History Film / WhoFramedRogerRabbit

** Later, in the Acme Factory, as [[spoiler:Doom tells Eddie and Jessica his plans to wipe out Toontown and replace it with a freeway]], Roger blasts into the warehouse through a drainage grate and tries to hold Doom and the Weasels at gunpoint. [[spoiler:Too bad one of the Weasels also gets blasted up onto a Ton-of-Bricks that he uses to bury the rabbit, giving Doom the upper hand.]]
* BigFinaleCrowdSong: The movie ends with the whole crowd of Toons, having learned that Toontown has been bequeathed to them, all singing a Triumphant Reprise of "Smile, Darn Ya, Smile".

* BigotWithACrush: A rare heroic example, Eddie starts the film as a TragicBigot who hates Toons because one killed his dear brother. However, he finds himself strongly attracted to Jessica Rabbit and acts chummy with his old friend Betty Boop, which shows that [[HiddenDepths there's more to Eddie]]. His hatred fully ebbs away by the end as he becomes FireForgedFriends with Roger.

* BloodFromTheMouth: During the fight in the Acme warehouse between Eddie Valiant and [[spoiler:Judge Doom]], [[spoiler:Doom]] morphs his right hand into an anvil and then punches Valiant with it so hard that Valiant is sent flying, landing on his back and sliding along the floor. Somehow, Valiant survives this blow and remains conscious, but there is a trickle of blood from his mouth. This indicates that although he's a 'toon, he's perfectly capable of inflicting severe to fatal damage on living people.

* BloodFromTheMouth: During the fight in the Acme warehouse between Eddie Valiant and Judge Doom, Doom morphs his right hand into an anvil and then punches Valiant with it so hard that Valiant is sent flying, landing on his back and sliding along the floor. Somehow, Valiant survives this blow and remains conscious, but there is a trickle of blood from his mouth. This indicates that although Judge Doom is a 'toon, he's perfectly capable of inflicting severe to fatal damage on living people.

** Freeways already existed by 1947. [[spoiler:Judge Doom's vision is essentially the real-life Pasadena Freeway, which opened in 1940. Could be justified in that freeways weren't exactly commonplace until the 1950s and 1960s... and RuleOfFunny]]. And that this film evidently takes place in a different universe than ours, what with the sentient toons.

** [[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove Kuzco]] is also there, dancing on the Maroon lot in the DVD menu. The same menu also features [[Film/PetesDragon1977 Elliot the Dragon]], appearing and disappearing in rapid succession. Justified though since Maroon Cartoons on the special features DVD looks to be in [[PresentDay modern times]].

-->'''Judge Doom:''' Put that gun down, you buck-toothed fool!\\[[note]] He's more worried about his cover being blown than he is about actually getting hurt since [[spoiler: he's really a toon]].[[/note]]
-->'''Roger Rabbit:''' That's it, Doom! Give me another excuse to pump ya full of lead!

'''Roger Rabbit:''' That's it, Doom! Give me another excuse to pump ya full of lead!

-->'''Judge Doom:''' Put that gun down, you buck-toothed fool!\\

* RememberTheNewGuy: R.K. Maroon alongside all of the toon characters introduced in this film are treated like familiar members of the Warner Bros. continuity, even though they never existed beforehand. It is hinted at the end that [[spoiler:this is a [[StealthSequel Stealth Prequel]] to that continuity when the "That's All, Folks!" line comes to be, courtesy of Porky Pig, but that part is never quite confirmed.]]

** Judge Doom and the Weasels are the worst of all, though, as they're corrupt and murderous law enforcments [[spoiler: who plan to erase Toontown from the face of the Earth for their greedy agenda.]]

* JerkassHasAPoint: Roger has no response when Baby Herman points out that Toontown isn't saved at the end. [[spoiler:Another greedy capitalist can buy the land and destroy their home. Everyone is relieved when it turns out the blank sheet of paper is the will that gives the toons the ownership of Toontown]].

* ItWillNeverCatchOn: [[spoiler:Judge Doom's vision of the freeway after its construction. One reason Eddie isn't that surprised to learn Doom is actually a toon is because, as he sees it, only a toon could have come up with such a wacky scheme.]]

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: In contrast to all other toons, Betty Boop is shown in black-and-white. She blames this for her dwindling success in the industry.

A co-production between Creator/TouchstonePictures (i.e. Disney incognito) and Creator/AmblinEntertainment (Creator/StevenSpielberg), ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' is currently the only official [[IntercontinuityCrossover crossover]] with classic Disney, Creator/{{M|etroGoldwynMayer}}GM, and Creator/WarnerBros [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon characters]]. ''Roger Rabbit'' is loosely based on Creator/GaryWolf's 1981 novel ''Literature/WhoCensoredRogerRabbit'' (so loosely, in fact, that you might more accurately say the book merely ''inspired'' the movie, though Wolf enjoyed the film adaptation enough to base his sequel books directly off of it), but the film really owes more to Creator/RomanPolanski's ''Film/{{Chinatown}}'', with its main plot following a detective who stumbles into a conspiracy related to Los Angeles real estate.