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Mrs. Herman is a minor character in Who Framed Roger Rabbit who appears at the beginning of the film, as well as in all three short films that followed and one video game. She is voiced by April Winchell and is only seen from the waist down.

Appearance[]

She is usually seen wearing a dress, tights, high heels, a bracelet on her right wrist and a ring. Each of her appearances have her wearing a different dress, each with a different color and pattern, making them unique (with the exception of the dresses in the movie and Trail Mix-Up respectively), and it is revealed that the dresses are short-sleeved in Tummy Trouble. Trail Mix-Up is the only short where she does not wear tights nor high heels, because she is instead wearing boots and socks. In the movie, she wears a light green bracelet, and in Trail Mix-Up, she wears a bracelet the same color as her dress (light blue). Her inspiration is the Tom and Jerry character Mammy Two Shoes, whose face, like Mrs. Herman's, is never seen, although unlike Mrs. Herman, her face was seen once.

Personality[]

She appears to be a caring mother to her son, but is always threatening Roger Rabbit if he does not do a good job of babysitting. She also likes psychics, as seen in Roller Coaster Rabbit, and hunting, as seen in Trail Mix-Up.

Appearances[]

Who Framed Roger Rabbit[]

She has a minor role in the film, only appearing at the beginning of the Somethin's Cookin' cartoon, where she tells Baby Herman that she is going to the beauty parlor and leaves Roger in charge of him. She tells Roger that he will take very, very good care of him and that if he fails, he will be going back to the science lab. Roger tells her he'll do a good job as she walks past him and leaves the house.

Later, she is revealed to be a pair of oversized fake legs controlled by someone.

Tummy Trouble[]

She only appears at the beginning of the short, where she tells Baby Herman not to cry and reassures him that she'll only be gone for an hour as she approaches Roger, who has her handbag. She then says that everything is going to be just fine, unlike last time (presumably the film). Roger then tells her not to worry and that he's learnt his lesson as Mrs. Herman being to exit. As Roger continues talking, he then hands her her handbag which she snatches off him before closing the door. Later, when Baby Herman is in the hospital, a picture of her is in the room, which falls to the ground and breaks when Roger suddenly enters.

Tummy Trouble is the only short where another part of Mrs. Herman's dress is seen, specifically, one of the sleeves.

Roller Coaster Rabbit[]

Mrs. Herman appears behind Roger, walking around the fair. She then wags her finger at Roger after he mentioned going on all the rides because Baby Herman is too little to go on the rides. She then sees a psychic and tells Roger that she’s gonna go get her palm read so Roger has to watch Baby Herman. Roger then tugs on her dress and accidentally rips out her underwear because he doesn’t want to watch over Baby Herman. Mrs. Herman then says if Roger doesn’t watch over Baby Herman then she’ll make him into rabbit stew for dinner. Roger then says he’ll watch over Baby Herman while painting Mrs. Herman’s nails in fear that he’ll get turned into stew.

Hare Raising Havoc[]

She makes two appearances in this game, being at the beginning and at the end of the cartoon (near the start and end of the game). Her dialogue at the beginning is the same as in the movie, except she says she is going out for an hour instead of to the beauty parlor. At the end, she exclaims that she's home and that it's so nice to see her little boy, no matter what ending, but in the bad ending, after she says this, she angrily asks Roger where Baby Herman is. She wears the same dress that she wears in Tummy Trouble, and her appearance resembles a frame from the short.

Trail Mix-Up[]

Mrs. Herman is seen skipping in front of Roger Rabbit and Baby Herman in Yellowstain National Park. Roger is carrying a heavy load so she tells Roger to pick up the pace. Roger then trips on a pinecone and makes everything he’s carrying fall apart. Mrs. Herman tells Roger that his crazy shenanigans need to come to an end. Roger tells Mrs. Herman that he promises to not slip up again. Mrs. Herman then frees Roger from the rope he’s tied up in and gives him one more chance. She then tells Roger that she’s going hunting and Roger gives Baby Herman to her and says to have a swell time. Mrs. Herman then says that taking Baby Herman hunting would be dangerous and so Baby Herman has to stay with Roger and if Roger gets into any trouble then she reminds him that Rabbit Season opens today.

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