Video Game / Disney Emoji Blitz

Disney Emoji Blitz is a free-to-play Match-Three Game and mobile keyboard app on iOS, Android, and Windows 10 devices originally developed by Disney Interactive. It was released for the first two platforms on July 14, 2016, while the Windows 10 version was released December 21, 2016 (although the Windows version has since been discontinued). In February 2019 development of the game was transferred to Jam City.

The game is your typical match-three game where players have to swap emojis modeled after famous Disney and Pixar characters on a seven-by-seven grid. You select a character as your main emoji for a game, while four other emojis are randomly selected to be added to the grid for each game. As the "blitz" in the title suggests, you have to swap as fast as possible to get high scores. As you match rows and columns of emojis, new emojis will fall down from the top and one of two meters will fill up. Matching emojis based on your selected character will fill a meter that allows you to use your emoji's special power, while matching other emojis will fill a separate "blitz meter" which, when full, triggers "Blitz Mode". During "Blitz Mode", you earn a few extra seconds of gameplay, and one set of the four random emojis will be cleared away. You will score bonus points for each match you make during the mode. You may also want to look out for item emojis to collect, and bring those down to the bottom row before time runs out—more on that later. You will earn coins to spend and have the point values of every emoji you've unlocked so far as you play games over time.

During gameplay, matching more than three emojis will give you power-ups:

• Four-in-a-row-or-column will give you a lightning power-up, which can be swiped either left or right to clear a row, or up or down to clear a column. Swiping two lightnings together will clear adjacent rows or columns.
• Three-in-a-row and three-in-a-column together will give you a sunshine power-up, which swiping in any direction will clear both the row and column it was swiped on. Swiping two sunshines together will also clear adjacent rows or columns, depending on which direction they were swiped on. Swiping a sunshine and a lightning together will also clear diagonals in addition to rows and columns.
• Five-in-a-row-or-column will give you the most powerful power-up, a rainbow star. Swapping a rainbow star with a character emoji will clear all emojis of that character. Swapping a rainbow star with one of the other two power-ups will cause one set of emojis to be replaced with either lightnings or sunshines, either of which can help you clear the grid and get to "Blitz Mode" quickly, and swapping a rainbow star with an item emoji will cause some character emojis to be replaced with more item emojis to collect. Finally, swapping two rainbow stars together will clear the entire grid of all character emojis.

You can decide to spend coins for boosts before each game, including five seconds of extra time, your emoji's power ready-to-use at the start of the game, item emojis doubled, starting the game in Blitz mode^note this power-up replaced one that gave a ten percent score increase or all instances of lightning replaced with sunshine.

So yeah, the gameplay is pretty much typical. However, the real reason to play this game is for its keyboard feature, allowing you to use Disney and Pixar-themed emojis^* They're not "real" emojis, however. Actual emojis use the Unicode standard; Disney's "emojis" are actually pasted as PNG images so everyone can view them as they are. in messages, but you can only use the emojis you've unlocked in the game. Want to send an SMS with the Fab Five smiling together? You have to play the game to get them all. Those items we mentioned earlier? You have to complete "item collections" to use them, and you have to collect multiples of each item emoji in the sets. Hope you got the right character to unlock those gold items quickly, but hey, at least you also get prizes for completing these sets, too.

You can download the game from the App Store here, Google Play here, or the Microsoft Store here.

In 2019, Korean mobile game developer Sundaytoz released a another match-3 Disney mobile game called Disney Pop Town. It combines elements of Blitz with world-building akin to Gardenscapes. In January 2021, Jam City published a version of Disney Pop Town for the North American market.

The emojis themselves were designed by Creative Capers Entertainment, a longtime partner with Disney.

See also Disney Tsum Tsum for another Disney-themed Match-Three Game, and Frozen Free Fall for a Frozen Franchise specific Match-Three Game.

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Characters

There are two main kinds of character emojis: Silver Box emojis and Gold Box emojis. You earn either one of them by spending coins at the Emoji Shop, although you can sometimes win them. Silver Box emojis cost 15,000 coins, and Gold Box emojis cost twice that at 30,000 coins. All characters are unlocked at random, though you do get to decide between Sulley, Ariel and Simba as your first emoji. Mickey is also going to be your first unlocked emoji, regardless of who you pick first.

Characters have a power level that increases each time you earn duplicates of each character, allowing their special powers to become stronger. Silver Box emojis can go up to power level three, and Gold Box emojis can go up to power level five. Gold Box also have higher point values than Silver Box emojis. That being said, both kinds of emojis have their benefits, so don't be afraid to collect Silver Box emojis along the way.

There are also two kinds of special emojis. Villain Box (Purple Box) emojis that can only be earned through special events where emojis fight against a villain during games by collecting certain items. Playing as certain emojis during these events double the items collected. Their power levels only go up to two during these events, but they don't max out there. Rainbow Box emojis can only be earned through certain other means.

There are also limited-time Diamond Boxes, which guarantees you certain Silver Box or Gold Box emojis or has to be opened for certain limited-time Rainbow Box emojis, but you'll have to pay 200 Gems (the game's premium currency) to open those.

Silver Box

• Mickey & Friends^note Previously titled "Fab Five".
  • Mickey Mouse
  • Donald Duck
  • Pluto
  • Minnie Mouse
  • Goofy
  • Daisy Duck^note Added February 3, 2017.
  • 8-Bit Mickey^note Group collection reward. Cannot be unlocked via Silver box.
• The Lion King
  • Simba
  • Timon^note One of the first two characters, alongside Pumbaa, to be added in an update. Added in late July 2016.
  • Pumbaa^note One of the first two characters, alongside Timon, to be added in an update. Added in late July 2016.
  • Rafiki
  • Nala^note Added June 2019. Diamond Exclusive.
  • Zazu^note Added March 2022. Diamond Exclusive.
• The Little Mermaid
  • Ariel
  • Flounder
  • Sebastian
  • Prince Eric^note Added June 2019.
• Monsters, Inc.
  • Mike Wazowski
  • Sulley
  • Randall
  • Celia^note Added October 19, 2018.
  • Roz^note Added October 19, 2018.
  • Boo^note Group collection reward. Cannot be unlocked via Silver box.
• Bambi
  • Bambi
  • Thumper^note Diamond Exclusive
• Dumbo
  • Dumbo^note Added December 1, 2016.
  • Timothy Mouse
• Pinocchio
  • Jiminy Cricket^note Added December 1, 2016.
  • Pinocchio^note Added January 4, 2019.
  • Figaro^note Added August 2019. Diamond Exclusive.
• The Aristocats
  • Marie^note Added February 3, 2017. Serves as the main prize for an item event held from that date to February 14, 2017 (Valentine's Day).
• Winnie the Pooh^note Titled in-game as "Hundred Acre Wood" when involved in missions.
  • Winnie the Pooh
  • Piglet
  • Tigger
  • Eeyore
  • Rabbit^note Group collection reward. Cannot be unlocked via Silver box.
• 101 Dalmatians
  • Perdita
  • Patch^note Diamond Exclusive

Gold Box

• Disney Fairies/Peter Pan
  • Tinker Bell
  • Peter Pan
  • Wendy Darling^note Diamond Exclusive
  • Nana
  • Mr.Smee^note Diamond Exclusive
  • John Darling
  • Slightly
  • Silvermist^note Diamond Exclusive
  • Iridessa^note Diamond Exclusive
• Aladdin
  • The Genie
  • Aladdin^note Added January 2, 2017.
  • Jasmine^note Added January 2, 2017.
  • Abu
  • Iago
  • Rajah^note Group collection reward. Cannot be unlocked via Gold box.
• Alice in Wonderland
  • Alice
  • Cheshire Cat
  • White Rabbit
  • The Mad Hatter
  • The Caterpillar^note Group collection reward. Cannot be unlocked via Gold box.
  • Little Oysters
  • Rose
  • March Hare^note Diamond Exclusive
• Toy Story
  • Sheriff Woody
  • Buzz Lightyear
  • Squeeze Toy Alien
  • Bullseye
  • Jessie
  • Bo Peep^note Added June 2019
  • Forky^note Added June 2019. Diamond Exclusive
  • Rex^note Added November 2019
  • Duke Caboom^note Added November 2019. Diamond Exclusive
  • Hamm
  • Bunny^note Diamond Exclusive.
• The Muppets
  • Kermit the Frog
  • Fozzie Bear
  • Swedish Chef^note Diamond Exclusive
  • Miss Piggy^note Diamond Exclusive
  • Gonzo
• Cinderella
  • Cinderella
  • Prince Charming^note Added August 2019
  • Gus^note Added August 2019
  • Jaq
  • Anastasia
  • Drizella
• Frozen
  • Elsa
  • Anna
  • Olaf^note Added December 9, 2016.
  • Sven^note Added December 9, 2016.
  • Kristoff
  • Grand Pabbie^note Added November 2019
  • Marshmallow^note Group collection reward. Cannot be unlocked via Gold box.
• WALL•E
  • WALL-E
  • EVE
• Lilo & Stitch
  • Lilo
  • Stitch
  • Jumba^note Added March 10, 2021.
  • Scrump^note Added March 10, 2021.
  • Angel^note Added March 9, 2021. Diamond Exclusive.
  • Nani^note Diamond Exclusive
• Zootopia
  • Nick Wilde
  • Judy Hopps
  • Clawhauser^note Diamond Exclusive.
  • Finnick^note Added November 2019
  • Flash^note Added November 2019. Diamond Exclusive.
• Finding Nemo
  • Nemo
  • Dory
  • Crush ^note Added June 2018
  • Bruce ^note Added June 2018
  • Hank
  • Destiny ^note Added May 2019
  • Bailey ^note Added May 2019
  • Pearl ^note Added August 2020
  • Baby Dory^note Group collection reward. Cannot be unlocked via Gold box.
• Beauty and the Beast
  • Belle^note Added September 14, 2016.
  • The Beast^note Added September 14, 2016.
  • Lumiere
  • Cogsworth
  • Mrs. Potts
  • Chip ^note Group collection reward. Cannot be unlocked via Gold box.
• Moana
  • Moana^note Added November 17, 2016.
  • Maui^note Added November 17, 2016.
  • Pua^note Added November 17, 2016.
  • Hei Hei^note Added August 2019
• Mulan
  • Mulan^note Added January 25, 2017.
  • Mushu^note Added January 25, 2017.
  • Cri-kee
  • Li Shang
• Tangled
  • Rapunzel^note Added February 25, 2017.
  • Pascal^note Added February 25, 2017.
  • Flynn Rider
  • Maximus
• Cars
  • Lightning McQueen
  • Cruz Ramirez
  • Jackson Storm
  • Tow Mater^note Diamond Exclusive
• Inside Out
  • Joy
  • Sadness
  • Anger
  • Disgust
  • Fear
  • Bing Bong^note Group collection reward. Cannot be unlocked via Gold box.
• Ratatouille
  • Remy^note Diamond Exclusive
  • Linguini^note Diamond Exclusive
• The Emperor's New Groove
  • Kuzco
  • Kronk
  • Pacha
• A Bug's Life
  • Flik
  • Princess Atta
  • Heimlich
• The Incredibles
  • Mr. Incredible
  • Violet
  • Dash
  • Elastigirl
  • Jack-Jack^note Diamond Exclusive
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  • Snow White
  • Dopey
  • Grumpy
  • The Prince
  • Doc
  • Sleepy
• The Rescuers
  • Bernard
  • Bianca
• Robin Hood (1973)
  • Robin Hood^note Diamond Exclusive
  • Maid Marian
  • Lady Kluck
  • Little John
  • Sir Hiss
• Classic Disney^note These emojis count towards missions requiring the use of "Mickey & Friends" emojis.
  • Steamboat Mickey
  • Retro Minnie
  • Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
• Sleeping Beauty
  • Aurora
  • Prince Philip
  • Flora
  • Fauna
  • Merryweather^note Diamond Exclusive
• Pocahontas
  • Pocahontas
  • Flit
  • Meeko^note Diamond Exclusive
  • Percy
• Brave
  • Merida
• The Jungle Book (1967)
  • Baloo
  • Kaa
  • King Louie
  • Mowgli
• The Nightmare Before Christmas
  • Jack Skellington
  • Sally
  • Zero^note Added October 26, 2018.
  • Dr.Finklestein
  • The Mayor
• Coco
  • Miguel
  • Héctor
  • Dante
  • Imelda^note Added November 2, 2018.
• Big Hero 6
  • Hiro
  • Baymax
• Wreck-It Ralph/Ralph Breaks the Internet
  • Vanellope^note Diamond exclusive
  • Ralph^note Added November 21, 2018
  • Yesss^note Added November 21, 2018
  • Fix-It Felix Jr.^note Added November 2019
  • Calhoun^note Added November 2019
• The Princess and the Frog
  • Tiana
  • Louis
  • Ray^note Diamond Exclusive
  • Charlotte La Bouff^note Diamond Exclusive
• Lady and the Tramp
  • Tramp
  • Lady
• Hercules
  • Hercules
  • Meg
  • Pegasus
  • Phil
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • Esmeralda^note Added December 7, 2018
  • Quasimodo
  • Hugo
• Up
  • Russell
  • Carl
• The Sword in the Stone
  • Arthur^note Added June 2019
  • Archimedes^note Added June 2019. Diamond Exclusive
  • Sugar Bowl
• Onward
  • Ian
  • Barley
  • The Manticore^note Diamond Exclusive
• A Goofy Movie
  • Max Goof
  • Roxanne^note Diamond Exclusive
  • PJ^note Diamond Exclusive
• Soul
  • Joe Gardner
  • 22
• Raya and the Last Dragon
  • Raya
  • Tuk Tuk
  • Nammari^note Diamond Exclusive
• The Three Caballeros
  • Panchito
  • José
• Luca
  • Luca
  • Alberto
• Encanto
  • Mirabel
  • Antonio^note Diamond Exclusive
  • Alma^note Diamond Exclusive
• Ron's Gone Wrong
  • Ron
  • Barney Pudowski
• Turning Red
  • Meilin Lee
  • Abby Park
• Lightyear
  • Sox^note Diamond Exclusive
  • Captain Lightyear
• The Fox and the Hound
  • Tod
  • Copper
• Ice Age
  • Sid^note Diamond Exclusive
• Anastasia
  • Anastasia Romanov
• Elemental (2023)^note Diamond Exclusive
  • Ember
  • Wade
• Oliver & Company^note Diamond Exclusive
  • Oliver
• The Disney Afternoon
  • Scrooge McDuck
  • Launchpad McQuack
  • Webby
  • Gizmoduck
  • Huey^note Diamond Exclusive
  • Dewey^note Diamond Exclusive
  • Louie^note Diamond Exclusive
  • Darkwing Duck
  • Chip
  • Dale
  • Gadget
  • Monterey Jack
  • Goliath
  • Bronx
• The Proud Family
  • Penny Proud
• Kim Possible
  • Kim Possible^note Diamond Exclusive
• The Haunted Mansion
  • Hatbox Ghost
  • Madame Leota
  • The Bride
  • Hithhiker Ghost Phineas ^note Diamond Exclusive
• Disney Parks
  • Abominable Snowman ^note From the Matterhorn Bobsleds; added October 1, 2016.
• The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
  • Mr. Toad^note Diamond exclusive. Added September 27, 2018. The reason why he's among emojis from rides instead of those of animation movies is to represent his ride, which is more popular than his movie
• Pirates of the Caribbean
  • Captain Jack Sparrow
  • Barbossa
  • Davy Jones
  • Elizabeth Swann
  • Prison Dog^note Diamond exclusives
• Star Wars^note Diamond exclusives. Cannot be unlocked outside of Star Wars events.
  • Rey
  • Finn
  • BB-8
  • Luke Skywalker
  • Princess Leia
  • Chewbacca
  • Wicket
  • C-3P0
  • Lando Calrissian
  • Salacious B. Crumb
  • Jar Jar Binks
  • Hondo
  • Han Solo
  • R2-D2
  • Poe Dameron
  • Boba Fett
  • The Mandalorian
  • Cara Dune
  • Fennec Shand
  • Bo-Katan
  • K-23O
  • Jyn Erso
  • Cassian Andor
  • Sabine
  • Chopper
• Descendants
  • Mal^note Diamond exclusive.
• Hocus Pocus
  • Winifred Sanderson^note Diamond exclusive. Added October 12, 2018.
  • Mary Sanderson
  • Sarah Sanderson
  • Thackery Binx
  • Billy Butcherson^note Diamond exclusive
• Mary Poppins
  • Bert^note Added August 2019
• Enchanted
  • Giselle^note Diamond exclusive.
• Jungle Cruise^note Diamond exclusive.
  • Frank Wolff
  • Dr. Lily Houghton
• Indiana Jones^note Diamond exclusives
  • Indiana Jones
  • Marion Ravenwood
  • Helena Shaw
• Willow^note Diamond exclusives
  • Kit
• Titanic^note Diamond exclusives
  • Rose DeWitt Buckater
  • Jack Dawson
• Kingdom Hearts^note Diamond exclusives
  • Sora
  • Aqua
  • Captain Goofy
  • Royal Magician Donald

Villain Box

• The Little Mermaid
  • Ursula^note Previously the first Gold Box added to the game. Involved in a 10-day long challenge from August 19-28, 2016. The three Little Mermaid Silver Box characters (Ariel, Flounder, and Sebastian) were her main enemies during the challenge. She was changed to purple after September 29, 2016 update. Currently unavailable to earn post-event.
  • Flotsam
• Sleeping Beauty
  • Maleficent^note Second Villain Box. Involved in a 10-day long challenge from November 1-10, 2016. The Sorcerer's Apprentice Mickey Mouse emoji was her main enemy during the challenge. Currently unavailable to earn post-event.
• Aladdin
  • Jafar^note Third Villain Box, and first male villain. Involved in a 10-day long challenge from January 2-11, 2016. The three Aladdin Gold Box characters (Aladdin, Jasmine, and the Genie) were his main enemies during the challenge. Currently unavailable to earn post-event.
• Peter Pan
  • Captain Hook
• The Lion King
  • Scar
  • Shenzi^note Added June 2019
• 101 Dalmatians
  • Cruella De Vil^note Added October 20, 2017. Unlike previous Villain emojis, Cruella was available via Diamond Box (alongside Ursula and Maleficent) rather than being unlocked by defeating her in-game.
• Alice in Wonderland
  • Queen of Hearts
• Hercules
  • Hades
• DuckTales
  • Magica DeSpell
• The Nightmare Before Christmas
  • Oogie Boogie^note Added October 26, 2018.
  • Lock
  • Shock
  • Barrel
• Beauty and the Beast
  • Gaston
• The Princess and the Frog
  • Dr. Facilier
• The Sword In The Stone
  • Madam Mim^note Added June 2019
• Moana
  • Tamatoa^note Added August 2019
  • Kakamora Chief
• Wreck-It Ralph
  • King Candy^note Added November 2019
• Up
  • Alpha
• The Emperor's New Groove
  • Yzma
• Mulan
  • Shan Yu
• Cinderella
  • Lucifer
  • Lady Tremaine
• Tangled
  • Mother Gothel
• Toy Story
  • Emperor Zurg
  • Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear
  • Stinky Pete
• Mickey & Friends
  • Pirate Peg-leg Pete
  • Winter Pete
• Gargoyles
  • Demona
• Coco
  • Ernesto de la Cruz^note Added November 2020
• Robin Hood
  • Prince John
• The Incredibles
  • Syndrome
• The Rescuers
  • Madame Medusa
• Pocahontas
  • Governer Ratcliffe
• The Jungle Book
  • Shere Khan
• Fantasia
  • Chernabog
• The Great Mouse Detective
  • Professor Ratigan
• Monsters Inc.
  • Waternoose
• Ratatouille
  • Anton Ego
• Anastasia
  • Rasputin
• Finding Nemo
  • Darla
• Treasure Planet
  • John Silver
• The Black Cauldron
  • The Horned King
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • Judge Frollo
• Star Wars
  • Kylo Ren
  • Darth Vader
  • Stormtrooper
  • Jabba the Hutt
  • Darth Maul
  • General Grievous
  • Emperor Palpatine
  • Grand Moff Tarkin
  • Grand Inquisitor
  • Cad Bane
• The Mandalorian
  • Deathtroopers
  • Moff Gideon

Rainbow Box

• Fantasia
  • Sorcerer's Apprentice Mickey Mouse^note Involved in the Maleficent challenge mentioned above. Was only available by opening a Diamond Box during the event, and he was not guaranteed (there was a chance players could have earned The Genie or Tinker Bell instead). Currently unavailable to earn post-event.
  • Yen Sid^note Unlocks when player reaches Level 100
• Mickey & Friends
  • Holiday Mickey^note Added in a Holiday items challenge that ran from December 16 to December 28, 2016.
  • Holiday Minnie^note Added during the 2017 Holiday items challenge.
  • Holiday Pluto^note Added for the 2018 Holiday season.
  • Rainbow Mickey^note Added to mark Mickey Mouse's 90th birthday in November 2018.
  • Vampire Mickey^note Added September 2019
  • Witch Minnie
  • Mermaid Minnie
  • Deep Sea Mickey
  • Crab Donald
  • Fairy Minnie^note Added August 2020. Unlocks when player reaches level 500.
  • Seashell Daisy
  • Birthday Baby Pluto^note Added September 2020 to celebrate Pluto's 90th anniversary.
  • Devil Dale^note Added October 2020
  • Peppermint Minnie
  • Gardener Mickey
  • Flower Minnie
  • Rainy Day Donald
  • Watermelon Minnie
  • Ice Cream Mickey
  • Soft Serve Donald
  • Sea Creature Goofy
  • Pumpkin Mickey
  • Gingerbread Mickey
  • Christmas Clarabelle Cow
  • Astronaut Mickey
  • Alien Pluto
  • Pine Cone Pluto
  • Blueberry Muffin Donald
  • Pancake Goofy
  • Pumpkin Minnie
  • Santa Goofy
  • Fashion Minnie
• Up
  • Dug^note Added October 19, 2016. Intially only available to players who connected their game to Facebook and had ten friends who also played. He was later made available via regular diamond box during Up events.
  • Kevin
• The Little Mermaid
  • King Triton
  • Live Action King Triton
  • Live Action Ariel
• Disney Parks
  • Rose Gold Minnie^note A reference to the popular Animal-Eared Headband of the same colour. Added in January 2018 as part of the 'Rock the Dots' event to mark Minnie's 90th anniversary. Counts towards missions requiring the use of "Mickey & Friends" emojis.
• Cinderella
  • Fairy Godmother^note Unlocks when player reaches Level 200
  • Holiday Cinderella
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  • Magic Mirror
  • Winter Snow White
• Pinocchio
  • Blue Fairy^note Unlocks when player reaches Level 300
• The Incredibles
  • Frozone^note Available as a reward for unlocking and fully upgrading every The Incredibles emoji.
  • Edna Mode
• Aladdin
  • Magic Carpet
  • The Sultan
  • Red Carpet Genie
  • The Cave of Wonder
• Inside Out
  • Rainbow Unicorn
• The Sword In The Stone
  • Merlin^note Added June 2019
• Moana
  • Gramma Tala^note Added August 2019
  • Te Fiti
• Journey into Imagination
  • Figment^note Added August 2019
  • Sketch Figment
• Mary Poppins
  • Mary Poppins^note Added August 2019
• Beauty and the Beast
  • Enchantress^note Added September 2019. Unlocks when player reaches Level 400.
• Coco
  • Pepita^note Added September 2019
  • Mama Coco
• Frozen II
  • The Fire Spirit
• Mickey's Christmas Carol
  • Bob Cratchit Mickey^note Added November 2019
  • Ghost of Jacob Marley
  • Ebenezer Scrooge McDuck
  • Tiny Tim
  • Emily Cratchit Minnie
  • Ghost of Christmas Future Pete
• Winnie The Pooh
  • Honey Bee Pooh
  • Flower Piglet
  • Bunny Tigger
  • Baby Chick Eeyore
  • Honey Cake Pooh
• Hercules
  • Zeus ^note Added August 2020
• A Goofy Movie
  • Powerline ^note Added August 2020
• Alice in Wonderland
  • Doorknob ^note Added February 2021
• Raya and the Last Dragon
  • Sisu
• Pocahontas
  • Grandmother Willow
• The Nightmare Before Christmas
  • Christmas Sally
  • Man-Eating Wreath
• Peter Pan
  • Holiday Tinker Bell
• Mulan
  • The Emperor of China
• Sleeping Beauty
  • Winter Aurora
• The Proud Family
  • Suga Mama
• Wreck-it Ralph
  • Pixel Ralph
• Bambi
  • April Shower Bambi
  • Floral Miss Bunny
• Lilo & Stitch
  • Shaved Ice Stitch
  • Rainbow Stitch
• Bolt
  • Bolt
• The Jungle Book
  • Bagheera
• Encanto
  • Luisa
  • Bruno
  • Isabela
• Ice Age
  • Scrat
• The Lion King
  • Mufasa
• Pixar Shorts
  • Bao
• Zootopia
  • Gazelle
• Ratatouille
  • Gusteau
• Big Hero 6
  • Honey Lemon
• Adventures of the Gummi Bears
  • Zummi Gummi
• Main Street Electrical Parade
  • Electrical Parade Minnie
  • Electrical Parade Tinker Bell
  • Electrical Parade Elliott
  • Electrical Parade Cheshire Cat
  • Electrical Parade Blue Fairy
• Star Wars
  • Grogu
  • Ahsoka Tano
  • Yoda
  • Obi-wan Kenobi
  • Jedi Master Luke
  • Rancor
  • Mace Windu
• Pirates of the Caribbean
  • Tia Dalma
• The Muppet Christmas Carol
  • Bob Cratchit Kermit
  • Miss Piggy Emily Cratchit
• Hocus Pocus
  • The Book
• Willow
  • Willow
• The Golden Girls
  • Rose Nylund
  • Blanche Devereaux
• The Muppets
  • Animal

Story Box^note Emojis based on moments of the movies. Added with some emojis moving to this category in June 2020. All of them are Diamond Exclusives

• The Lion King
  • Spirit Mufasa^note Available as a reward for unlocking and fully upgrading every The Lion King emoji. Not available for purchase.
  • Baby Simba
  • Adult Simba
• The Nightmare Before Christmas
  • Santa Jack^note Added October 2019
• Beauty and the Beast
  • Winter Belle^note Added December 2019
  • Fancy Beast ^note Added February 2021
  • Bookworm Belle
  • Magical Enchantress
• The Emperor's New Groove
  • Yzma Kitty^note Added January 2020
• Mulan
  • Ping^note Added March 2020
  • Reflection Mulan
• Tangled
  • Tiara Rapunzel^note Added April 2020
  • Wedding Maximus
  • Baby Rapunzel
• Toy Story
  • Mrs. Nesbitt^note Added June 2020
• A Goofy Movie
  • Vacation Goofy ^note Added August 2020
• Coco
  • Alebrije Dante ^note Added November 2020
  • Disguised Miguel
• Aladdin
  • Disguised Jasmine
  • Vacation Genie
  • Snake Jafar
  • Prince Ali
  • Elephant Abu
  • Baby Rajah
  • Genie Jafar
• The Little Mermaid
  • Wedding Ariel ^note Added February 2021
  • Vanessa
• Cinderella
  • Wedding Cinderella ^note Added February 2021
  • Pink Dress Cinderella
• Moana
  • Baby Moana
  • Te Kā
  • Voyager Moana
• The Three Caballeros
  • Caballero Donald
• The Princess and the Frog
  • Almost There Tiana
  • Prince Naveen
• Hercules
  • Baby Pegasus
• Dug Days
  • Headphone Dug
• The Sword in the Stone
  • Young Mim
• Frozen
  • Elsa the Snow Queen
  • Queen Anna
  • Young Anna
• 101 Dalmatians
  • Winter Cruella
• Brave
  • Baby Merida
  • Queen Elinor
• Alice in Wonderland
  • House Alice
• Turning Red
  • Red Panda Mei
• Bambi
  • Pretty Flower
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  • The Witch
• Sleeping Beauty
  • Dragon Maleficent
  • Briar Rose
• Raya and the Last Dragon
  • Human Sisu
• Mickey Mouse (2013)
  • Spring Flute Mickey
• Peter Pan
  • Captain Pan
• Pocahontas
  • Colors of the Wind Pocahontas
• Haunted Mansion
  • Constance
• Star Wars
  • Anakin Skywalker
  • Jedi Anakin
  • Queen Amidala
  • Boushh Disguised Leia
• Enchanted
  • Wedding Giselle
• Mary Poppins
  • Jolly Holiday Mary Poppins
• Hocus Pocus
  • Young Winifred
• Muppets Haunted Mansion
  • Madam Pigota
  • Gauzey the Hatbox Bear
• Indiana Jones
  • 1969 Indiana Jones
• Film/Cruella
  • Masquerade Cruella

Crystal Box^note Crystal variations of characters. All exclusives

• Mickey and Friends
  • Garnet Minnie
  • Pearl Daisy
• The Little Mermaid
  • Amethyst Ursula
• Aladdin
  • Aquamarine Jasmine
• Frozen
  • Diamond Elsa
  • Citrine Anna
  • Opal Olaf
• Sleeping Beauty
  • Peridot Maleficent
• Inside Out
  • Sapphire joy
• Cinderella
  • Iolite Fairy Godmother
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  • Obsidian Snow White

Platnium Box^note Platnium variations of characters to celebrate Disney's 100th Anniversary. All exclusives

• Mickey and Friends
  • Platnium Mickey
  • Platnium Donald
• Encanto
  • Platnium Mirabel
• Toy Story
  • Platnium Woody
• The Lion King
  • Platnium Simba
• Finding Nemo
  • Platnium Nemo
• The Princess and the Frog
  • Platnium Tiana
• Big Hero 6
  • Platnium Baymax
• Lilo and Stitch
  • Platnium Stitch
• Coco
  • Platnium Miguel
• The Mandolorian
  • Platnium Grogu

This mobile game contains examples of:

• Animate Inanimate Object: Magic Carpet, Sugar Bowl, and The Book not only don't have faces—they technically aren't living beings. Lampshaded in one of the blurbs the game can show to the player when opening:
  Magic Carpet and Sugar Bowl are the only emoji's who don't have a face. Somehow they still know how to emote!
• Ascended Meme:
  • In the "Tasty Snacks" item collection, Kermit is more likely to get Iced Tea.
  • While Princess Leia is not an official Disney Princess anywhere else, despite memes about her being one, the "Disney Princess" tag in this game does indeed apply to her.
• And Your Reward Is Clothes: The whole point of the game. You play the game to get emojis for a Disney-themed mobile keyboard.
• Boring, but Practical: Character emojis that add more of the same character on the grid are useful for refilling their special meters quickly.
• Bribing Your Way to Victory:
  • Downplayed in most of the game. Everything in this game can be unlocked for free, given enough time and dedication, but you can purchase Gems via microtransactions to help you out. Gems are used to buy more coins (the currency required to buy emojis) and extra lives, can be used to swap out missions you feel you can't complete, or give you extra time when it runs out under special conditions (e.g. when there's a gold item on the board). That last one will also instantly activate Blitz Mode. Thankfully, Gems can also be won through completing certain daily challenges, missions, or item collections.
  • The trope has become more pronounced since development switched to Jam City. Events now often require newly-introduced emojis, or emojis of a specific level, in order to play and the only way to meet these requirements is to purchase a Diamond Box. Fan reaction to this development has been decidedly negative.
  • Played straight with Rainbow Box emojis (Sorcerer's Apprentice/Holiday Mickey, Holiday/Rose Gold Minnie and others) and Diamond-Exclusive Gold emojis which are available only through the Diamond Box and only for a limited time. Hope you've stockpiled those Gems! (Though, they can also be gotten through completing certain, extra large item collections.)
• The Cameo: Some characters that don't have their own emojis show up in their franchise-mate’s powers. Sometimes, they do end up getting one later on.
• Cap: Silver Box emoji power levels cap at three, while Gold Box emoji power levels cap at five.
• Character Level: Every player has a level that increases as they complete a number of missions. Every time you level up, your "Blitz Bonus" percentage increases, allowing you gain more points for matches made in Blitz Mode. You'll also win prizes including coins, Gems, boosts, lives, or even the occasional emoji every time you level up. At level ten, you will also unlock access to daily challenges to win extra coins, Gems, or powerups.
• Character Name Alias: Flynn Ryder's emoji goes by that name in the game; that is a name his character took on, while his real name is Eugene Fitzherbert.
• Combination Attack: As mentioned above, swapping two power-ups together are better than swapping them individually.
• Couch Gag: During Clear Events, the castle on the title screen changes to a building or symbol related to the event.
• Crack is Cheaper: Yeah, those gems that will allow to get certain characters that can only be found in the Diamond Boxes? The top tier costs one-hundred dollars for 5,000 gems and oftentimes that isn't even enough to get all the specific Diamond emojis from the boxes, meaning a person can potentially run up the cost of thousands of dollars trying to collect all the emojis. This is to say nothing of all the little things that will whittle down the gems like trading out missions, getting more time on games to complete missions, special event boosts like dropping random rainbow stars...Point is trying to play the game without gems to collect all the characters is near impossible and trying to play it with them means you'll drain your bank account within days.
• Defeat Means Playable: Defeating the Villains during their events turns them into playable emojis.
• Developer's Foresight: If you run out of possible matches on the grid and have no power-ups, the game will automatically shuffle all the emojis for you. Mind you that this situation rarely happens.
• Disco Dan: Rainbow Mickey. But one that triggers Instant Blitz Modes.
• Easter Egg: See those balloons floating up on the results screen? You can pop them to gain bonus coins. A possible level-up mission involves popping a certain number of the balloons, assuming you remember to do that after each game.
• The Faceless: As of 2021, the Magic Carpet and the Sugar Bowl are the only playable emojis with no face. As the loading screen says, "Somehow, they still find ways to emote."
• Furry Confusion: An update in October 2018 added the "Cats & Dogs" group of emojis used for missions. Pluto is counted as part of this group but Goofy is not, neither are Max,Roxanne, nor Powerline.
• Guest Fighter: Ron & Barney are from a non-Disney film distributed by Disney under 20th Century Animation in the United States, but was made by Locksmith Animation. Downplayed by Anastasia; while Disney did not make the film they do indeed own the full rights to it, the same going for Rose & Jack, not to mention the large selection of Star Wars characters.
• Heel–Face Turn: Cinderella's stepsisters are obtainable from Gold Boxes, rather than Villain Boxes (and in the Lady Tremaine Villain Events, you could even fight her with them). This might be due to Lady Tremaine and Lucifer already being Villains-indeed, a Group collection refers to all four as such.
• Late-Arrival Spoiler: The Villain Boxes have given away some of the infamous twist villains, and a loading screen spoils the end of Frozen II.
• Match-Three Game: Match three character emojis to clear them out and score points.
• Massive Multiplayer Crossover: Just like Disney Tsum Tsum. But without Queen.
• Mythology Gag: The emoji's don't just have the appearance of Disney characters, but what their counterparts did or said in the films is directly mentioned.
  • Alice in Wonderland: Alice's emoji's power is to make a giant Alice appear.
  • Beauty and the Beast:
    • The Beast's rose petals and his transformation back into a prince are mentioned.
    • "Be Our Guest!" is in Lumiere's description.
  • Cinderella: Cinderella's emoji's description has "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo!"
  • Finding Nemo:
    • Dory speaks whale.
    • Hank releases an ink squirt.
  • Frozen:
    • Anna's emoji's power is to grow sunflowers. In Frozen Fever and Frozen Free Fall, Anna is associated with sunflowers.
    • Olaf's emoji's description contains "It's summer!".
    • Sven's emoji's power is to drop a carrot; his power-up in Frozen Free Fall is a carrot as well.
  • The Jungle Book (1967): Baloo's emoji's description has "the Bare Necessities".
  • Lady and the Tramp: Lady's emoji "spins spaghetti", referring to the famous "spaghetti kiss" scene.
  • Lilo & Stitch:
    • Jumba's emoji does Hot Potato with an overloading plasma blaster between him and Stitch's emoji until it explodes. (Thankfully, we don't see Lilo's house blow up with them this time.)
    • Scrump scares away Mertle Edmonds when Lilo tries to show the rag doll to the red head. Lilo even throws Scrump on the ground in frustration and walks away, only to run back and hug the rag doll before walking away again.
    • Angel's siren song turns Reuben, Sparky, and Cannonball to evil. All three experiments appear in her debut episode. (Although of the three cameoing experiments, only Sparky and Cannonball turn evil in the episode proper; Reuben is actually immune to Angel's siren song because he was made after her.)
  • Moana: Maui transforms into a hawk, a bug or a shark.
  • Pinocchio: Jiminy Cricket's emoji's description contains "Wish upon a star". The famous song from the film, which even became Disney's signature song, of course is "When You Wish Upon a Star".
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: Davy Jones' emoji "summons the Kraken".
  • Pocahontas: Her emoji's power is "The Color of the Wind".
  • Tangled: Rapunzel's emoji's description has the line "Best day ever!"
  • And there's plenty more to find.
• Oh, Crap!: When the player gets to the last few seconds they get to play the game (the games are all timed at 60 seconds) all emojis on the board turn from their "neutral" or "smiling" versions into "worried" or "nervous" ones. (The official name for this emoji/expression is "cold sweat", which says it all, really.)
  • Fear from Inside Out has this expression by default.
  • Fozzie emojis gain this briefly when they're about to be hit by tomatoes.
  • During a villain event, all the emojis on the title screen gain this instead of their usual smile.
  • The King of Hearts looks like this when he realizes that his chase after the Dormouse has hit the Queen by mistake.
• One-Steve Limit: Averted.
  • Chip Potts from Beauty and the Beast and Chip from Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers are both available as playable emojis.
  • King Louie the orangutan and Louis the alligator also have the same name (spoken at least—they're spelled slightly differently); also both are jazz-loving animals.
  • And Jack Sparrow, Jack Skellington, and Jack-Jack Parr.
  • The title character of Anastasia (which was not created by Disney initially but has been acquired and is now incorporated into the game) shares her name with one of the evil stepsisters from Cinderella.
• Play Every Day: Players can earn free prizes once every four hours through a wheel (previously a chest), although (depending on the region you live in) you can earn an extra spin by watching a video ad either immediately afterwards or approximately once an hour. September 2020 also added a cumulative Weekly Counter.
• Produce Pelting: Fozzie Bear's power causes tomatoes to be thrown at all the Fozzie emojis on the grid, clearing away them and his bad jokes.
• Shout-Out: The overlay for Jackson Storm's minigame includes the Arc Numbers from Lost.
• Smart Bomb: The two rainbow star combo, which clears away all character emojis, although both the other rainbow star and power-up combos can be like this for the entire grid. Yensid, your reward for reaching Level 100, also does this.
• Speech Bubbles: While the emojis are mute, at least two examples appear:
  • Donald Duck's power has bubble with Symbol Swearing inside to cover up and clear emojis.
  • Fozzie also gets one on his activation screen reading—what else?—"Wokka Wokka!"
• Temporary Online Content:
  • Villain and most Rainbow emojis^note with the exception of Dug and the Level and Collection rewards are only available for a limited time, usually the length of an event connected to them. Villains have to be unlocked via gameplay while Rainbow Boxes have to be purchased with gems. Luckily the developers have been good about repeating events and giving newer players, as well as long-time players who missed out, a chance to collect these emojis. They can also be earned as occasional prizes for completing certain mission levels or item collections.
  • Unlike regular Silver or Gold Box emojis, which are always made available after their introductory event, Diamond Exclusive emojis are only available during their respective events. While they can be upgraded by purchasing additional boxes they cannot be unlocked if the player failed to collect them during these events.
• Timed Mission: By default games have a 60 second time limit. Blitz mode, an extra time boost and certain emoji powers can add time, allowing a player to extend the game. Survival Events dispense with the time limit altogether, instead the game lasts as long as you can maintain your health bar. As a result, the use of extra time boosts and emojis whose powers can affect time are not allowed during these events.

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