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:''This article is about the Blot, the main antagonist of the game and the final boss. For other uses of the word "Blot", see [[Blot (Disambiguation)]].''
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|race = Blot
|related = [[Mickey Mouse]], [[Shadow Blot]], [[Mad Doctor]], [[Blotlings]], [[Blotworx]]
|appareance = 2010
|enemies = [[Mickey Mouse]], [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]], [[Ortensia]], [[Gremlin Gus]]
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{{Quote|The most devastating enemy ever unleashed upon Wasteland, the Blot is more than just a garden-variety villain. The Blot is practically a force of nature, rampaging at will through Wasteland and inflicting carnage and catastrophe wherever he (it?) goes.|[[Disney Epic Mickey Digicomics (App)|Disney Epic Mickey Digicomics]]}}
The '''Blot''', also known as the '''Storm Blot''', is the main antagonist of ''[[Epic Mickey]]'' and acts as its final boss. It was created with a mixture of [[Paint]] and [[Thinner]] by [[Mickey Mouse]]. The Blot cannot be befriended with paint or destroyed with thinner and is the most dangerous enemy Mickey can encounter. Thinner does, however, cause the Blot to temporarily melt, as seen in the game's intro, but it can later reform into its original state. The Blot was destroyed by the fireworks of [[Dark Beauty Castle]], making it one of the very few characters to permanently die in the series.

It is voiced by [[Frank Welker]]. 

==History==
A long time ago, [[Mickey Mouse]] inadvertently discovered the workshop of [[Yen Sid]], where the sorcerer was finished creating a world where his lost and forgotten creations would feel at home. However, after waiting for Yen Sid to leave, Mickey takes a closer look at the model of said world, where he uses a [[paintbrush]] to create a small model of himself. The model turns black and melts slightly, so Mickey, believing more paint will make it more lively, keeps making it bigger and bigger until it forms into the Blot, an evil monstrosity who tries to attack Mickey, but the mouse accidentally spills paint on the model and grabs a sponge and splashes the Blot with thinner, seemingly erasing the beast. Hearing Yen Sid approaching, Mickey tries to clean up (in vain) and accidentally knocks over the paint thinner onto the world model. He escapes through the magic mirror to his home, believing this will all just be a silly memory. Unfortunately, part of the Blot was still in the sponge, and it escapes through a portal that was created by the Thinner into the world Yen Sid created.

Upon its arrival in the Wasteland, the Blot would become a major threat as it began to ruthlessly absorb the paint of various toons, leaving only thin, [[inert]] husks in its wake. Having no real heart, it hungrily tried to gain power instead. [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]] stepped up to defend his world from this menace, marking the beginning of the [[Blot Wars]].

Due to the [[Mad Doctor]]'s betrayal, the Blot easily gained the upper hand against Oswald. However, he and his wife, [[Ortensia]], decided to initiate one last stand on [[Mickeyjunk Mountain]]. Using the [[Jug]] from the [[Thinner Disaster]], the two attempt to trap the Blot inside. However, Ortensia sacrificed herself protecting Oswald from the Blot and is turned into an inert statue. Oswald finally seals the Jug with a cork, imprisoning the Blot.

However, The Blot wasn't completely sealed. As it managed to spawn countless minions, called [[Blotlings]], including a second-in-command, named the [[Shadow Blot]]. Following these events, Oswald exiled himself on Mickeyjunk Mountain, in order to guard the Jug, and to make sure the Blot never escapes.

===In ''Epic Mickey''===
[[File:Phantom_blot_epic_mickey.jpg|thumb|220px|The Blot making his deal with Mickey.]]
After defeating the Shadow Blot on the [[Mickeyjunk Mountain Summit]], Mickey and [[Gremlin Gus|Gus]] rush to the Jug to help Oswald seal the blot in. There Oswald reveals that the Blot they fought was just a creation of the real Blot. He tells them that when the Blot first arrived, he and Ortensia managed to seal it in the Jug, but Ortensia was lost in the process. Oswald then asks Mickey to be friends. However, before they could shake hands, Mickey sadly reveals that he was the cause of the Thinner Disaster. This makes the already jealous Oswald angry and he jumps on the Jug's cork, ready to fight Mickey. However, as he moves, the cork begins to crack, and bursts open, freeing the Blot. The Blot promptly grabs Oswald and Gus and demands that Mickey surrender his heart. Not wanting his friends to die from either not having the ability to breathe, or the Blot crushing them, Mickey agrees to this. Now energized with Mickey's heart, the Blot creates his [[Bloticles]] and begins to drain all of the paint out of the Wasteland.

Mickey and Gus manage to destroy the Bloticles, while Oswald fixed the rocket. Once all the Bloticles were destroyed, they decide to use the rocket to reach the Blot and use the rocket's self-destruct feature near Mickey's heart. However, the Blot uses its Bloticles to destroy the rocket (as it was made of paint due to budget issues), and the Rocket crashes into Dark Beauty Castle. Luckily, Oswald has a plan to launch three sets of fireworks at the Blot. Mickey manages to activate all three fireworks sets while Oswald distracts the Blot, but just as they are ready to launch them, the Blot swallows Oswald and Gus, forcing Mickey to jump into the Blot to save them. While inside the Blot, Mickey reunites with Gus, and they find Mickey's heart, where it's revealed that once the Blot regains its strength, it will use Mickey's heart to enter his world. Mickey manages to free his heart by destroying the Bloticles holding it suspended. Oswald grabs Mickey's heart, but after a brief moment's hesitation, willingly gives it to Mickey. Oswald then activates the fireworks, destroying the Blot once and for all. The Blot's destruction results in a rain of paint that undoes the damage done to Wasteland and revives Ortensia. Thus putting an end to the Blot Wars.

===In ''Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two''===
The Blot briefly appears in the introduction of ''[[Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two]]'' in Yen Sid's retelling of Mickey's heroic acts from the first game. The destruction of the Blot is revealed to have resulted in the creation of additional Blotlings throughout Wasteland. While many are congregated in areas like [[Blot Alley]], some are employed controlling the Mad Doctor's new Beetleworx, now called [[Blotworx]]. The original Blot also has an entire location dedicated to him and his second-in-command, run by [[Abe]], and created by [[Gremlin Prescott]]. He also appears briefly as an illusion in the Mad Doctor's sympathetic song, "[[I'm Falling Apart]]" after Mickey and Oswald defeat the [[Blotworx Dragon]]. He is mentioned therefore after that.

===In ''[[Epic History]]''===
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[[File:EH screenshot2.png|thumb|The Blot, as seen in ''Epic History'']]
The Blot was planned to return in ''Epic History'' as the main antagonist. He would have been resurrected by unknown means and attempted to corrupt the Toon World through a storybook.

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==Strategies==
===The [[Bloticles]]===
The Blot isn't fought directly, rather Mickey fights parts of him. These parts are called Bloticles, and they are in every hub world in the game, [[Mean Street]] included. The tentacles will frequently grow boils, and Mickey must either use Thinner or Paint (it doesn't matter which) or the [[Spin Move]] on these boils in order to destroy them. Continue doing this to every Bloticle in every hub world to initiate the last two phases of the triumphant fight to the finish. The Bloticles absorbing all of the Paint in the hubs offers the advantage of exposing hidden areas that were previously hidden by Paint.

===[[Dark Beauty Castle]]===
Oswald has another plan: Using the castle's fireworks to defeat the Blot. But in order to do so, the fireworks on each tower must be activated. To activate a set of fireworks, Mickey must activate the tower's three gargoyles by spinning them so they will face the floating crystal in the center and painting the faces to activate them. But Mickey must beware as the Blot will attack him with its claws while he does so, and he can deal heavy damage. After activating all three fireworks sets, the stage is set for the final showdown. This is how the Blot is destroyed by Oswald.

===[[Inside the Blot]]===
The Blot has swallowed Oswald and Gus, forcing Mickey to venture into the Blot to save them. Upon venturing deeper into the Blot, Mickey reunites with Gus and they discover Mickey's heart and realize the Blot plans to use Mickey's heart to enter his world once it regains its strength. To defeat the Blot, Mickey must destroy all four Bloticles suspending Mickey's heart. This is similar to the previous battles in the hub worlds, but now Mickey faces [[Blot Spirits|dark remains of characters who were consumed by the Blot]]. These new enemies cannot be defeated, but will disappear when a Bloticle is destroyed. Once all four Bloticles are destroyed, Oswald launches the fireworks and kills the Blot, triggering the end cutscene and finishing the game.

==Development==
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===[[Phantom Blot|The Phantom Blot]]===
[[File:Phantom blot .jpg|thumb|200px|"Phantom Blot" concept art by Donny Hamilton]]
Early on in development, the Blot was meant to be based off the Phantom Blot, a 1930s character appearing in various Mickey Mouse comics. Although the Blot later evolved into its own character, some inspiration from the original Phantom Blot still remains as many concept art pieces still refers to the Blot as "Phantom Blot," and one of them depict the Blot with a cloak, one of the Phantom Blot's main design trait. The confusion between the names of the Blot and Phantom Blot are enhanced by the facts that in a lot of foreign translations, the Blot gets the country's name for the original Phantom Blot (''Fantôme Noir'' in French, ''Macchia Nera'' in Italian). Also, in the [[Epic Mickey: The Graphic Novel|Graphic Novel]], he is mistakenly called the "Phantom Blot," while the [[Shadow Blot]] is named "Blot Shadow." [[The Art of Epic Mickey]] also made a similar mistake.

In the 2019 crossover comic story "The Blot and the Blob", the comics' Phantom Blot met the ''Epic Mickey'' Blot after messing with an artifact that opens gateways to alternate dimensions.

===Oswald and the Blot===
[[File:Oswald as the Shadow Blot.jpg|thumb|200px|"Storm Blot" concept art by Donny Hamilton]]
Initially, Oswald was set to be the game's villain before ultimately being redeemed by Mickey, and the Blot was planned to be under Oswald's control.<ref name=":0">{{Cite tweet|user=Warren_Spector|date=December 26, 2014|body=Oswald was never the Blot. The Blot just did Oswald's bidding. It was very different. John Lasseter talked me out of it.|url=https://twitter.com/Warren_Spector/status/548467650590810113}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet|user=ChaseJonez|date=March 22,  2020|body=I wasn’t but I think it was about the ink that corrupted the land and Oswald. Mickey would come in and restore Wasteland and his brother by removing the corruption of the blot.|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322122549/https://twitter.com/ChaseJonez/status/1241696061841977344}}</ref> However, Oswald's character was reworked by recommendation of John Lasseter, the former chief creative officer at Pixar, thus resulting in Oswald's connection to the Blot being severed. 

Due to various early concept art surfacing of the Blot taking Oswald's appearance, fans have speculated that Oswald was initially planned to merge with the Blot, but this has been denied by the game's creative director, [[Warren Spector]].<ref name=":0" /> This in contrast to a statement made by concept artist Don Hamilton, the artist behind much of the Oswald Blot concept art, who claimed that Spector told him that “Oswald’s jealousy grows and grows until he becomes this monster,” though he may have meant figuratively.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deviantart.com/hamilton74/art/Epic-Mickey-Storm-Blot-206421263?comment=1%3A206421263%3A4840799233|title=Epic Mickey: Storm Blot|last=Hamilton|first=Donny|date=November 11, 2014|publisher=DeviantArt}}</ref> Additional concept art also confirmed that the "Oswald Blot" and Oswald were separate characters, suggesting that the Blot may have double-crossed Oswald and took his appearance at one point, in early drafts of the story.

Over the years, fans have commonly referred to the Oswald Blot depicted in concept art as the "Storm Blot," though canonically, this name refers to the final version of the Blot that appears in ''Epic Mickey'' and not any particular early iteration. This is evidenced by various dialogue in the sequel.

==Trivia==
*The Blot bears a strong resemblance, in both appearance and sheer power, to a classic Disney villain from Fantasia: [[w:disney:Chernabog|Chernabog]].
**Interestingly, Chernabog himself was also meant to appear in the first game and would've acted as Mickeyjunk Mountain's guardian
*It also bears a resemblance to the Marvel Comics villain, Venom, as well as Hexxus, the main antagonist of ''FernGully: The Magical Rainforest''.
*The Blot's appearance and the way it captures Mickey's Heart is similar to the Heartless of the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series.
*In ''Epic Mickey 2'', using Thinner in Mean Street North on the south wall of the cinema creates holes in the shape of the Blot's face.
*One piece of concept art depicts the Blot in a dragon-like form, possibly a reference to that of Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty's climax.
*The Blot, despite being a monster that feeds on paint, actually appears to be somewhat reasonable, as it returned Mickey's friends (Oswald and Gus) to him upon being given the latter's heart.
*The Blot was initially meant to be the one to drag Mickey down to Wasteland, before this role was later given to the Shadow Blot.
*The Blot was originally going to have red eyes, similar to the red-eyed [[Blotlings]] Mickey encounters after his fight with the [[Shadow Blot]], but they were later changed to green eyes.
*The Blot originally had wings in the earlier stages of the game, as depicted in certain concept arts, and the Blot’s in-game model contains animated wings in the rig, however these have no mesh attached. This suggests the wings were cut fairly late into development.
**Interestingly, The rig of its wings still carried over to its ''Rebrushed'' model.

==Gallery==
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