Acceptable Characters

[Donald Duck]

Disney - Allowed
Any character who is a direct product of Disney is acceptable for play in Fantasmic Kingdom and The Dream League. Any character who is distributed by Walt Disney Pictures is also fair game. This includes Disney movies, theme park attractions, television shows, video games, novels, comic books, etc. As long as it's from Disney, any character can be played here.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Allowed[/u]
Only the Disney characters and the original characters. Characters from different animation studios are not allowed.

The Chronicles of Narnia - Allowed Under a Special Condition
Only the first two Narnia films were distributed by Disney. As such, only Narnia characters from those movies are eligible for play. No character introduced in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader onward are allowed.

Kingdom Keepers characters - Allowed Under a Special Condition
Characters from the book series The Kingdom Keepers are allowed, but under one condition. There cannot be any mentioning of Walt Disney World, Disney Parks, and Disney characters being fictional at all. Both canons in Fantasmic Dreams exist in universes where Disney characters are real, and not fictional. So, all Kingdom Keepers characters will have to remove all references to Disney Parks and movies.

For example, Jez and Philby can be made. They may act like themselves, but they may not recognize Disney characters as fictional items created by the Walt Disney Company. They should just look at the characters as living beings.

Star Wars and Indiana Jones - Not Allowed
There are Star Wars and Indiana Jones attractions in Disney theme parks. Unfortunately, these characters are not allowed in Fantasmic Kingdom or The Dream League. As Yoda would say, "Disney characters, they are not. Hm, hm, hm!"

Kingdom Hearts - Not Allowed
Any character from Kingdom Hearts is not allowed. We're sorry, but this has been a rule for years. The reason is that we simply want this forum to focus more on Disney and less on Square-Enix-esque characters.

ABC Shows and Movies Released Under Different Motion Picture Banners - Not Allowed[/u]
A stickier situation is regarding movies and television shows tied with Disney, but not "officially" recognized as direct products of the Walt Disney label. These include television shows from the ABC network, and R and PG-13-rated movies from Disney affiliates such as Hollywood Pictures, etc. While these shows may have ties with Disney, they aren't allowed in Fantasmic Kingdom The Dream League. To give you an example, any character from Arachnophobia isn't allowed, and any character from Desperate Housewives or Lost are out of the question.

Only very specific Touchestone Pictures movies with completely direct ties to Disney, such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Dick Tracy, are allowed. Please ask an administrator for help and clarification.

The Muppets - Partially Allowed (Please Read)[/u]
Because Disney bought The Muppets and various Muppet-related items back in 2004, The Muppets are allowed in Fantasmic Kingdom. This means that it is legal to see Kermit the Frog hang out with George Darling.

There are, however, certain Jim Henson properties that are not allowed in Fantasmic Kingdom, because they weren't part of the Disney/Muppet deal. These include Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Farscape, Storyteller, MirrorMask, the Hoobs, and original characters from Muppets From Space and Muppets Take Manhattan (which were the two Muppet movies not acquired by Disney).

Suggested Muppet characters include but not limited to...

• Kermit the Frog
  
• Miss Piggy
  
• Gonzo the Great
  
• Rizzo the Rat
  
• Sweetums
  
• Statler and Waldorf
  
• Bear in the Big Blue House
  
• Clifford the Catfish
  
• Statler and Waldorf
  
• Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker (Meep meep!)
  
• Bean Bunny
  
• Sam the Eagle
  
• Any character from the TV series "Dinosaurs"
  
• And any human-portrayed characters from Disney-owned Muppet films, such as Long John Silver, Ebeneezer Scrooge, and so on.
  

Studio Ghibli Characters - Partially Allowed (Please Read)[/u]
Characters from Studio Ghibli films are also allowed, if they have an English dub produced by Disney. Grave of the Fireflies, therefore, is out of the question, as well as any Studio Ghibli film that has not been distributed by Disney. Princess Mononoke is allowed, because it was part of the Ghibli/Disney deal. It was only released under then Disney-owned Miramax because of the film's PG-13 rating.

Popeye and Dragonslayer - Not Allowed
Paramount Pictures co-produced and distributed the movies Popeye and Dragonslayer with Walt Disney Pictures. However, those characters aren't allowed in Fantasmic Kingdom or The Dream League, because they are predominantly Paramount characters. Sorry, Popeye; you know I love you. Agugugugugugu!

Marvel - Not Allowed[/u]
Shame and heartache, but at the current time Marvel characters are not allowed in Fantasmic Kingdom or The Dream League, even though Marvel was acquired by Disney.

DreamWorks - Not Allowed[/u]
Despite the Disney distribution deal with DreamWorks, characters from DreamWorks aren't allowed, either.

The Cartoon Wasteland from the upcoming video game Epic Mickey - Allowed Under a Special Condition[/u]
The Wasteland is located in the Non-Canon category, because it otherwise contradicts Fantasmic Kingdom's universe.

VERY Loosely Related to Disney/Non-Disney Movie Characters - Not Allowed[/u]
And I DO mean *loose*...for example, someone tried to bring Mrs. Brisby from The Secret of NIMH in here before. The only transparently THIN tie that movie (as great as it is, by the way!) has to Disney is that Don Bluth brought former animators from Walt Disney Animation Studios with him when he left to work on it. An association like that does not a Disney movie make, sorry. Additionally, just because a movie, animated or live-action, is a family-friendly musical does not mean it's Disney.

[George Darling]

Protip: Reiterate Kingdom Hearts in this post. Even though it's already in the official rules, it never hurts to pound your point into someone until they're a grease spot on the pavement.

[Donald Duck]

Oh!! Thanks for reminding me! I TOTALLY forgot! Haha! I'll hurry up and add that.

[Donald Duck]

Also added a bit about The Cartoon Wasteland from Epic Mickey.

[Rapunzel]

And added another addendum to the end. :3

[Donald Duck]

Added a bit about Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Yes.

[Donald Duck]

Kingdom Keepers characters are now allowed, but there's a catch. Read the updated post for more information.

[Donald Duck]

Updated! I can't believe I made a huge error about the Muppets. Both Muppets from Space AND Muppets Take Manhattan weren't acquired by Disney, so original characters from both of those movies are a bust.

[danielkimbrell]

I understand these roles very clearly, and I shall try to abide them.

[The Wastelander]

Just how loosely would a original character from an Oswald cartoon made after Walt Disney was involved be?

[Donald Duck]

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking. The Oswald cartoons continued, having been taken from Walt Disney. If there were any new characters in those shorts then they're not allowed; only the shorts that had Walt's involvement may be allowed.

Am I on the same page?

[The Wastelander]

Fair enough. I was trying to come up with a character to add to Wastelander's origins.