He is this film's equivalent of Eddie Valiant, as he takes little interest in Roger and any other Toons at first, but grows to like them eventually. He came out to Hollywood to pursue a career in the movies, since if he couldn't be a real hero, he could at least play one on the screen. His father died in battle, went down over France. Marrying a nurse stationed in England, Richie was born on base. His father was a fighter pilot in World War I, who shot down nineteen German fighters. It is revealed that he is afraid of heights and he "washed out" of flight school, yet wants to follow in his father's footsteps. Human." Aspiring actor, former pilot in the "Air Force Flight School". Richard "Richie" Davenport - (Dick Dunne - Stage Name) "Twenty Four, good-looking.To add insult to his injury, he is to share his barracks with Roger, whom he had been trying for the last eighteen months to avoid.Ĭharacters Main characters (human) Meanwhile, Richie had enlisted in the Army in Europe, but his fear of heights threatens his platoon, so he is removed to, much his dismay, the same supply base as the Toons. Unfortunately, however, when the Toons actually do arrive on the battlefield, they are more inclined to entertain as actually attack, and so they are reassigned to a supply base. government decides to use the indestructibility of Toons (they cannot be harmed by enemy attacks) to their advantage in the war. To make matters worse, Jessica and Wendy learn that their boss at the radio station, Otto Green, is in fact in league with the Nazis, who kidnaps them and takes them to Germany, where he enslaves Jessica as a Tokyo Rose-type propagandist, using Wendy as a bargaining chip.Įighteen months later, the Allies having gotten a foothold on the European continent, the U.S. At that moment, however, they learn that Pearl Harbor had been bombed, triggering America's entry into World War II. The director and a studio executive think Roger has what it takes to be a star, but Richie is upset at Roger for ruining his big break. When Richie finally does land a part in a movie, Roger, in searching for his mother, accidentally stumbles onto the movie set and disrupts shooting. They go on their separate quests, Roger to find his mother and Richie to become an actor, but neither find any luck. Once in Hollywood, Richie and Roger meet two women, a human named Wendy Rowan and a Toon named Jessica Krupnick, who work as radio performers. Along the way, he runs into another human, Richie Davenport, who is heading out to Hollywood to make it big as an actor, since he has a fear of heights that keeps him from joining the Air Force like his father before him. So he decides to head out into the world to find his birth mother. Roger Rabbit, a Toon rabbit living with a human family, the Randalls, learns that they are not his real family his mother had left him on their doorstep as a baby. Nat Mauldin, Tony Sheehan, and Jeff Stein are all listed as writers. The title has been revised to Roger Rabbit II: Who Discovered Roger Rabbit. It has been recently discovered that there is a second draft, dated October 30, 1990. It is unknown if there was a later draft. The first draft of the script was completed on May 22, 1989.
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