Who Kidnapped Roger Rabbit?/Transcript

= Fiction/Transcript =

1. Opening/Hollywood

 * Disney Logo.
 * [Sunlight flashes at the camera.]
 * [We look down from the air at the Pacific Ocean. We zoom across it until we see California. We zoom in to a place called Hollywood. The place is populated by cartoon characters and humans. There's Chip 'n Dale, Huey, Dewey, & Louie, and other characters you're familiar with.]
 * (Disney presents)
 * [Fiction]
 * [2022, entrance of Harper Studios]
 * [Benny the Cab, with Roger inside, drives into a movie studio lot. Benny passes by some cars, people, and toons.]
 * Roger Rabbit: Whee!
 * Benny the Cab: Hang on tight, Roger!
 * Roger: Ride 'em! Giddyap, Benny!
 * Benny: Hey, Lady, get the HONK! outta the way! [A woman shrieks in terror.]
 * [Guido places a tire in his tire tower. He and Luigi are happy with it and a photographer takes a photo of it.]
 * Photographer: Smile. [The photo is taken, then Benny passes by the tire tower, startling them.]
 * Benny: Hey, Luigi and Guido! Nice Tower!
 * Roger: Fantastico!
 * [Jonas, Joseph, and Johnson wait outside of Stage 10 when Benny arrives next to them.]
 * Benny: Your rabbit is here, boys.
 * Jonas Fiction: Thanks, Benny. [Jonas and his brothers take Roger inside.]
 * Roger: Oh boy, I'm dying to see this. It makes me think all of shorts with me and Baby Herman. [While Roger is still talking, Lightning McQueen and Mater drive up next to Benny.]
 * Lightning: Hey, Benny. What's up?
 * Benny: Lightning McQueen and Mater. I drove Roger to this stage. They're filming History of Fiction.
 * Mater: I'm sure that film will be fu-un.
 * [In the studio building, everyone is getting the movie ready. Roger runs and sits in a chair so he can see the film.]
 * Roger: I can't wait to see this.
 * Script Supervisor: (To Jonas, Joseph, and Johnson) Alright, boys. You all rehearsed and ready?
 * Jonas, Joseph, Johnson: We're ready.
 * Script Supervisor: (To director) They're ready!
 * Director: Okay. Ahem. (Through megaphone) Places, everyone! Quiet on the set! History of Fiction is about to begin! (Normal Volume to Walter Marcus) And for the three words. (Through megaphone) Lights! Camera!
 * Cameraman: Speed!
 * Assistant Cameraman: (Claps the clapperboard) Marker!
 * Director: And Action!

2. History of Fiction/Accident on Stage

 * [Movie starts with words, History of Fiction, and a fanfare. An artist paints a picture of Mickey Mouse on an easel with Mickey Mouse next to him in a living room.]
 * Robert Art: (Looks at Camera) Oh hi. I didn't see you guys there. I'm Robert Art, and you know Mickey.
 * Mickey: (Waves) Hi, everybody. Check out this painting of me. Isn't it neat?
 * Robert Art: (Chuckles) Such a nice guy.
 * Jonas: He sure is.
 * Joseph: Absolutely.
 * Johnson: Yeah, sure.
 * Robert Art: Huh? Oh, boys. You're just in time for the History of Fiction.
 * Jonas: Oh please, tell us.
 * Joseph: I want to hear it so bad.
 * Johnson: Tell us now.
 * Robert Art: Oh-ho kay. Sit down. [The three brothers sit down.] Back in 1906, [Screen fades to 1906, black and white] J. Stuart Blackton created and released Humorous Phases with Funny Faces. [Blackton draws an old man on a chalkboard.] That was the day cartoons came to life. [The old man drawing looks at Blackton and winks, surprising him.] Literally.
 * [Cuts to 1926]
 * Robert Art: Later, Walt Disney, the founder of Disney Studios, came up a design for his toon after Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. [Walt thinks as he draws.] He made this guy short-statured and gave him simplistic clothing: red shorts and yellow shoes, white gloves, four fingers instead of five on each hand, a high voice, sliced pies for eyes and three circles for the head, two small ones for the ears. [1926 Mickey Mouse comes to life and dances, much to Walt's surprise.] And what do we get?
 * Mickey: (Offscreen) Mickey Mouse.
 * Robert Art: (Offscreen) That's right. Mickey Mouse. There's also Minnie Mouse. [The story goes as Robert tells it.] Since the Golden Age, many toons like Bugs Bunny, Woody Woodpecker, Betty Boop, and Tinkerbell were born. In the 1950's, we then used computers to create patterns animation cels called CGI, Computer-Generated Imagery. CGI was used for 3D animations and the first film with all CGI was Toy Story. Some of the 2D toons went into CGI surgery, and some CGI toons jumped from a screen when they come to life. The CGI animation got more realistic and detailed as the years passed.
 * Joseph: (Offscreen) What did we do while not filming?
 * Robert Art: (Offscreen) For the toons themselves, they didn't have any jobs except entertain the audience. In 1994, they officially get real jobs. [Screen fades back to the room.] And that is the History of Fiction.
 * Director: (Through megaphone) And cut! Good job, everyone, because that's a wrap!
 * Roger: What a great story! What genius! [Walter rolls his eyes] Walter Marcus! (Shakes hands with Walter) That was amazing.
 * Mickey: Yep, it sure was.
 * Walter Marcus: Yeah, you bet. Too bad Oswald's not here.
 * Johnson: Yeah, if he was smart enough to take his role on the script, then he wouldn't have missed it. Such a stupid rabbit, am I right? [Jonas and Joseph glare at him.] What?
 * Jessica Rabbit: Walter, there's someone who wants to meet you tonight. (Hands Walter a card) She's a waitress.
 * Walter: Helga Krupnick?
 * Roger: She's Jessica's sister. She has a passion for singing and dancing. She even likes improv, do you like improv?
 * Walter: (Puts card in his pocket) No. And I do not plan on improvising.
 * Roger: Well, I'm sure you'll soften up. Not everything has to be serious, you just have to laugh a little, have some humor! [Roger slides on a banana peel towards the fake living room. As Jonas, Joseph, and Johnson move out of his way, WHAM, Roger causes the movie set to fall apart.]
 * Supervisor: No, the stage! [A spotlight falls from the ceiling. Roger pops out from the messed up set and walks dizzily with stars around his head.]
 * Roger: Hey look. There's stars around my head.
 * Supervisor: ROGER! [Roger snaps out of it.] You've ruined the whole set! I've had it with your recklessness!
 * Walter: It wasn't his fault, this banana peel wasn't here when the film ended.
 * Supervisor: This doesn't concern you, Marcus. (To Roger) You! Are! FIRED! [As the supervisor walks away in anger, Roger clings to his ankles, causing himself to be dragged.]
 * Roger: P-p-p-p-p-p-please! Don't send me out!
 * Cedric the Sorcerer: (To Supervisor) Ahem. There will be no firing in here today. All it needs is a little magic. Watch this. (Waves his wand) Crumble, bungle full of fun, fix the damage that was done! [The fake living room set magically returns to its original position before Roger destroyed it.]
 * Supervisor: Well. (Yanks his ankles out of Roger's grip) I forgot you were here, Cedric.
 * Cedric: Should I make this peel disappear?
 * Supervisor: No, just keep it. It makes people laugh.
 * Roger: (Gulp) Am I fired?
 * Supervisor: Nah. I just improvised, we would never fire you. [Roger's anxiety fades and Jonas smiles.] But be careful next time! (Walks out angrily)
 * Roger: Jeepers, I knew that.
 * Jessica: By the way, there's carrot cake waiting for us in the café. Shall we go, Honey Bunny?
 * Roger: We certainly shall, love-cup. [The two lovebirds hold hands and walk out of the stage. Jonas stares at them with heart-shaped eyes.]
 * Jonas: (To Walter) Ahh... Aren't they lovely?
 * Walter: (Nods) Uh-huh.