Ortensia

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**Ortensia the Cat** is a supporting character in Epic Mickey. She is the significant other/queen consort of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, and mother of the Bunny Children.

## Appearance

Ortensia is a unique character. She is a short, black cat with a white face. Her face looks almost identical to Oswald’s, but her eyes have larger lashes and her mouth is less pronounced. Like Oswald, she does not have gloves or shoes. She wears a short, pink skirt, and a pink hat with a flower attached.

## Personality

Ortensia was one of the first forgotten toons, along with Oswald. Long ago, Ortensia became the Queen of Wasteland alongside Oswald, and the two happily ruled it as a couple. It is known from Oswald’s dialogue that he and Ortensia loved each other very much.

When the Thinner Disaster happened, it and yhe subsequent confrontation with The Blot would change both Oswald and Ortensia’s lives forever. Just as The Blot was about to finally be defeated, it fired a last-second projectile at Oswald. Ortensia bravely jumped in front of him and took the hit, causing her to lose her toon and turn to inert stone. She did not physically “die”, but she was rendered completely petrified and unable to do anything.

In his grief, Oswald took the remains of his beloved sweetheart and put her in the Fireworks Control Tower for safekeeping, while he himself stayed in exile.

When Oswald and Mickey interact during the course of the game, Oswald initially is rude to Mickey, refusing to even call him by his name. However, when Mickey returns Ortensia’s Locket, Oswald is touched and begins referring to him properly. At other times, Oswald will also apologize for his behavior, mentioning that Ortensia would have wanted him to be kinder.

When the Blot kidnaps Oswald during the final level of the game, he takes Ortensia’s remains with him. When Mickey finally defeats the Blot, both Oswald and Ortensia land back in Mean Street. Oswald sees Ortensia’s remains and is briefly saddened, but shortly afterwards the rainfall that is restoring life to the Wasteland begins to fall on her. Ortensia is resurrected, and upon seeing Oswald she becomes overjoyed and gives him a flurry of kisses. In the final cutscene, she briefly gets to meet Mickey through Yen Sid’s magic mirror.

## Gallery

Oswald holding Ortensia bridal-style.Ortensia as she appears in her petrified, inert form.Ortensia kissing Oswald after being revived.
## Trivia

* It is never explicitly mentioned what the *exact* relationship between Oswald and Ortensia is, but it’s highly likely that she is his wife as they ruled Wasteland and had the Bunny Children together.
* If Mickey tries to use Paint on Ortensia’s statue in the Fireworks Control Tower, nothing will happen, meaning only the special “paint-rain” that appears in the final cutscene has the ability to restore toon features to inert things.
* In the cutscene right after Mickey returns from Loss Tower, Oswald is seen wistfully looking at Ortensia’s statue. For a brief moment, a faint, feminine cry can be heard coming from her implying that she might still be capable of producing noise, or that it was the last noise she made before becoming inert.
	+ In the case of the former, this could darkly imply that Ortensia, despite being completely unable to speak or move, may still be conscious in her petrified state and can still sense pain and fear.
* Ortensia is one of the few characters that appears exclusively in cutscenes and never in actual gameplay (not counting her statue form).