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The following are fictional characters from Disney's 1940 film Fantasia and its 1999 sequel Fantasia 2000. Characters in this list are sorted by the film and segment in which they appear.

Notable characters

Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse is Yen Sid's apprentice in the The Sorcerer's Apprentice segment. Mickey Mouse as the Sorcerer's Apprentice has become such an iconic role for the character that he is regularly depicted as such in the Disney parks. Mickey is seen wearing his famous red wizard's robe and blue sorcerer's hat in numerous parades as well as in the nighttime spectacular Fantasmic! at both Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World. The sorcerer's hat is also an official symbol of Disney's Hollywood Studios and also is involved heavily in the plot of Mickey's Philharmagic at The Magic Kingdom. A very large version of the hat is also seen at the entrance of the Disney Animation building at the Disney Studios in Burbank, California (and can be easily seen from both Riverside Drive and the 134 Freeway). Walt Disney Home Entertainment, Disney's home video sales division featured "Sorcerer Mickey" on its covers starting from its inception in 1980. The 1986 Walt Disney Home Video logo and the 1988-92 Walt Disney Classics logos also featured Sorcerer Mickey.[1] Furthermore, Sorcerer Mickey serves as the logo for Walt Disney Imagineering, the subsidiary of the company responsible for designing the Disney parks and resorts.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice was the only sequence from the original film carried over into Fantasia 2000.

A comic adaptation of The Sorcerer's Apprentice was featured in Mickey Mouse Adventures #9, published by Disney Comics at the time of the film's 50th anniversary.

In Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, The Sorcerer's Apprentice is reenacted as part of Mickey's story in the game. Also, Mickey, dressed in his Sorcerer's Apprentice garb, is a D-link for Aqua, his Finish move being called "Holy Charge."

Yen Sid

Yen Sid
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First appearanceFantasia
Last appearanceFantasia 2000
Created byFred Moore.

Yen Sid is the powerful sorcerer in The Sorcerer's Apprentice, appearing as an old man with a long beard and robes that extended to the floor. The nickname ("Disney" spelled backwards) was given by Disney animators, as the sorcerer in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" segment of Fantasia had no onscreen name, nor does the character in the original Goethe poem "Der Zauberlehrling", the inspiration for the music piece by Paul Dukas. Film historians believed Fred Moore added the same sized nose as Walt Disney's nose, and even added the same eyebrow length as Walt Disney's eyebrows.

Yen Sid serves as the sorcerer under whom Mickey Mouse is an apprentice. After executing a series of spells of summoning light out of a skull, changing its appearance as Mickey witnessed it while in the middle of his chores, Yen Sid decides to take a rest as he leaves his hat behind. From there, Mickey takes the hat and uses its magic to bring a broom to life to finish the chore of bringing water in from the well. However, Mickey does not know how to control the powers, and the entire tower is flooded. At the end of the segment, Yen Sid reappears, and uses his innate magical powers to recede the waters and undo the spell that caused the problem in the first place. From there, a disappointed Yen Sid takes back his hat and broom and sends Mickey back to his chores after using the broom to send him off.

Yen Sid appears in the Disney/Square Enix video game series Kingdom Hearts, maintaining his role as Mickey's magical mentor with Donald Duck and Goofy showing him tremendous respect. The game series marked Yen Sid's first speaking role in his appearances prior, being voiced by Corey Burton in English, and Takashi Inagaki in Japanese. Yen Sid first appears in Kingdom Hearts II, based at his tower near Twilight Town. He is targeted to be turned into a Heartless by Pete, but thanks to Sora's efforts the Heartless never even get near him. Yen Sid enables Sora to once more know of the existence of Organization XIII, directing him to Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather who provide him with new clothes, as well as a new method to travel to worlds through routes opened by the Keyblade. He also gives the characters their Gummi Ship, which they had been without since the events of the first Kingdom Hearts. He disappears afterwards and is not encountered for the rest of the game, seemingly abandoning his tower, which becomes overrun with Nobodies. It is revealed in the video game prequel, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, that Yen Sid was once well versed in the Keyblade.

Yen Sid also appears in the Nintendo Wii title Disney Epic Mickey as both its narrator (making him the only character in the game to have a spoken script rather than vocal effects as with all the other characters) and as the creator of a pen-and-paper world for all of Disney's forgotten creations to reside in including Oswald the Lucky Rabbit before Mickey's unintentional actions turn it into the Wasteland.[2]

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Tyrannosaurus Rex
First appearanceFantasia (1940)
Last appearanceFantasia (1940)
Created byWalt Disney Pictures

The Tyrannosaurus Rex is a red eyed large meat-eating dinosaur in The Rite of Spring. His appearance consists of chasing the dinosaurs, trying to catch one. He succeeds and catches a Stegosaurus. Walking with all the other dinosaurs in the desert, he collapses in thirst. He makes an appearance in "Disney's Bonkers" in Season 2 Episode 32 "Cartoon Cornered", attempting to eat Sergeant Grating but has to take a coffee break.


Chernabog

Chernabog
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Chernabog atop Bald Mountain
First appearanceFantasia (1940)
Last appearanceFantasia (1940)
Created byWalt Disney Pictures

Chernabog is the massive nocturnal devil in Night on Bald Mountain, who holds power over various restless souls. His name is taken from Chernobog, a deity of Slavic mythology; the name is Slavic for "black god". While officially a pagan god, it should also be noted that Chernabog might have originally been intended to be Satan: when "Night on Bald Mountain" appeared on the original Wonderful World of Disney, Walt Disney referred to Chernabog as "Satan himself." Chernabog is first seen when he awakes on top of Bald Mountain. It is Walpurgis Night and, using the powers of darkness, he raises ghosts and demons from a nearby town with a cemetery. Criminals pass through the noose a second time, while others rise from a lake. He then also summons fire and makes the ghosts and the other creatures in his control dance and fly around, before he throws them into a volcanic pit and resurrects them as demons. Harpies fly around as it gets more chaotic, they throw the damned into a fiery inferno. Chernabog is at the height of his power until he hears the tolling of the Angelus Bell; he is then forced to cover himself with his wings as the ghosts return to their graves, and stop the dark ceremony as morning arrives.

In Disney theme parks, he appears as one of the Disney Villains in both versions of the Fantasmic! nighttime spectacular at Disneyland in Anaheim, California and the Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida. Here, he appears as the Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, evokes to fight Mickey Mouse. In both versions, his role in Fantasmic! is similar to his role in Fantasia, with him summoning ghosts. In the end, Mickey defeats Chernabog along with the other villains with his imagination. As in Fantasia, he still has no speaking dialogue, but growls, cackles, and screams during his appearances in the show. He also appears in parade floats in Disney amusement parks.

Chernabog makes a cameo in the Best Of Disney: 50 Years of Magic TV Special. The simple plot of the film follows C.E.O. Michael Eisner as he invites Disney characters to a theater with him to watch Disney cartoons. The 2-D characters wander the real 3-D world, interacting with it in Roger Rabbit style. In a bit of comic business, as Mickey takes his seat in the theater, a very large, dark character sits down in front of him blocking his view of the screen. Mickey taps the large, dark character and says, "Uh-oh, excuse me. Do you mind?" The dark character turns around revealing himself to be Chernabog, angry and bothered by the famous mouse. However, as soon as Chernabog sees his rather displeased C.E.O., he immediately apologizes with, "Oh, sorry, Mr. Eisner. Excuse me; it'll never happen again." and embarrassed, shrinks down allowing his boss to see.[3] This is the first time Chernabog is known to have spoken and also having been used as a bit in a comedy gag. This clip is no longer available and is almost impossible to find.

Chernabog appeared in the Disney/Square Enix crossover game Kingdom Hearts as a surprise boss who rules over the "End Of The World", serving as the fight before Ansem. Chernabog attacks by breathing fire, invoking an eruption from the mountain he stands in, summoning spirits to attack Sora, and flinging balls of fire. "Night on Bald Mountain" serves as the music during this boss battle in the North American and Final Mix version of the game, making him the only Disney villain in the game to have his own unique boss music.

Chernabog is also seen as a guest in Disney's House of Mouse where he is voiced by Corey Burton. Here, he is more comic relief than an actual villain. In one particular episode, he sheepishly admits to Clarabelle Cow that he's afraid of the dark and in another during a blackout, he admits that he's "kind of afraid of the dark". In one episode he even reenacts a part of the Night on Bald Mountain segment before Pete tries to push him (and Bald Mountain) away with a bulldozer, which provokes the evil spirits that chase the selfish cat out of the club. In the Mickey's House of Villains direct-to-DVD film, he is shown to have some sort of relationship with Maleficent's dragon form, stating (during the song) that he loves her work. They are seen again together shortly before Mickey's fight with Jafar, during the sequence that parodies the The Rite of Spring segment.

Chernabog makes an appearance in Disney at Dawn, the second book of The Kingdom Keepers series. Though he is mentioned numerous times throughout, his major role is at the end of the book, where it is revealed that he has been trapped by Disney Imagineers in the form of the Yeti in the Disney's Animal Kingdom attraction Expedition Everest. He is freed by Maleficent, and flies out of the mountain, before escaping capture and escaping from the park. In a cliffhanger ending, it is reported he and Maleficent have most likely taken shelter in MGM Studios, and he is likely to return in the third installment of the series.

At the end of Disney Epic Mickey, The Shadow Blot takes on the appearence of Chernabog, towering over the Wasteland in a pose not dissimilar to the scene in Fantasia.

Other Fantasia characters

This section excludes Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, as no characters actually appear in that segment.

Nutcracker Suite

  • The Fairies are tiny creatures that have control over nature. There are different types of them to control over each season (i.e. spring, bright colors; summer, green; autumn, orange; winter, white). They appear in the form of tiny women with a single color on them according to their abilities, with leathery wings. They are completely naked like the cupids in The Pastoral Symphony.
  • The Dancing Mushrooms A charming dance sequence of six mushrooms plus an adorably tiny featured mushroom that is out of step with the rest of the group and steals the show. Although all characters in the Nutcracker Suite are nameless, this smallest mushroom has since been referred to as "Hop Low."
  • The Dancing Flowers play a similar role to that of the Dancing Mushrooms, coming to life due to the fairies' magic. They dance until they become normal flowers again. The males are roses while the females are tulips.
  • The Goldfish appear in the Arabian Dance. They do not strictly dance, but swim around accompanied by the music.
  • The Dancing Thistles perform the Trepak.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

  • The Broomsticks appear because of Mickey's magic. When Mickey tries to do one of the wizard's spells by making a broomstick come to life and to get arms, the broomstick is supposed to do Mickey's job; however, Mickey's magic seems to get out of control. Mickey tries to stop it by smashing it with an axe. The remaining pieces of the broomstick all turn into additional broomsticks. They flood the house until the magic is stopped by Yen Sid. The Broomsticks also made cameo appearances in Disney's House of Mouse, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and the Kingdom Hearts video game series. They also appear followed by a gigantic one in Mickey's Philharmagic. A blotling version of them, known as Sweepers, will appear in the upcoming Disney Epic Mickey.

The Rite of Spring

  • The Stegosaurus is T. Rex's prey. After a brief fight, the Stegosaurus gets caught by T. Rex.
  • The Ceratosaurus is a carnivorus dinosaur that has a family of other Ceratosaurs and attacked a bunch of Diplodocus and Stegosaurus in the drout.
  • The Pteranodon are pterdactyls that swoop down and catch fish from the ocean, one was unfortunately eaten by a liopleurodon.
  • The Apatosaurus are dinosaurs that are with the other herbivores.
  • The Hadrosaurus are duckbill dinosaurs that eat the water plants in the lake.
  • The Iguanodons are a herd of dinosaurs that travel and look for food, a little lizard usually follows the herd, eating the scraps they leave behind.

Intermission/Meet the Soundtrack

  • Soundtrack is said to be the film's soundtrack. The Soundtrack takes the appearance of a white string instrument-like being. Apparently it can make any sound in the world, changing its appearance to match the sound it makes.

The Pastoral Symphony

  • Bacchus is the god of wine. The mythological creatures in this segment gather for a festival to honor him.
  • Jacchus is Bacchus' horned donkey.
  • Zeus is the king of all the Olympian Gods. He decides to have a little fun by throwing lightning bolts (all of which are forged by Vulcan) at the attendees of the festival. He decides to stop hurting people with lightning bolts and goes to sleep in the huge clouds as he takes off his sandals.
  • The Mythological creatures are centaurs, unicorns, pegasi, the gods of Mount Olympus, fauns, cupids, and other legendary creatures and characters of classical mythology who gather for a festival to honor Bacchus. Some of them made cameo appearances in Disney and Touchstone's hit 1988 film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
  • The Olympian Gods also appear in this segment after Zeus' storm. They are Iris, goddess of the Rainbow; Apollo, god of the Sun; Morpheus, god of Dreams; and Diana, goddess of the Moon.
  • Sunflower is a female centaur who is part African girl and part donkey. She was cut from later versions of the film.

Dance of the Hours

  • Madame Upanova is an anthropomorphic pink dressed Ostrich who is the leader of the Ostrich ballet dancing group and the first one to wake up. As she feeds some Ostriches some fruit, she tries to eat the grapes she holds in her beak. Madame Upanova makes a cameo appearance in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. She is a little depressed that she is not part of the climax of her show. She also is featured in Disney World and Disneyland. Although she is a female, she has the appearance of a male ostrich.
  • The Ostriches wear blue bows that match their ballet slippers. They dance in the morning and then in the night. They appear in the beginning of Dance of the Hours and then in the climax. In the beginning they wake up in the morning and dance until they fight for a bunch of grapes. They are then scared by the waking up of the Hippopotamus. In the climax they're found by the alligators and are forced to dance.
  • Hyacinth Hippo first appears coming out of a fountain and eats the grapes the Ostriches had been fighting over. After she dances with her friends, she gets tired and falls asleep. She continues to sleep (oblivious to any and all floating bubbles and other large animals) until she is woken by Ben Ali Gator. At first she is scared and bashful, but over the course of a minute of dancing she falls in love with him. She is the only hippo to wear yellow. Hyacinth Hippo makes a cameo appearance in Who Framed Roger Rabbit as one of the toons. As she sits on the bench, it breaks because she is heavy. She also makes a cameo appearance in "Disney's Bonkers" in Season 2 Episode 32 "Cartoon Cornered", having a small dance with Sergeant Grating.
  • The Hippopotamuses are Hyacinth Hippo's maids. After she wakes, they help her into her ballerina dress. When she falls asleep they help her get onto a bed, then they leave the stage. In the final scene they are found by the Alligators and forced to dance. The Hippopotami have a cameo appearance in Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas, in which they try to help Daisy be the champion in ice skating. At the climax they ice skate with the Alligators.
  • Elephanchine is an anthropomorphic elephant. She looks just like the other elephants, so you never actually know if it's Elephanchine doing something or it's just one of her elephants. An elephant, presumably Elephanchine, is once seen blowing a bubble with a fish inside, much to her own surprise.
  • The Elephants play a similar role to that of the Ostriches, only that they dance making bubbles. They then get blown away by the wind—quite a feat for animals their size. They are later found by the Alligators. They have the ability to blow bubbles through their trunks.
  • Ben Ali Gator is the prince of the Alligators. He is first seen jumping off a column and scaring away the Alligators. When he sees the sleeping Hippo he falls in love with her on the spot. They playfully begin a chase which escalates to the final dance. He makes a cameo appearance in "Disney's Bonkers" in Season 2 Episode 32 "Cartoon Cornered", scaring Sergeant Grating away.
  • The Alligators are presumably Ben Ali Gator's compatriots. In the climax of Dance of the Hours, they find all the other animals and force them to dance. When they appear for the first time, they are seen with folded capes wrapped around them, similar to vampires. They keep themselves shrouded until Hyacinth tries to escape into the columns and they block her. They then partner up with the Hippopotami, Ostriches, and Elephants. Just like the Hippopotami, The Alligators have a cameo appearance in Disney's Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas. They try to help Minnie Mouse be the champion in ice skating. At the climax they ice skate with the Hippopotami.

Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria

  • The spirits and demons are Chernabog's minions. They wake up every night at Bald Mountain by Chernabog's shadow. They were also the killers in the 1998 movie and they do not appear on Kingdom Hearts.

Fantasia 2000 characters

This section excludes characters from carried-over segments of the original film.

Symphony No. 5

  • The Butterflies and the Bats fly in a world half light and half darkness, until it's finally conquered by light. One of the butterflies had been bitten on the wing and is unable to fly faster.

Pines of Rome

  • The Whale Calf is separated from his parents when he's trapped in an iceberg he dove into to get away from the seagulls, later finding his way out with his mother's help. Just like his parents, the calf can fly. He is very scared of lightning.
  • The Humpback Whales look like normal whales in the beginning, but then they are able to fly due to a supernova.

Rhapsody in Blue

  • Duke, the Builder is one of the characters who wishes for a better life. He wishes to be a Jazz music player.
  • Rachel, the Little Girl also wishes for a better life. She wishes to spend more time with her parents.
  • Alex, the Red-Haired Man, also wishes for a better life. He wishes to be free from his wife, who treats him as a servant.
  • Jobless Joe, the Poor Man, also wishes for a better life. He wishes to have a job.
  • Alex's Wife treats her husband as a servant; in the end she is accidentally lifted up by a hook controlled by Jobless Joe.

Piano Concerto No. 2, Allegro, Opus 102

  • The Tin Soldier is based on Hans Christian Andersen's Tin Soldier. He falls in love with the Ballerina. He is then thrown out of the window and into a waste pipe by a jealous Jack in the Box. The waste pipe leads him into the sea, there he is swallowed by a fish. The fish is caught and coincidentally bought by the mother of the young boy. The soldier falls out of the fish's mouth in front of his owner who brings him back to the toy room. The Soldier saves the Ballerina from the Jack in the Box, but before the soldier can kiss the Ballerina, midnight is over and they become normal toys again.
  • The Ballerina is based on Hans Christian Andersen's character. In the film a Jack in the Box falls in love with her but she rejects him, instead favoring the Tin Soldier who's also in love with her. After the Jack in the Box throws the Soldier out of the window, she gets angry at him and refuses to have anything at all to do with him. She is finally saved by the Tin Soldier.
  • The Jack in the Box is first seen waking up at midnight and falling in love with the Ballerina. When she rejects him Jack in the Box gets mad. In a fit of rage he throws the Soldier out the window. Then he tries to woo the Ballerina but fails dramatically. When the Soldier comes back, Jack in the Box fights him with a sword but ends up falling into the fireplace.

Carnival of the Animals, Finale

  • The Yo-Yo Flamingo likes playing with a yo-yo, and knows a lot of tricks. This habit irritates the other flamingos who try to take away his yo-yo, though he keeps a set of spares.
  • The Snooty Flamingos pride themselves on uniformity and grace, wishing their other member to join the ranks and act the same. They are so frustrated by the yo-yo that they take it away. Unfortunately for them, their nonconformist companion ties them up with one of his extras.

Noah's Ark (Pomp and Circumstance - Marches 1, 2, 3 and 4)

  • Donald Duck is Noah's assistant, and the protagonist of this segment.
  • Noah is based on the Biblical figure. He is first seen calling all the animal couples in the world to enter the ark. Then he is seen patting Donald Duck's head in the climax of the segment.
  • The Animal Couples are called by Noah to enter the ark before the land gets flooded.
  • The Unicorn, the Griffin and the Dragon have cameo appearances to laugh for the other animals.

Firebird Suite

  • The Spring Sprite is a woman-like spirit that has control over growing things. Wherever she goes plants sprout...except the Firebird's mountain. When she curiously explores it, she angers the firebird who attacks her and burns the forest. She is then brought back to life by the elk, but she is weakened and weeps over the destruction of the forest. Soon she discovers that her tears bring the spark of life back to the forest and she restores life to the land, including the mountain. Her appearance varies according to her surroundings. In the pool she is clear as glass, then as she goes about making things grow she is green, when she wakes from the ashes she is the same dull gray color as them, and she at last becomes blue when she sends a healing rain all over the earth.
  • The Elk is first seen breathing into an icy pool where the Spring Sprite has weathered the winter. Then he finds her after the Firebird destroys the forest.
  • The Firebird is woken up by the Spring Sprite in a volcano. Angry for being disturbed, he tries to destroy her. During his climax he spreads his fiery wings and descends on her while the forest burns to cinders all around.

References

  1. ^ Walt Disney Home Entertainment – Scratchpad Wiki Labs – Free wikis from Wikia
  2. ^ http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=100611
  3. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4TuB_cNIaY
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