History YMMV / EpicMickey

* DirectorDisplacement: Seems like the game has its own {{meta|Guy}} Wastelanders of its own. Matthew Stringer and Chris Takami as well as the 8 other interns from Disney Interactive Studios were the initial core creative group (credited as the "Epic Mickey Think Tank 2004" in the game's credits) that really started the idea of ''Epic Mickey'' in 2003-04. But they rarely, if at all, get any credit for their work, as they are overshadowed by Warren Spector and Junction Point Studios, who didn't get involved into the game until later on when Disney bought the studio and the game was officially announced.

** Deliberately invoked with Mickey, who depending on your usage of paint and thinner, can either be the mischievous AntiHero he was back in his early years or the straight-laced and humble hero that he became later on.

* ShockingMoments: While desired for the longest time, a VideoGameRemake of the original ''Epic Mickey'' was seen as a long shot for several major reasons, and most thought it would never happen due to the series having long been forgotten about. The original game's developers had long gone defunct, the poor reception of its sequel, Disney shying away from video games in the decade since its release, and the general neglect of both Mickey and especially Oswald in proper media made a return to the series seem unlikely, which is why the announcement of its remake took everyone by surprise when it was revealed in 2024.

* DirectorDisplacement: Seems like the game has its own {{meta|Guy}} Wastelanders of its own. Matthew Stringer and Chris Takami as well as the 8 other interns from Disney Interactive Studios were the initial core creative group (credited as the "Epic Mickey Think Tank 2004" in the game's credits) that really started the idea of ''Epic Mickey'' in 2003-04. But they rarely, if at all, get any credit for their work, and are overshadowed by Warren Spector and Junction Point Studios, who didn't get involved into the game until later on when Disney bought the studio and the game was officially announced.

* DirectorDisplacement: Seems like the game has its own {{meta|Guy}} Wastelanders of its own. Matthew Stringer and Chris Takami as well as the 8 other interns from Disney Interactive Studios were the initial core creative group (credited as the "Epic Mickey Think Tank 2004) that really started the idea of ''Epic Mickey'' in 2003-04. But they rarely, if at all, get any credit for their work and are overshadowed by Warren Spector and Junction Point Studios, who didn't get involved into the game until later on when Disney bought the studio and the game was officially announced.

** Seems like the game has its own {{meta|Guy}} Wastelanders of its own. Matthew Stringer and Chris Takami as well as the 8 other interns from Disney Interactive Studios were the initial core creative group that really started the idea of ''Epic Mickey''. But they rarely, if at all, get any credit for [[http://gawker.com/5397558/mickey-mouses-naughty-makeover-promises-to-be-disturbing their work]].

* ShockingMoments: While desired for the longest time, a VideoGameRemake of the original ''Epic Mickey'' was seen as a long shot for several major reasons, and most thought it would never happen due to the series having long been forgotten about. The original game's developers had long gone defunct, the poor reception of it's sequel, Disney shying away from video games in the decade since it's release, and the general neglect of both Mickey and especially Oswald in proper media made a return to the series seem unlikely, which is why the announcement of it's remake took everyone by surprise when it was revealed in 2024.

* CameraScrew: A common complaint is that the camera will often swing out of the player's control, even in areas where platforming is necessary. WordOfGod is that developing a camera for a 3D environment where walls and floors can appear and disappear ''at any time'' was a rather difficult challenge.

** Also, the effects of using thinner on the Small World Clock Tower. [[spoiler:Once you make it break its arms, the streams of green fluid that gush out of small pipes in its arm look almost exactly like [[HighPressureBlood uncontrolled arterial bleeding]].]]

** When encountering Clarabelle in Os Town, one of the cartoons she mentions starring in is ''Mickey's Mellerdrammer''. If you know your cartoon history there is a [[BlackfaceStyleCaricature very good and very unfortunate reason why THAT cartoon is largely forgotten.]]

** When encountering Clarabelle in Os Town, one of the cartoons she mentions starring in is ''Mickey's Mellerdrama''. If you know your cartoon history there is a [[BlackfaceStyleCaricature very good and very unfortunate reason why THAT cartoon is largely forgotten.]]

** And now, thanks to ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', Della Duck would follow on his footsteps as a little-known-and-remembered longtime Disney character who would arise to stardom. And others in that very series would follow too.

** First, he was abandoned by his own father over a dispute with [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Charles Mintz]], and when Walter Lantz took over the cartoons, Walt ''openly approved'' of Lantz using Ozzie -- even though Lantz would [[SeasonalRot eventually derail Oswald from his cartoony roots]] and turn him into a cutesy FunnyAnimal in an attempt to cash in on Disney (ironically). And it only got worse when his half-brother Mickey Mouse usurped Oswald's original popularity, which, coupled with Lantz's derailment of the character, as well as the gradual rise of "screwy" characters over cute funny animals in the early 40's (including Universal's own new character, WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker) sent Oswald to his grave in 1943, after limping by for the last several years. You would think that in the world for forgotten Disney characters he would have ''[[ThrowTheDogABone finally]]'' gotten [[EarnYourHappyEnding the happy ending he deserved]] - [[YankTheDogsChain but no]], [[FromBadToWorse things got even]] '''[[SerialEscalation WORSE]]''' [[FromBadToWorse for him]]. Said half-brother just ''happened'' to [[NiceJobBreakingItHero accidentally spill a jug of paint thinner onto Yen Sid's world]], which wound up ruining the whole place by turning it into a [[CrapsackWorld savage wasteland]], as well as unleashing the [[EldritchAbomination Shadow Blot]] upon the place, which would lead the entire world into even more mayhem and ruin, forcing Oswald and any remaining resistance underground. And by the time Mickey is dragged there by the [[WoobieDestroyerofWorlds Shadow Blot]] itself, Oswald has built robotic copies of Mickey's friends to accompany him ''just to keep himself from going'' '''completely insane'''. And on top of that, he becomes jealous and hateful of [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse Mickey]] so as to be an active obstacle. So much for him being a "lucky rabbit."

** The game was released on Wii to avoid it being PortOverdosed, with the planned Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 releases being cancelled, even though Videogame/EpicMickey2 ''was'' released on all platforms. The 2024 rerelease ''is'' for all current platforms.

** While the series would indeed make Oswald remembered again, aside from a terrible sequel, Oswald would barely be used in the next decade outside of a few cameos and his 100th anniversary short. In an ironic twist, he is remembered for being forgotten until he entered public domain in 2023.

** Also, in the comics and cartoons, the Phantom Blot was just a thief dressed in all black (or the Doctor Doom of Disney in his early appearances and European comics): here, he's been upgraded into a monstrosity made out of ink. That said, one later comic from 2018 reveals the two are actually [[DecompositeCharacter different characters]], explaining the difference InUniverse.

** Also, in the comics and cartoons, the Phantom Blot was just a thief dressed in all black (or the Doctor Doom of Disney in his early appearances and European comics): here, he's been upgraded into a monstrosity made out of ink. That said, one later comic from 2018 reveals the two are actually different characters.

** Also, in the comics and cartoons, the Phantom Blot was just a thief dressed in all black (or the Doctor Doom of Disney in his early appearances and European comics): here, he's been upgraded into a monstrosity made out of ink.

* HarsherInHindsight: While the game world is based on Disneyland, the fact that the Disney World's Toontown is gone as of February 2011 means it has been consigned to the Wasteland.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: All Oswald wanted was to be remembered and beloved again. Thanks to this game, he is.
** And now, thanks to ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', Della Duck would follow on his foosteps as a little-known-and-remembered longtime Disney character who would arise to stardom. And others in that very series would follow too.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR4uDmelYSc Oswald's theme]], is a piece that perfectly sums up Oswald's history in music form, with the theme starting off happy and cheerful representing his days as a star, before becoming sadder by the end, representing him becoming forgotten in favor of Mickey Mouse.

** When encountering Calarabele in Os Town, one of the cartoons she mentions starring in is ''Mickey's Mellerdrama''. If you know your cartoon history there is a very good and very unfortunate reason why '''that''' cartoon is largely forgotten.

** When encountering Calarabele in OsTown, one of the cartoons she mentions starring in is ''Mickey's Mellerdrama''. If you know your cartoon history there is a very good and very unfortunate reason why '''that''' cartoon is largely forgotten.