Awesome moments in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
- Eddie shows some of his capability early on when Angelo keeps needling him about his job. When he finally snaps, he kicks Angelo's stool out from under him without warning, then gives him the business.
- Eddie Valiant killing the weasels by essentially straight-up acting like a toon — that is, doing silly dances, rhyming, and abusing himself in order to make them Die Laughing. Hell, the entire climax probably counts as a CMoA.
- Herman yelling at Roger, "How many times do we have to do this damn scene!?" sounds at first like a funny throw-away line, until you realize that Herman's saying that he and Roger have performed the kitchen scene over and over again, to the point where Herman forgot how many times they've gone through it. And they can still get it right.
- Even more awesome: Raoul praising Herman for his perfection in the take, means that Herman has performed this scene flawlessly, every time.
- Eddie solves the location of the will with just these pieces of largely circumstantial evidence:
- Roger telling him, categorically, that he found a blank sheet of paper in Jessica's changing room and wrote on it.
- Jessica explaining that while Acme said he was giving her the will, the paper she was handed was blank. "A joker to the end!"
- Marvin Acme sprayed him with his fountain pen, causing a small ink stain that disappeared, which Eddie would realize how the will would remain hidden from the clutches of those wishing to use it for nefarious ends.
- Angelo of all people gets one when Judge Doom interrogates the bar patrons. For context, Doom just offered a reward of 500 dollars (quite a lot during the time the film is set), and Eddie had earlier stated that Angelo would be the first to sell him out.Angelo: Hey... I seen a rabbit.
Judge Doom: Where?
Angelo: He's right here in the bar. (puts a hand around an invisible presence in the stool next to him) Say hello... Harvey!- Eddie tricking Roger into drinking alcohol (making him scream hard enough to repel Doom), battling shortly the weasels, and catching Roger right before he falls in the dip.
- Smart Ass also deserves mention for being the only weasel who puts up a decent fight against Eddie, even though their fight was short-lived.
- The chase between Benny the cab, the cops and the Toon Patrol.
- Just before he heads into Toontown, Eddie takes out a cartoon revolver that Yosemite Sam gave him as a thank you gift years ago and uncovers six cartoon bullets.Bullet 1: Eddie Valiant! You're a sight for sore eyes!
Bullet 2: I ain't seen you for nigh onto five years!
Bullet 1: Where ya been?
Eddie: ...Drunk. You feelin' frisky tonight, fellas?
Bullets: Yeah!
Eddie: (clicks open the gun cylinder) Let's go.
Bullets: (hoot and holler as they jump into the chambers)- Right after this, Eddie — an admitted heavy drinker — pulls out his bottle, looks at it for a moment, and then pours the remaining alcohol out onto the street. Then he tosses the bottle in the air and takes a practice shot with the gun. The cartoon bullet demolishes it.
- For more elaboration, in keeping with their Wild West theme, this particular bullet is an "Injun Brave". He screeches to a halt as he approaches the bottle, pulls out a tomahawk that is somehow bigger that the gun he was previously inside and then smashes it like Custer.
- Right after this, Eddie — an admitted heavy drinker — pulls out his bottle, looks at it for a moment, and then pours the remaining alcohol out onto the street. Then he tosses the bottle in the air and takes a practice shot with the gun. The cartoon bullet demolishes it.
- The fact that Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny evidently go parachuting together in their spare time. If you ever wanted a Disney and Warner Bros. crossover, this one scene grants your wish.
- And the battle between Donald Duck and Daffy Duck.
- Heck, just seeing Mickey and Donald on the same screen as Bugs and Daffy is a Real Life CMOA in its own right.
- Also the fact that the sign-offs of Porky Pig and Tinker Bell are blended together flawless in the end.
- "I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way."
- Doom gets one of his own:
Doom: The rabbit says one way or another he and his wife are gonna be happy. Is that true?
Eddie: Pal, what do I look like? A stenographer?
Lt. Santino: Shut your yap, Eddie. The man's a judge.
Doom: That's all right, Lieutenant. From the smell of him, I'd say it was the booze talking.
(Eddie glares at him)- Eddie manages to get back at him good though with the good ol' hand-buzzer.
- Even if it didn't work out, Roger barging into the Acme warehouse with a gun to try and save Jessica and Eddie from Doom's clutches is pretty impressive. Considering he knew full well that Doom wanted to kill him, that took guts. It's especially impressive, even if it led to a punchline when Greasey dropped a ton of bricks on him, Roger Rabbit not showing his previous fear of the judge and calling him out on his hypocrisy and abuse of power is satisfying given how just earlier Doom spouted about he would soon abandon the job to get rich off the destruction of Toontown his own home and race showing just how hollow his authority over the law actually was.Judge Doom: Put that gun down, you buck-toothed fool!
Roger Rabbit: That's it, Doom! Give me another excuse to pump you full of lead! So you thought you could get away with it, didn't you? Ha! We toons may act idiotic, but we're not stupid! We demand justice! Why, the real meaning of the word probably hits you like a ton of bricks! - Judge Doom deserves a mention too. He is probably the only villain (well, other than anyone voiced by Chris Latta) who can pull off a high-pitched squeaky voice and make it sound legitimately threatening.
- When Eddie and Jessica are held as prisoners by Doom and the Toon Patrol, one of the weasels, Greasy, decides to sexually harass Jessica by putting his hand in her breast to "check for weapons". Too bad, Jessica had a bear trap in place which causes the perverted weasel the karmic pain he richly deserves.Eddie: Nice booby trap.
- Judge Doom's New Era Speech about the freeway's construction. Thanks to Christopher Lloyd's very convincing performance it's both terrifying and amazing.Judge Doom: Several months ago, I had the good providence to stumble upon this plan of the city council's. A construction project of epic proportions. They're calling it a freeway.
Eddie Valiant: Freeway? What the hell's a freeway?
Judge Doom: Eight lanes of shimmering cement running from here to Pasadena. Smooth, safe, fast. Traffic jams will be a thing of the past.
Eddie: So that's why you killed Acme and Maroon? For this freeway? I don't get it.
Judge Doom: Of course not. You lack vision. But I see a place where people get on and off the freeway. On and off, off and on, all day, all night! Soon, where Toontown once stood will be a string of gas stations, inexpensive motels, restaurants that serve rapidly prepared food, tire salons, automobile dealerships, and wonderful, wonderful billboards reaching as far as the eye can see! My God, it'll be beautiful. - Props to Eddie in the climax. He duels Judge Doom, revealing him to be a psychotic murderous toon, which to an ordinary person is effectively invincible, and wins.
- He doesn’t just win, he pulls a heroic hat trick! He saves Roger, Jessica, and all of Toontown from being Dipped, inflicts that very fate on the sadistic bastard who invented the stuff, and avenges his brother along with every toon or human he killed in the process. All with a single Extendo Boxing Glove.
