There was also a plethora of merchandise including Jessica Rabbit rub-on stickers called 'pressers'.ĭisagreements between the Walt Disney Company, Amblin Entertainment ( Spielberg) and Gary K. After taking the Backlot Tram Tour, various props decorated the streets including two different photo opportunities with Jessica: a glittery cardboard cutout and 'The Loony Bin' photo shop which allowed you to take pictures in costume standing next to an actual cartoon drawing of characters from the film. With the success of the film and upon the opening of Disney's MGM Studios on May 1, 1989, the film's characters featured prominently in the company. She also appeared frequently in the Roger Rabbit comic book series, and she had her own feature in most issues of Roger Rabbit's Toontown such as ' Beauty Parlor Bedlam', where she comes face to face with her arch-enemy, Winnie Weasel. In the first two shorts she made no impression, but in the third short Roger fantasizes over her, calling her a 'babe in the woods' and panting like a dog. It was said by her animators, that Jessica is so 'exuberant', because they wondered how far they could take her behavior without comments from the Walt Disney Studios.Īfter the film, Jessica also appeared in the Roger Rabbit/Baby Herman shorts Tummy Trouble as a nurse, Roller Coaster Rabbit as a damsel in distress, and Trail Mix-Up as a park ranger. She deeply loves her husband Roger, claiming that he makes her laugh and that he makes a more fitting husband than Goofy. She claims to Eddie Valiant, 'I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way,' which has become a popular quote. She is one of the most famous sex symbols on the animated screen, being compared to that of Betty Boop or Red Hot Riding Hood. Jessica was based on Lauren Bacall, Rita Hayworth in Gilda (1946), and Veronica Lake (noted for her famous 'Peek-A-Boo' hairstyle). Amy Irving was cast to sing 'Why Don't You Do Right?' (a blues song made famous by Peggy Lee) for Jessica's first scene in the movie. She is one of several suspects in the framing of her husband, who is a famous cartoon star. She is re-imagined in the film as a sultry, but moral, cartoon singer at a Los Angeles supper club called The Ink and Paint Club. In the book, she was an amoral, up-and-coming star and former comic character, over whom her estranged husband, comic strip star Roger Rabbit, obsessed. Jessica Rabbit is Roger Rabbit's wife and the tritagonist of the book and movie.

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