Tummy Trouble (1989)

Baby Herman swallows his rattle, and Roger has to take him to the hospital to get it out.

Director:

Rob Minkoff

Writers:

Kevin Harkey (story), Bill Kopp (story),

Stars:

Charles Fleischer, April Winchell, Lou Hirsch

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Charles Fleischer	...	Roger Rabbit (voice)
April Winchell	...	Young Baby Herman / Mrs. Herman (voice)
Lou Hirsch	...	Adult Baby Herman (voice)
Corey Burton	...	Orderly (voice)
Richard Williams	...	Droopy Dog (voice)
Kathleen Turner	...	Jessica Rabbit (voice)
Sol Pavlovsky	...	Raoul J. Raoul
Charles Noland	...	Sign Carrier
William Bronder	...	Sign Carrier

Storyline

Roger Rabbit once again is chosen for the dangerous task of babysitting Baby Herman and everything is going to be just fine. "Not like last time!!" Baby Herman immediately swallows his rattle and is rushed to the hospital. The rattle get's out, but then Roger swallows it and doctors are about to cut him open when the lunch whistle goes off. Roger and Herman blast off around the hospital on a jet powered "Hare Splitter" machine. They get blown into the air, the rattle is rescued and everything is fine - until Roger sees the hospital bill!

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Plot Keywords:

rattle | hospital | baby | doctor | roger rabbit | 

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Genres:

Animation | Family | Comedy | Short

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 June 1989 (USA)

Also Known As:

Roger in Nöten

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amblin Entertainment, Walt Disney Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

7 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Was released theatrically with Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

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Goofs

When Baby Herman first swallows the rattle, Roger panics and screams for somebody to call 9-1-1. However, in the end when it reverts to the "real world", the setting is the same 1940s setting as "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" - 9-1-1 wasn't even proposed as an emergency number in the United States until 1968.

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Quotes

Droopy Dog: [his elevator has crashed onto Roger] Gruesome, isn't it, folks?

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Crazy Credits

Toon Wrangler: Steve Starkey

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Connections

Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Batman/Honey, I Shrunk the Kids/Tummy Trouble/Ghostbusters II/Kung-Fu Master! (1989)

User Reviews

The best Roger Rabbit short...period

After the wonderful film WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT, Disney Pictures experimented by making several short cartoons starring Roger Rabbit and they were shown before feature films--much like the original purpose of classic Warner Brothers, MGM and Disney toons. Unfortunately, Disney also chose to pair these amazing shorts with some of the worst films of the era--virtually guaranteeing they would never see the light of day! Today, the only way you can see them is on an out of print videotape entitled "THE BEST OF ROGER RABBIT". It is NOT available on DVD nor does it appear to be coming out in the near future.

In this short, Roger is, as usual, watching the troublesome Baby Herman. Not surprisingly, Baby Herman is a real handful and nearly kills Roger again and again as Roger tries to save the kid's life. Things really move into high gear when the baby swallows his rattle and Roger rushes him to the most insane hospital ever placed on film! You just have to see it to believe it.

Now as to the quality of this cartoon, it is amazingly violent and insane--even more so than the typical Tex Avery cartoon of the 1950s. Because the characters are so funny, the animation quality so superb and the action so intense, this is one of the greatest cartoon shorts you can find---period. Too bad the powers that be at Disney were idiots who didn't realize they had gold on their hands!

UPDATE 2/09--According to IMDb, "This animated short can be found on the Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Vista Series DVD, released in 2003".