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[[Characters/AladdinJafar The Sultan's Grand Vizier, whose goal is to take over Agrabah by seizing the throne. To do this, he seeks the Lamp of the Genie]].

* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. While during his rundown of the rules about wishing, he doesn't mention that he can't kill people. However, he never actually does it, nor is it ever brought up, so it's possible he still can't, at least not directly or intentionally.

* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. While during his rundown of the rules about wishing, he doesn't mention that he can't kill people. However, he never actually does it, nor is it ever brought up, so it's possible he still can't.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Subverted in regards to his attempts to kill Aladdin while he poses as Prince Ali. This time, he starts trying to kill Ali only when he is absolutely sure of his fraud and that there is no place such as Ababwa. Played straight when he uses his third wish to become the most powerful being in the universe, not considering how Genie might decide to fulfill such a vaguely-worded wish.
* TheDreaded: Aspires to be this, when he finds that power doesn't automatically get him respect (as seen when Jasmine and the palace guard defy him as Sultan, and Aladdin defies him as a sorcerer). Pretty much everyone in the story is terrified of him already, with the exception of the Sultan.

* FatalFlaw: His {{Pride}}, {{Greed}} and his Wrath. By never accepting to be the second most powerful, Aladdin goads him into wasting his last wish on becoming even more powerful, which Genie twists into making him into a bound genie, which will get him trapped in a lamp. Because of his unrelenting hatred against Shirabad, [[spoiler:he wastes a chance to kill Aladdin and the Genie right on the spot and instead uses his powers to destroy that nation]]. All of these get him defeated in the end.

** He claims that the Sultan's decision of not attacking Shirabad is driven by pure "sentiment" (the birthplace of his wife, Jasmine's mother), even though Jafar wants that nation destroyed out of nothing but anger and revenge (he was jailed for 5 years there).

* LivingWeapon: His cobra staff is a weapon he creates from an actual cobra, and it's implied to still be alive, as it opens its mouth and hisses while he's holding Aladdin captive with it.

* SealedEvilInACan: His ultimate fate after becoming a genie: he gets sealed inside a lamp and the Genie tosses it far, far away to ensure he won't wreak havoc on the world anymore.

* TakingYouWithMe: Once again, when he is becoming trapped inside the lamp as a genie, he manages to grab Iago into imprisonment with him and not let the bird get away.
* TranquilFury: His default state. Though always enraged and intense, he is able to keep his cool in order to carry out his schemes, such as [[spoiler:stealthfully stealing the lamp from Aladdin]]. However, after getting the lamp, he truly lets loose and no longer hides his true colors, and it only gets worse when he becomes a Genie.

* ToBeLawfulOrGood: When Jafar wishes himself Sultan, the law says he should obey him, but Jasmine appeals to his honor and duty toward the people of Agrabah. [[spoiler:After a moment to think about it, Hakim orders his guards to arrest Jafar, calling him "the ''vizier''"]].

* TakingYouWithMe: After Jafar is transformed into another genie, Jafar is without a master and so he starts getting absorbed into a lamp. Iago [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere tries abandoning his master]] ("Goodbye Jafar!") but Jafar grabs him ("Parrot! You're coming with me!") and drags Iago down with him into the lamp.

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MenaMassoud [[labelnote:Other Languages]] Jerry Velázquez (Latin American Spanish dub), Tomoya Nakamura (Japnaese dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/NaomiScott [[labelnote:Other Languages]] Annie Rojas (Latin American Spanish dub), Haruka Kinoshita (Japnaese dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/WillSmith [[labelnote:Other Languages]] Creator/ArturoMercadoJr (Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/KoichiYamadera (Japnaese dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MarwanKenzari [[labelnote:Other Languages]]Arturo Cataño (Latin American Spanish dub), Kazuki Kitamura (Japnaese dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/NavidNegahban [[labelnote:Other Languages]]Gabriel Pingarrón (Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/TakayukiSugo (Japnaese dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/NasimPedrad [[labelnote:Other Languages]]Betzabé Jara (Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/MiyukiSawashiro (Japnaese dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Numan Acar [[labelnote:Other Languages]] Marcos Roman Viloria Gomora (Latin American Spanish dub), Atsushi Miyauchi (Japnaese dub)[[/labelnote]]

* GenreSavvy: When Aladdin first releases him, the Genie assumes Aladdin isn't his master and is just working to get the lamp for someone else, because "there's always [[BigBad an (evil) guy]]", and he's probably seeking the lamp for money and/or power. Later, when Jafar attempts to use his snake staff to hypnotize Aladdin and Genie comes to whisk him away, he whispers "let me guess, [[ObviouslyEvil that's the guy]]".

-->'''[[AC:[[IncomingHam O Great One who summons me, terrible one who commands me, I stand by my oath, loyalty to wishes three!]]]]'''

** Genie magic can't bring people back to life. [[spoiler:A magically animated weave of cloth, while a character on its own, is not technically a person, so when Carpet gets torn by Jafar's magic, Genie can magically stitch him back together.]]

-->''In 10,000 years, I have never once, ever called a master a friend.''

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MenaMassoud\\
'''Voiced by:''' Jerry Velázquez (Latin American Spanish dub), Tomoya Nakamura (Japnaese dub)

->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/NaomiScott\\
'''Voiced by:''' Annie Rojas (Latin American Spanish dub), Haruka Kinoshita (Japnaese dub)

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/WillSmith\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ArturoMercadoJr (Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/KoichiYamadera (Japnaese dub)

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MarwanKenzari\\
'''Voiced by:''' Arturo Cataño (Latin American Spanish dub), Kazuki Kitamura (Japnaese dub)

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/NavidNegahban\\
'''Voiced by:''' Gabriel Pingarrón (Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/TakayukiSugo (Japnaese dub)

->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/NasimPedrad\\
'''Voiced by:''' Betzabé Jara (Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/MiyukiSawashiro (Japnaese dub)

->'''Portrayed by:''' Numan Acar\\
'''Voiced by:''' Marcos Roman Viloria Gomora (Latin American Spanish dub), Atsushi Miyauchi (Japnaese dub)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrankWelker

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrankWelker

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AlanTudyk (English), Creator/RicardoTejedo (Latin American Spanish dub), Yohei Tadano (Japanese dub)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrankWelker (English), Salvador Reyes (Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/HirohikoKakegawa (Japanese dub)

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/BillyMagnussen\\
'''Voiced by:''' Alan Bravo (Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/DaisukeHirakawa (Japanese dub)

* GutturalGrowler: Frank Welker provides the same booming, growling voice he did for the Cave in the original film.

* AdaptationalIntelligence: Unlike in the animated original, [[spoiler:Genie quickly catches on to [[GuileHero Aladdin's]] plan to beat Jafar and is ready to turn the latter into a genie ''without'' him explicitly wishing to become one]].