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* MisterSeahorse: As a side-effect of being made digi, Simon somehow ended up pregnant

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* MisterSeahorse: As a side-effect of being made digi, Simon somehow ended up pregnant pregnant.



* ShiftedToCGI: Some traditionally-animated toons get themselves converted into CGI in order to try and stay relevant in an industry where they're no longer relevant in their original form.



* TroubledProduction: [[invoked]] At the start of the fic, ''Tomb Raider'' has a troubled production involving the script being rewritten at least fifteen times.

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* TroubledProduction: [[invoked]] At the start The production of the fic, ''Tomb Raider'' has a troubled production involving is struggling due to the script being rewritten at least fifteen times.times. Additionally, Lara Croft is being a {{jerkass}} to everyone, is wholly uninterested in proper studio etiquette, and has run through three assistants in the span of two days. Things only get worse once Lara is murdered.



* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: The death of Laura Croft (here depicted as an unlikeable prima donna) sparks the plot. Jessica initially gets blamed for it because they couldn't stand each other.

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* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: The death of Laura Croft (here depicted as an unlikeable prima donna) sparks the plot. Jessica Rabbit initially gets blamed for it because they couldn't stand each other.other, but her husband Roger is quick to point out that virtually everyone involved in the production of ''Tomb Raider'' loathed Croft and is just as likely to be a suspect.
-->'''Freddie:''' Say I believe you. Jessica didn't kill Lara Croft. Who did? Who had a motive?\\
'''Roger:''' The other two assistants she fired yesterday. The guy she kicked in the turnips this morning. The snack guy. The butcher. The director. Oh, and all us toons hate her guts, too.
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* AssholeVictim: Lara Croft

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* AssholeVictim: Lara Croft is shown treating Jessica Rabbit horribly, deliberately performing a SpitTake on her and suggesting that Jessica's regular coffee has rabbit droppings in it. She's the first digi in the story to get killed via having her hard drive smashed.

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* SoulJar: Every Digi has a computer. If their computer gets broken, they die.

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* SoulJar: Every Digi digi has a computer. If their computer hard-drive. If it gets broken, they die.


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* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: The death of Laura Croft (here depicted as an unlikeable prima donna) sparks the plot. Jessica initially gets blamed for it because they couldn't stand each other.
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* SoulJar: Every Digi has a computer. If their computer gets broken, they die.
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* AssholeVictim: Lara Croft
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* FanCreatedOffspring: Eddie's grandson Freddie is a major character made for the fanfiction.


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* FlashForwardFic: Takes place in 2008, many decades after the original film's 1940's setting, allowing it to incorporate the controversy surrounding CGI animation vs. traditional animation into the work. Eddie's grandson Freddie and Roger must find out who are murdering digis around Hollywood.
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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Jessica isn't read her rights by the police because, as a toon, she has ''no'' rights.

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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Jessica isn't read her rights by the police because, as a toon, she has ''no'' rights.rights.
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* PainfulTransformation: Turning from a toon to a digi is painful, even after the transformation.

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* PainfulTransformation: Turning from a toon to a digi is painful, and even after the transformation.transformation it takes years for the residual pains to wear off.



* ShoutOut: On top of the various film, gaming, and cartoon jokes, there's a music reference. Aurora tells Jessica to "Go ask Alice", referencing the Jefferson Airplane song "White Rabbit". In the same line, Aurora also mentions Jasmine smoking hookah, like the caterpillar in the song.

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* ShoutOut: On top of the various film, gaming, and cartoon jokes, there's a music reference. Aurora tells Jessica to "Go ask Alice", referencing the Jefferson Airplane song "White Rabbit". In the same line, Aurora also mentions Jasmine smoking a hookah, like the caterpillar in the song.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3988694/1/The-Merry-Go-Round-Broke-Down The Merry Go Down Broke Down]]'' is a ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' fanfic by Merlin Missy that acts as a sequel to the film. It's a murder-mystery story.

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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3988694/1/The-Merry-Go-Round-Broke-Down The Merry Go Down Round Broke Down]]'' is a ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' fanfic by Merlin Missy that acts as a sequel to the film. It's a murder-mystery story.

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Set several decades later, the cartoon business has changed much since the 1940s. There's been a recent string of murders involving computer-generated characters (called "digi's") lately, so Roger and his wife Jessica try to find out who's behind it all.

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Set several decades later, the cartoon business has changed much since the 1940s. There's been a recent string of murders involving computer-generated characters (called "digi's") lately, so Roger and his wife Jessica try to find out who's behind it all.
all. Helping them out is an old friend's grandson, a perennially broke young PrivateDetective named Freddie Valiant.



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* CrossoverCouple: ConspicuousTrenchcoat: Freddie loves FilmNoir and sticks with the aesthetic because it's what's expected of a private eye. The upshot of this is that Roger discovers him in a diner wearing a trenchcoat (in 80-degree weather), a fedora and sunglasses.
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* GenderBenderAngst: For some reason, Simon accidentally went through a transformation when he switched to CGI. He still identifies as male, but it's also mentioned that he has the "wrong parts" (and he's [[MisterSeahorse pregnant]]). Simon's horrified and embarrassed, but his girlfriend offers to raise the kids with him anyway.

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* MinorityPoliceOfficer: Goofy is the only toon amongst his group in the police.



* TokenMinority: Goofy is the only toon amongst his group in the police.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3988694/1/The-Merry-Go-Round-Broke-Down The Merry Go Down Broke Down]]'' is a ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' fanfic that acts as a sequel to the film. It's a murder-mystery story.

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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3988694/1/The-Merry-Go-Round-Broke-Down The Merry Go Down Broke Down]]'' is a ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' fanfic by Merlin Missy that acts as a sequel to the film. It's a murder-mystery story.



* FantasticRacism: There's a lot of racism against toons towards humans, toons towards digis, digis towards toons, and toons towards digis-who-were-originally-toons.

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* FantasticRacism: There's a lot of racism against toons towards humans, from humans. There's also racism from toons towards digis, digis towards toons, and toons towards digis-who-were-originally-toons.
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* FantasticSlur: "Digi" was originally a slur for CG toons created by traditionally-animated ones, but it's also used neutrally.

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* FantasticSlur: FantasticSlurs: "Digi" was originally a slur for CG toons created by traditionally-animated ones, but it's also used neutrally.
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''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/3988694/1/The-Merry-Go-Round-Broke-Down The Merry Go Down Broke Down]]'' is a ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' fanfic that acts as a sequel to the film. It's a murder-mystery story.

Set several years later, the cartoon business has changed much since the 1940s. There's been a recent string of murders involving computer-generated characters (called "digi's") lately, so Roger and his wife Jessica try to find out who's behind it all.

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''[[https://m.''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3988694/1/The-Merry-Go-Round-Broke-Down The Merry Go Down Broke Down]]'' is a ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' fanfic that acts as a sequel to the film. It's a murder-mystery story.

Set several years decades later, the cartoon business has changed much since the 1940s. There's been a recent string of murders involving computer-generated characters (called "digi's") lately, so Roger and his wife Jessica try to find out who's behind it all.

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* CrossoverCouple: There's a heavily implied something between Cinderella and Snow White.

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* CrossoverCouple: CrossoverCouple:
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There's a heavily implied something between Cinderella and Snow White.White.
** Jane Jetson ran off with Shipwreck after ''GI Joe'' became a hit.
** Daffy Duck and Lois Lane gets teased.


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* FantasticRacism: There's a lot of racism against toons towards humans, toons towards digis, digis towards toons, and toons towards digis-who-were-originally-toons.


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* GroinAttack: It's implied that Jeanette bit [[spoiler:Alvin]] in the groin.
* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Batman, Robin, Superman, and Lois have a foursome in a phone booth.
* MamaBear: When [[spoiler:Alvin]] threatens to hurt Simon, Jeanette attacks him in order to save her unborn kids.


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* MisterSeahorse: As a side-effect of being made digi, Simon somehow ended up pregnant


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* SecretRelationship: There's one implied between Cinderella and Snow White. Snow calls Cinderella by the AffectionateNickname "Cindear". It might be not-so-secret after Charming leaked a video online.
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* CrossoverCouple: There's a heavily implied something between Cinderella and Snow White.


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* ShoutOut: On top of the various film, gaming, and cartoon jokes, there's a music reference. Aurora tells Jessica to "Go ask Alice", referencing the Jefferson Airplane song "White Rabbit". In the same line, Aurora also mentions Jasmine smoking hookah, like the caterpillar in the song.
* TheStoner: Alice, Jasmine, the Caterpillar, Shaggy, Scooby, and Rainbow Brite like to smoke together.
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''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/3988694/1/The-Merry-Go-Round-Broke-Down The Merry Go Down Broke Down]]'' is a ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' fanfic that acts as a sequel to the film. It's a murder-mystery story.

Set several years later, the cartoon business has changed much since the 1940s. There's been a recent string of murders involving computer-generated characters (called "digi's") lately, so Roger and his wife Jessica try to find out who's behind it all.

''The Merry Go Round Broke Down'' features various cameos and references, ranging from video game characters to edutainment cartoon characters.
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!!This fanfic provides examples of:

* DrivenToSuicide: Instead of becoming a digi, Christopher Robin opted to dip himself.
* FantasticSlur: "Digi" was originally a slur for CG toons created by traditionally-animated ones, but it's also used neutrally.
* MistakenForMurderer: After Lara is deleted, Jessica is the first suspect because it's known that they hated each other.
* PainfulTransformation: Turning from a toon to a digi is painful, even after the transformation.
* ThePrimadonna: Lara Croft is treated as a hotshot star who complains when Jessica gives her the wrong coffee.
* TokenMinority: Goofy is the only toon amongst his group in the police.
* TroubledProduction: [[invoked]] At the start of the fic, ''Tomb Raider'' has a troubled production involving the script being rewritten at least fifteen times.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Jessica isn't read her rights by the police because, as a toon, she has ''no'' rights.

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