As well as both having equally recognizable designs, Mickey and Bugs both haveiconic cartoon character voices.
Mickey Mouse is Walt Disney’s most recognizable characterand is somewhat of a mascot for the entire brand.
Similarly, Bugs Bunny fills a similar role when it comes to Warner Bros. animations.
The rivalry between the two studios would suggest a crossover would be impossible.
The difficulty in coordinating the collaboration is clearly reflected by the simple fact it hasn’t happened again since.
For decades, movies have inspired some of the best comics in print.
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This has never been truer than when heroes of cinema clash with other universes.
Disney took the concept one step further by using recognizable animated characters to populate the movie’s world.
Included in these figures were Mickey Mouse, and Warner Bros' Bugs Bunny.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit combines live-action and animation to create a world where humans and cartoon characters coexist. Set in 1940s Hollywood, the film follows a private investigator who is contracted to work on the case of a cartoon framed for murder, despite his dislike of cartoons. Bob Hoskins, Charles Fleischer, Christopher Lloyd, and Kathleen Turner all star.
Mickey Mouse was voiced by Wayne Allwine inRoger Rabbit, who was the third actor to voice the character.
Bugs Bunny was voiced by the character’s original actor, Mel Blanc.
Disney’s use of Bugs Bunny inRoger Rabbitdidn’t come easily, nor was it free.
However, their most prominent moment was a 30-second sequence with Bob Hoskins' Eddie Valiant.
Regardless, the fact they appear together at all is very cool.
Mickey and Bugs weren’t the only Disney/Warner Bros. characters to undergo similar restrictions.
This is what happened.
Bugs Bunny Wasn’t The Only Warner Bros.
Some only had a line or two, and others were relegated to background characters.
In short,Roger Rabbitcontained both famous and obscure Warner Bros. cameos- some of which can be found below.
Who Framed Roger Rabbitdidn’t solely rely on established characters.
Roger Rabbit had the biggest role of all the animated characters in the movie.
Of course, many crossovers have happened since 1988, and some have involved unaffiliated studios.
What makes many of them relatively unremarkable is the lack of legal boundaries to stop the crossover from happening.
At leastMickey MouseandBugs Bunnyhad at least one run-in.
Bob Hoskins, Charles Fleischer, Christopher Lloyd, and Kathleen Turner all star.
