All the Toon characters on this list have either appeared physically or in another form in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. These characters had either appeared in animated features or cartoon shorts made by various studios, presented here.
Note: This list does not contain the characters mentioned in the film or the character cameos from the Roger Rabbit shorts Tummy Trouble, Roller Coaster Rabbit, and Trail Mix-Up. Also planned were several cameos in the cancelled prequel Roger Rabbit II: The Toon Platoon.
Cameo appearances
The Walt Disney Company
- Mickey Mouse
- Minnie Mouse
- Donald Duck
- Daisy Duck
- Goofy
- Pluto
- Pete
- Horace Horsecollar
- Clarabelle Cow
- José Carioca
- Huey, Dewey, and Louie (in a picture on a newspaper)
- Gus Goose from Donald's Cousin Gus
- Bucky Bug from Bugs in Love
- The Title Characters from The Merry Dwarfs
- The Boy Tree and Lady Tree from Flowers and Trees
- The Sun from Father Noah's Ark
- Big Bad Wolf, Fiddler Pig, Fifer Pig, and Little Red Riding Hood
- Clara Cluck and Peter Pig from The Wise Little Hen
- The Orphans from Orphans' Benefit
- Toby Tortoise, the Girl Bunnies, and the Animal Pedestrians from The Tortoise and the Hare
- The title characters from Water Babies
- The Isle of Jazz from Music Land
- Jenny Wren from Who Killed Cock Robin?
- The title character from Cock o' the Walk
- Elmer Elephant and Joe Giraffe from Elmer Elephant
- Snow White, the Seven Dwarfs, The Evil Queen (appearing as the Witch), and the Forest Animals from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- The title characters from Wynken, Blynken and Nod
- Ferdinand from Ferdinand the Bull
- Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket, and Lampwick (on a poster in Toontown) from Pinocchio
- Various Fantasia characters:
- The Brooms from The Sorcerer's Apprentice
- Hyacinth Hippo and Madame Upanova from Dance of the Hours
- Peter Pegasus, one of the Unicorns, and the Cherubs from The Pastoral Symphony
- The Cossack Flowers (appearing on wallpaper) and Dancing Mushrooms from Nutcracker Suite
- The Reluctant Dragon, Sir Giles, and the Horse from The Reluctant Dragon
- Dumbo, The Crows, Mrs. Jumbo, Casey Junior, and one of the Clowns from Dumbo
- Bambi, Bambi's Mother, The Great Prince, and Thumper (mentioned) from Bambi
- Pedro from Saludos Amigos
- Ben Buzzard from The Flying Jalopy
- Emotion from Reason & Emotion
- Monte the Pelican from The Pelican and the Snipe
- Chicken Little from Chicken Little
- Peter and Johnny Fedora from Make Mine Music
- Br'er Bear, the Tar Baby, the Hummingbird Trio, and the Sis Moles from Song of the South
- Willie the Giant (on a poster in Toontown) and the Golden Harp from Fun and Fancy Free
- The Forest Animals from the Johnny Appleseed segment of Melody Time*
- Danny from So Dear to My Heart*
- J. Thaddeus Toad and Cyril Proudbottom from The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad*
- Birds and Cinderella's Glass Slipper from Cinderella*
- Mr. Walker from Motor Mania*
- Bill the Lizard, Tweedledum, The Cheshire Cat, and the Doorknob from Alice in Wonderland*
- A sheep resembling Lambert's Mother from Lambert the Sheepish Lion*
- The Apartments and Skyscrapers from The Little House*
- The Trolley from Susie the Little Blue Coupe
- Witch Hazel from Trick or Treat*
- Tinker Bell, John Darling, and the Rhinoceros from Peter Pan*
- Babe the Blue Ox from Paul Bunyan*
- Maleficent's Goons from Sleeping Beauty*
- The Penguin Waiters and the silhouette of Mary Poppins from Mary Poppins* (the latter is briefly seen when Yosemite Sam flies over the Toontown barrier wall)
- A silhouette of Piglet from the Winnie the Pooh series* (seen holding on to the end of the Toontown passenger train that destroys the Dip machine)
- Flaps the Vulture and Kaa from The Jungle Book*
Warner Bros.
- Bugs Bunny
- Daffy Duck
- Elmer Fudd
- Porky Pig
- Yosemite Sam
- Tweety Bird
- Sylvester
- Foghorn Leghorn
- Road Runner*
- Wile E. Coyote*
- Marvin the Martian*
- Sam Sheepdog*
- Speedy Gonzales*
- Happy Rabbit
- A gray version of Marc Antony*
- A frog resembling Michigan J. Frog*
- Yoyo Dodo from Porky in Wackyland
- Characters resembling Mac and Tosh
- A fox resembling George from Of Fox and Hounds
- Gracie the Fighting Kangaroo from Pop 'im Pop!*
- Toro the Bull from Bully for Bugs*
- The Magnet from Zipping Along*
- The Portable Holes from The Hole Idea*
MGM Cartoons
- Droopy Dog
- Butch Dog*
- Meathead Dog
- Benny Burro from The Prospecting Bear
- A character resembling Barney Bear
- A purple version of George
- The Birds from Anchors Aweigh
- Screwy Squirrel (mentioned)
- The Octopus from Half-Pint Pygmy*
Paramount Pictures
Fleischer Studios
Famous Studios
Harvey Films
- Joker (the harlequin jack-in-the-box logo from Noveltoons and Harvey Comics)
20th Century Studios
Terrytoons
- A character resembling Gandy Goose
- Oscar the Timid Pig from How Wet Was My Ocean
- Looey Lion from The Temperamental Lion
Columbia Pictures
- Lena Hyena from Li'l Abner
Universal Pictures
Walter Lantz Productions
- Woody Woodpecker
- Homer Pigeon
- A golden version of Papa Panda
- A background character resembling Wally Walrus
- Chilly Willy (mentioned)
- Dinky Doodle (mentioned)
RKO Pictures
Van Beuren Studios
- Felix the Cat (in a photo and on the keystone of the tunnel that leads to Toontown)
Deleted/Unused Characters
Many additional characters were planned, or at least considered, for inclusion in the film but were ultimately omitted or dropped due to legal issues and/or production limitations. Others managed to appear or make it into the final film, but were either cut out or replaced later on during production and development.
Special Edition DVD Cameos
Numerous characters that did not make cameos in the film made a few on the menus of the Special Edition DVD.
Note: Most characters can be seen in the second disc.
- Lady Tremaine from Cinderella*
- A Bread-and-Butterfly from Alice in Wonderland*
- Elliott from Pete's Dragon*
- Emperor Kuzco from The Emperor's New Groove*
(*) Denotes anachronisms; these characters (or, in the cases of characters such as Tinker Bell and Marvin the Martian, the animated versions of them that appear in the film) were created or adapted to cartoons after 1947. But as screenplay writer Peter S. Seaman said, "The aim was entertainment, not animation history." It has also been argued that the characters may have "existed" in the Toon world before being "discovered" and featured in real productions.
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Trivia
- Some cameos were planned for the unproduced sequel, with a lot of them appearing in the first film (such as Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Pluto, the Seven Dwarfs, the Hyacinth Hippo, Dumbo, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, Sylvester, Tweety Bird, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Speedy Gonzales, Droopy Dog, and Woody Woodpecker) in addition to those who did not make the final cut (such as Chip and Dale, Pepé Le Pew, Petunia Pig, the Tasmanian Devil, and Hector the Bulldog) and new characters like Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Rocket J. Squirrel, and Bullwinkle J. Moose.
- There were also cartoon cameos in the Roger Rabbit shorts that were released some years after the movie. The characters appearing in the shorts are Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, The Mad Doctor, the Three Little Wolves, Raggedy Andy, and Droopy Dog in Tummy Trouble; Clarabelle Cow, Pinocchio, and Ariel from The Little Mermaid in Roller Coaster Rabbit; Tinker Bell, Evinrude from The Rescuers, the Genie from Aladdin, and the Boy from Off His Rockers in Trail Mix-Up.
- Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck also appeared with the Muppet Babies versions of Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and Gonzo, and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger in the anti-drug TV special Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue two years later in 1990. This would mark the last time characters from either company would interact in official media.
- The novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf (the novel on which the film is based on) mentions original characters from American comic strips, including Dick Tracy (who was originally intended to appear in the film on his own), Snoopy, Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead, Beetle Bailey, and Hägar the Horrible.[1] Bugs Bunny also appears and other characters, such as Petunia Pig are mentioned.
- In the 5th issue of the comic series based on the film, there was an appearance of a character named Percy Pig, which shares the same name of the candy mascot "Percy Pig". However, the comic was published in 1990, while the candy product with the same name was created 2 years after, in 1992.
- Another issue would feature Roger interacting with Winsor McCay's Gertie the Dinosaur.
- All of the characters from the Mickey Mouse cartoons appear in their designs from specific animated shorts in this film.
- Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy, Pluto, Pete, Huey, Dewey, and Louie appear in their designs from the early-1940s cartoons.
- Clarabelle Cow and Horace Horsecollar appear in their designs from the early-1930s black-and-white cartoons.
- Clara Cluck appears in her original design from her debut cartoon The Wise Little Hen.
- José Carioca appears in his design from his debut film Saludos Amigos.
References
- ↑ Sampson, Wade (December 17, 2008). "The Roger Rabbit That Never Was". MousePlanet.
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