Epic Mickey features a cast of characters, mostly based on Disney properties.
Heroes
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Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse
- Voiced by: Bret Iwan
Our hero, ladies and gentlemen.
Disney's own mascot, based on his early appearances as a mischievous mouse. His attempts to use Yen Sid's magical paintbrush accidentally led to him creating the game's main antagonist, the Shadow Blot, and causing the Thinner Disaster which ruined the Wasteland.
- Anti-Hero: In an old concept, it changes his appearance; Type III as Wastelander, Type IV-V as Scrapper.
- Art Attacker: In the game, he uses paint and thinner as weapons.
- The Atoner: He created the Shadow Blot by mistake, so he has to make amends by defeating the Blot and helping out everyone in Wasteland.
- Badass Adorable: He's very likable and quite heroic.
- Cain and Abel: The Abel to Oswald's Cain.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Even with three Paint Guardians, some paint will evaporate off of Mickey (and with three Thinner Guardians, it's constantly streaming off of him). Folks will even note that Mickey reminds them of the Blot like this — but even with this, he can still be just as heroic as the player wants.
- Determinator: He doesn't let anything sway him.
- The Hero: As the main protagonist, it is his duty to defeat the Shadow Blot.
- Heroic Sacrifice: When the real Shadow Blot is released, Mickey willingly gives up his heart to save Oswald and Gus from its clutches.
- Improbable Weapon User: He wields Yen Sid's magical paintbrush, shooting Paint and Thinner at enemies and the environment alike.
- Jerkass: He can be this if you choose to defeat certain bosses with thinner rather than redeem them with paint and if you neglect to resolve important quests.
- Karma Meter: Subverted. There's a meter that shows whether you prefer paint or thinner, but not how you're using them.
- Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds: He did not create the Shadow Blot on purpose.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: If he hadn't messed around with Yen Sid's stuff, the Shadow Blot and thus entire conflict in the story wouldn't exist. Currently provides as a trope image.
- Non-Standard Character Design: In contrast to his default look and the other outfits, his The Sorcerer's Apprentice look in The Power of Two changes his appearance to be based on his later redesign by Fred Moore as opposed to his classic Pie-Eyed design. This makes him look very out of place when juxtaposed against the rest of the classic-styled residents of Wasteland.
- Older Than They Look: The game goes with the interpretation that all cartoon characters are as old as their first cartoon, and given that Mickey's first cartoon was made in 1928, that would make him 82 during the game's events.
- Sociopathic Hero: If you play towards the Darker and Edgier side of the morality system.
Oswald
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
- Voiced by: Frank Welker
The first son of Disney.
"Who's Oswald? No one. Story of my life in four words."
Epic Mickey: The Graphic Novel
Originally created by Walt Disney before Mickey Mouse, Oswald was the ruler of the Wasteland, but since the arrival of the Blot, he is now fighting against it as leader of La Résistance.
- Anti-Villain: In the first game he's
Type II and Type III, at the end of the story he goes through Heel–Face Turn. - The Atoner: After he realizes that Mickey isn't such a bad guy, he becomes nicer to him and helps him fight the Shadow Blot.
- Badass Adorable: Probably. It's made more clear in Epic Mickey 2.
- Based on a True Story: Oswald's backstory in the game is pretty much what happened to him in real life, as a contract dispute between Walt Disney and Charles Mintz/Universal (the original distributor of the shorts at the time) would lead to Walt Disney leaving Oswald behind with Mintz in favor of Mickey Mouse, promptly being forgotten about until Disney obtained the rights back to the character 80+ years later.
- Breakout Character: Warren Spector intended to use the game as a way to bring Oswald back in the limelight after remaining in obscurity for most of his history (due to Disney having lost the rights). His attempt was massively successful, as the game and its success would lead to Oswald getting a ton of love from Disney again, receiving an appearance at the parks and his own store dedicated to him in Disney California Adventure, comics, an animated series on Disney+ (that was unfortunately canned), a new animated short from Eric Goldberg, and a playable appearance in Disney Speedstorm. All these probably wouldn't have happened without Epic Mickey having boosted his popularity.
- Cain and Abel: The Cain to Mickey's Abel.
- Chair Reveal: When first encountered, he is in a revolving chair.
- Deadpan Snarker: His years of being forgotten have left him bitter and cynical, on top of being incredibly snarky to boot.
- Deuteragonist: Being Mickey's metaphysical older brother, it's kind of inevitable. In the sequel, he's the other player character.
- Explosive Breeder: In the interim, Oswald managed to wind up with 420 Bunny Children. "Lucky" rabbit, indeed.
- Freudian Excuse: Living in a shadow of a much more popular mascot gave Oswald an inferiority complex,
- Heli-Critter: In the trailer for Epic Mickey 2, he flies around rotating his ears like helicopter blades.
- In-game, he uses this to glide across long gaps.
- Jerkass: With all the insults and mockeries he throws at Mickey. At least, initially.
- Jerkass Has a Point: And it's not like he's exactly wrong about Mickey, specifically him overshadowing Oswald and creating Shadow Blot.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He becomes this at the end of the first game and gives back Mickey's heart to him.
- Long-Lost Relative: Oswald is Mickey Mouse's older "half-brother", who became abandoned by Walt and eventually forgotten about by everyone (including Mickey) in favor of his much more famous brother. Unsurprisingly, he isn't happy about this and has resented Mickey for years as a result.
- Motor Mouth: He talks fast.
- The Napoleon: If you don't count the ears, he's much smaller than Mickey is.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Though not as obvious as Mickey's, near the climax, Oswald accidentally breaks the seal on the real Shadow Blot.
- Nostalgia Level: Before meeting Oswald for the first time, the player is challenged to three stages based on Oswald's cartoon short films.
- Older Than They Look: His first cartoon was made in the 1920's, so it isn't a surprise that by the time of this game, he would technically be in his 80's.
- The Resenter: And he makes no secret of it.Mickey: "I get that he resents me, but—"Oswald: "Gosh! Ya THINK?"
- The Rival: Created before Mickey, Oswald was always jealous of his "half-brother" for stealing what he felt should have have been his life. Becomes Friendly Rival later on.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: The former king of Wasteland, now leader of La Résistance.
- Sanity Slippage: Yeah...
- Shock and Awe: His remote control in the second game.
- Small Name, Big Ego: Ohhh yes. Just take a look at all of the monuments in Wasteland with Oswald's likeness. A particularly amusing example is the "OsTown" sign... it's just the word "Toontown" with the first two letters smashed and the 'N' turned on its side. Justified, as he really is a Butt-Monkey.
- Successful Sibling Syndrome: Considerably, as Mickey took his spotlight and become Disney's mascot.
- Took a Level in Kindness: By the start of Epic Mickey 2, Oswald shows a much nicer personality towards Mickey ever since they helped save Wasteland from the Shadow Blot, considering when Oswald realized why Walt liked Mickey more than him.
- Tsundere: Type A to Mickey.
- Unknown Rival: He has spent years resenting Mickey for usurping his spot and having what he felt should have been his. Mickey wasn't even aware of his existence until meeting him in Wasteland.
Gus
Gus Gremlin
- Voiced by: Bob Joles (First Game Only); Cary Elwes
Mickey's Sidekick.
Mickey's first companion, Gus is one of the Gremlins fighting against the Shadow Blot, and providing commentary and exposition for Mickey.
- Captain Obvious: Frequently instructs you to do things that you've likely already figured out yourself.
- Deadpan Snarker: Not above making sarcastic remarks.
- Exposition Fairy: He explains to Mickey about the Thinner Disaster that Wasteland suffered as well as how to fight enemies.
- La Résistance: Leads the other Gremlins into fighting back against the minions of the Blot and the Mad Doctor.
- Plucky Comic Relief: Pretty much serves to make Mickey look serious and down-to-earth in comparison.
- Percussive Maintenance: Like his brethren, he can fix up a machine just by whacking the hell out of it.
- Sidekick: He helps Mickey.
Ortensia
Ortensia
- Voiced by Audrey Wasilewski
Oswald's love interest.
- And I Must Scream: See Taken for Granite.
- Going Commando: The graphic novel features some shots of her skirt that make it clear that she isn't wearing panties, in contrast to actually having them in the game.
- Explosive Breeder: 420 children.
- Interspecies Romance: A cat who is the love interest of a rabbit.
- Taken for Granite: What happened to her after she and Oswald stuffed the real Shadow Blot in a giant bottle. In the end, it's reversed.
Villains
The Blot
The Blot
The Shadow BlotClick here to see the real Blot
Originally the "Phantom Blot" from the Mickey Mouse Comic Universe, the Blot is the game's main antagonist, a creation of Paint and Thinner that threatens the Cartoon Wasteland.
- Adaptation Name Change: Is actually called the Phantom Blot in the graphic novel.
- Adaptational Nonsapience: The original Phantom Blot was an intelligent criminal mastermind. With the character being drastically redesigned into an inarticulate monster and force of nature, the character received a name change late into production.
- All There in the Manual: His motives are only revealed in the art book: he was created without any shape at all or love of an audience. As such, he desires them ruthlessly and is willing to go through whatever means necessary to get them.
- Blob Monster: He's made of an inky black slime.
- Dark Is Not Evil: If you redeem the smaller Shadow Blot, he becomes this.
- Eldritch Abomination: A giant creature made of paint and thinner.
- Evil Overlooker: Concept art depicts him looking menacingly over Mickey.
- Fighting a Shadow: The boss battle atop Mickeyjunk Mountain. It is actually just another Blotling, merely an unusually large droplet of the real thing leaking out of the bottle!
- I Just Want to Be Loved: According to Warren Spector, his primary motivation is wanting to become a cartoon character.
- Ominous Obsidian Ooze: A monster made from an oozing black mixture of paint and thinner. Its corrupting slime has dripped and spread all over Wasteland, creating smaller enemy blobs called Blotlings and causing all sorts of destruction.
- One-Winged Angel: Becomes enormous in the final battle.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: Oswald and Ortensia sealed the real Shadow Blot inside the same bottle of Thinner that Mickey dropped into the Wasteland.
- Slasher Smile: Just look at the picture!!!
Blotlings
The Blotlings
The main enemies of the game, and the Shadow Blot's army. Like the Shadow Blot, they're creations of Paint and Thinner, and come in several varieties.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Despite their default hostile nature, without their boss to direct them, they're content with wandering around curiously, carving out their own niche and coexisting with Toons. If you use enough Paint on them, they can become even friendlier.
- Fisher Kingdom: The Spatters wears different outfits depending on the region of Wasteland they're found in, with World of Gremlins having the most outfits changes of the game, with 3 depending on the boat rides.
- Kevlard: Slobbers can't take any melee damage; doing so at their stomachs will bounce Mickey away while they laugh.
- Put on a Bus: The Seers make no appearance in the sequel. Granted, they were only used sparingly in the original game...
- Shout-Out: The Sweepers are pretty much the brooms from the Sorcerer’s Apprentice sequence from Fantasia.
Mad Doctor
The Mad Doctor
- Voiced by: Dave Wittenberg (first game), Jim Meskimen (second game)
From the 1933 short where he kidnapped Mickey's dog Pluto, The Mad Doctor stands alongside the Shadow Blot as the main antagonist in the game. He is the Big Bad of the sequel all on his own, taking on a much more comedic role than in the original.
- Adaptation Name Change: In his debut short, he was named Dr. XXX, but here he’s just the Mad Doctor.
- Card-Carrying Villain: A guy who insists on people calling him "the Mad Doctor" probably had it coming, but he gets it big time in Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two: he creates a TV show named The Mad Doctor's Wonderful World of Evil, his recurring line in his song Mad Doctor's Plan is: "Who's the maddest Mad Doctor of all ? Wonderfully evil me !"… and all this is nothing. But his big, overcomplicated Evil Plan is not about seizing power or bringing about the end of the world: his self-admitted goal is "to become the greatest villain of all times".
- Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: He suffers from this really badly. First he backstabbed Oswald when he started to lose the Blot War, and then he plans to backstab the Blot the moment he gets Mickey's heart. And he's at it again in the sequel. Guy just doesn't quit.
- Evil Laugh: It is even lampshaded in a cutscene when Gus asks Oswald exactly which Evil Laugh it was.
- Falsely Reformed Villain: In Epic Mickey 2, he got back in Oswald's favor by claiming that he has reformed and now wants to save Wasteland from some apparent unknown threat. It shouldn't be too difficult to figuring it out if he's truly sincere or not; Ortensia and Mickey distrust him from the beginning.
- Heel–Face Turn: Turns good for real if you beat him with paint in Epic Mickey 2.
- Insistent Terminology: During his boss fight, he becomes enraged that Gus continues calling him "Doc" instead of "The Mad Doctor".
- Large Ham: In the sequel, befitting a character who communicates almost entirely in over-the top Villain Songs, even for 30-second transmitted messages. It even applies when he's not singing.
- Mad Scientist: He's responsible for creating the Beetleworx, among other things. And he flies around in a hovering snowglobe.
- Manipulative Bastard: He pretends to have reformed in the second game, though he can be redeemed for real if you choose to defeat him with paint instead of thinner.
- Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: He is a doctor who is evil.
- No Name Given: While he was named "Dr. XXX" in his original short, here he is simply "The Mad Doctor".
- Older Than They Look: A given considering that he debuted in the 1930s and the first game came out in 2010.
- Robotic Reveal: When defeated at Lonesome Manor, his paint partially peels away to reveal that he himself is a Beetleworx, knowing that animatronics would be the only thing that would survive the Shadow Blot's inevitable draining of Wasteland.
- Transhuman Treachery: Converted himself into a Beetleworx, likely using the same machine that turned Captain Hook's pirates into animatronics, so that he could survive the destruction of Wasteland and rule what's left of it as its mechanical overlord.
- Villain Song: Speaks almost entirely in song in the sequel until the final boss battle."(starting to sing) One more step and your friends are... (stops singing) history".
Beetleworx
The Beetleworx
Mechanical monstrosities created by the Mad Doctor, at first to help out and shape wasteland. Now they wander about as minions of The Mad Doctor specifically, being the only inhabitants that can do so freely thanks to the Blot's rule of most of Wasteland.- Attack Its Weak Point: They can only be hurt by striking the large glowing green light on their skeletal bodies. They cover it by coating themselves in paint, forcing you to use Thinner on them.
- Fisher Kingdom: The Beetleworx have different toon shells depending on the area they take over, albeit, only a handful can be excluded from certain areas (like in Ventureland, where only the Basher and the Hopper get to appear.)
- Mecha-Mooks: When painted, they take on the appearances of both classic and obscure Disney characters, ranging from the Evil Queen to Maximillian.
- Unwilling Roboticization: At least the Basher Beetleworx in Ventureland are this, being Captain Hook's pirate crew forcibly turned into robot slaves.
Clock Tower
Clock Tower
The smiling, golden-faced Clock Tower from the "It's A Small World" ride serves as the first boss. He'll try to flatten Mickey with his huge armored fists and arms.
- And I Must Scream: If you defeat him instead of redeem him.
- Ax-Crazy: Attacks Mickey on sight for no known reason.
- Background Boss: For most of the battle. If you're redeeming him, you'll interact with his face.
- Clockwork Creature: Of course.
- Giant Hands of Doom: He tries to crush Mickey with his hands.
- Incessant Music Madness: The Clock Tower is generally agreed to be attacking Mickey because he's gotten so fed up with hearing the "It's A Small World" song.
- Ludicrous Gibs: When you completely thin the Clock Tower's hands and arms, thinner sprays from the stumps. Eeeewww.
- Slasher Smile: In his "crazed" mode. YMMV on whether or not it's creepier than his normal expression.
Other Characters
The Petes
Pete
- Voiced by: Jim Cummings (Voice Actor)
The chief authority in Mean Street, Pete has several counterparts in other areas of Wasteland, including Small Pete near Gremlin Village, Petetronic in Tomorrowland, and Pete Pan in Pirates of the Wasteland; all of them know each other. He may become nicer (or not) depending on the player's actions.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Compared to other, more malicious portrayes, here Pete is more benevolent and provides help from time to time.
- Brought Down to Normal: Before Mickey makes it to Ventureland, the Animatronic Captain Hook captured Tinker Bell, leaving Pete Pan without his powers of Flight.
- Child Hater: Big Bad Pete offers pins to Mickey to so Pete can wrangle up Oswald's meddlesome children and jail them in the sheriff's office.
- Heel–Face Revolving Door: While being nominal allies for the first game and most of the second, they quickly turn heel at the end of the latter, setting up their role as the Big Bad for the unmade third game.
- Punch-Clock Villain: Invoked, as they are aware of their "evil" roles, and will occasionally help Mickey.
- Tennis Boss: Petetronic battles Mickey by throwing the disc on his back like a frisbee, allowing Mickey to send it flying back at him with a physical attack.
- Token Good Teammate: In the first game, Pete Pan is the only Pete that's actually decent to Mickey, even pulling off a Big Damn Heroes moment if you choose the Paint path in the Captain Hook fight.
- Wholesome Crossdresser: Small Pete has a blonde wig and wears a dress with no mark on his character; as a Pete, he hurts his reputation on his own.
Gremlin Prescott
Gremlin Prescott
- Voiced by: Dominic Keating
The Gremlin who lives in Ostown. He's a pretty normal guy in the first game, but by the second he has become the very snarky caretaker of the Gag Factory. This series' The Napoleon poster boy.
- Ascended Extra: Only appears for two quests in the first game but his actions become a major plot point in the second.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: After his battle, the Mad Doctor brainwashes him and he is promptly locked up in jail.
- Butt-Monkey: He's introduced being the head of the Gag Factory, which is already degrading for him. Then he gets utterly humiliated in battle, hypnotized by the Mad Doctor into being his fall guy, locked up in jail for the remainder of the game and finally kidnapped by the Petes at the very end.
- Deadpan Snarker: Possibly the snarkiest character in the series.Gremlin Prescott: (to Mickey): "Well, well. Now look who's decided to grace us with his presence."
- Face–Heel Turn: Turns evil in the second game.
- Insufferable Genius: A major factor in his Face–Heel Turn in the sequel is the fact that he feels his genius intellect is being wasted with his job at Ostown's Gag Factory.
- The Napoleon: Heck, the pin you get in the Thinner version of his boss battle is called the Napoleon Complex Pin.
- Percussive Maintenance: Comes with being a gremlin, apparently.
- The Scapegoat: The Mad Doctor hypnotizes him so he can "confess" his role in causing the earthquakes, while drawing suspicion from the Mad Doctor (the actual culprit) himself.
Animatronics
The Animatronics (Goofy, Donald Duck, and Daisy)
Mickey's classic comrades appear as animatronic recreations made by the Mad Doctor so Oswald could have his own close friends. They're located in various hubs around Wasteland, who have been attacked and disassembled by the Mad Doctor's Beetleworx army.
- Adapted Out: Animatronic Daisy is nowhere to be seen in the graphic novel, while Animatronic Goofy and Animatronic Donald only get briefly mentioned as well as a one-panel cameo.
- Brain in a Jar: When first encountered, each of them is a disembodied head in a jar. Some of the games' quests involve finding their body parts so that they can be put back together.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Okay, they're creepy looking, but they're nice animatronic toons.
- Robot Buddy: They are technically robots and are just as chummy to Mickey as their real counterparts.
The Bunny Children
The Bunny Children
The many, many infant/toddler children of Oswald and Ortensia (420 in total) that run around the Wasteland causing trouble.
- Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: They're blue.
- Censored Child Death: They cannot be thinned out in game, but you CAN push them around with paint or just smack them away, and if you feel particularly cruel some areas have huge lakes of thinner or pits you can punt them into to get them to stop following you... permanently.
- Cheerful Child: They are definitely happy. They even follow Mickey around and watch the tv cartoons if you put them down in their presence.
- Children Forced to Kill: Played with — Oswald has over 420 kids, he literally has his own personal army to fight the Blot with and they really don't like the Blotlings in the first game — they actually seek them out and fight them, and sometimes swallow them whole.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter : Tiny blue bunnies that are legitimately just a little too friendly. In the second game, it's the outright Scrapper option to catch them for Big Bad Pete.
- Zerg Rush: They always run towards Mickey. Although their intentions are playful, they can be annoying since it can hinder your progress through the level.
Yen Sid
Yen Sid the Wizard
Voiced by: Corey Burton
The legendary and mysterious wizard from Fantasia who, true to form, is ultimately the source of most of the problems that happen -mainly, leaving the world of Wasteland and his Magic Paintbrush out in the open for Mickey to find and play with. He acts mainly as the Narrator of both games openings and endings to point out how the Player's choices have affected things.
- Lethal Negligence: Several of his actions come across as this in hindsight:
- He never tells Mickey that he even has a brother in Oswald in the first place.
- Mickey's Magic Mirror is a consistent passage to his Workshop here, but he never suspects the mouse is the reason Wasteland became a Wasteland until after the fact, and decades later to boot. He doesn't even seal the mirror, allowing The Blot to reach through and drag Mickey in, and yet again in the second Game, where Mickey makes another mess out of his study in the tutorial (the only additional measure of security around his Brush is a fragile glass dome).
- His World originally has untold millions living in it. While Mickey ruined it, Yen Sid's attempts at fixing it are minimal at best, and it is left as a Crapsack World for decades with little-to-no help from him, making it into something more akin to a prison than a home, all the while he knows it contains a whole other world. In fact, if one is to believe the comics, he unintentionally screwed Oswald and Co. even further by patching a hole in the sky.
- After the first game, with the thinner now mostly gone, he still leaves the toons in Wasteland to fend for themselves, rather than use his paintbrush to help rebuild/fix things.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: He made Wasteland - an entire dimension essentially - with the intent to give forgotten toons a home, but as the situation progresses, Wasteland becomes more of a hellhole that almost everyone in it unanimously would rather escape from. Not helping is that he doesn't seem to make much attempt to help and that it's not clear what a Forgotten toon's life was like before Yen Sid made his world.
