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{{quote|''A note to my clients:
▲{{quote|''Roger Rabbit and his screwball buddies play fast and loose with historical accuracy. That's the way things happen in Toontown. Take it from a guy who's been there. Relax, hang on, and enjoy the ride.''}}
▲{{quote|''Eddie Valiant''
''Private Eye''
''Los Angeles, California''
''1947, more or less'' }}
[[Science Fiction]] writer [[Gary Wolf|Gary K. Wolf]], having written a number of novels such as ''Killerbowl'' and ''The Resurrectionist'' in his genre of choice, wanted his next work to be something a little different, perhaps something that had to do with his two other great loves: [[Private Detective|detective novels]] and [[Newspaper Comics|comic strips]]. Then, one day, when watching children's morning TV for research purposes, he noticed a commercial wherein several animated kids' cereal mascots interacted with live-action children. And thus, the world of '''''Who Censored Roger Rabbit?''''' was born!
In these novels, human beings who look and act much like you and me live side-by-side with [[Fantastic Racism|an oppressed minority]] of living, breathing cartoon characters called [[Toon]]s, who look and act exactly as they do on animated cartoons and comic strips but are unable to produce sound, communicating via visible [[Speech Bubbles|dialogue balloons]], (though they ''can''—with some effort—suppress their word balloons and speak; Jessica Rabbit does this, which makes her sexier to humans). The series features various recurring characters but otherwise has [[Negative Continuity|a very loose continuity]], to mimic the format of old-fashioned anthology-style cartoons such as the ''[[Looney Tunes]]''.
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* [[Affectionate Parody]]: of [[Newspaper Comics]], [[Western Animation]], and [[Film Noir]].
* [[The Alcoholic]]: A trait of Eddie's carried from the movie to the sequel.
* [[All Just a Dream]]: The entire plot of the (no-longer-canon) first book is [[retcon]]ned into Jessica's dream in the second book.
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* [[Living on Borrowed Time]] / [[Your Days Are Numbered]]: Roger's doppelganger can only last 72 hours, at most. {{spoiler|Ironically, his death is a [[Tear Jerker]] even after we learn he was a murderer and trying to frame Eddie for it.}}
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Frequently.
* [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]]: Many luminaries of both live-action and animated film make appearances in the series. Some notable examples include [[Gone with the Wind|Clark Gable, David O. Selznick, Vivien Leigh,]] Carole Lombard, Alfred Hitchcock, [[Disney Animated Canon|Walt Disney, Mickey Mouse]], [[Dick Tracy (comic strip)|Dick Tracy]], [[Superman]], [[Hagar the Horrible]], [[Looney Tunes|Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner.]]
* [[Morally-Ambiguous Ducktorate]]: Delancey Duck.
* [[My Girl Is Not a Slut]]: Roger's [[Berserk Button]]. Unfortunately, not only is Jessica Rabbit a porn star {{spoiler|when not enchanted by a genie to love him and be a good wife}}, but she ''loves'' doing porn.
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