Mad Doctor

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The **Mad Doctor** is the secondary antagonist in Epic Mickey. He is an evil scientist responsible for the creation of the Beetleworx and serves as a self-described enforcer of The Blot.

He is based on the eponymous villain from the 1933 Disney cartoon *The Mad Doctor*.

## Appearance

The Mad Doctor is a unique character. He is a thin, lanky man, who is often seen hunching over. His head is bald, but he has a full, black beard and a long, curly mustache. He has a large mouth, and appears to be missing all but four of his teeth.

He wears a full-length white lab coat with the sleeves rolled up, along with black gloves and black shoes. A pair of scissors can be seen in his coat pocket.

## Personality and History

The Mad Doctor actually has a surprisingly interesting history. Long ago, he was actually friendly and was a close acquaintance of Oswald. He understood the feelings of loneliness that forgotten toons like Oswald felt, so he decided to give him company by creating animatronic versions of popular Disney characters, including Goofy, Daisy Duck, and Donald Duck. Alongside this, the Doctor also created the Beetleworx in order to help maintain and improve Wasteland. He did most of his work from his laboratory in Dark Beauty Castle.

However, at some point after the Thinner Disaster, the Mad Doctor took notice of the power of the Shadow Blot. He revealed his greedy, power-hungry side, and abandoned Oswald in favor of serving the Blot. He changed the allegiance of the Beetleworx so that they would attack those loyal to Oswald rather than help them.

Before the start of Epic Mickey, the Mad Doctor was supposedly involved in the kidnapping of Mickey Mouse from the Cartoon World, with the intent of taking the mouse’s Heart and using it to return to the Cartoon World. After capturing Mickey, he used increasingly extreme methods of trying to extract the heart before settling on a plunger. However, Mickey broke free of his restraints, forcing the Doctor to flee.

During Mickey’s quest, the Mad Doctor visited Tomorrow City and sabotaged the Moonliner Rocket, which was Mickey’s only means of escape. This forces Mickey and Oswald to divert their attention to recovering the parts.

Mickey does not directly encounter the Mad Doctor again until he reaches Lonesome Manor. There, the Doctor’s will briefly confront Mickey outside the manor, having taken refuge in a large, flying pod. Later on, they will reunite in the manor’s attic, where the Doctor’s Beetleworx generators attempt to stop Mickey.

Once Mickey destroys the generators, the Doctor will be defeated. As Mickey and Gus confront him, he will reveal himself to be an animatronic, not a human. At some point in time, he willingly converted himself to animatronic form, since he believed the Blot would win and strip all of the toon from Wasteland, leaving only animatronic beings alive. Midway through his speech, the doctor’s pod malfunctions, causing him to rocket into the sky, and he is not seen again for the reminder of the game.

## Trivia

* The cartoon he is from appears as two separate Projector Screen levels in the game, both in Lonesome Manor.
	+ The Mad Doctor Part I connects the Manor House to the Foyer.
	+ The Mad Doctor Part II connects the Stretching Room to the Library.
* His original name in the 1933 cartoon was “Dr. XXX”. This was likely changed to “The Mad Doctor” to reflect his personality better.
	+ It was also probably changed since “XXX” has much more explicit connotations today than it did in 1933.
* The original character spoke with a thick European accent, possibly Russian or German. This is still noticeable in Epic Mickey, even though the Doctor never says any legible words.
* During a scene in the Fireworks Control Tower, Oswald asks Mickey if he is responsible for creating the Mad Doctor, to which Mickey denies. However, he technically did, since in the original cartoon the Doctor was created by Mickey’s imagination as a part of a nightmare.

## Gallery

The Mad Doctor in the opening cutscene.The Mad Doctor in Lonesome Manor, appearing in his pod.The Mad Doctor reveals his animatronic parts.The Mad Doctor’s pod malfunctions, sending him flying into the sky.