Hey, guys. I'm back with another episode of Roger Rabbit's Wacky Toons. That Writer's Block has been Kickin' my ass but I'm back. Here's the second of four missing shorts that Disney should've made years ago. Anyway, Roger Rabbit belongs to Disney not me. Let's get it.
====Beach Blanket Baby======
Unlike the previous intros, this one had the song in a dramatic tone before it transitioned into a lighthearted one. Roger and his buddy Petey entered the stage as the chorus sung.
Chorus: The most Laughable, lovable and very awesome. Roger the Rabbit and Petey Possum!
The title card read Roger Rabbit and Petey Possum.
Our adventure starts out on a lovely beach called Beach Blanket Bay and our favorite rabbit Roger is with Baby Herman and a new individual. The latter in question is a orange possum with a porkpie hat and collar and tie resembling that of a Hanna-Barbera character. The mother of Herman tenderly talked to her baby wearing a bathing suit near her beach towel.
"Now, Herman. Be good to Roger and petey while I get myself a good tan. And if Roger messes up again, he'll be fed to the sharks! And since Petey is new, I'll spare him.", she threatened Roger as the rabbit shuddered.
"P-P-P-Please! I won't mess up this time! Like you said earlier, I got my best pal, Petey to help me Out. Gimme one more chance!", Roger begged as Herman's mom agreed.
"Oh all right. Okay, now Herman. Mommy's going to get her tan on. Please be good to your uncles Roger and Petey.", she told the baby as Roger and Petey walked with Herman to find a beach spot.
"Ah, Petey. What can we do today? Wakeboarding? Parasailing? Surfing?", Roger beamed but Petey looking glum in his personality chimed In.
"Shouldn't we find a spot first to park the chairs? Also, I don't think we can do those.", Petey reasoned with Roger as the rabbit with a chipper smile wondered.
"Oh come on, pal. The water's fine! It won't hurt us. What could possibly go wrong?", the rabbit said nonchalantly as the possum gulped covering his face.
"Oh dear. Oh my! Please don't ask a thing like that.", the possum begged as Roger and Herman found a spot to put the chairs.
"Relax, Petey. It's just a question. Whaddya know? We found a perfect spot. Well, Herman. We're gonna build sandcastles, surf, parasail and the whole works."
"Roger, Herman can't swim well enough to do that kind Of stuff.", Petey advised against the rabbit's foolish idea. Herman giggled as Roger readies to set up the chairs.
"All we need to do is set these chairs under this umbrella and we're all set. Okay, Herman. Go to your uncle Petey while I hop to it.",, Roger told the baby as he did as he was told.
"Something tells me that Roger's going to be in a jam. I just know it.", the possum said in a worrywart manner whining. Herman giggled shaking his rattle laughing at Roger setting the chairs up.
"I don't think I find anything funny about this.", the possum whined some more as he noticed something not right with the chairs as Roger went back to the group.
"Well, fellows! The chairs are ready to go. I got dibs On the right! You got left, Petey!", Roger said running to his seat.
"Wait, Roger! You forgot to lock the chairs!", Petey tried to warn Roger but the rabbit didn't believe thim.
"Relax, Petey. Don't be such a fraidy-cat. Everyone knows that chairs don't have any locks. What else can go wrong?", Roger asked before he got on the chair. However, the chair began to fold squashing Roger up in it.
"Hey! What's the big idea?! Whoa! P-P-Please!", Roger yelped as the chair folded snapping like a beartrap. Roger struggled as the chair kept closing him in snapping in midair. In comic fashion, the chair barked like a rottweiler snapping as Roger screamed.
"HELLLP! Somebody help MEEE! WAAAAAAAAH!", Roger screamed while the chair somehow barked and growled shaking Roger violently. Herman laughed at the scene while Petey shook his head.
"I knew this would happen. I knew It. Oh dear, oh my.", the possum said nervously until Roger landed flat on his face due to the chair letting him go. Roger stood to his feet goofily as he approached Petey and Herman.
"Jeepers, that chair had a mind Of it's own! How about you lock it up or something.", the rabbit chuckled looking battered with bandages. Petey nodded at the rabbit's orders and heads to the chairs.
"With pleasure.", Petey went to the chairs and properly locked both into place and puts a blanket for Herman in front of the chairs. The trio went to their makeshift spot. Roger skips over unaware that he's watched over by the next beachgoer adjacent to theirs. It was none other than Jessica herself in a red one-piece strapless swimsuit looking lovely as ever taking off her shades revealing her emerald eyes as the Jazzy motif played.
Herman and Roger were building sandcastles while Petey used a metal detector to search for treasure. The possum waved the instrument left and right as he hopes to find something valuable.
"Please let it be something valuable. This would be my lucky day.", Petey hoped as he heard the detector go off. The possum whipped out a shovel believing that luck was on his side.
"Oh boy! I found something! Okay, here goes nothing!.", Petey chimed while digging a hole and struck something metal. The possum pulled Out something but to his disappointment was an empty can.
"Oh phooey. Just an empty can of beans. Oh dear. Oh my.", Petey groaned and moaned not getting any real treasure. Roger and Herman were almost done with their sandcastle with the rabbit smiling.
"Okay, Herman! Our castle's done but there's somethin' missing.", the rabbit noted as the masterpiece being a sand version of Sleeping Beauty's castle stood proudly but lacked something on top. Herman crawled to Roger's bag and found a flag.
"Ooooh! Flag! Flag!", the tot cooed waving a flag as a lightbulb came over Roger's head.
"Perfect! A flag! The piece de resistance! The cherry on top!"
What Roger didn't pay attention to while dancing was a crab nearby. Petey spotted this and shouted to the hyperactive bunny in alarm. To make matters worse, the crab grew angry snapping his claws as a warning.
"Roger! Watch Out! There's a crab! Don't geet near it!", the possum warned as Roger looked confused.
"A drab?"
"No! A crab!", Petey cried out but to no avail. Roger raised his eyebrows in confusion while dancing.
"Jeepers, Pete. You need to-"
SNAP!
"Now he did It. Oh dear. Oh my!", Petey moaned seeing Roger's eyes bug out in pain as the crab clamped onto his foot. The rabbit froze for a bit before he realized he was in pain.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHH! Get it off! Get it off! WAAAAAAAAHH!", the rabbit screamed while Herman laughed himself silly.
"Funny! Funny!", the baby cooed watching Roger bounced on one foot going all over the beach wrecking the chairs and sandcastle in the process. Herman's joyful face turne to an upset one as he wailed. Petey just stood there for a moment lookingglum.
"Oh dear, oh my! What are we going to do?", the possum covered his eyes witnessing the destruction of the beach. Roger spun attempting to get the crab off of him but the crab refused to let go as it laughed at the rabbit's misfortunes. Roger tripped over a rock flying into the air and falls onto something solid. The crab however yelled in pain for some odd reason as it lets go of Roger's foot running away.
"Jeepers! Doesn't that crab know my foot Isn't good Luck?", Roger noted but he heard something sizzling and sniffed.
"I'll have what they're havin'! Wait a minute! That's ME! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!", Roger wailed blasting in the air after landing on a burning grill. The toon rabbit then landed on the sand bouncing before skidding in front of Petey and Herman. The Possum gasped while Herman laughed at Roger's bottom having grill marks on him with a little tan.
"Oh dear! Look what happened to your posterior!", Petey gasped. Roger turned to see his tanned bottom with the grill marks on them. He grinned sheepishly at the handiwork the grill did to him.
"I developed a nice tan. OWWW! But it still hurts!", Roger winced touching his tail as it sizzled. Petey sighed and thought of a way to cool off Roger while relaxing at the same time.
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The three boys wore life jackets and in Roger's case, bandages on his bottom riding in a raft as Petey drove it some as he knew Roger is never a great driver from the jump. Herman giggled listening to Roger whistling a tune being the Pirates Of The Caribbean main theme. Petey sighed in relief knowing that things are going good without Roger's mishaps getting in the way of that.
"All right, me hartys! Where shall we sail to?! ARRR!", Roger spoke in a pirate accent wearing a Jack Sparrow costume as Petey gulped at his clumsy friend.
"Oh dear, oh my! Roger, don't do anything dangerous. We're just sailing along the ocean.", the possum told Roger hoping he gets the message. Roger pointed a sword towards the horizon as he grinned.
"Then sailin' ye shall, mateys! Yo-ho-ho!", Roger beamed as he whistled some more pirate songs. Herman paid no mind to Roger and Petey and spotted a cork in the middle of the raft and eyed on it for a bit. He thought about it for a moment and giggled making his decision.
""Oooh! Corky! Corky!", Herman cooed as Roger was dumbfounded for a bit.
"Corky? What ye be speakin' about?"
"AAAAAAHH! Herman, don't pull that!", Roger's question was answered by a panicky Petey spotting Herman attempting to pull the plug. Roger's eyes bugged out of the sockets and tried to coax the baby out of stranding them in the middle of the ocean.
"P-P-Please! Herman, don't pull that cork! We'll be fish food if you do!", Roger begged as Herman giggled struggling to pull the cork out despite the sign telling not to do that. Much to Roger and Petey's horror, a cork popped courtesy of Herman with the water spouting through.
"Oh now you done it. Oh dear, oh my!", Petey groaned as the raft leaked out air sending the raft flying in different directions with the baby laughing and Petey and Roger screaming for their lives.
"Herman's mom's gonna kill us both for sure!", Roger whined.
"We'll probably die at sea before she even finds us! I hope we make it out alive and become landlubbers.", Petey said in fear.
"Then it's the land we lub! I think I'm going to throw up!", Roger gulped feeling a little seasick. Petey feeling grossed Out groaned pessimistic.
"Not here! Definitely not here!", the possum begged. The raft shrank in a diminutive size as all three guys fell into the water as the raft was no more. They rose to the surface as Herman wore his water wings giggling while Petey and Roger held onto each other for dear Life.
"Jeepers, Herman! Why?!", Roger whined.
"At least, we're still in One piece.", Petey sighed with relief as Herman pointed at something nearby.
"What that? What that?", the baby curiously pointed as Roger and Petey paled at what Herman was asking about. The famous Jaws music played as a shark fin circled around them with Petey and Roger gulping for their lives.
"I think we're going to need a bigger boat!", Roger whimpered.
"We don't have a boat nearby. It can't end like this! Oh dear, Oh my!", the possum whimpered as he held Herman close with the shark still circling them. Roger turned to Petey with a worried look.
"Uh, Petey. Before we turn into shark chow, I got a confession to make.", the rabbit said as Petey raised his eyebrow.
"Um, what's that?", the possum wondered as Roger had a nervous smile On his face.
"I don't have to go to the bathroom right now.", Roger confessed as Petey facepalmed. Before Petey can say anything, the shark rose to the surface casting a shadow with Herman in awe. Roger and Petey's eyes bug out when they turned around. The great white had a hungry smile on his face before speaking.
"Hulla-hoo?", the shark said in a deep voice as both the rabbit and possum's jaws dropped.
"Jeepers, Mr. Shark! Please don't eat us! I'm all tough and gristly!", Roger said stretching his flimsy body proving his point. Petey speechless chattered his teeth while Herman giggled. The shark smiled showing his razor sharp teeth.
"Oh come now, mates! I'm not gonna eat ya! The name's Bruce and I'm a vegan shark. Fish are friends not food. Therefore, I won't eat any of you.", Bruce said as Petey felt unconvinced while Herman and Roger were listening to the shark.
"Okay, Bruce. I'll keep that in mind. But we're stranded in the middle of the ocean. Is there a way we could get back to shore?", Roger asked as Bruce chuckled.
"Of course there's a way back to the shore. How about you three get on my back and I'll carry ya all the way there.", Bruce offered. Before roger can answer, Petey whispered into the rabbit's ear.
"Roger, I don't think it's such a good idea.", he asked as Roger grinned.
"P-P-Please. Bruce offered us a ride back to shore. Besides, he's a vegetarian.", Roger said as Petey gulped in fear.
"But, Roger. Sharks eat gguys like us! One drop of blood in the water would drive him crazy.", Petey explained with reason but his case was proven when Herman was teething on Roger's ears making him yelp.
"Herman, p-p-please! Not my ears! Not my ears! Where's that teething ring?!", Roger yelled as a trace of blood wafted into Bruce's nose. Unaware to Roger and Herman, the shark's face changed from calm to a sinister grin. He eyed the group with a hunger in his eyes.
"Ohhh, that's good!", he said creepily as Petey gasped in fright. Roger was confused at the shark before asking him.
"What's good? I don't recall Herman chewing on my ears feeling good. That smarts!", Roger quipped but Petey shook his head frantically and pointed to Bruce's razor sharp teeth.
"I think we're on the menu, Roger! Let's swim for our lives!", Petey yelled. Soon, Bruce laughed evilly eyeing the trio hoping to make a meal out of them.
"Pleasure to eat you all tonight!", he bellowed chomping at the three guys with Roger screaming.
"AAAAAAAAHHHH! I'm gonna die! I'm gonna DIIIE!", the rabbit shrieked swimming as fast as he could while Petey swam beside him.
"I told you Bruce was going to eat us! I really did!", the possum said with fear unaware that Herman was riding on top of the hungry shark.
"P-P-P-Please! Now I know we're going to die! No, nix that! I'm going to throw up and then I'm gonna die!", Roger yelled as the boys swam with Bruce chomping nothing but seawater.
"This shark's not taking no for an answer!", Roger muttered as the shark chomped narrowly missing the duo. Petey shrieked noticing Herman was missing.
"Yikes! Roger, Herman's missing!"
"WHAT?!", the rabbit yelled after Petey told him the bad news. The rabbit spotted Herman laughing on top of the shark.
"YIpE! Herman, what are ya doin' up there?!"
"How did he get on the shark to begin with?", Roger and Petey wondered respectively a they were almost to the shore with the shark nipping at their heels.
Jessica who was tanning on her towel heard screaming in the distance and raised her eyebrow. She picked up her binoculars spotting the commotion.
"A shark?!", she said in disbelief as she took Out her whistle blowing loudly warning others to get out of the water. Most of the crowd dispersed from the water as Bruce was near shore. Roger frowned and had to rescue Herman from the shark. He pulled out a steel pipe from Out of nowhere and wait for the timing.
"Chew on this, bucko!", Roger yelled throwing the pipe at Bruce but it didn't catch his mouth. Only hitting the shark on the snout making him angry.
"So you wanna play rough? We'll play rough!", Bruce bellowed chasing after the rabbit and possum as Jessica had to think of something to rescue the boys. First, she pulled out a rope running towards the shark and aimed the rope towards Herman. The rope wrapped around the baby safely before being Pulled off the shark landing near Jessica. The ginger felt relieved as she turned to Herman.
"Oh thank goodness you're okay. Are you scared?", she asked Herman. The baby cried showing his single tooth pointing to Roger and Petey.
"Roger! Possum!", he yelled concerned for the two sitters. Jessica spotted Roger and petey almost at shore as she assured the baby.
"Don't worry, kiddo. I'll rescue them. Stay put, okay?", she said rubbing the baby's head gently before rescuing the boys.
It didn't take long before Bruce was beached struggling to get at Roger and Petey. The seals nearby watched the spectacle as Salty the Seal clapped and arfed with approval of the trio not eaten. Petey sighed with relief as he eyed Herman back at shore.
"Whew. Thank goodness that Herman's Okay. Right, Roger? Roger? Oh dear!", Petey spotted Roger teasing Bruce as the rabbit got in his grill.
"You big bully! PBBBBTT!", the rabbit taunted blowing a raspberry as the shark chomped at him to scare the rabbit. Thankfully, Jessica pulled the rabbit away with the rope as Bruce sighed In disappointment.
"Can somebody get me back to the water? Anybody?", the shark said as he had no answer.
"Fine! I'll wriggle my way back!", the shark grumbled wriggling his way back towards the ocean but to sum it all up, he manages to get back to where he needed to go.
Roger was back to the redhead along with Herman and Petey as the rabbit eyed the person who saved him.
"Jeepers! Talk about babes on the beach!", Roger said before he did a laugh of Tigger. Jessica asked the boys a question while Roger had his ears shaped like hearts.
"Are you boys, Okay? You had me worried.", Jessica firmly but gently said in concern as Petey spotted Roger stunned at the beauty.
"Yeah. Our raft blew away into the waters. We were almost fish food.", the possum said as Jessica nodded.
"I see. But please be careful next time, Okay? Especially with this cutie pie over here.", the redhead said pointing to Herman Playing in sand. Roger grinned nodding his head.
"Oh yes ma'am! I'll be sure to remember from now on.", the rabbit said as Jessica giggled at the rabbit's reaction. She approached the bunny and offered him a towel beside her and Herman. Petey spotted a woman eyeing him lovingly as her voice didn't really win him Over.
Oh, a man!"
"Who said that? Oh no! Oh dear, oh my!", the possum turned to the voice in terror spotting Lena with her lips puckered up inching closer to petey.
"Don't be afraid. Come to Lena Hyena!", Lena said as Petey ran away with the redhead hot on his heels. Jessica and Roger snuggled to each other watching the waves go by. Herman snickered before showing the closing card.
"All right. That's a wrap! Everyone take 5!", Raul ordered as Petey Possum yelled for somebody to get Lena to stop chasing him. Wolfie sighed as he watched the poor possum get chased all Over the studio.
"Welcome to my world.", he said before screaming at the sight of Red's grandma. Roger, Herman and Jessica were watching the mess go on as the redhead sighed.
"Oh what am I going to do with Lena?", she wondered as Roger grinned.
"Don't worry about her, Love Cups. She'll stop eventually. I hope Petey can get use to her behavior.", the rabbit said as Jessica nodded.
"For his sake, I hope so. How about we go out to eat somewhere? Maybe at Tony's Italian Restaurant or Gusteau's?", Jessica asked as Roger grinned.
"Let's give Gusteau's a shot. Remy recommended me the spot to go to."
"You're right, Honey Bunny. We did eat at Tony's last week. Gusteau's it is. Hopefully Linguini and Nicole would be there so we can say hi.", Jessica said with a smile as the Rabbits left Out the studio with Herman left behind yelling at his assistant to come over to him.
A/N: Well that's the fifth short overall and the second of four undeveloped shorts done. Another OC to debut is Petey Possum reminiscent of a Hanna-Barbera character who is kind of like Hardy Har-Har from the Lippy The Lion and Hardy Har-Har cartoons and Boo-Boo from Yogi Bear. Both cartoons made by HB. I made this episode almost in a similar formula of a Hanna-Barbera cartoon but with Disney magic. I picture Rob Paulsen voicing Petey Possum and I'll feature him more in future episodes.
Now for Disney cameos, Bruce the Shark from Finding Nemo guest stars and Is the first Pixar character to debut in this fic. The outfit Roger wore is a costume of Jack Sparrow and the main theme from the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Salty the Seal is from the Mickey Mouse series of cartoons.
Tony's Italian Restaurant that was referenced is from the movie Lady and the Tramp and Gusteau's is a French restaurant that takes place in another Pixar film being Ratatouille with Remy, Linguini and Nicole mentioned by Roger and Jessica.
Also, did you get another Spielberg reference being Jaws earlier In the fic? After all, Jaws and WfRR were co-developed by Steven Spielberg. Anyway, feel free to review or PM this story. As always, LilMancub out and I'll see y'all in the next One. S
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