The Disney Movie (2023 film)

The Disney Movie (released internationally as Epic Mickey: The Movie, and in Australia and New Zealand as War of MDM [War of Mickey, Dipper and Mirabel]) is a 2023 epic fantasy musical action-adventure computer-animated film directed by Jared Bush and written by Lee Unkrich and Domee Shi. The film was made in celebration of The Walt Disney Company's 100th anniversary. The film stars an ensemble cast, featuring the voice cast of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse reprising their respective roles, as well as Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Stephanie Beatriz and Dream playing different characters.

The film revolves around Mickey Mouse, Mirabel Madrigal, Dipper Pines and Snow White, along with a menagerie of Disney characters, trying to defeat Emperor Blot, a malevolent entity made from ink and turpentine hell-bent on taking over the Disney multiverse. The team travel across dimensions to gather pieces of a magical artifact that can get rid of him while also fending off Emperor Blot's minions.

The film was released on June 1st 2023 and contains multiple references to past Disney movies.

Premise
Mickey Mouse finds himself in the middle of an adventure when he finds out that his universe is in danger, and in the process teams up with four unlikely characters: Mirabel (Encanto), Dipper (Gravity Falls) and Snow White to save the Disney multiverse from the evil Emperor Blot.

Plot
The film opens in the world of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, with Mickey Mouse summoning the titular clubhouse and the characters being introduced one-by-one, albeit in a different style, and with the characters in their original colors ("The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Song [Reprise]"). Mickey and co. set off to help Willy the Giant, who has been trying to outrun a storm. Mickey refuses to believe it until a pitch-black cloud rolls across the sky. They retreat back to the clubhouse but a lightning bolt strikes the clubhouse and knocks everyone inside unconscious.

Mickey and his friends wake up in the setting of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, where he is visited by the title characters. Snow White then informs Mickey that the clubhouse had been destroyed and that she rescued them from danger, much to Mickey's confusion. She and her dwarves lead them to her new castle ("Heigh-Ho").

The prince is later revealed to be a duplicate who later shape-shifts back into his real form, Camilo Madrigal. Camilo proceeds to tell Mickey that the Clubhouse realm was destroyed by General Inkubus (a portmanteau of ink and incubus, another word for a male demon), who had been sent by Emperor Blot to take over the Disney multiverse and not only destroy, but also assimilate Mickey and make him the new Emperor Blot ("The Ballad of Emperor Blot").

Mickey is allowed to stay in the castle along with his friends, and suddenly run into Dipper and Mabel Pines, who are seeking refuge from a threat invading their hometown. That night, Mickey has a vision of himself getting assimilated and the Disney multiverse under Blot's control. Waking up, he immediately helps himself to a glass of water and returns to sleep.

That day, the guests are invited to a breakfast banquet by Snow White, and after a small conversation in Mickey's allocated room, Inkubus' army manages to make way into Snow White's kingdom and surround her castle. Mickey has another vision, this time of an emerald. A hypnotized Mickey is attracted to the gem and snaps out picking it up. A voice in his head tells him that this is one of five pieces of an artifact needed to be used to destroy Emperor Blot ("You Need It, Part 1").

Encouraged, Mickey tells this to his friends and company, who try to flee the chaos but not before the resurrected and now-corrupted Evil Queen tries to stop them. Mickey tries to kill her with the gem, and ultimately succeeds, realizing that the individual gems, while not able to kill Emperor Blot, can destroy any of his minions. Suddenly, a portal opens inside Mickey's room door, and the group deliberately suck themselves in as a voice invites them into doing so.

The portal "catapults" them into the Encanto universe, and after falling for various seconds, they land in front of the Madrigals' Casita. Mickey and co. are taken inside the Casita by its magical powers where Alma and Mirabel greet them. At lunch with the Madrigals, Mirabel explains more to Mickey and his friends about the threat, with Bruno conjuring up the visual narrative ("Here They Come"):

An incursion by the armies of Emperor Blot has been raging across the Disney multiverse, with Arendelle, Kumandra, Gravity Falls and the Encanto universe yet to be conquered. The army plans to zero in on Toronto, Canada, the setting of recent Pixar film Turning Red, where he plans to turn Mickey into his successor using a forbidden ritual on top of the CN Tower. Blot's army had already gathered Disney villains and corrupted them into becoming his war advisors.

After lunch, Mickey has another vision, and is lured to the second piece of the artifact: a ruby, stored inside Bruno's room ("You Need It, Part 2"). Mickey puts them in an "infinity bag" (that had been left inside the Casita) along with the other gem, which Dolores reveals to be part of four gems that need to be combined with the fifth piece to create the Amulet of Imagination. A storm interrupts their celebration, and Mirabel comes to the realization that the storm drains color from anything exposed to its rain, including the Casita, which becomes corrupted. However, Mickey manages to retrieve the magical candle, the source of the Casita's power.

The group jump into another portal as the Casita loses its color and are catapulted again, this time into the Hundred Acre Wood where they land in the backyard of Winnie-the-Pooh's house. Mickey wakes up and finds Mirabel next to him, and realizes his friends and the rest of the Madrigals are absent, as they were separated along the way. At first, Rabbit refuses them entry, but Pooh pleads with her to allow them in, and she agrees. Meanwhile, the Madrigals reunite happily and Eeyore is pessimistic about the situation.

Mickey experiences yet another vision of a gem later that night. This time, it is a sapphire, which is marked by blue lights. Mickey once again gets hypnotized and much to the reunited Madrigals' confusion, is led to the site as Mabel accompanies the entranced Mickey to the gem ("You Need It, Part 3"). Mickey then snaps out and puts the gem in the infinity bag, but as Blot's army advances towards Pooh's house, they are forced to hide. Mickey is convinced that there is no other way of escape and they flee as another portal opens and sucks the Madrigals and Mickey's friends inside.

However, Pete and Alma are left behind in the ensuing chaos and consequently get captured while Mabel, Dolores, Goofy, Donald and Bruno end up in Kumandra, and everyone else in Toronto. Mickey, Mirabel and Luisa find themselves in the now-corrupted Encanto universe, devoid of all color and most of its light (the only instances being in lightning bolts). Mickey orders General Inkubus to manifest and fight him.

Inkubus does so, laughing evilly, and tells him that "Emperor Blot" was actually an old counterpart of Mickey's who vowed to destroy him ("Used to Be Your Friend"). Before Inkubus could start destroying Mickey, a portal opens up, and Sofia the First comes out to defend Mickey, before summoning not only Snow White, but also Aurora, Jasmine, Giselle and several other Disney Princesses. The two try to ward off Inkubus' soldiers while Sofia uses the amulet to conjure up a protection spell to prevent them from getting the corruption.

Meanwhile, in Kumandra, Mabel finds out that the blue gem is in her possession. She meets the dragon Sisu and Rapunzel (who has had to flee her world as well) and asks the former about Blot, to which Sisu laments that she has never met anyone called Blot in her life ("I Don't Know Blot"). Back in the Encanto universe, Sofia completes the protection spell which she casts on herself, her companions and the Princesses. Luisa is told to launch Mickey and Mirabel towards Inkubus, whom they drag to the highest point of the Casita.

Mickey angrily tells Inkubus that his evil plan is over and Blot is to take over as general. Mickey and Mirabel then throw Inkubus off the Casita before a corrupted Alma tries to capture them. Inkubus literally splats all over the ground and melts away as his lifeforce is drained, reducing him to a puddle of ink and freeing Alma as well as Pete. In Kumandra, Mabel herself gets entranced, being led to the fourth gem, a topaz ("You Need It, Part 4"), and puts it in her purse.

A portal opens in the Encanto universe which sends Mickey, Mirabel, Luisa and Sofia to Kumandra. When they arrive, Mickey retrieves the remaining gems and puts them in the infinity bag. Woody and Buzz from Toy Story appear to Mickey and lead him and company across Kumandra. A red panda proceeds to appear and reveals herself to be Mei Lee, who later carries the characters through the portal ("Run For It"). The remaining characters proceed to run through it, and they all find themselves in Toronto, the site of the planned ritual.

After leaping through the streets of Toronto and meeting other characters from both Disney and Pixar films ("Familiar Faces Everywhere"), they eventually end up on top of the CN Tower, where they retrieve the final piece: the rest of the Amulet. After assembling the gem, the charm activates, and everyone proceeds to rejoice knowing that Mickey now holds the weapon to be used against Blot ("I Have the Power [You Need It, Finale]").

The celebrations are cut short eventually, as Blot appears and explains his backstory ("I'm The Master of Evil") before summoning his army, whom he now leads due to Inkubus having been defeated before. Mickey activates the amulet and releases multiple laser beams (akin to a machine gun), with the Madrigals using their Gifts (with assistance from Elena Castillo-Flores) to destroy Blot's airships, Dipper and Mabel (dressed up as each other in masks, wigs and their clothes), assisted by the rest of the Gravity Falls main cast, keeping Blot's ships at bay, and the rest of the Disney characters fighting the army themselves.

However, Mickey realizes that the Amulet's power is diminishing, and asks Sofia for help. The "voice", revealed to be Elsa from Frozen, returns to tell him that there was a forgotten sixth part of the Amulet: Sofia's Amulet of Avalor. She gives it to him and places it in the middle of the larger Amulet, not only giving it a power boost, but also upgrading Mickey into his sorcerer's outfit from Fantasia.

An angry Blot comes up to Mickey and denies he can be defeated and reverts to his true form: Chernabog (merged with the Phantom Blot) before attempting to smash the Amulet, but his attempts prove impervious due to the Disney characters' combined innate magic being contained within it.

Taking it to his advantage, Mickey conjures up a final laser beam to destroy Blot, while singing to Blot about the perpetual victory of goodness despite his constant attempts to take over the world, and blasts the energy beam at him, tossing him off the CN Tower and causing him to explode on the roof of Rogers Stadium ("It's Good That Wins Real Good"). With his dying breath, Blot expresses his hatred for Mickey as he melts away.

The resulting puddle glows white and begins spreading all over Toronto and the Disney universe, undoing the damage caused, freeing the corrupted characters and killing off any remaining platoons. The characters rejoice and gather at the rebuilt Mickey Mouse Clubhouse to do a final musical number ("The Hot Dog Song [Reprise]").

Voice cast

 * Bret Iwan as Mickey Mouse
 * Dream as Dipper Pines
 * Stephanie Beatriz as Mirabel Madrigal
 * Alia Marie Shelesh as Snow White