History Characters / AladdinAllies

[-[[Characters/AladdinProtagonists Protagonists]] | [[Characters/AladdinAgrabahRoyaltyAndAssociates Agrabah Royalty and Associates]] | [[Characters/AladdinOtherResidentsOfAgrabah Other Residents of Agrabah]] | '''Allies''' | [[Characters/AladdinAntagonists Antagonists]] ([[Characters/AladdinJafar Jafar]]) | [[Characters/AladdinTheSeries TV series]] | ''Characters/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves''-]]]]]

* ObfuscatingStupidity: In the first movie, he pretended to be an ordinary parrot when around characters other than Jafar.

[-[[Characters/AladdinTitularProtagonists Titular Protagonists]] | [[Characters/AladdinAgrabahRoyaltyAndAssociates Agrabah Royalty and Associates]] | [[Characters/AladdinOtherResidentsOfAgrabah Other Residents of Agrabah]] | '''Allies''' | [[Characters/AladdinAntagonists Antagonists]] ([[Characters/AladdinJafar Jafar]]) | [[Characters/AladdinTheSeries TV series]] | ''Characters/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves''-]]]]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RobinWilliams (first movie, ''King of Thieves''), Creator/DanCastellaneta (''Return of Jafar'', ''The Series'', ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series), Creator/JimMeskimen (''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsCoded'', ''VideoGame/KinectDisneylandAdventures'')\\
'''Voiced by (Swedish):''' Dan Ekborg\\
'''Voiced by (European French):''' Creator/RichardDarbois\\
'''Voiced by (Canadian French):''' Mario Desmarais (speaking) and Vincent Potel (singing)\\
'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Ruben Trujillo\\
'''Voiced by (Italian):''' Gigi Proietti (films) and Roberto Pedicini (TV series)\\
'''Voiced by (Finnish):''' Vesa-Matti Loiri\\
'''Voiced by (Brazilian Portuguese)''': Creator/MarcioSimoes\\
'''Voiced by (Hebrew):''' Toviah Tsafir\\\

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GilbertGottfried, Tommy Tallarico (Sega Genesis voice samples), Barrett Leddy (''LEGO Disney Princess: The Castle Quest''), Piotr Michael (''Once Upon a Studio'')\\
'''Voiced by (Swedish):''' Creator/AndersOjebo\\
'''Voiced by (European French):''' Creator/EricMetayer (first and third movies, most episodes of the TV series, and ''House of Mouse'') and Philippe Videcoq (second movie and a few episodes of the TV series)\\
'''Voiced by (Canadian French):''' Creator/MarcBellier\\
'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Ruben Trujillo\\
'''Voiced by (Hebrew):''' Ohad Shachar\\

* BecomingTheMask: Over the course of the series, Iago comes to not only have a stronger moral streak, but to actually enjoy adventuring. [[spoiler: Which would explain why he decides to leave Agrabah and adventure with Cassim at the end of ''The King of Thieves'' instead of just enjoying the life of luxury that a presumably more settled-down Aladdin and Jasmine would offer.]]

* BewareTheSillyOnes: He may be a cranky loudmouthed talking bird and started off as Jafar's sidekick, but he's also the one who gave Jafar the plan to marry Jasmine, become Sultan, and kill Jasmine and the Sultan afterwards and was quite happy to follow through with it.[[spoiler: Even after joining the protagonists, he's the one who kills Jafar in the end by destroying his lamp.]]

* ChangedMyMindKid: In ''The Return of Jafar''. [[spoiler: He opts to bail just before the final confrontation with Jafar. Just when things are looking bleak for our heroes, Iago comes charging into the fight and manages to snatch Jafar's genie lamp. Despite being injured by a magical blast, Iago is able to shove the lamp into a pool of lava, destroying Jafar and saving the day.]]

* DudeWheresMyRespect: In the second film, [[spoiler: after he kills Jafar by destroying his lamp]], Iago became shocked when Aladdin declines the Sultan's offer to be his royal vizier, then not so subtly hints "doesn't anybody want to ask what the brave parrot wants?"

* HeelFaceTurn: He spent the entirety of the first film on Jafar's side. The beginning of the second film, ''The Return of Jafar'', sees Iago escape from Jafar's lamp and slowly turn face over the course of the movie, [[spoiler: even offing Jafar for good by kicking his lamp into magma]]. Not that Iago's all that heroic, but his conscience does get the better of him on a number of occasions.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RobinWilliams (first movie, ''King of Thieves''), Creator/DanCastellaneta (''Return of Jafar'', ''The Series'', ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series), Creator/JimMeskimen (''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsCoded'', ''VideoGame/KinectDisneylandAdventures'')
->'''Voiced by (Swedish):''' Dan Ekborg
->'''Voiced by (European French):''' Creator/RichardDarbois
->'''Voiced by (Canadian French):''' Mario Desmarais (speaking) and Vincent Potel (singing)
->'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Ruben Trujillo
->'''Voiced by (Italian):''' Gigi Proietti (films), Roberto Pedicini (TV series)
->'''Voiced by (Finnish):''' Vesa-Matti Loiri
->'''Voiced by (Brazilian Portuguese)''': Creator/MarcioSimoes
->'''Voiced by (Hebrew):''' Toviah Tsafir\\\

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GilbertGottfried, Tommy Tallarico (Sega Genesis voice samples), Barrett Leddy (''LEGO Disney Princesses: The Castle Quest''), Piotr Michael (''Once Upon a Studio'')
->'''Voiced by (Swedish):''' Creator/AndersOjebo
->'''Voiced by (European French):''' Creator/EricMetayer
->'''Voiced by (Canadian French):''' Creator/MarcBellier
->'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Ruben Trujillo
->'''Voiced by (Hebrew):''' Ohad Shachar

->''"Oh, there's a big surprise! I'm about to have a heart attack and die from not surprised!"''

-->'''Voice of the Lamp:''' "Ka-vetching?"
-->'''Iago:''' It's a bird expression...

* NarratorAllAlong: At the end, it’s revealed this Genie was the original Peddler.

* MagicAIsMagicA: While his masters all get ThreeWishes, there's a few things Genie explicitly cannot do, whether he's bound to his lamp or free. He [[ThouShaltNotKill can't kill anyone]] (so don't ask). He can't [[LivingAphrodisiac make anybody fall]] [[LovePotion in love with anybody else]]. He can't bring people BackFromTheDead; [[CameBackWrong It's not a pretty picture]]. Also, "ix-nay on the wishing for more wishes"; you get three wishes, and that's it.

* FeatheredFiend: In the first movie he was just as cruel as Jafar. Even in the series, he's still the nastiest member of the group, which the group is more than willing to exploit if they need someone who can be unreservedly spiteful or vicious. Aladdin might be too nice a guy to sic a [[AntiMagic magic-devouring]] [[MagicEater monster]] on an EvilSorcerer -- but he's got no qualms about letting Iago do it for him.

* GutturalGrowler: As is par for the course when Creator/GilbertGottfried is concerned, Iago speaks with a notably coarse, raspy voice.

* NoNameGiven: His real name is unknown. Throughout all three movies and the series, there's never even a hint as to what his real name is. The series shows that genies can have names when the group meets a Genie named Eden, but [[ADogNamedDog this one is only ever refered to as "Genie" or "the Genie"]]. A common fan theory is that, after ten thousand years of being locked in an itty-bitty living space, he just forgot what his name was.

->'''Voiced by (Swedish):''' Anders Öjebo