Dorkly RARELY makes me laugh since most of the stuff they do feels 'forced'. The only one that made me smile out of all of these was the Little mermaid one.
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I laughed at that one and the Mulan one.
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Aladdin, Mulan, and Snow White got chuckles out of me. Being a Literal Genie to a genie is a mostly-unexplored concept (Fairly Odd Parents got a few plots out of it)
Although by the rules of the Genie probably only the first would work. The first breaks the rule about resurrecting the dead (the wording tries to make it like rules lawyering, but retroactively wishing for someone not to have died is literally wishing for them to be resurrected. There's no way around that) and the third is quite likely beyond the Genie's paygrade.
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Another scene of Ariel apologizing to King Triton over the mess she accidentally caused, so that the whole "bad role model" debate would be nonexistent.I don't hate Ariel, but her apologizing came off as how a child would react if his or her mom caught he or she with his or her hand inside a cookie jar.
My genie plan is for information about the status of other genies (unless Talking Is a Free Action), have the genie bring me another imprisoned genie or take me to that genie, wish for the genie's freedom. Next genie the same except the first wish is for myself. Repeat until there are no more imprisoned genies and all of the formerly-imprisoned genies are my friends.
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The Genie specifically tells Aladdin "Ixnay on the wishing for more wishes!" implying that he either can't or won't do it. Since wishing for more genies effectively is wishing for more wishes, it probably wouldn't work either.
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The movie itself wasn't that strict, though, like how Aladdin getting out of the cave didn't count as a wish, but the Genie making an unconscious Aladdin mime his way through the second wish did count.
Although that would suggest that the Genie isn't actually bound by any metaphysical rules, his restriction is "i won't" rather than "i can't" since he did give Aladdin a freebie.
Yay, overthinking!
He explicitly stated that he can't bring people back from the dead because he doesn't like doing that, so it probably is more accurate that he just won't.
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Although that would suggest that the Genie isn't actually bound by any metaphysical rules, his restriction is "i won't" rather than "i can't" since he did give Aladdin a freebie.
Before a person in possession of a genie's container formally makes any wishes, they can potentially trick favors out of the genie in that fashion. The first time they formally declare a wish, it constitutes a pact with the genie, who thereafter can only aid them in response to a declared wish, until such time as a) the wishes are used up (after which point they cannot help the person at all) or b) the genie is freed (after which point they can use their power at their own discretion).
I doubt it. Genie's reaction when Jasmine plays along with Jafar's wish to have her fall in love with him—staring at his finger in bewilderment—implies that he thinks he did it and has no idea how. And the sequel states outright that genies cannot kill (but you'd be surprised what you can live through). I see no reason Rule #3 would be any different. Genie's "I don't like doing it!" phrasing was probably just him being a Large Ham.
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When Genie was stating the 'no bringing people back to life' rule, wasn't he using a zombie visual motif? Maybe he can bring people back, but only as reanimated corpses, which he doesn't like. And reviving people as they were in life is beyond his power.
edited 18th Jul '15 6:50:10 PM by NapoleonDeCheese
That's a good point. Plus that would also be consistent with the surprise he had when he apparently made Jasmine love Jafar (which I forgot happened, but now remember).
It helps if we consider the franchise's Islamic setting. A D'jinn wouldn't have any power over the souls after they exit the body; that'd pretty much be going against Allah. The best a D'jinn could do is reanimating the dead body with a semblance of life, but no soul of the person the wish-maker loved.
Of course, it's not something they'll ever outright say, but all things considered, it makes sense.
Paul Westover and Andrew Bridgman of Dorkly give their humorous takes on what should have been included in Disney's classic animated features.
http://www.dorkly.com/post/74541/7-disney-scenes-that-totally-shoulda-happened#item-2