Epic Mickey: Difference between revisions

The story begins with Walt Disney's original cartoon star, [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]], after finally getting Walt some success and recognition, [[Too Good to Last|being taken from him]] over a budget dispute, fading into obscurity, and being [[Captain Ersatz|replaced by his younger half-brother]] [[Mickey Mouse]]. [[Throw the Dog a Bone|Fortunately]], he becomes the first resident of a world created by [[Fantasia|the wizard Yen Sid]] for [[What Could Have Been|forgotten and rejected Disney creations and ideas]]. This world, called [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Wasteland]] (based on the [[Disney Theme Parks]]), exists as a small model on a table within Yen Sid's tower. Oswald takes this world as his own, presenting himself as a king there. Soon after, Oswald teams up with [[The Mad Doctor]], another early resident of Wasteland -- togetherWasteland—together, they create the [[Mecha Mook|robotic]] [[Xtreme Kool Letterz|Beetleworx]], which serve as construction tools for Wasteland, as well as relocators for new residents of the world, and together they try to make Wasteland a comfortable home for the other lost [[Disney]] characters who later join them -- butthem—but Oswald grows resentful of his younger brother over time due to his increasing popularity. In a vain effort to emulate the life he never had, he makes a ''very'' large family with his [[Interspecies Romance|feline girlfriend]] Ortensia, and has [[The Mad Doctor]] build [[Robot Buddy|robotic copies]] of [[Donald Duck]] and [[Goofy]] to help him recreate the adventures Mickey went on -- buton—but even this fails to fill the void.

Later on, Mickey himself stumbles into Yen Sid's tower, after being lured in by the wizard's mischevious (or malicious) magic mirror. Shortly after arriving, he sees Yen Sid put the finishing touches on Wasteland. Content with his progress, Yen Sid goes off to sleep, while Mickey decides to put his own touch on Wasteland--heWasteland—he spots the magic paintbrush Yen Sid was using and begins to fiddle with it, but accidentally creates a monster [[Eldritch Abomination|called the Shadow Blot]] [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|and spills paint and paint thinner all over the model.]] [[Oh Crap|Hearing Yen Sid approaching]], Mickey tries to erase the Blot and quickly clean up... and ends up spilling [[It Got Worse|even more thinner]] on the model, creating a gaping hole in it, and then flees back to his bedroom via the mirror before the wizard returns. Despite Mickey's attempt to hide his transgression, the not-so-dead Blot persists and enters Wasteland via the hole; there, it takes over Wasteland, twisting it into a [[Darker and Edgier|sinister]] and [[Crapsack World|dangerous]] version of the original, and drives Oswald and any resistance into hiding during the conflict, henceforth called "The Blot Wars". The Doctor promptly stabs Oswald in the back (as he had always wanted to) and sides with the Blot, [[The Starscream|if just to further his own agenda.]]

* [[Insistent Terminology]]: At least on [[Video Game]] shows on, say, G4, they're ''very'' persistent in referring to it as '[[Disney]] [['''Epic Mickey]]''''. As if we'd ever forget who [[Mickey Mouse|Mickey's]] affiliated with.

* [[Mercy Invincibility]]: Cruelly averted... fall into a pool of [[Black Magic|thinner]] without a nearby platform -- orplatform—or end up underneath one -- andone—and you're almost guaranteed to quickly lose ''all'' of your health pips. And the [[Camera Screw]] the game often offers doesn't help at all.

** And Oswald -- whenOswald—when he finds out that Mickey caused the thinner disaster he literally dances with rage, challenging Mickey to a fight. He only remembers that he is dancing on the cork sealing the real Shadow Blot just as it cracks. His face and body language are priceless.

** Special mention, however, must go to the "Scrapper [[Mickey Mouse|Mickey]]" design, which goes all the way back to "Plane Crazy" for inspiration -- orinspiration—or, at least it did, before getting dropped.

* [[Wartime Cartoon]]: [[La Résistance|The Gremlins]] were originally from an unmade one of these -- basedthese—based on an idea by [[Roald Dahl]], no less.