Mickey Mouse is the protagonist in the game Epic Mickey. He is the younger half-brother of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, and he is responsible for Oswald's current position as a dark, jealous rabbit.
Known History
The young, mischievous Mickey Mouse was visiting Yen Sid when he stumbled upon the model of the Cartoon Wasteland, a world for Yen Sid's forgotten creations, whose king was none other than Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Once discovering the new land, or even realizing it was a world, Mickey attempts to create a model of himself with the paint. Not knowing that the brush was magic, he continued adding Paint, thus, creating the vile Phantom Blot. Before Yen Sid could return, Mickey covered up his mistake and fled, not knowing that he had caused great devastation in the Wasteland. The Blot was furious and confused, and began to rampage through the Wasteland. As Oswald and The Phantom Blot engaged in the Blot Wars for the fate of the Wasteland, as Mickey Mouse went on to become a cartoon star, ignorant to what he had done.
Years later, after completely forgetting his previous mistake, Mickey was sucked up into his mirror and through into the now demented Cartoon Wasteland by the Phantom Blot. There the Phantom Blot is in charge, and Oswald wants to take revenge on his successful half-brother. Facing paint-like enemies, mechanical recreations of his best friends, and a resentful brother, Mickey needs to win Oswald back and save the forgotten land.
He begins a story of epic redemption.
Powers and Abilities
Mickey has an enchanted paintbrush that serves as his primary weapon. He also has paint and thinner abilities. On fact the whole game revolves around the idea of paint and thinner, because the whole essence of the cartoon world is that everything is made out of Paint. If an enemy gets too close to Mickey, he may also attempt to sweep the enemy away with his brush. The animation pays tribute to rubber-like quality that all Disney shorts had in their early days. Mickey can also preform the video-game standard double jump. Mickey might also be able to push certain enemies into large, erased parts of platforms.
Morality System
Scrapper Mickey from the beta version.
Hero Mickey from the beta version.
When Epic Mickey was in its prototype stage, Mickey was said to change in appearance based on what his choices were. Using paint to defeat enemies, rebuild buildings and other objects, as well as making good choices would've given Mickey a bold appearance, with golden gloves and shoes. Using Thinner to erase people and pre-created objects, as well as making evil choices, would give Mickey a hunched-over and thin appearance, his eyes and face twisted into an evil smile, and inhabitants views of him turned negative. Or, not being either good or evil would've kept his original appearance intact. Eventually, this system was scrapped in favor of his typical appearance, the only thing affected by his choices (Save for the missions he plays) are the characters who guide him, the Guardians. The more Paint Mickey uses, Tints would be attracted. The more Thinner Mickey uses, Turps would be attracted.