History NightmareFuel / WhoFramedRogerRabbit

* 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.

* 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. 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.

*** 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 what happens with your flesh."

** 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}} toons]]. 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]].

*** 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]].

*** 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.

** Hell, even Eddie, who hasn't trusted toons since his brother's murder, by his appalled expression, finds it horrendous. He may hate toons, [[EveryoneHasStandards but not]] '''''[[EveryoneHasStandards that]]''''' [[EveryoneHasStandards much]].

** In addition to his grotesque appearance and mannerisms, Doom is also ANaziByAnyOtherName who uses his FantasticRacism to commit genocide on any [[{{Toon}} 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]].

* 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]].

*** 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. Wanna see how your flesh holds up?”

** 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]].

*** 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 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]].

** 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]]. Your childhood and that of everyone else would've literally dissolved and be forgotten, and it's like the invention of WesternAnimation never happened.

*** 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 using 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]].

*** 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 non-factor in how he can reach you, but also that he's very intent on killing you horribly anyway.

** 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]].

** 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]].

*** 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, wanna see how your flesh holds up?”

* Judge Doom himself is bad enough on his own, but think about it: [[FridgeHorror SOMEONE WAS DEPRAVED ENOUGH TO CREATE HIM]]!

*** 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, wanna see how your human flesh holds up?”

--->''"[[BigOMG Oh my God]], it's '''DIIIIIIIP'''!!!"''

** 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.
--->'' "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."''

* If you notice the Acme Factory background at night throughout Judge Doom's capture of Eddie and Jessica and even beyond [[spoiler: 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]].

*** 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.

*** 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 to Eddie 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, wanna see how your human flesh holds up?”

*** 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 [[IncrediblyLamePun gives up the ghost]].

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[[folder: Judge Doom]]

[[folder: Toons in General]]

[[folder: Other Elements]]

* Judge Doom is bad enough on his own, but think about it: SOMEONE WAS DEPRAVED ENOUGH TO CREATE HIM!

** The nickname that Judge Doom gives the Dip in the original script is "[[KillEmAll The Final Solution]]."