Wasteland is the setting of Epic Mickey. It is a world created by Yen Sid, that cartoon characters go to when they are retired, rejected or forgotten, and is based on Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.
Background[]
Long ago, a world was created by the powerful sorcerer Yen Sid using a magic paintbrush. After finishing his work, a young Mickey Mouse sneaked in and fiddled with the brush. He accidentally created a demon-like creature known as the Blot. Mickey left horrified, leaving the world to fall into the hands of the Blot. The world was now known as the Cartoon Wasteland. Years later, Mickey was kidnapped and brought to Wasteland. There, he meets forgotten friends and rejected versions of his friends and foes as well. He also meets the king of Wasteland, who is also his older half-brother; Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Together, they advise a plan to defeat the Blot. Eventually succeeding, Wasteland has become paradise once again; although Mickey was forced out by Yen Sid, he still may return to the world for one more adventure.
Development[]
Wasteland was present in the earliest concepts for Epic Mickey, originally conceived as taking on more of a dumpster shape in the Disney Interactive Think Tank pitch, before being gradually developed into a very Disneyland inspired form.
Layout[]
Wasteland, like Disneyland and Walt Disney World, is divided into different themed lands, but due to the Thinner Disaster, most of them are connected by Projector Screen. From Mean Street is a hub that leads to OsTown (at the foothills of Mickeyjunk Mountain), Tomorrow City, Bog Easy (home of Lonesome Manor) and Ventureland (linked to the port of Tortooga and the Pirates of Wasteland region). Though the hub faces Dark Beauty Castle at the center, there is no direct path anymore to and from it, though it is connected to other parts of Wasteland via a Utilidor link to Gremlin Village. Towering in the northeast is Mickeyjunk Mountain, where Oswald sent all the Mickey merchandise that fell through into Wasteland along with keeping the imprisoned Blot in the Jug at the summit.
Areas that were destroyed in the Thinner Disaster included a towering beanstalk and an Alice in Wonderland inspired hedge-maze, though these may have been restored by the destruction of the Blot.
Cartoon World[]
The Cartoon World is the world that Mickey Mouse and his friends live in and even also the characters in the Disney universe in general.
The Cartoon World was first revealed by Warren Spector in Nintendo Power Issue 277. According to Spector, the Toons living here have no idea that they are cartoons made for people to watch. Once the characters that live in the Cartoon World become forgotten or neglected/retired, they are sent to Wasteland. And even then their grasp on the Real World that we inhabit isn't strong. This is why there are references to Disney animators and media in the game. However, the one contradiction to this is that in the introduction to Epic Mickey, Mickey can be seen accepting an award.
Also, many characters from films whose characters reside in the Cartoon World have counterparts in Wasteland. Some examples of this fact are Smee, Animatronic versions of Goofy, Daisy, and Donald, and the Lonesome Ghosts.
Notable Locations[]
- Yen Sid's Tower
- Mean Street
- Dark Beauty Castle
- OsTown
- Gremlin Village
- Rainbow Caverns
- Disney Gulch
- Ventureland
- Fort Wasteland
- Tomorrow City
- Autotopia
- Mickeyjunk Mountain
- Bog Easy
- Lonesome Manor
- Blot Alley
- Floatyard
- Dahl Engineering Corridors
- Train Tunnels
- Nautilus
Known Inhabitants[]
- Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
- Ortensia
- Horace Horsecollar (Wasteland version)
- Clarabelle Cow (Wasteland version)
- Captain Hook
- Mr. Smee (Wasteland version)
- Gremlin Gus
- The Blot
- Shadow Blot
- Gremlins
- Big Bad Pete (Wasteland version)
- Lonesome Ghosts
- Pete Pan
- Small Pete
- Bunny Children
- The Three Little Pigs
- Petetronic
- Animatronic Goofy
- Animatronic Donald
- Animatronic Daisy
- Mad Doctor
- Madame Leona
- Gremlin Jamface
- Gremlin Prescott
- A.B.E.
- Elliott
- Mizrabel
- Beetleworx
- Blotworx
- Blotlings
Trivia[]
- In the opening sequence of the game, there are locations on the map of Wasteland that are never seen in the actual game; these were most likely removed from the final version, or completely destroyed by the thinner disaster.
- In Epic Mickey: The Graphic Novel, it is revealed that the waste that makes up the Cartoon Wasteland is brought from the Disney Theme Parks by Yen Sid's magic, explaining the alleged neatness of the parks.
- Wasteland was originally going to be a world of "trash" that is literally in a garbage dumpster behind the Sleeping Beauty Castle. The concept art showed it as a steampunk post-apocalyptic world.
- The name 'Wasteland' is simply 'Walt Disney Land' with some letters removed or rearranged.
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