History ShoutOut / EpicMickey

** A piece of concept art in the game revealed him to have more of a ''TreasurePlanet''-y feel, making him look more like Long John Silver.

** The Tanker Beetleworx also have [[CoolBike lightcycle]] bodies, as well as the heads of the guards from LiloAndStitch when in Tomorrow City. They can also appear with the heads of [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Lady Grimhilde (y'know, the Evil Queen's hag-form) and poison-apple bodies.]]

->''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda It's dangerous to go alone! Take this!]]''
-->-- '''[[PeterPan Beluga Billy]]''', ''EpicMickey''

** The Bashers in Tomorrow City are based on [[TheBlackHole Maximillian.]]

* Spatters are malevolent versions of the brooms from [[Disney/{{Fantasia}} The Sorcerer's Apprentice.]]

* Mickeyjunk Mountain, an area built out of old Mickey merchandise, contains cartridges of old [[MickeyMouse Mickey]] games on the NES and SNES.

** Speaking of the castles at the Disney theme parks the 2D transition level based off Sleeping Beauty kind of looks like one of the old doll diaorahmas that were used to tell the story of Sleeping Beauty in the Castle Walkthrough at the theme park before it got closed down and then re-opened with the modern one. This troper can tell because he looked at a video of the old castle walkthrough at Disneyland and saw that the diaromah that showed the castle in the distance and the place where the 2D level starts both look similar and even compared them for a bit.

* In the library of Lonesome Manor, the statue near the staircase is [[TheLionKing Simba]].

->'''[[PeterPan Beluga Billy]]''', ''EpicMickey''

* The [[ClassicDisneyShorts Lonesome Ghosts]] are [=NPCs=] at Lonesome Manor, PeterPan's pirates occupy Tortooga, extras from Mickey and the Beanstalk roam Mean Street...
* [[MeaningfulName Yen Sid]] mentions Mickey was his [[{{Fantasia}} apprentice]]. If you look closely behind him when [[spoiler:he sends Mickey back through the mirror]], there's a [[{{Fantasia}} bucket and two brooms]] on the floor.

** Speaking of which, [[spoiler:the Phantom Blot]] is [[{{Mulan}} the second Disney villain to be defeated with fireworks.]]

** Tomorrow City: The Sky-Ride, the People Movers, Space Mountain, Moonliner Rocket and [[TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea Not-ilus]]. The Autopia is added for the sequel.

* ''Power of Illusion'' features references to Disney's gaming history. A sketch to summon Scrooge McDuck has him using his [[VideoGame/DuckTales pogo cane]] and a Goofy sketch has him using his spin attack from the Kingdom Hearts games.

* The sequel seems to be full of references already: the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdcmJQsy784 ladybug Beetleworx from the Mad Doctor's song as well as the chariot he rides in]] are both abandoned parade floats. Animatronics of the Tortoise (from the Tortoise and the Hare) and [[spoiler:[[Disney/PetesDragon Eliot]] (as a boss) have also showed up.

* Several characters from ThruTheMirror appear, including Mickey's phone, the radio and the card soldiers

* The [[spoiler:real]] [[BigBad Phantom Blot]] looks a lot like [[Disney/{{Fantasia}} Chernabog]] when first created, and [[Disney/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]] [[spoiler:when set free.]]

** Tomorrow City: The Sky-Ride, the People Movers, Space Mountain, Moonliner Rocket and [[TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea Not-ilus]].

* When filling in paintings in Dark Beauty Castle near the end of the game, you find a small paintable square on the wall. Paint it in, and it becomes the Beast's portrait in human form [[BeautyAndTheBeast from the West Wing]], complete with claw marks through the center.

** The paint jar he uses [[IncrediblyLamePun bears]] a striking resemblance to one of ''WinnieThePooh'' 's [[strike:Honey]] Hunny Pots.
* Dark Beauty Castle is the Wasteland's counterpart to the Disneyland Paris version of SleepingBeauty Castle, complete with a somber reendition of "Once Upon A Dream" for its {{Leitmotif}}. It's also loaded with fireworks.
** The castle also features many of the gargoyles from [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Beast's Castle]] and even [[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Victor, Hugo and Laverne]]. It also apparently contains images of [[TheLionKing Scar]], [[PeterPan Captain Hook]] and [[SleepingBeauty Maleficent.]]

* Spatters are malevolent versions of the brooms from [[{{Fantasia}} The Sorcerer's Apprentice.]]
* The [[spoiler:real]] [[BigBad Phantom Blot]] looks a lot like [[{{Fantasia}} Chernabog]] when first created, and [[SleepingBeauty Maleficent]] [[spoiler:when set free.]]

* [[http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gt-pop-block-epic-mickey/703254 Already in just the opening scene.]]

* There are even references to KingdomHearts! Casey's key you have to get near the start of the game? It's design is very similar to Kairi's keyblade. Mickey getting his heart stolen sounds familiar as well. Some of the blotlings act very similar to heartlesses.
* In the sequel, the new versions of the Travel levels are called [[RoaldDahl Dahl]] Engineering Corridors.

->''[[TheLegendOfZelda It's dangerous to go alone! Take this!]]''

** Gremlin Village: Disney/{{Dumbo}} ride, {{Aladdin}}'s Flying Carpets, It's A Small World.

** The castle also features many of the gargoyles from [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Beast's Castle]] and even

[[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Victor, Hugo and Laverne]]. It also apparently contains images of [[TheLionKing Scar]], [[PeterPan Captain Hook]] and [[SleepingBeauty Maleficent.]]

* Other Beetleworx contain references. Hoppers take the forms of [[TheLittleMermaid Scuttle]] or [[TheJungleBook vultures]], dependent on area.

** Actually, this game may be the best example here, as, according to the dev team, ''[[ShownTheirWork every single detail]]'' is a ShoutOut to some obscure bit of {{Disney}} history. [[MickeyMouse Mickey's]] sidekick, [[DeadpanSnarker Gus?]] He's from an unmade WWII cartoon by Roald Dahl. The {{NPC}}s on [[HubLevel Mean Street]]? Extras from ClassicDisneyShorts. ''[[BeyondTheImpossible Individual barrels?]]'' You'd better believe they turned up in one {{Disney}} project or another before showing up here. ShownTheirWork doesn't ''begin'' to cover it.

** The Tanker Beetleworx also have [[CoolBike lightcycle]] bodies, as well as the heads of the guards from LiloAndStitch when in Tomorrow City. They can also appear with the heads of [[SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Lady Grimhilde (y'know, the Evil Queen's hag-form) and poison-apple bodies.]]

** Gremlin Village: {{Dumbo}} ride, {{Aladdin}}'s Flying Carpets, It's A Small World.

* There's even references to KingdomHearts! Casey's key you have to get near the start of the game? It's design is very similar to a key blade. Mickey getting his heart stolen? Sounds familiar as well. Some of the blotlings look very similar to heartlesses.

* One of the buildings in Mean Street is named PennyArcade.
** That was actually based off the Penny Arcade from Main Street, not the webcomic.

->'''[[PeterPan Pirate]]''', ''EpicMickey''