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* [[The Artifact]]: The elaborate ''[[Pocahontas]]'' sequence in the Florida version. Ironically, the original California version, which has a ''[[Peter Pan (Disney film)|Peter Pan]]'' sequence, seems much less dated.
* [[The Artifact]]: The elaborate ''[[Pocahontas]]'' sequence in the Florida version. Ironically, the original California version, which has a ''[[Peter Pan (Disney film)|Peter Pan]]'' sequence, seems much less dated.
* [[Award Bait Song]]: The Tokyo DisneySea version of "Imagination".
* [[Award Bait Song]]: The Tokyo DisneySea version of "Imagination".
* [[Back for the Finale]]: Belle, Ariel, and Snow White.
* [[Back for the Finale]]: Belle, Ariel, and Snow White.
* [[Badass Boast]]: "You may think you're so powerful? Well, uh, this is ''my'' dream!"
* [[Badass Boast]]: "You may think you're so powerful? Well, uh, this is ''my'' dream!"
* [[Battle in the Center of the Mind]]: The last parts of the night show.
* [[Battle in the Center of the Mind]]: The last parts of the night show.
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** The version at Disney World replaces the pink elephants and puppets with floating bubbles containing various movie clips.
** The version at Disney World replaces the pink elephants and puppets with floating bubbles containing various movie clips.
** The Tokyo DisneySea version has animals from ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]'' and ''[[The Lion King]]'' sail around to the accompaniment of "Hakuna Matata" and "Circle of Life", [[Lilo and Stitch|Stitch]] assume control of lasers and fountains for a while, and [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Genie]] appearing in giant crystal balls.
** The Tokyo DisneySea version has animals from ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]'' and ''[[The Lion King]]'' sail around to the accompaniment of "Hakuna Matata" and "Circle of Life", [[Lilo and Stitch|Stitch]] assume control of lasers and fountains for a while, and [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Genie]] appearing in giant crystal balls.
* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]: One of Mickey's dreams in the Disneyland and Disney World versions features [[Beauty and the Beast|Belle]], [[The Little Mermaid|Ariel]], and [[Snow White (Disney film)|Snow White]] dancing with their respective princes. Tokyo DisneySea has clips of Disney Princesses appear inside giant crystal balls.
* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]: One of Mickey's dreams in the Disneyland and Disney World versions features [[Beauty and the Beast|Belle]], [[The Little Mermaid|Ariel]], and [[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White]] dancing with their respective princes. Tokyo DisneySea has clips of Disney Princesses appear inside giant crystal balls.
* [[Everything's Better with Sparkles]]: What else to expect from a Disney show?
* [[Everything's Better with Sparkles]]: What else to expect from a Disney show?
* [[Frickin' Laser Beams]]: As the gratuitous fireworks in Disneyland's old finale caused huge clouds of smoke to drift out into the audience, today's incarnation relies much more heavily on lights, fountains, and of course, lasers.
* [[Frickin' Laser Beams]]: As the gratuitous fireworks in Disneyland's old finale caused huge clouds of smoke to drift out into the audience, today's incarnation relies much more heavily on lights, fountains, and of course, lasers.
* [[Fluffy the Terrible]]: Bucky and Murphy, the two incarnations of Disneyland's dragon.
* [[Fluffy the Terrible]]: Bucky and Murphy, the two incarnations of Disneyland's dragon.
* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons]]
* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons]]
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* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: The Tokyo DisneySea version has Mickey summoning the Magic Mirror to ask if he's "the greatest sorcerer of all", only to fall into the Mirror's trap when it invites him to look closer within.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: The Tokyo DisneySea version has Mickey summoning the Magic Mirror to ask if he's "the greatest sorcerer of all", only to fall into the Mirror's trap when it invites him to look closer within.
* [[No Budget]]: Aside from the fact Imagineering built a whole theater for it, the Disney World version seems cheaper to perform than the others. It relies much more heavily on projections, and its dragon and boats look less elaborate than those at Disneyland. The projections aren't even HD.
* [[No Budget]]: Aside from the fact Imagineering built a whole theater for it, the Disney World version seems cheaper to perform than the others. It relies much more heavily on projections, and its dragon and boats look less elaborate than those at Disneyland. The projections aren't even HD.
* [[Spiritual Successor]]:
* [[Spiritual Successor]]:
** ''[[Kingdom Hearts (video game)|Kingdom Hearts]]'' contains scenes of Mickey fighting villains who did not face him in their respective movies.
** ''[[Kingdom Hearts (video game)|Kingdom Hearts]]'' contains scenes of Mickey fighting villains who did not face him in their respective movies.
** ''[[World of Color]]'' features clips projected against mist screens, including clips of Chernabog and Sorcerer Mickey.
** ''[[World of Color]]'' features clips projected against mist screens, including clips of Chernabog and Sorcerer Mickey.
*** Recursively, the Tokyo DisneySea ''Fantasmic!'' seems like a [[Spiritual Successor]] of both Disneyland's ''Fantasmic!'' and ''World of Color'', retelling the basic concept of the former with technology on par with the latter (especially apparent if one tries to compare the fountains).
*** Recursively, the Tokyo DisneySea ''Fantasmic!'' seems like a [[Spiritual Successor]] of both Disneyland's ''Fantasmic!'' and ''World of Color'', retelling the basic concept of the former with technology on par with the latter (especially apparent if one tries to compare the fountains).
* [[This Was Her True Form]]: [[Snow White (Disney film)|Queen Grimhilde]] transforms from a hag back into her queenly self after Mickey slays the dragon.
* [[This Was Her True Form]]: [[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Queen Grimhilde]] transforms from a hag back into her queenly self after Mickey slays the dragon.
* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]: Subverted. Mickey does use a sword [[The Sword in the Stone|(pulled from a stone)]] to defeat Maleficent, but instead of throwing it like [[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Prince Philip does]], he ''shoots a plume of sparkles'' through it!
* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]: Subverted. Mickey does use a sword [[The Sword in the Stone|(pulled from a stone)]] to defeat Maleficent, but instead of throwing it like [[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Prince Philip does]], he ''shoots a plume of sparkles'' through it!
** [[Justified Trope|Justified]], since in the beginning he displays the power to shoot sparkles from his fingers.
** [[Justified Trope|Justified]], since in the beginning he displays the power to shoot sparkles from his fingers.
* [[Title Drop]]: The hag from ''Snow White'' boasts that she'll turn Mickey's dreams into a "nightmare Fantasmic".
* [[Title Drop]]: The hag from ''Snow White'' boasts that she'll turn Mickey's dreams into a "nightmare Fantasmic".
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]:
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]:
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