#epic mickey phantom blot

[zr-art-world]

[memelordotherblog]

Man this epic the musical is looking different from the animatics

[local-meme-lord]

Girlies this what happen when you see to much mouse media

Overprotective pops vs the most reckless child known to man

Trudy with her gal pals

[ducklooney]

Happy late birthday, Phantom Blot! Happy 85th anniversary!

On May 20, 1939, Floyd Gottfredson wrote and drew a comic called "Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot" with the help of Merrill De Maris, Bill Wright and Ted Thwaites. In that comic, Mickey Mouse will face one of the greatest villains he could face, the Phantom Blot. By the way, the inspiration for its creation was taken from "The Blots" from Walter Hoban's Jerry on the Job. Usually he wears a black cloak like some kind of executioner or a big shadow to make him look more scary, and the very precursor to him is creepy, especially look at the Shadow Blot at Epic Mickey. And even when he reveals his face, he bears an unsatisfying resemblance to Walt Disney. He is usually involved in crime and thievery, but his ultimate goal is to rule the world with the things he has stolen, and he is also skilled with his plans which are very sneaky. Unfortunately, he is underappreciated by many, and Peg-Leg Pete is certainly one of the best Disney villains. However, with this beginning, he will be one of the main villains in the Mickey Mouse comics to later expand to other comics and be a rival to Goofy, Donald, Scrooge and other heroes who will clash with him. He mostly likes being famous and having a lot of money and working alone, and he doesn't like being defeated and he doesn't like magic, though it depends on version to version. In animation, he appears in OG Ducktales in the episode "All Ducks on Deck" where he aims to rule the world but fails because Donald and Scrooge and Donald's nephews prevent him from doing so, and later appears in "Mickey Mouse Works" and "House of Mouse" where his intention is to steal all the colors. He later appears as a cameo character in "Mickey Mouse Cartoons" in the episode "Sock Burglar". In the Ducktales reboot, he is a member of the F.O.W.L. and he hunts for magic and clashes with Magica, and he is helped by Pepper, but in the final he will be defeated by Manny the apocalyptic horse. In the Epic Mickey game, he is actually the Shadow Blot and wants to rule the Wasteland through his black blot, but is defeated by Oswald and Mickey.

However, his best role is in the Italian comics Topolino, where he is one of the main rivals against Mickey Mouse. In fact, I think he's the best in those comics next to the Floyd Gottfredson comics, and I think it's stupid that they took a version of him where his intention is clear, and not to be like Thanos. Yes, he is a member of the Bad-7 who fights against the Ultraheroes. And the main antagonist in Wizard of Mickey. Yes, he also has a daughter named Phantom Brat. And now as always, pictures from the first appearance to the present day and the development of the Phantom Blot and his rivals and his family. Happy belated birthday and I hope he gets more respect than before and a worthy real villain role rather than being a rip-off of some other villains.

If you love Phantom Blot, feel free to like or reblog this, and happy birthday and anniversary to Phantom Blot and it's 85th anniversary!

[twistedtummies2]

Top 6 Epic Mickey Characters

Today is the release of the new “Rebrushed” Edition of a game I loved a ton growing up: “Epic Mickey.” I was OBSESSED with this game when it came out way back in 2010, and at the time it came out, it was treated as a big deal! There was a ton of merchandising and advertisement for this title, more so than you would get for most Disney games, and it’s not hard to see why: the game promised to provide a different kind of adventure for Mickey Mouse, with a darker tone and a focus on more obscure Disney characters and old cartoons. Nowadays, in hindsight, I feel the game could have gone even further than it did (and, apparently, the creators WANTED it to go further than it did, but either due to budget constraints, corporate meddling, or a bit of both, they couldn’t), but I still have a huge soft spot for it. It’s probably my favorite thing to feature Mickey Mouse as a heroic character, and it still has a notable cult following. Ironically for a game that focused on the obscure and the forgotten, the game itself sort of faded into obscurity for a while; despite the release of two sequels (namely a console follow-up called “Power of Two,” and a portable spin-off called “Power of Illusion”), the franchise sort of fizzled out pretty quickly, and for a long time it was seen as naught but an unusual footnote in the history of Disney and its presence in gaming. To celebrate the return of this game to store shelves (and, I believe, online distribution), I decided to do a quick rundown of my Top 6 characters from the games. Why Top 6, you may ask? Simple: because after six, it all gets kerbobbled. It’s harder for me to choose and rank characters beyond that point, simply because who I favor among them changes depending on my mood and how recently I’ve revisited portions of the game. My Top 6, however, have consistently been my Top 6 - both in terms of choices and ranking - pretty much from day one, and I don’t think will ever change, so they’re the ones I feel most comfortable discussing. Also, I’m going to attempt to avoid spoilers with this list, so I’m going to keep focused as much as possible on the first game, with less emphasis on the sequels. (Fortunately, all six characters appear in the first game, though some of the Honorable Mentions are from later titles.) I'll also try to avoid giving away too many of the twists in the plot, for those who will be playing Epic Mickey for the first time via this Rebrushed Edition. With that said, let’s dive into the Wasteland! These are My Top 6 Favorite Characters from Epic Mickey!

6. Pete.

What many people may not realize about Mickey’s famed arch-enemy is that Pete is actually the single longest-lasting recurring Disney character in history. Pete doesn’t just predate Mickey himself, he even predates Oswald the Lucky Rabbit: the character first showed up as a recurring villain in the silent animation/live-action hybrid “Alice Comedies,” with his first appearance dating back to 1925. That’s a whole three years before Mickey, and two years before Oswald! It’s therefore not entirely surprising to see Pete in the Wasteland, especially since the character has had so many different guises and roles throughout his long history…a fact that Epic Mickey takes humorous advantage of. You see, there isn’t just ONE Pete in the Epic Mickey universe. Oh, no. There are no less than FOUR. “Pete Prime” (the one picture here) is Big Bad Pete, who appears to be the town sheriff of Mean Street. Next there’s Small Pete, who lives in the Gremlin Village and is comically dressed up like a little Dutch girl doll. Then there’s Petetronic, who is basically what you’d get if Pete cosplayed as Commander Sark and is the head of Tomorrow City. Finally, there’s Pete Pan: a parody of Peter Pan who flies around Ventureland, mostly spending his time annoying the Wasteland’s version of Captain Hook. Interestingly, most of these Petes seem to be relatively nice characters, rather than real menaces to toon society…but be careful: a character with such a long and checkered past may not always be trustworthy.

5. Gremlin Gus.

Of all the characters left stranded and forgotten in the Wasteland, the Gremlins are easily the most obscure of the bunch. The characters were conceived in the mind of Roald Dahl - the author best known for his works of children’s literature, such as “The BFG” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” Dahl wrote a story simply called “The Gremlins” that was going to be transformed into a Disney movie…but for various reasons, the film never came to pass. The book itself has fallen into utter obscurity, and the scrapped project is largely unknown by even the most ardent Disney fans: I, myself, only knew of the Gremlins prior to Epic Mickey because of a paper ad for a re-release of the book in the early 2000s. In “Epic Mickey,” however, the Gremlins are a major part of the universe: since the movie was never really a thing, and the book is so little-known nowadays, the creators of the game were able to create their own twist on the Gremlins unique to this world. They are essentially the custodians of the Wasteland, performing a variety of jobs and services to keep the place ship-shape. The most prominent of them all is their leader, Gus. Gremlin Gus is a sort of “Papa Smurf” figure for the Gremlins, and acts as Mickey’s guide through the games, providing bits of advice and various hints along the rodent’s journey. Think of him along the lines of the Cheshire Cat from the American McGee’s Alice games, or one of Link’s many companions (such as Navi, Midna, or Fi) from The Legend of Zelda. In the first game, the vocal effects for Gremlin Gus were provided by veteran voice actor Bob Joles. In “Power of Two,” Gus was given a proper speaking voice, provided by none other than the Dread Pirate Roberts himself, Cary Elwes…and I can’t help but think such casting is why they perhaps gave Gus a few TOO MANY lines in the sequel, buuut that’s another story for another time.

4. Mickey Mouse.

I debated whether or not to give Mickey a place in the ranks of his own, for various reasons, but after some deliberation…yeah. I think he’s earned it in this case. As I said in the preamble, this is probably my favorite thing made to feature Mickey himself, and Mickey is part of that. This is one of those rare occasions where the premise of the story largely results from Mickey’s own actions and inactions, rather than the machinations of some other scoundrel: it is due to Mickey’s own foolery that the Phantom Blot and the Thinner Disaster are created. It is due to Mickey’s popularity that Oswald and several other characters in the Wasteland are forgotten to begin with. Now, Mickey has to essentially remember and salvage the very things that are in ruin because of him. The game plays around with this idea of saving and destroying through its chief mechanic: the magic paintbrush Mickey uses can destroy things by shooting streams of hyper-acidic thinner, or create through use of an enchanted paint. Different obstacles can be overcome by different uses of the two tools, and some can be dealt with in multiple ways: choice is a key factor of Mickey’s story, as well as the player. Originally, the game makers wanted to go even further with this idea, with the player’s decisions making Mickey more good or more evil throughout the story, but while the final result may be toned down from their initial schemes, I think it still works brilliantly. Mickey is still the fun-loving hero we all recognize, but there’s that little bit of mischief and extra depth to the character present because of this idea of choice and the way he’s depicted. The sequels continued these ideas, with choice remaining a major part of the story in “Power of Two” once more, and paint and thinner still being equally useful in “Power of Illusion.” Bottom line: move over, Kingdom Hearts. THIS is how you make Disney’s most recognizable rodent into an action-ready gaming star.

3. The Phantom Blot.

This character is the main antagonist of the original Epic Mickey, and has been referred to by multiple names: Shadow Blot, Storm Blot, King Blot, or simply “The Blot.” Whatever you call this character, I’ll always refer to him as “The Phantom Blot,” since that is who the character basically is meant to be. In Disney comics and cartoons, the Blot has been an enemy of Mickey Mouse for many years - dating back to the 1940s, in fact. Typically, he’s depicted as a campy supervillain; a costumed criminal mastermind garbed in an inky cloak and cowl. However, in “Epic Mickey,” the Blot is reimagined as something far more monstrous: a creature made of ink, accidentally formed by Mickey when he meddled with some magic in Yen Sid’s workshop, the Blot is the cause of all the misery going on in the Wasteland. This Blot eventually turns out to be bigger than a castle, and able to send out swarms of “bloticles” to literally drain the life from the Wasteland. The Blot is intelligent, but not complex: he has no purpose other than to destroy, and longs to take Mickey’s heart, since only toons with hearts can leave the Wasteland. With that power, he can venture forth and continue to devour other worlds of their energy and life. I had heard of the Phantom Blot before Epic Mickey, but I really didn’t know much about the character: this radical reinvention, for a kid, was quite the introduction. And while I’ve since looked into the ACTUAL Phantom Blot and found great joy in his exploits, I still enjoy this reimagining. In my opinion, the Blot is one of the best video game villains of all time; more a force of cruel nature than anything else, he is a terrifying beast few players will ever forget.

2. The Mad Doctor.

So, here’s something interesting to note: out of all the “forgotten” characters featured in Epic Mickey, I actually knew almost all of them when the game came out. Some of them I knew pretty well, others I didn’t but I had at least heard of before the game’s release. The one exception to this rule was this guy: the Mad Doctor. The Doc was the titular antagonist of the Mickey Mouse cartoon “The Mad Doctor” from 1933 - one of the few Disney cartoons that’s actually managed to fall into the public domain. Many consider it to be one of the darkest Mickey cartoons ever made, and in “Epic Mickey,” the infamous mad scientist has not mellowed much with age. It’s explained that the Mad Doctor, when he first came to the Wasteland, was seemingly a friendly figure, and became an ally to Oswald. He was considered one of Oswald’s best friends, in fact. However, it’s ultimately revealed that the Mad Doctor was always just as wicked as he was in the cartoon; biding his time till he could make a grab for power. When the Blot came to the Wasteland, in the wake of the Thinner Disaster, the Mad Doctor turned on the good people of the kingdom, creating an army of cartoon cyborgs called “Beetleworx” (part toon, part machine) to help conquer everything. There’s a lot more I could say about the Mad Doctor that makes him interesting - especially in regards to the sequel games and a few twists in the launch title - but since I’m trying to avoid spoilers, I think it’s best I save a lot of that for another time. Suffice it to say, this was a great introduction to a great villain and a great cartoon, and I’m glad that Epic Mickey was able to give a little bit more attention to the Mad Doctor for modern audiences.

1. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.

Oswald was the main reason I got so interested in Epic Mickey so long ago, and was, in fact, more or less the reason the game happened to begin with. One of Walt Disney’s earliest creations, Oswald - who was the inspiration for not only Mickey himself, but also Bugs Bunny of WB fame in real-life - was the world’s first major cartoon star. After copyright issues led to Walt Disney breaking away from Universal Studios, and forming his own company, Oswald rapidly declined in popularity, and eventually pretty much vanished off the face of the Earth. In the real world, when Disney bought the rights to Oswald back from Universal many years later, this immediately transitioned into using him in a big (marketable) way, which led to the idea of Epic Mickey. Warren Spector (head of the team behind the game) became interested the instant Oswald was mentioned, being a huge animation buff, and as production went on, Oswald became a richer and richer character. In early concepts of the game’s story, he was actually going to be one of the main villains of the story, but by the time the game came out, he had transformed into the secondary protagonist. In the fictional story of the games, Oswald is the ruler of the Wasteland…but unlike others who are more or less happy with their existence, Oswald’s feelings of dejection have steadily consumed him. He is portrayed as Mickey Mouse’s long-lost brother; he resents the fame and fortune Mickey got, while he was basically left to rot. He is so obsessed that he creates a place called Mickeyjunk Mountain, where he spends countless hours brooding over his failures and his lost family, surrounded by remnants of Mickey’s fame that span decades; everything from bubble gum machines to NES game cartridges. The adventure in the Wasteland gives Mickey a chance to not only connect with his past and save the world, but to reconnect with and save Oswald, too. It’s the relationship between Oswald and Mickey, beyond all else, that makes the games so powerful, and Frank Welker - who provided Oswald’s vocal effects/voice in all the games - gives probably one of my favorite performances in his entire career. And keep in mind, this is the guy who played characters like Megatron, Garfield, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Fred AND Scooby from various takes on Scooby-Doo, and more “creature voices” than you can shake a stick at. To call this among his best is saying a LOT. For both his fictional prominence and historical significance, it’s no surprise that I name Oswald the Lucky Rabbit as My Favorite Epic Mickey Character. Case closed.

HONORABLE MENTIONS INCLUDE…

The Three Little Pigs.

Horace Horsecollar.

Gremlin Prescott.

Clarabelle Cow.

Captain Hook.

[okaystoptellingmetomakeanaccount]

NO WAY EPIC MICKEY REMASTER THIS IS ACTUALLY THE YEAR OF THE BLOT

[sunny1927]

Doodle of… hmmm you know “Oswald” sounds a bit basic for this design.

Why don’t we call them…

Storm Blot! 😈🙏✨

This started off as a practice pose but then it turned into this. Yeah.

Plus, what if the Blot took over Oswald’s body and basically possessing him?... (And I wanted to give Oswald a scythe cause he would look cool with it lol)

[abandonedc]

Just a test Epic Mickey render of something I was cooking and will edit it soon :)

[van-oskuro]

Epic Mickey meets Marvel

[velvet-vox]

I should clarify that for an area level, I mean a certain chunk of levels centered around the same zone, aka:

Every level that goes from the Slalom to the Clocktower boss fight;

Every level that comes after the first Plutopia projector and that culminates in the Petetronic boss fight;

Every level that goes from Tortuga to the Captain Hook boss fight;

Every level that goes from where you get the Anvil to the Mad Doctor's Attic;

Every level that goes from the sea of Thinner at the bottom of Mickeyjunk Mountain to Oswald's sanctuary, with the area where you fight the Shadow Blot as an added bonus;

Every level from Dark Beauty Castle, including both versions of the level where you start the game; I don't consider the interiors of the Blot as part of the castle, so the area for me ends after you come back to Oswald in his control tower.

[sakulovejulius12]

HELLO TO ALL MY FRIENDS.

I come to show you my selfship with the epic mickey stain 💚🖤✒️

It's called poke and it's basically an insert of me, she has a hammer called "horchata" because it's her favorite drink. I will also ship it with phantom blot or Shadow blot 💚🖤✒️. I will make a Wattpad book for my selfship in Spanish

[zr-art-world]

I've mentioned a few times that Yuu is inspired by mickey, especially, Mickey from Epic Mickey.

More info bellow

So, the reason Yuu is in Twisted Wonderland and being alive,(IDK the specifics because we don't know how cannon Yuu got to twisted wonderland) and why they came back from the dead

How this works specifically works similar to Blot spirits and how the blot's ink mixed with Mickeys ink in Epic Mickey, more specifically

Also, I like to imagine there are instances were a blot spirit fights for control of the main body.

Also, this is my partial explanation why my Yuu oc is able to see Mickey in the mirror and why they have the prophetic dreams. Partially because their from another world (I cant remember were Other explains how that worked, I just know he made a good explanation) but also, because their soul isn't to tethered to their body. This was because when talking to mickey about the dreams and his experience in his dream, he talks about how he could see himself sleeping and go into the mirror like in the through the looking glass short. Yuu can also comments "Like a ghost?". Might also explains this since Mickey can only communicate through the mirror when he is asleep.

With all that, I like the idea of Yuu being more...phantom blot like, or the ink like blot being more fused with their body (The best example I can think of is like the ink from Bendy and the Ink Machine)

I had the idea of them being able to absorb blot since the phantoms that appear when a person over blots consume the blot the caster makes, hence why the can shoot off massive spells (Which isn't good for their health but so is the blot). So, I like the idea of Yuu over the years taking advantage of this change in their body to absorb the blot from their friends pens or body so they don't have to worry about overbloting to much. But, if they take too much blot, they can turn to ...well

but if Yuu doesn't have enough blot, they start to deuterate or sluggish at the least

I got this idea from concept are and the beta trailer from when Micky would use all his ink and be left with this

[memelordotherblog]

What each villain do after being drop in Wasteland.

Eil: start a bank after realizing he going be stuck here for while. He not taking losing all his money from the comics well, so he gained a bit of reputation already for being a grump old man.

Sylvester: When he sees the castle, he immediately get ideas of grandeur, though he start small by gaining the trust of the local while also scamming them out anything that could help him.

Miklos: Once learning about Micky heroic deeds, he immediately start pretending to be Mickey to earn free stuff from the locals.

Portis: Somehow found a way in the mad doctor lab??? He cleaned up and already started his usual experiments. The reformed mad doctor just see him as quirky lab parther..

Scuttle: Keep working for different Petes everyday because he has no idea which one he's supposed to work for. My man is super confused.

Trudy: Make a hideout for all the comic villains to chill and relax in as they try to cope with the situtuion. She also eventually saves Scuttle from his Pete loop.

Professor Triplex: Oddly the one taking this the best, built a lab in the hideout with Ecks and Doublex and go by there day as usual.

Vutler: The opposite, taking this the worst, he's already building weapons to take over wasteland. He pissed that all his work has seemly been for nothing.

Blot (comics) : Enjoying that it seem like the local Already fear him, he use this to began is usually bs of blackmail the city. But this time it the whole kingdom.

Feel free to toss in your ideas. I can't for the life of me think of anything for Rhymes.

[yiippeeekaley]

I find it kinda insane that Kingdom Hearts hasn't acknowledged these guys

They'd go PERFECTLY with the heartless and overall themes of fending off darkness

You could argue that anything these guys do could already be done by the heartless, and having two separate sets of shadow monster things would be redundant, but I think they could come up with some really cool stuff

They've already involved Chernabog so why not

I just want to see a Heartless and Blots collab/team up. That's all I ask.

[local-meme-lord]

Don't you hate when you bring dino back and they unionized

Every fandom has this meme

Sorry Ozzy

[twistedtummies2]

This was some very surprising fanart I got from @moonlight-coffeebean-147. Inspired by the trailer for the new Madoka Magica movie (which...I didn't even know was a thing, thank you for bringing that to my attention as well), they did these little redraw sketches of my boi, Elias, dancing with their OC, Usagi. This image was done in celebration of the upcoming Rebrushed Edition of "Epic Mickey": as hopefully many of you know, Eli is based on the Phantom Blot. Usagi is based on Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. The idea of shipping them together is such an odd one, but...I've gotta admit, seeing them dance here is really, REALLY adorable. <3 Speaking of Epic Mickey, I'll be releasing something special in celebration, myself, tomorrow for its official release date! Something to look forward to. ;) Thank you again, to the artist, and I hope you all enjoy seeing the thieving dog and the lucky bunny waltz along their merry way.