When Roger Rabbit is found murdered in his home, Valiant sets out to look for the killer, with the help of Roger Rabbit's "doppel".
17 Facts About Roger Rabbit
Roger Rabbit is framed for the murder of a famous Hollywood producer of cartoon props and gags and owner of Toontown, Marvin Acme, and he seeks out Valiant to help clear his name.
Roger Rabbit is zany, kind-hearted, humorous, energetic, a bit naive and not very clever.
Roger Rabbit loves to make others laugh and is good friends with the other Toons, especially Baby Herman and Benny the Cab.
Roger Rabbit is nervous and is intimidated of Judge Doom, the Dip, and the Toon Patrol as well as many other hazards.
Roger Rabbit 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.
Roger Rabbit truly loves his voluptuous toon wife, Jessica, and always makes her laugh.
Roger Rabbit is a second banana comic strip character who hires gruff alcoholic private eye, Eddie Valiant, to find out why his employers, the owners of a cartoon syndicate called the DeGreasy Brothers, refuse to give him his own comic strip or to sell his contract to another studio.
Roger Rabbit notably played a significant role in the 1988 NBC special Mickey's 60th Birthday.
Roger Rabbit was featured in a series of cartoon shorts following the popularity of the movie.
Roger Rabbit makes two cameos voiced by Frank Welker and Joe Alaskey in the show, once with Jessica Rabbit.
Roger Rabbit occasionally appears as a meet-and-greet costumed character at Disney Parks across the world.
Roger starred in a comic book series published by Disney Comics from April 1990 to September 1991 and a spin-off series called Roger Rabbit's Toontown, published from June to October 1991, which featured Roger in the first story and supporting characters like Jessica Rabbit, Baby Herman, Benny the Cab, and the Toon Patrol.
Roger Rabbit makes a cameo appearance in the 2022 film Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, with Fleischer reprising his role.
Roger Rabbit has appeared at other Walt Disney Parks and Resorts as a meetable character.
The Roger Rabbit became a popular fad dance in America during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
In movement, the Roger Rabbit dance is similar to the running man, but done by skipping backwards with arms performing a flapping gesture as if hooking one's thumbs on suspenders.