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10	''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' is a subtle deconstruction of [[CartoonPhysics cartoon antics]] and the idea of toons and humans living with each other, [[RogerRabbitEffect even as it popularized the latter idea]], so there's quite a bit in the film that's just a bit uncomfortable, even when it's also funny. [[SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror And that's when it wasn't going for horror outright]], with [[CompleteMonster one of the most terrifying and brutal villains]] in cinema being [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant the main source]] of all these horrors...
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15	[[folder:Judge Doom]]
16	* Judge Doom being one of the most dangerous and monstrous villains ever conceived for cinema, cartoon or otherwise, manages to encompass almost everything horrific about the film, from his almost emotionless murder of anyone who stands in his way, the sheer monstrous scale of his ultimate goals, [[UncannyValley the subtly off nature of his appearance]] and his [[HumanoidAbomination true inhuman traits]]. Enough to warrant his own section due to how he continues to traumatize people even long after the film has ended once [[FridgeHorror due to the lingering horror of his true nature retroactively making every he did much worse in hindsight]] and [[NothingIsScarier even with the revelation of his true nature, there's still elements of himself left unanswered- making him even more frightening as an eerie enigma with no visible true form let alone reasoning for his actions- making him much scarier for being so]].
17	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4B_jDp0ffI The scene where Doom reveals himself as the toon who killed Teddy Valiant.]]
18	-->'''Judge Doom:''' REMEMBER ME, EDDIE?! WHEN I ''KILLED'' YOUR BROTHER, I TALKED ''JUST... LIKE''... '''''THIIIIIIS!!!'''''
19	** The line above that Doom screams at Eddie. [[ButForMeItWasTuesday Rather than being just an anonymous murder in his steps for his plans]], [[WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied it's a moment he relished, reliving his ruination of one man's life and being able to do the same thing to that man's brother]], [[ParanoiaFuel something he in hindsight was planning for years by pretending to be someone else to set up for that nightmarish revelation to capitalize on the trauma and terror it would induce]] [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor for the sake of a joke he found hilarious.]] It truly emphasizes [[MaskOfSanity how much insanity Doom had been repressing up to that very moment.]]
20	** Eddie's reaction. The 'oh shit' look of terror on his face as he's confronted by the murderer that's haunted him for years. Little surprise that he immediately tries to run away.
21	*** [[ParanoiaFuel The fact that Doom turned around to reveal his eyes and then pitched up his voice to fit the description of Eddie's recollection of him- to that end, he might've been in the same movie theatre with Eddie to listen in without his disguise to subtly bring up that]] [[FridgeHorror he could follow him anywhere.]]
22	** The Spanish dub made it worse by having Doom '''laugh''' as he's chasing after Eddie with the spring-heeled shoes. It sounds like something [[MonsterClown an evil clown would make]]! He also makes a chilling hiss as he demonstrates the power saw slicing through a chain.
23	*** The fact that Doom can generate springs on his feet to go long distances when beforehand, he had tried to keep low-key by using wires or regular human actions to move, with the revelation, it becomes clear there's no real running away from the monster because not only due to ToonPhysics that distance is a non-factor in how he can reach you, but also that he's very intent on killing you horribly anyway.
24	** Made even more terrifying by the fact that Doom for the majority of the film, with [[NotSoStoic the occasionally hammy slip-up]], was [[TheStoic a nigh emotionless being]] with NoSenseOfHumor unless it's murdering someone or undergoing EvilGloating, until his [[TheReveal iconic reveal as a toon]], undergoing a complete reversal in personality into [[AxCrazy a now openly psychotic lunatic]] with [[HellishPupils unnaturally large eyes]], [[RedEyesTakeWarning bright red sclera]] [[EldritchAbomination that perpetually morph]] [[DerangedAnimation into deranged shapes like spirals, expanding circles, drills, and knives]]; speaking in a [[CreepyHighPitchedVoice high-pitched voice]] [[HellIsThatNoise that sounds more like a shrill siren than anything humanly possible]]- in direct contrast to his [[EvilSoundsDeep deeper]] and [[EvilSoundsRaspy raspy voice]] he had shown up to this point.
25	** Speaking of his eyes, Doom initially had a consistent design for his eyes...for a few seconds, until he [[PunctuatedForEmphasis starts to emphasize the prominent feature of his increasingly higher-pitched voice]] with one of his eyes bulging upwards before both eyes go into a pattern where the sclera/pupils go [[WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises pinprick nigh-dots]], [[OpenTheIris unnaturally large irises with surrounding sclera to the point they eclipse the whites in complete red]] and ending with Doom's NightmareFace with a SlasherSmile before [[VisualPun staring transformed daggers at Eddie with the intent to sadistically kill]].
26	**[[{{Irony}} The evil judge that despised toons turned out to be the very worst of them in terms of both insanity and violence]]- meaning that he's either a BoomerangBigot who loathed his own kind in spite of being one of them [[HunterOfHisOwnKind to the point he wanted to commit complete genocide on his own race for sheer greed and sadism]], or else he was only ''pretending'' to be a mere bigot and is instead a straight-up sociopath who puts no value in ''anyone's'' life other than his own. Either way, by being revealed as a {{toon}}, Doom is suddenly infinitely worse than if he were just a bigoted human taking out his prejudice on a species he loathed for petty reasons.
27	** His appearance once he's revealed to be a {{toon}} invokes the UncannyValley of his now HumanoidAbomination status more apparent. [[RedEyesTakeWarning Eddie's words about him implied that he had pure red eyes]] and [[VocalDissonance and a squeaky, cutesy voice]], but TheReveal has him have regular white eyes with red sclera to offset his pale complexion and pale blond hair....[[UhOhEyes except they're both too large and exaggerated to be normal human eyes, but also too hyper-realistic to be regular toon eyes.]] [[OffModel And are not even consistent in design or size even during a single scene]] unlike the other {{toon}}s. And in spite of having a cartoonish tuft of hair on the top of his head, he gives off an abnormal paradox of human and {{toon}} at the same time. With a voice that's [[HellIsThatNoise more like an inhuman screech]].
28	** In an early draft of the script, he was going to have other scary features, including '''RED HANDS WITH LONG NAILS'''.
29	*** On top of looking and sounding terrifying, Doom can weaponize ToonPhysics to change his body, [[SwissArmyAppendage notably his hands]], [[SwissArmyWeapon into any weapon he chooses to kill his victims with]]; including an anvil to punch Eddie across the room and then a buzzsaw that he elongates and enlarges in order to attempt to saw the detective in half.
30	*** Just before going for the attempted kill, Doom [[NightmareFace unleashes his ultimate gleeful expression contemplating how he'll enjoy killing Eddie]] with his eyes becoming [[WingDingEyes spirals then a pattern of interchanging reds and whites expanding outwards]]; showing that beneath his hypocritically corrupt and greedy exterior; is a monster that lives for sadism and murder.
31	*** The way Doom sadistically taunts a half-winded Eddie with his buzzsaw. First, he [[CreepilyLongArms extends his arm]] and ENLARGES the saw with each extension. Then he severs large metal chains to demonstrate what his toon saw can do to non-toon objects. His behavior was as if he was saying “Hey, Eddie, look what my toon buzzsaw did to those chains. Let's see if your flesh fares any better.”
32	*** Which is terrifying on another level as all the toons, heroic or villainous, usually relied on guns or regular combat skills like regular people except for their ToonPhysics being limited to extreme reactions or using ToonTown to bend logic to RuleOfFunny. Doom on the other hand, becomes much more dangerous then he would be as a normal criminal by being capable of applying those traits to being a killing machine. Doom is not only a terror to experience, but is also extremely deadly in a manner [[OutsideContextVillain that is very unnatural to what had been a low-key realistic story with fantasy elements]].
33	** With cartoon villains, like [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs the Evil Queen]], [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]], [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella De Vil]], etc., there's always a subconscious reassuring feeling that terrifying villains like them can't harm the viewer because they're not real. With Doom, on the other hand, [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou it feels he could exist in our world]], and given [[ParanoiaFuel he disguised himself so seamlessly, you wouldn't know the truth until he exposed himself.]] [[SurrealHorror The sheer wrongness of a toon/human hybrid invokes an eerie sense of bizarre terror]] [[RealityIsOutForLunch as from the time he's revealed to when he finally dies for good, it all feels like a very real nightmare where reality as you know it is crumbling around you]].
34	** Instead of being consumed with vengeance or justice, poor Eddie is so struck with fear that he runs away like an innocent child who saw his worst nightmare. Not only is Doom nightmarish to the audience, but even TheHero fears him once he realizes what exactly he's up against again.
35	*** Made worse by the fact that Doom immediately generates springs on his feet, not intending to let Eddie get away to save the Rabbits and escape with their lives. He grabs and pushes Eddie to the ground as he sadistically turns on the Dip Mobile again to intentionally kill off the Rabbits- killing Eddie with no hope of survival and letting him die knowing that the couple will die horribly due to his failure.
36	*** The tonal shift once Doom is revealed to be a {{toon}}, it goes from Eddie trying to rescue the Rabbits with Doom trying to halt him to [[AloneWithThePsycho Doom keeping Eddie around to be a plaything for his sadism]]. Thankfully, Eddie was able to use his quick thinking to get out of the situation immediately.
37	*** This line, courtesy of [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse Mickey Mouse]], of all characters: [[NothingIsScarier "Gosh, uh, I wonder who he REALLY was?"]]
38	*** Even when he was revealed to be a {{toon}}, the only visual confirmations were his UhOhEyes and [[RedRightHand his golden shapeshifting hands]]; Doom's true form under his disguise is never revealed- leaving him [[TheSpook a being of completely unknown origins, reasons for his actions, or complete physical description]] other than being a {{toon}}. Given how diverse toons can be- being inanimate objects, animals, people, etc.- [[FridgeHorror it leads to infinite nightmarish possibilities of what Doom might actually be.]] Thus, you have a [[HumanoidAbomination formless]] [[EldritchAbomination horror of undetermined shape or size]] [[TheyLookLikeEveryoneElse that could potentially hide as anyone,]] [[NothingIsScarier or, if he wished, anything]]. [[ParanoiaFuel With this revelation alone, Doom goes from a ruthless judge to a truly scary bogeyman that could hide anywhere.]]
39	** The worst part is, normal toons always cause AmusingInjuries because they don't try to harm anyone and are in it for the laughs; Judge Doom, on the other hand, can and ''does'' harm people using ToonPhysics- as demonstrated when Eddie visibly bleeds from the mouth and nose after being punched by Doom’s anvil hand. It's a good thing Eddie dodged that buzzsaw when he did.
40	*** Remember also Roger's comments that toons can only use this power by RuleOfFunny. [[FridgeHorror Which implies]] [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor Doom thinks all of this is hilarious]] [[NoSenseOfHumor under his guise of complete contempt of humor]].
41	*** The graphic novel sequel, ''Roger Rabbit: The Resurrection of Doom'' offers [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120609162551/disney/images/d/d2/Resurrection_of_doom3a.png this]] as Doom's true toon form, known as Baron Von Rotten, complete with a SlasherSmile just to ensure a sleepless night for the reader.[[note]]Though he looks a bit [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas Grinchy]], doesn't he?[[/note]] And when he's resurrected, his toon form looks exactly like his disguise, confirming that he's devoid of anything lovable or entertaining about toons.
42	* The substance Doom creates, a cocktail of solvents known as the Dip. Any toon that comes into contact with it dies a slow and agonizing death [[ImMelting as their body dissolves]], [[CessationOfExistence permanently erasing them]].
43	** The first time we see the Dip (and Judge Doom) in action, it's when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXpIP068qeY Doom kills a friendly toon shoe]] ''slowly'' with it, while it whimpers and screams piteously. If you pay attention, Lieutenant Santino, who was talking to Eddie at the time, ''[[ICantLookGesture looks away]]'' during the execution, unable to bear watching the toon die. Even InUniverse, this is horrifying to the two detectives.
44	*** Made even worse in the original script where it's a talking gopher that accidentally bumps into Doom and is subsequently dipped, while pleading for its life, no less!
45	** Even Eddie, who hasn't trusted toons since his brother's murder, finds it absolutely horrendous. He may hate toons, [[EveryoneHasStandards but not]] '''''[[EveryoneHasStandards that]]''''' [[EveryoneHasStandards much]].
46	** The nickname that Judge Doom gives the Dip in the original script is "[[FinalSolution The Final Solution]]."
47	** What makes the above scene scarier is that the shoe is now nothing but red paint on Doom's glove. If not for what we saw, anyone would have mistaken that for blood. Even knowing that it's dissolved red paint, it's still quite [[SymbolicBlood symbolic of blood]].
48	** "Remember how they always thought there wasn't a way to kill a toon? Well, Doom ''found'' a way; Turpentine, acetone, benzene. He calls it 'The Dip'." It's the tone that Santino says it in that sells it.
49	** Jessica Rabbit is normally calm, cool and suave, but her horrified reaction upon seeing the Dip is quite an alarming change.
50	--->''"[[BigOMG Oh my God]], IT'S '''DIIIIIIIP!!!'''"''
51	** And then there's Doom's ultimate plan, which is to flood the whole of Toontown with the stuff. Toontown is home to ''all'' toons, no matter the animation studio. [[FridgeHorror When you realize it,]] WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse, WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}, WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}, WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck, WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird, and all the other beloved toons would be ''[[RetGone dead]]'' ''[[TearJerker forever]]'' had [[TheBadGuyWins Doom succeeded]]. Actually, to put it more precisely, they wouldn't merely be dead forever - '''''[[UnPerson they would have never existed at all.]]''''' Your childhood and that of everyone else would've literally dissolved and be forgotten, and it's like the invention of WesternAnimation never happened.
52	*** Even worse, this could probably mean that pretty much anything in animation history from 1947 onwards would never happen. Basically, imagine a world not only without modern Creator/{{Disney}} or Creator/WarnerBros cartoons, but also without Creator/{{Pixar}}, Franchise/{{Nicktoons}}, [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks]], Creator/BlueSkyStudios, Creator/{{Illumination}}, Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation, Creator/CartoonNetwork, Creator/RankinBass, Creator/PBSKids, Creator/AdultSwim, Creator/HannaBarbera, Creator/{{Filmation}}, Creator/RubySpears, the Creator/WildBrain library, Creator/{{Fox}} cartoons, or Creator/UnitedFeatureSyndicate.
53	*** It would also have likely sent ripples around the world, meaning Creator/AardmanAnimations, Creator/NationalFilmBoardOfCanada cartoons and {{Anime}} may have never happened, or at least would have never gone to the US.
54	*** It might have also been possible that [[WebAnimation Web Animations]] and ObjectShows would have also never happened.
55	*** What's more terrifying is that, animation is considered an art form. Doom wasn't just attempting to eradicate a race of animated characters to build a freeway, ''he was trying to destroy man's artistic creativity.''
56	** And given how disturbing the shoe died from just being dipped in a single container, the machine would've wiped Toontown horrifically from the face of the earth from the buildings to the residents. And the runoff would've gotten any [[{{toon}} toons]] that managed to get out of the way. Eddie luckily managed to stop a genocide that no one would've been aware of until it was too late.
57	** Doom's [[StoryboardingTheApocalypse big speech about paving a freeway]] over [[ToonTown Toontown]] sounds both [[MundaneMadeAwesome magnificent]] and one of the most horrifically [[LackOfEmpathy remorseless]] speeches about gentrification for business construction. Especially disturbing is the fact that he makes no mention of the agony and suffering that would occur if his plan succeeds- he’s '''that''' monstrously apathetic.
58	--->''"I see a place where people get on and off the freeway. On and off, off and on, all day, all night! Soon, where Toontown once stood will be a string of gas stations; inexpensive motels; restaurants that serve rapidly prepared food; tire salons; automobile dealerships; and wonderful, '''wonderful''' billboards reaching as far as the eye can see! My God, it'll be beautiful."''
59	*** Which makes his [[TheReveal reveal]] as a {{toon}} that much more disturbing as he’s willing to do that to his own kind and likely would enjoy it, given his true nature as a [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]] [[AxCrazy psycho]], he's probably secretly relishing their potential terrifying demise.
60	** "They're not kid gloves, Mr. Valiant, but this is how we ''handle things'' down in Toontown." That line suggests that Doom and his cronies [[FridgeHorror dip innocent toons in Toontown at any given time]].
61	* Doom in general, seeing as how he was intentionally meant to invoke UncannyValley (makeup was used to make his skin look unnaturally white and flawless, his teeth are too immaculate to be natural and he ''never'' blinks onscreen -- giving his eyes a dead look like a mannequin).
62	** After causing Benny to swerve into a lamppost, Doom goes to mock Eddie and Jessica. The most notable feature is that unlike in the bar and in the factory, where his skin was pale, but realistically so, Doom is unnaturally pale white in natural lighting (almost corpse-like) as well as making unnatural, exaggerated facial expressions compared to the usual stilted motions he usually does. This is the first real stark visual feature that Doom is not just a creepy eccentric and something inhuman underneath.
63	** Whenever Doom invokes his ScaryShinyGlasses that completely obscure his eyes in a white light, once when he begins his speech on the freeway and next when he [[HoistByHisOwnPetard pushes Eddie's magnet against him]]. It makes him look that much more inhuman.
64	** The scary thing is that he's played by Creator/ChristopherLloyd, possibly most famous for playing [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]] (he even sounds like him in some scenes, like his description of the freeway project) so you would expect he was CrazyIsCool and good-hearted; instead, he's AxCrazy and capable of any monstrous act he could get a shot at doing. It's the same kind of feeling a UsefulNotes/{{Whovian\|s}} gets when seeing Creator/DavidTennant portray [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Barty Crouch, Jr.]] or [[Series/JessicaJones2015 Kilgrave]]. Or fans of the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' seeing Creator/JKSimmons portray [[Film/{{Whiplash}} Terence Fletcher]]. Or fans of ''Film/FreeWilly'' seeing Creator/MichaelMadsen portray [[Film/ReservoirDogs Mr. Blonde]].
65	** In addition to his grotesque appearance and mannerisms, Doom is also ANaziByAnyOtherName who uses his FantasticRacism to commit genocide on any {{toon}} [[KickTheDog that crosses his path, or pursue one for no good reason]]. His company starts buying off major businesses in Los Angeles, creates the Dip (the only thing able to kill toons), then reveals his plan to use the Dip to destroy Toontown so he can build a freeway, a simple freeway that he murdered two people for, and for no other reason. [[EvilIsPetty What a dick]].
66	*** This leads to [[TranshumanTreachery Trans-Toon Treachery]] when his true nature is revealed, which makes his actions much worse in hindsight as he's murdering his own kind for money and sadism rather than being an outsider.
67	*** Which leads to what Doom is in real life terms when you remove the HumanoidAbomination and ToonPhysics aspect. Doom is essentially a [[SerialKiller mass murderer]] who kills people through a specific calling card of BlackComedy who uses the pretense of [[VisionaryVillain delusional goals]], [[FantasticRacism racism]] and the law as an excuse to live out his fantasies of gleefully committing genocide on his own people without getting punished because [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem he can make the rules ones that serve his whims]].
68	*** With Eddie held at gunpoint and Roger and Jessica tied up, Doom orders his Weasels to make Eddie helplessly ''watch'' Roger and Jessica get dipped and shoot him afterwards. Before killing him, Doom wanted Eddie [[ForcedToWatch to see his friends die]]. Why he decides this and not kill Eddie on the spot is especially monstrously shallow-[[DisproportionateRetribution because he was in a bad mood from slipping on fake eyeballs]], which caused one of his fake eyes to fall out and almost expose his {{toon}} nature [[BerserkButton and the Weasels laughing on the job]]. While the eye thing was justified in keeping his identity a secret, the rest of it is ridiculously disproportionate. [[EvilIsPetty What an inconceivably sick and petty bastard]].
69	*** You could only imagine what could've drove Doom, and the Weasels for that matter, to not only develop a deep-seated hatred of, but also ''happily'' attempt genocide of '''their own race'''. Especially when toons, supposedly, only want to be funny. The graphic novel sequel mentioned above explains that Doom was originally a toon actor until an on-set accident knocked him out and he later awakened believing he was a true, ''bona fide'' villain. However, the canonicity of the graphic novel is debatable [[note]]the movie established that toons are immune to mental trauma unless it's PlayedForLaughs[[/note]], so the real in-universe reason behind their evil nature is left a mystery, [[NothingIsScarier making them that much more horrifying]].
70	* The fact that rather than simply stabbing Eddie to death while he was pinned down with his sword, [[BondVillainStupidity Doom decided it was better to run him over with a steamroller- which backfired immensely.]] Doom wanted to [[DeathByIrony ironically kill]] [[BlackComedy a toon-hating detective with a toon cliche]]; another hint at [[NotSoAboveItAll Doom's true nature.]]
71	* Watching Doom- [[AssholeVictim even with being a greedy and genocidal murderer]] crushed by a steam roller as he [[MortalityPhobia screams for his life]], incoherently like a {{toon}} is [[CruelAndUnusualDeath a really nasty way to go]] [[NotEvenHuman if he were actually human]]. Leading into...
72	** Judge Doom peeling himself off the floor and tottering around, giggling madly in an [[UncannyValley unnatural]] application of PaperPeople ToonPhysics animated like StopMotion to make it extra unnerving. What is [[DeconstructedTrope normally]] PlayedForLaughs when done to a character in animation suddenly becoming terrifying when applied in a realistic situation with a seemingly flesh and blood person using those physics. For those who didn't see TheReveal coming, seeing what was assumed to be a human-albeit a very repulsive one- coming back to life in such a way is utterly horrific. It's not helped by how he walks over [[InflatingBodyGag to the air tank to re-inflate himself]], [[UncannyValley something that feels inherently wrong]] due to the fact that a normally humorous gag is being PlayedForHorror as his fake eyes pop out and [[FaceRevealingTurn he turns around to reveal to Eddie who he really is]]. The whole scenario invokes [[SurrealHorror an incomprehensible sense of wrongness completely disjointed from the relatively low-key animated/live action story it had been up to that point.]] The only comfort is that we never get a good look at his face when it's flattened.
73	*** Given that Doom is actually a {{toon}} and not in any actual danger outside of the Dip, it might've been possible that Doom had engineered the entire scenario that led to him being run over to make TheReveal of being a {{Toon}} that more shocking and traumatizing to Eddie when he reveals what {{toon}} he actually is since [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor it would make for a good joke to himself]].
74	** Then screaming as [[KarmicDeath he melts from his own Dip]]. Of course, considering how horrid Doom was (such as [[MoralEventHorizon killing that innocent cartoon shoe]] earlier), [[AssholeVictim he pretty much deserves it]].
75	** It gets worse. At least in the original movie, Doom just squirms and screams until he melts into nothing. The Brazilian dub of the film has Doom's voice gradually decrease in pitch as he dies, so we get the [[SarcasmMode luxury]] of listening to Doom slowly begin ''growling and choking'' [[HellIsThatNoise like a demon straight out of Hell]].
76	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tTeAZVWwFE His letimotif]], starting with [[ForDoomTheBellTolls an ominous ringing of a menacing bell]], low bass strings/woodwinds accompanies [[PsychoStrings eerie sharp strings]] that signifies a pitiless enforcer of the law mixed with unfettered evil.
77	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edmxrAF-828 The leitmotif of his true toon form]] starts off with [[CreepyCircusMusic a carnival-esque]], [[DissonantSerenity eerily calm sounding set of notes with sinister undertones]] [[UncannyValley that feel unnaturally off, much like how Doom ultimately appears]].
78	* Doom's human disguise after he's melted almost looks like an actual corpse. What's even worse is the red paint running out of his eye sockets, which makes it look like he bled out of his eyes as he was dying!
79	* What makes Doom a horrifically realistic villain is that there are some insane people from RealLife who gain control of political power in order to commit genocide for such heinous reasons.
80	* In a sense, the scene in the theater is one for Roger: As soon as he hears a toon killed Eddie's brother, he is silent and clearly horrified. Anyone would be when hearing about a tragedy, but Roger's purpose is to make people laugh. The sheer notion that a ''toon'' would ever hurt someone is against everything he and the others stand for. One can only imagine how it felt for him to hear there was someone out there like Doom.
81	* A subtle one compared to Doom's Dip, UncannyValley nature, and his infamous OneWingedAngel. When R.K. Maroon is about to spill the beans on the freeway plan, Doom shoots him down through the window with a gun. While the death is surprisingly realistic and violent, the manner of which Doom does R.K. in is a subtle assassination done in cold blood without any of the theatrics he would usually do. It becomes clear that [[NotSoHarmlessVillain Doom is not just a creepy, inept law-enforcing villain who's only a threat to Toons, but a very efficient killer willing to dispose anyone- regardless whether or not they're human/toon if they stand in his way- and his plan soon after establishes just how murderous and ambitious he truly is]].
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84	[[folder:Toons in General]]
85	* Many scenes in Toontown, [[{{Deconstruction}} demonstrating how actually dangerous and insane]] the seemingly perpetually fun and happy place that doesn't obey the natural laws of physics actually is for normal people, where everything is alive/can potentially come to life at any moment to potentially endanger you with their insane antics.
86	** The sequence where Eddie meets Tweety Bird, Bugs Bunny, and Mickey Mouse (while falling from a skyscraper. They're less than helpful, even though Mickey felt sorry for Eddie. And Bugs ''did'' warn Eddie he wouldn't want the "spare").
87	** The singing trees, even with their genial natures and goofy faces [[UncannyValley they're a little too happy and almost human-like]].
88	** Lena Hyena. Starting off as a seeming carbon copy of Jessica, she quickly morphs to her true {{Gonk}} self that's a pure {{Yandere}} causing [[AbhorrentAdmirer Eddie to flee in horror from this loved-crazed loony that's bent on taking him for her own desires]].
89	*** Add to that the implications of what would have happened had Lena actually managed to keep a hold on him. Eddie managed to escape because of luck and quick thinking using his experience of toon GenreSavvy to bend the rules of Toontown in his favor. It’s pretty clear from the implications that Lena had way more plans for Eddie than just kissing him, likely ending in [[ForcedMarriage an unhappy marriage against his will]] [[MaritalRapeLicense enabling her to force herself upon him]].
90	*** In a [[{{Squick}} squicky]] example, albeit in a very darkly humorous way, we see that Lena before charging at Eddie was sickeningly licking her lips and adjusting her saggy breasts. Talk about DirtyOldWoman. Eddie is very lucky to have just been kissed and nothing more.
91	*** On top of all of that, Lena’s still out there. What happens the next time some poor schmuck runs into her and doesn’t have Eddie’s luck or quick wit? Are those wedding bells or a funeral march?
92	* Roger's reactions to shots of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv6dWhBlsoM strong alcohol]] (rocketing into the air while shrieking like a steam whistle, shattering everything breakable in Maroon's office and later the bar).
93	* The opening cartoon. It plays out exactly like a slapstick cartoon from the Golden Age... except that it's highlighted with horrifying, tense music and dramatic, dizzying camera angles. The whole thing is just nerve-wracking.
94	** Roger's FreudianThreat when a meat cleaver [[GroinAttack hits the wall in between his legs, narrowly missing his manhood]] will make [[ShareTheMalePain any guy cringe]].
95	** Don't overlook the threat that Baby Herman's mother utters just before leaving him in Roger's care. The rabbit isn't getting fired if he screws up, he's ''going back to the science lab'', with the implicit suggestion that [[PlayingWithSyringes it's not so he can work there washing test tubes]]. (Roger is a ''white'' rabbit, i.e. your typical research animal, after all.)
96	** Probably one of the darkest moments in the movie pops up right in this opening. When Baby Herman is crawling across the sink full of dirty dishes, he slips a little and ''his face goes underwater for half a second''. [[RealismInducedHorror Child drownings, anyone?]]
97	* The piano duel between Donald and Daffy. It's on the funny moments page, too, and for good reason, but there's an edge to it that leaves it feeling uncomfortable. For one, it's a knock-on, drag-out fight far more vicious than anything the two normally got up to in their respective cartoons, AmusingInjuries or no, and there's nothing to suggest that any of it is an act: they really do just hate working together[[note]]Though a deleted scene revealed that they're actually friendly with each other off the clock[[/note]]. Similar to the opening cartoon, the violence is underlined by the music and cinematography, set to a manic piano piece, and shot with a variety of disorienting quick cuts and fast sweeps. The fight then ends with a cartoon cannon putting a [[CouldHaveBeenMessy very real hole]] in one of the pianos, proving the danger real, at least for the non-NighInvulnerable. Replace the cartoon characters with flesh and blood people and the scene would basically be the nightclub setting up a BarBrawl between the staff for entertainment, a low-key BloodSport... and everyone laughs at it. Given the FantasticRacism that's implied in the film, and the basis of the club on the Cotton Club (which did not feature fights but was certainly exploitative, being compared by one of its few black patrons to a zoo), the MoodDissonance between the uncomfortably half-cartoon half-real brawl and its laughing audience likely was intentional.
98	* Roger chewing out Eddie over the idea of finding a new girl after seeing the [[ItMakesSenseInContext Patty Cake]] pictures [[MoodWhiplash is kind of creepy]].
99	--> '''R.K. Maroon:''' Roger, I know this seems pretty painful now, but you'll find someone new. ''[to Eddie]'' Won't he, Mr. Valiant?\
100	'''Eddie:''' Good-looking guy like that? Heh. Dames will be breakin' his doors down.\
101	'''Roger:''' Dames? ''What'' dames?! ''[angrily grabs Eddie by the lapels]'' Jessica's the only one for me! You'll see! We'll rise above this piddling peccadillo! We're gonna be ''happy'' again! '''You got that?! HAPPY! [[MisspellingOutLoud Capital H-A-P-P-I!!!]]''' ''[[[ImpactSilhouette runs through window]]]''\
102	'''Eddie:''' [[SarcasmMode At least he took it well.]]
103	* Doom draws Roger out of hiding by repeatedly rapping the first part of "Shave and a Haircut," as toons have an irrepressible instinct to finish it. Roger desperately tries to resist in what's basically the old "Try not to cough while the killer's looking for you" times a thousand while he twitches and his eyes swirl in an unsettling manner from trying to suppress a primal urge built into his system. The implications that a {{toon}} is physically compelled to act on RuleOfFunny even if it's against their genuine interest of self-preservation is unsettling in its own right.
104	* The Singing Sword with Music/FrankSinatra's vocals. Even if he's not dangerous, there's something [[UncannyValley creepy about how almost humanlike his features are while have exaggerated features like enlarged ears and a dead look in his eyes with a perpetually dissonant expression of happiness.]] Eddie was genuinely (and justifiably) horrified when he realized he had pulled this out and not just because it was useless against Doom.
105	* The Pistol Packin' Possum. Even without physically appearing, his sole poster in Maroon's studio paints an image of a possum wearing [[DarkIsEvil dark gangster style clothing]] wielding a pistol, and giving a SlasherSmile -- indicating a very violent character that deals in BlackComedy. A rather dark piece in the otherwise colorful collection of Roger Rabbit posters. It's not helped by the fact that his gun reflection blends with Doom's own before the latter shoots down Maroon. And there's the fact that on close inspection, he has [[RedEyesTakeWarning red irises in his white sclera eyes]]....kinda like Doom's own true horrifying {{toon}} eyes.
106	** There's some subtle foreshadowing in the film that might be an explanation: in Maroon's office is a poster for a cartoon called The Pistol Packin' Possum, and the poster shows that the possum has the same red eyes as Doom, and uses the same gun Doom uses to kill Maroon. Additionally, in the first scene where Valiant talks to Maroon about taking on the snoop job, behind Maroon are posters of cartoons on a rotating wall. The one on the right is a poster of the "Pistol Packin' Possum". When Valiant and Maroon walk over to the desk to discuss more business, the rotating wall is closed and the poster (along with the gun the possum is holding) is always pointed towards Maroon with his back turned to it. We never see the character himself, but its possible he was fired and went on this rampage as revenge, as the film, and even Roger, reveals that Toons aren't treated as equals to humans.
107	* The Toon Patrol's deaths. They had it coming, but it's still disconcerting to see them dying of prolonged laughter. Especially since they not only continue to laugh after Stupid and Wheezy die, but Smart Ass' death makes Greasy and Psycho laugh even harder. So hard in fact it that it proves to be the tipping point for both, killing them. Greasy just from the cackle, Psycho from laughing all the way down into the machine, flattening him.
108	** When Wheezy is dying, his angelic soul floats out of him. Coughing, he desperately reaches out for it, but it flies away and he dies.
109	*** He doesn't just reach out for it, he outright ''grabs it and makes repeated attempts to pull it back into his body'', all while his laughter becomes more like frantic panicked gasping. If you watch closely, you can even see the "angel" (which still has its lower half in Wheezy's chest) actually kick itself free as Wheezy finally [[{{Pun}} gives up the ghost]].
110	** The straitjacketed weasel Psycho is practically a NightmareFuelStationAttendant. Just listen to him coo, "Time to kill the raaaab-biiiiit..." He even turns the Dip on Jessica and Roger AFTER HE'S DEAD. His ghost was ''that'' invested in killing them.
111	** Though he's far more deserving of it than the innocent cartoon shoe, Smart Ass dying from Dip is still highly disturbing. The other weasels at least got to fly away as ghosts, but Smart Ass doesn't implying he's completely ceased to exist.
112	** When Psycho topples off the machine due to his insane laughter, there's a prominent shot of his open cutthroat razor flying into the air and falling after him. [[BloodlessCarnage Sure, we don't see anything]] but the implications of what ultimately killed him are pretty horrifying to think about, especially since it's later established thanks to Doom that merely being flattened on the roller wouldn't be enough to do the deed on its own...
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117	* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=OJfateiaasY#t=105 "Pighead" deleted scene]].
118	** Eddie breaks into the Ink and Paint Club in order to get the will from Jessica, only to be knocked out by Bongo before he can get too far, with him [[OhCrap realizing he messed up]].
119	** Eddie then wakes up to see Judge Doom looming over menacingly over him as he then orders Bongo to pick the detective up -- and sees Jessica in the room. After making [[DeadpanSnarker snide remarks about Jessica and Bongo]] [[WrongGenreSavvy while suggesting that Maroon's flunkies were looking for the will (unaware that it's actually Doom in that very room who wanted it for himself)]]; the HangingJudge tells Bongo that he'll handle Eddie downtown. Eddie initially assumes it's at the offices with Santino, [[OhCrap until Doom clarifies it to be Downtown Toontown, much to Eddie's shock as the doors open to reveal the Toon Patrol grinning in anticipation for what they'll do to the detective]], with Smart-Ass [[SlasherSmile giving off a sinister grin]] and [[OffModel his pupil flickering in a maddening way]] as he tells Eddie that he should've stayed out of the case.
120	** Eddie then is driven against his will into Toontown, the place of his trauma; and the next morning, Eddie is left outside of Toontown as the Weasels walk away proud of their work. Eddie uncovers the bag to [[ToonTransformation reveal that he was "toonarooned"- which is to say a toon pig head has been forcibly painted on him.]] [[UncannyValley One that grins constantly and is in constant subtle motion]].
121	** The traumatized Eddie goes back to his office screaming all the way, using turpentine to erase the pig head off his head, leading to a creepy shot of the pig's eyes and nose in a puddle of bloody flesh-like ink sinking into the shower drain.
122	* The scene in which Eddie brutally interrogates Maroon is pretty unsettling, as Maroon is clearly fearing for his life and knows full well what kind of monster they're both dealing with, and is resisting Eddie's advances to save his own hide. Eddie then begins strangling him by running his tie through the Moviola, but before Maroon can reveal what's to become of Toontown if the will doesn't show, he's brutally [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZqr-7XqCyw gunned down]]. As much of a jerk as Maroon could be, his torture and murder can be pretty difficult to watch.
123	** That one bleak still shot of his corpse. Even compared to previous examples, there's no cartoon elements or nature to balance it out, just a film noir-esque live-action murder.
124	* When Eddie causes the Weasels to die laughing, their souls leave their bodies. When he kicks Smart-Ass into the Dip, his soul doesn't. [[DeaderThanDead The Dip destroys their very souls.]]
125	* Here's a frightening bit of RealitySubtext for you: Those chemicals used to create the Dip? Those were used in the earliest days of animation studios that would cut costs by washing off painted cels after they'd been photographed to be reused in future films. As a result, physical artwork from many of those films have been lost forever. InUniverse, it's suggested that toons are made of ink-and-paint, meaning that, [[AndIMustScream once dipped]], [[{{Unperson}} they are as well]].
126	* If you notice the Acme Factory background at night throughout Judge Doom's capture of Eddie and Jessica and even beyond his demise at the Dip; you notice that there are large, toothy shadows of {{toon}}s including rodents and a Tyrannosaurus-like dinosaur. [[NothingIsScarier None of this is ever commented on or explained in the movie]].
127	** The Acme Factory itself is creepy in general. While the outside looks like an average warehouse, the interior features various {{toon}} props that are both hyper-realistic and very exaggerated in design simultaneously. These include [[VisualPun a pink elephant being held up by a net]], [[GrotesqueGallery a large Napoleon Bonaparte bust; assortments of large, eerie human heads; cardboard cutouts of ghosts, skeletons]], and [[YellowPeril insensitive depictions of the Chinese]] amongst other oddities. [[RealityIsOutToLunch The factory feels like a nexus between the real world and the Toon world]] with the most terrifying scenes occurring there.
128	* While Roger is talking brightly about it, the fact remains that his words heavily imply that Valiant & Valiant was among the few, if not the only, agencies that would take on toon cases. Two of the newspaper articles of Eddie's old cases were clearing Goofy of being a spy (possibly for the Axis Powers since the clipping was from 1940, so WWII was well underway at that point) and rescuing Huey, Dewey and Louie when they were kidnapped; the thought of ''no one else'' being around to ensure those events ended well is... unpleasant to say the least.
129	* Removed from the Toon stuff, Jessica's situation is eerily realistic. Picture, if you will, the story from her perspective. She's a young, gorgeous woman who's HappilyMarried. Her husband may not be the best-looking guy, but he's sweet and devoted and makes her laugh, and she adores him. He's also a huge movie star, leading everyone to assume she's a malicious GoldDigger, and no one, save for her husband, gives her much respect. Then, one day, a very powerful man who works in her husband's industry approaches her, and says that if she doesn't meet with a rich mogul who's always had a thing for her and give him what he wants, [[{{Blackmail}} her husband will never work again]]. She doesn't know why this is happening to her, just that she has to either engage in an affair she wants absolutely no part of, or watch her husband lose the career he loves. (Hello, SexualExtortion.) So she grits her teeth and does what she must... and then pictures of her "indiscretion" end up on the front page and her husband's been accused of killing the other guy. When she tries to explain, no one she talks to believes her at first.
130	* The Dip Mobile-the vehicle made to wipe out {{Toon\|Town}}town, is a ghastly looking, modified truck with front view window-screens [[RedEyesTakeWarning designed to be angered eyes with red lighting]]; a moveable, pressurized, serpentine water cannon; enlarged cleaning brushes, and a cauldron of dip-making the intended execution both nightmarish and indifferently professional as it would cleanse {{Toon\|Town}}town like a street cleaner would do to any mess.
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