There was almost a casualty in the nightly war against evil at Disney World's live show

Saving Private Dopey.
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Max Knoblauch
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Every night at Disney World's Epcot theme park, a sea battle takes place between the forces of pure good and pure evil.

Each night, like clockwork, Mickey and his friends win the battle and good triumphs. A video taken on August 7, however, captured the tense moment when the army of love and friendship nearly experienced its first casualty.

The actor playing the lovable dwarf Dopey slipped through the railing on the top level of the boat during Fantasmic, landing squarely on the head of Goofy and almost falling into the water.


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Twitter user @MaagicConch captured the moment on video.

One of the chipmunks immediately goes to check on Dopey, while Goofy, of course, just keeps on dancing like nothing happened. According to WESH, an ambulance was called and both actors were treated and released on site.

Mashable has not yet learned if the forces of good won the night or if Dopey's slip swung the pendulum of battle in favor of pure evil.

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Max Knoblauch is the Assistant Humor Editor in the NYC office. He is a journalist, comedian and illustrator. More humor and art by Max can be found on his website.Follow him @MaxKnoblauch

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