| “ | Gus led Mickey to another screen and they traveled quickly to Mean Street. This was a much busier place than Gremlin Village, with characters bustling in and out of shops, strolling down the avenues, and going about their not-so-ordinary lives. Mickey was relieved to discover that it didn’t live up to its rather threatening name. No one seemed to be mean here. | ” |
Mean Street is the central hub of the Cartoon Wasteland in the Epic Mickey series. It is based on the Main Street USA areas of the Disney parks.
In Epic Mickey and Epic Mickey: Rebrushed[]
| “ | Everyone knows Main Street, the central avenue of Disneyland, populated with happy visitors and a cheerful immortalization of early 20th century small-town life. But Wasteland has a different main drag: Mean Street—eerily familiar and yet very different. On Mean Street, you’ll find a cast of forgotten film stars, and a statue of Walt himself holding a familiar—and yet unfamiliar—hand. | ” |
Mean Street in Epic Mickey
According to Gremlin Gus, just before after the Blot's arrival (due to Mickey's accident that caused the Thinner Disaster), Mean Street was a bustling burg where Toons went about their lives in relative peace and safety. However, a wave of Thinner devastated the town during the crisis that heralded the Blot's arrival. It has since recovered, though major evidence of the damage yet remains, and the morale of the town remains low.
Within Mean Street are several shops and buildings and a statue of Walt Disney holding Oswald's hand instead of Mickey's, much to the mouse's surprise and disappointment. Oswald will stand in front of it after Mickey meets him in Mickeyjunk Mountain. It is revealed in the artwork that there is a machine under Mean Street to clean up the Thinner caused by the Thinner Disaster.
In Epic Mickey, Mean Street serves as the central hub world. Mickey is able to buy goods, complete tasks for its residents, and advance to other worlds through Projector Screens. Throughout the game, Gremlin Markus tasks Mickey with acquiring Power Sparks to power the other Projector Screens. Once Mickey collects 30 Power Sparks, talks to Gremlin Markus again after opening the last projector, the secret Walt's Apartment above the Fire Station next to City Hall is unlocked.
After the Blot is defeated by being blown up by fireworks, paint rains down on Cartoon Wasteland and restores everything, including the inert parts. Mean Street is also fully restored along with the rest of the areas. The citizens of Wasteland from all over come to celebrate down near the train station with the now-restored Wasteland.
Dynamic Music[]
- Neutral: A combination of various instruments in the style of its counterpart, Main Street, USA, give an authentic feel to this song. The sounds of train whistles make reference to the railway station present. It is the most openly upbeat track in the game aside from Projector Screens.
- Light: The use of lighter instruments such as the harp and bells, woodwind like the flute and kazoo, as well as triumphant sounding brass sections, ought to sound cheerful. In actuality, it seems to accentuate the nature of Mean Street as a facade, creating an atmosphere of fake optimism.
- Dark: The use of both deep and high pitches, as well as heavier focus on brass, strings, and percussion, makes this version seem like a crude imitation of the area’s neutral theme. Construction sounds are used to demonstrate the lackluster nature of this area when thinned.
Enemies[]
Although it's the main hub, there are two instances of enemies in Mean Street. One after you exited Tomorrow City, and the other during the Battle of Mean Street quest.
| Image | Name | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 | Spatters | 3 |
| Image | Name | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 | Spatters | 3 |
 | Spladooshes | 1 |
 | Slobbers | 1 |
 | Bloticles | 1 |
In Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two[]
Mean Street has been hit by a series of massive earthquakes during the events of Epic Mickey 2, so much so that the ground has split apart and divided the town into two parts - South and North.
Mean Street South []
Map of Mean Street South.
In the sequel, Mean Street South becomes Wasteland's heart (according to Mean Street South's selection if you use the Train Station). Mean Street South has the City Hall, Horace's Detective Agency, and the Emporium return, alongside the newly expanded museum and the observatory on top of it, a new clothing shop known as The Mad Hatter. You can thin the stairs of the train station to open up a path to Seth's flowerbed. Once an episode is cleared, Mickey and Oswald head back here.
Mean Street North[]
Directly across from Mean Street South is Mean Street North. Though technically a different area from its neighbor, both sides of Mean Street act as the general hub world. The Ice Cream Parlor returns, as well as newly added interiors for the Penny Arcade and the Mean Street Cinema. Two new shops opened as well, the Camera Shop and the Pin Trader. This side also functions the same as it did in the first game, with Projectors taking you to the other hubs.
Mickey and Oswald can travel to these two halves by traversing the underground area of the place or by paying Gremlin Scrumpet some e-tickets to use his balloon after saving him there.
Notable Residents[]
- Horace Horsecollar
- Big Bad Pete
- Gilda
- Gremlin Markus
- Rufus McBark
- Penelope
- Porter (After you return from Pirates of the Wasteland)
- Casey (Emporium Shopkeeper)
- Laralee (Museum Owner)
- Paulie (Ice Cream Shopkeeper)
- The Usher (In front of the Cinema)
- Oswald (After you meet him in Mickeyjunk Mountain)
- Adelle (Camera Shopkeeper)
- Jack Kelly (The Tabloid Reporter)
- Becca (The Pin Trader)
- The Haberdasher
- Gremlin Copernicus
- Seth
- Gertrude Goat
- Corrine
- Gremlin Jamface
Gallery[]
Mean Street Gallery
A collection of images relating to Mean Street
Trivia[]
Epic Mickey[]
- When Mickey interacts with Oswald after luring the Bunny Children for Pete, Oswald voices his disappointment, though this ultimately no repercussions on the game's ending.
- When Mickey stands next to the music shop, instruments being played are be faintly audible. It can be heard better when the music volume is turned off.
- Concept art of Mean Street depicts varying unused visions of the area:
- Some concept art of Mean Street depicts it with a more depressing, Silent Hill-esque atmosphere.
- In a few concept art pieces, there are some buildings with boarded-up windows and graffiti that reads "Blot Sux", which shows a more shady Mean Street.
- Throughout the game, several NPCs here will judge Mickey depending on his usage of paint and thinner during his adventure.
- During Visit 5, if Mickey talks to the toons around Mean Street than they will have ominous dialogue before the Shadow Blot fight.
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two[]
- In Seth's area the Mad Doctor's Ride is visible in the distance.
- When you complete an episode, if you go take a look at the view of the Mad Doctor's ride. It will be seen abandoned, being built, and finally complete.
- The two ends of Mean Street may seem far apart from another, but are actually connected via the gap between the underground area. The long distance is likely due to wanting to make the two parts separate to save resources on the Wii.
Epic Mickey: Rebrushed[]
- Mean Street now uses OsTown's original ambience for unknown reasons.