50 Fun Facts About Toontown Online

Disney shut down Toontown Online in 2013 to put its resources into which more popular virtual world?

Club Penguin had about 200 million registered users when Disney chose it over Toontown, which went dark on September 19, 2013.

Which Toontown Online currency, spent on gags and furniture, also serves as bait when a Toon goes fishing?

Jellybeans pay for nearly everything in Toontown, and each house has a bank that holds up to 12,000 of them. Any overflow is given to a Toon charity.

In Toontown Online's typed chat, words outside Disney's approved dictionary appeared to others as what?

Animal sounds matched the speaker's species, so a blocked word typed by a dog Toon came out as a bark and one typed by a pig as an oink.

What do Toons throw at Toontown Online's Sellbot V.P. to knock him down the ramp and off the edge?

Cream pies only count once one lands in his open undercarriage and makes him dizzy. Toons restock by jumping up to touch the cage hanging overhead.

In Toontown Online's backstory, which unsuspecting Disney character unleashed the Cogs on the cartoon world?

Scrooge McDuck never meant to: the business robots he set loose want to turn colourful Toontown into a black-and-white city of skyscrapers.

What are Toontown Online's pets called, adopted at Pet Shops and trained to do tricks that heal Toons?

Doodles can be called into a Cog battle through the SOS panel, and the better the trick one pulls off, the more Laff it restores to the Toons nearby.

When was Disney's Toontown Online officially released, after months as a public sneak peek?

June 2003 brought the full launch, on the 2nd, at $9.95 a month. The sneak peek had run since October 2002 and had already earned a game-of-the-year nomination.

Which gag track in Toontown Online refills other Toons' Laff meters but can never be used on yourself?

Toon-Up gags heal teammates only, and a weak one that earns just a chuckle counts as a miss and gives no experience.

Which fan-made revival of Disney's closed MMO, begun by 15-year-old Joey Ziolkowski, lets Toons fight Cogs for free?

Toontown Rewritten opened to alpha testers in October 2013, weeks after the closure. Its volunteers take no donations or adverts and left the Disney characters out to avoid legal trouble.

Before facing the Bossbot C.E.O. in Toontown Online, Toons dress as what to serve hungry Cogs their dinner?

Waiters it is: the suits come off v2.0 Cogs beaten on the way in, and feeding each banquet Cog three times makes it explode.

Which Disney character lends his name to both the Gag Shops and the kart-racing Speedway in Toontown Online?

Goofy's Gag Shop has a branch in every playground, with the flagship in Toontown Central, and his Speedway sits right next door to it.

Which Toontown Online neighbourhood does Pluto roam, where Toon HQ deals out some of the toughest ToonTasks?

The Brrrgh is winter all year round, with a Toon HQ housed in an igloo, ice fishing on the pond and snowflakes to collect for Laff.

What was Toontown Online's menu of ready-made phrases called, built so that children could chat safely?

SpeedChat let players link layers of pre-written phrases into whole sentences, and Disney billed it as an industry innovation when the game launched.

Which Disney character sells Toontown Online's Toons furniture, clothes and fishing rods over the telephone?

Clarabelle Cow runs the punningly named Cattlelog, where items on back order cost more than when they were first offered, so bargain hunters shop early.

Sellbot HQ, lair of the V.P., sits just off which Toontown Online neighbourhood, at the end of Oak Street?

Daisy Gardens leads to Sellbot HQ by way of Oak Street, and its playground hides a hedge maze with a giant rotating blossom at the centre.

Which gag track in Toontown Online is among the most powerful but always misses a Cog that has been lured?

Drop gags are also the least accurate in the game, so teams stun a Cog with another gag in the same round to give the falling object a better chance.

Which Cog boss in Toontown Online wears a thrown safe as a helmet if Toons hurl it before he is dizzy?

The C.F.O. is fought from four magnetic cranes, which swing disabled Goons at his head. Only a second safe will knock the helmet off again.

In Toontown Online's Chief Justice trial, who gets fired from cannons to fill the empty seats on the jury?

Shopkeepers shot into the jury box tip the Scales of Injustice toward the Toons, and a well-aimed one can knock a seated Cog juror out of a chair.

On which day of the week did Toontown Online's fishing ponds host Bingo, with a jackpot card every hour?

Wednesday was Bingo night from noon to 9 p.m. Pacific time, and the hourly Super Blockout card pitted every pond in a district against the rest.

Which 1988 film is set partly in Toontown, the animated metropolis that Marvin Acme owns and Judge Doom wants erased?

Who Framed Roger Rabbit puts Toontown beside 1947 Los Angeles, where Doom plans to wipe it out with a dip-spraying machine and build a freeway.

Every new Toon in Toontown Online starts with a Squirting Flower and which first gag of the Throw track?

Cupcake is the weakest Throw gag, and stronger ones unlock as a Toon earns skill points in battle. Of the seven gag tracks, a Toon can only ever learn six.

Which level 7 gag tops Toontown Online's Squirt track, above the Fire Hose and the Storm Cloud?

Geyser, like every level 7 gag, cannot be bought: a Toon earns one by maxing out the track's skill points or by planting a gag tree, and can carry only one.

Which Toon species in Toontown Online was reserved for paying members, along with horses and bears?

Monkey, horse and bear Toons were for subscribers only, which left free players to choose among cats, dogs, ducks, mice, pigs and rabbits.

Which Toon, president of the Toon Council, signs the welcome letter to new residents of Toontown Online?

Flippy works from Toon Hall in Toontown Central, and his letter sets every newcomer the same first ToonTask: have fun.

What do Toons hunt for while swimming in the Donald's Dock playground to refill Laff in Toontown Online?

Starfish restore 10 Laff points each, against just 3 for the ice cream cones of Toontown Central, though the official guide warned they can be scarce.

What must Toons collect by defeating Lawbots to earn a promotion and a day in court in Toontown Online?

Jury Notices pile up fastest inside the District Attorney's office, where Toons sneak past giant Goons, searchlights and lasers to recover them.

Coin, Dollar and Bullion are the names of three what in a Cog headquarters in Toontown Online?

Mints are where Cog money is printed, and each floor ends at a safe guarded by a Supervisor Skelecog. Bullion is the hardest of the three and pays the most.

Which type of Cog in Toontown Online has its headquarters off Pajama Place in Donald's Dreamland?

Cashbots built their train yard on the edge of Dreamland, and the street's own blurb jokes that Toons had better change if they want to impress them.

In Toontown Online's Bossbot HQ, what must Toons fight straight after defeating a 'version 2.0' Cog?

Its skeleton steps out of the wreck, so every v2.0 Cog has to be beaten twice, which is why the official guide told Toons to stock up on gags first.

Which boss atop the central silo of Toontown Online's Sellbot HQ gives up one Cog disguise part per defeat?

The Factory Foreman has to be beaten ten times, once for each part of the suit, before a Toon can start earning merits toward a meeting with the V.P.

Which vehicle in every Toontown Online playground takes Toons off to play multiplayer mini-games?

The Trolley's games get harder from one neighbourhood to the next, and the official launch added one in which Toons catch fruit falling from trees.

A Toon whose Laff meter hits zero in Toontown Online loses every gag and is said to go what?

Sad Toons are sent back to the nearest playground, where treats such as ice cream cones, or simply waiting around, refill the meter.

Bossbot HQ in Toontown Online is hidden inside what kind of 'ultra-exclusive' venue?

A country club suits the Bossbots, who spend their days on golf courses called the Front Three, the Middle Six and the Back Nine.

Which reward for beating the Bossbot C.E.O. lets a Toontown Online player instantly dismiss a Cog from battle?

Pink Slips are used through a Fire button on the gag panel, and every further win over the boss earns a Toon more of them.

What event doubles the gag skill points a Toon earns in street battles in Toontown Online?

A Cog invasion stacks with the multiplier for the higher floors of a Cog building, so a gag worth five points can earn twenty on a third floor.

Which fishing rod does every Toon start with in Toontown Online?

Twig rods land plenty of fish, but Toontown's heavier species need stronger rods, and the bucket holds only 20 fish before a Toon has to sell up.

What did two Toontown Online players have to swap outside the game to chat openly as True Friends?

A secret code generated by the game expired after 48 hours, and the feature, first known as Secret Friends, needed a parent's approval.

Which Toontown Online designer left Disney Imagineering for Carnegie Mellon and later wrote The Art of Game Design?

Jesse Schell spent seven years at Walt Disney Imagineering before joining Carnegie Mellon, and his own studio later hired the teenager behind the game's fan revival.

Which Disney-built game engine powered Toontown Online and was released as open source in 2002?

Panda3D grew out of an engine written for a theme-park ride, Aladdin's Magic Carpet, and later ran Pirates of the Caribbean Online as well.

Which Disney team, set up within Walt Disney Imagineering's R&D arm, developed Toontown Online?

The Virtual Reality Studio began by building 3D theme-park attractions, and its director, Mike Goslin, said that work taught the team how to design for a mass audience.

What does every Toon in Toontown Online carry that holds the map, the gags page and the game options?

The Shticker Book also tracks fishing trophies, ToonTasks and the Cog Gallery, and its Map page has the button that sends a Toon home.

What is the shared home called that every Toontown Online account receives, with a house for each of its Toons?

An estate comes with a private fishing pond and a house per Toon, and friends can teleport in to visit or swim in the stream.

Which Disney duo hosts the outdoor Toontown Online playground where Toons picnic and play minigolf?

Chip 'n Dale preside over Acorn Acres, reached by a tunnel from Donald's Dock, where the acorns scattered about restore 3 Laff points apiece.

Which Disney park opened the cartoon-styled land Mickey's Toontown in 1993, where visitors tour the characters' homes?

Disneyland got the land first, combining shelved plans for an area called Hollywoodland with Florida's Mickey's Birthdayland; Tokyo's version followed in 1996.

What did Disney call its real-life Toontown Online fan gatherings, held in Burbank in 2006 and Orlando in 2007?

ToonFest offered costume contests, developer panels and previews of new features, and the fan revival's volunteers later borrowed the name for their own conventions.

After announcing Toontown Online's closure in August 2013, Disney gave every remaining player what?

Free membership ran until the servers closed that September, while new subscriptions stopped being sold and paying members were no longer billed.

How does a Toon temporarily disable a Goon inside a Cog headquarters in Toontown Online?

Jump on its head and the Goon shuts down for a while; get caught in its eye beam instead and a Toon loses between 5 and 20 Laff points.

In Toontown Online's typed chat, starting a message with which character turned it into a thought bubble?

A period typed first swapped the speech balloon for a thought bubble, which also stayed on screen for longer.

Which Japanese company's online-games label put Toontown Online on shop shelves as a boxed CD-ROM in 2005?

Sony Online Entertainment's Platform Publishing label boxed the game with two months of play, a poster and a manual, and spoke of bringing it to consoles.

Which leader of the Toon Resistance radios instructions to Toons inside a Field Office in Toontown Online?

Lord Lowden Clear cuts in over the building's jammed security system, first to explain the mission and again to congratulate Toons on the jokes they recover.