Top 6 Eddie Valiant Moments

Hello  & welcome  back  to  A Look at Disney.   Recently,  it was announced that Bob  Hoskins  passed away at the age of 71,  Hoskins  had  been battling  Parkinson's  and sadly,  lost the battle.   Edit:   It  was not his  Parkinson's, that took his life but rather Pneumonia    I've decided to  pay  my respect to Hoskins  by  counting  down  my Top 6 moments,  of one of his most famous characters.  Join  me as I count down  my Top 6  Eddie Valiant Moments.  With that out of the way, let's begin.




6.   Eddie  And Roger's  Meeting  at His  Office

When  Roger goes  to Valiant  for help,  we get a sense  of how  different  these two  and just  how much,   Eddie  despises Toons but   this  moment  is  important  for Eddie  as  it  starts  Eddie,   not  only  on the path  to help  Roger  clear his name but  to also  get over  his prejudice  over  the animated  characters and realize that even though,  a Toon killed  his brother,  not all are bad  and also,  Bob Hoskins   just plays  so well off of Roger,  that you tend to  forget  that Roger wasn't on set, when  you watch this scene.


5.  Eddie  Needs  A Spare

This  moment  right here is  just  really  funny,  from when  Eddie  is falling off the tower  after  being chased by  that ugly  Toon woman and Tweety  Bird  causes  him to fall and he meets up with Mickey Mouse  and Bugs  Bunny.   And  he asks,  if  either  of them, have a spare.   Well, Bugs gives  him  a spare tire.

Again,   Hoskins'   comedic  timing  is just  top notch  in this  scene  and his reaction to the spare tire  is just hilarious as he has that look of "Oh  Crap"  on his face.  Because  this isn't  what he meant but  Toons  especially  Bugs  can be little stinkers  and you  can  never take  their  word to be what you expect them to mean.



4.   Showing  Respect  To  Betty Boop

In the beginning of the film, we see Eddie  at the  Ink & Paint  Club,  we see that the only  Toon that   Eddie  has any respect for is Betty Boop and she points  how hard it is now  for Black  & White  cartoons  to get any work but  points out that she's still  got it as she does  her "boop de boop"   And  Eddie  agrees  and says  that  "Yeah, you've  still got it!"  This is a sweet moment  as it's  show that  Eddie  is able  to look past his bigotry and remember that there was one Toon, that  he liked and held  no ill will  towards.   It's  a sweet  and simple yet very effective moment in showing  that there is more to  Eddie, than we first  are led to assume.


3.  Going  To Toon Town

This is an important moment for Eddie as  here  is  confronting his  past, which  for so long  he had been  trying  to forget it and was angry over it.  But  by going to Toon Town,  he had to face  the things that he hated   most,  Toons  and this moment  right here, I would argue  is  when Eddie's bigotry truly started to melt away. It wasn't  fully gone  by this point  but  it was the  start of Eddie getting rid of his bigotry because he couldn't run from Toons in Toon Town.


2. Eddie Kisses  Roger Rabbit

This  scene is a callback  to when Roger kissed Eddie as it was funny and it was used again in the film,  but this time with Eddie  kissing Roger as a sign  that he  had gotten  his sense of humor back  and  didn't hate Toons  anymore  and could laugh again.  It's a small moment  but it's a big moment for Eddie  as  this completes  his character arc  from being the hard boiled, cynical,    bitter man that he was at the start of the film to remembering that people  always need to laugh  and while some Toons are evil, not all of them are bad  and it was here, that he was finally over his bigotry towards them.



1.   Confronting   Judge Doom

This  moment  is big for a few  reasons,  first  off,  Eddie  regains  his sense of humor  in this scene and  he has to use  it to fight  Judge Doom.    Speaking  of Doom, it's  also   important as Eddie  is  confronting his past  as he is confronting the Toon that killed  his brother.

Remember Me, Eddie? When I killed your brother, I talked just like this?

This  isn't  so much revenge that he's getting  on Doom  but he finally gets  to confront the Toon that led him to become  the bigot that he became  and   in many respects,   this had to be one of the toughest  moments for Eddie as he  had to re-live, the night,  Doom  killed his brother here but now,   he got to take him out  and  in a way,   fighting  Judge Doom  was another step  in  Eddie  getting rid  of his bigotry.  This is  of course,  just how  I view  it  but   this moment  is  in my opinion, the most important moment for Eddie  as  a character  as it is here,   he breaks  out of his bigotry  and learns to embrace humor  and that can be used as a tool.



There you have it,  my Top 6 Eddie Valiant  Moments.   It  is truly  a shame  that we  lost  Bob Hoskins  and this is the role, that he will be best remembered for in my mind  and I imagine  I'm not alone.  I   hope  that you enjoyed this list.  You know,  it's kind  of funny, I was planning on doing a Top 6  Detectives List and Eddie  would've  been # 1  on that list but I like getting to do this just as well.  Peace!