**NOTE**
The following article first appeared on my original Jessica Rabbit Yahoo Group. It then appeared for a time on Wikipedia. The Jessica Rabbit and Roger Rabbit section of Wikipedia has severely changed and my article is heavily altered. The article was then part of my Jessica Rabbit Video Toonography. It's come to my attention that other sites have copied the origial article, are using my photos and videos. I do not have a problem with that. For a long time now, there have not been any websites for Jessica Rabbit fans excepts the ones I have created, so p-p-p-please bookmark this site to keep visiting
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My original article was as follows:
Jessica Rabbit
After 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 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 female weasel counterpart Winnie.
With the success of the film and upon the opening of
Disney’s MGM Studios on May 1, 1989, the film’s characters had great presence within the company. After taking the Backlot Tram Tour, various props decorated the streets. This is where you had two different photo opportunities with Jessica. For regular photos, a glittery cardboard cutout awaited you by a green brick wall and nearby,
The Loony Bin photo shop allowed you to take pictures in costume standing next to an actual cartoon drawing of characters from the movie. There was also a plethora of merchandise such as t-shirts and the infamous Jessica Rabbit rub-on stickers called "pressers."
Disagreements between the Disney Company, Amblin Entertainment and Gary Wolf (jointly owning rights to the characters) made it difficult for any merchandise or projects to get off the ground and caused the halt of a short film
Hare in my Soup and the next film
Who Discovered Roger Rabbit. In this prequel, Roger meets his bride-to-be, Jessica Krupnick, who is not yet exactly the sultry toon we had come to know. A completed score by Alan Silvestri is said to exist as well as test footage and computer generated versions of the characters. Also cancelled was an animated TV series, which was replaced by a show called
Bonkers about a feline cop. Many park attractions never got out of development, like
Roger Rabbit's Hollywood and
Baby Herman's Runaway Buggy.
In 2000, MGM Studios stopped using any character memorabilia in the park but some props are still present. Across from the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular show, a Maroon Cartoon sign with Roger, Jessica and Baby Herman still remains.
