Jessica. The next day, Eddie finds out that Marvin has been killed by a safe dropped on his head. Roger is the prime suspect, according to [[Judge Doom]], the Judge of ToonTown. Doom says that when he catches Roger, he will kill him using the [[Dip]], the only thing capable of killing a cartoon character. Doom has enlisted the help of the [[Toon Patrol]], a gang of weasels named[[Smartass|&nbsp;Smartass]], [[Stupid]], [[Sleazy]], [[Psycho]], [[Greasy]], and [[Wheezy]], to capture Roger.
== Plot ==
In a stereotypical 1947 cartoon, ''[[Somethin's Cookin']]'', Roger Rabbit messes up (he sees birds instead of stars). Detective Eddie Valiant watches him blow his lines, and [[R.K. Maroon]], Roger's boss, tells Eddie that he thinks Roger's wife, Jessica Rabbit, has been making Roger suspicious that she is cheating on him. He sends Eddie to figure out if Jessica had been cheating, to which Eddie replies he will not work with Toons (a Toon killed Eddie's brother). R.K. convinces Eddie, and he finds out that Jessica has been playing patty-cake---literally---with Marvin Acme, the owner of Toontown.


Eddie goes home and recieves a tip from Roger`s co-star,[[ Baby Herman]], that Roger did not kill Marvin. He said that whoever ''did'' kill him, however, must have been after Marvin`s will, which supposedly left ToonTown to the Toons. Without it, anyone could destroy ToonTown. Eddie discovers Roger in his room, pleading innocent. Eddie decides to take his case, only because whoever set Roger up was also making Eddie look bad. He hides Roger in a bar, only to have Doom find him the next day. Now, Doom and the Patrol are after both Eddie ''and'' Roger.
Eddie takes a few pictures of the patty-cake game and shows them to Roger. Roger gets drunk and storms off, declaring that him and Jessica will be happy no matter what. Heartbroken, Roger sits outside of the Acme Factory crying, wile looking at pictures of him and Jessica. The next day, Eddie finds out that Marvin has been killed by a safe dropped on his head. Roger is the prime suspect, according to Judge Doom, the Judge of Toontown. Doom says that when he catches Roger, he will kill him using the Dip, the only thing capable of killing a cartoon character. Doom has enlisted the help of the [[Toon Patrol]], a gang of weasels named [[Smartass]], [[Stupid]], [[Psycho]], [[Greasy]], and [[Wheezy]], to capture Roger.


After saving [[Benny The Cab]] from being ``dipped`` for driving on the sidewalk, Benny drives Eddie and Roger to safety. They go to a movie theater, where a news bulletin says that RK has signed a deal with [[Cloverleaf]] Industries, who want to buy ToonTown.
Eddie goes home and recieves a tip from Roger's co-star, [[Baby Herman]], that Roger did not kill Marvin. He said that whoever ''did'' kill him, however, must have been after Marvin's will, which supposedly left Toontown to the Toons. Without it, anyone could destroy Toontown. Eddie discovers Roger in his room, pleading innocent. Eddie decides to take his case, only because whoever set Roger up was also making Eddie look bad. He hides Roger in a bar, only to have Doom find him the next day. Now, Doom and the Patrol are after both Eddie ''and'' Roger.


Eddie and Roger go to interrogate RK, and Eddie tells Roger to stay outside and guard. Roger gets captured by Jessica, who throws him in the trunk of her car. While questioning RK, RK tells Eddie that Cloverleaf wanted ToonTown, but it would ``become land for the free-`` then RK is shot before he can finish the word. When Eddie goes to see who shot RK to death, he sees Jessica running to her car and leaving. He follows her into ToonTown. While chasing her, Eddie thinks he has found her. He is fooled, as he has just found[[ Lena Hyena]], who wants to marry him all of a sudden. Scared, Eddie runs away into the men`s bathroom, except...there is no men`s bathroom! Eddie starts falling to what he thinks is his doom. While falling, Eddie runs into [[Mickey Mouse]] and [[Bugs Bunny]], who are skydiving. They both taunt him by saying they have a spare, but Bugs says that Eddie probably doesn`t want it. Thinking Bugs means a spare parachute, Eddie pleads Bugs to give it to him until Mickey says, ``Better let him have it, Bugs!`` Turns out the ``spare`` was a tire, which weighs Eddie down.
After saving [[Benny the Cab]] from being "dipped" for driving on the sidewalk, Benny drives Eddie and Roger to safety. They go to a movie theater, where a news bulletin says that R.K. has signed a deal with Cloverleaf Industries, who want to buy Toontown.


Eddie thinks he is about to die, until Lena catches him. After escaping her, Eddie encounters Jessica and finds out that she is innocent, and that Judge Doom killed Marvin Acme and RK Maroon. Benny comes and drives Jessica and Eddie to chase Doom, until, Doom makes Benny slip. Jessica and Eddie fall out to the ground, and Benny pretends to be dead. Doom and the Patrol take Jessica and Eddie to the Acme Factory.
Eddie and Roger go to interrogate R.K., and Eddie tells Roger to stay outside and guard. Roger gets captured by Jessica, who throws him in the trunk of her car. While questioning R.K., R.K. tells Eddie that Cloverleaf wanted Toontown, but it would "become land for the free-" then R.K. is shot before he can finish the word. When Eddie goes to see who shot R.K. to death, he sees Jessica running to her car and leaving. He follows her into Toontown. While chasing her, Eddie thinks he has found her. He is fooled, as he has just found [[Lena Hyena]], who wants to marry him all of a sudden. Scared, Eddie runs away into the men's bathroom, except...there is no men's bathroom! Eddie starts falling to what he thinks is his doom. While falling, Eddie runs into [[Mickey Mouse]] and [[Bugs Bunny]], who are skydiving. They both taunt him by saying they have a spare, but Bugs says that Eddie probably doesn't want it. Thinking Bugs means a spare parachute, Eddie pleads Bugs to give it to him until Mickey says, "Better let him have it, Bugs!" Turns out the "spare" was a tire, which weighs Eddie down.


Roger comes by Benny, and Benny finds the strength to get up and drive Roger to where Doom is holding Eddie and Jessica. Roger grabs a gun and tells Benny to call the cops. Doom revelas that he is the boss of Cloverleaf, and that he will dip ToonTown off the face of earth and put a freeway in it`s place. Roger then comes and starts threatening Doom with a gun, until Sleazy drops a pile of bricks on him. He sees stars, and becomes happy because he couldn`t see stars at the beggining of the movie. Doom has Roger and Jessica tied up, and leaves the weasels alone to dip Roger and Jessica with a dip cannon. Eddie gets an idea and makes the weasels laugh themselves to death, except for Smarty, who falls in a pool of dip.
Eddie thinks he is about to die, until Lena catches him. After escaping her, Eddie encounters Jessica and finds out that she is innocent, and that Judge Doom killed Marvin Acme and R.K. Maroon. Benny comes and drives Jessica and Eddie to chase Doom, until, Doom makes Benny slip. Jessica and Eddie fall out to the ground, and Benny pretends to be dead. Doom and the Patrol take Jessica and Eddie to the Acme Factory.


Eddie gets ready to shut the dip cannon off, until Doom stops him. Eddie then runs over Doom with a steamroller, but Doom survives, because he was a Toon. But not just ''any'' Toon---he killed Eddie`s brother! After a long fight, Eddie reversed the dip cannon and fires all the dip left in the world at Doom, killing him. He lets Roger and Jessica down just as the cops show up, as well as a bunch of famous cartoon characters. Roger is proven innocent, and Marvin`s will shows up. ToonTown now belongs to the Toons! Everyone sings ``Smile, Darn Ya, Smile`` as [[Porky Pig]] closes the movie with his famous ``Th-th-tha-th-th-th-that-th-that`s all, folks!`` and [[Tinkerbell]] flies by.
Roger comes by Benny, and Benny finds the strength to get up and drive Roger to where Doom is holding Eddie and Jessica. Roger grabs a gun and tells Benny to call the cops. Doom reveals that he is the boss of Cloverleaf, and that he will dip Toontown off the face of earth and put a freeway in it's place. Roger then comes and starts threatening Doom with a gun, until Greasy drops a pile of bricks on him. He sees stars, and becomes happy because he couldn't see stars at the beginning of the movie. Doom has Roger and Jessica tied up, and leaves the weasels alone to dip Roger and Jessica with a dip cannon. Eddie gets an idea and makes the weasels laugh themselves to death, except for Smartass, who gets kicked into a pool of dip by Eddie.


(Plot added to this wiki by user Cartoonist Guy.)
Eddie gets ready to shut the dip cannon off, until Doom stops him. Eddie then runs over Doom with a steamroller, but Doom survives, because he was a Toon. But not just ''any'' Toon---he killed Eddie's brother! After a long fight, Eddie reversed the dip cannon and fires all the dip left in the world at Doom, killing him. He lets Roger and Jessica down just as the cops show up, as well as a bunch of famous cartoon characters. Roger is proven innocent, and Toontown now belongs to the Toons! Anyone sings "Smile, Darn Ya, Smile" as [[Porky Pig]] closes the movie with his famous "Th-th-tha-th-th-th-that-th-that's all, folks!" and [[Tinker Bell]] flies by.


Cast:
== Cast ==
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Actor'''
|'''Characters'''
|-
|[[Bob Hoskins]]
| [[Eddie Valiant]]
|-
|[[Charles Fleischer]]
| [[Roger Rabbit (character)|Roger Rabbit]], [[Benny the Cab]], [[Greasy]], [[Psycho]]
|-
|[[Christopher Lloyd]]
| [[Judge Doom]]
|-
|[[Joanna Cassidy]]
| [[Dolores]]
|-
|[[Kathleen Turner]]
| [[Jessica Rabbit]] <small>(speaking voice, uncredited)</small>
|-
|[[Amy Irving]]
| Jessica Rabbit <small>(singing voice)</small>
|-
|[[Betsy Brantley]]
| Jessica Rabbit <small>(performance model)</small>
|-
|[[April Winchell]]
| [[Baby Herman]] <small>(baby voice, uncredited)</small>, [[Mrs. Herman]]
|-
|[[Lou Hirsch]]
| Baby Herman <small>(adult voice)</small>
|-
|[[Stubby Kaye]]
| [[Marvin Acme]]
|-
|[[Alan Tilvern]]
| [[R.K. Maroon]]
|-
|[[Richard LeParmentier]]
| [[Lt. Santino]]
|-
|[[Joel Silver]]
| [[Raoul J. Raoul]]
|-
|[[Paul Springer]]
| [[Augie]]
|-
|[[Richard Ridings]]
| [[Angelo]]
|-
|[[Edwin Craig]]
| [[Arthritic Cowboy]]
|-
|[[Lindsay Holiday]]
| [[Soldier In Bar]]
|-
|[[Mike Edmonds]]
| [[Stretch]]
|-
|[[Morgan Deare]]
| [[Editor]] / [[Bongo the Gorilla]]
|-
|[[Danny Capri]]
| [[Kids|Kid 1]]
|-
|[[Christopher Hollosy]]
| [[Kids|Kid 2]]
|-
|[[John-Paul Sipla]]
| [[Kids|Kid 3]]
|-
|[[Laura Frances]]
| [[Blonde Starlet]]
|-
|[[Andrew Robinson]]
| [[Andy Devine]]
|-
|[[Joel Cutrara]]
| [[Forensics|Forensic 1]]
|-
|[[Billy J. Mitchell]]
| [[Forensics|Forensic 2]]
|-
|[[Eric B. Sindon]]
| [[Mailman]]
|-
|[[Ed Herlihy]]
| [[Newscaster]]
|-
|[[James O'Connell]]
| [[Conductor]]
|-
|[[Eugene Gutierrez]]
| [[Teddy Valiant]]
|-
|[[Mae Questel]]
| [[Betty Boop]]
|-
|[[Mel Blanc]]
| [[Daffy Duck]] <small>(partially Dave Spafford)</small> / [[Tweety|Tweety Bird]] / [[Bugs Bunny]] / [[Sylvester]] / [[Porky Pig]]
|-
|[[Tony Anselmo]]
| [[Donald Duck]] <small>(under the voice recording of [[Clarence Nash]])</small>
|-
|[[Mary T. Radford]]
| [[Hyacinth Hippo]]
|-
|[[Joe Alaskey]]
| [[Yosemite Sam]]
|-
|[[David Lander]]
| [[Smartass]]
|-
|[[Fred Newman]]
| [[Stupid]]
|-
|[[June Foray]]
| [[Wheezy]] / [[Lena Hyena]]
|-
|[[Russi Taylor]]
| [[Birds]] / [[Minnie Mouse]]
|-
|[[Les Perkins]]
| [[Mr. Toad|Toad]]
|-
|[[Richard Williams]]
| [[Droopy]]
|-
|[[Wayne Allwine]]
| [[Mickey Mouse]]
|-
|[[Pat Buttram]]
| [[Bullets|Bullet 1]]
|-
|[[Jim Cummings]]
| [[Bullets|Bullet 2]]
|-
|[[Jim Gallant]]
| [[Bullets|Bullet 3]]
|-
|[[Frank Sinatra]]
| [[Singing Sword]] (archival recording)
|-
|[[Tony Pope]]
| [[Goofy]] <small>(partially Bill Farmer)</small> / [[Big Bad Wolf]]
|-
|[[Peter Westy]]
| [[Pinocchio]]
|-
|[[Cherry Davis]]
| [[Woody Woodpecker]]
|-
|Matt Adler<br />Steve Alterman<br />Tom Amundsen<br />Stephen Apostolina<br />Kirk Baily<br />Greg Berg<br />Julianne Buescher<br />Robert Clotworthy<br />David Cowgill<br />Wendy Culter<br />Robin Atkin Downes<br />Terri Douglas<br />Chris Edgerly<br />Patrick Fraley<br />Eddie Frierson<br />Jackie Gonneau<br />Nicholas Guest<br />Archie Hahn<br />Jason Harris<br />Bridget Hoffman<br />Wendy Hoffmann<br />Rif Hutton<br />David Kramer<br />Anne Lockhart<br />Mona Marshall<br />Caitlin McKenna<br />Scott Menville<br />Rene Mujica<br />Jonathan Nichols<br />Paul Pape<br />Juan Pope<br />Michelle Ruff<br />Aaron Spann<br />Pepper Sweeney
|Additional voices
|}
; Uncredited roles


Bob Hoskins as Edward "Eddie" Valiant
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|[[Jack Angel]]
| [[Toon Shoes]]
|-
|[[Jeff Arbaugh]]
| [[Mime]]
|-
|[[Corey Burton]]
| [[Judge Doom]] (high-pitched voice)
|-
|[[Nancy Cartwright]]
| [[Dipped Toon Shoe]]
|-
|[[Sadie Corré]]
| [[Ink and Paint Club Patrons|Ink and Paint Club Patron]]
|-
|[[Christine Hewett]]
| [[Ink and Paint Club Patrons|Ink and Paint Club Patron]]
|-
|[[Kit Hillier]]
| [[Ink and Paint Club Patrons|Ink and Paint Club Patron]]
|-
|[[Lane Leavitt]]
| Stunts
|-
|[[Derek Lyons]]
| Drunk in bar
|-
|[[Philip O'Brien]]
| [[Earl]] (bar customer)
|-
|[[Ken Ralston]]
| Judge Doom when he runs away in Toontown
|-
|[[Frank Welker]]
| [[Dumbo]] / Additional voices
|}


Christopher Lloyd as Judge Doom
== Sequel ==
{{Main|Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2}}
In February 2013, Gary K. Wolf, creator of Roger Rabbit, that he as well as Erik Von Wodtke were working on a development proposal for an animated Disney buddy comedy starring Mickey Mouse and Roger Rabbit called The Stooge, based on the 1952 film of the same name. The proposed film is set to a prequel, taking place five years before Who Framed Roger Rabbit and part of the story is about how Roger met Jessica, his future wife. Wolf has stated the film is currently wending its way through Disney.


Joanna Cassidy as Dolores
== Trivia ==
* This is the second-to-final movie where Mel Blanc voiced the [[Looney Tunes]] before his death in 1989. The final movie where he voiced them was ''[[w:c:looneytunes:Daffy Duck's Quackbusters|Daffy Duck's Quackbusters]]'', released on September 24, 1988, 94 days after ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' was released.
** It is also the final time Mae Questel voiced Betty Boop before her death in 1998.
* The film's success led to 3 cartoon shorts being produced, the shorts being ''[[Tummy Trouble]]'', ''[[Roller Coaster Rabbit]]'', and ''[[Trail Mix-Up]]''. It also led to the comic book series ''[[Roger Rabbit (comic book)|Roger Rabbit]]'' and the short comic book series ''[[Roger Rabbit's Toontown]]'' being released.
* The character's personalities from the film are reflected in ''[[Who P-P-P-Plugged Roger Rabbit?]]''.
* ''[[Roger Rabbit: The Resurrection of Doom]]'' is set between the film and ''Tummy Trouble''.


Alan Tilvern as R. K. Maroon
== References ==
{{Reflist}}


Stubby Kaye as Marvin Acme
== External links ==
 
* ''[https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/who-framed-roger-rabbit-film-qxnzzxq6vlgtnjg1ndq2 Who Framed Roger Rabbit]'' at BBFC
Voice Cast:
* ''[https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/who-framed-roger-rabbit Who Framed Roger Rabbit]'' at Common Sense Media
 
* ''[[w:c:disney:Who Framed Roger Rabbit|Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' at [[w:c:disney|Disney Wiki]]
Charles Fleischer as Roger Rabbit, Benny the Cab, Greasy, and Psycho
* ''[https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/who-framed-roger-rabbit-film-review-by-stephen-carty Who Framed Roger Rabbit]'' at Eye for Film
 
* ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096438/ Who Framed Roger Rabbit]'' at the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
Kathleen Turner as Jessica Rabbit (Speaking Voice)
* ''[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/who_framed_roger_rabbit Who Framed Roger Rabbit]'' at Rotten Tomatoes
 
[[Category:Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]
Amy Irving as Jessica Rabbit (Singing Voice)
 
David Lander as Smart Ass
 
Fred Newsman as Stupid
 
June Foray as Wheezy and Lena Hyena
 
Frank Sinatra as Singing Sword
 
Lou Hirsch as Baby Herman (Adult Voice)
 
April Winchell as Mrs. Herman and Baby Herman (Baby Voice)
 
Nancy Cartwright as Shoe
 
Pat Buttram as Bullet #1
 
Jim Cummings as Bullet #2
 
Jim Gallant as Bullet #3
 
Mary T. Radford as Hyacinth Hippo
 
Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse
 
Russi Taylor as Minnie Mouse and The Birds
 
Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck
 
Tony Pope as Goofy and The Big Bad Wolf
 
Peter Westy as Pinnochio
 
Les Perkins as Mr. Toad
 
Frank Welker as Dumbo
 
Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester the Cat, Tweety, and Porky Pig
 
<span style="font-size:13px;">Joe Alaskey as Yosemite Sam and Foghorn Leghorn</span>
 
Mae Questel as Betty Boop
 
Cherry Davis as Woody Woodpecker
 
Trivia:
 
This is the final movie where Mel Blanc voiced these characters before his death in 1989.
 
Joe Alaskey was originally to voice Foghorn Leghorn (who also voice yosemite sam in this film), but gotten deleted. However, he appears as a background character with the others but he doesn't have any lines.
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 American fantasy-comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and released by Amblin Entertainment, and Touchstone Pictures on June 22, 1988. The film combines live action and animation, and is based on Gary K. Wolf's novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, which depicts a world in which cartoon characters interact directly with human beings. Who Framed Roger Rabbit stars Bob Hoskins as a private detective who investigates a murder involving the famous cartoon character, Roger Rabbit. Charles Fleischer co-stars as the titular character's voice, Christopher Lloyd as the villain Judge Doom, Kathleen Turner as the voice of Roger's cartoon wife, and Joanna Cassidy as the detective's girlfriend, Dolores.

Plot

In a stereotypical 1947 cartoon, Somethin's Cookin', Roger Rabbit messes up (he sees birds instead of stars). Detective Eddie Valiant watches him blow his lines, and R.K. Maroon, Roger's boss, tells Eddie that he thinks Roger's wife, Jessica Rabbit, has been making Roger suspicious that she is cheating on him. He sends Eddie to figure out if Jessica had been cheating, to which Eddie replies he will not work with Toons (a Toon killed Eddie's brother). R.K. convinces Eddie, and he finds out that Jessica has been playing patty-cake---literally---with Marvin Acme, the owner of Toontown.

Eddie takes a few pictures of the patty-cake game and shows them to Roger. Roger gets drunk and storms off, declaring that him and Jessica will be happy no matter what. Heartbroken, Roger sits outside of the Acme Factory crying, wile looking at pictures of him and Jessica. The next day, Eddie finds out that Marvin has been killed by a safe dropped on his head. Roger is the prime suspect, according to Judge Doom, the Judge of Toontown. Doom says that when he catches Roger, he will kill him using the Dip, the only thing capable of killing a cartoon character. Doom has enlisted the help of the Toon Patrol, a gang of weasels named Smartass, Stupid, Psycho, Greasy, and Wheezy, to capture Roger.

Eddie goes home and recieves a tip from Roger's co-star, Baby Herman, that Roger did not kill Marvin. He said that whoever did kill him, however, must have been after Marvin's will, which supposedly left Toontown to the Toons. Without it, anyone could destroy Toontown. Eddie discovers Roger in his room, pleading innocent. Eddie decides to take his case, only because whoever set Roger up was also making Eddie look bad. He hides Roger in a bar, only to have Doom find him the next day. Now, Doom and the Patrol are after both Eddie and Roger.

After saving Benny the Cab from being "dipped" for driving on the sidewalk, Benny drives Eddie and Roger to safety. They go to a movie theater, where a news bulletin says that R.K. has signed a deal with Cloverleaf Industries, who want to buy Toontown.

Eddie and Roger go to interrogate R.K., and Eddie tells Roger to stay outside and guard. Roger gets captured by Jessica, who throws him in the trunk of her car. While questioning R.K., R.K. tells Eddie that Cloverleaf wanted Toontown, but it would "become land for the free-" then R.K. is shot before he can finish the word. When Eddie goes to see who shot R.K. to death, he sees Jessica running to her car and leaving. He follows her into Toontown. While chasing her, Eddie thinks he has found her. He is fooled, as he has just found Lena Hyena, who wants to marry him all of a sudden. Scared, Eddie runs away into the men's bathroom, except...there is no men's bathroom! Eddie starts falling to what he thinks is his doom. While falling, Eddie runs into Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny, who are skydiving. They both taunt him by saying they have a spare, but Bugs says that Eddie probably doesn't want it. Thinking Bugs means a spare parachute, Eddie pleads Bugs to give it to him until Mickey says, "Better let him have it, Bugs!" Turns out the "spare" was a tire, which weighs Eddie down.

Eddie thinks he is about to die, until Lena catches him. After escaping her, Eddie encounters Jessica and finds out that she is innocent, and that Judge Doom killed Marvin Acme and R.K. Maroon. Benny comes and drives Jessica and Eddie to chase Doom, until, Doom makes Benny slip. Jessica and Eddie fall out to the ground, and Benny pretends to be dead. Doom and the Patrol take Jessica and Eddie to the Acme Factory.

Roger comes by Benny, and Benny finds the strength to get up and drive Roger to where Doom is holding Eddie and Jessica. Roger grabs a gun and tells Benny to call the cops. Doom reveals that he is the boss of Cloverleaf, and that he will dip Toontown off the face of earth and put a freeway in it's place. Roger then comes and starts threatening Doom with a gun, until Greasy drops a pile of bricks on him. He sees stars, and becomes happy because he couldn't see stars at the beginning of the movie. Doom has Roger and Jessica tied up, and leaves the weasels alone to dip Roger and Jessica with a dip cannon. Eddie gets an idea and makes the weasels laugh themselves to death, except for Smartass, who gets kicked into a pool of dip by Eddie.

Eddie gets ready to shut the dip cannon off, until Doom stops him. Eddie then runs over Doom with a steamroller, but Doom survives, because he was a Toon. But not just any Toon---he killed Eddie's brother! After a long fight, Eddie reversed the dip cannon and fires all the dip left in the world at Doom, killing him. He lets Roger and Jessica down just as the cops show up, as well as a bunch of famous cartoon characters. Roger is proven innocent, and Toontown now belongs to the Toons! Anyone sings "Smile, Darn Ya, Smile" as Porky Pig closes the movie with his famous "Th-th-tha-th-th-th-that-th-that's all, folks!" and Tinker Bell flies by.

Cast

Actor Characters
Bob Hoskins Eddie Valiant
Charles Fleischer Roger Rabbit, Benny the Cab, Greasy, Psycho
Christopher Lloyd Judge Doom
Joanna Cassidy Dolores
Kathleen Turner Jessica Rabbit (speaking voice, uncredited)
Amy Irving Jessica Rabbit (singing voice)
Betsy Brantley Jessica Rabbit (performance model)
April Winchell Baby Herman (baby voice, uncredited), Mrs. Herman
Lou Hirsch Baby Herman (adult voice)
Stubby Kaye Marvin Acme
Alan Tilvern R.K. Maroon
Richard LeParmentier Lt. Santino
Joel Silver Raoul J. Raoul
Paul Springer Augie
Richard Ridings Angelo
Edwin Craig Arthritic Cowboy
Lindsay Holiday Soldier In Bar
Mike Edmonds Stretch
Morgan Deare Editor / Bongo the Gorilla
Danny Capri Kid 1
Christopher Hollosy Kid 2
John-Paul Sipla Kid 3
Laura Frances Blonde Starlet
Andrew Robinson Andy Devine
Joel Cutrara Forensic 1
Billy J. Mitchell Forensic 2
Eric B. Sindon Mailman
Ed Herlihy Newscaster
James O'Connell Conductor
Eugene Gutierrez Teddy Valiant
Mae Questel Betty Boop
Mel Blanc Daffy Duck (partially Dave Spafford) / Tweety Bird / Bugs Bunny / Sylvester / Porky Pig
Tony Anselmo Donald Duck (under the voice recording of Clarence Nash)
Mary T. Radford Hyacinth Hippo
Joe Alaskey Yosemite Sam
David Lander Smartass
Fred Newman Stupid
June Foray Wheezy / Lena Hyena
Russi Taylor Birds / Minnie Mouse
Les Perkins Toad
Richard Williams Droopy
Wayne Allwine Mickey Mouse
Pat Buttram Bullet 1
Jim Cummings Bullet 2
Jim Gallant Bullet 3
Frank Sinatra Singing Sword (archival recording)
Tony Pope Goofy (partially Bill Farmer) / Big Bad Wolf
Peter Westy Pinocchio
Cherry Davis Woody Woodpecker
Matt Adler
Steve Alterman
Tom Amundsen
Stephen Apostolina
Kirk Baily
Greg Berg
Julianne Buescher
Robert Clotworthy
David Cowgill
Wendy Culter
Robin Atkin Downes
Terri Douglas
Chris Edgerly
Patrick Fraley
Eddie Frierson
Jackie Gonneau
Nicholas Guest
Archie Hahn
Jason Harris
Bridget Hoffman
Wendy Hoffmann
Rif Hutton
David Kramer
Anne Lockhart
Mona Marshall
Caitlin McKenna
Scott Menville
Rene Mujica
Jonathan Nichols
Paul Pape
Juan Pope
Michelle Ruff
Aaron Spann
Pepper Sweeney 		Additional voices
Uncredited roles
Jack Angel Toon Shoes
Jeff Arbaugh Mime
Corey Burton Judge Doom (high-pitched voice)
Nancy Cartwright Dipped Toon Shoe
Sadie Corré Ink and Paint Club Patron
Christine Hewett Ink and Paint Club Patron
Kit Hillier Ink and Paint Club Patron
Lane Leavitt Stunts
Derek Lyons Drunk in bar
Philip O'Brien Earl (bar customer)
Ken Ralston Judge Doom when he runs away in Toontown
Frank Welker Dumbo / Additional voices

Sequel

Main article: Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2

In February 2013, Gary K. Wolf, creator of Roger Rabbit, that he as well as Erik Von Wodtke were working on a development proposal for an animated Disney buddy comedy starring Mickey Mouse and Roger Rabbit called The Stooge, based on the 1952 film of the same name. The proposed film is set to a prequel, taking place five years before Who Framed Roger Rabbit and part of the story is about how Roger met Jessica, his future wife. Wolf has stated the film is currently wending its way through Disney.

Trivia

References

  1. ↑ Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

External links

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