UmmYeahOk
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jun 18, 2015
Ok people. This is underrated characters, not underrated movies. If a movie is underrated, clearly everyone in it is underrated as well. An example, Oliver from Oliver & Company. Great film, overshadowed by the success of Little Mermaid. ZERO park presence. In 1988, he had a brief parade float, but Mickey's birthday was more important, so it quickly was gone. No merch. Like, once a decade, there may be a plush, may be a pin.
Marie - NOT underrated. Aristocats had their own gift shop in Fantasyland when the park opened in 1971. You can find Marie merch absolutely everywhere these days, even outside the parks. She even had her own meet & greet. There ALMOST was a sequel where she would be one a major character. But what about her brothers? They shared the exact same amount of screen time as her. In the 90s, you saw less of Marie, but when you did, you saw her brothers too. I have the pins to prove it. They were all equals.
Characters from movies that have sequels. Not underrated. Tarzan, Bambi, Cinderella... ...if your "underrated" character was in more than one movie, he's not over rated. Example: Figaro, no Pinocchio sequel, but various movies where he is Minnie Mouses cat. He's been in various cartoon shorts, even cameos... ...yet, unlike Marie, who was a bit character in ONE movie, he had no meet and greet, and very little merchandise compared to her.
Characters from underrated films that had a park presence: Hunchback had his very own stage show. Petes dragon, if we ignore the reboot, had/has his own parade float that has the most exposure than any other movies parade float, at least those not included in MSEP. The Sword in the Stone... ...park presence is, well, a sword in a stone (and anvil). No characters. Merlin used to show up occasionally, but not really any more. So any of these characters, yes. Underrated.
My submission - Oswald the VERY Lucky Rabbit. It all began with a mouse... ...but there would be no Mickey if there were no Oswald. He is 90 years old. So far, his contributions, a few shorts in the 20s (I refuse to see him as the same character once Disney and Iwerks lost control) and the two Epic Mickey video games. Where is he in the parks? He's there, but extremely rare. DCA gave him a home, and thankfully there is some merchandise. But really, a character who basically was Mickey and Donald rolled up into one, a character that inspired Walt to go into business for himself... SEVERELY underrated.
Marie - NOT underrated. Aristocats had their own gift shop in Fantasyland when the park opened in 1971. You can find Marie merch absolutely everywhere these days, even outside the parks. She even had her own meet & greet. There ALMOST was a sequel where she would be one a major character. But what about her brothers? They shared the exact same amount of screen time as her. In the 90s, you saw less of Marie, but when you did, you saw her brothers too. I have the pins to prove it. They were all equals.
Characters from movies that have sequels. Not underrated. Tarzan, Bambi, Cinderella... ...if your "underrated" character was in more than one movie, he's not over rated. Example: Figaro, no Pinocchio sequel, but various movies where he is Minnie Mouses cat. He's been in various cartoon shorts, even cameos... ...yet, unlike Marie, who was a bit character in ONE movie, he had no meet and greet, and very little merchandise compared to her.
Characters from underrated films that had a park presence: Hunchback had his very own stage show. Petes dragon, if we ignore the reboot, had/has his own parade float that has the most exposure than any other movies parade float, at least those not included in MSEP. The Sword in the Stone... ...park presence is, well, a sword in a stone (and anvil). No characters. Merlin used to show up occasionally, but not really any more. So any of these characters, yes. Underrated.
My submission - Oswald the VERY Lucky Rabbit. It all began with a mouse... ...but there would be no Mickey if there were no Oswald. He is 90 years old. So far, his contributions, a few shorts in the 20s (I refuse to see him as the same character once Disney and Iwerks lost control) and the two Epic Mickey video games. Where is he in the parks? He's there, but extremely rare. DCA gave him a home, and thankfully there is some merchandise. But really, a character who basically was Mickey and Donald rolled up into one, a character that inspired Walt to go into business for himself... SEVERELY underrated.