10 Things You Somehow Missed In Who Framed Roger Rabbit
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Prepare to see the insanity of Toontown in a whole new light...
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FYI the tunnel into Toontown (as well as all those other tunnels in all those other movies) is located in Griffith Park in Los Angeles. It's a one-way tunnel on the road up to Griffith Observatory, the centerpiece of Griffith Park, which is also a famous movie location in its own right.
Not only does this movie stand up extremely well today, others have tried the whole animation/live action mixed thing (Space Jam, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, etc..) and none of them have come remotely close to the level of this movie. It still is the king of practical effect movie magic and will probably always be.
This is one of my all-time favourite movies. I saw it in the theatre when it released and was absolutely blown away. The dedication and craftmanship that went in to this film is mind-boggling. Bob Hoskins apparently began to see and hear Roger everywhere he went such was his level of dedication to the role. A once in a lifetime film that we'll never see the likes of again.
Some favorite trivia of mine: during development, Disney people realized their classic-cartoon-era industry setting just wouldn't seem complete without Warner Brothers characters. They extended an invitation for the Looney Tunes to be a part of it.
WB people received the offer and considered. It looked gracious, but they wanted some assurance that their characters wouldn't play second fiddle to Disney stars. They wrote in some specific (and seemingly semi-arbitrary) contract clauses about equal screen time.
Fair bet no one wanted to end up in court with stopwatches, though.
So Disney's solution was to pair off characters accordingly. Thus anyone can see their screen time matches.
Daffy Duck's clause is fulfilled when he performs a stage act with Donald Duck and they get yanked off at the exact same time. Bugs Bunny's clause is fulfilled when camera tilts to him side-by-side with Mickey Mouse, and both stay in frame for the duration of the shots.
And I guess it's just everyone in the happy crowd scene at the end?
Yep, ending with both Porky Pig and Tinkerbell.
Part way through the film we see Yosemite Sam fly over the wall from Toontown by the ACME building.
"It'll take an hour long video to reference all the Easter eggs in this movie"
Ok then. Do it. I'd watch it.
Please do a full hour of all the Easter Eggs and References in this glorious film!
Okay, this was fantastic!!! Almost every time any channel does "things you missed" videos, they are usually filled with things that absolutely no one missed but we don't mind because it's often stuff we love anyway. This video REALLY had some great items that we really did miss and I thank you for that!!! 🤗
I just found out the other day that Baby Herman's mother's legs in the cartoon at the beginning are just stilts. You can see it in the background after they cut and call for lunch. Watched this movie a million times, I really don't know how I never noticed that before.
The chemicals of the dip are either what they used to clean the paint brushes or clean off the animation cells.
And a good dash of foreshadowing with The Judge (besides his name) is that he dips an innocent shoe to prove it while wearing gloves. Humans arent affected by dip!
@@Jill4ChrisRedfeild maybe not but it still would be nasty so understandable to onlookers. Still a good reference
@@Jill4ChrisRedfeild You wouldn't want to ruin your gloves or your coat with that stuff, so the glove makes sense. It's when he backs away really fast in panic when Eddie kicks the barrel over (after all, everyone is wearing shoes/boots) that really foreshadows it.
I just rewatched this movie because it's now free on YT.
There were A LOT of things I overlooked as a kid,but that adorable shoe being placed in "dip" still is upsetting.
My favourite story is the stork that crashes the bike on the studio backlot. Apparently, it was originally intended to be a "blink and you miss it" ride by, but the practical effects team had trouble with the rig and couldn't get the bike to stay perfectly upright. Instead of scrapping it, they turned it into a visual gag
All the buildings and other items having faces is a reference to many earlier cartoons of the time and even some later ones, most notably Disney's 1952 cartoon "The Little House".
Some characters that appear in the movie would seem to be anachronistic, but some would argue that their current (in the movie) status is their "before they were famous/before they were discovered" moment. Case in point: The penguins at the Ink-and-Paint Club, which were the penguins from Disney's 1964 film "Mary Poppins".
Heck we see Br'er Bear earlier in the movie when Eddie goes to see the cartoon film maker... we see various animals from Fantasia walking around. The frogs jumping out of a box and Br'er Bear himself walking down the street before Eddie goes in the front door.
One of the best movies ever. RIP Bob Hoskins who played countless fantastic roles
The Weasel henchman dressed in black is the doppelganger of the one dressed in white. In the original novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? All toons have doppelgangers. In the novel it's Roger's doppelganger who hires Eddie.
No one seems to catch the "Harvey" easter egg. When Eddie catches Roger singing in the bar when he's supposed to be hiding, Eddie warns Roger, that Angelo would turn him in. Later, when Roger and Eddie are hiding in the rot gut room, Judge Doom offers a reward for Roger. Angelo speaks up, and tells Doom that he's seen a rabbit. When Doom asks Angelo, where, Angelo puts his arm around an imaginary figure, and says something like, "right here. Say hello, Harvey." This a reference to the Jimmy Stewart film, Harvey (or the stage play it was based on, or both). Harvey was about a an somewhat well off, affable man that was considered a town drunk, who had an invisible six foot rabbit, named Harvey, as a friend.
This movie was my life from 88 and still sorta is. The absolute best
Who Framed Roger Rabbit is the film that broke the mould for groundbreaking animation and set the template for future movies.
Disney mixed live action with animation decades earlier in films like Songs of the South. Not to this degree of course.
Br'er Bear is also a possible reference to Uncle Remus' character of the same name, along with the three birds that Eddie see on arrival to Toon Town. If you are puzzled, look up the movie Song of the South. It is a fantastic movie with characters like Br'er Bear and are accompnied by Br'er Fox, Br'er Rabbit, Br'er Frog and many others. The stories were written by one Joel Chandler Harris who told many stories, including Br'er Rabbit and the Tar Baby.
Well a movie like this has so many small details that you could probably watch this 30 times a day for 40 years and probably still spot new details you missed previously
I thought Br'er Bear was from "Song of the South"...
He is, but we don't talk about that movie anymore.
Dude, Br'er bear was a character in Disney's "song of the south"...kudos on the creators for putting in a reference to a banned movie. Knowing this really separates the true fans from the posers.
I'm pretty sure he's a character in John Duluth coon skin animated movie I think that's the guy's name LOL if not for sure a character from Song of the South
@@mikemenendez2046 Yes, I wouldn't be surprised. SotS just happened to be the most prominent film to feature the characters.
It actually wasn't quite banned yet at the time. There was even a theatrical rerelease in 1986 for the 40th anniversary.
Came here to say that.
This kinda stuff is interesting but there's no need to be throwing words like "poser" around, that's basically gatekeeping. Fling the gates open, people can learn this stuff and join the club, there's no need for Us vs Them. Signed, a 49 year old whose head is jam packed with movie trivia but never thinks he's above anyone else because of it.
When Eddie Valiant uses a magnet against Judge Doom, the music que in background is several bars from Close Encounters of the third kind, which was Directed by Steven Spielberg, who produced this film.
No really, go look.
I'll wait!
The bridge used as the tunnel leading to ToonTown is explained by the fact that both are Robert Zemeckis productions. Back to back productions even.
I was wondering if this was the same tunnel that appears in “The Pagemaster?”
There definitely was never a phone number on that wall. I have a copy of a 1988 print.
Loved this movie since it came out in theaters! Judge Doom scared me as a kid.
Leena Hyeena Heasds up: The Green Music Box is a Tribute to one of the earliest Mickey Mouse Cartoons. And the Gloves are Mickey's too. They are both a Tribute to SILLY SYMPHONIES :) In Fact, the entire ROOM is a Tribute to Disney Shorts and Feature Length Films from the 1930's erea. Did you notice the BED? It's from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. There were 75 short films which made up Silly Symphonies. Yes, Disney had a rabbit too during Silly Symphonies. "Funny Little Bunnies". If you watch it, you will see that framed photo on their wall in the Bunny hole too.
I have such great memories of this film. It changed the way I saw movies. Classic. Timeless.
I love Roger rabbit this is the fourth time Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg have worked together as Steven Spielberg produced the back to the future trilogy.
That scene of Jessica being thrown from Benny, was that fixed for the VHS release or was it it fixed in the DVD releases? I think I still have a VHS copy from the 80s.
You can see Wile E Coyote & The Road Runner's silhouettes go by during Eddie's elevator sequence
One of my childhood favorites watched it millions of times
Very interesting! :-) I love finding hidden gags like this.
Best Disney Film Of The 1980's If You Have Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck pitted with Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck along with other cartoon cameos you're doing something right
Donald and Daffy Ducks dueling pianos is still the best fight ever.
Roger Rabbit is a classic.
When Jessica Rabbit shows up. I miss alot in the frame. Even paused my "ADD" will take over.
Loved all Easter eggs. I grew up on that movie, I still has my Roger Rabbit stuffed animal, so it was cool to learn about them
Good list guys, now for the hour long special. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!
Is Josh dressing up to be the British ‘Jay’ from ‘Jay and Silent Bob’?
You've stumbled upon a good idea.
Top 10 mostly used locations in movies
The Toontown tunnel is outside Griffith Park Observatory in Los Angeles, California I was there a few years ago
Actually there's a mistake with the singing sword. The song it's singing was made in 1957 yet the movie takes place in 1947 a whole 10 year time gap.
How do you not mention the frame where the animators decided to let the audience peek up Jessica Rabbit's dress? Its right after she thrown from the cab when it drives through the dip. Maybe they removed it from later releases, but I had it on VHS as a kid and it was not a rumor.
@@erakfishfishfish It is, and yes, it was removed from later DVD prints. She had flesh coloured underwear on.
That's probably one of the most well-known facts about this movie. He said at the beginning of the video that he would be talking about more obscure things that even a movie buff wouldn't likely know.
'Murder on Orient Express - all tributes to various Cartoons, especially from "Looney Tunes" The Vulture holding up a glass is toasting a Tortoise is from The Looney Tunes short "The Vulture Wins by a Hare".
Huh, never knew her name was Lena Hyena
Movie Tone News was one of the only ways to get news back then considering TVs were a luxury item.
Not that there's nothing to love about the results, but the Chinatown connection is unfortunate. The original Roger Rabbit novel is brilliantly speculative, painting a complete picture of how cartoon characters can have always coexisted with us. Developing the film was just all "great novel! Let's toss 95% of it to the wind and just rip off Chinatown!"
(Yes, I'm aware that even the novelist likes the Roger Rabbit movie better than his own work.)
It's pretty well known that the script they used for Who Framed Roger Rabbit was originally written as a sequel to Chinatown. It couldn't get made, however, and was reworked into what we know today as WFRR. So, it's less that the script has references to Chinatown in it, and more that it's Chinatown's original sequel with toons slapped on it.
get off of the internet and get a real job
I cant believe my parents let me obsessively watch this movie for years... no wonder my sense of humor is what it is...
This movie is still a technological marvel!
Shorts related: "At first it's constrictive, but after a while it becomes a part of you." Garth from Wayne's World
Great list!
My mother was pregnant with me when Who Framed Roger Rabbit. My parents went to see it on my due date. I was born two weeks later.
One of my favorite movies
I heard Bob Hopkins literally went insane from this movie because he got so used to talking to himself and having to pretending a cartoon rabbit was talking to him, I don't know how true that is but it's really easy to see how that could happen.
I believe in an interview Mr. Hopkins mentioned he had to induce temporary hallucinations to play his part properly with a cartoon rabbit that didn't exist on the sets until he was cartooned in via post. If I recall correctly he mentioned having hallucinations for awhile afterwards until they finally stopped on their own.
His effort paid off as you can see in the film that Eddie's interactions with Roger are so realistic, and he can easily do things like look at Roger's eyes, look away for a few moments and look back to the same sight line again like the rabbit was real... he played a huge role in selling the 'toons are real' aspect of the film. Another big part was 'bumping the lamp' (fun bit of trivia for you to look up!)
@@ShalmendoGlineux Bob Hopkins is indeed legend going above and beyond!
@@ShalmendoGlineux wow, talk about commitment. Yeah he definitely left a mark in the entertainment industry, no doubt.
Take out the "?" as the title was just "who framed Roger rabbit" as filmmakers that using "?" s at the end of their titles was bad luck
Piglets going to feel out of place if he gets on that train 🚂 😅
My favorite movie🍿🎥🎞🎬📀📽📼🎦
This movie was so unique. Was there ever any other movie that paired live action and cartoon?
Cool World
Gulliver's Travels 1977
Marry Poppins 1964
You Ought To Be in Pictures 1940
The Alice Comedies of the 1920s
So quite a few actually.
The Mask sort of did, too. But nothing as great as this.
Song of the South (1946)
How do you watch your TV if it's sitting behind your couch?
Funny references for a true classic
The last line judge doom said is a reference to the wizard of oz. I just found out recently
This was the first Bob Hoskins movie I ever saw, recorded from a tv airing, on a blank vhs tape. Handwritten label and all. Lol.
I did not know he was british until much, much later. I think that Jet Li movie where he made Li wear a dog collar was my first inclination of his origins.
always thought singing sword was bing Crosby
You don’t know me.
One scene has bothered me for years. That is the scene where there is the silhouettes of what looks like little demons or Vikings with helmets and with spears and a pitchfork in the foreground seemingly antagonizing Eddie Valiant just for a few seconds.
Who are those silhouettes and from what cartoon?
I did the Google search, but no luck on my part.
If it’s the scene that I’m thinking of, those were Maleficent’s minions from Sleeping Beauty
i don't want to say you are wrong about the Br'er Bear fact...you might be trying to avoid the topic of the "scandelous" Disney Vaulted movie "The Song of the South" where we are introduced to 3 characters of the name Br'er Bear, Br'er Fox, and Br'er Rabbit. although the picture they use on the poster for Bear is clearly not the same character...or it doesn't look like it to me...
It's not Bre'r Bear. The gag is It's Bre'r BAER. It's a play on words related to the DALE BAER of the LA animation unit, and a caricature of him.
Sweet, this was my "Frozen" as a kid!!!!!
I know where the song smile darn you smile came from Foxy
Oh? do tell.
Didn't you guys already do a video(or 2) about how WFRR? used a script that was originally intended to be a sequel to Chinatown?
That's a myth. Robert Towne said the prospective 3rd Chinatown film was supposed to be called Gittes vs. Gittes and concern the introduction on no fault divorce.
Yes yes yes please do 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Amazing
I didn't miss the Alice reference 😁
I really don't like this movie, it still gives me nightmares
"Allyson Wunderland" is a reference to Alice jn Wonderland. He kinda missed the mark on that one.
It's a play on that, but it refers to Allyson Rubin from the LA animation unit.
Just gonna leave out the bit where Donald Duck calls Daffy the "N" word
Because he didn’t, he said “little” just as he does in any other classic cartoon
@@GamingGardevoir yes he did
Donald calls Daffy the N-word in the piano scene. I think it was removed but I still got the VHS with it when my friends doubt me. Not just the N-word but a "Stupid N-word"
Actually the line was “stubborn little” a reference to Donald’s iconic meltdown in cartoons at the time “why you doggone little WA A A A A A A”
@@GamingGardevoir Ya no one who views my VHS copy has ever said that. Like I said it got changed. Though Mabey you are right and we all just hear what we wanted.
@@richarddraggan8290 It did not get changed. He never said that. I have a copy of a 1988 print. You nailed it with that last sentence. :)
Pretty sure what Donald says is "Doggone trouble maker"