Eddie Valiant

Do-gooder

Full Name

Edward Valiant

Alias

Eddie

Mr. Valiant
Chump (by Bongo)
Mr. Detective-to-the-stars
Jack Daniels (by Police Detective)
Wise guy (by Smartass)
Wiseass (by Bongo)
The Screensaver

Origin

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Occupation

Private detective

Powers / Skills

Detective skills

Brute strength
Speed
Durability
Agility
Charisma
High intelligence
Hand-to-hand combat skills

Hobby

Drinking whiskey (formerly).

Spending time with Toons and Dolores
Solving crimes.
Eating jellybeans.

Goals

Investigate the murder of Marvin Acme.

Help Roger Rabbit clear his name.
Get revenge on Judge Doom for killing his brother.
Save Toontown from destruction (all succeeded).

Family

Unnamed parents (status unknown)

Theodore Valiant † (younger brother)

Enemies

Judge Doom † (archenemy)

Lena Hyena
The Toon Patrol †
Elmer Fudd
Bongo the Gorilla (temporarily)

Type of Hero

Tragic Official

“	Here's to the pencil pushers. May they all get lead poisoning, huh?	„
	~ Eddie Valiant making a toast.

“	That's right, a Toon. We were investigating a robbery at the First National Bank of Toontown. Back in those days, me and Teddy liked working Toontown, thought it was a lot of laughs. Anyway, this guy got away with a zillion simoleons. We trailed him to a little dive down on Yukster Street. We went in. Only he got the drop on us, literally. Dropped a piano on us from fifteen stories. Broke my arm, Teddy never made it. I never did find out who that guy was. All I remember was him standing over me laughing, with those burning red eyes, and that high, squeaky voice. He disappeared into Toontown after that.	„
	~ Eddie Valiant to Roger Rabbit about his brother's death.

Edward "Eddie" Valiant is the main protagonist of the 1988 Disney hybrid film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

He is a private detective who was investigating on the murder of his younger brother Teddy, where it was falsely suspected to be done by the titular Roger Rabbit.

He was portrayed by the late Bob Hoskins, who would later go on to play Boris in Balto, Mario in the 1993 film Super Mario Bros. and Mr. Smee in Hook.

Biography[]

Eddie Valiant and his younger brother Theodore "Teddy" Valiant were sons of a circus clown (shown by the pictures on their desk in the film), who shared in his occupation for a while. Fittingly enough, this caused both of them to become happy, jolly, good-humored guys with a love of jokes and laughs. They eventually joined the Los Angeles police force and went on to start their own private investigation service, Valiant & Valiant, in 1934.

In their service as private investigators, they were known for working largely on Toon cases, such as the kidnapping of onald Duck's nephews in 1937 or clearing Goofy of accusations of espionage in 1940, possibly as a spy for the Axis Powers, especially the Nazis, both seen as newspaper clippings in Valiant's office.

However, during another investigation in the early 1940s, some time after the United States joined the Allied Powers following the Imperial Japanese Navy's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, he and Teddy were chasing the unknown Toon form of Judge Doom who was robbing the First National Bank of Toontown (the home of all the Toons). During the chase, Doom dropped a large piano on them from 15 stories up. Eddie survived, with a broken arm, but Teddy was killed. As a result, Eddie held a grudge against Toons (Up to that point, he and Teddy loved going to Toontown and working with the Toons), lost all of his sense of humor and positive outlook on life in general, turned to the bottle, and disappeared from the public eye.

Since turning to alcohol, Eddie became a subject of ridicule among the police force.

Role in the film[]

In 1947, R.K. Maroon of Maroon Cartoons paid Eddie Valiant $100 to photograph Jessica Rabbit, Roger Rabbit's wife, quite literally "playing pattycake" with Marvin Acme, owner of Toontown and founder of the Acme Corporation. When Acme is murdered and Roger becomes the prime suspect of the case, Valiant teams up with Roger to find the killer, and soon finds not only Acme's murderer, but the murderer of R.K. Maroon, and his own brother, who turns out to be Judge Doom, who is really a Toon wearing a human mask.

Valiant manages to defeat Doom by gushing out Dip on him from the Toon Destroyer, causing him to melt and scream "I'm melting! Melting!", a reference to the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz (1939), who melts when she gets water splashed at her by Dorothy Gale. After defeating Doom at the Acme Warehouse, Eddie ended his vendetta against Toons after avenging the death of his brother Teddy at the hands of Doom and walks home with Roger and Jessica Rabbit and his girlfriend, Dolores.

In addition, his tapping into his long-lost sense of humor to defeat Doom's henchmen rekindled his love of laughter and jokes, so he presumably returned to his happy, optimistic former self from then on.

Quotes[]

“	Who are you calling "chump", Chimp?	„
	~ Eddie to Bongo the Gorilla

“	Better start drinking it black cause Acme’s taking the cream now.	„
	~ Eddie to Roger after taking picture proof of Jessica playing pattycake with Marvin Acme

“	I’m through with taking falls, and bouncing off the walls, without that gun I’d have some fun and kick you in the- (vase falls on him, cutting him off) Roger:NOSE!! Smartass:Nose? That don’t rhyme with walls. Eddie:No, but this does!	„
	~ Eddie finishing his distracted comedy act before finishing the last of the weasels by kicking one into the vat of Dip

“	Nah, I’d just uh, want you to know something about the guy you’re going to Dip!	„
	~ Eddie beginning to distract the weasel’s with comedy

“	I don’t know who’s Toonier, you or Doom?	„
	~ Eddie seeing Roger unable to contain finishing the trope

“	Eddie: Holy Smoke, HE’S a TOON!! Doom:Surprised?! Eddie:Not really, that lame brain freeway idea could only be cooked up by a Toon. Doom:Not just any Toon!	„
	~ Eddie reacting to Judge Doom’s true nature of his disguise before engulfing a canister of oxygen to reveal his eyes

Trivia[]

Although little or nothing is heard about the methods employed by Teddy, the items on his side of the desk in shots of the Valiant & Valiant office suggest that he was based more on Sherlock Holmes, judging by the tobacco pipe and magnifying glass on his desk.
Eddie's character is somewhat different in the movie. Rather than being a smoker, he is an alcoholic and having no facial hair whereas, in the novel, he has a beard.
It should be noted that Bob Hoskins is British and has a Cockney accent, and Eddie was raised in California.
In early screen tests for the film, Disney veteran Pete Renaday portrayed Eddie.
Before Bob Hoskins was cast, several other actors were considered for the part of Eddie.
- Harrison Ford was Spielberg's original choice to play Eddie, but he was too expensive for the part.
- Chevy Chase was the second choice to play the character, but he turned it down as he wasn't interested in it.
- Bill Murray was also considered for the part, but due to his method of receiving offers for roles, he missed out on it.
- Eddie Murphy was also considered for the role, but reportedly turned down the role, but later regretted it.
- Robert Redford, Jack Nicholson, Sylvester Stallone, Wallace Shawn, Ed Harris, the late Charles Grodin, Don Lane, the late Paul Newman and even the late Robin Williams were also considered for the role of Eddie.
He made a small cameo on Weebo's screen in the movie Flubber.
In the film, during the chase scene, some of the shots were too dangerous for live action. As a result, they had to animate Eddie.

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