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This article is about the MMORPG. For more uses of "Toontown", see Toontown.

Disney's Toontown Online, commonly abbreviated Toontown Online or Toontown, was an MMORPG developed by The Walt Disney Company that was designed for ages seven and up. It is the subject of this wiki.

First introduced in the United States on June 2, 2003, Disney had since produced versions of Toontown Online for the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Brazil. The foreign versions were closed and all players had to use the USA server. Toontown Online could be played free, with many in-game restrictions, or it could be played with a subscription, with no restrictions whatsoever.

The game focused on the carefree toons in a world called Toontown, trying to stop the evil business-like robot cogs by teaming up and battling them with gags. There were also some non-combat activities. The world was divided into seven neighborhoods with several smaller areas. Each neighborhood has a non-player Disney character in its playground. Playgrounds are safe areas with no cogs. The streets that link them together, however, are greatly populated with cogs and cog buildings.

Toons

Main article: Toons

Toons are the main protagonists of the game. They are cartoon characters who look like animals. Toons use gags to battle the cogs and to make the toons laugh. In Toontown Online, players can create their own toon and complete tasks called ToonTasks to win rewards (higher laff limit, gag tracks, and more).

Cogs

Main article: Cogs

Cogs are the main antagonists of the game. They are evil business robots that are trying to take over Toontown by turning toon buildings into cog buildings. They were created by Gyro Gearloose, originally to help the toons in Toontown. Scrooge McDuck found the cog and put the wrong wires together, thus activating it and turning it evil.

Gags

SeltzbottleDDyesman — A toon using a Seltzer Bottle to defeat a cog

Main article: Gag

Gags can be used in a cog battle to make a cog laugh. If a cog laughs, it explodes. There are seven types of gags, called gag tracks. Each gag track performs a different role. A toon starts with two gags, the Squirting Flower and the Cupcake.

Jellybeans

Main article: Jellybeans

Jellybeans are Toontown's form of currency. With jellybeans, the player can buy in-game items, such as doodles, gags, furniture, and more. Jellybeans can be stored in their jellybean jar. They can also be fed to Doodles.

Doodles and pet shops

Main article: Doodle

Doodles are pets. They are jellybean-shaped creatures that have the ability to make a players toon laugh, and laughter is good for a toon's health. They can perform a variety of tricks at a players request, and these tricks can get them some laff points. They can be purchased with jellybeans at a pet shop.

Toon houses and estates

Main article: Estate

Toons have their own house, located in their estate. At a toon's estate, you can fish, play with doodles, and plant a garden. They can also go in their house and decorate it with furniture, which can be purchased with jellybeans from Clarabelle's Cattlelog. In a toon's house, a player can also find a jellybean bank, a phone, and a wardrobe.

Fishing and Fish Bingo

Main article: Fishing

There are fishing ponds in every playground, on every street of Toontown, and at every toon's estate. Toons can catch fish via a simple game and then sell them for jellybeans to a non-player pet shop clerk or a nearby fisherman. There is a fisherman at every pond. There are currently seventy species of fish, and players earn a trophy for each ten new species that they catch. Toons can use these trophies to earn laff points.

Every Wednesday is "Bingo Wednesday." Toons on each pond share a bingo card and try to complete it by catching different fish species before a timer runs out and win up to 10,000 jellybeans.

Trolley games

Main article: Trolley

Trolley games are played on the trolley. Trolleys can be found in any of the playgrounds, except in Chip 'n Dale's Acorn Acres and Goofy Speedway. Trolley games are minigames that up to four toons can play to win jellybeans. The amount of jellybeans a toon get depends on their score in the trolley game.

Gardening

Main article: Gardening

Toons can grow and maintain a garden of flowers, statues, and gag trees at their estates. The gags picked from gag trees have higher-than-normal damage capability. Different species of flowers can be grown by planting different combinations of jellybeans. There are forty types of flowers, and a player earns a laff point and a trophy for each ten species grown. Bloomed flowers can be sold for jellybeans. To sell flowers, go to the wheelbarrow located in the sandy area at your estate.

Kart racing

Various types of karts

Main article: Goofy Speedway

Toons can race against each other in Goofy Speedway, an area that consists of six different race tracks (along with their reversed versions) plus a shop that sells karts and kart accessories. Similar to all kart-racing video games, racers can collect and use items (pies, anvils, speed-boosts, banana peels) on each other during the race. Thirty racing trophies can also be earned, and for each ten, the toon will earn another laff point. Every Monday, the Grand Prix is held, in which toons can win many more tickets than usual as well as special trophies. There is also a scoreboard featured showing the recent best time scores with certain toons and their names.

MiniGolf

Chip and Dales Golf — Toons riding in a golf kart

Main article: Chip 'n Dale's MiniGolf

In Chip 'n Dale's MiniGolf, toons can play miniature golf to earn trophies which can be redeemed for laff points (one for every ten trophies up to a total of three). There are three courses with their specific colors: "Walk in the Par" (green), "Hole Some Fun" (yellow), and "The Hole Kit and Caboodle" (red), each progressively more difficult than the last. Toons are able to access Minigolf from Chip 'n Dale's Acorn Acres, which is located next to the playground of Donald's Dock.

Toon parties

Cog o war outside — Cog-O-War, a game for parties

Main article: Toon party

Toon parties are a non-combatant gathering with friends. These half-hour parties can be public (anyone can come) or private (only invited toons). Special activities for the party include a jukebox, a catching game, a dance floor, trampolines, party cannons, fireworks, Party decorations, and Tug of War. To host a party or go to a party, there are party gates in every playground except Goofy Speedway and Chip 'n Dale's Acorn Acres.

Release Dates

Toontown Beta 1 - August 20, 2001
Toontown Beta 2 - September 10, 2002
Toontown Beta 3 - January 4, 2003
Official release - June 2, 2003
Japan release - April 19, 2004
UK release - May 24, 2004
Germany release - November 15, 2004
France release - May 1, 2005
Spain release - November 24, 2005

Click here to see the release notes of 2013.

Closure

Main article: Closure of Toontown Online

Toontown closed on September 19, 2013. All players were given free membership benefits starting August 20, 2013. The site now redirects to Disney's homepage at disney.com.

Recognition

Over the course of the decade, Disney's Toontown Online has received several awards.

Children's Software (Technology) Review - All Star Award (2003)
Computer Gaming World
- Game of the Year, MMORPG category (2003)
Game Industry News - Family Game of the Year (2004)
iParenting Media Awards - Greatest Products Award Winner, Video Games (2007)
Nominated for Academy of Interactive Arts Society 2003 PC Massively Multiplayer/Persistent World Game of the Year Award
Parents' Choice — Silver Honor (2003)
Parent Tested Parent Approved - Seal of Approval (2009)
Webby Awards
- Webby Worthy Selection (2005)
- People's Voice Award, Kid's Category (2003)
Web Marketing Association's Web Award
- Outstanding Website (2007)
- Outstanding Game Website (2004)
WiredKids — Safe Gaming Award (2005)

Trivia

Toontown is based on the fictional universe that was home to Roger Rabbit in the 1980's film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

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-'''''Disney's Toontown Online''''', commonly abbreviated '''''Toontown Online''''' or '''''Toontown''''', is an [[Wikipedia:Massive multiplayer online role-playing game|MMORPG]] developed by [[Disney|The Walt Disney Company]] that was designed for ages seven and up. It is the subject of this wiki.
+'''''Disney's Toontown Online''''', commonly abbreviated '''''Toontown Online''''' or '''''Toontown''''', was an [[Wikipedia:Massive multiplayer online role-playing game|MMORPG]] developed by [[The Walt Disney Company]] that was designed for ages seven and up. It is the subject of this wiki.
-First introduced in the United States on June 2, 2003, Disney had since produced versions of ''Toontown Online'' for the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Japan, Southeast Asia and Brazil. The foreign versions were closed and all players had to use the USA server. ''Toontown Online'' could be played free, with many in-game restrictions, or it could be played with a [[Membership|subscription]], with no restrictions whatsoever.
+First introduced in the United States on June 2, 2003, Disney had since produced versions of ''Toontown Online'' for the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Brazil. The foreign versions were closed and all players had to use the USA server. ''Toontown Online'' could be played free, with many in-game restrictions, or it could be played with a [[Membership|subscription]], with no restrictions whatsoever.
-The game focuses on the carefree [[toon]]s in a world called [[Toontown (world)|Toontown]], trying to stop the evil business-like robot [[cogs]] by teaming up and battling them with [[gag]]s. There are also some non-combat activities. The world is divided into seven [[neighborhood]]s with several smaller areas. Each neighborhood has a [[NPC|non-player Disney character]] in its [[playground]]. Playgrounds are safe areas with no cogs. The [[street]]s that link them together, however, are greatly populated with cogs and [[cog building]]s.
+The game focused on the carefree [[toons]] in a world called [[Toontown (world)|Toontown]], trying to stop the evil business-like robot [[cogs]] by teaming up and battling them with [[gag]]s. There were also some non-combat activities. The world was divided into seven [[neighborhood]]s with several smaller areas. Each neighborhood has a [[NPC|non-player Disney character]] in its [[playground]]. Playgrounds are safe areas with no cogs. The [[street]]s that link them together, however, are greatly populated with cogs and [[cog building]]s.
 ==Toons==
 [[File:The_Toons.jpg|thumb|Several toons]]
-{{Main|Toon}}
+{{Main|Toons}}
-Toons are the main protagonists of the game. They are cartoon characters who look like animals. Toons use gags to fight the evil cogs and to make the toons laugh. In ''Toontown Online'', you can create your own toon and complete tasks called [[Toontasks]] to win rewards (higher laff limit, gag tracks, and more).
+Toons are the main protagonists of the game. They are cartoon characters who look like animals. Toons use gags to battle the cogs and to make the toons laugh. In ''Toontown Online'', players can create their own toon and complete tasks called [[ToonTask]]s to win rewards (higher laff limit, gag tracks, and more).
 ==Cogs==
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 {{Main|Cogs}}
-Cogs are the main antagonists of the game. They are evil business robots that are trying to take over Toontown by turning [[toon building]]s into cog buildings. They were created by [[Gyro Gearloose]], originally to help the toons in Toontown. [[Scrooge McDuck]] found the cog and activated it, not knowing it was evil.
+Cogs are the main antagonists of the game. They are evil business robots that are trying to take over Toontown by turning [[toon building]]s into cog buildings. They were created by [[Gyro Gearloose]], originally to help the toons in Toontown. [[Scrooge McDuck]] found the cog and put the wrong wires together, thus activating it and turning it evil.
 ==Gags==
+[[File:SeltzbottleDDyesman.png|thumb|150px|right|A [[Toons|toon]] using a Seltzer Bottle to defeat a [[Cogs|cog]]]]
 {{main|Gag}}
-[[File:SeltzbottleDDyesman.png|thumb|200px|right|A [[Toons|toon]] using a Seltzer Bottle to defeat a [[Cogs|cog]]]]
 Gags can be used in a [[cog battle]] to make a cog laugh. If a cog laughs, it explodes. There are seven types of gags, called [[gag tracks]]. Each gag track performs a different role. A toon starts with two gags, the [[Squirting Flower]] and the [[Cupcake]].
 ==Jellybeans==
-[[File:Jbjar.jpg|thumb|Jellybeans in a jellybean jar]]
+[[File:Jbjar.jpg|thumb|left|100px|Jellybeans in a jellybean jar]]
 {{Main|Jellybeans}}
-Jellybeans are Toontown's form of currency. With jellybeans, the player can buy in-game items, such as doodles, gags, furniture, and more. Jellybeans can be stored in their [[Jellybean Jar|jellybean jar]]. They can also be fed to Doodles.
+Jellybeans are Toontown's form of currency. With jellybeans, the player can buy in-game items, such as doodles, gags, furniture, and more. Jellybeans can be stored in their [[jellybean jar]]. They can also be fed to Doodles.
 ==Doodles and pet shops==
-[[File:Sky.png|thumb|left|100px|A doodle]]
+[[File:Sky.png|thumb|right|100px|A doodle]]
-{{Main|Doodles}}
+{{Main|Doodle}}
 Doodles are pets. They are jellybean-shaped creatures that have the ability to make a players toon laugh, and laughter is good for a toon's health. They can perform a variety of tricks at a players request, and these tricks can get them some laff points. They can be purchased with jellybeans at a [[pet shop]].
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 {{Main|Estate}}
-Toons have their own house, located in their [[Estate|estate]]. At a toon's estate, you can fish, play with doodles, and plant a garden. They can also go in their house and decorate it with furniture, which can be purchased with jellybeans from [[Clarabelle's Cattlelog]]. In a toon's house, a player can also find a jellybean bank, a phone, and a wardrobe.
+Toons have their own house, located in their [[estate]]. At a toon's estate, you can fish, play with doodles, and plant a garden. They can also go in their house and decorate it with furniture, which can be purchased with jellybeans from [[Clarabelle's Cattlelog]]. In a toon's house, a player can also find a jellybean bank, a phone, and a wardrobe.
 ==Fishing and Fish Bingo==
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 ==Trolley games==
 [[File:Trolley_gameadde.jpg|thumb|left|Trolley]]
-{{Main|Trolley Games}}
+{{Main|Trolley}}
-Trolley games are played on a [[trolley]]. Trolleys can be found in any of the playgrounds, except in [[Chip 'n Dale's Acorn Acres]] and [[Goofy Speedway]]. Trolley games are minigames that up to four toons can play to win jellybeans. The amount of jellybeans a toon get depends on their score in the trolley game.
+Trolley games are played on the [[trolley]]. Trolleys can be found in any of the playgrounds, except in [[Chip 'n Dale's Acorn Acres]] and [[Goofy Speedway]]. Trolley games are minigames that up to four toons can play to win jellybeans. The amount of jellybeans a toon get depends on their score in the trolley game.
 ==Gardening==
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 {{Main|Gardening}}
-Toons can grow and maintain a garden of [[flower]]s, [[Gardening#Statues|statues]], and [[gag trees]] at their estates. The gags picked from gag trees have higher-than-normal damage capability. Different species of flowers can be grown by planting different combinations of jellybeans. There are forty types of flowers, and a player earns a laff point and a trophy for each ten species grown. Bloomed flowers can be sold for jellybeans. To sell flowers, go to the wheelbarrow located in the sandy area at your estate.
+Toons can grow and maintain a garden of [[Gardening#Flowers|flower]]s, [[Gardening#Statues|statues]], and [[gag trees]] at their estates. The gags picked from gag trees have higher-than-normal damage capability. Different species of flowers can be grown by planting different combinations of jellybeans. There are forty types of flowers, and a player earns a laff point and a trophy for each ten species grown. Bloomed flowers can be sold for jellybeans. To sell flowers, go to the wheelbarrow located in the sandy area at your estate.
 ==Kart racing==
 [[File:GoofySpeedwayKarts.gif|thumb|left|Various types of karts]]
-{{Main|Racing}}
+{{Main|Goofy Speedway}}
 Toons can race against each other in [[Goofy Speedway]], an area that consists of six different race tracks (along with their reversed versions) plus a [[Goofy's Auto Shop|shop]] that sells [[kart]]s and [[Kart accessory|kart accessories]]. Similar to all kart-racing video games, racers can collect and use items (pies, anvils, speed-boosts, banana peels) on each other during the race. Thirty racing trophies can also be earned, and for each ten, the toon will earn another laff point. Every Monday, the [[Grand Prix]] is held, in which toons can win many more tickets than usual as well as special trophies. There is also a scoreboard featured showing the recent best time scores with certain toons and their names.
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 ==MiniGolf==
 [[File:Chip_and_Dales_Golf.png|thumb|Toons riding in a golf kart]]
-{{Main|Golfing}}
+{{Main|Chip 'n Dale's MiniGolf}}
 In [[Chip 'n Dale's MiniGolf]], toons can play miniature golf to earn trophies which can be redeemed for laff points (one for every ten trophies up to a total of three). There are three courses with their specific colors: "Walk in the Par" (green), "Hole Some Fun" (yellow), and "The Hole Kit and Caboodle" (red), each progressively more difficult than the last. Toons are able to access Minigolf from Chip 'n Dale's Acorn Acres, which is located next to the playground of [[Donald's Dock]].
@@ Line 80: / Line 80: @@
 ==Toon parties==
 [[File:Cog_o_war_outside.jpg|thumb|left|Cog-O-War, a game for parties]]
-{{Main|Toon Parties}}
+{{Main|Toon party}}
-Toon parties are a non-combatant gathering with friends. These half-hour parties can be public (anyone can come) or private (only invited toons). Special activities for the party include a [[jukebox]], a [[Catching Game|catching game]], a [[Dance Floor|dance floor]], [[trampoline]]s, [[Party Cannons|cannons]], [[fireworks]], [[Party Decorations|decorations]], and [[Tug of War]]. To host a party or go to a party, there are [[Party Gate|party gates]] in every playground except Goofy Speedway and Chip 'n Dale's Acorn Acres.
+Toon parties are a non-combatant gathering with friends. These half-hour parties can be public (anyone can come) or private (only invited toons). Special activities for the party include a [[jukebox]], a [[Catching Game|catching game]], a [[dance floor]], [[trampoline]]s, [[party cannons]], [[fireworks]], [[Party decorations]], and [[Tug of War]]. To host a party or go to a party, there are [[party gate]]s in every playground except Goofy Speedway and Chip 'n Dale's Acorn Acres.
 ==Release Dates==
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 *Toontown Beta 3 - January 4, 2003
 *Official release - June 2, 2003
+*Japan release - April 19, 2004
-Click [[Release Notes (2013)|here]] to see the release notes of this year.
+*UK release - May 24, 2004
+*Germany release - November 15, 2004
+*France release - May 1, 2005
+*Spain release - November 24, 2005
+Click [[Release notes (2013)|here]] to see the release notes of 2013.
 ==Closure==
 {{Main|Closure of Toontown Online}}
-Toontown closed on September 19, 2013. All players were given free membership benefits starting August 20, 2013.
+Toontown closed on September 19, 2013. All players were given free membership benefits starting August 20, 2013. The site now redirects to Disney's homepage at ''disney.com''.
 ==Recognition==
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 ==External links==
-*[http://toontown.go.com/ http;//toontown.go.com]
 *[http://www.youtube.com/user/toontown#p/u/0/DlmH63Jkpgk http://www.youtube.com/user/toontown]
-*[http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=31218766993#!/group.php?gid=31218766993&v=wall www.facebook.com/toontown]
 *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toontown_Online Toontown Online (Wikipedia)]
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