History Fridge / EpicMickey

* Why is the [[BlobMonster Blot]] only staying in the Wasteland? It's due to a loophole: The requirement to be in the Wasteland is to be a forgotten character, nobody else knew about [[BlobMonster the Blot]], and [[MickeyMouse Mickey]] forgot he even ''did'' that, so, Yen Sid couldn't remove [[BlobMonster the Blot]], and he wasn't forgotten himself, meaning ''he can't get in his own creations'', meaning that he can't get rid of [[BlobMonster the Blot]] because if [[BlobMonster the Blot]] isn't remembered, then he can't be destroyed. [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Mickey being brought into the Wasteland was probably a bad idea for this reason]]; it means that the Blot will be destroyed because [[MickeyMouse Mickey]] remembers his mistake, and is going to fix it.

* [[WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit Oswald]] becomes even more sympathetic when you realize that [[Creator/WaltDisney Walt]] didn't ''have'' to abandon him -- if he had just sucked it up and took the budget cut, Oswald might have been just fine (and certainly wouldn't have fallen into the DorkAge Creator/WalterLantz put him through in the 30's). Uncle [[Creator/WaltDisney Walt]], we love you, man, but..... [[WhatTheHellHero what the Hell?!]]

* Some cartoon characters are shown to have families. Now, imagine [[AdultFear only the parent remains popular]] or [[ParentalAbandonment only the kid]]. Also consider how they don't seem to be aware that Wasteland exists, so as far as they know their loved ones just disappeared without a trace.

* Oswald's 420 children. Not them directly, but it suddenly gets twisted with horror when you realize that since cats have broods of 3-5 offspring, this means that Ortensia must of had to go through the agony of birth at a bare minimum of 84 times. Then there's also the both physically and mentally exhausting task of raising all of them at once.

* A lot of people are asking why the ''Film/SongOfTheSouth'' animals aren't going to be in the game. Then you remember Splash Mountain and the {{film}}'s infamy and constant demand for a home release, [[ValuesDissonance and you see why.]]

** Wow... Oswald looks ''pissed''...

** This one speaks for itself, in the E3 demo one of the quests given in order to get a compass from one of the pirates you have to find his treasure up in the treehouse, there's nothing up there but a teddy bear but the pirate takes it anyway explaining that he named his bear Treasure.

* Remember the dip from Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit? Remember that shoe melting in a big vat of it? This time you, TheHero, will be wielding the dip...
** That's right, folks... honest-to-God VideoGameCrueltyPotential ''in a Creator/{{Disney}} [[VideoGame game]].''
** Oh, and there are also giant lakes of that dip. Which you can fall into. Yes, it's entirely possible for Mickey to wind up trapped in a pool of thinner, and [[NightmareFuel melt as a result]].

** [[WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit Oswald]] becomes even more sympathetic when you realize that [[Creator/WaltDisney Walt]] didn't ''have'' to abandon him -- if he had just sucked it up and took the budget cut, Oswald might have been just fine (and certainly wouldn't have fallen into the DorkAge Creator/WalterLantz put him through in the 30's). Uncle [[Creator/WaltDisney Walt]], we love you, man, but..... [[WhatTheHellHero what the Hell?!]]
*** To be fair, Walt didn't actually own Oswald in the original shorts -- Oswald was a "work for hire", owned by the producer. Both the Alice Comedies and Oswald fell victim to the bottom line when their respective producers decided that decent artwork and animation were just too expensive; Walt was unable to cut the budget far enough while maintaining a quality product, and the replacements (usually family of the producer) weren't good enough to make up for the loss. (Oswald lived up to his "lucky" moniker in being resold to Universal and handed off to Walter Lantz -- the only survivor of the Alice Comedies is Pete, and even then only because he's such a versatile villain.) After losing two successful franchises this way, Walt created Walt Disney Studios, just so he wouldn't have to go through losing yet another "child".
* When [[MickeyMouse Mickey]] spilled the [[BlackMagic Thinner]] jug on the map, it directly landed on what was once Alice's Curious Labyrinth... no Alice characters show up in the game. Imagine the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Gyphon and Mock Turtle]] slowly melting away...
** The same principle applies to the [[BadassAdorable Bunny Children]], [=Oswald's=] 420 adorable children... who can very easily fall into a pool of [[BlackMagic thinner]] on Mickeyjunk Mountain. (And then melt.)

** Yeah, but he doesn't ''know'' that. One can only imagine that he hasn't had an x-ray in a while, so if he had a heart, he wouldn't know it.
*** According to the novelization, losing and gaining a heart is something you physically feel.

** Probably to teach Mickey a lesson on meddling with someone else's work?
*** So he choose to keep a lot of people suffering just to teach his apprentice a lesson?
** Alternately, it could be because the bottle of thinner fell into the world as well, and Yen Sid would be unable to correct the mistakes Mickey made without it.

** Trying to figure out how to attract the attention of the ±200 other countries.
* I really have to ask this. Why are Smee and Captain Hook in this game? They are far from forgotten! They've appeared in every Kingdom Hearts game (even in the one Peter Pan didn't) and Peter Pan is still a well loved movie, having spawned sequels and remakes of varying quality. So why on earth are they here?
** Smee is a rejected concept version of the character and Hook is an animatronic.
*** If I'm remembering correctly, he's the original Hook ''turned into'' an animatronic.
*** Possibly not; he doesn't get turned back with the rest of the pirates and (if I remember right) doesn't have any paint-parts, suggesting he was an animatronic the whole time.
*** Why would there be an animatronic version of Hook? The only reason why animatronic versions of Mickey's friends exist is that Oswald asked the Mad Doctor to build them so that they would be his friends.
*** There actually was once an animatronic hook that popped out of a barrel in The parks, which is reflected in Hook constantly popping in and out of Toon Barrels in his boss fight.
*** It's possible that Smee and the other pirates asked the Mad Doctor to build the Hook animatronic because they needed someone to keep them in line/take charge of things. If they all had the mindset that Hook is Da Boss, and nobody could do better.... (Let's face it, neither Barrie nor the Disney movie seemed aware of the Codes.)

** Though that looks incredibly similar to the Phantom Blot, that's still the Mad Doctor. He's wearing the hood that he used as a disguise when kidnapping Pluto in his original cartoon.

** Those card soldiers are the ones from Thru The Mirror, a Mickey Mouse short based on the world of Alice In Wonderland.

** Its very well possible that only the Mad Doctor was aware of this, and discovered it through his experiments.
* Why is Mickey's phone a boy in one game and a girl in the second?

** I read somewhere that Bear Pete does appear, as one of the characters that have been sucked by the Blot and are now inside him, turned into mindless blottings named Lost Characters ? As for Small Pete, he isn't ''a'' Pete but Pete's little brother from a Paul Murry comic.

* [[http://bulk.destructoid.com/ul/user/2/29336-159693-MickeyandOswaldjpg-620x.jpg This image]], which features WesternAnimation/{{Mickey|Mouse}} meeting [[WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit Oswald]], was drawn by Creator/WaltDisney decades before this game was released.

* While watching the opening cinematic to Epic Mickey (video released by IGN), I noticed that Mickey's calendar was changing pics, each representing a screenshot from his cartoons, all the way up to "The Prince and the Pauper". The image last torn before that was from "Mickey's Christmas Carol", which if I recall correctly, was the first cartoon to have Wayne Allwine voice Mickey Mouse. The image was of Mickey holding Tiny Tim's crutch in sadness, and it made me realize: he's also mourning the loss of Wayne, who passed away in 2009!

* A lot of people are asking why the ''Disney/SongOfTheSouth'' animals aren't going to be in the game. Then you remember Splash Mountain and the {{film}}'s infamy and constant demand for a home release, [[ValuesDissonance and you see why.]]

* Why are the Alice Comedies excluded from this game?

* [[http://bulk.destructoid.com/ul/user/2/29336-159693-MickeyandOswaldjpg-620x.jpg This image]], which features [[MickeyMouse Mickey]] meeting [[OswaldtheLuckyRabbit Oswald]], was drawn by WaltDisney decades before this game was released.

** [[WesternAnimation/OswaldtheLuckyRabbit Oswald]] becomes even more sympathetic when you realize that [[Creator/WaltDisney Walt]] didn't ''have'' to abandon him -- if he had just sucked it up and took the budget cut, [[WesternAnimation/OswaldtheLuckyRabbit Oswald]] might have been just fine (and certainly wouldn't have fallen into the DorkAge Creator/WalterLantz put him through in the 30's). Uncle [[WaltDisney Walt]], we love you, man, but..... [[WhatTheHellHero what the Hell?!]]

* Why are the Alice Comedies excluded from this game?
* How come there are no forgotten live-action characters? live action props appear, like the Nautilus, so why are they no there?

* how come there are no forgotten live-action characters? live action props appear, like the Nautilus, so why are they no there?

* In this game, paint thinner is green and can kill any toon. Sounds awfully similar to [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit the Dip]], doesn't it? Not to mention that the Dip is said to be made of turpentine, acetone, and benzene -- all ingredients in paint thinner!

* Why are the citizen's so apathetic? They don't feel obligated to help someone who hasn't bothered to remember them while climbing up in the world, and think that the villain's victories are a forgone conclusion.

* A lot of people are asking why the ''WesternAnimtion/SongOfTheSouth'' animals aren't going to be in the game. Then you remember Splash Mountain and the {{film}}'s infamy and constant demand for a home release, [[ValuesDissonance and you see why.]]

* Using the French version of Sleeping Beauty Castle was perfect, since Disneyland Paris is the most neglected of the DisneyParks, so it falls under "unloved".

* A lot of people are asking why the SongOfTheSouth animals aren't going to be in the game. Then you remember Splash Mountain and the {{film}}'s infamy and constant demand for a home release, [[ValuesDissonance and you see why.]]

* Using the French version of Sleeping Beauty Castle was perfect, since Disneyland Paris is hated by the French people, so it falls under "unloved".

* Why does the Mad Doctor have such a knack for singing everything he says? He was able to do it in the [[TheMadDoctor cartoon]] he debuted in!

** Most likely because even the characters' past iterations are too popular to be there.

***** It's possible that Smee and the other pirates asked the Mad Doctor to build the Hook animatronic because they needed someone to keep them in line/take charge of things. If they all had the mindset that Hook is Da Boss, and nobody could do better.... (Let's face it, neither Barrie nor the Disney movie seemed aware of the Codes.)

** That's right, folks... honest-to-God VideoGameCrueltyPotential ''in a {{Disney}} [[VideoGame game]].''

* Also for artists, just imagine if you're WaltDisney playing this VideoGame. All of the pre-development ideas or early concepts/characters you've ever happened to forget are all alive in this world, each harboring a deep resentment against you for rejecting them.
** [[OswaldtheLuckyRabbit Oswald]] becomes even more sympathetic when you realize that [[WaltDisney Walt]] didn't ''have'' to abandon him -- if he had just sucked it up and took the budget cut, [[OswaldtheLuckyRabbit Oswald]] might have been just fine (and certainly wouldn't have fallen into the DorkAge WalterLantz put him through in the 30's). Uncle [[WaltDisney Walt]], we love you, man, but..... [[WhatTheHellHero what the Hell?!]]

** The same principle applies to the [[BadassAdorable Bunny Children]], [[OswaldtheLuckyRabbit Oswald's]] 420 adorable children... who can very easily fall into a pool of [[BlackMagic thinner]] on Mickeyjunk Mountain. (And then melt.)

* All [[OswaldtheLuckyRabbit Oswald]] wants is to be loved by audiences around the world, right? Well...[[EnsembleDarkhorse he]] [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming already is]].

* If OswaldTheLuckyRabbit has been relatively [[BigInJapan popular in Japan]], then what's he doing in a world for ''completely'' forgotten characters?

* Prescott probably would have needed his wrench to disassemble the telephone. This, of course, would mean he would have to have gotten back the wrench before disassembling it, which negates the entire point of doing so. Basically, he had no reason to do what he did to the phone, except being mad at it. Either fair revenge or major DisproportionateRetribution, depending on what the phone felt.

*** According to the novelizations, losing and gaining a heart is something you physically feel.