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'''''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]].

== 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.

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.

|[[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

 

{| 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

== Sequel ==

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.

* 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.

* ''[[Roger Rabbit: The Resurrection of Doom]]'' is set between the film and ''Tummy Trouble''.

== External links ==

* ''[https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/who-framed-roger-rabbit-film-qxnzzxq6vlgtnjg1ndq2 Who Framed Roger Rabbit]'' at BBFC

* ''[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]]

* ''[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)

* ''[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/who_framed_roger_rabbit Who Framed Roger Rabbit]'' at Rotten Tomatoes

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