Richard Williams explained, "I tried to make her like Rita Hayworth; we took her hair from Veronica Lake, and Robert Zemeckis kept saying, 'What about the look Lauren Bacall had?'"

In the novel, she's a shameless golddigger that uses her looks and charisma to seduce men into giving her what she wants or pitting key political figures against each other.

According to animation director Richard Williams, other than being a sexy, long legged female human toon temptress, she deeply loves her husband Roger.

She claims that he makes her laugh, is a better lover than a driver and that he is "better than Goofy" after Roger attempts to save her from Judge Doom and the Toon Patrol.

[12] After the film, Jessica also appeared in the Roger Rabbit/Baby Herman cartoons Tummy Trouble as a nurse, Roller Coaster Rabbit as a damsel in distress, and Trail Mix-Up as a park ranger.

Although in Tummy Trouble and Roller Coaster Rabbit, she rarely made impressions, in Trail Mix-Up, Roger fantasizes over her, calling her a "babe in the woods" and panting like a dog.

Though Jessica did not physically appear in the Disney film Aladdin and the King of Thieves, a cardboard cut-out of her body (from the neck-down) was visible for a few seconds while Genie was picking wedding dresses for Princess Jasmine, to which he did the Wolf-whistle.

After taking the Studio Backlot Tour, various props decorated the streets including two different photo opportunities with Jessica: a glittery cardboard cutout and "The Loony Bin" photo shop which allowed you to take pictures in costume standing next to an actual cartoon drawing of characters from the film.

According to research by Cadbury Dairy Milk[citation needed], Jessica Rabbit remains the most alluring character in cartoons.

[17] She was also ranked as the sixth greatest animated character by the same magazine stating that "there's more to her than just the sort of lines that would clean sweep America's Next Top Model.

"[18] Internet Movie Database had a poll that ranked her as the most alluring Disney character according to votes from audiences of the page.