History Main / FreeingTheGenie

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2973937/1/Discovery Discovery]]'', a ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'' fanfic, [[spoiler:Timmy wishes Norm the Genie free in chapter 12: One Jump Ahead. Also was a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming]].

ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Usually done with a wish something along the lines of: "I wish you were free" but it doesn't have be those exact words, or involve wishing. There are two basic forms; if it's a BenevolentGenie, the master may make this his final wish as a reward. If it's a JackassGenie, such [[TurnTheOtherCheek an act of selfless generosity]] may be the only way to get it on your side - see {{Wishplosion}}.

** In one episode, a little homeless girl who gained possession of a genie named Eden who became Genie's LoveInterest had every intention to free her. At the end of the episode, the girl is about to make the wish but sadly mentions that "[the girl] wished we could be together forever...". She realizes what happened and tries to take it back, but it's too late. Eden, though regretful that she won't be able to spend more time with Genie, is happy to grant the wish since she bonded with the girl and knows that she is still needed. It's also pointed out that Genies have eternity to spend together, and the lives of humans are a relatively short wait compared to that.

* In the ''{{XXXenophile}}'' story "Wish Fulfillment", the genie's mistress Zola, who was in love with him, tried to wish him free so they could be equals and lovers instead of mistress and servant. The genie explained that he could only be freed if she made a wish that he wanted to fulfill but could not. He couldn't, for example, create a rock so big he couldn't lift it as "I have no desire to give myself a hernia". After the two enjoy some highly energetic sex, Zola wishes that they could do it again immediately. The genie was so exhausted that he couldn't grant her wish, thus freeing him.

* The ''Webcomic/PrincessPi'' comic "Princess Pi vs. Bottle Blonde" ends with Bottle Blonde the genie telling Princess Pi that she would like to be freed from servitude. Pi tells her that [[GenreSavvy she can't free her without knowing if she's good or evil]], so first she wishes for her to admit her affiliation. Bottle Blonde assures Pi that she's good, so Pi frees her. Bottle Blonde retains her magical abilities after this.

* Subverted in the ''DancingGods'' series with the Lamp of Lakash. Anyone greedy enough to make a second wish from the lamp would ''automatically'' free the genie and take its place. The "three wishes" story was a clever dodge by the genies to get themselves freed by unwitting masters.

* In ''Franchise/{{Shadowchasers}}'' continuity, doing this is relatively easy; you simply have to give the genie his or her lamp. Because a genie under this sort of curse is obligated to serve whoever owns it, being given the lamp makes the genie his/her own master, breaking the curse. The problem with this is, whoever does this is not protected from any retribution from the genie from that point on, so evil or abusive masters rarely do it.

* In ''Franchise/{{Shadowchasers}}'' continuity, doing this is relatively easy; you simply have to give the genie his or her lamp. because a genie under this sort of curse is obligated to serve whoever owns it, being given the lamp makes the genie his/her own master, breaking the curse. The problem with this is, whoever does this is not protected from any retribution from the genie from that point on, so evil or abusive masters rarely do it. (In fact, it is stated in ''Fanfic/ShadowchasersConspiracy'' that there are numerous murder cases in the Shadowchasers' archives where someone was brutally murdered, and all had something in common according to those who knew him: He was once abusive to a valet, manservant, maid, or lover with an odd fondness for strange clothing, and he used to own an old oil lamp. It was obvious what had happened in each case: Someone had eventually given the genie his or her freedom, and the genie had gone back to kill the cruel master out of revenge.)

* Several examples in ''BaldursGate 2: Shadows of Amn'':

* In ''Disney/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'', Jafar makes Abis Mal vow to make this. However, when it's most appropriate to do, Mal (very reasonably) gets cold feet.

** In ''Disney/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'', Jafar makes Abis Mal vow to make this. However, when it's most appropriate to do, Mal (very reasonably) gets cold feet.

* Though Genies exist in all versions of ''VideoGame/TheSims'' (via expansions), only ''TheSims3: Showtime'' allows you to free them, which adds them to your family as a fully playable genie-Sim.

* In ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' the series, a little homeless girl who gained possession of a genie named Eden who became Genie's LoveInterest had every intention to free her. At the end of the episode, the girl is about to make the wish but sadly mentions that "[the girl] wished we could be together forever...". She realizes what happened and tries to take it back, but it's too late. Eden, though regretful that she won't be able to spend more time with Genie, is happy to grant the wish since she bonded with the girl and knows that she is still needed. It's also pointed out that Genies have eternity to spend together, and the lives of humans are a relatively short wait compared to that.

* In ''Literature/DragonBones'', Ward inherits Oreg, who has been an immortal slave for hundreds of years, and is bound to a magic ring. As Ward is against slavery, and, in theory, doesn't even tolerate it on his own land, he would very much like to free Oreg. He briefly considers taking Oreg to the palace and ask one of the powerful mages there, but then he realizes that the magic was stronger in the past, and it probably won't help, and he doesn't want to expose family secrets, either. [[spoiler: In the end, he frees Oreg by killing him. Something that makes Oreg happier than Ward.]]

* In ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' the series, a little homeless girl who gained possession of a genie named Eden who became Genie's LoveInterest had every intention to free her. At the end of the episode, the girl is about to make the wish but sadly mentions that "[the girl] wished we could be together forever...". She realizes what happened and tries to take it back, but it's too late. Eden, though regretful that she won't be able to spend more time with Genie, is happy to grant the wish since she bonded with the girl and knows that she is still needed. It's also pointed out that Genies have eternity to spend together, and the lives of humans are a relatively short wait compared to that. FridgeHorror may set in when you realize the girl said "forever", not "for the rest of my life".

* In the ''FanFic/FacingTheFutureSeries'', [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Desiree]], the wishing ghost is freed from her curse that makes her grant every wish she hears [[spoiler:except the one who freed her, Sydney Poindexter]].

** In future episodes Jeannie was forced to be the master of other people who acquired her bottle, meaning the writers forgot about this.

* There's this short story where a girl has a wish egg. Its by CharlesDeLint in the ''WaifsAndStrays'' collection of short stories. [[spoiler: At the end, she sets it free with her wish]].

* In ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' the series, a little homeless girl who gained possession of a genie named Eden who became Genie's LoveInterest had every intention to free her. At the end of the episode, the girl is about to make the wish but sadly mentions that "[the girl] wished we could be together forever...". She realizes what happened and tries to take it back, but it's too late. Eden, though regretful that she won't be able to spend more time with Genie, is happy to grant the wish since she bonded with the girl and knows that she is still needed. It's also pointed out that Genies have eternity to spend together, and the lives of humans are a relatively short wait compared to that.