Roger Rabbit short films

The Roger Rabbit shorts are a series of three animated short films produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation from 1989 to 1993.[1] They feature Roger Rabbit, the animated protagonist from Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), being enlisted the task of caring for Baby Herman while his mother is absent, resulting in a plot defined by slapstick humor and visual gags. Each short concludes with a sequence involving live-action and animation, in which the characters interact with live-action human beings, akin to the 1988 film. Droopy Dog from MGM makes a cameo in all of the shorts.

Charles Fleischer, Kathleen Turner, Lou Hirsch, and April Winchell returned to reprise their voice roles from the film, alongside producers Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, and Don Hahn. Marshall also directed the live-action segments in the first two shorts, while Industrial Light & Magic was responsible for the live-action visual effects. Produced in association with Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, the three shorts (Tummy Trouble, Roller Coaster Rabbit and Trail Mix-Up) were originally attached to the theatrical releases of several Disney and Amblin films. A fourth short, Hare in My Soup, was cancelled during pre-production with three more (Clean and Oppressed, Beach Blanket Bay and Bronco Bustin' Bunny) in the planning stages also cancelled.[2][3][4]


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  3. ^ Broeske, Pat (30 September 1990). "Eh, What's Up, Doc?". The Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^ "Roger: Hare Again A Full-length Sequel For The Successful Disney Rabbit? Impossible Until 1992. The Solution: The Most Expensive Cartoon Short Ever Made - With More To Hop Along". 1989-06-25. Archived from the original on 2016-02-24. Retrieved 2017-11-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)