Who Framed Roger Rabbit?/Characters

Eddie Valiant
Actor: Bob Hoskins

Grizzled Private Detective who slipped into alcoholism and developed bitter grudge against Toons after his brother got murdered by one of them when they were investigating a case in Toontown. He is hired to take some dirty pictures about Jessica Rabbit's affair with Marvin Acme, but is pulled into the murder investigation (against his will) after Acme gets murdered and Jessica's husband, Roger is framed for it.

"Police Lieutenant: Didn't you used to be Eddie Valiant? Or did you change your name to "Jack Daniels"?"
 * Action Survivor: His modus operandi to come out of trouble. He's also a smarter version of this.
 * The Alcoholic: At the beginning of the movie Eddie Valiant has been an alcoholic since his brother was murdered by a Toon, but he drops the habit by the end.


 * Anti-Hero: Cynical alcoholic with a streak of violent tendencies? Definitely Anti-Hero. But he does get better once he stops drinking and by end of the movie, he's a lot nicer.
 * Awesome McCoolname: Even if it takes him half the film for it to become the Name to Trust Immediately that it used to be.
 * Badass Longcoat: A typical private investigator - style trenchcoat.
 * Badass Normal: Probably the only one human in among toons with this charateristic. He even manages to.
 * Circus Brat: Implied. One of his old photos shows himself, his brother, and his father (dressed as a clown) in front of a circus sign, the frame reads "On the road with Dad". His improvised circus act distraction at the end of the movie also supports this.
 * Dead Little Sister: While Eddie doesn't blame himself about it, his brother's murder is the reason for his bitter hate towards Toons.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Just like a great many Film Noir heroes.
 * Defrosting Ice King: He starts as a cold and cynical Private Eye at first, but at the halfway point of the movie he becomes more kind and gentle, especially towards the toons.
 * Drowning My Sorrows
 * Expy: Of Phillip Marlowe, Indiana Jones and Dick Tracy.
 * Fantastic Racism: In the beginning of the movie ("I. DONT. WORK. FOR. TOONS!" anyone?), but he gradually regains his faith and trust in Toons through the course of the movie
 * Good Is Not Nice
 * Grumpy Bear
 * Hardboiled Detective
 * The Hero: Once he forgets all his bad feelings he's more heroic and kind.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Knight in Sour Armor
 * Leitmotif: Eddie's Theme
 * Nice Hat: A brown fedora. He also has to hold it when he falls off a building in Toontown.
 * Private Detective
 * Punch Clock Hero

Judge Doom
Actor: Christopher Lloyd

The Hanging Judge of LA and Toontown, who thinks that the only way to repress the madness of the Toons is to make them respect the law... or more accurately, fear it. If he has to execute a few on his way to get the message across, so be it.


 * All There in the Manual:
 * Authority Equals Asskicking
 * Ax Crazy: For the most part, a calm, cool, and collected version.
 * Badass in a Nice Suit: Wearing completely black (A black fedora, a black trenchcoat), and don't forget the cane which has a sword hidden inside it.
 * Badass Longcoat: Wears one.
 * Bad Boss: He generally slaps the Weasels around
 * Big Bad: Of the movie.
 * Color Coded for Your Convenience: His entirely gloomy black wardrobe is not the best way to hide his evilness.
 * Complete Monster: Where to begin?
 * Conspicuous Trenchcoat: Wears one,.
 * Corrupt Politician: Gained his position almost entirely via bribery.
 * Dangerously Genre Savvy: He knows exactly what makes toons tick, and how to find one who's hiding.
 * Diabolical Mastermind:
 * Doomy Dooms of Doom: His name,.
 * The Dreaded: He's genuine feared by any toons, but also by humans.
 * Evil Albino: His white skin is menacing.
 * Fantastic Racist: Really looks down on toons, even his henchmen,.
 * Forgotten First Meeting:
 * Greed: Saddest of all is that, in the end, this motivates his entire scheme.
 * Hanging Judge: A scary one.
 * Hitler Cam: Most notably during his New Era Speech about the freeway.
 * Hoist by His Own Petard:.
 * Knight of Cerebus: The movie always get a darker tone when he's around.
 * Knight Templar: Says he's this but he's really a total psychopath.
 * Large Ham: Hey, it's Christopher Lloyd after all.
 * Lean and Mean: Not exactly lean.
 * Leitmotif: A dramatic little piece, complete with a For Doom the Bell Tolls.
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast: Doomy Dooms of Doom. Duh.
 * A Nazi by Any Other Name: Dresses like a Gestapo agent.
 * Nice Hat: A black fedora.
 * Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant:
 * Obviously Evil: Seriously, did anyone NOT immediately know he was the Big Bad the instant he showed up on screen?
 * Psychotic Smirk: He has this when he melts the poor toon shoe in the dip. The thing is doing intentionally to show how cruel and sadist he and his Weasels are.
 * The Reveal:.
 * Scary Shiny Glasses: A very rare live action version, occurs multiple times in the last third of the movie before The Reveal.
 * Screw the Rules, I Make Them
 * Sinister Shades:.
 * Slasher Smile: At first he only tends to normally smile evilly,
 * Smug Snake
 * The Sociopath:
 * The Spook:.
 * Sword Cane
 * Uncanny Valley: Invoked. Christopher Lloyd was given very pale make-up, was never shown to blink on camera, and has very stiff movements to make the audience feel something is very wrong about Doom.
 * Vile Villain Saccharine Show: While the society is morbid with a few laughs at best. Doom is a Knight Templar murderer.
 * Villainous Breakdown: At the climax of the film,
 * Visionary Villain: He wanted to and goes to make an epic speech about it.
 * Walking Spoiler: Describing his past and motivations in detail is difficult without giving the whole story away.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: What he clams to be. However, needless to say, it's obvious he's actually a sadist sociopath Complete Monster.
 * Sword Cane
 * Uncanny Valley: Invoked. Christopher Lloyd was given very pale make-up, was never shown to blink on camera, and has very stiff movements to make the audience feel something is very wrong about Doom.
 * Vile Villain Saccharine Show: While the society is morbid with a few laughs at best. Doom is a Knight Templar murderer.
 * Villainous Breakdown: At the climax of the film,
 * Visionary Villain: He wanted to and goes to make an epic speech about it.
 * Walking Spoiler: Describing his past and motivations in detail is difficult without giving the whole story away.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: What he clams to be. However, needless to say, it's obvious he's actually a sadist sociopath Complete Monster.

Roger Rabbit
Voiced by: Charles Fleischer

A cartoon star who gets framed for Marvin Acme's murder because his wife Jessica had an affair with him.


 * Adult Child.
 * Badly-Battered Babysitter: In his cartoons.
 * Can't Hold His Liquor: A glass of scotch sends him bouncing around the room like he downed an equal amount of Blazing Inferno Hellfire Sauce, culiminating with an earpiercing squeal that breaks all windows in the victinity: Eddie uses this as a Chekhov's Skill towards the end of the movie.
 * Catch Phrase: P-p-p-pleaaaase!
 * "Jumpin' jeepers!"
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Genius Ditz
 * Hidden Depths
 * Kavorka Man: Not only is he married to quite possibly the hottest toon made, but he seems to be the envy of most Toon females, even Betty Boop. Jessica explains later that it's because he makes her laugh.
 * By Toon standards though, Jessica is considered the lucky one.
 * The Lancer: To Eddie Valiant.
 * Large Ham
 * Leitmotif: A playful one.
 * The Load: Roger repeatedly fails to help Eddie crack the case, prove his innocence, or even stay under the radar.
 * Malaproper
 * Porky Pig Pronunciation: He stammers his p's.
 * Rascally Rabbit: To a certain degree
 * Rule of Funny: As a traditional slapstick Toon, he lives by it.
 * Toon
 * White Bunny

Jessica Rabbit
Voiced by: Kathleen Turner

Roger's wife, who has been made into a sex symbol - both in and out of the movie - and seeing what she looks like, it's pretty justified.


 * Beware the Nice Ones: Moral ambiguity aside, Jessica is a Nice Girl who just wants to make sure her husband isn't in trouble. Even willing to participate in an affair with Acme, when Maroon threatened to fire Roger.  But don't let that fool you, she's got a bad temper and is one of the few Toons to know how to use a gun without any comedic backfire.  As proven with the former when she slapped Eddie in the face for his (Unknowingly on his part.) part in Acme's Murder and the latter when she
 * The Chick
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * Femme Fatale
 * Gainaxing
 * Going Commando: In the original version of the scene where she gets ejected out of Benny the cab, there were a few frames where it was made clear that Jessica Rabbit wasn't wearing panties. All home video releases edit the scene by either making her dress digitally longer to cover her or digitally putting on a pair of white panties.
 * Good Bad Girl: "I'm not bad... I'm just drawn that way."
 * Hello, Nurse!
 * Heroes Want Redheads
 * Hidden Depths: Especially if you've only seen the posters and/or her pictures. Despite her looks and behavior (and the fact that she's clearly out of Roger's league appearance-wise), she really loves her husband.
 * Impossible Hourglass Figure: To comedic extremes.
 * Lady in Red
 * Leitmotif: Jessica's Theme
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * Non-Indicative Name: She's only a Rabbit by marriage.
 * Opera Gloves
 * Parent Service
 * Peek-a-Bangs
 * She's Got Legs
 * Stab the Scorpion: When Valiant finds her in Toon Town, he thought she was holding him at gunpoint.
 * Statuesque Stunner
 * Victoria's Secret Compartment

The Toon Patrol
Voiced by: David L. Lander (Smart Ass), Fred Newman (Stupid), June Foray (Wheezy), Charles Fleischer (Greasy and Psycho)

The Quirky Miniboss Squad that Judge Doom hired to catch Roger Rabbit who bear a strong resemblance to the weasels from Disney's The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. Their names are Smart Ass, Greasy, Wheezy, Psycho and Stupid, but you only find that out in scripts.


 * All There in the Script: None of their names are spoken in the movie.
 * Ambiguously Brown: Greasy, of all the gang, has darkest brown fur.
 * Authority Equals Asskicking
 * Ax Crazy: Most notably Psycho.
 * Badass in a Nice Suit: Smart Ass and Greasy.
 * Bilingual Bonus: Greasy is Puerto Rican (at least that's his accent) but he curses twice in the movie in Spanish.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Psycho.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Smart Ass.
 * The Ditz: Stupid.
 * The Dragon: Smart Ass to Judge Doom.
 * The Dreaded: That explains why Roger Rabbit screams in terror when he sees 'em coming in Eddie Valiant's office before saying "It's the Toon Patrol !!!"
 * Fat Idiot: Stupid.
 * Giggling Villain: Psycho, when he's not acting like The Hyena.
 * Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: Wheezy.
 * Go Out with a Smile: All of them, but especially Psychotic Smirk.
 * Grotesque Cute: They have a certain appeal despite their behaviour, particularly Psycho - Your Mileage May Vary, but the Patrol's fans mostly seem to think he's adorable.
 * Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal: Wheezy, Smart Ass and Stupid wear only shirts, and Psycho only an untied straitjacket. Greasy is the only one who's fully clothed.
 * The Hyena: All of them to varying degrees. Doom warns them that one day they're going to die laughing, like their idiot hyena cousins.
 * Keet: Psycho.
 * Larynx Dissonance: June Foray voiced Wheezy.
 * Laughing Mad: Psycho.
 * Leitmotif: A delightfully quirky one.
 * Malaproper
 * Meaningful Name
 * Must Have Nicotine: Wheezy, of course. Also, Smart Ass is rarely seen without a thick cigar.
 * Mix-and-Match Critters: Not them personally, but their relations apparently include hyenas.
 * Nice Hat: Greasy and Smart Ass both have fedoras to match their Zoot Suits, Wheezy wears a bowler hat stuffed with cigarettes, and Stupid wears a beanie.
 * Not-So-Harmless Villain: They act like the typical incompetent villain - sidekick. However it's clear they are sociopath and evil just like their boss Judge Doom.
 * Obviously Evil: Definetly...
 * Psycho for Hire: All of them to some degree, but especially Psycho.
 * Psychopathic Manchild: Psycho and possibly Stupid.
 * Quirky Miniboss Squad
 * The Speechless: Smart Ass is the only one weasel who has more lines in the movie - Greasy and Psycho have only one/two of 'em. Stupid just says "Toon Town is behind the wall, boss" and nothing more and Wheezy's only actual line in the film is a barely noticeable "Let's go!" right after Eddie and Roger free Bennie the Cab.
 * Wicked Weasels
 * Wicked Weasels

Baby Herman
Voiced by: Lou Hirsch

Roger's friend and coworker on the movie business, who is - a baby - with an exception, that he's really about 50 years old.


 * Cigar Chomper: Always has a smoke on hand or in his mouth whenever he's not in character.
 * Dirty Old Man: Granted, he could be mistaken as a Dirty Kid.
 * The Fool: His role in the cartoons. His character gets into all sorts of trouble, and comes out no worse for wear either by luck, or because Roger takes all the blows.
 * Hates the Job, Loves the Limelight
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: It may not look like it at first, but he cares about Roger.
 * Nice Character, Mean Actor
 * Older Than They Look: Lots older.

Benny the Cab
Voiced by: Charles Fleischer

A foul-mouthed, super fast cartoon taxi cab that is friends with Roger. He apparently has a history of run-ins with the law thanks to his rather chaotic driving skills. Has the supernatural ability to appear whenever someone sticks out their thumb.


 * Animate Inanimate Object
 * Chekhov's Gun
 * Cool Car
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Drives Like Crazy
 * Follow That Car!
 * The Taxi