| “ | In Disney Epic Mickey, Mickey accidentally sets into motion the greatest catastrophe in the history of Wasteland. Oh, he didn't mean any harm-he never does-but that doesn't mean a thing to Oswald and the Wasteland denizens who find themselves hip deep in the Thinner Disaster. Oswald already had a grudge against the mouse, feeling that Mickey replaced him in the hearts and mind of movie goers, but Mickey's actions take that resentment to a whole new level...and only Mickey himself can set things right! | ” |
Mickey Mouse is the main protagonist of the Epic Mickey series. He is the most popular cartoon creation of Walt Disney, and a replacement of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Walt's first creation. Mickey finds himself in conflict with Oswald for not only this, but for his role in the disarray of all of Wasteland.
He is voiced by Bret Iwan, who has voiced him since 2009.
Personality[]
From the beginning of the game, Mickey is shown to be curious and mischievous; he sneaks into Yen Sid's workshop to inspect the Wasteland map and the magical tools around it, shows neglect for the work put into the map, and creates his own concoction of his image on top. When his project goes wrong, he makes a mess of everything on the table, unwittingly unleashing The Blot, and knocking a large Jug of Thinner, into Wasteland.
The developers' goal for Mickey's personality in Epic Mickey was to bring the loveable character back to his mischievous roots, and show that the Mouse can be flawed, and give players the ability to make choices in the game that can reflect that. Throughout the story, Mickey can become progressively more mischievous, or learn to be more responsible.
Powers and Abilities[]
Mickey's basic attack is a Spin Move which he uses to break items, knock back enemies, and activate machinery with his Paintbrush. There is more to this brush, however; it possesses magic Paint and Thinner abilities to create and destroy. When faced with a toon object, Mickey can use the brush to spray Thinner and erase it. When faced with an empty silhouette of an object, he can use a spray of Paint to restore it. This mechanic is also used in combat, where the player can use the Paintbrush to either melt enemies with Thinner, or redeem them with Paint.
Mickey's choices have consequences in the gameplay: Mickey's Paint and Thinner capacity will change based on how he fights his enemies, his ink drip effect from the Blot will increase or decrease based on the morality of his choices, and the Guardians he attracts will either be creative Tints or destructive Turps, both of which he can fire at enemies to fight them, or use their power to guide him to his next objective.
Mickey also is able to unlock Sketches, which grant him additional powers:
- TV Sketches can distract enemies and power up machines.
- Watch Sketches can slow down time.
- Anvil Sketches can activate pressure plates and flatten enemies.
In Epic Mickey[]
Mickey discovering Yen Sid's creation
Thinner Disaster and creation of the Blot[]
The Blot Wars are caused by his mischief in Yen Sid's Lab. When he ventured through his mirror into the workshop, he witnessed the sorcerer put the finishing touches on the map of a world he created for Disney's forgotten and scrapped characters. Once Yen Sid left the room, Mickey recklessly began toying with everything, creating a destructive creature made of Paint and Thinner called the Blot. In an attempt to destroy it, Mickey accidentally knocked over the Jug next to him, dumping a large amount of Thinner into the map of the world for forgotten Toons, where the Blot followed. The Blot would go on wreak havoc in this world, turning this world into a Wasteland. Mickey's actions would continue to be the catalyst for most of Epic Mickey's major events.
Entering Wasteland[]
Years after the mishap in Yen Sid's Lab (known as the Thinner Disaster in Wasteland), a minion of the Blot called the Shadow Blot managed to break the boundary of Wasteland enough to extend his arms through the map and into the workshop, and then through the mirror to Mickey's bedroom, to grab him and drag him into the map. Once Mickey arrived in Wasteland, he discovered this was a plot of the Mad Doctor, an evil forgotten Toon, who took control of the Shadow Blot in an effort to steal Mickey's Heart. Because Toons lose their hearts when they are forgotten, the only way for them to escape Wasteland and return to the Toon World is by stealing someone else's.
Searching for Oswald[]
After Mickey breaks free from the Mad Doctor's clutches, he meets Oswald from afar for the first time, but not before the Rabbit runs away. Mickey then meets a Gremlin named Gus, who helps him escape Dark Beauty Castle and find Oswald in an attempt to get back home. The two make their way through Gremlin Village following Oswald, before they reach a dead end at Mean Street, the home of most people in Wasteland. Here Mickey reunites with old friends who try to get him to remember them, but to no avail.
To get to Oswald's sanctuary on Mickeyjunk Mountain, Mickey needs to repair Mean Street's Projector Screens that lead to the other hub worlds. He is able to befriend the forgotten Toons by carrying out quests for them in exchange for Power Sparks, the energy supply for the Projectors. Mickey and Gus open the Projector to OsTown, which houses the entrance to Mickeyjunk Mountain.
Mickey completes the treacherous climb up the mountain and properly meets Oswald for the first time. Oswald, already knowing who Mickey is, resents the Mouse for replacing his popularity and stardom. Here Mickey realizes the disarrayed state of Wasteland is due to his actions in Yen Sid's Lab, but chooses not to tell anyone. He asks Oswald for help exiting Wasteland, and finds out about the Moonliner Rocket in Tomorrow City that can fly him out. Oswald tells Mickey to meet him there to launch the rocket, while hiding a plot to steal Mickey's heart and take the rocket himself.
Returning home[]
Mickey makes his way to the Moonliner Rocket, only to find that the Mad Doctor got air of his plan somehow and sabotaged the engine. Oswald finds out that three crucial rocket parts are missing, and where they've been taken. He leaves Mickey to face Petetronic for the first part, before sending him to Pirates of the Wasteland and Lonesome Manor to find the other two.
Mickey returns to the hub worlds and has to carry out more quests for the Toons to get Power Sparks and gain access to the other Projectors. He travels to the Pirates of the Wasteland, where he stops a plot to turn Toons into Beetleworx, and fights Animatronic Captain Hook for the Rocket Part he held. He then makes his way to the Lonesome Manor, where he frees the residing Ghosts and other haunts from the Mad Doctor's reign of the manor, and steals the last Rocket Part from the Mad Doctor's Snowglobe aircraft, sending it hurtling into the sky, defeating him for the time being.
Mickey and Gus bring all three Rocket Parts to Oswald, but before they can fix the Rocket, the Shadow Blot rallies its Blotling Army to the top of Mickeyjunk Mountain for an attack on Oswald's fortress. The trio make a detour to Mickeyjunk, where Mickey faces off against the Shadow Blot for the final time. He then finds Oswald with Yen Sid's Jug atop the Mountain, where he finds the real Blot has been trapped all this time. Oswald thanks Mickey for defeating the Shadow Blot, and offers him a fresh start, agreeing to work together from here on. Mickey is overcome by guilt and tells him and Gus about everything that happened in Yen Sid's workshop, revealing that the Thinner Disaster and the Blot Wars were caused by him. Oswald, in a fit of rage, tries to fight Mickey but accidentally destroys the cork keeping the Jug shut, and unleashes the Blot. Oswald and Gus are promptly grabbed by the Blot, who threatens to kill them unless Mickey offers up his heart. Left with no other choice, Mickey makes the trade and his friends are let go.
Fighting the Storm[]
The giant, storm-sized Blot needs to regain his strength after being trapped for so long in order to use Mickey's heart to leave Wasteland, so he extends Bloticles all over Wasteland to drain the world of its Paint. Mickey and Gus devise a plan to travel around all the areas previously visited to destroy the Bloticles, to weaken the Blot enough to battle it in the Moonliner Rocket. After the Bloticles have been defeated, Mickey and Gus return to Tomorrow City where they find Oswald fixing the Moonliner Rocket with the parts they collected. As they fly off to the Storm Blot, they realize the weakness of the Rocket being held together by Paint, which is promptly drained by Bloticles, causing the Rocket to crash into Dark Beauty Castle. Oswald then devises a new plan to use the Castle's fireworks towers for an attack on the Blot, but after Mickey activates all the towers, the Blot finds out what they are doing and puts a stop to it, consuming the trio.
Now inside the Blot, Mickey reunites with Gus and Oswald. The remote control for the fireworks has been lost, so now all Mickey can do is get his heart back and leave on his own. He and Gus make their way through the Blot's insides and fight off zombified Toons, and discover the heart cavity where Bloticles are holding the heart that one belonged to Mickey. After destroying the Bloticles, Oswald shows up and grabs Mickey's heart as it falls from their grasp. He contemplates his original plan to steal it, but decides to give Mickey another chance and offer him his friendship, and the Mouse's heart.
With Mickey's heart back in its rightful place, Oswald reveals a second Remote that he uses to launch all the fireworks, destroying the Blot and sending the trio flying into the sky. While Oswald and Gus land in Mean Street and see the result of the Blot's stolen Paint returning to Wasteland ad restoring it, Mickey flies through the hole in the sky leading to Yen Sid's workshop. Yen Sid scolds Mickey for what he did to his creation and takes back his brush, but also congratulates him on saving Wasteland, and shows him through his mirror a view of Wasteland being restored and rejoicing due to his actions, where Oswald says goodbye to Mickey.
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two[]
A Family Reunion[]
Mickey was sleeping one night, until he heard a noise from his television set. He finds out that it was a transmission from Gremlin Gus, telling him to go to Yen Sid's lab and retrieve the brush. Mickey enters his TV to Yen Sid's lab and grabs the brush, using it to repaint the portal to Wasteland.
Entering Wasteland, Mickey was then informed by Gus and Ortensia that the Mad Doctor is back, and earthquakes have been terrorizing Wasteland. Oswald comes by to check on Ortensia and Gus, giving Mickey the news that the Mad Doctor has reformed along the way. Another quake hit, causing Dark Beauty Castle to become unstable. Mickey, Oswald, Gus, and Ortensia then evacuate the castle, but not before retrieving Oswald's remote control.
Upon revisiting Mean Street, Mickey is devastated to see that Wasteland is in worse condition than before. Gus then states that they should travel to Rainbow Falls to repair the Projector Substation. Along the way, Mickey, Oswald, and Gus meet up with Gremlin Jamface, who secretly tells the trio that the station was damaged before the first quake even hit. Going to OsTown, the trio then meet up with Gremlin Prescott, who now works at the Gag Factory, and Animatronic Goofy, who, depending on which one you help out, will open the way to Rainbow Falls.
Upon entering Rainbow Falls, Mickey and Oswald make their way through the caverns to find the Projection Substation, where they see Small Pete already doing repairs on the station. After helping him out with the repairs, Oswald then gets a transmission from the Mad Doctor to come to his lab at Disney Gulch with big news. Noticing an abrupt end to his transmission, Mickey and Oswald head on over to the Mad Doctor's Lab, with the feeling that he might be in trouble.
Upon entering the lab, Mickey and Oswald are then attacked by the Blotworx Dragon, which starts a battle with the duo. Upon redeeming or defeating the Blotworx Dragon, Mickey, Oswald, and Gus notice the Mad Doctor in deep pain. The Mad Doctor's animatronic parts were starting to fail, and he sings a song about how he wants to go back to being a Toon. Upon returning to Mean Street, the Mad Doctor announces to the citizens of Wasteland that he has a plan to stop the quakes. Meanwhile, Small Pete came up to Mickey and Oswald with a gag from the Gag Factory, explaining that the Projector Substation breaking down was no accident, and someone purposely sabotaged it.
A Small Mystery[]
While Oswald was racking his brain on figuring out who could've sabotaged the Projectors, Mickey guessed that maybe Prescott was behind the sabotaging. Gus then explained that it couldn't have been him because he loves working on the Projectors. However, Gus tried talking to Prescott about the gags in the Substation, but was informed by Jamface that he left with some big projects to work on at Blot Alley in Bog Easy. Wanting some answers, Mickey and Oswald then head to Bog Easy.
Upon reaching Bog Easy, the trio were shocked to see that the Beetleworx have been hacked and were causing havoc. After reprogramming or disabling the generators, Mickey and Oswald make their way to Blot Alley, where they meet up with Ian, the self-appointed caretaker of the Spatters that live in the alley. He guides the two through the alley to Club 13, where Prescott was allegedly headed to.
When Petetronic answers the door, Mickey questions him about Prescott's whereabouts. He is informed that whilst Prescott had never stepped foot in Club 13, he did see him repeatedly at the Train Tunnel Entrance. When he questioned him about his antics, Prescott mentioned some 'egghead' projects at the Floatyard. He then requests some Scrap Metal to fix the generator. He takes all of the Scrap Metal Mickey has on him, though when Mickey befriends the Blotworx that appear, he hands most of it back.
Mickey, Gus and Oswald then head forward to the train dioramas, where they meet up with Automatic Branch Engineer, known for short as Abe. Depending on whether you fix the dioramas or break them, Abe will either tell you where Prescott is headed, or be completely broken. Either way, the team will continue onward to the Floatyard via the Projector.
When they finally arrive at the Floatyard, Prescott almost immediately flies away, but not before explaining his feelings to the team, particularly Gus. When they reach him again, he dares them to follow him at their own risk.
Eventually, they make it to Prescott's Mech. After Prescott explains his anger towards the group, he sends his Mech into battle. After defeating the Mech, Mickey initially approaches Prescott with a look of anger, though after the Mad Doctor interferes and as Prescott is carted away by Big Bad Pete, he becomes suspicious of everything.
Back in Mean Street, Mickey notices Oswalds upset as everyone crowds around the Mad Doctor, and suggests that they check up on Prescott. Whilst Prescott is too heavily influenced by hypnosis, Gus reveals a blueprint which he believes may hold answers. Mickey agrees to check it out, and the trio head off to Ventureland.
After a brief encounter with Daisy (who voices her concerns), the group sneak past Pete Pan and enter the construction site. They find a Projector Screen, which leads them to Autotopia.
Gallery[]
Mickey Mouse Gallery
A collection of images relating to Mickey Mouse
Trivia[]
- Throughout the games, Mickey is right-handed. But in the introduction Mickey is seen painting with his left-hand.
- Mickey is an unusual case of a silent protagonist, as he only speaks in the 2D cutscenes, in gameplay, he doesn't talk at all. In the sequel he speaks slightly more often.
- In initial stages of development, Mickey would have fired ink at his enemies from his arms. However, this proved to be hard to animate, so it was removed and he was given the brush.
- The 'firing ink out of hands' concept could be related to the concept where Oswald was the Blot and he is seen with the dripping face effect like the early Thinner Mickey Concept (most likely based off the idea of Mickey absorbing some of the Blot).
- When Mickey did get his paintbrush, it had a different design. If you look at some of the early concept art, it had 2 bristles on both sides. One side would shoot out Paint, but if Mickey wanted to use Thinner, he would flip it around and Thinner would fire out of the other side. However, this concept was dropped for unknown reasons. It is most likely because the developers thought it would be more acceptable if it looked like a regular paintbrush; it was too hard to animate Mickey flipping it around quickly and/or it would be hard for Mickey to hold it properly without the brush's bristles clipping through his arm.
- Despite the fact that there have been many versions of Mickey over the years, there is no forgotten version of Mickey in Wasteland. This could be because each incarnation of Mickey is too famous in their own right to be forgotten.
- When the first game is completed, there is a final cutscene after the credits where Mickey and Oswald say their good-byes and Yen Sid turned the mirror back to normal. Then Yen Sid says "...and I have ensured Mickey will get into no more mischief in my workshop." and then adds, "But then again, he is Mickey Mouse." Mickey's finger then started dripping again because part of the Blot was still in Mickey and hadn't been removed.
- Mickey is in his classic appearance (white face with black bead cartoon eyes, prior to the 1939 cartoon Mickey's Surprise Party) in the games; when he puts on his Sorcerer's Apprentice costume, he will take on the appearance of his modern day form.
- Along with Gus, Mickey is the only one to doubt Prescott was truly the main culprit behind the events in Wasteland.
- During production, the only thing that Warren Spector was not allowed to do was show Mickey's teeth. [1]
Quotes[]
- "Gosh, that was a bit scary." (if escaped from a Dropwing's grasp)
- "Be careful!" (if Oswald accidentally hits him with electricity)
- "How about we get to the bottom of this?" (One of his lines in Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two)
- "Let's fly, Oswald!" (Said after respawning if not revived in Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two)
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