Smartass Weasel (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?)

Description

Smartass is the secondary antagonist of Disney/Touchstone's 1988 hybrid film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. He is the smart, humorous and wisecracking co-leader of the Toon Patrol. He is Judge Doom's second-in-command and right-hand man. He is also the most ruthless and dangerous villain in the film aside from Doom himself. He was voiced by the late David Lander, who also voiced The Brickster in Lego Island, and Thumper in Disney/Pixar's A Bug's Life. Smartass is ranked a sergeant by Judge Doom. He has brown fur, sharp yellow teeth, and a black nose. He wears a buttoned-up light pink double-breasted zoot suit jacket with a gold chain in the left pocket, a white dress shirt with a hot pink bejeweled tie, matching hat, and spats on his feet. His weapon of choice is a revolver. However, in the bar scene, he is shown threatening Eddie with a switchblade. He does not appear to have a smoking addiction like Wheezy, but he does occasionally smoke cigars, as shown in his first appearance. Though very sarcastic and contemptuous fitting the definition of his name, Smartass is the straight-man of the group, possessing the most intelligence and self-control and the least "Toonish" attitude. While he is very antagonistic in the film, he seems to care about the other members of the Toon Patrol, being the first one to warn them about what will happen to them if they do not control their laughter. He is also quite abusive towards the other weasels when they laugh at something funny. However, like them, he still enjoys a good laugh himself, though he still remains the most serious member in spite of his occasional wisecracking. Furthermore, because of the fact that he is the most serious member, he is also much more ruthless as he clearly takes more pleasure than his men when tormenting others. He is also shown to commit frequent malapropisms, such as when he says that a tip on Roger's whereabouts has been "corrugated" ("corroborated") by several sources, ordering his henchmen to leave no stone "interned" ("unturned") when telling them to search in Eddie's office for Roger, or when he asks his boss Judge Doom if they should "disresemble" ("disassemble") the bar in search of Roger.