The Sorcerer Hat is a magical article belonging to Mickey Mouse’s master, Yen Sid. First appearing in the 1940 Disney animated feature film Fantasia, the hat holds cosmic power capable of creating beauty and spectacle. The hat can be worn by anyone, but those who cannot control its magic can severely endanger both themselves and the world around them.
Appearances[]
Fantasia and Fantasia 2000[]
In the Fantasia segment The Sorcerer's Apprentice, the sorcerer hat makes its first appearance with Yen Sid wearing it as he worked on some spells. While Yen Sid is asleep, Mickey puts the hat on, its magical energy absorbing into his blood. He then uses the hat to cast a spell on a broom so that it may do the chores for him. He then falls into a deep sleep himself, dreaming of using the magical energy within to create shooting stars and crashing waves of ocean water. But Mickey soon finds himself unable to use the hat's power to stop the broom (and later brooms) from causing a flood. And in the aftermath of the mess Mickey caused while using it, Mickey gives the hat back to Yen Sid as he was not ready to wield its incredible energy at that time.
The segment was later reused in the sequel, Fantasia 2000.
House of Mouse[]
In "Goofy for a Day", Mickey wears the hat at the beginning of the episode, since being a show host isn't easy.
In "Mickey and Minnie's Big Vacation", One Hundred and One Dragon's act sets fire to the club and Mickey uses the hat to summon the Magic Brooms to put it out (this time, he apparently figured out how to keep the Brooms under control).
In "Pete's Christmas Caper", Pete steals the hat from Yen Sid and uses its power to summon the Magic Brooms, ordering them to steal everyone's Christmas presents.
In "Mickey's House of Villains", Mickey uses the hat's power to battle Jafar during the climax. After deflecting several hat-induced attacks from Mickey, Jafar knocks the hat off of Mickey's head, but Aladdin comes to the rescue and gives Mickey the magic lamp to suck Jafar in.
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse[]
In the episodes "The Friendship Team" the hat's design was put in the form of a party hat as homage to Mickey's first feature.
Mickey's 60th Birthday[]
The Hat makes a cameo appearance in Mickey's 60th Birthday. The hat was used by Mickey Mouse when he uses the magic and fixes all the mess on stage that Roger Rabbit caused. It was later used by a Sorcerer (who was not Yen Sid) named The Wizard, when he told him not to use it and warned him to use his own magic instead of someone else's, he uses the hat and his magic powers to put a spell on Mickey.
Mickey Mouse[]
A painting of Minnie Mouse wearing the hat can be seen in the episode "House Painters".
The hat can be seen twice during the episode "Hats Enough": It is first seen among many other hats in a shop. Mickey later wears the hat (alongside his outfit from Fantasia) while searching for a hat, only to discard it when a flood appears magically.
Sofia the First[]
In the episode "Cedric's Apprentice", Princess Sofia wears a similar shaped hat in glittery purple while learning magic beside the royal sorcerer Cedric for her sorcery test at Royal Prep. Sofia's sorcerer hat wouldn't be seen again until the second season in "The Enchanted Feast" whereupon looking into Morpho Mirrors, Sofia could see different reflections of herself wearing different outfits, including her sorcerer robes and hat.
Other appearances[]
During the end credits in The Hunchback of Notre Dame , the sorcerer hat can be seen in between of "Scene Planning" and "Producing Coordinators" credits list. The hat also makes a cameo in the sequel as one of Sarousch's objects.
In the Mickey Mouse Works short "Donald's Rocket Ruckus", when Huey, Dewey, and Louie try to get on an amusement park ride that they are too short to go on by wearing tall hats, Louie wears the sorcerer hat.
The hat makes a cameo appearance in the Tangled: The Series episode "Keeper of the Spire". When Rapunzel and Calliope make it to the vault at the top of the spire, the hat is seen among other familiar objects from the Disney Universe.
The hat can be briefly seen in the Amphibia episode "Reunion", among the objects in Sasha's room.
The hat appears in the Chibi Tiny Tales short, "Scratch's Sugar Rush", as a part of Molly McGee's Sorcerer's Apprentice costume.
In Once Upon a Studio, Flora and Merryweather are briefly seen alternating the colours of the studio hat on the roof of the Roy E. Disney Animation Building.
Live-action appearances[]
The Sorcerer's Apprentice[]
In a scene after the credits, the hat is seen in the room where Horvath picks up his own hat.
Once Upon a Time[]
The hat makes its first appearance in the Season Four premiere, "A Tale of Two Sisters".
The Sorcerer's Hat is a pointed hat that when worn or used allows the owner to wield unlimited power. The Sorcerer's Hat is kept in a box that can be opened by a person that isn't consumed by evil or darkness and is kept under the watchful eye of the Apprentice. When Zoso attempted to acquire the Sorcerer's Hat, he was defeated by a mysterious protection shield. The Apprentice then tells Zoso that the box cannot be opened by someone who has accepted darkness in their heart. Zoso vanishes and the Apprentice says that no Dark One will ever open the box.
The Sorcerer's Hat has become an obsession for Rumplestiltskin in the Enchanted Forest, he was able to possess it through getting Anna to face up to her darkness when he threatened to lock her up in a tower and this would mean she would never see her sister Elsa again, so she was going to kill Rumpelstiltskin but her love of Elsa made her do the right thing and a tear from her eye was collected on the dagger so Rumpelstiltskin could use it but Anna managed to get hold of his Dagger and force him to give her the hat after he was bitten by the Apprentice and in Storybrooke, Mr. Gold has the item in possession and has gone to great lengths to use it, with the Apprentice being his first victim by sending him into the hat's vortex. It is later discovered that Elsa. When Ingrid (now Sarah) in Storybrooke saw Gold with the Sorcerer's Hat, he told her that he has the leverage that she wanted.
Rumplestiltskin holding the hat.
Gold would later use the Sorcerer's Hat on Emma in order to take her powers away but was thwarted by Elsa before it could happen, which was followed by using it successfully on the fairies while they were trying to come up with a spell to stop The Snow Queen from enacting the Spell of Shattered Sight on Storybrooke. Gold hoped that by absorbing magic from others, this would free him of the Dark One's Dagger and escape Storybrooke. Just as he almost succeeded in doing so, Belle saw through his deception and used the dagger on him, which resulted in his exile from Storybrooke leaving behind the Sorcerer's Hat.
Due to Gold's manipulations, not only were the fairies released, but the powerful demon Chernabog as well. At that point, it was revealed that the hat could only suck in magical beings once. An annoyed Emma compared the hat's ability to trap magical beings to the chicken pox.
With the help of the Blue Fairy, the Apprentice is released.
The Hat is later seen when the Apprentice uses his power to pull the darkness out of Gold and transfers it into the Sorcerer's Hat. However, the hat is unable to contain the darkness and it is unleashed into the Apprentice.
Disney Parks[]
Disney's Hollywood Studios[]
- Main article: The Sorcerer's Hat (Disney's Hollywood Studios)
A giant replica of the Sorcerer's Hat was built in 2001 and until 2015 served as the symbol of the park. Disney confirmed that it was to be taken down in October 2014 and dismantling started on January 7, 2015.
Mickey's PhilharMagic[]
The hat appears prominently throughout the 4D film, Mickey's Philarmagic. Here, Donald Duck accidentally loses the hat and goes on an adventure through several Disney musical numbers to get it back.
Town Square Theater[]
The hat appears on a shelf in a dressing-room used by Mickey Mouse for his magic-shows.
Star Tours: The Adventures Continue[]
The hat appears in the queue for Star Tours in a piece of luggage passing by G2-9T. As the hat is checked, the Goose Droid makes a comment about how he got a job at Star Tours when he apprenticed.
Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress[]
The hat makes two cameo appearances in this attraction. The hat appears on a table nearby John's daughter in the 1940s sequence and there is an abstract portrait depicting Sorcerer Mickey in the dining-room.
Disney Games[]
Fantasia: Music Evolved[]
The Sorcerer's Hat appears in this game and its history is elaborated on. It is revealed that Yen Sid received his hat during his own training in the magical arts and a new star appeared on the hat whenever he learned new magic. His newest apprentice (the Player) also uses this hat to aid in stopping the Noise from overtaking the Realms of Fantasia. Scout, another of Yen Sid's apprentices also has her own Sorcerer's hat though hers is a variation in the form of a cap instead.
Epic Mickey[]
The Sorcerer's Hat appears in the Epic Mickey franchise however it has no role to play in the plots of any of the games.
Kingdom Hearts[]
The Sorcerer's Hat appears in the Kingdom Hearts franchise however it has no role to play in the plots of any of the games.
Kinect: Disneyland Adventures[]
Sorcerer Hats with Mickey Mouse ears can be seen in the Emporium in the game. Despite hats being available for purchase, the Sorcerer Hats cannot.
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