Line #66 Ride/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyMissionBreakout


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6	->'''The Collector:''' ''(voiceover)'' My friends, this is the moment you have been waiting for...\
7	'''Rocket:''' Yeah, when Rocket unplugs you, and starts things rockin'!
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9	''Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT!'' is a ride at [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disney California Adventure]] based on the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse ''Franchise/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' film series, replacing DCA’s version of ''Ride/TheTwilightZoneTowerOfTerror''. It is the second [[note]]the first being ''Iron Man Experience'' at Hong Kong Disneyland, which opened four months earlier[[/note]] Marvel-themed attraction at a Disney park since they acquired the franchise in 2009, and opened on May 27th, 2017. As of June 2021, it is now part of a larger Marvel area called ''Ride/AvengersCAMPUS''.
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11	The Collector has invited guests to view his private collection of priceless artifacts and exotic creatures from all over the cosmos, including his newest acquisitions, the famed Guardians of the Galaxy. During the tour Rocket Raccoon escapes his cage and wrangles the guests into his plans to free his friends by riding the gantry lift to the top of the building so he can turn off the massive generator that's powering the control system keeping all the cages closed. It's a foolproof plan... right?
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13	In 2017, a Halloween overlay was announced, entitled ''Guardians of the Galaxy: Monsters After Dark''. Running nighty during September and October, it features [[ADayInTheLimelight Rocket and Groot]] as Rocket attempts to rescue Groot after the Collector's facility loses power and all the monsters contained within are set loose.
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16	!!Provides examples of:
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18	* AffablyEvil: In the pre-show, among the Collector's items is a broken ComicBook/{{Ultron}} drone from ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''. Despite still wanting to kill everyone on Earth to achieve peace, he speaks politely to the tourists.
19	-->'''Ultron:''' I'm sure you're all nice people, but the only logical path to peace... is your... extinction.
20	* AirVentPassageway: Rocket gets into Tivan's office via an air vent.
21	* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Or Writing in English... played with; the descriptions of the items in the queue area and that appear on the Guardian's cages describing them are in English, presumably for the convenience of the Terran visitors, but Peter has to translate the writing for the other Guardians. The sign hanging beneath them is written in an alien language, with a small English subtitle for the benefit of the Terrans.
22	* AlternateContinuity: Despite the ride using the aesthetics of the films (right down to having all of the actors reprise their roles), both Marvel and Disney Imagineers have stated that the ride is non-canon to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, and is set in its own unique universe.
23	* ArcWelding:
24	** Just down the street is a newspaper dispenser containing an issue of The Daily Bugle, with the top of the Collector's fortress visible in the picture, and the headline "Alien invasion! Is Spider-Man Responsible?"
25	** The ride's backstory was incorporated into ''Ride/AvengersCAMPUS'' when the latter opened; originally the Collector was just showing off to Disneyland's crowds, but now he wants to get the Avengers' attention and might have an ulterior motive.
26	* TheBait: In the "Monsters After Dark" rendition, Rocket isn't even subtle in telling the audience that he intends to use them as bait while he looks for Groot, though never says it directly.
27	* BeleagueredAssistant: Carina to the Collector. She painfully tests the biometric scanner in the preshow video and has to deal with all the creatures Rocket releases. In the exit, you can see several "Assistant of the Month" photos of her looking more unhappy in each one.
28	* BerserkButton: Gamora does not like being described as the "Daughter of Thanos" and punches the glass. As the cages are electrified, this does not end well.
29	* BitingTheHandHumor: A common complaint when the ride was announced was that, unlike the [[Ride/TheTwilightZoneTowerOfTerror Hollywood Tower Hotel]], the Collector's Fortress wouldn't fit the theming of the surrounding Hollywood Studios.[[note]]Though this no longer applies now that the ''Ride/AvengersCAMPUS'' has been built around the attraction.[[/note]] When the elevator doors open at the top, Rocket remarks, "Disneyland? That's thematically inconsistent!"
30	* TheCameo:
31	** Creator/StanLee in the preshow.
32	** Mantis shows up at the end as the team's getaway driver.
33	** ComicBook/HowardTheDuck and Cosmo the Spacedog can be seen in the Collection (just like they were in the first movie), Howard in the background of the pre-show and Cosmo in the queue.
34	** One of the smaller cages hanging above the queue contains [[Ride/JourneyIntoImagination Figment]]. Another in the basement has one animatronic of the Abominable Snowman from the Matterhorn Bobsleds, and near him, if you look closely, you can see Delores the octopus from the ''[[Ride/CountryBearJamboree Country Bear Vacation Hoedown]]''.
35	** [[spoiler:A ghost version of Yondu]] can be briefly spotted in a queue video in the "Monsters After Dark" overlay.
36	** [[spoiler:Surtur's Fire Dragon]] is the eponymous Monster After Dark. Interestingly, this is its ''first'' appearance, before it later appeared in ''Film/ThorRagnarok''.
37	** There's a painting in the queue of the Collector and the Grandmaster playing checkers, capturing the moment when the latter {{Rage Quit}}s. Just weeks before this ride opened, the Grandmaster had an EarlyBirdCameo in the end credits of ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'', presaging his serving as the secondary villain of ''Film/ThorRagnarok''. (While the detail has not yet made it into the films, these characters are brothers, as in the comics.)
38	* TheCollector: The Collector finds the Guardians to be so unique that he just had to trap them and add them to his collection.
39	* CollectorOfTheStrange: The Collector, obviously.
40	* CombatTentacles: The "We Want the Funk" ride profile shows some of the team members fighting off a large alien that has these. Peter's not doing so well.
41	* ColonCancer: Averted, as the ride's title uses both a colon and a dash, rather than using a colon twice.
42	* CompanyCrossReferences: In addition to the Marvel references, there are a few items pointing to other Disney Park rides:
43	** [[Ride/JourneyIntoImagination Figment]] is one of the creatures imprisoned in the lobby.
44	** In the loading area, there are more inactive animatronics including Harold, the Yeti from the Matterhorn and Delores, the lovesick octopus from ''[[Ride/CountryBearJamboree Country Bear Vacation Hoedown]]''.
45	** A bellhop cap and a painting from the [[Ride/TheTwilightZoneTowerOfTerror Hollywood Tower Hotel]].
46	** An invoice from [[Ride/ExtraTERRORestrialAlienEncounter XS-Tech]] in the Collector's office.
47	* ContinuityNod:
48	** Rocket says "Ain't nothing in the universe like me, except me."
49	** He also swipes Quill's Walkman from the Collector's office.
50	* CutenessProximity: [[TheStoic Gamora]] at the end of the ride can be seen dancing with Baby Groot while petting Cosmo.
51	* DevelopersForesight: If the Rocket Raccoon animatronic breaks in the pre-show room, he appears on the screen as a "Plan B" pre-show. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE-ZIRqo2M0 Seen here.]] The Walkman is also already gone when this happens, since he shows it on the screen at the end of the pre-show. ''Monsters After Dark'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH_I1fqrD5w has the same thing as well]], this time with Rocket's video feed stalling at certain points as he speaks due to the different atmosphere.
52	* EarlyBirdCameo: Two for ''Film/ThorRagnarok'': The Grandmaster appears in a painting in the queue (see TheCameo above), and one of the eponymous Monsters After Dark is [[spoiler:Surtur's Fire Dragon]].
53	* {{Foreshadowing}}:
54	** For the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] as a whole, as Marvel and Disney have said that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmkGdXDYMV4 some items may be hints as to characters that will be included in future movies]]. The one that has come to fruition so far is [[spoiler:Surtur's Fire Dragon]], which later is seen in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', which serves as the eponymous Monster(s) After Dark. Whether it's the same one or another of the same species is unconfirmed, although it's much smaller than the one in the film.
55	** In the queue, you can see a wanted poster for Mantis, since she wasn't captured with the rest. [[spoiler:She indeed shows up at the end of the ride.]]
56	* GlassyPrison: Done intentionally, as the Collector wants to show off the Guardians.
57	* GreatEscape: The plot of the ride is that the Guardians have been trapped by the Collector and it's up to you to help Rocket break them out.
58	* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]; The cast members are actually on Rocket's side, out of spite for their BadBoss. Some cast members that load the riders into the ride vehicle even go as far as to mention themselves giving Rocket the signal as they leave to start the ride.
59	* HostileShowTakeover: Inverted into a Heroic Show Takeover, as Rocket hijacks the Collector's video in his office to outline his plans to save his friends and requests the audience's help.
60	* ImmediateSequel: ''Monsters After Dark'' is set right after the events of the normal version of the ride. After leaving the Tivan Collection, the Guardians suddenly realize that they accidentally left Groot behind in the facility, prompting Rocket to return on his own and once again recruit the guests' help.
61	* KindaBusyHere: On one of the randomized stops, Quill, Gamora, Groot and Drax end up struggling against an escaped tentacled alien. When Gamora calls for Rocket to help, he states he has his own problems at the current trying to keep the elevator under control.
62	* KirbyDots: As part of the 2021 ''Ride/AvengersCAMPUS'' expansion, pools and trails of blue cosmic energy on the ground surrounding the attraction were added to evoke the idea of the Collector having only recently teleported the Fortress there.
63	* LampshadeHanging: At the end of the ride, the Guardians thank the riders for helping, only for Drax to question why they're thanking them, because [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything all they did was sit and watch]].
64	-->'''Drax:''' If anything, you should be thanking me.
65	* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: The collector can occasionally be heard on the intercom in the exit, complaining about Rocket hijacking the music.
66	* LooseCanon: This attraction has mixed continuity points from both of the first two ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' films, likely to avoid any major spoilers for the second film. While it shows [[spoiler:Mantis as part of the Guardians]] as shown in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', [[spoiler:both the Milano and Peter's Walk Man appear, despite what happens]] in that film. [[spoiler:Carina, who dies in the first movie,]] also appears. Disney Imagineers & Marvel explain, in a Q & A, that, while based on the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, the rides themselves are part of a parallel universe separate from the films. "Monsters After Dark" also seemingly confirms that the ending of ''Vol. 2'' is canon, because a queue video has [[spoiler:Yondu's [[LateArrivalSpoiler ghost]]]] appear.
67	* MythologyGag: Many references are made to various Marvel (as well as non-Marvel) characters in the queue area.
68	** A mask and weapon of the Dark Elves, plus Odin's book describing them, from ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''.
69	** A [[Comicbook/{{Nova}} Nova Corps]] uniform, as seen in the first ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy\|2014}}''.
70	** The Warlock's Eye, which was seen in Odin's vault in the first ''Film/{{Thor}}''.
71	** A bookend/statue that resembles [[ComicBook/TheFightForAsgard Frog Thor]].
72	** Cosmo the Space Dog.
73	** Artifacts from an underwater civilization on earth that may be referencing [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]].
74	** Bits of Orloni (the creatures Star-Lord uses as a microphone in the opening of the first Guardians movie) and Chitauri eyes (the aliens from the first ''[[Film/TheAvengers2012 Avengers]]'' movie).
75	** A broken ComicBook/{{Ultron}} drone from ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''.
76	** Various [[Series/AgentsOfShield Kree artifacts]].
77	** An Asgardian War Hammer that could be referencing Stormbreaker, [[ComicBook/TheBalladOfBetaRayBill the hammer of Beta Ray Bill.]] [[spoiler:As of Infinity War, this appears to just be a mythology gag, as the MCU Stormbreaker was not forged until after the razing of Knowhere by Thanos.]]
78	** The skeleton-like magical trap [[Film/DoctorStrange2016 Doctor Strange]] used to capture Kaecilius.
79	** [[spoiler:Surtur's Fire Dragon]] from ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' is the eponymous Monster After Dark in the overlay of the same name. Interestingly, the overlay began in September 2017, while the film didn't come out until November. Does that make ''Ragnarok'' a shout-out to the ride?
80	*** A painting of the Grandmaster from the same film also appears, alongside the Collector himself.
81	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: ''Guardians of the Galaxy: Monsters After Dark?'' Well, looks like Rocket's meddling with the power system let ''everything'' loose, including the Collector's lethal pets.
82	* NoFourthWall: At its launch, the ride's story was deliberately designed to avert the usual placemaking put into a themed land in favor of being set directly in the park. The Collector has dropped his fortress directly in the middle of California Adventure to take advantage of Disneyland's crowds. On the ride itself, Rocket will quip about the view of Disneyland and remark that it's "thematically inconsistent". (With ''Ride/AvengersCAMPUS'' opening up around ''Mission: Breakout'', though, the story was tweaked so that the Avengers are now the target "audience" instead of Disneyland.)
83	* ObviousTrap: Gamora accuses Peter of falling into one by accepting the Collector's invitation to a tour.
84	* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: We don't actually see how Rocket escapes. Though the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE-ZIRqo2M0 alternate preshow]] used when the animatronic breaks down implies that he drilled his way out with a supercharged electric toothbrush.
85	* OhCrap: Literally said by Rocket when he sees the [[spoiler:Fire Dragon]] in ''Monsters After Dark''.
86	* PrisonEscapeArtist: Rocket is described as this to justify how he managed to escape.
87	* RewatchBonus: Or rather, "Re-ride Bonus" - each jaunt on the ride changes the Guardian escaping - either between Star-Lord, Gamora or Drax - and the song played during the escape.
88	* RunningGag:
89	** Peter being annoyed that no one calls him "Star-Lord"
90	** A Creator/StanLee cameo.
91	* SourceMusic: Rocket plugs Star Lord's Walkman into the gantry lift's sound system.
92	* ShmuckBait: Rocket wants you to help him by taking the elevator to the top floor so he can reach the power generator to the building. He never bothers to mention in his plans that throwing out the power will cause the elevator to go out of control.
93	* SkewedPriorities:
94	** Even though they've been trapped, Peter is at least happy they get a "really cool sign" and that they at least called him the leader in his description, even if [[RunningGag they didn't name him Star-Lord]].
95	** Drax is glad they are all well secured, because he does not wish to fall into the spiky pit.
96	* TheSmartOne: Rocket claims he is this of the Guardians.
97	* TranquilFury: Despite being trapped behind glass, that broken Ultron is still active and still wants to kill everyone.
98	-->'''Ultron:''' I'm sure you're all nice people, but the only logical path to peace... is your... extinction.
99	* SpikesOfDoom: The Guardian's cages are suspended over a pit filled with rotating spikes all around the sides.
100	* StylisticSuck: Rocket illustrates his escape plan with very crude drawings.
101	* SwarmOfRats: In some versions, Quill kicks one of the rat-like alien Orloni into Tivan's power source to short it out, only to get mobbed by a whole pack of its buddies that knock him off his feet.
102	* WhatTheHellHero: The cast members in the loading area will question your sanity during ''Monsters After Dark'', as the Guardians aren't on display and there are monsters running around.

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