History Webcomic / DiamondInTheRoughAladdin

* NoodleIncident: At some point before the comic, the mage used the lamp in some unspecified way. We never see what it was and only hear scant details, but apparently what happened was so terrible he decided that no one should have this kind of power and so is sealing the lamp away forever.

** [[spoiler:Iago is seen as a human, being Jafar's partner dark wizard. A cursed knife from the good magician turns him into a parrot.]]
** [[spoiler:The mage is cursed at the end to transform into a carpet. THE flying Carpet, in fact.]]
** [[spoiler:The guard transforms himself into the tiger head guarding the Cave of Wonders.]]

* WordsCanBreakMyBones: Implied as the mage casts magic by saying an occult word (represented by his speech bubble having a singlular symbol) for various actions, such as transformation, conjuring his staff and summoning the Cave.

** As for [[spoiler:the mage, he gets flung back into the cave and transformed into the Carpet.]]* {{Foreshadowing}}:

* BalefulPolymorph: Advanced curses can transform people into other things, and the villains soon regret having taught the heroes these.
** Jafar's fellow sorcerer [[spoiler:Iago is transformed into a parrot.]] Jafar assures him he can just use the lamp to change back, but reaching it turns out to be harder than they assumed.
** As for [[spoiler:the mage, he gets flung back into the cave and transformed into the Carpet.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}:

** The mage's long robes, thin bearded face, and association with snakes may cause one to speculate that he's Jafar. But he ain't; the true Jafar shows up later on.
** At one point the guard says aloud: "If I'm ever Sultan you'll be my royal vizier!" Neither of them are the Sultan nor the Vizier.

* NamelessNarrative: Nobody's name is said at any point in the comic. The two heroes have no known names, and neither do we hear the villains', but fortunately they're recognizable enough that's it becomes clear soon who they're supposed to be.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: As they confront each other at the cave's entrance, Iago give the mage a withering speech about how all the disaster he wreaked with the lamp was all his own doing, since the lamp's power itself is neutral. Whether or not Iago is a reliable narrator is a different mattor entirely.

For the ''{{VideoGame/Touhou}}'' fan video series, [[WebAnimation/DiamondInTheRoughTouhou click here]].

''Diamond in the Rough'' is a FanWebcomic of ''{{WesternAnimation/Aladdin}}'', written by Theo Dolev and illustrated by Ophir Sheriff. The comic is 36 pages long, and is a prequel speculating on the origins of various characters. Unfortunately not much more can be described about it without spoiling some big plot points, so just know that it has SugarWiki/AwesomeArt and can be read [[http://land-walker.deviantart.com/art/Diamond-In-The-Rough-Page-1-564761498 here]].

!!Tropes:

* MacGuffin: The genie's lamp, though we only see the satchel it's hidden in.

''Diamond in the Rough'' is a FanWebcomic of ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'', written by Theo Dolev and illustrated by Ophir Sheriff. The comic is 36 pages long, and is a prequel speculating on the origins of various characters. Unfortunately not much more can be described about it without spoiling some big plot points, so just know that it has SugarWiki/AwesomeArt and can be read [[http://land-walker.deviantart.com/art/Diamond-In-The-Rough-Page-1-564761498 here]].

* NoNameGiven: Nobody's name is said at any point in the comic. The two heroes have no known names, and neither do we hear the villains', but fortunately they're recognizable enough that's it becomes clear soon who they're supposed to be.

** Jafar's fellow sorcerer [[spoiler:Iago is transformed into a parrot. Jafar assures him he can just use the lamp to change back, but reaching it turns out to be harder than they assumed.]]

** Jafar's fellow sorceror [[spoiler:Iago is transformed into a parrot. Jafar assures him he can just use the lamp to change back, but reaching it turns out to be harder than they assumed.]]

* {{Fauxshadow}}

* BadassNormal: Despite not appearing to be a wizard, the guard is quite handy with his sword, and then catches his enemies by surprise at the end with a spell of his own from his friend's borrowed wand.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: As they confront each other at the cave's entrance, Jafar and Iago give the mage a withering speech about how all the disaster he wreaked with the lamp was all his own doing, since the lamp's power itself is neutral.

* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Without his staff, the mage has to resort to enchanted knives to fight. Fortunately his first throw hits his opponent right on the mark.

'''''Diamond in the Rough''''' is a FanWebcomic of ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'', written by Theo Dolev and illustrated by Ophir Sheriff. The comic is 36 pages long, and is a prequel speculating on the origins of various characters. Unfortunately not much more can be described about it without spoiling some big plot points, so just know that it has SugarWiki/AwesomeArt and can be read [[http://land-walker.deviantart.com/art/Diamond-In-The-Rough-Page-1-564761498 here]]

'''''Diamond in the Rough''''' is a FanWebcomic of ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'', written by Theo Dolev and illustrated by Ophir Sheriff. The comic is 36 pages long, and is a prequel speculating on the origins of various characters. Unfortunately not much more can be described about it without spoiling some big plot points, so just know that it has SugarWiki/AwesomeArt and [[http://www.ditrcomic.com/ can be read here.]] or [[http://land-walker.deviantart.com/art/Diamond-In-The-Rough-Page-1-564761498 here]]

* WizardDuel: A four-way wizard duel at the climax ensues, with the two heroes fighting their own pursuers [[spoiler:a younger Jafar and a human sorceror Iago.]]

** [[spoiler:The guard transforms himself onto the tiger head guarding the Cave of Wonders.]]

'''''Diamond in the Rough''''' is a FanWebcomic of ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'', written by Theo Dolev and illustrated by Ophir Sheriff. The comic is 36 pages long, and is a prequel speculating on the origins of various characters. Unfortunately not much more can be described about it without spoiling some big plot points, so just know that it has SugarWiki/AwesomeArt and [[http://www.ditrcomic.com/ can be read here.]]

* CanonCharacterAllAlong: * The comic starts out with seemingly new protagonists, until TheReveal that they are [[spoiler:the flying Carpet and the Tiger head of the Cave of Wonders in human form.]]

* VerbalBackspace: The mage isn't quite honest about desire of his he sees in the cave.

For the Touhou fan video series, [[WebAnimation/DiamondInTheRoughTouhou click here]].

'''''Diamond in the Rough''''' is a FanWebcomic of ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'', written by Theo Dolev and illustrated by Ophir Sheriff. The comic is 36 pages long, and is a prequel speculating on the origins of various characters. Unfortunately not much more about it can be described about it without spoiling some big plot points, so just know that it has SugarWiki/AwesomeArt and [[http://www.ditrcomic.com/ can be read here.]]

'''''Diamond in the Rough''''' is a FanWebcomic of ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'', written by Theo Dolev and illustrated by Ophir Sheriff. The comic is 36 pages long, and is a prequel speculating on the origins of various characters. Unfortunately not much more about it can be described about it without spoiling some big plot points, so just know that it has AwesomeArt and [[http://www.ditrcomic.com/ can be read here.]]

'''''Diamond in the Rough''''' is a FanWebcomic of ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'', written by Theo Dolev and illustrated by Ophir Sheriff. The comic is 36 pages long, and is a prequel speculating on the origins of various characters. [[http://www.ditrcomic.com/ It can be read here.]]

* {{Fauxshadowing}}

* TheAtoner: The magician, the lamp's previous owner who's now hiding it before he or anyone else can cause more trouble with it.

** As for [[spoiler:the magician, he gets flung back into the cave and transformed into the Carpet.]]

** The magician's long robes, thin bearded face, and association with snakes may cause one to speculate that he's Jafar. But he ain't; the true Jafar shows up later on.

** The magician wears purple robes with yellow patterns, [[spoiler:the same patterns as on the flying carpet]]. As he falls when struck by spells, his burning robe envelops him until only it can be seen.

* NoodleIncident: At some point before the comic, the magician used the lamp in some unspecified way. We never see what it was and only hear scant details, but apparently what happened was so terrible he decided that no one should have this kind of power and so is sealing the lamp away forever.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: As they confront each other at the cave's entrance, Jafar and Iago give the magician a withering speech about how all the disaster he wreaked with the lamp was all his own doing, since the lamp's power itself is neutral.

* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Without his staff, the magician has to resort to enchanted knives to fight. Fortunately his first throw hits his opponent right on the mark.
* TitleDrop: Comes up twice. When trying cheer up his friend, the guard assures the magician that he isn't so bad, saying he must have good deep down "like a diamond in the rough". [[spoiler:After becoming the Cave's guard in his memory, the tiger head says its warning for the first time, letting Jafar know he cannot enter.]]
* VerbalBackspace: The magician isn't quite honest about desire of his he sees in the cave.

** [[spoiler:The magician is cursed at the end to transform into a carpet. THE flying Carpet, in fact.]]

* YourHeartsDesire: According to the magician, the Cave of Wonders displays this. Inside the guard sees piles of illusionary gold, just like Aladdin, but the magician sees a crowd of spirits resembling people. Even he's not sure what that represents.

'''Diamond in the Rough''' is a FanWebcomic of ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'', written by Theo Dolev and illustrated by Ophir Sheriff. The comic is 36 pages long, and is a prequel speculating on the origins of various characters. [[http://www.ditrcomic.com/ It can be read here.]]

* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: The comic has two uses of "what the hell" and "prick", but that's it.