Disney References

While the Epic Mickey games focus entirely on the forgotten aspects of Disney history, there are a number of references to the well-known aspects of it as well.

Epic Mickey

Dark Beauty Castle

• Dark Beauty Castle- Based on Sleeping Beauty Castle of Disneyland Paris. The castle also uses elements from the Beast 's castle and Maleficent 's fortress (banners and statues of her dragon form can also be seen throughout the castle).

• Mad Doctor's Lab- Stained glass windows have images of Maleficent, Captain Hook , and Scar on them. If you look carefully, you can see a statue based off the Beast from Beauty and the Beast.

• Courtyard - Statues resembling Scar can be found here.

• Throne Room: The statues that emit light are based on the gargoyles, Victor, Hugo, and Laverne from the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

• The Towers: The Gargoyles atop the towers are more than likely based on the ones from Beauty and the Beast (Gaston decapitates one in the film).

• Fireworks- Similar to the fireworks shows the real Disney Parks do.

The stained glass windows that reveal Scar, Captain Hook, and Maleficent (click for better view)

The statue based off the Beast.

Gremlin Village

• World of Gremlins- based off of the It's a Small World ride and Fantasyland. A loose, run-down remix of "It's a Small World" is also heard in the jungle river area.

• Ticket Booth- contains rides based off of the popular Dumbo the Flying Elephant and Mad Tea Party rides.

• Gremlin Village- Small Pete's steamboat has the appearance of Steamboat Willie. One ride in the village itself has flying carpets that vaguely resemble Carpet from Aladdin

Mean Street

• Based off of Main Street U.S.A. Also contains Wasteland versions of the Train Station, City Hall,  the Firehouse (complete with Walt's Apartment), the Emporium, the Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlor, the Main Street Cinema, the Penny Arcade, and the famous "Partners" Statue.

• The famous "Partners" statue appears near the place of the project screens only to have Oswald holding Walt's hands.

• The Cinema- It features a classic cartoon, Steamboat Oswald, replacing Steamboat Willie. The Usher also gives out cartoons which are "Oh What a Knight" and The Mad Doctor (short).

OsTown

• Based on Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Mickey's Toontown.

• The Gag Factory also has the safe inside the parks.

Mickeyjunk Mountain

• Based on the Matterhorn Bobsleds

• The entire mountain is covered in gigantic versions of old Mickey Mouse memorabilia.

• As in the real life, it has a basketball field
• The crane that Decker uses is from Building a Building and it reappers in EM2 in the projecter of the same name.
• A lot of objects seen in this stage are actual Mickey Mouse based merchandise that was sold long ago.

Tomorrow City

• Based on Tomorrowland in Disneyland.

• In the first part you enter there is a resemblance to the movie Atlantis: The Lost Empire, and is the holding area of the Nautilus (renamed the Notilus in Wasteland) from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

• Petetronic's arena is based on Space Mountain.
• Peoplemover is the track with the shocks.
• Some Beetleworxs are made of parts from the original TRON bikes, and the blotlings wear TRON outfits. Petetronic is also dressed as a TRON character, mostly resembling Sark.

Ventureland

• Based on or named after Adventureland.
• Ventureland has a structure resembling the Jungle Cruise.

Pirates of the Wasteland

• The level as a whole is based on a combination of Peter Pan and Pirates of the Caribbean.
• The Pirates come from Peter Pan as Hook's crew.

Tortooga

• Based on Tortuga, a location from the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.

The Jungle

• Based partly on the jungle from The Jungle Book with Hangman's Tree from Peter Pan.

Pirate Ride

• Based on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.

Skull Island

• Based off on Skull Rock from Peter Pan.

Jolly Roger

• Apperance is based on The Black Pearl from Pirates of the Caribbean and based on Hook's Ship from movie.
• Pete Pan is supposed to resemble Peter Pan and fights against Animatronic Hook.

Bog Easy

• Based on Disneyland's version of New Orleans Square. Bog Easy could also be inspired by Devil's Bayou, a setting in the Disney film The Rescuers.

• The sunken steamboat is resembling the Mark Twain Riverboat in the Rivers of America. It also resembles Madame Medusa's sunken steamboat home from The Rescuers.
• The fireflies comes from the Disney film The Princess and the Frog.

Lonesome Manor

• Based on various versions of The Haunted Mansion

• In the Lobby, there is a picture of Chernabog with a Gremlin trapped behind it. Another Fantasia reference comes from some of the ghosts, which resemble some of the ones from Night on Bald Mountain.

• In the Library, there is a statue that resembles Adult Simba (or Mufasa ) from The Lion King.
• In the Stretching room on the Ederly lady portrait are the singing Busts.
• The Stretching Room has portraits loosely based on the ones seen in The Haunted Mansion, the only exact one being the man in boxer shorts on a TNT barrel.

Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two

Yen Sid's Lab

• Based on Yen Sid 's castle from The Sorcerer's Apprentice segment in Fantasia.

Brush Realm

• The realm is based on Mickey's dream, also from The Sorcerer's Apprentice
• The challenge "When You Wish Upon a Star" is named for the song of the same name.

Dark Beauty Castle

• The earthquakes shake the castle apart in a similar fashion to Forté 's attempt to destroy the Beast's castle and its inhabitants in Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas.
• The challenge "Oswalds New Groove" could possibly be a reference to The Emperor's New Groove.

Mean Street

• The trash compactor bares a resemblance to Louie of The Jungle Book. Also, the Habedasher is a reference to the Mad Hatter of Alice in Wonderland, due to his forgetful personality. The Pink Elephants of Dumbo also appear.

OsTown

• Based on Mickey's Toontown in the Disney Parks.

Bog Easy

• If you look above the entrance to the boat house you will see a statue of Tick-Tock from Peter Pan's flight.
• The statues in the graveyard resemble the hitchhiking ghosts and the bride.
• When upgraded, Animatronic Donald 's boat resembles the Nautilus.

Ventureland

• Based off Adventureland from Disneyland. The boats moving resemble the Jungle Cruise ride.

Rainbow Falls

• Caveman paintings of things from the other Disney films can be seen.
• The door into the Projector Screen substation has Snow White and her prince on them as a locking mechanism.
• The Rushmore-like sculpture is based off of the Dwarves.

Rainbow Caverns

• Based on the defunct Disneyland attraction "Mine Train through Nature's Wonderland."

Disney Gulch

• Based on Frontierland.
• The train is a mix of the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride (along with the mountain seen at the end of the bridge) and Casey Jr's circus cars

Blot Alley

• Based on the scrapped land Edison's Square. Includes a Spatter statue made to resemble Edisons's statue.
• Some of the tables seen in the Alley resemble those from Lady and the Tramp

Club 13

• Based on Disneyland's Club 33.

Fort Wasteland

• Based on the defunct attraction Fort Wilderness in Disneyland.
• Features Cascade Peak, part of the defunct Minetrain thru Nature's Wonderland.
• The cannons that come out from the Fort resemble Dumbo .

Floatyard

• A junkyard of forgotten Disney parade floats, like from the Main Street Electrical Parade, Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams, Wonderful World of Disney Parade and Disney's Once upon a Dream parade.
• One of the floats is a large animatronic version of Stromboli, a minor villain from Pinocchio, which is a combination of Geppeto's stage from Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams and of an old Stromboli costume.
• The boxes from which the sweets that tumble into Toon Chasm come from are adorned with Alice's image. Equally, the Alice area of the level is an homage to her film.

Autotopia

• Based on the Autopia ride in Disneyland.
• Has cars that are from the defunct ride "Midget Autopia" in Disneyland.

World of Evil

Name is a parody of Wonderful World of Disney