Judge Doom yellow-tinted glasses; he also carries a pocketwatch, as well as a cane which is revealed to be a saber in disguise, for use in emergency situations. During the writing process, Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman were unsure of whom to include as the villain in the plot of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". They wrote scripts that had either Jessica Rabbit or Baby Herman as the villain, but they made their final decision with newly created character Judge Doom. Price and Seaman based the scheme of Judge Doom of destroying Toontown for a freeway by a planned unproduced sequel of
Aladdin (1992 Disney film) 25% of space on advertising artwork, since Williams' film "Toys" was scheduled for release one month after "Aladdin"s debut. For financial reasons, the studio went back on the deal on both counts, especially in poster art by having the Genie in 25% of the image, but having other major and supporting characters portrayed considerably smaller. The Disney Hyperion book "Aladdin: The Making of an Animated Film" listed both of Williams' characters "The Peddler" and "The Genie" ahead of main characters, but was forced to refer to him only as "the actor signed to play the Genie". Disney, while not using