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=== Eddie Valiant ===
== Eddie Valiant ==
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==== Actor: [[Bob Hoskins]] ====
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.
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.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Eddie include:}}

* [[Action Survivor]]: His modus operandi to come out of trouble. He's also a smarter version of this.
* [[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.
* [[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.
{{quote|'''Police Lieutenant''': Didn't you used to be Eddie Valiant? Or did you change your name to "Jack Daniels"?}}
{{quote|'''Police Lieutenant''': Didn't you used to be Eddie Valiant? Or did you change your name to "Jack Daniels"?}}
* [[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.
* [[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 [[Names to Trust Immediately|Name to Trust Immediately]] that it used to be.
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: A typical private investigator - style trenchcoat.
* [[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 {{spoiler|kill Judge Doom himself, who is a toon stronger and taller than him, by spreading dip everywhere}}.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Probably the only one human in among toons with this charateristic. He even manages to {{spoiler|kill Judge Doom himself, who is a toon stronger and taller than him, by spreading dip everywhere}}.
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* [[Punch Clock Hero]]
* [[Punch Clock Hero]]


=== Judge Doom ===
== Judge Doom ==
[[File:judge_doom_9657.jpg|frame| He's actually scarier... [http://laraandthereelboy.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/judge-doom.jpg?w=497 Like Thissss] and now you're scarred for the rest of your natural life]]
[[File:judge_doom_9657.jpg|frame| He's actually scarier... [http://laraandthereelboy.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/judge-doom.jpg?w=497 Like Thissss] and now you're scarred for the rest of your natural life]]
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Actor: [[Christopher Lloyd]]

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==== 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, [[Scare'Em Straight|fear it]]. If he has to execute a few on his way to get the message across, so be it. {{spoiler|It's later revealed that he himself IS a toon in a rubber mask, and wants to destroy Toontown (and the Toons while he's on it) so he can build a freeway and new city in place of it, thus making himself filthy rich. Ironic while considering that he's a Toon himself or possibly more horrific because he is one. He also killed Marvin Acme, R K Maroon and Teddy Valiant.}}
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, [[Scare'Em Straight|fear it]]. If he has to execute a few on his way to get the message across, so be it. {{spoiler|It's later revealed that he himself IS a toon in a rubber mask, and wants to destroy Toontown (and the Toons while he's on it) so he can build a freeway and new city in place of it, thus making himself filthy rich. Ironic while considering that he's a Toon himself or possibly more horrific because he is one. He also killed Marvin Acme, R K Maroon and Teddy Valiant.}}
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Judge Doom include:}}

* [[All There in the Manual]]: {{spoiler|According to ''The Resurrection of Doom'' (a sequel graphic novel published a year after the movie's release), his real name is Baron Von Rotten, and he was a Toon who frequently played cartoon villains until an accident on the set rendered him thinking he was truly villainous.}}
* [[All There in the Manual]]: {{spoiler|According to ''The Resurrection of Doom'' (a sequel graphic novel published a year after the movie's release), his real name is Baron Von Rotten, and he was a Toon who frequently played cartoon villains until an accident on the set rendered him thinking he was truly villainous.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Ambiguously Human]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Ambiguously Human]]}}
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* [[Complete Monster]]: Where to ''begin?''
* [[Complete Monster]]: Where to ''begin?''
* [[Conspicuous Trenchcoat]]: Wears one, {{spoiler|possibly to hide whatever kind of Toon creature he really is}}.
* [[Conspicuous Trenchcoat]]: Wears one, {{spoiler|possibly to hide whatever kind of Toon creature he really is}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: He is the sole stockholder of sole stockholder of Cloverleaf Industries, as such, his motives for murdering Marvin Acme and trying his hardest to make certain that Acme's will is never discovered is so that Cloverleaf can win the bidding war to buy Toon Town, so that he can demolish it and build a freeway.}}
* [[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. {{spoiler|Of course, it helps that he himself is a toon.}}
* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: He knows ''exactly'' what makes toons tick, and how to find one who's hiding. {{spoiler|Of course, it helps that he himself is a toon.}}
* [[Diabolical Mastermind]]: {{spoiler|He wants to melt Toon Town down to make room for an eight-lane freeway.}}
* [[Diabolical Mastermind]]: {{spoiler|He wants to melt Toon Town down to make room for an eight-lane freeway.}}
* [[Doomy Dooms of Doom]]: His name, {{spoiler|Toons often have adjectives for names}}.
* [[Doomy Dooms of Doom]]: His name, {{spoiler|Toons often have adjectives for names}}.
* [[The Dreaded]]: He's genuine feared by any toons, but also by humans.
* [[The Dreaded]]: He's genuine feared by any toons, but also by humans.
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* [[Evil Albino]]: His white skin is menacing.
* [[Fantastic Racism|Fantastic Racist]]: Really looks down on toons, even his henchmen, {{spoiler|despite (or because of) [[Boomerang Bigot|being one himself.]]}}.
* [[Fantastic Racism|Fantastic Racist]]: Really looks down on toons, even his henchmen, {{spoiler|despite (or because of) [[Boomerang Bigot|being one himself.]]}}.
* [[Forgotten First Meeting]]: {{spoiler|Eddie doesn't know until the climax that Doom himself is the bank robber who murdered his brother. Doom clearly remembers, however.}}
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* [[Evil Albino]]: His white skin is menacing.
* [[Greed]]: Saddest of all is that, in the end, this motivates his entire scheme.
* [[Hanging Judge]]: A scary one.
* [[Hanging Judge]]: A scary one.
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* [[Hitler Cam]]: Most notably during his [[New Era Speech]] about the freeway.
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Created "Dip", a concoction of turpentine that could actually kill toons at the slightest touch. At the climax he gets [[Karmic Death|sprayed with it and melted into nothing]]}}.
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Created "Dip", a concoction of turpentine that could actually kill toons at the slightest touch. At the climax he gets [[Karmic Death|sprayed with it and melted into nothing]]}}.
* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: The movie always get a darker tone when he's around.
* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: The movie always get a darker tone when he's around.
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* [[Lean and Mean]]: Not exactly lean {{spoiler|Until he gets flattened by a steam roller}}.
* [[Lean and Mean]]: Not exactly lean {{spoiler|Until he gets flattened by a steam roller}}.
* [[Leitmotif]]: A [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm9t7b_lRHw dramatic little piece], complete with a [[For Doom the Bell Tolls]].
* [[Leitmotif]]: A [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm9t7b_lRHw dramatic little piece], complete with a [[For Doom the Bell Tolls]].
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* [[Low-Angle Shot]]: Most notably during his [[New Era Speech]] about the freeway.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: [[Doomy Dooms of Doom]]. Duh.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: [[Doomy Dooms of Doom]]. Duh.
* [[A Nazi by Any Other Name]]: Dresses like a Gestapo agent.
* [[A Nazi by Any Other Name]]: Dresses like a Gestapo agent.
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* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: At the climax of the film, {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel|he reveals his true form]] and goes from a [[Smug Snake]] to completely [[Ax Crazy]].}}
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: At the climax of the film, {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel|he reveals his true form]] and goes from a [[Smug Snake]] to completely [[Ax Crazy]].}}
* [[Visionary Villain]]: He wanted to {{spoiler|erase Toon Town to create a freeway}} and goes to make an epic speech about it.
* [[Visionary Villain]]: He wanted to {{spoiler|erase Toon Town to create a freeway}} 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 clamis to be. However, needless to say, it's obvious he's actually a sadist sociopath [[Complete Monster]].
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: What he clams to be. However, needless to say, it's obvious he's actually a sadist sociopath [[Complete Monster]].
* {{spoiler|[[You Are What You Hate]]: Wants to kill Toons because they're insane, but he's crazier than all of them.}}
* {{spoiler|[[You Are What You Hate]]: Wants to kill Toons because they're insane, but he's crazier than all of them.}}


=== Roger Rabbit ===
== Roger Rabbit ==
[[File:cliprogerrabbit_7816.gif|frame]]
[[File:cliprogerrabbit_7816.gif|frame]]
==== Voiced by: Charles Fleischer ====
Voiced by: [[Charles Fleischer]]


A cartoon star who gets framed for Marvin Acme's murder because his wife Jessica had an affair with him.
A cartoon star who gets framed for Marvin Acme's murder because his wife Jessica had an affair with him.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Roger include:}}

* [[One of the Kids|Adult Child]].
* [[One of the Kids|Adult Child]].
* [[Badly-Battered Babysitter]]: In his cartoons.
* [[Badly-Battered Babysitter]]: In his cartoons.
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* [[White Bunny]]
* [[White Bunny]]


=== Jessica Rabbit ===
== Jessica Rabbit ==
[[File:JessicaRabbit_4564.jpg|frame| The most popular character of the film for obvious reasons]]
[[File:JessicaRabbit_4564.jpg|frame| The most popular character of the film for obvious reasons]]
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Voiced by: [[Kathleen Turner]]

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==== 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.
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.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Jessica include:}}

* [[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 whan she {{Spoiler| saves Eddie by shooting Doom.}}
* [[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 {{Spoiler| saves Eddie by shooting Doom.}}
* [[The Chick]]
* [[The Chick]]
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]
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* [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]]
* [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]]


=== The Toon Patrol ===
== The Toon Patrol ==
[[File:Toon_Patrol_5449.jpg|frame]]
[[File:Toon_Patrol_5449.jpg|frame]]
==== Voiced by: David L. Lander (Smart Ass), Fred Newman (Stupid), June Foray (Wheezy), Charles Fleischer (Greasy and Psycho) ====
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.
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.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by the Toon Patrol include:}}

* [[All There in the Script]]: None of their names are spoken in the movie.
* [[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.
* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: Greasy, of all the gang, has darkest brown fur.
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* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[Keet]]: Psycho.
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]: They all die of laughing and become animated ghosts. The one who ''really'' gets killed off for real is Smart-Ass though, who dies by falling into Dip. He doesn't get a ghost.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]: They all die of laughing and become animated ghosts. The one who ''really'' gets killed off for real is Smart-Ass though, who dies by falling into Dip. He doesn't get a ghost.}}
* [[Larynx Dissonance]]: [[June Foray]] voiced Wheezy.
* [[Larynx Dissonance]]: [[June Foray]] voiced Wheezy.
* [[Laughing Mad]]: Psycho.
* [[Laughing Mad]]: Psycho.
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* [[Wicked Weasel|Wicked Weasels]]
* [[Wicked Weasel|Wicked Weasels]]


=== Baby Herman ===
== Baby Herman ==
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[[File:678478-babyher_large_1390.jpg|thumb|200px| He's actually is and acts older off-screen]]
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Voiced by: [[Lou Hirsch]]
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[[File:678478-babyher_large_1390.jpg|frame| He's actually is and acts older off-screen]]

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==== Voiced by: Lou Hirsch ====

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Roger's friend and coworker on the movie business, who is - [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|a baby]] - with an exeption, that he's really [[Not Growing Up Sucks|about 50 years old]].


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Roger's friend and coworker on the movie business, who is - [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|a baby]] - with an exception, that he's really [[Not Growing Up Sucks|about 50 years old]].
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Herman include:}}
* [[Cigar Chomper]]: Always has a smoke on hand or in his mouth whenever he's not in character.
* [[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]].
* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Granted, he could be mistaken as a [[Dirty Kid]].
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* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: It may not look like it at first, but he cares about Roger.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: It may not look like it at first, but he cares about Roger.
* [[Nice Character, Mean Actor]]
* [[Nice Character, Mean Actor]]
* [[Older Than They Look]]
* [[Older Than They Look]]: ''Lots'' older.
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=== Benny the Cab ===
== Benny the Cab ==
[[File:48652_10200358_6599_n_5983.jpg|frame| Official Transport of Toon Town]]
[[File:48652_10200358_6599_n_5983.jpg|frame| Official Transport of Toon Town]]
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Voiced by: [[Charles Fleischer]]


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==== 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.
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.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Benny include:}}

* [[Animate Inanimate Object]]
* [[Animate Inanimate Object]]
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]
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* [[The Taxi]]
* [[The Taxi]]


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Characters from Who Framed Roger Rabbit? include:

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.

Tropes exhibited by Eddie include:
  • 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.

Police Lieutenant: Didn't you used to be Eddie Valiant? Or did you change your name to "Jack Daniels"?

Judge Doom

He's actually scarier... Like Thissss and now you're scarred for the rest of your natural life

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. It's later revealed that he himself IS a toon in a rubber mask, and wants to destroy Toontown (and the Toons while he's on it) so he can build a freeway and new city in place of it, thus making himself filthy rich. Ironic while considering that he's a Toon himself or possibly more horrific because he is one. He also killed Marvin Acme, R K Maroon and Teddy Valiant.

Tropes exhibited by Judge Doom include:

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.

Tropes exhibited by Roger include:

Jessica Rabbit

The most popular character of the film for obvious reasons

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.

Tropes exhibited by Jessica include:

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.

Tropes exhibited by the Toon Patrol include:

Baby Herman

He's actually is and acts older off-screen

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.

Tropes exhibited by Herman include:

Benny the Cab

Official Transport of Toon Town

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.

Tropes exhibited by Benny include:
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