Pop Culture References of Wizard101: Wysteria – Lieutenant Roger

Lieutenant Roger – Roger Rabbit, toon star of Who Framed Roger Rabbit
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Lieutenant_Roger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Rabbit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Framed_Roger_Rabbit

Lieutenant Roger

Lieutenant Roger, a rabbit, is a guard at the gate to Tanglewood Way.

Roger Rabbit is an animated anthropomorphic rabbit. The character first appeared in author Gary K. Wolf’s 1981 novel, Who Censored Roger Rabbit?

The book and character were later re-envisioned in Disney’s hit 1988 live-action/animated film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. In the film version, Roger is a cartoon character in Hollywood during the Golden age of American animation. The various toons live in a Los Angeles enclave known as “Toontown”, and act out animated shorts in the same way human actors act out feature films. Roger is framed for the murder of a famous Hollywood producer of cartoon props and gags and owner of Toontown, Marvin Acme, and he seeks out Valiant to help clear his name. In the film, the voice of Roger is performed by comedian Charles Fleischer, who was known for electing to wear an actual rabbit costume on the set to get into the role over the entirety of production.

Roger Rabbit
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

The current list of all the (known) Wysteria references are located here.

Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references, I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.

Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages

Lieutenant Roger image is from Wizard101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.

Who Censored Roger Rabbit cover is (c)2015 CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Roger Rabbit (c) Touchstone Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, and Walt Disney

Image usage qualifies as fair use under US copyright law.

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