Maroon is also frustrated with Roger as every failed take has put him over-budget on the short as well by at least $25,000. Unable to cope with Roger's repeated failures with one single scene after repeated takes, Raoul calls a lunch break and retreats to his trailer to calm down as Roger runs after him, pleading that he can get the scene right, even resorting to whacking himself with a frying pan retrieved from a nearby prop cart to try and generate the stars Raoul wants, to little success as they never are produced. Things begin as Roger is in the middle of working on his latest Toon short for Maroon Cartoons titled "Somethin's Cookin'" with his fellow Toon costar, Baby Herman, but when the door of the refrigerator dropped on him opens, he has tweeting birds circling him, not stars as stated in the script, forcing director Raoul to cut, frustrating him and Baby Herman at how he botched up the take for the twenty-third time in a row. Marvin Acme and seeks out Eddie Valiant to help clear his name. He is framed for the murder of Acme Corporation C.E.O. In the film, he is re-envisioned as a character in 1940s animated cartoons and a resident of the fictional Los Angeles enclave Toontown. Richard Williams described the process of treating him like an "American flag" with the red overalls, white fur, and blue bow tie, and American audiences would enjoy him subliminally.Īppearances Who Framed Roger Rabbit He is an amalgamation of various classic cartoon characters from the Golden Age of American Animation of the 1930s-1960s taking Bugs Bunny's cartoon rabbit form, Droopy's tuft of red hair, Porky Pig's bowtie, Mickey Mouse's gloves, and Goofy's baggy pants. Roger is a slender, white rabbit with large blue eyes, a pink nose, a tuft of red hair who wears red overalls, yellow gloves, and a blue bow tie with yellow polka dots. However, it is unknown how he would fare against toon-made drinks. Afterward, his mood swings violently, especially in an aggressive manner. It is shown twice in the film that when he has consumed one, he changes color rapidly, at least one of his eyes pops open, his bow tie spins, and he mumbles incoherently at a fast pace, before stretching up into the air and whistling like a steam whistle at a loud enough tone to shatter glass, all the while flailing about. Roger does not take well to human alcoholic beverages. Maroon, Jessica is "the light of his life", "the apple of his eye" and "the cream in his coffee." To him as he tells Eddie and his boss R.K. He truly loves his wife Jessica and always makes her laugh. He believes that if someone doesn't have a good sense of humor, they're better off dead, and gets upset over having to sit through things such as newsreels that he perceives as boring. He is also cowardly and greatly fears Judge Doom, the Dip, and the Toon Patrol as well as many other hazards.ĭespite his traditionally cartoonish behavior, Roger is aware of what most people think of cartoons, facts he's voiced to Eddie Valiant, in that making people laugh and smile is often what makes toons' lives worthwhile, but also notes that there are times when making people laugh and smile is the only weapon toons have. He loves to make others laugh and is good friends with the other Toons, especially Baby Herman (his Maroon Cartoons costar) and Benny the Cab. Roger is hyperactive, friendly, talkative, funny, a bit childlike, and not very bright at times. One of his famous traits is his voice, "P-b-b-b-b-blease!" He is a white, clownish rabbit with a gap between his front teeth, a voice that resonates of Huntz Hall in The Bowery Boys, a Porky Pig-blue bow tie with yellow polka dots, a Droopy-like tuft of hair, a Bugs Bunny-like head with blue eyes, a pink nose, round-tipped ears, red Oswald-like pants with a green patch behind, and Mickey Mouse-like gloves (yellow ones). In the film, the voice of Roger is performed by Charles Fleischer (who also voices Benny, Greasy and Psycho), who was known for electing to wear an actual rabbit costume on the set to get into the role. Charles Fleischer was also chosen to provide the voice for the character. characters and capable of performing Tex Avery-inspired gags. When the film went into full production, Roger was redesigned in a fashion to take elements from all the major cartoon studios of the period, the philosophy behind the new characters, in general, is a combination of Disney's elaborate animation style, similar characterization to Warner Bros. In these test animations, he was voiced by Paul Reubens, who would later go on to voice RX-24 in Star Tours. Before Richard Williams came aboard on the project, early animation tests for Roger gave him a simple and stylized look of a skinny white bunny with a purple nose.
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