Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Oswald cartoon "Oh, What a Knight" was also included as an unlockable cartoon in the game. The re-discovered short "Poor Papa" was originally going to be in the game, but could not because Junction Point did not have enough time to scan the short into the game before its release. "" is a video game that was released on November 18, 2012. It is the second game in the "Epic Mickey" series and for the first time, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is a playable character in the game. Mickey Mouse makes his return to the alternate world of cartoon wasteland,
Rabbit folklore as the trickster archetype, as he uses his cunning to outwit his enemies. The rabbit as trickster is a part of American popular culture, as Br'er Rabbit (from African-American folktales and, later, Disney animation) and Bugs Bunny (the cartoon character from Warner Bros.), for example. Anthropomorphized rabbits have appeared in film and literature, in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (the White Rabbit and the March Hare characters), in "Watership Down" (including the film and television adaptations), in "Rabbit Hill" (by Robert Lawson), and in the "Peter Rabbit" stories (by Beatrix Potter). In the 1920s, "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit", was a