Escape Dark Beauty Castle

**Escape Dark Beauty Castle** is a Quest given by Gremlin Gus. It is the first real quest in Epic Mickey, and effectively serves as a tutorial.

## Synopsis

Once Mickey wakes up after being kidnapped, he finds himself strapped to a table, with an evil, maniacal doctor trying to perform some sort of demented surgery on him. Fortunately, Mickey escapes and retrieve his magic Paintbrush, scaring away both the monster that brought him here and the doctor. However, he also notices a strange rabbit who flees after Mickey breaks free. Before he can learn more about what’s going on, Mickey needs to escape the castle.

## Walkthrough

### Mad Doctor's Lab

Immediately after the player gains control, they will find themselves in the Mad Doctor's Lab, being hunted down by the large, mechanical “Eye” contraption from the cutscene. The machine is hostile, and uses a scanning eye to look for Mickey.

In order to avoid the robot, Mickey needs to stay away from the eye’s line of sight (indicated by a ray of light that turns red when he is spotted, accompanied by an “alert” sound). Gremlin Gus will make his appearance and will guide Mickey to a large control deck on the far right side of the laboratory.

Here, Mickey will learn how to use both his Spin Attack (shaking the Wii Remote ), and how to jump (pressing ).

Mickey can destroy the control deck by using his Spin Attack twice on it. Once that’s done, he will need to avoid the eye and make his way to the second one at the other end of the lab, repeating the process. Once that is complete, the eye is rendered nonfunctional, and the player is able to explore the lab as they please. Once they are done exploring, entering the large doors on the second floor of the lab will take them to the next area of the castle.

### Utilidor III

A cutscene will play showing Mickey using both his Paint and Thinner capabilities. Mickey can use paint by holding , and thinner by holding . He can also fire a large “spray” of each of those by tapping their respective button quickly instead of holding it.

The Utilidor contains many toon walls and objects that can be painted and thinned out. Mickey will have to paint in a gear over one door, as well as thin out some supports surrounding a second door in order to create a bridge. Finally, at the end of the hall, he will need to thin out a platform to get rid of obstacles, and then paint it in again so he can progress to the Courtyard.

### Courtyard

The large entrance to the castle. It is a large, outdoor area with many elevated platforms, as well as a large catapult. Here, Mickey will experience more new things, including his first encounter with Blotlings, specifically a pair of Seers.

Mickey will also encounter his first trapped Gremlin, that being Calvin. Calvin is trapped on the large catapult, and Mickey will need to use his spin attack on the gear in order to lower him. Here, he is presented with the game’s first dilemma in the form of a chest on the counterweight, which contains 100 E-Tickets. If Mickey chooses to take the money, then Gremlin Calvin will be launched to who-knows-where and Gus will get angry. If he saves Gremlin Calvin, he will earn a Gold Pin, and he can also encounter Calvin later on.

To the left-hand side of the courtyard is a large ramp that can be climbed. As Mickey climbs his way up, he will encounter more ramps that may need to be painted it. Eventually, he will reach a large gear, that once spun will unlock the first half of the exit gate. He will need to go a little further and find the second gear, which is done by jumping down from the first and thinning out, then painting back in the platforms with the giant rocks blocking the way.

Once the gate has been opened, Mickey can jump back down (be careful not to fall from too high up!) and exit the level by entering the Projector Screen.

## Aftermath

After Mickey leaves the castle, he will arrive at Gremlin Village, and will continue his journey from there.

Ironically, Mickey will eventually end up in Dark Beauty Castle once again, as he will return there late in the game during the final confrontation with The Blot.

## Gallery

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