Judge Doom Doom were mostly positive. Judge Doom was ranked as one of the greatest film villains of all time by "Wizard" magazine and WhatCulture. Also the character and his plot twist reveal as a toon is placed as one of the scariest childhood moments, being ranked along characters like Large Marge from "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" and the Child Catcher from "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". Judge Doom also appeared in video games, a graphic novel and a few merchandising items based on the film. When "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" first introduces Judge Doom, Lt. Santino confides to Eddie Valiant that Doom bought
Judge Doom "Chinatown" entitled "Cloverleaf" which would be the name of Judge Doom's company in the film. Doom was supposed to have an animated vulture sit on his shoulder, but this was deleted due to the technical challenges this posed. Doom would also have a suitcase of 12 small animated kangaroos that act as a jury, by having their joeys pop out of their pouches, each with letters, when put together would spell YOU ARE GUILTY. This was also cut. Doom was originally the hunter who killed Bambi's mother. Tim Curry originally auditioned for the role of Judge Doom, but after his