![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Then of course, there was the fact that Iago was still in the lamp with Jafar, both tossed out of Agrabah by Genie in the first film’s climax after the wise-cracking magical being granted Jafar his final wish of becoming an all powerful genie - a last minute trick pulled by Aladdin, playing off the villains own egotism. To do that they would first need to turn Iago from a sarcastic, sleazy, conniving henchman, to a sarcastic, sleazy, conniving hero. Stones wanted, of all characters, the loudmouth, brash Red Macaw on the show. “I thought the best character in the movie was Gilbert Gottfried’s Iago.”Įvery Disney direct-to-video sequel, prequel, and mid-quel, ranked “I said, ‘I want the parrot in there,’” Stones recalled to Animation World Network of his initial pitch to Disney. But before the first scripts were written and lines were drawn, Stones wanted to bring one more character in to join the ensemble. Disney tasked Alan Zaslove and Tad Stones with bringing Al, Jasmine, Genie and Apu to the small screen, and both were more than up to it, having been the creative forces behind Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers and Darkwing Duck. The first of two sequels to the highest grossing film of 1992, The Return of Jafar also served as the pilot for the Aladdin television series, which ran for 86 episodes over three seasons. The company was releasing their first original, straight-to-video feature and their first sequel to a “Disney Renaissance” tentpole: The Return of Jafar. The genie goes off to explore the world and Jasmine and Aladdin get engaged.Twenty-five years ago this month, Disney, what we know now as a corporate, cultural monolith that dominates the global box office and a major entity in the upcoming streaming wars, was venturing into new territory. He reveals himself and Jasmine’s father realizes she loves him. Realizing this is true, Jafar uses his last wish to become a genie and is sucked into the lamp with Iago.Īladdin then uses his last wish to set the genie free. Aladdin then says that the genie is the most powerful. He traps Aladdin in his coils and proclaims that he is the most powerful. Jafar then traps Jasmine in an hourglass and turns himself into a large scorpion. Jasmine distracts Jafar and Aladdin tries to steal back the lamp but gets caught. He finds out that Jafar has imprisoned Jasmine and her father. He exposes Prince Ali as Aladdin, a street rat, and exiles him and Abu to a frozen wasteland.Īladdin uses the flying carpet to return home. Jafar becomes the genie’s new master and uses him wishes to become Sultan and the most powerful sorcerer in the world. Jafar then realizes who Aladdin is and Iago steals the lamp. Aladdin returns to the palace and tells everyone Jafar’s evil plans. Jafar then captures Aladdin and throws him into the ocean but the genie saves him as his second wish. Aladdin then tells her that he sometimes dresses like a common person to escape palace life. He takes her on a magic carpet ride anyway where she calls him out as Aladdin and demands the truth. After explaining to the genie about Jasmine, he decides that his first wish will be to become a prince so he can talk to Jasmine.Īladdin, disguised as Prince Ali, goes to the Sultan in the hope for an arranged marriage. The genie then admits that if he could have a wish he would wish for freedom and Aladdin tells him that he will release him as his third wish. Aladdin tricks the genie into taking them out of the cave without using his wishes. Jafar tries to take the lamp from him but Aladdin grabs it back and him and Abu are flown back into the cave by the carpet just before it collapses.Īladdin takes the lamp and rubs it, releasing a genie who tells him that he will grant him 3 wishes. Abu reaches for a ruby and the cave starts to collapse but the carpet quickly leads them to the lamp and flies them out. A flying magic carpet leads them through the cave. He warns them that they must not touch anything besides the lamp. Jafar goes to release Aladdin and Abu and takes them to the Cave of Wonders to retrieve the lamp for him. They become friends but Aladdin is taken to prison for theft and Jasmine demands he is let go.They don’t listen to her and Jafar later tells her that his punishment is execution. Jasmine, the Sultan’s daughter gets frustrated with her life and escapes to a market place where she meets Aladdin and his pet monkey, Abu. After seeing someone fail at getting it, him and his parrot, Iago realize that only a diamond in the rough may retrieve the lamp. He decides he wants an oil lamp from the Cave of Wonders because it has a genie in it. Aladdin was made in 1992 and released by Walt Disney Pictures. ![]()
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