The Mad Doctor (1933 Film) - Differences Through The Generations

Differences Through The Generations

In the 1933 Cartoon in which debuted The Mad Doctor was depicted as a mentally unstable murderous genius, with a laboratory filled with chemistry flasks,tubes and pot stills, located in a creepy castle. He also seems to have a grip on the paranormal as, not only is his mansion filled with demonic skeletons but also was able to cut in half Pluto's shadow, something scientifically impossible. In Epic Mickey, he is instead depicted an extremely power hungry scientist with a natural talent toward the construction of machines, in particular his Beetleworx. He was willing to kill his opponents before his (optional) reformation, but he never showed signs of murderous psychopathy. He was foolish enough in his struggle for power to even convert himself into a machine, something he later deeply regret. He was also highly Machiavellian and cunning, being able to create complex plans by deceiving the others and concealing his true intentions behind walls of lies. He seems, however, crazy enough to really think that by singing he will appear more trustworthy than by speaking. He is, however, shown to have remarkable singing abilities. In the happy ending of Epic Mickey, 2 he is finally redeemed for real casting away all of his bad characteristics (except the song) in favor of turning into a new leaf.