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* TheHeavy: Whilst Prince Achmed's invasion of the Magic Kingdom is undoubtedly a wider scale threat than that of Aladdin's thievery, Achmed doesn't show up very frequently, leaving Aladdin to be the more direct villain of the musical.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler:He has the opportunity to save his own skin, but he instead chooses to use the Djinn's lamp to try and stop the war and protect the kingdom. Part of the title song is him wrestling with the fact that he's sealing his fate to always be remembered as a villain, but he realizes it doesn't matter. ''He'll'' know he did the right thing.]]
-->'''Ja'far:''' The question, then, is whether 'tis nobler in the mind to be well-liked, but ineffectual, or moral, but maligned.
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* OffstageVillainy: According to his VillainSong, he apparently regularly slaughters scores of people in one-sided massacres.
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* BadBoss: Averted. For a bloodthirsty warlord who brags about slaughtering millions of innocent people, he never once threatens his own soldiers despite them repeatedly humiliating him.
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* NotGoodWithRejection: Turns out the reason he wants to go to war with the Magic Kingdom is not because of natural political consequences, but because he thinks [[InsaneTrollLogic if he kills all the Princess's people, she'll fall in love with him.]]

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* NotGoodWithRejection: Turns out In addition to addressing the reason he wants Princess's insulting attack on his person and his grievances over his kingdom being economically taken advantage of over the years, one of his reasons for wanting to go to war with the Magic Kingdom is not because of natural political consequences, but because he thinks [[InsaneTrollLogic if he kills all the Princess's people, she'll fall in love with him.]]
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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: At the climax of their song, all the "villains" are lamenting how they "only wished" for their respective positive goals...[[MoodWhiplash and then Cruella pops in]]. "I only wished to have a coat made out of puppies!"

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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: BreadEggsMilkSquick: At the climax of their song, all the "villains" are lamenting how they "only wished" for their respective positive goals...[[MoodWhiplash and then Cruella pops in]]. "I only wished to have a coat made out of puppies!"



* ObliviouslyEvil: Cruella seems to genuinely not get why anyone would take issue with "only" having wanted a puppy-skin coat.

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* ObliviouslyEvil: Cruella seems to genuinely not get why anyone would take issue with her "only" having wanted a puppy-skin coat.

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* MistakenForPedophile: When he tells Aladdin that he loves the Princess, Aladdin assumes he means in a romantic sense and calls him a "total pedo" since he's a grown man and she's only sixteen.



* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Subverted. The color scheme comes from the Disney movie, where it's played straight, and the people of the Kingdom think it's being played straight here too, but Ja'far is actually RedIsHeroic.

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* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Subverted. The color scheme comes from the Disney movie, where it's played straight, and the people of the Kingdom think it's being played straight here too, but Ja'far is actually RedIsHeroic.a mix of RedIsHeroic and DarkIsNotEvil.



* BigBadEnsemble: Is effectively this with Prince Achmed. The major threat comes from Pik-zahr's imminent invasion, but Aladdin's actions become progressively worse as well, culminating in [[spoiler:threatening to rape the Princess and revealing he is the one who killed his own parents]].

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* BeautyIsBad: There's no denying that he's a very good-looking man, but he's also a self-centered bastard with no concern for anyone else.
* BigBadEnsemble: Is effectively this with Prince Achmed. The major threat comes from Pik-zahr's imminent invasion, but Aladdin's actions become progressively worse as well, culminating in [[spoiler:threatening to rape the Princess and revealing that he is was the one who killed his own parents]].


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* WastedBeauty: While he's certainly attractive on a physical level, the skeeviness and selfishness that lie beneath his superficial charm are usually quick to kill any appeal he has. The Princess is initially quite taken with him partly due to him being so handsome, but his dishonesty and creepy attempts to get her to sleep with him end up destroying her attraction to him.
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* HehHehYouSaidX: Ja'far falls for the "dickfor" joke, and Achmed and his soldiers point and laugh at him.


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* NotGoodWithRejection: Turns out the reason he wants to go to war with the Magic Kingdom is not because of natural political consequences, but because he thinks [[InsaneTrollLogic if he kills all the Princess's people, she'll fall in love with him.]]
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* TheGenieKnowsJackNicholson: Like his animated movie counterpart, he constantly makes pop-culture references. Unlike his animated counterpart, the references make no sense.

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* TheGenieKnowsJackNicholson: Like his animated movie counterpart, he constantly makes pop-culture references. Unlike his animated counterpart, the references make no sense. It's actually given an explanation here, as it's revealed the Djinn can see the future.
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->''Science says you're dead and gone forever''\\
''Reason says I'm talking to the air''\\
''But something in my heart''\\
''Some secret hidden part''\\
''Illogically insists that you are there''\\
''Somewhere''


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->''Look at my life from the outside, and sure''\\
''I've got servants, and tigers, and stuff''\\
''You're probably thinking''\\
''She's got everything''\\
''Well, it's true''\\
'''Cause I do''\\
''But so the fuck what?''\\
''It's not enough''


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->''Want food, but got no money?''\\
''I'm screwed, or so it would seem''\\
''That's why I came up with this brilliant scheme''\\
''Just steal everything!''


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->''I want to know your story''\\
''So make the story last''\\
''I want to know each twist and turn''\\
''Tell me all I've missed''\\
''I've so much to learn''\\
''For when it comes to stories''\\
''I thought I knew them all''\\
''But now, I'm face to face with one I can't seem to recall''


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->''Say my name in these parts and you'll get a vacant stare''\\
''Until you mention tigers''\\
''Or spotted underwear''\\
''So to restore my repute as a fierce fearsome brute''\\
''There's only one route I see''\\
''I'll arrange the slaughter of millions of innocent civilians''\\
''Then they'll remember me!''


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->''Who has the gold makes all the rules''\\
''So he wins the game and then''\\
''The prize for winning? (More gold!)''\\
''And the game begins again!''\\


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->'''Jafar:''' ''What remains of a man when that man is dead and gone?''\\
''Only memories and stories of his deeds will linger on''\\
''But if a man's accomplishments aren't in the tale they tell''\\
''Are the deeds that go unheralded his legacy as well?''\\
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* LoopholeAbuse: Subverted. He knows he can't wish for the princess to love him but he tries to wish for her to have sex with him. The Djinn refuses.
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* AdaptationaNiceGuy: Razoul, while not outright evil, was still an abrasive, unnecessarily violent man with an irrational grudge against a petty thief. This take on the character is far more reasonable, and his hatred of Aladdin is actually justified due to the "street rat" being [[AdaptationalVillainy far worse]].

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* AdaptationaNiceGuy: AdaptationalNiceGuy: Razoul, while not outright evil, was still an abrasive, unnecessarily violent man with an irrational grudge against a petty thief. This take on the character is far more reasonable, and his hatred of Aladdin is actually justified due to the "street rat" being [[AdaptationalVillainy far worse]].
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* FaceOfAThug: An InformedFlaw, yet {{Deconstructed}}. Just because he's not as handsome as a prince as he got older he became TheScapegoat for the kingdom's misfortune. This makes him a pariah and he's desperate to save the kingdom over this.

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* FaceOfAThug: An InformedFlaw, yet {{Deconstructed}}.{{deconstructed}}. Just because he's not as handsome as a prince as he got older he became TheScapegoat for the kingdom's misfortune. This makes him a pariah and he's desperate to save the kingdom over this.



* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: She died around the same time the Princess was born. [[spoiler: It's revealed that she was the Princess's mother who [[DeathByChildbirth died giving birth to her]]]].

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* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: She died around the same time the Princess was born. [[spoiler: It's revealed that she was the Princess's mother who [[DeathByChildbirth died giving birth to her]]]].her]].]]



* InsufferableImbecile: In addition to being an incompetent ruler who inverted his own penis by sticking his finger into it, believes Aladdin about being a prince no one has ever heard of from a country no one has ever heard of and that Ja'far is a sorcerer, pointlessly has 150 of the palace employees killed[[note]]He wanted there to not be a 2D department, so instead of simply firing all its employees, he had them all "[[DeadlyEuphemism sacked]]"—this being put in a sack and beaten to death[[/note]], he leads a life of luxury while the lower classes starve, completely looks the other way while the kingdom is besieged, and ''takes Ja'far's pregnant wife as a concubine''. The only thing keeping him out of HateSink territory is that he has too little screentime to leave an impact and is mostly overshadowed by Aladdin and Prince Achmed.

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* InsufferableImbecile: In addition to being an incompetent ruler who inverted his own penis by sticking his finger into it, believes Aladdin about being a prince no one has ever heard of from a country no one has ever heard of and that Ja'far is a sorcerer, he pointlessly has 150 of the palace employees killed[[note]]He wanted there to not be a 2D department, so instead of simply firing all its employees, he had them all "[[DeadlyEuphemism sacked]]"—this being put in a sack and beaten to death[[/note]], he leads a life of luxury while the lower classes starve, completely looks the other way while the kingdom is besieged, and ''takes Ja'far's pregnant wife as a concubine''. The only thing keeping him out of HateSink territory is that he has too little screentime to leave an impact and is mostly overshadowed by Aladdin and Prince Achmed.


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* AdaptationaNiceGuy: Razoul, while not outright evil, was still an abrasive, unnecessarily violent man with an irrational grudge against a petty thief. This take on the character is far more reasonable, and his hatred of Aladdin is actually justified due to the "street rat" being [[AdaptationalVillainy far worse]].
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* SycophanticServant: He fawns over the Sultan and carries out his orders and requests without a second thought.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Appears throughout "Dream a Little Harder" before he is introduced in the following scene.
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--> '''Captain''': ''Victim''?! Tell that Bafool's twin brother Adbul, HE was the victim.

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--> '''Captain''': ''Victim''?! Tell that to Bafool's twin brother Adbul, HE was the victim.

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* BasementDweller: [[spoiler:It's revealed that he was still living with his parents at 33, and them trying to get him to move out and get a job drove his psychopathic split personality to kill them.]]



* MrFanservice: Subverted. He certainly has the appearance, physique and wardrobe to qualify for this, but having the personality of [[HandsomeLech a creepy, off-putting sleazebag]] makes him come off as more repulsive than attractive.



* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: Died around the same time the Princess was born. [[spoiler: It's revealed that she was the Princess's mother who [[DeathByChildbirth died giving birth to her]]]].

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* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: Died She died around the same time the Princess was born. [[spoiler: It's revealed that she was the Princess's mother who [[DeathByChildbirth died giving birth to her]]]].



* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Dies offscreen so that [[spoiler:the Princess can become the ruler of the Magic Kingdom]]. No one mourns him.

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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Dies offscreen He [[KilledOffscreen dies offscreen]] so that [[spoiler:the Princess can become the ruler of the Magic Kingdom]]. No one mourns him.



* EvilSoundsDeep: Hilariously {{Inverted}}. He speaks with an extremely high pitch.

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* EvilSoundsDeep: Hilariously {{Inverted}}.{{inverted|Trope}}. He speaks with an extremely high pitch.



* InsufferableImbecile: In addition to being an incompetent ruler who inverted his own penis by sticking his finger into it, believes Aladdin about being a prince no one has ever heard of from a country no one has ever heard of and that Ja'far is a sorcerer, pointlessly has 150 of the palace employees killed[[note]]He wanted there to not be a 2D department, so instead of simply firing all its employees, he had them all "sacked"—this being put in a sack and beaten to death[[/note]], he leads a life of luxury while the lower classes starve, completely looks the other way while the kingdom is besieged, and ''takes Ja'far's pregnant wife as a concubine''. The only thing keeping him out of HateSink territory is that he has too little screentime to leave an impact and is mostly overshadowed by Aladdin and Prince Achmed.

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* InsufferableImbecile: In addition to being an incompetent ruler who inverted his own penis by sticking his finger into it, believes Aladdin about being a prince no one has ever heard of from a country no one has ever heard of and that Ja'far is a sorcerer, pointlessly has 150 of the palace employees killed[[note]]He wanted there to not be a 2D department, so instead of simply firing all its employees, he had them all "sacked"—this "[[DeadlyEuphemism sacked]]"—this being put in a sack and beaten to death[[/note]], he leads a life of luxury while the lower classes starve, completely looks the other way while the kingdom is besieged, and ''takes Ja'far's pregnant wife as a concubine''. The only thing keeping him out of HateSink territory is that he has too little screentime to leave an impact and is mostly overshadowed by Aladdin and Prince Achmed.



* MissConception: [[spoiler:Despite the fact that he took Sherrazade from a married Ja'far when she was already pregnant and he couldn't actually have sex with her, he never realized that the child she bore couldn't have been his.]]

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* MissConception: [[spoiler:Despite the fact that he took Sherrazade from a married Ja'far when she was already pregnant and he couldn't actually have sex with her, he never realized that the child she bore couldn't possibly have been his.]]



* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He just drops out of the story [[spoiler:after taking Ja'far's wife away from him on the Sultan's orders.]] Ja'far takes over his position at some point later with no explanation.
* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: His singing voice, in contrast to his speaking voice.

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He just drops out of the story [[spoiler:after taking Ja'far's wife away from him on the Sultan's orders.]] orders]]. Ja'far takes over his position at some point later with no explanation.
* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: His singing voice, [[SingingVoiceDissonance in contrast to his speaking voice.voice]].



* SissyVillain: The Old Vizier has elements of this, such as wearing {{Guyliner}}, although like many examples of this trope he also invokes EvilSoundsDeep. Arguably he inherits these traits from the Disney version of Jafar, making him and this Ja'far a DecompositeCharacter. (Ja'far's FashionVictimVillain wardrobe and serpent staff seem to be inherited from his regime.)

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* SissyVillain: The Old Vizier has elements of this, such as wearing {{Guyliner}}, {{guyliner}}, although like many with some examples of this trope he also invokes EvilSoundsDeep.trope, this is contrasted with him having a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep]] voice. Arguably he inherits these traits from the Disney version of Jafar, making him and this Ja'far a DecompositeCharacter. (Ja'far's FashionVictimVillain wardrobe and serpent staff seem to be inherited from his regime.)



* GoMadFromTheIsolation: It's implied that the Djinn's eccentric behavior is due to spending countless millennia in the lamp alone, with his only form of entertainment (and company) being able see past, present and future events (which also explains his knowledge of pop-culture references).

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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: It's implied that the Djinn's eccentric behavior is due to spending countless millennia in the lamp alone, with his only form of entertainment (and company) being able see past, present and future events (which also explains [[JustifiedTrope explains]] his [[TheGenieKnowsJackNicholson knowledge of pop-culture references).references]]).
* HumorDissonance: [[invoked]] A deliberate case of this. Virtually all of his dialogue consists of out-of-context pop culture references that have nothing to do with the situation at hand, and yet everybody except [[OnlySaneMan Ja'far]] finds him absolutely hilarious.



* FlippingTheBird: When Aladdin calls [[HypocriticalHumour it lazy]], this is its response.

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* FlippingTheBird: When Aladdin calls [[HypocriticalHumour calls it lazy]], this is its response.
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* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He's got white hair, beard, and moustache and is an evil corrupt bastard when it comes to how he rules his kingdom.
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* BadassBaritone: Being played by Jim Povolo comes with this.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Annoying pop culture references aside, he still grants the wishes that are asked of him and even lets Ja'far have ''four'' wishes (become the Sultan, become the most powerful sorcerer in the world, move the palace to the top of a cliff, and [[BecomingTheGenie take the Djinn's place]]).

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* BunnyEarsLawyer: BenevolentGenie[=/=]BunnyEarsLawyer: Annoying pop culture references aside, he still grants the wishes that are asked of him and even lets Ja'far have ''four'' wishes (become the Sultan, become the most powerful sorcerer in the world, move the palace to the top of a cliff, and [[BecomingTheGenie take the Djinn's place]]).

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* DemotedToExtra: Has minimal screentime, particularly compared to the play's other two antagonists, Aladdin and Achmed.



* DemotedToExtra: He doesn't appear until near the end of the second and final act, compared to his counterpart who was prominent throughout most of the original movie.

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* DemotedToExtra: He doesn't appear until near the end of the second and final act, compared Compared to his counterpart who was prominent throughout most of the original movie.movie, he doesn't appear until near the end of the second and final act, since Ja'far doesn't get ahold of him until then.
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* VillainHasAPoint: As he bluntly points out, siccing a tiger on a visiting prince is a ''serious'' diplomatic blunder. However, it probably didn't warrant him trying to pillage the Magic Kingdom, especially since Ja'far apologized for the Princess's ignorance.

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