R.K. Maroon: [Eddie has him with his tie caught in the Movieola, and is threathening to strangle him unless he tells him about Cloverleaf's involvement in the Acme murder] Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! The truth is, I had a chance to sell my studio. But Cloverleaf wouldn't buy my property unless Acme sold them his. The stubborn bastard wouldn't sell, so I was going to blackmail him with pictures of him and the rabbit's wife. Blackmail, that's all! I've been around toons all my life! I didn't want to see them destroyed!
Eddie Valiant: Toons destroyed? Why?
R.K. Maroon: If I tell you, I'm a dead man.
Eddie Valiant: You're a dead man if you don't tell me.
R.K. Maroon: Unless Acme's will shows by midnight tonight, Toontown's gonna be land for the free...
[is shot in the back by someone outside the window]