Eddie Valiant is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, and the film adaptation, Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Who Censored Roger Rabbit? In the original novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, Eddie Valiant is a fictional Los Angeles–based private detective hired by comic book star Roger Rabbit to investigate the workings of Roger's corrupt employers, the DeGreasy Brothers. When Roger is found dead, and his final words having been censored out, Valiant is soon sent on the case of tracking Roger's murderers.
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