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*** That's probably an animation blunder. One of many in this obviously low-budgeted film. In the first film there 'is' a moment where Genie 'does' pick up the lamp and hand it to Aladdin, but if you look closely, you'll see the lamp is still tucked in Al's turban. So it would be a similar case to stealing a truck full of money without stealing the truck itself.
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*** That's probably an animation blunder. One of many in this obviously low-budgeted film. In the first film there 'is' ''is'' a moment where Genie 'does' ''does'' pick up the lamp and hand it to Aladdin, but if you look closely, you'll see the lamp is still tucked in Al's turban. So it would be a similar case to stealing a truck full of money without stealing the truck itself.
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*** That's probably an animation blunder. One of many in this obviously low-budgeted film. In the first film there 'is' a moment where Genie 'does' pick up the lamp and hand it to Aladdin, but if you look closely, you'll see the lamp is still tucked in Al's turban. So it would be a similar case to stealing a truck full of money without stealing the truck itself.
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**** While the above theory makes sense, the movie actually contradicts it; it's easy to miss, but near the end, when Jafar demands Abis Mal wish him free, for a split second you can see Jafar (in human form, admittedly) holding his lamp, only for Abis Mal to snatch it away.
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* This question applies to the first film as well, but there's more content in this one that raises this question. Genies can't kill, but does that only apply to using their MAGIC? Could they theoretically kill someone using physical strength? In the climax for example, Jafar picks up "Aladdin" and tries to squeeze him to death in his bare hands, only to find out it was actually Genie posing as a decoy while the real Aladdin tried to get Jafar's lamp. I shudder to think if that WAS the real Al Jafar tried to squeeze. Also, given Iago's condition after Jafar's defeat, the "no kill" rule also applies to animals. Leaving me to wonder what would happen should Jafar (even in his human form) step on a bug. Would said bug automatically survive even if a weaker blow from a human would kill it?
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*** I personally interpret the climax as Jafar expecting Genie Rules putting brakes on anything he can't do. He opened the lava pit without concern, but the Genie Rules automatically left the characters unaffected and thus created the pillars suspending them above the pit. As Jafar cannot interact with his lamp, Genie Rules created that one too. The idea is that Genie Rules actually leave a genie physically unable to kill a person directly-as in, he cannot deal a lethal blow consciously (murder), but he can create a situation in which someone just so happens to die (manslaughter).
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** This probably goes into WildMassGuessing, but how ''I'' interpret the whole climax, is that Jafar did something very sneaky here with the lava when he magically split the earth. Notice during the scene, Aladdin comes within a hair's-breadth of getting the lamp, but misses, and he steadily gets closer and closer to dying in the lava himself, with Jafar actively making it worse of course, yet the lamp is still on its pillar of rock with no apparent issue, and never seems to be in any danger of falling until Iago specifically kicks it in? I think Jafar ''was'' taking a risk and was overconfident with this, but he stacked the deck, so to speak, when he split the Earth. I think Jafar made it so circumstances would ''always'' prevent the lamp from falling into the lava on its own, and ''keep'' it from being grabbed so easily, possibly by Aladdin in particular considering Jafar seems much more pissed about Iago's arrival, when with Aladdin he gloated that "there is no one to help you this time!", and went back to smug once he had blasted Iago. Thing is, Jafar probably ''can't'' make it so his lamp just can't be destroyed or directly make it so no one could succeed at destroying it, similar to what is suggested above about how genies can't actually affect their own lamps, so if Iago had deliberately sent it into the lava, or Aladdin did, it would've worked, but anything else, like Iago dropping it by accident or Aladdin bumping it off the rock without intending to, would've resulted in a "convenient" rock to surge up from the lava to catch it, or something to that effect. Why Iago didn't just think to drop it, I think speaks to his character, he had ''just'' made a HeelFaceTurn, and the whole plan of what everyone else was doing was helping Aladdin get the lamp to destroy it, and the lava option was just made by Jafar, so I think Iago got "caught up in the moment" so to speak, until the very last second. Thinking on this idea, in a way, Jafar was HoistByHisOwnPetard with all this in mind, since by blasting Iago, he ''was'' preventing Iago from destroying it or giving it to Aladdin, but he ''also'' might've made it so Iago survived instead of falling in the lava, and also made it easier for him to destroy the lamp. Why, is because if Jafar's blast had just sent Iago into the lava, that would've also destroyed the lamp (and possibly violated the "no kill" rule by Jafar himself destroying it by accident, or it being an accident triggering something to keep it from falling in), so the enchantment had to prevent that by having them fall into that tiny piece of the edge of the chasm. Problem is, Iago was then ''right next to the lamp'' and barely strong enough to move or remain conscious, so likely didn't register as a threat, nor was he trying to ''get'' the lamp, since it was right there with him, so the enchantment didn't separate them, enabling Iago to be in the perfect position to dispose of it while Jafar thought he had stopped any threats left to his safety.
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*** Well, after Jafar's failed attempt to send Gazeem into the cave, he'd know where to start digging, the same spot where the tiger head entrance emerged. But that still doesn't mean it's possible to excavate into the cave because as far as Jafar knew, he'd probably have to go through solid stone, or he'd fall two hundred feet down a shaft should he loosen the sand too much. Jafar isn't the kind to take such risks when he can trick others to go on a limb for his bidding.
