Finding the Hidden Heroes

Applicable Games

Finding the Hidden Heroes
Given by	Seth
Reward	Flower patch (Oswald or Mickey)
Game	Epic Mickey 2

Finding the Hidden Heroes is an optional Side Quest initiated by speaking with Seth in Mean Street South, near the Guardian pool in the center of town.

Seth will alert Mickey to the existence of various Oswald and Mickey shaped objects in the world. He asks Mickey to return to him with pictures of these objects so that he can trim his flower bed to look like whichever character he gets the most pictures of.

Both the Emporium and the Shanty Shop will allow the purchase of Hero Maps to locate the photo opportunities.

Mickey needs to visit Adelle's Camera Shop in Mean Street North to acquire a camera.

When using the camera, the Mickey-shaped viewfinder will turn green when a Hidden Hero is in view. Pictures of hidden heroes will not fill up the camera roll (neither can they be unloaded in Adelle's photo album).

Wii Version Softlock

When completing this quest on the Wii version of the game, there is a chance a softlock may occur on the quest on its third phase due to the player not having enough hidden heroes to photograph.

On Wii, every hidden hero has an assigned episode, which need to match the stage of the quest for them to be counted towards the progress (e.g Stage 2 will only accept Episode 2 and 3 hidden heroes). However, there aren’t enough hidden heroes in Episode 3 areas to fulfill the quest’s requirements.

To succesfully avoid this softlock the player must abstain from taking pictures in Mean Street and Underground until phase 3 of the quest, as hidden heroes in these areas are considered “wildcards” and always count towards the quest.

Return to Seth

When enough photos have been found, a quest turn in prompt will come up. At this point Mickey can return to Seth to turn in some photos.

After Seth gives Mickey the quest, he can no longer be found in the center of town. His garden is located on the other side of the Mean Street South train station, which can be reached by thinning out the center of the ledge between the train station and the center fountain, or helping the gremlin repair the doors to the right. This opens a pathway underground. Take a right, then a left to find Seth and his garden.

If enough photos of both Mickey and Oswald have been taken, Seth will ask which set he should take. After giving him one set, it's possible to also turn in the other set. Seth will reward each turn-in with some e-tickets.

After enough turn-ins, likely not until some time in Episode 3, Seth will finally decide to decorate his flower garden. If photos of both Mickey and Oswald have been turned in, Mickey will get to choose who to model the flowers after. To get the Heads Up achievement, have them match the statue in OsTown (requires completion of the Goofy's Fountain Mishap Side Quest).

Locations

Mean Street South

Mean Street South Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Mickey	On top of the Hat Shop behind the spinning hat.
2	Oswald	Right of the Fire Station behind a thinnable dirt pile.
3	Mickey	Must be accessed after the robot head is repaired. Enter the robot head and turn around, the Mickey is in the rocks.
4	Mickey	Under the train station, a shape of Mickey in the wall near the minecart.
5	Oswald	Behind a thinnable dirt mound near the train station.

Mean Street North

Mean Street North Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Mickey	Thin the ground, near the Windmill and the Cinema.
2	Mickey	Attached to part of the Windmill, the photo cannot be taken after the Windmill has been repaired. (Photo must be taken before the windmill is repaired).
3	Mickey	On the ground behind the arcade. Meant to be accessed by breaking the Ice Cream Shop Gremlin Hut, however the prompt to take the photo will still appear even if the gremlin hut hasn't been destroyed.
4	Oswald	Door to the underground, accessible after repairing the Mean Street North Elevator.
5	Oswald	The Oswald Water tower right of the Camera Shop. If the Oswald tower falls, the photo cannot be taken.
6	Oswald	Under thinnable dirt near the entrance of Mean Street North and the balloon.

Mean Street Underground

Mean Street Underground Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Oswald	Accessed by repairing the Trash Compactor and entering. It is a massive vault.
2	Mickey	Accessed by repairing the Ice Cream Shop Gremlin Hut and entering. It is a massive vault.
3	Mickey	Part of the wall, it is on the Mean Street South side to the left of the entrance. A formation of grates.
4	Oswald	On Mean Street South side to the right of the entrance. It is a gate.
5	Mickey	Part of the wall, it is on the Mean Street North side to the right of the entrance. A formation of grates.
6	Oswald	On Mean Street North side to the left of the entrance. It is a gate.

Mean Street Underground (Generator Rooms)

Mean Street Underground Generator Rooms Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Mickey	Accessed by repairing the Paint Tower. Just above the first blue spot.
2	Mickey	Accessed by repairing the Mean Street North Elevator. On the back wall behind the flying platform, left of the gremlins image.

OsTown

OsTown Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Oswald	Right side of the train station, on a gate.
2	Oswald	Left side of the train station, on a gate.
3	Mickey	Above Ortensia's house. Needs to have part of the wall thinned to create the hidden Mickey. This is what it will look like before, the gap between hills needs to be thinned and the overlap between hill and background.
4	Mickey	Behind a thinnable wall right of Moody's house. Looks like a Mickey peeking his head.

OsTown Underground (Level 1)

OsTown Underground Level 1 Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Oswald	Part of the wall, gears that are left of the D.E.C. exit.
2	Oswald	Part of the wall, gears that are left of the Green Gremlin. Gears do not need to be painted for the photo, but can be.

OsTown Underground (Level 3)

OsTown Underground Level 3 Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Oswald	On the wall of the door blocking the side with Mickey's head, (the right side).

Rainbow Falls

Rainbow Falls Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Mickey	Using the tilting platform stand on the right most side, thin the roof and run to the ledge that will be revealed.
2	Oswald	Right of the indelible Ink Well behind a thinnable piece of the wall.
3	Mickey	After the gate that leads to the middle section is a thinnable staircase, the hero is behind it.

Rainbow Caverns

Angel/Devil Caverns Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Mickey	To the left of the entrance of Devil Caverns, on the ground.

Disney Gulch (Section 1)

Disney Gulch (Section 1) Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Mickey	It's a little difficult to spot immediately, but it is viewable from the ledge near the D.E.C.
2	Mickey	Under the elevator. Elevator is near the saloon and takes Mickey to the projector.
3	Mickey	A Mickey cactus near the skeleton.

Disney Gulch (Section 2)

Disney Gulch Section 2 Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Oswald	Under a thinnable piece of the ground near the train cars.
2	Mickey	Across the bridge is a generator connected to a vent, the Hidden Mickey is on the generator. Left of the melting clock.

Bog Easy (First Area)

Bog Easy First Area Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Mickey	Next to the entrance to the Shanty Shop, under a trailer, part of the ground needs to be thinned.

Bog Easy (The Bridge)

Bog Easy The Bridge Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Oswald	The painted Oswald head on the train station.

Bog Easy (Old Town)

Bog Easy Old Town Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Mickey	On the wall of one of the buildings, needs to be thinned. (Cannot be taken once the building for the A Friend in Deed quest is built).
2	Mickey	Part of the grass left of the inkwell, the grass needs to be thinned in a way to reveal it.
3	Oswald	After the a friend in deed building is built on the front wall is a very tiny Oswald. (Does not appear on map until taken)

Blot Alley

Blot Alley Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Mickey	The door to the right of the key blotling.
2	Mickey	The door to the left of the key blotling.
3	Mickey	The door forward of the key blotling, to the blotling square.
4	Oswald	In the hidden area that needs fireworks to open the door. On the wall near the gate.

Train Tunnels (Clock Tower)

Train Tunnels Clocktower Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Oswald	Behind a piece of toon above one of the guard towers on the right side. (Near the entrance to the secret area.)
2	Mickey	In a secret area on the right side behind a piece of toon. Inside the room is a gremlin and behind him is the hidden hero.

Train Tunnels (Mad Doctor)

Train Tunnels (Mad Doctor) Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Oswald	Under the anvil is a room with a lever, spin attacking the lever will reveal a room with the hidden hero.
2	Mickey	Climb onto the platforms. A belt is holding up a piece of metal, the belt needs to be thinned to let down the piece of metal to reveal the hidden hero.
3	Mickey	To the right of the Mad Doctor's snow globe is another secret room. Use the fairy sketch on the fireworks to bring it closer to the blue wall and light them off. Be careful! The fireworks can be flung by the gas pumps. The hidden hero is behind the chest.

Train Tunnels (The Blot)

Train Tunnels The Blot Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Mickey	On the Blot set. On the left side is a piece of blue wall which is thinnable, behind it is the hidden hero.
2	Oswald	On the Mickeyjunk Mountain set. Behind the main wall in the centre which can be thinned.
3	Oswald	Ride the left arm while it flips to the backstage (or the Oswald stand and jug). Mickey's view cannot turn here so just click the camera button and turn. The hidden hero is on the right wall.
4	Mickey	Ride the right arm while it flips to the backstage (or the Mickey head). Mickey's view cannot turn here so just click the camera button and turn. The hidden hero is on the left wall.

Fort Wasteland

Fort Wasteland Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Oswald	Near the projector, behind a big starfish which can be thinned.
2	Oswald	After entering the clock it is on the roof.
3	Mickey	On one of the tree trunks close to the right corner.
4	Mickey	At the bottom of the waterfall in the nook with the chest. On the roof right side.

Floatyard (Bridge)

Floatyard Bridge Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Mickey	Behind the Stromboli Float's head is a cave, in the roof is a hole which is in the shape of Mickey. Viewing this hole is very difficult without just getting out the camera and pointing.
2	Oswald	On a nutcrackers hat right after the birdhouse door.

Floatyard (Ship)

Floatyard Pirate Ship Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Mickey	Blue form on the side of one of the floats on the wall. Above and to the left of the clown door. Above the entrance to the Toon Chasm.

Floatyard (Alice)

Floatyard Alice in Wonderland Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Oswald	Behind a toon wall is a cave with a hidden Oswald to the left made out of candy canes.

Prescott's Arena

Prescott's Arena Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Locations	Image
1	Mickey	A pumpkin with Mickeys face at the back of the arena left of the projector to the Gag Factory.
2	Oswald	A pairing of gears that create the shape of Oswald, left of where the Mech would have been, in the chasm on the wall.

Ventureland (Hub)

Ventureland Hub Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Mickey	Under a thinnable piece of the ground.
2	Oswald	On the Three Little Pigs hut behind a thinnable piece of the wall to the right of the door.

Ventureland (Crane)

Ventureland Crane site Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Oswald	On the enterable spatter house nearest to the crane and the inkwell. Right wall is thinnable and behind it is the hero. (Make sure to thin the bush if it doesn't go work).
2	Mickey	On the ledges on the way to the Autotopia projector there is a thinnable orange rock wall with the hero behind it.

Autotopia (Siphon 1)

Autotopia Siphon one Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Mickey	Part of the road near the projector to Ventureland.
2	Oswald	Behind a thinnable billboard on a ledge. (The location on the map is near, but the actual location is more to the left).

Autotopia (Siphon 2)

Autotopia Siphon two Hidden Heroes Map

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Mickey	Under the bridge, it is three pipes letting out the guardian liquid into the pool.

Autotopia (Siphon 3)

Autotopia Siphon 3 Hidden Heroes Map (Due to how this siphon is setup the map is very confusing and the second hero is right off the map)

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Mickey	In the tunnel between Siphon 2 and 3. On a wall across from the pump.
2	Oswald	After finishing the third siphon a faster exit appears and the Oswald is on the wall just before the hole in the ground.

Mad Doctor's Attic

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Mickey	On the vault door to the next projector. (Does not appear on map until the photo is taken).

Mad Doctor's Ride

#	Mickey or Oswald?	Location	Image
1	Mickey	In the centre on the floor (Only counts once and does not appear on map until the photo is taken).

Quest Tree

Seth (Oswald)	Seth (Mickey)
Hidden Oswalds - Episode One Photograph Oswald silhouettes that are hidden throughout Wasteland, then return them to Seth on Mean Street South.	Hidden Mickeys - Episode One Photograph Mickey silhouettes that are hidden throughout Wasteland, then return them to Seth on Mean Street South.
Hidden Oswalds - Episode Two Photograph Oswald silhouettes that are hidden throughout Wasteland, then return them to Seth on Mean Street South.	Hidden Mickeys - Episode Two Photograph Mickey silhouettes that are hidden throughout Wasteland, then return them to Seth on Mean Street South.
Hidden Oswalds - Episode Three Photograph Oswald silhouettes that are hidden throughout Wasteland, then return them to Seth on Mean Street South.	Hidden Mickeys - Episode Three Photograph Mickey silhouettes that are hidden throughout Wasteland, then return them to Seth on Mean Street South.

Trivia

• The Mickey on the Windmill can actually be taken, however it is very difficult to do, View here.
• There are many locations at which there looks to be a Hidden Hero, but it does not count, perhaps by error or just coincidence. These are examples of some of the most egregious.

Area	Description	Image
OsTown Underground Level 3	Sometimes the Hidden Heroes come in pairs, this one of those implied times. A Mickey across from the Oswald hero, however this one is not a hidden hero.
Bog Easy	Unlike the hidden Oswalds in OsTown, this Oswald on the train station is not a hidden hero.
Train Tunnels	Right next to an actual hidden Mickey in the mad doctor's snow globe diorama. Inside a hidden room. It can be assumed this may have originally intended to have been a hidden Mickey, but the developers might have changed their mind.

Gallery

Oswald's flower patch

Mickey's flower patch

In game quest icon

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