"A second chance is what we all deserve..." -The Mad Doctor in Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two.
The Mad Doctor (real name Dr. XXX) is the secondary antagonist and key villian in Epic Mickey and is the main antagonist in its sequel. The Mad Doctor is the mastermind responsible for the creation of the robotic Beetleworx that hinder Mickey's path in the cartoon wasteland. The Mad Doctor also created the robotic versions of Mickey's friends to accompany Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. He is voiced by Dave Wittenberg.
Origination
The Mad Doctor originated from the 1933 short of the the same name. In the short, he kidnaps Pluto and tries to put his head on the body of a chicken to see if it the end result of a puppy hatching from an egg will bark, crow, or cackle. Mickey goes into the Doctor's castle to find and save Pluto. Mickey is caught and nearly killed only to realize he was dreaming. The Mad Doctor later appeared in the game Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse.
He is briefly seen in a picture in the Roger Rabbit short Tummy Trouble.
In Epic Mickey
Years ago, when the Mad Doctor arrived in Wasteland, his immediate priority was to seek power. Becoming a close partner to Oswald, he constructed the Beetleworx as a construction crew to help improve the land as new arrivals came in.
The Mad Doctor served Oswald by creating Beetleworx who were meant to help out in the Cartoon Wastland and also created Animatronic Versions of Mickey's friends for Oswald. However, when the Shadow Blot appeared, the Doctor went over to his side. While in service to the Blot, the Doctor created evil Beetleworx designed to attack anything that opposed them. When, the Fake Shadow Blot kidnaps Mickey; the Mad Doctor attempts to steal Mickey's heart with the Mechanical Arm, but brutally fails which leaves the player to progress on through the playthrough.
He is seen in Dark Beauty Castle in the opening as explained above and works behind the scenes after that until the encounter with him at Lonesome Manor. He warns Mickey that he has set up defenses and presumably straightly goes to the Manor's Attic; accidently leaving behind a treasure chest which holds a Anvil Sketch.
The encounter outside Lonesome Manor.
In the game, after you've fought him in Lonesome Manor, it turns out that he had transformed himself into a Beetleworx. Apparently, the Mad Doctor found out about the Blot's plan to drain the Wasteland of its Paint. Knowing that only the Animatronics and Beetleworx could exist if that happened, he modified himself so that he could rule whatever remained as their mechanical king. However, Gus took the last rocket part from his pod and this caused it to malfunction which sent the Mad Doctor high into the sky.
In Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
The Mad Doctor in Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two.
"MAD DOCTOR - The Mad Doctor is making his return from banishment in Disney Epic Mickey 2 as a reformed toon. Seeing the error of his ways he offers his help, but the question is, can Mickey, Oswald, and Gus trust their old nemesis? What do you think?" Disney Epic Mickey Video Game Facebook page desciption.
The storyline seems to revolve around the return of the Mad Doctor, who claims he's reformed and wants to rejoin Oswald's forces. Oswald, overjoyed with the return of his friend, accepts him with open arms. However, the citizens of the Wasteland feel reluctant to the whole thing. To see if the Doctor is good or evil, Oswald's girlfriend, Ortensia and Gremlin Gus call on Mickey. Strangely, earthquakes begin to occur all over Wasteland, leaving Mickey to feel a lot more suspicious about the Doctor.
Through out the game, the Mad Doctor often communicates with Mickey and Oswald over Oswald's remote. When Mickey first meets up with the Mad Doctor, he sings a song about how he has changed and goes off to other areas of Wasteland to assist in repairs. The Doctor is later seen at the end of the Elliot boss battle. Here, the doctor explains he regrets his decision of turning himself into an animatronic, as he is now falling apart. He also expresses his desire to be a toon again. As you get further into the game, it turns out that he has not truly reformed, and plans to become famous again. Utilizing a television transmitter similar to the one Gus constructs in the opening of the game, the Mad Doctor broadcasts his own television show to the Cartoon World, "The Wonderful World of Evil", and is hoping the ratings there will give him a heart again. To become a Toon once more, he pumps the Guardians from the ground beneath Wasteland in an effort to try and harness their power and get revenge on Wasteland by leaving it in an inert state.
Good/Paint Path
In the good ending, Mickey and Oswald save the Mad Doctor from falling into a giant vat of thinner, then the doctor saves them by using jets in his feet flying out if the lower level of his attraction, and the guardians turn him back into a truly-reformed toon. He'll also apear durring the parade at the end.
Bad/Thinner Ending
In the bad ending, Mickey and Oswald try to save the Mad Doctor, but when the doc tries to pull in Oswald with him, Mickey uses thinner on the doc and Oswald fires his remote at a nearby switch, which drops the doctor into the vat of thinner as turps cover him (preventing the doc from using his jet feet to carry himself to safety), while Mickey and Oswald are carried to safety by the turps.
Strategy
Like the Shadow Blot, the Mad Doctor is not fought directly. To defeat the Doctor, Mickey must either destroy the Beetleworx generators, or reassemble the tracks in the attic. In order to increase the amount of Thinner you have, you must destroy the generators that are creating various Beetleworx that are trying to attack you. To do this, you must use Thinner on the red lights above the doors that generate Beetleworx. If you wish to raise the amount of Paint you have, you must rescue the gremlin in the Library and the one in the Ballroom, they'll destroy two generators for you, then put a TV on the power trigger and some anvils on some buttons to lower the tracks found in the attic can be reassembled, and the cart on the track can crash into the machine behind the Mad Doctor. Either strategy will also earn Mickey the Mad Doctor Pin.
Epic Mickey: Tales of Wasteland
"Talk about your one-hit wonders. The Mad Doctor made his single appearance as the titular villain in the 1933 Cartoon 'The Mad Doctor.' And even then, he was dismissed as being a simple nightmare conjured up by a sleeping Mickey Mouse.
Well, this nightmare is all too real, but even Oswald would admit that the real-life Doc seems pretty benign in comparison.
Using his masterful skills in cartoon technical design, the Mad Doctor cooked up the Beetleworx, mechanical helpers who aided him in fixing and beautifying Wasteland. If he's got an evil side, he's sure doing a good job of hiding it. Maybe... too good..." (The Mad Doctor 's "Tales of Wasteland" profile)
The Mad Doctor is a character in the Epic Mickey: Tales of Wasteland digicomics. These comics are a prequel to Epic Mickey and take place before the Thinner Disaster. He appears in all the comics except "One Scary Night". He's very cunning, manipulative and quite the brilliant inventor. He pretends to be friends with Oswald and to help the people of Wasteland with his ideas and inventions, but clearly has his own agenda. Ortensia seems to be one of the few that doubt his "good" intensions.
Physical Appereance
The Mad Doctor a tall, but slouched man with an evil, bad-looking smile. He uses a white lab robe with a pocket near the waist that contains a knife and scissors. He uses gray goves and shoes and his beard is overgrown with his mustache pointing up. He is bald and has big, black eyes just like his eyebrows.
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Trivia
- Originally, the scenes where the Mad Doctor showed up in the opening sequence during trailers had him dressed in his black costume from the Mad Doctor short, confusing people into thinking it was the original Phantom Blot: http://i.imgur.com/weexq.jpg From Mad Doctor Short: http://i.imgur.com/2L2UQ.jpg
- Epic Mickey is not the first video game the Mad Doctor has appeared in. He also appeared in Mickey Mania for the SNES and the Sega Megadrive as the final boss of the Mad Doctor Cartoon level where Mickey has to defeat him to rescue Pluto.
- It is assumed that the Mad Doctor converted himself into a Beetleworx/Animatronic with the Pirate Conversion Machine on Skull Island or at least a similar machine.
- The Mad Doctor was one of the earliest residents to arrive in Wasteland along with Oswald.
- The cartoon he made his Debut in is included in the game as an unlockable, it is also two of the 2D Projector Screen Levels in Lonesome Manor. (See The Mad Doctor).
- It would seem as if the doctor is only able to communicate through song (even going as far as to stop a conversation until the other person (namely Oswald) sings with him). However, he speaks normally before and during the final battle, and during "I'm Falling Apart," he briefly says, "I hope you're right." Also, if you redeemed him, he screams, "No!" as he saves Oswald and Mickey from the thinner explosion and speaks during "That's What Heroes Do" as he realizes what respect comes from, but if you used thinner in the battle, he only screams,"No!" before his demise.
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