Figment Movie in the Works Based on Disney Theme Park Character From ‘Detective Pikachu’ Writers
thewrap.comagain. This new version, opening sheepishly in 2002, featured Figment (now voiced by Goelz) and the head of the Imagination Institute, Nigel Channing (Eric Idle) and sucked almost as much as the one that opened in 1999.
Mercifully, every iteration of the attraction featured a version of the Sherman Brothers’ wonderful “One Little Spark” song, which is one of the most recognizable (and deeply catchy) Disney theme park songs.Much of what made the initial attraction so outstanding – the playful sense of whimsy and wonder, along with the advanced technological flourishes like those rotating rooms, was gone.
In its place was a lame story that tied into a new attraction that opened next door (Honey, I Shrunk the Audience, which has since been retired).
Much of this had to do with the original sponsorship agreements that were in place when EPCOT opened and required the sponsors to provide a refresh on the attraction every 10 years. (Funny story: Figment was originally green but his color was changed to purple at the insistence of original sponsor Kodak.
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