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7''Disney Infinity'' was an ActionAdventure [[WideOpenSandbox sandbox]] ToysToLifeGame series that ran from 2013 to 2016. The series, inspired by ''[[VideoGame/ToyStory3 Toy Story 3: The Video Game]]''[='=]s Toy Box mode, was made by Avalanche Software[[note]]with assistance from several other developers; also, not to be confused with Creator/AvalancheStudios[[/note]] and published by Creator/DisneyInteractiveStudios. Taking a page from ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'', the game used figures of Disney characters to unlock content. The idea was that players are literally playing with virtual toys of Disney characters, and while certain characters can enter themed "Play Sets" based on the movies they come from, the Toy Box mode allows players to take their toys and play any way they want thanks to a deep LevelEditor.
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9Many Disney characters, from [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Jack Skellington]] to WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph and various others from Creator/{{Pixar}}, Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon, live-action Disney movies, non-canon Disney animated movies, and [[Creator/DisneyChannel Disney's television series]], are in ''Infinity''. The first game, retroactively known as ''Disney Infinity 1.0'', was released for Platform/{{Wii}}, Platform/PlayStation3, and Platform/{{Xbox 360}}, while the Platform/Nintendo3DS received a version called ''[[MinigameGame Toy Box Challenge]]'' complete with its own smaller base.
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11The second game, ''Disney Infinity 2.0'' (also known as ''Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes''), was released on September 23, 2014, adding characters and play sets from the ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'' franchise, as well as a slew of new features including [[SkillScoresAndPerks Skill Trees]]. It was first released for [=PlayStation=] 3, Platform/PlayStation4, Xbox 360, Platform/XboxOne, and Platform/WiiU, and later released for Platform/{{PlayStation Vita}} with a smaller base similar to that of the 3DS base.
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13The third and last game, ''Disney Infinity 3.0'', was released in August 2015, introducing the ''Franchise/StarWars'' universe to the game. This was also the first and only game in the series to support downloadable updates, as Disney Interactive seemed to focus on expanding and supporting the ''3.0'' platform for some time instead of upgrading to a "''4.0 Edition''". It was released for all the same platforms as ''2.0'' except for the PS Vita. It was also later released for the Apple TV, which had its own digital version of the game complete with its own unique base.
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15There were also various digital versions of the game released for PC, Platform/{{iOS}}, and Platform/{{Android}}. They're not compatible with the ''Disney Infinity'' base, instead giving players the option to buy digital figures and power tokens, [[FridgeLogic which would seem like it's kinda missing the point of buying physical figurines in the first place]]. Thankfully, most physical ''Disney Infinity'' figures, play sets, and all Toy Box Expansion Games came with a web code that gives you the digital version for free,[[note]]The ''Marvel Battlegrounds'' Play Set and ComicBook/TheVision, ComicBook/AntMan, and ComicBook/BlackPanther figures come with web code cards, but because none of these are in the digital versions, redeeming them are practically pointless. The [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 Baloo]] figure also comes with a card, but among the digital versions, he's mobile-only. The ''Film/AliceThroughTheLookingGlass'' figures and ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory'' Play Set and figures completely dropped the web code cards, becoming console-only.[[/note]] and using the hexagonal power discs in the console versions also unlock them in the digital versions as well. After the franchise's cancellation, the mobile versions and free-to-play PC versions have been disabled and were taken down (see below), while Platform/{{Steam}} received "Gold Editions" of all three games. They contain almost all content that were ever released in the franchise, and anyone who bought DLC for these versions will receive them for free. The entire Gold Collection can be found [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/541670/Disney_Infinity_30_Gold_Edition/ here]].
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17After the digital ''3.0'' versions [[http://gameranx.com/updates/id/44545/article/disney-evaluating-pc-strategy-for-disney-infinity-no-new-content-for-2016/ failed to receive]] [[http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/03/disney-infinity-and-the-death-of-apple-tvs-gaming-ambitions/ some of the later-released content]], it was announced on May 10, 2016 that ''Disney Infinity'' [[http://infinityinquirer.com/2016/05/10/disney-infinity-officially-no-ceasing-operations-june/ would cease production by the following month]], as it was just costing too much money to keep the series and figures rolling. As part of the end of the franchise, [[CreatorKiller Disney Interactive Studios had its publishing unit shut down]], relegating it to a licensing unit for Disney's properties, and developer Avalanche Software closed (although the developer reopened under Creator/WarnerBrosInteractiveEntertainment ownership in January 2017). The home and handheld console versions and the newly-released Gold Editions of all games still function, but have lost online functionality. The mobile and standalone PC versions of all games were rendered unplayable on September 30, 2016, with the Apple TV version of ''3.0'' removed from the App Store and the Disney Infinity team no longer accepting submissions for Toy Box uploads on the same date. The original Steam releases of ''2.0'' and ''3.0'' have been removed on December 9, 2016 (the day the Gold Editions were released). The Windows Store versions of all games and the Apple TV version of ''3.0'' have been rendered unplayable on March 3, 2017, the day that all remaining online services for the game have been disabled.
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19In October 2017, it was announced that figures from ''Disney Infinity'' would be reused as action figures in a toyline known as "Toybox", providing a legacy for the franchise.
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21There are [[Characters/DisneyInfinity character sheets]] that, despite this franchise's end, still Need Wiki Magic Love.
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23[[folder:Playable Characters]]
24''[-(series with accompanying Play Sets are marked in bold)-]''
25
26!!1.0 characters:
27* Mr. and Mrs. Incredible, Violet, Dash, and Syndrome from '''''Franchise/TheIncredibles'''''[[note]]Mr. Incredible included in the original starter pack.[[/note]]
28* [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc James P. "Sulley" Sullivan, Mike Wazowski, and Randall "Randy" Boggs]] from '''''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'''''[[note]]Sulley included in the original starter pack.[[/note]]
29* Captain Jack Sparrow, Hector Barbossa, and Davy Jones from '''''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'''''[[note]]Jack Sparrow included in the original starter pack.[[/note]]
30* Lightning [=McQueen=], Tow Mater, Holley Shiftwell, and Francesco Bernoulli from '''''Franchise/{{Cars}}'''''[[note]]Holley and [=McQueen=] included with play set piece.[[/note]]
31* The Lone Ranger and Tonto from '''''Film/TheLoneRanger'''''[[note]]''both characters included with play set piece.[[/note]]
32* Buzz Lightyear, Sheriff Woody, and Jessie from '''''Franchise/ToyStory'''''[[note]]Buzz and Jessie included with play set piece.[[/note]]
33* [[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} Sorcerer's Apprentice]] WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse
34* Jack Skellington from ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''
35* Wreck-It Ralph and Vanellope von Schweetz from ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph''
36* Phineas Flynn and Agent P (a.k.a. Perry the Platypus) from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''
37* Rapunzel from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}''
38* Anna and Elsa from ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}''
39
40!!''2.0''/''Marvel Super Heroes'' characters:
41* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, ComicBook/IronMan, [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk The Hulk]], ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, ComicBook/BlackWidow, Comicbook/{{Loki}}, and ComicBook/TheFalcon from '''''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'''''[[note]]Iron Man and Black Widow included with play set piece, with both figures and play set piece also included along with Thor in ''Marvel Super Heroes'' starter pack. Thor (and to an extent, Loki) are also affiliated with the Toy Box Game, ''[[TowerDefense Assault on Asgard]]'', which otherwise accepts all ''2.0'' Marvel characters.[[/note]]
42* ComicBook/SpiderMan (regular and [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Black Suit]] variants), ComicBook/{{Venom}}, ComicBook/NickFury, ComicBook/{{Nova}}, Comicbook/IronFist, and [[ComicBook/NormanOsborn Green Goblin]] from '''''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'''''[[note]]Spider-Man and Nova included with play set piece. Black Suit Spider-Man and play set piece are included in the [=PlayStation=] Vita starter pack, although Black Suit Spidey later received an individual release for ''3.0'', affiliated with the ''Marvel Battlegrounds'' Play Set.[[/note]]
43* Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Ronan the Accuser, and Yondu from '''''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'''''[[note]]Star-Lord and Gamora included with play set piece. Characters are also affiliated with the Toy Box Game, ''[[DungeonCrawler Escape from the Kyln]]'', which otherwise accepts all ''2.0'' Marvel characters.[[/note]]
44* WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck
45* [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin from]] ''Film/{{Maleficent}}''
46* Merida from ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}''[[note]]Included in Toy Box starter pack and affiliated with the Toy Box Game, ''[[DungeonCrawler Brave Forest Siege]]'', which otherwise accepts all 1.0 and ''2.0'' Disney Originals characters.[[/note]]
47* Stitch from ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch''[[note]]Included in Toy Box starter pack and affiliated with the Toy Box Game, ''[[TowerDefense Stitch's Tropical Rescue]]'', which otherwise accepts all 1.0 and ''2.0'' Disney Originals characters.[[/note]]
48* [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Tinker Bell]] from ''Franchise/DisneyFairies''
49* Aladdin and Jasmine from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''
50* Hiro Hamada and Baymax from ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6''
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52!!''3.0'' characters:
53!!!On-disc:
54* Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Maul and Yoda from '''''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' ([[Film/ThePhantomMenace and]] [[Film/AttackOfTheClones Prequel]] [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Trilogy]])'''[[note]]Anakin and Ahsoka included with play set piece, either as standalone or in the ''3.0'' starter pack.[[/note]]
55* Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia Organa, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Darth Vader, and Boba Fett from '''''Franchise/StarWars'' ([[Film/ANewHope the]] [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Original]] [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Trilogy]])'''[[note]]Luke and Leia included with play set piece.[[/note]]
56* Finn, Rey, Poe Dameron and Kylo Ren from '''''Star Wars: Film/TheForceAwakens'''''[[note]]Finn and Rey included with play set piece.[[/note]]
57* Ezra Bridger, Kanan Jarrus, Sabine Wren, and Zeb Orrelios from ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''
58* Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust from '''''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'''''[[note]]Joy and Anger included with play set piece.[[/note]]
59* WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse (regular version) and WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse
60* Hulkbuster Iron Man and ComicBook/{{Ultron}} from ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''
61* Sam Flynn and Quorra from ''Film/TronLegacy''[[note]]Were playable in PC and mobile versions of ''2.0'', but had no physical figures.[[/note]]
62* Mulan [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin from]] ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}''
63* Olaf from ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}''
64* Spot from ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur''
65* Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps from ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''
66!!!Update required:[[note]]These characters and play sets are not playable in the discontinued digital versions of the game, with the exception of Baloo being playable in the (disabled) mobile version.[[/note]]
67* Captain America - The First Avenger, ComicBook/BlackPanther, ComicBook/AntMan, and ComicBook/TheVision from '''''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'''''[[note]]Captain America -- The First Avenger included with play set piece.[[/note]]
68* Baloo from ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967''
69* [[Film/AliceInWonderland2010 Alice, the Mad Hatter]], and Time from ''Film/AliceThroughTheLookingGlass''
70* [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Nemo and Dory]] from '''''WesternAnimation/FindingDory'''''[[note]]Dory included with play set piece.[[/note]]
71[[/folder]]
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73[[folder:Other represented content]]
74!!Disney films
75* ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}''[[note]]Dumbo is available as a Power Disc mount.[[/note]]
76* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad''[[note]]The Headless Horseman's horse is available as a Power Disc mount.[[/note]]
77* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}''
78* ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland''[[note]]Various Power Discs[[/note]]
79* ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''[[note]]The rose is available as a Power Disc decoration.[[/note]]
80* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers''[[note]]"All For One" costume change Power Disc dresses Donald Duck into his musketeer uniform from the movie.[[/note]]
81* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}''[[note]]"Bolt's Super Strength" Power Disc and "Calico's Helicopter" mount Power Disc.[[/note]]
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83!!Pixar films
84* ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}''[[note]]A Mr. Frederickson's walking stick as a tool Power Disc[[/note]]
85* ''WesternAnimation/Cars2''[[note]]A Finn [=McMissile=] boost Power Disc.[[/note]]
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87!!Disney animated series
88* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''[[note]]"Mabel's Kittens For Fists" tool Power Disc.[[/note]]
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90!!Marvel
91* ''ComicBook/GhostRider''[[note]]Ghost Rider's motorcycle as a mount Power Disc; Jack Skellington will also catch on fire if he rides this mount.[[/note]]
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93!!Miscellaneous
94* ''Franchise/DuckTales''[[note]]Scrooge [=McDuck=] Power Disc.[[/note]]
95* ''Franchise/TheMuppets''[[note]]Townspeople can be dressed after various Muppets.[[/note]]
96* ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising''[[note]]Various Power Discs use Tron's appearance from ''TRON: Uprising''.[[/note]]
97* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frankenweenie}}''[[note]]Various Power Discs.[[/note]]
98* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''[[note]]Limited "King Mickey" Power Disc and Keyblade weapon[[/note]]
99[[/folder]]
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101!!Tropes:
102* AdaptationalBadass:
103** While Violet is capable of fighting in ''Franchise/TheIncredibles'' films and in other games in the series where she was playable, Violet needed to use a stick to knock out Syndrome's mook in the first film and her Force Fields were more or less used for defense which rendered Violet a {{Non Action Guy}} in most of her game appearances. In the Infinity series, Violet is far more ''capable'' of pulling off acrobatic moves for dodging and attacking (something she can't do in her home series), even applying a Volleyball-like strike with her Force Field for one her attacks. Hilariously she was considered to be one of the '''strongest''' characters in ''1.0''.
104** Same can be said for Vanellope from ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' who's primarily a {{Non Action Guy}} in her home series and puts her glitching powers to great offensive use in this series.
105** While Hiro fights in ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'', he needs the help of Baymax to do so. In this game, to compensate for being a solo playable character, he instead uses the Microbots he invented in the film in an offensive capacity.
106** You could also make a case for the ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' emotions. With the exception of Anger's tiffs with Fear, they made almost no physical fights with anybody in their home film, whereas here, they can hold their own in a fight and kick butt in their mission to restore order to Riley's mind in the ''Inside Out'' Play Set.
107* AdaptationDistillation: Some of the Marvel heroes sport their costumes from the comic and animated continuities, but have the backstories and characterizations of their Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse counterparts.
108** For instance, ComicBook/TheFalcon looks exactly like he does in ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'', but has the exact same backstory (a former Pararescue veteran who uses the EXO-7 Falcon suit) as he does in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''.
109* AdaptedOut:
110** Maz Kanata, Captain Phasma, Supreme Leader Snoke, and General Hux all get this treatment in ''The Force Awakens'' Play Set.
111** Despite being a playable character, Boba Fett is completely absent from the story of the ''Rise Against The Empire'' Play Set.
112** Also in ''Rise Against The Empire'', Bespin and Dagobah are removed from the story.
113*** Subverted for Jabba's palace in ''Rise Against The Empire''. While it is present, it's not featured as prominently as it was in ''Return of the Jedi''.
114* AdvancingWallOfDoom: Toy Box Takeover in ''3.0'' has a destructive magical force called the Hero Destroyer, which was created as a result of Syndrome's misuse of the wands. It actively pursues players regardless of terrain and kills anyone who touches it while being completely invulnerable to all forms of damage - the only ways to get rid of it are either by outrunning it or being killed by it.
115* AlternateCompanyEquivalent:
116** To ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'', as a family-friendly sandbox game that uses NFC figures to summon characters in-game.
117** Also to Nintendo's ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', as a crossover game starring characters from each company's respective franchises, where the characters are depicted as LivingToys[[note]]although ''Smash'' handles this in a different and more subtle manner[[/note]] and can be summoned in-game using NFC figures (Toys/{{amiibo}} in Nintendo's case).
118* AlternateContinuity:
119** ''The Incredibles'' playset is set in a Metroville where Syndrome did ''not'' kidnap Jack-Jack and simply sent more of his robots on the city.
120** Likewise, the ''Monsters University'' playset is set in a continuity where [[spoiler: Mike and Sulley weren't expelled from campus and Randall remained friendly towards them.]]
121** The ''Pirates'' playset takes in a continuity with trace elements of the second and third movies.
122* {{Animorphism}}: Using the "Crow Wing Pack" (which is unlocked in the ''Lone Ranger'' Play Set) will transform your character into a crow and allow them to fly.
123* AnthropomorphicFood: The ''Inside Out'' Play Set has evil broccoli as one of the enemies.
124* ApologeticAttacker: Several characters such as Rapunzel and Phineas will usually say "I'm sorry!" while fighting enemies.
125* ArtShift: All characters are modified from their original versions to fit a unified Infinity art style. Justified as they're not the actual characters, they're ''toys of'' the actual characters.
126* AscendedExtra:
127** In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'', Fear Tech doesn't have much of a presence. Aside from a few scenes and a moment with Archie the Scare Pig, Fear Tech's mascot, the movie focuses more on Mike and Sulley putting Oozma Kappa into shape for the Scare Games. In ''Disney Infinity'', however, students of Fear Tech go out of their way to prank the students of Monsters University and making their lives miserable.
128** In the ''Guardians'' playset, Cosmo the former USSR Cosmonaut Dog from the comics and a cameo from the ''Guardians'' film makes a full appearance in the game as a supporting character.
129** Ant-Man was a Team-Up summon in ''2.0'' but is playable in ''3.0''.
130* BadassAdorable:
131** Violet Parr and her little brother Dash from ''Franchise/TheIncredibles'' are naturally this by default (even more so in the combat heavy ''Infinity'' franchise, especially for Violet who was traditionally regulated as a {{Non Action Guy}} in past games), they're even more cuter as toys!
132** Vanellope from ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' becomes this due to undergoing {{Adaptational Badass}} in Infinity, even more so in ''3.0'' where all Melee weapon packs become timeable combo attacks.
133** [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Stitch]], the super-strong alien who's also cute and fluffy. (Well, he's not fluffy here, but he's still cute nonetheless.)
134** Judy Hopps from ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' due to having the ability to kick and shoot enemies with a pistol/gun and is naturally adorable but she's even more adorable in toy form.
135* BadassBoast: When he is killed and instantly regenerated, [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Davy Jones]] will shout:
136-->'''Davy Jones:''' You can't kill Davy Jones like that!
137* BalloonBelly: Happens to certain characters in all 3 games (most of them male with Mrs. Incredible being the only exception aside from Holly and Dory), getting hit by a "Glow Urchin" will sometimes result in their bodies swelling up like balloons [[note]](with Mrs. Incredible even getting bigger when she uses any of her melee attacks while in this state)[[/note]] though a glitch can be performed in the first two games by pausing the game with characters whose heads inflate (Violet being an example) to give them a similar look, ''3.0'' features a "WALL-E Hover Chair" vehicle that, when jumped into, will cause the character to inflate and grow fat becoming much like the Axiom passengers from the movie. It only affects Disney and Pixar characters, though.[[note]]It's heavily theorized that the chair's bloating animations for every character was left unfinished and not programmed in the final version of the game due to having to program it for every playable character.[[/note]]
138* BattleCouple: Mr. and Mrs. Incredible, Buzz and Jessie, Aladdin and Jasmine, Han and Leia, Mickey and Minnie, Sam and Quorra, Black Widow and Hulk/Captain America/Hawkeye/Winter Soldier teamup disc.
139* BigBad: Every play set except ''Monsters University'' seems to have one, and they're frequently available as player characters. This doesn't change the storyline, though, so you can play as Syndrome and battle NPC Syndrome's forces or play as Davy Jones and fight your NPC doppelganger's crew. The villains are as follows:
140** ''Franchise/TheIncredibles''/Toy Box Takeover: Syndrome
141** ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'': Davy Jones
142** ''Franchise/ToyStory'': Emperor Zurg
143** ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'': Chick Hicks
144** ''Film/TheLoneRanger'': Butch Cavendish
145** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'': Loki
146** ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'': Green Goblin
147** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'': Ronan the Accuser
148** Marvel Battlegrounds: Ultron
149** ''Franchise/StarWars: Rise Against the Empire'': Emperor Palpatine
150** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': Darth Maul
151** ''Film/StarWarsTheForceAwakens'': Kylo Ren
152* BigHeadMode: For certain characters (mostly the females or those who have a top heavy complex design), also getting hit by a "Glow Urchin" will sometimes result in their heads swelling up dramatically.
153* BlindBagCollectables: Power Discs for 1.0 and 2.0 were often in blind bags of two discs each. Averted with 3.0, which packaged four discs each in transparent packaging.
154* BraggingRightsReward: Each game has an "Ultimate Unlock" for getting [[OneHundredPercentCompletion 100% Figures]][[note]]Baloo and the ''Alice'' and ''Finding Nemo/Dory'' characters not counted for 3.0.[[/note]]: in order, [[spoiler: [[Franchise/StarWars a lightsaber, a landspeeder,]] and [[Franchise/KingdomHearts a Keyblade]]]]. Now, think about ''exactly'' how much money that will cost...
155* BroadStrokes: Some Play Sets, like ''Guardians of the Galaxy'', ''Star Wars: Rise Against the Empire'', and ''The Force Awakens'' are loose retellings of their movies. ''Star Wars: Twilight of the Republic'' is mostly based on the ''The Clone Wars'', but includes Darth Maul as he appeared in ''The Phantom Menace'' since he's more familiar to most people that way.
156* ButtMonkey: Donald in trailers and the "Disney Treasure Hunt" opening level to ''2.0''.
157* TheCameo:
158** The townspeople can dress up as WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}, WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit, WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup, black-and-white Mickey, WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale, [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} Jiminy Cricket]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} Chernabog]], [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland the animated depictions of Alice, the Cheshire Cat, and the Red Queen]], [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad Mr. Toad]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Pumbaa]], [[Ride/CountryBearJamboree Big Al]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Up}} Mr. Frederickson]], [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Dipper, Mabel]], WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck, various [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppets (like Gonzo)]], [[Film/{{Enchanted}} Giselle]], WesternAnimation/WallE, ComicBook/TheWasp, and more.
159** Non-dressable townpeople include [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Hera Syndulla]].
160** [[ComicBook/CarolDanvers Captain Marvel]] appears in the ''Avengers'' playset and briefly in the ''Spider-Man'' playset as an NPC. She can be summoned by a Team-Up Disc as well.
161** ComicBook/TheWasp is a mission giver in the ''Avengers'' playlet.
162** Spider-Man's other teammates in ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'', ComicBook/WhiteTiger and ComicBook/LukeCage, are mission givers in the ''Spider-Man'' playset. White Tiger can also be summoned by a Team-Up Disc.
163** Mysterio and Black Cat make appearances on the ''Spider-Man'' playset, despite not appearing in ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012''. Dr. Octopus also has a minor role and J. Jonah Jameson can be seen on the screens of his broadcasting building.
164** In the Twilight of the Republic playset, the supporting cast includes Mace Windu, Padmé, Aayla Secura, Plo Koon, Jar Jar, the Clone Troopers, General Grievous, Cad Bane, Sebulba, Darth Maul's Mandalorian Super-Commandos.
165** In the Rise of the Empire playset, Jar Jar can be found frozen in carbonite in Jabba's Palace.
166* CanonForeigner: The Collection Robots made for the ''Stitch's Tropical Rescue'' Toy Box Game in ''2.0''. They've never appeared in any of the ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch franchise's]] movies or [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries television]] [[Anime/{{Stitch}} series]].
167* CanonImmigrant: Played with. This game is not canon with any of the films, but Ralph's Wrecking Truck from ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed]]'' appears in this game.
168* {{Cap}}: Each character's level caps out at 20.
169* CombiningMecha: Rocket Raccoon with Groot, and Hiro with Baymax.
170* CompositeCharacter:
171** In the game, Maleficent carries her [[Film/{{Maleficent}} film appearance]] but acts much like her [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty classic personality]].
172** Although primarily based on his younger, non-villainous ''Monsters University'' appearance, Randall has the "Villain" ability and a menacing figure pose that's more in line with his ''Monsters Inc.'' appearance.
173** A feature of the game is using a certain power disk to turn characters into other incarnations of themselves, among these characters are Donald Duck (who is shown in his musketeer outfit) and Falcon (who changes from his classic to his cinematic universe uniform).
174* CompressedAdaptation: The "Rise Against the Empire" storyline of ''3.0'' is an abridged retelling of the entire ''Franchise/StarWars'' Original Trilogy where Luke, Leia, Han and Chewbacca are together from start to finish, meaning some of them appear in scenes before any of them meet or where at least one of them is alone (e.g., Leia meets Obi-Wan in person, Han, Leia and Chewbacca accompany Luke in confronting Darth Vader and the Emperor). It also cuts out entire areas such as Cloud City and Jabba's Palace, which leads to changes like [[LukeIAmYourFather Vader revealing his lineage]] on Hoth and Lando already being a member of the Rebellion from the start. ** Also, the ''The Force Awakens'' play set is one for the movie that it's based on.
175* ContinueYourMissionDammit: In Play Sets, characters will often give you reminders of your current objective.
176* ContinuityNod: While Boba Fett himself [[AdaptedOut does not appear in the]] ''Rise Against The Empire'' Play Set, his character coin can be found at a Sarlacc pit at Tatooine, where he originally met his end in the movies.
177* CounterAttack: The Repel ability allows characters to counter enemy attacks if they're blocked at the right time making them take damage, the ''Star Wars'' Jedi and Sith characters take it a step further as they can block with their lightsabers to open up for a devastating counterattack (providing that they have it unlocked in their skill tree), even some of the ''Marvel'' characters introduced in the ''Marvel Battlegrounds'' playset has this as well (most notably Captain America-The First Avenger).
178* CutenessProximity: What kicks off the "Stitch's Tropical Rescue" Toy Box Game in ''2.0'' was Pleakley telling his superiors in the United Galactic Federation that if you were to see an adorable duckling, you would "literally die". This doesn't happen in the game of course, but it prompts the Federation to send out robots to collect them, forcing the player to defend the ducklings.
179* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Your character is simply magically reassembled on the spot, unless there are checkpoints in the level.
180** {{Averted}} in ''2.0'' where when your hero dies, you either need to place a new hero on the base, or restart the mission. Akin to ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}''.
181* DevelopersForesight:
182** A number of characters have unique interactions with each other, including player characters and [=NPCs=] from outside their series:
183*** If you play Wreck-It Ralph with an Incredible, he will comment:
184--->'''Ralph:''' What? No super-suit for the new guy? Come on!
185*** If you play Jack Skellington with [[GlitchEntity Vanellope]], he will comment on her strangeness, mistaking her for some sort of Halloween costume.
186--->'''Jack:''' How fascinating! And what are you supposed to be?
187*** Vanellope, being the jokester that she is, will make numerous wisecracks, such as spouting off a bunch of cowboy phrases if you play her with [[BornInTheWrongCentury Woody or Jessie]].
188*** Vanellope will say this if you race her against the ''Cars'' characters:
189--->'''Vanellope:''' Do you guys know how to drive? Hah! Just kidding! You guys were born driving, right?
190*** Similarly, Ralph will ask a ''Cars'' character about how many miles per gallon they get.
191*** Vanellope expresses surprise that the ''Cars'' run on gas rather than [[NoodleImplements maple syrup]].
192*** Vanellope will ask Edna Mode if she can make her a glitchproof suit since she's a superhero suit designer.
193*** On the ''Monsters University'' map, Vanellope wonders if credits from Monster University can transfer to Sugar Rush Community College.
194*** While playing Rapunzel, if you [[FriendlyFire continuously hit another player and they don't respond]], she will comment that the other player must be a really nice person.
195*** Ralph says to Sulley that he looks like the monster he dressed up for Halloween last year and also says that he has "a face that only a mother could love".
196*** Ralph will say that he wants a cowboy hat if you play him with the Lone Ranger.
197*** While fighting Syndrome in ''The Incredibles'' map, he will comment if you're playing as the Syndrome figure.
198*** Phineas reacts in amazement at the presence of superheroes, compliments MU characters on their costumes, and will remark he [[FantasticallyIndifferent "did not expect to see a pirate today..."]]
199** If playing the Vanellope's Sweet Ride adventure in multiplayer in ''1.0'', the first player will control Vanellope in her Candy Kart while the second player uses another character in King Candy's Royal Racer. However, if the second player is using Ralph, he will drive his own Wrecking Truck instead.
200* DoppelgangerCrossover:
201** The game can have [[Creator/JohnnyDepp Capt. Jack Sparrow, Tonto, and the Mad Hatter]] together in the Toy Box. The first two are featured in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcQJ4Z28pQc this 1.0 trailer]].
202** As of 3.0, you can have [[Creator/SamuelLJackson Nick Fury and Mace Windu]] fight together (the former is playable, the latter is summoned by a "Team-Up" Power Disc). Now if only Frozone would show up...if the series hadn't been shut down.[[note]]under the {{WhatCouldHaveBeen}} section, Frozone likely would have been a playable character for the ''Incredibles 2'' playset.[[/note]]
203* DoubleJump: All non-''Cars'' characters can do this.
204* EarlyBirdCameo: ''3.0'''s first major update for DLC content included ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' content (Ant-Man's updated costume and Black Panther) and Time from ''Alice: Through the Looking Glass'' as a Toy Box boss well ahead of either movie's release (and before ''Alice'' was even announced as coming to ''Infinity'', much less its toys' release).
205* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first game has several differences with the later editions:
206** It was much lighter in terms of combat options with most of the cast only possessing a basic charge attack and projectile and abilities like special moves, super jumps and flight not debuting until ''2.0''. There was also no upgrade system, meaning characters would play the same whether they were level 1 or 20.
207** Certain mechanics like {{Wall Jump}}s, size-changing goo, pedal bikes and Syndrome's old zero-point gauntlet functionality[[note]]which allowed him or anyone using it to hold other characters in place and move around with them, a functionality lost in later games to become a standardized projectile[[/note]] did not return in later editions.
208** Each character had their own character-exclusive Adventure - a minigame only they could play.
209** The first game had a line of crystal variation figures: figurines of already-existing characters with a white, crystal-like colorization who otherwise played identically. This concept was not revisited for subsequent versions and would be replaced with costume change Power Discs which changed certain characters' appearances.
210* EasterEgg:
211** [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Walt Disney World]] uses the new "[=MagicBand=]" RFID system, [[http://disneyinfinity.wikia.com/wiki/Disney_Parks_Magic_Band and it unlocks special content when scanned]] in ''Infinity''. 1.0 unlocked a toy that made a dragon appear, ''2.0'' unlocked the Clock Tower from Ride/ItsASmallWorld, and ''3.0'' unlocked the Partners statue--the bronze statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse holding hands. Likewise, ''3.0'' also adds several toys that can only be unlocked with Disney Cruise Line's similar Oceaneer Band. Fair warning to mobile and PC players, like with power discs, you needed to scan them on a console version's base to use them digitally.
212** During the Forever Falls segment in "Mickey's Birthday Bash", if Mickey uses the super jump to get up on a particular house, he can meet his classic black and white self as a townsperson. The player then gets rewarded with a rain of blue and orange sparks.
213** If you happen to put Jack Skellington on ComicBook/GhostRider's bike, [[http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu100/zrowngctr/Games/DI/Gameplay/HotRiderJackRS_zpsikqrem4y.png Jack's head will become aflame]] like that of the Ghost Rider himself. The same can be done with Anger from ''Inside Out''.
214** Normally when your character rides in the [[Franchise/StarWars Y-Wing]], you can see an R2 standard droid riding in the middle of it like you would expect. However, if you play as Sulley (and only Sulley) and hop into the Y-Wing, the droid is, [[RuleOfFunny for no real reason at all]], replaced by Mike Wazowski, sitting in the ship with his arms up in the air as though he were riding a roller coaster.
215** If Baymax picks up Hiro, the latter will ride on his back instead of being held in Baymax's hand like anyone else. Similarly, if Groot picks up Rocket Raccoon, the latter will ride on his shoulder and can fire his guns at will.
216* EasyLevelTrick: The Sumo Adventure in ''1.0'' is extremely easily beaten if Randall or Violet are used, since their {{invisibility}} allows them to stand by without being hurt by enemies.
217* FamilyFriendlyFirearms:
218** Especially noticeable in ''The Lone Ranger'' content, where the guns are modified to have different sound effects and orange caps on their muzzles to resemble cap guns rather than real ones. Justified as all the characters and firearms are toys.
219** Black Widow uses laser guns in ''2.0'', something she rarely (if ever) does in the comics, and certainly not in the movies.
220* FreezeFrameBonus: Stitch, Merida, and Maleficent appear in the ''2.0'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1P3b4YU8so trailer]] as Captain America's shield bounces around; as teases for their own inclusion in the game.
221* FriendlyFireproof: Averted; you're free to wail away on other players as much as you like in most gameplay modes. One of the few places where this trope applies is the hub world in Toy Box Takeover. (Though you're fair game again once you start a mission.)
222* FurryConfusion: In one of the trailers, Mater tries to strike up a conversation with a non-anthropomorphic vehicle.
223* GameplayRoulette: Most Play Sets focus on a different game genre; for instance in 1.0, ''The Incredibles'' is primarily a beat-em-up while ''Cars'' focuses on racing, ''Monsters University'' is a third-person stealth shooter, and ''Pirates'' is an exploration game with ship-to-ship combat. ''3.0''[='s=] ''Marvel Battlegrounds'' Set is a ''VideoGame/PowerStone''-style arena brawler.
224* GenreBusting: The game has many, many, ''many'' different and interesting playstyles, ranging from stealth gameplay to swash-buckling BeatEmUp to a Superhero WideOpenSandbox. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC5ptkg8DSk The E3 Trailer]] seems to highlight this trope just as much as parody it.
225* GrindBoots: Characters can grind along rail paths (customizable in the Toy Box), and can jump or turn around on them.
226* GroundPound: Most characters, excluding the ones from the ''Cars'' series, can do this.
227* GunshipRescue: The Army Helicopter [[MacrossMissileMassacre doles]] [[GatlingGood these]] [[MoreDakka out]]; even more so if you're in multiplayer and one of you is pinned down. A bonus is that the chopper can take [[LightningBruiser massive damage and keep flying]] and can even destroy enemies simply by [[RammingAlwaysWorks ramming them]]. Alas, it is only available in the Toy Box.
228* HardModePerks: The higher the combat difficulty is set, the more sparks enemies give off when defeated.
229* HeavyVoice: If a character gets hit by a "Glow Urchin" (which causes either their head or their body to swell up), their voice will temporarily deepen (though this aspect was later removed in ''3.0'' likely having to do with Darth Vader becoming playable).
230* HeliumSpeech: The shrinking goo from ''1.0'' will give the character a very high-pitched voice.
231* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Lightsaber that becomes available in the first two games after adding every character to the Hall of Heroes. The third and final attack of its' combo can defeat any enemy in a single hit. Averted in ''3.0'', where it gets extremely nerfed.
232* ImprobableWeaponUser: Nick Wilde wields a giant popsicle as a weapon.
233* LateArrivalSpoiler:
234** Tends to be [[DefiedTrope defied]] with the Play Sets, outside of the most ItWasHisSled of moments. (Such as Syndrome in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1''.) However, the ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory'' Play Set plays it straight, as it takes place after the events of the movie [[spoiler: and thus shows Hank, Destiny, and Bailey already in the ocean in Nemo's neighborhood; spoiling the end result of Hank's character development from the movie in particular.]]
235** One of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' Power Discs is one that enables Nick Wilde to [[spoiler: wear his police outfit that he gets at the very end of the movie when he joins the Zootopia police force]].
236* LeftHanging: In light of the games ceasing production, [[spoiler: the SequelHook at the end of Marvel Battlegrounds featuring Thanos]] is now an example of this.
237* LeParkour: There are a lot of movement options, which includes grabbing onto ledges and pipes.
238* LevelEditor: One of the game's major selling points.
239* LivingToys: All characters in ''Infinity'' are toy versions of themselves. They even have limb and waist joints in their 3D models and break apart upon defeat.
240* MacGuffin: The Kraken's Bane in the ''Pirates'' play set, a toy which can keep the Kraken at bay. You WILL have to use this to beat Davy Jones.
241* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: The ''Cars'' characters are unique in that they play identically to the drivable vehicles instead of other characters. This means they can't double jump, attack, or use packs/tools like normal playable characters, but they can utilize vehicle abilities like boosting, air tricks and drifting on top of being able to use vehicle weapons instead. They also have a completely unique skill tree that allows them to upgrade trick speed and boost capacity, which normal vehicles cannot do.
242* MerchandiseDriven: The series was part of the "toys-to-life" game genre.
243* {{Mooks}}: They seem to differ between different worlds, as they should. Davy Jones' crew members for ''Pirates of the Caribbean'', Monsters from Fear Tech for ''Monsters University'', Syndrome's Omindroids for ''The Incredibles'', Emperor Zurg's Zurgbots for ''Toy Story'', members of the Cavendish Gang for ''The Lone Ranger'', Frost Giants for ''The Avengers'', symbiotes for ''Spider-Man'', Sakarans for ''Guardians of the Galaxy'', and Stormtroopers for ''Star Wars'', depending on the generation.
244* MultiPlatform:
245** One of the few then-current non-sports game series to be simultaneously developed and released on seventh- and eighth-gen consoles, PC, and (except for play sets) mobile. Also, the [=PlayStation=] Vita got a full version of the second game (minus one round space on its base for obvious reasons) and the Apple TV set-top box got a full version of the third game with its own unique full-sized, black-colored base, with its starter pack bundling a Bluetooth controller. The only exception was the Nintendo 3DS version of the first game, called ''Toy Box Challenge'' on the platform.
246** The Wii, Wii U, [=PS3=], and [=PS4=] all use the same base, allowing for cross-platform use with them and preventing players from having to buy whole new starter packs.[[note]]The 3DS and PS Vita use their own smaller bases, the Apple TV's base is different, and the digital versions on mobile and PC do not use any base. As for Xbox, the Xbox One requires its own base as it is not backward-compatible with Xbox 360 accessories.[[/note]]
247* MutagenicGoo: The first game features goo that when stepped in will change your character's size. Green goo causes them to get bigger, while pink goo will shrink them. It is featured prominently in the Toy Story playset.
248* MyFutureSelfAndMe:
249** Darth Vader is playable in the ''Twilight of the Republic'' playset alongside his younger self, and Anakin is playable in the ''Rise Against the Empire'' playset.
250** Black Suit Spider-Man and Venom can be in the ''Spider-Man'' playset together, even though they include the same Venom symbiote at different times in its life.
251* MythologyGag:
252** Part of the ''Pirates'' Play Set is modeled after the Ride/{{Disneyland}} [[Ride/PiratesOfTheCarribean ride]].
253** Mater's song in the "Unexpected Pairings" trailer seems to be one to ''Heavy Metal Mater''.
254** At the end of the first game’s tutorial, Mickey throws you above the castle. The way the camera pans across the sky and castle after that is reminiscent of the current [[VanityPlate Disney movie logo]], complete with the word "Disney" appearing at the end.
255** In his trailer, WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck is associated with a hammer. The same hammer he wielded 23 years before in the Master System game ''VideoGame/TheLuckyDimeCaper''.
256** In Aladdin and Jasmine's trailer, the two share a moment together, only for Stitch to fly by on a Recognizer and ruin the moment. This is similar to the trailers for ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' where Stitch would hijack into a scene from a previous Disney animated film, and ''Aladdin'' was one of them.
257* NotMeThisTime: The storyline of the ''Twilight of the Republic'' playset opens with the heroes leading an attack on Geonosis to shut down a battle droid factory that is presumably being run by General Grievous. When they finally confront Grievous, however, he reveals that he's not the one who activated the factory. [[spoiler:In the end, it turns out that Darth Maul was the one who activated the factory as part of his scheme to destroy both the Republic and Confederacy]].
258* OldSaveBonus: Discs and characters from earlier revisions can be used in later ones; playsets are ''not'' backward compatible this way, but you can still scan the playset pieces to unlock their relevant Toy Box items.
259* OneHitKill: Certain items such as lava (unless you're playing as Anger, who's immune to it, but only if he's in the ''Inside Out'' playset, as he can still die the same way when in Toy Box mode) and the Hero Destroyer will instantly kill your character upon contact.
260* OneSteveLimit: Averted with Jack Sparrow and Jack Skellington, Sam Flynn and Phineas Flynn, and Nick Fury and Nick Wilde. If you're willing to get into the real names of heroes that other wise go by codenames, there are three Sams (Flynn, Alexander (Nova), and Wilson (Falcon)) and two Peters (Parker (Spider-Man) and Quill (Star-Lord)).
261* ParachutePetticoat: Alice uses her dress as a parachute in one of her moves.
262* PinballProjectile: The Lone Ranger's six-shooter can fire bullets that ricochet off of metal objects. Tonto's tomahawk axe also works like this.
263* PowerCreep: The 1.0 characters lack many of the abilities introduced later on that the 2.0 and 3.0 characters get, like special moves and alternate-timing combos (same can also be said for the 2.0 cast who lacks the alternate timing combos and the grip or push mechanics of the 3.0 cast), the alternate timing combos can be fixed via the buffed melee weapons packs which all have the same alternate timing combos (though they'll still lack the grip or push mechanics to continue combos).
264* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: In 1.0, the characters' voices get much deeper whenever they step in the growing goo.
265* PrimpOfContempt: In the Marvel Battlegrounds playset, Loki checks his nails as he tells Black Panther he has done what he came to do in Wakanda and vanishes.
266* ProductPlacement: The games tend to have a share of its characters and Play Sets come from movies released the same year:
267** In the original game, it was ''Monsters University'', ''The Lone Ranger'', and ''Frozen''.
268** For ''2.0'', it's ''Maleficent'', ''Guardians of the Galaxy'', and ''Big Hero 6''.
269** ''3.0'' has many more thanks to ramping up the number of new characters: ''The Force Awakens'', ''Age of Ultron'', ''Captain America: Civil War'', ''Inside Out'', ''The Good Dinosaur'', ''Zootopia'', ''Alice'', and ''Finding Dory''. ''The Jungle Book'' can also qualify, even though ''Infinity'' uses the version of Baloo from the 1967 movie instead of the 2016 remake.
270** ''Every'' planned playset for 4.0 was to be related to an upcoming film.
271* RecycledInSpace: The ''Toy Story In Space'' Play Set.
272* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: The Hero Destroyer in ''3.0'''s Toy Box Takeover takes the form of a red-and-black ball of magical energy, and it will pursue and destroy anyone that goes near it.
273* ReferenceOverdosed: This game covers a lot of Disney property. Outside of known playable characters, non-character toys, in-game locations and prestige titles reference ''WesternAnimation/{{Frankenweenie}}'', ''Franchise/TheMuppets'', ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'', ''Franchise/{{DuckTales}}'', even obscure works like ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'' and ''Film/{{Condorman}}'' and those on the far edges of the Disney family like Creator/{{ESPN}}.
274* ReformulatedGame: The 3DS game is a MinigameGame, without any of the console game's LevelEditor stuff.
275* RequiredPartyMember:
276** "Play Set" levels generally can only be played with characters from that specific world - for instance, Mr. Incredible can't be used in a ''Pirates'' Play Set, and Pirates in turn can't enter Monsters University.
277** This rule has been relaxed in later games' sets:
278*** The ''2.0'' Marvel sets allow players to unlock access for a few characters from other sets[[note]]The Hulk can enter the ''Spider-Man'' set, Rocket Raccoon can visit the Avengers, and Iron Man and Nova can be used in all three[[/note]].
279*** 3.0's sets play with this: while the ''Inside Out'' and ''Finding Dory'' sets are restricted to their respective characters, the ''Star Wars'' sets can be unlocked for ''all'' other ''Star Wars'' characters, the ''Marvel Battlegrounds'' set is open to all Marvel characters by default, and the Toy Box Speedway/Takeover games allow any character to be used with no restrictions[[note]]except for ''Cars'' characters in Takeover[[/note]].
280* RevenueEnhancingDevices:
281** In addition to character figures and Play Sets, Disney released "Power Discs" in two varieties: round ones provide {{Status Buff}}s and gear for playable characters and hexagonal ones add Toy Box customization options. The discs were even packaged in random assortments like trading cards during ''1.0'' and ''2.0''.
282** There are also variant figures of some characters: translucent-white "Crystal" versions of some 1.0 characters, Black Suit Spider-Man, and "Light FX" Jedi and Sith whose lightsabers can glow.
283** Had the series gone on, several characters (including Buzz, Elsa, the Hulk, and Jack Skellington) would have received twelve-inch tall super-sized versions of themselves that would have had more detail, lit up, and played differently than their normal-sized counterparts in-game.
284* RewardingVandalism: Destroying objects in the game allows you to get sparks to get experience for your character and the coins to buy more toys.
285* SequelEscalation:
286** ''2.0'' features Creator/MarvelComics characters, much larger environments than the previous game, individual skill trees for each character, new abilities like {{flight}} and special moves, auto-builders for Toy Box mode and a customizable Toy Box interior.
287** ''3.0'' features ''Franchise/StarWars'' characters, grapples and timing-sensitive combos, revamped driving mechanics, Toy Box games that allow characters from any series to be used at the same time and in-game updates.
288* ShipTease: Upon meeting each other, [[WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph Ralph]] and [[Franchise/{{Frozen}} Elsa]] will compliment each other, [[http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/694/743/2ea.jpg referencing a tweet that Jennifer Lee made about them as a couple.]]
289* ShoutOut: Disney occasionally released new premade Toy Boxes for download. One of the earliest was "Toy Columbia", a recreation of the setting of ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite''; and ''3.0'' has "Squid Wars", based on ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}''.
290* SiblingTeam: Violet and Dash, Anna and Elsa, Thor and Loki, Luke and Leia, the Nash and Ramsey mounts, Phineas and Ferb (if you count sidekicks).
291* SidelinedProtagonistCrossover: A few series are repped with secondary characters over the main heroes:
292** Maleficent, the BigBad of ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', is playable in ''2.0'' over Aurora, the three fairies or Prince Phillip. {{Justified}} in that she's specifically based on the version from ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'', which featured her as the [[PerspectiveFlip main protagonist]].
293** [[BreakoutCharacter As usual]], [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch Stitch]] appears without Lilo.
294** Spot from ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur'' is playable without Arlo.
295** The ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory'' playset features Dory and Nemo, but Marlin, the main protagonist of the original ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', is relegated to an NPC.
296* SigilSpam: The game's IN logo is everywhere.
297* {{Sizeshifter}}: The aforementioned growing and shrinking goo from the first game will alter the size of any character. Ant-Man sizeshifts as his signature power, Tinker Bell shrinks to fairy size for her special move, and Alice drinks and eats items to shrink and grow.
298* StockScream: In ''3.0'', the Wilhelm scream can be heard in the ''Rise Against the Empire'' Play Set when the player ejects a stormtrooper out of an AT-AT. The scream can also be used as a sound effect in the regular Toy Box mode.
299* TemporaryOnlineContent:
300** With the online server shutdown, several feats became impossible to obtain due to being unlocked via online activities. As a result, the Sugar Rush Grandstands can no longer be unlocked (due to being unlocked via playing Toy Box Speedway online), and the Toy Box Theatre and Arcade can't be visited anymore.
301** While new toy box games can still be made despite the server shutdown, anything involving displayed text is now permanently unusable due to them being connected to online-exclusive censors.
302* TimeyWimeyBall: The ''Star Wars'' material spans three generations and allows all characters in all Play Sets, so characters can intervene in conflicts long before or after they canonically would.
303* TokenEvilTeammate: Venom is this in the ''Spider-Man'' game campaign. Outside campaigns, most groups of playable characters include a villain.
304* ToyTime: Everything in this game is a toy.
305* ToylessToylineCharacter
306** In ''2.0'', the ''TRON'' characters weren't available as figures and only appeared in-game on certain platforms. FridgeBrilliance sets in when you consider how ''TRON'' itself is set in {{Cyberspace}} and not the real world. Averted in ''3.0'', where they did get figures released.
307** In ''2.0'', some fan favorite Marvel characters like [[ComicBook/MsMarvel Captain Marvel]] and ComicBook/LukeCage appear as [=NPC=]s.
308* ToysToLifeGame: with all your favorite Disney characters!
309* VideoGameCrueltyPotential:
310** You can attack [=NPCs=] and other playable characters to your heart's content.
311** You can pick up otherwise harmless characters and dropkick them. The ''2.0'' edition takes this even further by giving you the ability to smash them into the ground. ''Head first''.
312** In the ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'' play set, you can sneak up on other monsters and roar at them, scaring them to the point where they leap into the air.
313* VillainTeamUp: The Toy Box Takeover expansion features several Disney villains teaming up. Syndrome plays the BigBad, while Davy Jones, Venom and Darth Vader act as bosses throughout the mode.
314* WallJump: In ''1.0'', characters were capable of doing this, albeit only on certain wall pieces.
315* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In ''The Force Awakens'' Play Set, Han disappears once he gives the mission on Starkiller Base, without showing what happens between him and Kylo Ren during this mission. Granted, since this set came out about the same time as the film it is based on, it is likely this is to avoid major spoilers.
316* WideOpenSandbox: Toy Box Mode. The Play Set worlds also have open-world elements.
317* WithFriendsLikeThese: There's an achievement with this trope's name in ''2.0'', where you must defeat another player's character forty times.
318* WolverinePublicity:
319** Out of nine decades of Disney history, the game shows a heavy bias to the most recent (post-2010) movies and cartoons (while characters may have originated earlier, they have a more recent project to be tied to). Outside of that, each version has only one or two classic Disney characters and two or three other pre-2010 movies represented (only ''one'' series of which, the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy, is older than the 1990s).
320** Both the Franchise/MarvelUniverse and ''Franchise/StarWars'' are given special treatment as {{Cash Cow Franchise}}s; each one is given a release where they're the focus with multiple playsets and dozens of characters, and they're given special promotion over any other Disney franchise -- in fact, the game seems to be presented as a Disney/Marvel/''Star Wars'' crossover rather than place the latter two under the Disney banner. Averted when it comes to the ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} [[TropeNamer himself]], who is nowhere to be seen despite being a high-profile Marvel superhero; likely due to the fact that his movie rights were not held by Disney at the time (fans have noticed a similar lack of promotion in general for the ComicBook/FantasticFour and the rest of the ComicBook/XMen).
321** On a more specific note, the ''Toy Story'' Play Set is a ScienceFiction world themed after EnsembleDarkhorse Buzz Lightyear. Justified in this case, as the Toy Box mode already takes care of the movie's "living toys" concept, and Woody and Jessie's home genre of TheWestern is covered by the ''Lone Ranger'' Play Set. While future releases would lean on sci-fi pretty heavily (with ''Guardians'' and ''Star Wars''), at the time Buzz was the only opportunity to put in a space world.
322** ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' has a ''huge'' amount of items in the game despite not having a playable character. By comparison, fellow animated series ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' has only a small number of items despite Phineas and Agent P being playable.
323** Averted for ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}'', as ''Infinity'' never really exploited its popularity. According to WordOfGod, the relatively small amount of content in ''1.0'' (Anna, Elsa, and a couple Power Discs) was because the execs ''vastly'' underestimated how much of a cash cow the movie would become, instead believing ''Film/TheLoneRanger'' (ultimately a notorious box office bomb) would be more of a hit. But even after ''Frozen''[='s=] release, ''Infinity'' failed to follow up beyond adding Olaf and a Toy Box Speedway track based on the series in ''3.0''.
324* YourSizeMayVary: Part of the reason the toy justification is used is because if they use the "real" characters, they'd be out of scale (imagine action figure Buzz Lightyear or young clownfish Nemo next to full-size car Lightning [=McQueen=]). This is especially noticeable with Tinker Bell, as here she's sized the same as any other human(oid) while every other appearance of hers emphasizes just how ''tiny'' she is.

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