With the success of the film and upon the opening of Disney’s Hollywood Studios on May 1, 1989, the film's characters featured prominently in the company. Wolf, the original creator of Roger Rabbit, published Jessica Rabbit: XERIOUS Business, which explores Jessica's origin story. She was mentioned in the 1991 Tiny Toon Adventures episode 'New Character Day,' while her legs were briefly seen out a limo door in the episode 'Buster and Babs Go Hawaiian.' Though Jessica did not physically appear in the Disney film Aladdin and the King of Thieves, a cardboard cut-out of her body (from the neck-down) was visible for a few seconds while Genie was picking wedding dresses for Princess Jasmine, to which he did the Wolf-whistle. 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 female weasel counterpart, Winnie. But in Trail Mix-Up, Roger fantasizes over her, calling her a 'babe in the woods' and panting like a dog. In Tummy Trouble and Roller Coaster Rabbit, she made no impression. 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. Furthermore, when she blows kisses (as seen to Eddie in one scene) the lip-kisses are also done in a cartoonish style. Another could be her restrained 'wild take' (as she shouts, 'Oh, my God, it's Dip!') seeing Judge Doom's scheme involving the Dip, while a subtle effect was added by animator Russell Hall: The bounce of Jessica's bosom was reversed from that of a real woman so that it would bounce up when a real woman's breasts bounce down and vice versa. One such example was her cleavage having a hammerspace ability, as one of the weasels searched her (with obvious perverted intent) for Marvin Acme's last will and testament, only to comically get his hand caught in a bear trap, with Valiant commenting on the event with a pun ('Nice booby trap'). As proof of her love, she tells Eddie that she will pay any price for Roger and she even helps prove him innocent by helping in the investigation.Įven though she is a human Toon, she is shown to have a few of the comedic cartoon antics typical of other Toons. She calls him her 'honey-bunny' and 'darling.' She claims that he makes her laugh, is a better lover than a driver and that he is 'better than Goofy' after Roger attempts to save her from Judge Doom and the Toon Patrol. According to animation director Richard Williams, other than being a feisty-redhead female human toon temptress, she deeply loves her husband Roger. 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 accused of murder. 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 novel, Jessica was an immoral, up-and-coming star, and former comic character with whom her estranged husband (comic strip star Roger Rabbit) became obsessed. In a 2017 interview, Turner, who went uncredited, stated that she accepted the role because she was pregnant and 'just had to show up and do her voice.' Character synopsis When Zemeckis was hired, he brought along Kathleen Turner to voice Jessica, whom he had worked with in Romancing the Stone.

Taylor would go on to provide the voice in test footage from 1981. Richard Williams explained, 'I tried to make her like Rita Hayworth we took her hair from Veronica Lake, and Robert Zemeckis kept saying, 'What about the look Lauren Bacall had?'' He described that combination as an 'ultimate male fantasy, drawn by a cartoonist.' Before Zemeckis was brought on board as director, Jessica had a different design, and was to be voiced by Russi Taylor. The film version of the character was inspired by various actresses. Wolf based Jessica primarily on the cartoon character Red from Tex Avery's Red Hot Riding Hood. She is also well-known for the line: 'I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way.'Īuthor Gary K. Jessica is renowned as one of the best-known sex symbols in animation. She is depicted as Roger's human toon wife in various Roger Rabbit media. Jessica Rabbit is a fictional character in the novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? and its film adaptation, Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Lisa Rohr Sterbakov (2009 Robot Chicken) Īctress and performer at The Ink and Paint Club.Marnie Mosiman (1991−1994 Hare Raising Havoc, Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin).Tress MacNeille (1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit Read-Along Storybook).

Russi Taylor (1983 original test footage).Kathleen Turner (1988−1993 speaking voice) (uncredited in film).

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