Roger Rabbit:1993

"Trail Mix-Up" finds Roger, Herman and the mother in the great outdoors. Roger of course is stuck carrying everything.


The negligent mother once more leaves Herman in Roger's care while she goes off hunting. Roger gets a visit from forest ranger Jessica and then demolishes a large area of the forest with bug spray.


Roger tries to save Baby Herman from a beehive and ends up with a mouthful of them. Droopy makes his cameo as a mischief-maker, using a fake shark fin to scare Roger. "Gets 'em every time."


Things couldn't get worse, right? Wrong! Baby Herman follows a beaver into a dangerous sawmill, where Roger has much pain inflicted upon himself as he attempts to save the child.


A ride down the logflume and river results in a bear getting taken along for the fast-paced ride. The entire crew ends up in a geyser which erupts, sending them all to Mount Rushmore, obliterating the national landmark.


Roger insists it is not the end of the world, but nothing is further from the truth as the flag he plants in the ground pops the earth and causes it to deflate like a balloon.

Roger Rabbit:1990

It's hard to choose but I would have to say that, by a slight margin, "Rollercoaster Rabbit" is my favorite Roger Rabbit cartoon.


Baby Herman's negligent mother once again leaves the child in Roger's care while at the Fair. A lost balloon results in Baby Herman's mandatory dissapearance. Roger risks his neck to save the baby as he makes his way through the line of fire of several carnival games. Roger gets holes shot in him (literally) and gets stretched through the gears of the ferris wheel.


The two end up in a bull pen and Herman accidentally grabs...erm...the bull, resulting in a pummeling for Roger, who has the misfortune of being at the harmful end of the bull.


Roger and Herman are flung onto the roller coaster and the speed of the film is about to shift into an even higher gear.


Droopy makes his cameo in the unlikely role of villian as he has Jessica tied to the tracks of the coaster. Roger's car bounces over the damsel. "Curses, foiled again."


Roger and Herman's cart flies off the edge of the film (clearly an Avery homage) and breaks apart in a flurry of sparks, leaving Roger's feet to bear the brunt as they slide down the tracks. Soon his feet are on fire and he and Herman crash off of the film and into the movie set, where the two interact with the live-action crew.

Roger Rabbit:1989

Whenever you see Roger and Herman's face leap forward through a sunburst and see the title card for the ficticious Maroon Cartoon Studio, you know you're in for a 7 minute wild ride. I remember going to see "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"...not for the movie (which I couldn't have cared less about) but for "Tummy Trouble", the Roger Rabbit cartoon that preceded it.


Roger is left to watch over Baby Herman again and within moments the infant has swallowed his rattle. At the hospital, Roger gets Herman to burp out the rattle, but then idavertantly swallows the toy himself.


The rattling sound eminating from Roger's body gets him mistaken for Baby Herman and he is reluctantly whisked off to the surgery room.


The surgeon's break for lunch before they even begin the procedure, leaving Roger strapped to the gurney. Baby Herman enters, who has been lured from his room by a runaway milk bottle dropped by nurse Jessica.


The results are more fast-paced action as the rattle is passed back and forth between Roger and Herman's stomachs. Roger is electricuted, stung with flying needles and dodges a laser, not to mention a brief pause in the action for a Droopy cameo. "Gruesome, isn't it, folks?"


Roger and Herman finally rid themselves of the rattle and all is well...until Roger gets the hospital bill and Herman swallows the rattle one last time. As the "The End" card fills the screen, we are once again given a glimpse behind the scenes as the live-action stage is revealed. Roger and Herman are only doing thier jobs.

Roger Rabbit:1988

The first Roger Rabbit short is actually used to open the feature "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". First let me say that the action in Roger Rabbit films moves fast. Very fast. If you blink, you will miss so much. I had to reduce the speed of the video just to get screengrabs.


The premise for the films is introduced quickly. Baby Herman's mother leaves the child in the care of Roger, complete with threats of what will happen to the rabbit if any harm should come to Herman.


Baby Herman manages to escape from his crib, in pursuit of the jar of cookies atop the refridgerator. The journey is fraught with peril as the baby crosses over the stove, sink and dangles precariously over the kitchen knives.


It's Roger to the rescue...or not. The rabbit slips on a rolling pin and ends up in the oven. He inadvertantly downs a bottle of hot sauce and has kitchen utensils assault him.


The vaccuum cleaner gag, I believe, is an homage to a scene of Donald Duck's in "Moving Day".


Every frame of a Roger Rabbit cartoon is a work of art. I could post a million of them.


Roger gets the fridge dropped on his head and at that moment the transition out of the cartoon and into the real world begins, as Roger and Baby Herman (who is clearly an adult in a child's body) deal with a frustrated director.