Projector Screens are the most common mode of transport in Wasteland, several as transitional levels between each area.
Role in the series[]
The screens are on classic tripod frames and show the title and ending cards for an old Walt Disney cartoon (or Sleeping Beauty as the exception, being a full-length film). Jumping into into one of these brings Mickey and Oswald into a linear 2D level based off of the cartoon. The player has to platform through and avoid obstacles to reach the end screen to get to another area in Wasteland. Each Projector Screen contains a Film Reel that can be exchanged for items at the Cinema in Mean Street.
In Epic Mickey and Epic Mickey: Rebrushed[]
There are 36 Projector Screens in total in Epic Mickey, based off 21 different cartoons. There are two instances in the game where Mickey has to choose either one Projector Screen or the other. These are in World of Gremlins (depending of if he used the main entrance to the European Boat Ride or the shortcut provided by Gremlin Ditto) and in the Throne Room (depending on if he restored or wrecked the area). So, the game must be completed twice to get all 36 Film Reels.
In Rebrushed, all Projectors have a second Film Reel added to them, increasing the total number from 36 to 72. Alongside that, Mickey can also now enter the Cinema on Mean Street or from the Main Menu to replay any Projector that has been played through at least once on that save file, allowing him to collect every Film Reel before revisiting the Usher on a second playthrough.
List of Projector Screens[]
- Mickey and the Beanstalk (Links Dark Beauty Castle to Slalom)
- Steamboat Willie Parts I, II, III (Links Jungle Boat Ride to World of Gremlins/World of Gremlins to European Boat Ride/European Boat Ride to Clock Tower)
- Clock Cleaners Parts I, II (Links World of Gremlins to Village Tower/World of Gremlins to European Boat Ride)
- Thru the Mirror (Links Mean Street to Ostown)
- Mickey's Steamroller (Links OsTown to Mickeyjunk Mountain Heaps)
- Alpine Climbers Parts I, II (Links the Heaps to the Piles/the Piles to Mt. Osmore Slopes)
- Trolley Troubles (Challenge in Mt. Osmore Caverns)
- Great Guns (Challenge in Mt. Osmore Caverns)
- Oh What a Knight (Challenge in Mt. Osmore Caverns)
- Ye Olden Days (Links Mt. Osmore Caverns to Mickeyjunk Mountain Summit)
- Plutopia Parts I, II (Links Mean Street to Notilus Harbor/Tomorrow City Lagoon to Tomorrow Square)
- Mickey's Mechanical Man Parts I, II (Links Notilus Harbor to Tomorrow City Lagoon/Tomorrow Square to Space Voyage)
- Jungle Rhythm Parts I, II (Links Mean Street to Ventureland/Tortooga to the Jungle)
- The Castaway Parts I, II (Links Ventureland to Tortooga/Tortooga to Pirate Voyage)
- The Whalers (Links the Jungle to Tortooga)
- Shanghaied (Links Pirate Voyage to Skull Island)
- Lonesome Ghosts Parts I, II (Links Mean Street to Bog Easy/Bog Easy to Lonesome Manor Graveyard)
- The Mad Doctor Parts I, II (Links Lonesome Manor Graveyard to Foyer/Stretching Room to Library)
- The Haunted House Parts I, II, III (Links Foyer to Stretching Room/Library to Ballroom/Ballroom to Mad Doctor's Attic)
- Sleeping Beauty (Links Mad Doctor's Lab to Throne Room)
- Fantasia Parts I, II, III, IV (Links Throne Room to Fireworks Control Tower (twice)/Sorrow Tower to Grief Tower/Grief Tower to Loss Tower)
In Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two[]
Projector Screens reappear in Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, with 15 in total, and only based on 7 unique cartoons with one original. But they now have two parallel paths inside for multiplayer, with one on the top and another on the bottom. Using a Spin Move on the gear of the Projector will change which path is taken by Mickey or Oswald, or will change it to an instant Projector which will teleport the player(s) directly to the Mean Street Cinema. After a Projector's Film Reel is collected, Mickey and Oswald can turn it in to The Usher for free fast-travel to any Projector Screen.
List of Projector Screens[]
- The Band Concert Parts I, II (Links Mean Street to OsTown/Floatyard to Prescott's Arena)
- Building a Building Parts I, II (Links Rainbow Caverns to Angel Falls/Fort Wasteland to Floatyard)
- A Night on Bald Mountain Parts I, II (Links Angel Falls to Disney Gulch/Mad Doctor's Attic to the Mad Doctor's Ride)
- The Old Mill Parts I, II, III (Links Disney Gulch to the Disney Gulch Laboratory (twice)/Floatyard to Prescott's Arena)
- The Skeleton Dance Parts I, II (Links Mean Street to Bog Easy/Bog Easy to Blot Alley)
- Music Land Parts I, II (Links Blot Alley to Train Tunnels/Train Tunnels to Fort Wasteland)
- Mickey's Service Station Parts I, II (Links Mean Street to Ventureland/Ventureland to Autotopia)
- World of Evil (Links Autotopia to the Mad Doctor's Attic)
Trivia[]
- There is only one Projector Screen that can never be used in Epic Mickey and its remake, being Fantasia Part V. It is at the end of Loss Tower, but when the Blot knocks down the bridge to the exit, the Projector goes with it, leaving Mickey to return to the crumbling tower.
- Upon closer look at the Projector, a continuous ripple effect animation can be seen, the one that normally plays when Mickey jumps into a Projector.
- Any reference of Fantasia Part V was removed altogether in Epic Mickey: Rebrushed, as the Projector Screen seen inside the same tower is now always inactive even before the Blot destroys it.
- In Epic Mickey, the cartoons are featured in the second half of the credits. The only cartoons that don't appear are Oh What A Knight, The Mad Doctor, Haunted House, and Sleeping Beauty.
- In Epic Mickey 2, Gremlin Gus explains that the Projector Screens had an upgrade. However, later Gremlin Prescott mentions that Gus refused his plans to upgrade them. This most likely means that Prescott had a plan to upgrade the projectors which was turned down in favor of the current one.
- Projectors are often placed in levels where they are thematically fitting, such as Alpine Climbers in Mickeyjunk Mountain or horror-themed shorts like The Haunted House in the Lonesome Manor.
- 7 songs from Projector Screens (The Mad Doctor, Lonesome Ghosts, Mickey and the Beanstalk, Mickey's Steamroller, Oh What A Knight, Mickey's Mechanical Man, and Plutopia), appear in the Epic Mickey Soundtrack under the title Transition Games 2, despite there not being a Transition Games 1.
- In the Japanese version of Epic Mickey, Mickey can skip backtracking projector screens between the hub worlds. Although Mickey's Steamroller, Plutopia, and Mickey's Mechanical Man can not be skipped during the revisits.
- This feature was brought back in Epic Mickey: Rebrushed.[1]
Gallery[]
Epic Mickey[]
Epic Mickey: Rebrushed[]
