Darkwing Duck does the Roger Rabbit too!

I don’t quite understand why took me too long to spot THIS:

If you look into the picture, among the load of alternate versions of Darkwing Duck (in what seems to be a parody of “Crisis on Infinite Earths”) you can spot a Roger Rabbit-looking Darkwing Duck wielding nothing less than the singing sword! Then, you can catch some other references to various movies, cartoons or comics which are enough to keep you busy for a while.

I found this interesting vignette on Captain Comics’ forum, specifically on this discussion. Even you can find another extract from the same comic issue, in which you can spot several more parodies of well-known characters. Worth the read!

Roger Rabbit goes to Springfield

If you head over to Tebeos de los Simpsons you'll find a parody of The Simpsons from Cracked Magazine where Roger has a cameo. It's a amusing story with lots of in-jokes and fun art.

Roger Rabbit meets Dylan Dog

For those who didn't knew, Dylan Dog is a Italian comic series about a private investigator who frequently deals with cases involving creatures like ghosts, werewolves, zombies ...and pink rabbits. You see, two stories in this series seem to be inspired by WFRR. They dealt with a toon called ”Pink Rabbit” who had managed to cross over into the real world and much like Judge Doom used cartoony methods to kill of people. Falling anvils, steamrollers and dynamite may seem funny in cartoons, but when you use those things on humans the outcome is of course far more horrific.

The Roger Rabbit influence is even more apparent in the second story, check out the Toontown-looking background on the cover for instance.

We are also introduced to a Jessica-inspired character.
And there is a part somewhat similar to the deleted ”Pighead scene” where the toons try to screw with the detective by pasting a toon mask over his head.

There may be even more that I missed, I don’t speak Italian so I didn’t understand all the dialogue in these stories. But I managed to figure out the main plot through some rough translations. If any visitors from Italy wanna tell me about any other references in these comics that I missed then lemme know.

Here are some links with more info if you're interested:
http://www.cravenroad7.it/wikidyd/index.php?title=I_conigli_rosa_uccidono
http://www.cravenroad7.it/wikidyd/index.php?title=Il_paese_delle_ombre_colorate
I could unfortunately only find Italian ones but you can try translating them with Babelfish.

Tiny Toons references Roger again

As you know from our previous entries, Tiny Toon Adventures have referenced Roger Rabbit a few times. And in "New character day" they do it again.

A very, very off-model Roger cameos in the beginning where he's auditioning for a role in the show. Unfortunately for him, Buster and Babs are not impressed with his performance. I have known about this cameo for quite some time, but haven't been able to find it online until now. Unfortunately there seem to be something wrong with the sound in the video, or maybe it is just my computer being screwy. The right side of the video also seems to be cut off by the sidebar, but playing it in fullscreen should solve that problem.

Edit by Bunnyfriend: Fixed the video size, now it fits =D

Who Bopped Bugs Bunny?

Come on Bugs: we already know you’re jealous of Roger Rabbit. We know you’ve tried hard to mimic the success he achieved with a single movie and a handful of shorts. We know Michael Jordan and Brendan Fraser didn’t understand what’s being coupled with a cartoon character and make that work, just like Bob Hoskins did.

But this… THIS… This is too low, even for your standards.

Better pray RR2 gets released soon, maybe he can invite you to join the cast ;)

(Screencap took from here; watch the entire episode if you love Bugs and his protégés. While I despise Bugs, I enjoy watching Buster and Babs Bunny –no relation)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 60 seconds

Someone did a really funny animation which tells you everything about "Who Framed Roger Rabbit” in sixty seconds. In his own words, “it contains bad language, bad drawings and bad jokes”… I don’t really think the same about the drawings and the jokes XD

Roger Rabbit Cracked parody

Once again, I have found some more RR goodies at J. E. Daniels' animation blog. This time it's a parody of the movie from Cracked Magazine as told by Elmer Fudd, or in this case "Elmer Dudd" (Who ironically didn't appear in the movie) Be sure to check out the rest of his blog for more fun stuff on other cartoons as well.

You NASTY Roger!! (mature audiences only)

In all this time I’ve been running this blog, I’ve found several things related to Roger Rabbit and his fellas…

But nothing.

NOTHING.

LIKE.

THIS.

(if you’re sensitive to parody drawings, or if you want to keep your wholesome image of Roger Rabbit, I suggest you to not click the following link. You’ve been warned.)

 

“Uncle Thumper often let young Roger play in his rabbit hole”

 

What’s the background behind that drawing? Supposedly, it’s one of several in-house drawings that were drawn/shared between the animators of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”. Some of them were mostly internal jokes, although it seems that someone took those to the “innuendo” level.In fact, this particular drawing is being auctioned at eBay right now, without any warning about its content:

Roger Rabbit Animators ‘In-House’ Drawing / Photostat 
(the link may not work if you’re reading this after September 2009)

I must say I’ve seen some nasty stuff featuring Roger and Jessica, but this drawing tops them all  >.<

P.S. My purpose is gathering every tidbit of information and history related to Roger Rabbit, and since this is part of the creative process behind the movie (although a little gross), I decided to share it with all of you. If most find this drawing offensive (despite the warnings), I’ll delete this entry.