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Tummy Trouble is a 1989 short, starring Roger Rabbit and Baby Herman, that was shown before the feature Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.

This is the first of three animated Roger Rabbit shorts, produced after Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It was made by Walt Disney Pictures and Amblin Entertainment and was released on June 23, 1989.

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Plot

Baby Herman swallows a rattle and is rushed to the hospital for surgery. Roger Rabbit is shocked and sad about this. The rattle comes falling down into Roger's mouth after the baby burps it out after his milk break, and Roger swallows it. When the surgeon comes in to get Baby Herman ready for surgery, he thinks Roger is the patient that swallowed the rattle and much zany madness breaks loose. Roger and Herman both go to an out-of-order elevator, and fall down, but Baby Herman uses a diaper as a parachute, and it makes it to the 2^nd floor (after he swallows the rattle again), but Roger gets crushed. As the elevator gets back up, Roger opens the doors and then a bomb enters. Finally, he caught Baby Herman and declares that from now on, they are "smooth sailing", only to fall upward and back down, during which, Baby Herman burps up the rattle and Roger swallows it again and falls from one hospital floor to another. As he lands on the bottom floor, Baby Herman falls upon him, and he spits out the rattle. After Roger is shocked to see such a large bill, Baby Herman swallows the rattle again.

Finally, during the ending part, which is animated-live-action, Baby Herman spits out the rattle, revealing that he didn't like the rattle-swallowing idea and never wants to do that again. Roger then goes home with his wife, Jessica Rabbit, to play, not tiddlywinks, canasta or parcheesi, but rather patty-cake.

Cast

Voices

• Roger Rabbit - Charles Fleischer
• Young Baby Herman/Mrs. Herman - April Winchell
• Adult Baby Herman - Lou Hirsch
• Orderly - Corey Burton
• Droopy - Richard Williams
• Jessica Rabbit - Kathleen Turner

Live-Action Cast

• Raoul J. Raoul - Sol Pavlosky
• Sign Carriers - Charles Noland, William Bronder

Uncredited

• Bob Hoskins - Eddie Valiant

Cameos

The cartoon characters that make cameo appearances in this short include:

• Mickey Mouse
• Donald Duck
• The Mad Doctor
• The Three Little Wolves (picture frame)
• Raggedy Andy
• Droopy

Trivia

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• The title card at the start of the film states that this film was made in 1947, the year Who Framed Roger Rabbit was set in.
• Although Benny the Cab does not appear in this short, an anthropomorphic ambulance vehicle resembling him can be seen briefly, taking Baby Herman to the hospital at high speed.
• Mickey Mouse's trademark shoes and shorts can be seen adorning the changing screen in Baby Herman's hospital room. Nearby is a diagram of a mouse's skull, in Mickey's design, on the weights there is a moneybag. When the scene cuts back the clothes are gone and the diagram has been replaced with a Rabbit's Brain, which is represented by a peanut.
• The hospital doors that Roger passes as he is moved through the hospital are: Pathology, Urology, Proctology, Gynecology, Biology, Radiology, Geology, Theology, Archaeology, Zoology, Egyptology, Astrology, Musicology, Physiology, Pharmacology, Phraseology and finally Burbank.
• Droopy's one line ("Gruesome, isn't it, folks?") was actually an outtake from Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The voice is that of Richard Williams, animation director for said film.
• This is one of the two Roger Rabbit short films to be rated G by the MPAA (now the MPA); the other being Trail Mix-Up.
• This is the only Roger Rabbit/Baby Herman cartoon that ends successfully (even having an ending card after the iris out).
• The patty cake innuendo from Who Framed Roger Rabbit is used by Jessica when she seductively suggests they "go home and play" to Roger as they are leaving the studio. Not picking up on her hints Roger begins to name games they could play, like tiddlywinks, canasta, or parcheesi, only for Jessica to suggest "a little patty cake instead" in a sultry tone. A stunned and love struck Roger replies with "Patty cake? Jeepers." knowing now that rather than wanting to play a game with him Jessica wants to have sex with him instead. A smitten Roger coos lustfully as they walk out of the studio door melting with anticipation of the passionate lovemaking he is about to get when they get home.
• This short film marks Disney's only animated project scored by James Horner, who has also scored a few live-action films made by Disney, such as Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (which the short was attached to), The Rocketeer, and Mighty Joe Young.
• This short was filmed at Disney MGM Studios in 1988.
• The short was featured in comic book format at the end of Roger Rabbit: The Resurrection of Doom.

Home video releases

VHS

• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
• The Best of Roger Rabbit
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (2003)

Laserdisc

• The Best of Roger Rabbit

DVD

• Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Vista Series

Blu-ray

• Who Framed Roger Rabbit: 25th Anniversary Edition

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