History Headscratchers / EpicMickey

[[WMG: What exactly counts as a "Rejected Disney Character"?]]
Because a lot of the characters that Warren mentions, like Clarabelle Cow, Horace Horsecollar ''did'' star in later Mickey Mouse shows (especially in HouseOfMouse). Also why is Minnie in the Wasteland- she's certainly not rejected by any means. How come we also don't see early Mickey Mouse designs in there either (like the insane one from Plane Crazy)?

Because a lot of the characters that Warren mentions, like Clarabelle Cow, Horace Horsecollar ''did'' star in later Mickey Mouse shows (especially in HouseOfMouse). Also why is Minnie in the Wasteland- she's certainly not rejected by any means. How come we also don't see early Mickey Mouse designs in there either (like the insane one from Plane Crazy)?

** It's Mickey on an epic adventure. What more do you want?

* Couldn't they think of a better name then "Epic Mickey"?

** I dunno, he DID destroy an entire world.

* Okay, I ''know'' the game's not out yet, but from the cinematics that have been released, it seems that Oswald is, instead of hating Mickey to death, actually afraid of Mickey. What gives?

** Because Splash Mountain and the infamy of the film will ensure that the Brer animals will never be forgotten.

*** Simple, show Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear as mindless parts of the mutated things-pieced-together bots.

** You seem to be forgetting that even though Warren Spector is making this game, Disney still controls all final creative decisions on what can and can not be allowed. They still refuse to allow this video to go on Blu Ray or DVD, so I don't see why they would feel the need to make an exception for this game. Plus, the UnfortunateImplications of the film are simply too high for it to work in EpicMickey (Remember that the characters were meant to represent a cultural bias of slaves against slave owners. Even if they made Br'er Rabbit a helper of sorts, I don't see how they could possibly include Br'er Fox or Br'er Bear in it while still maintaining their original personalities ''and'' not seeming culturally racist).

*** Also, wouldn't culturally outdated things be EXACTLY the sort of stuff the Wasteland keeps? It's about forgotten, abandoned things.

*** By today's standards, probably, but I'm sure when they were first making it they didn't intend to be racist. The film certainly does fall under Wasteland's standards of "rejected and unloved". Would be a shame to see it go to waste.

** Because it is [[strike:racist]] culturally outdated. Even Wasteland has standards.

*** That was just the first story he appeared in, though. Most later stories with him as the villain tended to scrap the aspect of the character that he was unwilling to kill Mickey hands on, made him wear the black cloak all the time instead of just as a disguise, and escalated his ambitions into outright [[TakeOverTheWorld World Domination]]. I always thought he was a cool villain, especially since Mickey was more typically pitted against incompetent thugs like Pete. I'm not necessary against the "ink moster" reimagining, though. I just don't like that the Blot we've seen so far seems to be little more than a mindless monster rather than the DiobolicalMastermind he should be.

** Because it is [[strike:racist]] culturally outdated and [[SoBadItsHorrible lame]].

** Because the Phantom Blot '''was'''lame. Really, his whole guise was akin to a lame [[ScoobyDooHoax Scooby Doo villain]] where all he did was put on a black sheet, and steal one type of camera. [[Spoiler: You find out at the end it was because he was actually smuggling weapons information, but even still, not that threatening]]. And then in later uses from HouseOfMouse, his main objectives were stealing everyone's color and money. He was an interesting thief, but definitely not EpicMickey malicious or threatening.

* Why, oh WHY couldn't they put at least ''one'' reference to SongOfTheSouth?

* Warren Spector calling the Phantom Blot lame to justify using his name for a generic blob monster.

** Because, at this point, Mickey's the one who created the Phantom Blot out of playfulness and ended up destroying the world for forgotten toons.

* Why does Oswald hate Mickey so much? Granted, he was the one that eventually became Disney's iconic character, but why blame him for that? It was, afterall, Charles Mintz's fault with his gratuitous ExecutiveMeddling that ultimately forced Disney to abandon Universal and give up the character.

If Yen Sid, the incredibly powerful Sorcerer, was able to create the world of Wasteland, why couldn't he simply restore it after Mickey ruined it? He was able to stop the phantom brooms in Sorcerer's Apprentice, so why not just one living ink blot? And even if he wasn't able to fix it completely, he could have still aided Oswald in the Blot Wars by supplying him with weaponry or something.

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