| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 3 | [[folder:Ja'far]] |
| 4 | !! Ja'far |
| 5 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jafar_79.png]] |
| 6 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/twisted_jafar.jpg]] |
| 7 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/DylanSaunders |
| 8 | |
| 9 | ->''Science says you're dead and gone forever''\ |
| 10 | ''Reason says I'm talking to the air''\ |
| 11 | ''But something in my heart''\ |
| 12 | ''Some secret hidden part''\ |
| 13 | ''Illogically insists that you are there''\ |
| 14 | ''Somewhere'' |
| 15 | |
| 16 | The protagonist of ''Twisted'', Ja'far is the royal vizier to the Sultan of the Magic Kingdom. |
| 17 | ---- |
| 18 | * ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Nobody likes him, constantly blaming him for the problems plaguing the kingdom. |
| 19 | * AdaptationExpansion: Here we see where Ja'far got the Scarab necklace, how he became Vizier, and where he got the Bird. |
| 20 | * AdaptationalHeroism: As ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' did with the Wicked Witch of the West, ''Twisted'' portrays Ja'far as a goodhearted, sympathetic hero who was never evil to begin with. |
| 21 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The citizens of the Kingdom give Ja'far this treatment, [[spoiler:and then he and the other Disney villains do this to Cruella de Vil. To be fair, she deserved it]]. |
| 22 | * BecomingTheGenie: Like in the source material. But while there he did it out of greed for power, here he did it to give the Princess the power to fix things and keep Aladdin from getting the lamp. |
| 23 | * BeleagueredBureaucrat: He really just wants to return the kingdom to its golden age. He's just not very successful. Or appreciated. |
| 24 | * BenevolentGenie: [[spoiler:Ja'far becomes one of these at the end of the play.]] |
| 25 | * BSODSong: The beginning of ''Twisted'', [[spoiler:before the other Disney villains show up]]. |
| 26 | * ButtMonkey: The scapegoat of the citizen's woes, and a NoRespectGuy despite his efforts. |
| 27 | * DarkIsNotEvil: While he has a foreboding appearance and wears a lot of black, he's a hero in this version of the story. |
| 28 | * {{Determinator}}: Everyone in the kingdom hates Ja'far and nothing ever goes his way. Will that stop him from trying to fix the kingdom's problems with logic, reason, and elbow grease? Nope. |
| 29 | * EvilChancellor: Averted, but is everyone's opinion of Ja'far himself. |
| 30 | * 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. |
| 31 | * FlatEarthAtheist: To begin with, he is a staunch proponent of science and reason over magic and stories -- but he lives in a world with magic lamps and flying carpets, and his whole plan to save the Magic Kingdom from invasion hinges on finding a Djinn with the power to grant wishes. His struggle to believe in magic as a solution to the world's problems is part of his CharacterDevelopment. |
| 32 | * TheGoldenRule: The philosophy he lives by before [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown palace politics sucks his spirit dry]]. |
| 33 | * TheGoodChancellor: Unlike his movie counterpart, he has his kingdom's best interests at heart, despite his bitterness. [[HeroWithBadPublicity Not that anybody recognizes this]]. |
| 34 | * HeroWithBadPublicity: Is this as nobody likes him despite his kind personality. |
| 35 | * InformedFlaw: While he's said to have a FaceOfAThug, he doesn't really look particularly sinister or intimidating. |
| 36 | * KnightInSourArmor: He tries to do the right thing as a realist in a world full of idealist mooks. |
| 37 | * 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. |
| 38 | * NiceGuy: He's kind, benevolent, and determined to make the world a better place. |
| 39 | * OnlySaneMan: His defining trait is that he's the only character who's kindhearted, intelligent, and has any common sense whatsoever. Sherrezade also checked all those boxes, but sadly, she's long dead by the time the show starts. [[spoiler:The Princess manages to get there, though.]] |
| 40 | * OurGeniesAreDifferent: The Djinn is blue, Ja'far is red. And a devil-guy. |
| 41 | * PapaWolf: He's very protective of the Princess and doesn't want Aladdin anywhere ''near'' her. |
| 42 | * ParentalSubstitute: The Princess' mother isn't around and her father is basically useless, so Ja'far is the closest thing she has to an actual parent. [[spoiler:Then it turns out he's literally her father.]] |
| 43 | * PhraseCatcher: "This is all your fault, Ja'far." |
| 44 | * RageBreakingPoint: Ja'far tries to stay polite and considerate of the Djinn but when the Djinn's non-stop nonsensical references become too much, Ja'far yells at him to stop being an asshole for just one minute. |
| 45 | * 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 a mix of RedIsHeroic and DarkIsNotEvil. |
| 46 | * TenorBoy: The first hint this Ja'far is a heroic character compared to the EvilSoundsDeep Disney character. Emphasized when we flash back to Ja'far as an idealistic young man. |
| 47 | * ToBeLawfulOrGood: During the title song, Ja'far struggles whether he should go turn himself in and accomplish nothing or continue down his path and maybe save the kingdom. |
| 48 | * TookALevelInCynic: While he does his best to hide it, Ja'far goes from an idealist who believes the best in everyone to quietly admitting he doesn't "believe in good" any more. |
| 49 | * 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.]] |
| 50 | -->'''Ja'far:''' The question, then, is whether 'tis nobler in the mind to be well-liked, but ineffectual, or moral, but maligned. |
| 51 | [[/folder]] |
| 52 | |
| 53 | [[folder:Princess]] |
| 54 | !! The Princess |
| 55 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/twisted_theprincess.jpg]] |
| 56 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/RachaelSoglin |
| 57 | |
| 58 | ->''Look at my life from the outside, and sure''\ |
| 59 | ''I've got servants, and tigers, and stuff''\ |
| 60 | ''You're probably thinking''\ |
| 61 | ''She's got everything''\ |
| 62 | ''Well, it's true''\ |
| 63 | '''Cause I do''\ |
| 64 | ''But so the fuck what?''\ |
| 65 | ''It's not enough'' |
| 66 | |
| 67 | The Princess is the teenage daughter of the Sultan of the Kingdom, and his heir. |
| 68 | ---- |
| 69 | * AdaptationalPersonalityChange: A lot more bratty than Jasmine in the movie, [[spoiler:[[CharacterDevelopment at least at first.]]]] |
| 70 | * BedlahBabe: Her outfit is identical to her counterpart in the animated movie. |
| 71 | * BirthDeathJuxtaposition: She was born at around the same time that Sherrezade, who previously held the position of most important woman in Ja'far's life, died. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that [[DeathByChildbirth Sherrezade was actually her mother]]]]. |
| 72 | * BrainlessBeauty: The Princess isn't exactly ''brainless'', but she is very, very naive. [[spoiler:She gets better.]] |
| 73 | * BrattyTeenageDaughter: We don't see her interact with the Sultan directly, but it's hard to imagine she's any nicer to him than she is to anyone else. [[spoiler:As revealed by the ending, she's been a completely straight example to Ja'far this whole time, though she's become a lot nicer by the time they find out they're related.]] |
| 74 | * BrickJoke: Also, when the Princess says she wants to fix the socioeconomic inequality by [[spoiler:making everyone a princess. When she becomes Sultan, she does just that, and it is extremely effective]]. |
| 75 | * CharacterDevelopment: She becomes more considerate and more proactive as time goes on. She also wises up ''significantly'' by the end, especially where Aladdin is concerned. |
| 76 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: Prince Achmed declares that his army is here to end the tyrannical rule of the Magic Kingdom. The Princess makes the BadassBoast: "You will never end our tyrannical rule!" |
| 77 | * DumbassHasAPoint: |
| 78 | ** As it turns out, the Princess' plan to solve social inequality by [[spoiler:making everyone a Princess actually worked.]] |
| 79 | ** Although she goes about it ''totally'' wrong, it's hard to blame her for not liking Achmed. Or for not wanting to marry someone that made out with a girl while she was ''[[DudeShesLikeInAComa blacked out]]''. |
| 80 | --->'''The Princess:''' That's not charming! That's kind of rapey. |
| 81 | ** Some early conversations, particularly with Aladdin, show the Princess is ''almost'' there when it comes to getting what's wrong with the Kingdom. ''Almost''. She gets that the class system is screwed up and mistreats poor people, but fails to see that she benefits from it and that Aladdin isn't much better. She realizes the people in power aren't helping and that something needs to be done, but doesn't understand that she has a lot more to learn before she can instill any lasting change. [[spoiler:She finally turns the corner via CharacterDevelopment.]] |
| 82 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: She's only ever called "the Princess", [[WritingAroundTrademarks for copyright reasons]]. |
| 83 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: While she doesn't intend to be mean, some of the things she says come off as offensive to those less well-off than her because she doesn't know any better. |
| 84 | * LoveAtFirstSight: Deconstructed. She believes in it, and becomes enamored with Aladdin. Yet she can't remember his name unless it's written, and realizes what a creep he is after some advice from Ja'far. |
| 85 | * LovingAShadow: She falls in love with Aladdin after one night, but it's a superficial visage Aladdin made up to seem attractive. When she spoke with Ja'far afterwards, she couldn't even remember his name. When she finds out Aladdin was lying (in truth he lied about lying), which makes her realize she's making a mistake. By the end, she's disgusted by him. |
| 86 | * NamedByTheAdaptation: Inverted; while one might not even catch it, she's never referred to as "Jasmine", only "the princess", in a case of WritingAroundTrademarks. |
| 87 | * RebelliousPrincess: {{Reconstruction}}. Her rebellious attitude is little more than selfish complaining over her near perfect life and she's completely oblivious to the real problems of her world. [[spoiler:Later, she rebels against palace politics and leads a social revolution.]] |
| 88 | * RelatedInTheAdaptation: It was revealed that she's really [[spoiler: Ja'far's daughter]]. |
| 89 | * RichKidTurnedSocialActivist: Parodied. She cares deeply for the downtrodden masses but is unfortunately also very naive and spoiled, leading her to come out with lines like "This is so unfair! Poor people need slaves just as much as rich people do!" |
| 90 | * ShelteredAristocrat: She's a teenage daughter of the Sultan of the Kingdom and his heiress. She is a kind girl deep down, she just hasn't any idea how life outside of wealth and privilege really works. She's really not a bad person but she's insufferably naive and a RoyalBrat at the beginning. Even so she still wants what is best for her people and her kingdom. [[spoiler: Case in point, after inheriting Ja'far's lamp her wishes are that 1, the war with Pik-zahr be resolved peacefully, 2, that the Magic Kingdom be returned to the happiest place on earth, and 3, her, arguably, only selfish wish be that she and her father could remain together, but when Ja'far solemnly tells her that he cannot grant that wish, she instead wishes that he have every happiness he ever wanted, reuniting Ja'far and Sherrezade for the rest of eternity in the lamp.]] |
| 91 | * TrueBlueFemininity: Like the animated movie, she's feminine and wears a blue outfit. |
| 92 | [[/folder]] |
| 93 | |
| 94 | [[folder:Aladdin]] |
| 95 | !! Aladdin |
| 96 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/twisted_aladdin.jpg]] |
| 97 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/JeffBlim |
| 98 | |
| 99 | ->''Want food, but got no money?''\ |
| 100 | ''I'm screwed, or so it would seem''\ |
| 101 | ''That's why I came up with this brilliant scheme''\ |
| 102 | ''Just steal everything!'' |
| 103 | |
| 104 | A lying street rat. |
| 105 | ---- |
| 106 | * AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler: He steals not due to economic problems but because he is a lazy, sociopathic asshole that [[SelfMadeOrphan killed his own parents]]]]. |
| 107 | * AgeLift: In the original movie, Aladdin is meant to be a teenager, maybe in his early twenties at most. Here, he's 33. |
| 108 | * AxCrazy: [[spoiler:His alternate personality killed his parents because they wanted him to get a job, and his regular personality went along with it.]] |
| 109 | * BarefootPoverty: Aladdin briefly goes through this until he loots a dead body. |
| 110 | * 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.]] |
| 111 | * 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. |
| 112 | * 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 was the one who killed his own parents]]. |
| 113 | * BlatantLies: All over the place. For example, "I've never done this before," said while trying to seduce the Princess. |
| 114 | * BookDumb: He tells the Princess he hates the "class system"… but it is clear he means school, which he dropped out of. |
| 115 | * CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Aladdin seems to be able to get straight answers out of the Djinn when he is in his lamp in Aladdin's hat. |
| 116 | * CompositeCharacter: The ending reveals that Aladdin [[spoiler: would eventually become the street merchant from the beginning of the film]]. |
| 117 | * DeathByIrony: With a BookEnds take on it, [[spoiler: he became a street merchant and was murdered by a thief over a loaf of bread]]. |
| 118 | * DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: He deconstructs two points about Disney's Aladdin: His life philosophy and why he steals. "[He] steals what he can't afford, and that's everything." Taken to the conclusion, that means he steals everything. And why does he steal and not shown getting a job? [[spoiler:He hates actual work, refuses to go to school, and stealing is [[EvilFeelsGood more fun]] to him.]] |
| 119 | * DisabledInTheAdaptation: Unlike the Aladdin from the movie, [[spoiler:he's eventually revealed to have a severe mental illness in the form of a violently insane alternate personality]]. |
| 120 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Aladdin threatens the baker with death if he puts any more raisins in his bread. |
| 121 | * DoesNotLikeSpam: Dislikes raisins, as he makes [[DisproportionateRetribution very clear]] to an unfortunate baker. |
| 122 | * {{Ephebophile}}: He's at least 33, is pursuing the 16 year old Princess and has knocked up at least one other teenager that we see, and most of his dialogue indicates that he's been with a lot of teenage girls. |
| 123 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Even the murderous and sex-obsessed Aladdin is skeeved out by the idea of Ja'far being in love with the Princess, noting that he's old enough to be her father — disregarding that he himself is over 33 years old and in love with said teenage princess. Also, when his alternate personality is threatening Ja'far, regular Aladdin briefly pops up and warns him, "Listen to him, man, he'll kill you!". |
| 124 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: Mistook Ja'far's declaration of loving the Princess as sexual and not parental and hypocritically calls him a total pedo. |
| 125 | * EvilIsHammy: Whenever Aladdin turns up the evil, he gets very theatrical. |
| 126 | * FanDisservice: He's a handsome guy and his outfits do little to hide his very muscular body. However, he's such a creepy sleaze that any of his attempts to act sexy just make him seem grosser. |
| 127 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Yep. The first time we see him, he seems like a lazy jerk. Then he threatens to kill the baker. |
| 128 | * FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: As he's being carted away to prison by the Captain, the Princess tries to stand up for him, saying that he lost his family. The Captain counters that he still killed people, including one guard's twin brother. [[spoiler:It goes further when it turns out he doesn't steal for any reason besides him finding it fun and being too lazy to want to work, and that he killed his parents for (justifiably) wanting him to move out. Even his plans for the Djinn and the Princess are just random thoughts that cross his mind.]] |
| 129 | * HandsomeLech: He's plenty attractive, but if he fails at his initial seduction his creepiness and complete lack of caring swiftly kills any charm he has. The Princess is only with him because she thinks she has to be because of LoveAtFirstSight, and his increasingly desperate attempts to sleep with her turn her off. |
| 130 | --> '''Princess''': You make sex seem gross and lame! |
| 131 | * HateSink: While he has his fair share of comedic moments, he's still a sleazy, lecherous, greedy, inconsiderate PsychopathicManchild with no sympathetic or even respectable traits to speak of. |
| 132 | * 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. |
| 133 | * {{Hypocrite}}: |
| 134 | ** When Ja'far declares that he loves the Princess (like a daughter), Aladdin calls him "a total pedo" for being interested in someone half his age. Aladdin is 33 and the Princess is 16. |
| 135 | ** He accuses Monkey of being lazy when [[spoiler:his whole motive for stealing is not wanting to work for a living]]. |
| 136 | * JekyllAndHyde: Subverted. [[spoiler:Yes, he does have an AxCrazy evil side that killed his parents without his knowledge, but once they meet, he doesn't mind since he's just as evil and they get along fine.]] |
| 137 | * TheKillerInMe: Even outside of the deaths that come as a result of his various activities accidentally, [[spoiler:he is the "Amnesiac Killer" version when it comes to the deaths of his parents. His split personality did the deed, and he is as shocked as anyone... but given he's nearly as bad himself, he doesn't really mind]]. |
| 138 | * LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:After the play he runs away and seems to be a KarmaHoudini, but Ja'far admits that the first thing he wanted to know was what happened to him. That's when he sees Aladdin old and fat, taking away two of the qualities he exploited best (his good looks and athleticism), is working as a peddler, forced to do the exact kind of honest work he hates, and he tells a false story where he's the hero, keeping the lamp as a reminder of his failure and thus only ever getting a happy ending in a fairy tale he tells with no way to enjoy the benefits of the happy ending he spun up, and he dies at 55 over a loaf of bread, the highest form of karma given one of his most heinous crimes was due to him having gotten people seriously injured or even killed stealing bread. A pitiful end that happened to an entirely deserving scumbag.]] |
| 139 | * LaughablyEvil: While he is undeniably slimy and depraved, a lot of his douchebaggery is PlayedForLaughs. |
| 140 | * LazyBum: The only reason he steals is because he does not want to work for a living. [[spoiler:He even killed his parents because they wanted him to move out of their house and get a job at 33. When he's forced to find honest work later on, he's clearly miserable.]] |
| 141 | * 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. |
| 142 | * 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. |
| 143 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Fully expects his monkey to eat a corpse, mistreats a pair of crippled orphans and is implied to have impregnated several women with no genuine regard for who they are as people. |
| 144 | * PsychopathicManchild: Not only is he a lazy, immature prick who decided not to finish school out of just not liking it, but he has a downright evil lack of concern for other peoples' well-being. [[spoiler:His alternate personality is [[AxCrazy even more psychopathic]].]] |
| 145 | * RefugeInAudacity: When an angry father confronts him for impregnating his daughter, Aladdin’s only defense in that his daughter is hot. This just gets him a high five from the guy. |
| 146 | * RobbingTheDead: He has no qualms about looting corpses. |
| 147 | * SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed that he has an even more sociopathic alternate personality that killed his parents because they wanted him to move out of their house.]] |
| 148 | * StreetUrchin: Subverted. He steals way more than he needs, issues death threats, and many more things that make him unlike a lovable "street urchin" stereotype. He's also 33 years old, meaning that the "urchin" part has long been untrue, turned to crime out of laziness, and only lost his parents a few months earlier [[spoiler:because his alter ego killed them]]. |
| 149 | * VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Threw a temper tantrum when Ja'far was able to screw him out of his final wish by turning into a Djinn. It was short as Aladdin hightailed it after the transformation is complete.]] |
| 150 | -->'''Aladdin:''' [[spoiler:What?!? No! No! No! The Djinn can't be free! I didn't get my last wish! Oh c'mon, work you stupid lamp! This isn't fair! ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Life. Is supposed. To be fair!]]'']] |
| 151 | * 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. |
| 152 | [[/folder]] |
| 153 | |
| 154 | [[folder:Sherrezade]] |
| 155 | !! Sherrezade |
| 156 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/twisted_sherrezade.jpg]] |
| 157 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/MeredithStepien |
| 158 | |
| 159 | ->''I want to know your story''\ |
| 160 | ''So make the story last''\ |
| 161 | ''I want to know each twist and turn''\ |
| 162 | ''Tell me all I've missed''\ |
| 163 | ''I've so much to learn''\ |
| 164 | ''For when it comes to stories''\ |
| 165 | ''I thought I knew them all''\ |
| 166 | ''But now, I'm face to face with one I can't seem to recall'' |
| 167 | |
| 168 | Once a storyteller at the palace, she was kicked out after her ear was cut off. |
| 169 | ---- |
| 170 | * BedlahBabe: Her clothes are inspired by [[Series/IDreamOfJeannie Jeannie]]'s outfit. |
| 171 | * 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]].]] |
| 172 | * CanonForeigner: Has no counterpart in the animated film, other than a brief mention in Genie's song. |
| 173 | * CharacterNarrator: She narrates parts of the play, but also interacts with the other characters, especially Ja'far. |
| 174 | * DelayedNarratorIntroduction: She appears in the very beginning, as the narrator during the OpeningMonologue, and then shows up later as a character. |
| 175 | * DiedHappilyEverAfter: [[spoiler:Not at first, but in the ending. Thanks to the Princess, she gets to be with her husband for all eternity.]] |
| 176 | * EarAche: Her ear was cut off by a goon who didn't like her face. But Ja'far's knowledge in medicine was able to patch it up for her. |
| 177 | * TheLostLenore: For Ja'far. |
| 178 | * ManicPixieDreamGirl: Sherrezade is a thorough subversion. Since she lives in a world where magic is a real and tangible thing, her dreamy, creative life as a storyteller yields valuable knowledge rather than pointless whimsy. When she brightens Ja'far's life, it's a deliberate (and skillfully clever) effort on her part rather than just her innate quirkiness, and when Ja'far falls in love with her, it's because her argument for the value of magic is logical and well-reasoned enough to convince him of her worth, even if he never actually adopts her viewpoint on it. |
| 179 | * MythologyGag: She is based on the character of the same name from ''Literature/ArabianNights'' - a servant woman who [[spoiler:is taken by a deranged Sultan as his wife, and]] tells countless fantastical stories. Indeed, ''Aladdin'' was [[CommonKnowledge commonly thought]] to have been one of those stories. |
| 180 | * NiceGirl: Just like her husband, she's very kind. |
| 181 | * PinkMeansFeminine: Dressed entirely in pink. |
| 182 | [[/folder]] |
| 183 | |
| 184 | [[folder:Prince Achmed]] |
| 185 | !! Prince Achmed |
| 186 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/twisted_princeachmed.jpg]] |
| 187 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/JoeWalker |
| 188 | |
| 189 | ->''Say my name in these parts and you'll get a vacant stare''\ |
| 190 | ''Until you mention tigers''\ |
| 191 | ''Or spotted underwear''\ |
| 192 | ''So to restore my repute as a fierce fearsome brute''\ |
| 193 | ''There's only one route I see''\ |
| 194 | ''I'll arrange the slaughter of millions of innocent civilians''\ |
| 195 | ''Then they'll remember me!'' |
| 196 | |
| 197 | Prince of Pik-zahr, a neighboring kingdom. |
| 198 | ---- |
| 199 | * AdaptationalBadass: While he still suffers some embarrassing moments and comes off as a stuffed shirt like his counterpart from the movie, this version of Achmed is an accomplished warrior and commander who stands a very real chance of destroying the Magic Kingdom. |
| 200 | * AdaptationalVillainy: He was certainly a [[{{jerkass}} massive asshole]] in the original movie, but this take on him is a bloodthirsty warmonger. |
| 201 | * AscendedExtra: In the original film, Prince Achmed was a throw-away joke. Here, not only does his humiliation have consequences, but the play openly mocks his movie-version's status as a joke character. |
| 202 | -->'''Achmed''': I cannot believe that she thought that she could feed a ''prince'' to a Bengal tiger and that there would be no political consequences! This really is an act of ''war'', Ja'far, and she treated it as if it were a throwaway joke! As if I was [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall some silly side character]] here only to illustrate ''her'' reluctance to get married! |
| 203 | * 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. |
| 204 | * BerserkButton: Don't imply that Prince Achmed fucked a tiger. |
| 205 | * BestialityIsDepraved: Prince Achmed becomes known as Tigerfucker to his people. Played with, as his soldiers do not think it depraved, but rather a measure of his power that he managed to fuck a tiger. |
| 206 | * BigBadEnsemble: Serves as the most prominent threat, as while Aladdin is more directly present, it is Pik-zahr's threat of war that makes Ja'far the most desperate. |
| 207 | * ButtMonkey: A tiger attacks his ass, his accomplishments are ignored, the Princess needs to reminded who he is when he's invading her country, and his army names him Tigerfucker. |
| 208 | * EmbarrassingNickname: "TIGER FUCKER! TIGER FUCKER! TIGER FUCKER!" Played with in that, while he's embarrassed by it, his soldiers seem very proud of the alleged deed. |
| 209 | * EveryManHasHisPrice: [[spoiler:Sells Pik-zahr to the Princess for 7.4 billion drachma.]] |
| 210 | * EvilIsHammy: In regular and ColdHam varieties, depending on how pissed he is. |
| 211 | * HehHehYouSaidX: Ja'far falls for the "dickfor" joke, and Achmed and his soldiers point and laugh at him. |
| 212 | * AHeroToHisHometown: His soldiers all revere him, praising his acts of war and [[RunningGag alleged tiger-fucking]]. |
| 213 | * IAmGreatSong: He and his servants sing a song about how great and powerful he is, while lamenting nobody remembers Achmed's mighty deeds, only his [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten embarrassing encounter with a tiger]]. |
| 214 | * InsaneTrollLogic: During his VillainSong, he comes to the conclusion that the only way to make the Princess love him is to kill all of the Magic Kingdom's citizens. |
| 215 | * NotGoodWithRejection: In addition to addressing the 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 because he thinks [[InsaneTrollLogic if he kills all the Princess's people, she'll fall in love with him.]] |
| 216 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: Yes, he's a ButtMonkey and a bit of a goof, but he's still a legitimate threat to the Magic Kingdom. |
| 217 | * OffstageVillainy: According to his VillainSong, he apparently regularly slaughters scores of people in one-sided massacres. |
| 218 | * OnceDoneNeverForgotten: In his VillainSong he laments how [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall he is only remembered in the Magic Kingdom as the guy who got bit in the ass by a tiger]]. |
| 219 | -->'''Achmed''': Say my name in these parts, and you'll get a vacant stare/Until you mention tigers, or spotted underwear! |
| 220 | * PrincesRule: He, a prince, is apparently the sole ruler of Pik-zahr. |
| 221 | * VillainousCrush: He's smitten with the Princess, and hopes to [[InsaneTrollLogic make her love him back by slaughtering the citizens of the Magic Kingdom]]. |
| 222 | * 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. |
| 223 | [[/folder]] |
| 224 | |
| 225 | [[folder:Sultan]] |
| 226 | !! The Sultan |
| 227 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/twisted_thesultan.jpg]] |
| 228 | ->'''Played by:''' Nick Gage |
| 229 | |
| 230 | The Sultan of the Kingdom. |
| 231 | ---- |
| 232 | * AdaptationalDumbass: The original was a ManChild and didn't realize how evil Jafar is, but he at least had the excuse that he was being frequently brainwashed by Jafar and snapped out of it once the hypnosis was broken. This guy, on the other hand, completely buys Aladdin's lie that Ja'far is a sorcerer because [[InsaneTrollLogic he knows that hippos come from Africa, something that only a sorcerer would know]]. |
| 233 | * AdaptationalVillainy: The man is a total dick. [[spoiler:Ironic, considering his running joke...]] |
| 234 | * BeardOfEvil: Has a thick beard and is a ''terrible'' ruler. |
| 235 | * BrickJoke: The Sultan's apparently random story about how he [[spoiler:inverted his penis]]. Near the end, Ja'far realizes that because of this, [[spoiler:he must be the Princess's real father]]. |
| 236 | * TheCaligula: It is not until this Sultan came to power when the socio-economic problems arose in the kingdom, with his own blatant disregard for the problems of the kingdom. |
| 237 | * ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:His inverted penis turns out to be important. It's the reason he can't be the Princess' biological father.]] |
| 238 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The Sultan addresses his court by first telling them all how he gave himself an inverted penis. |
| 239 | * DeathByAdaptation: Dies at the end as a result of the Princess' wish that the kingdom had a good sultan. She becomes that sultan, as he passed the title down to her just before he died. |
| 240 | * DemotedToExtra: Has minimal screentime, particularly compared to the play's other two antagonists, Aladdin and Achmed. |
| 241 | * DisabledInTheAdaptation: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] Unlike the Sultan in the movie, he wears glasses. |
| 242 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: He [[KilledOffscreen dies offscreen]] so that [[spoiler:the Princess can become the ruler of the Magic Kingdom]]. No one mourns him. |
| 243 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Just like his movie counterpart. |
| 244 | * EvilSoundsDeep: Hilariously {{inverted|Trope}}. He speaks with an extremely high pitch. |
| 245 | * FourEyesZeroSoul: Bespectacled and bastardly. |
| 246 | * GroinAttack: A self-inflicted one, no less. He apparently pushed in his own penis, and it never came out since. [[spoiler:This turns out to be the reason why he can't be the Princess' father.]] |
| 247 | * 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]], 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. |
| 248 | * LightIsNotGood: His white and blue colour scheme, inherited from the Disney version of the character, doesn't change his evilness in the slightest. |
| 249 | * 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.]] |
| 250 | * UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Is revealed to not be the Princess’ father after all.]] |
| 251 | * WhiteHairBlackHeart: He's got white hair, beard, and moustache and is an evil corrupt bastard when it comes to how he rules his kingdom. |
| 252 | [[/folder]] |
| 253 | |
| 254 | [[folder:Evil Vizier]] |
| 255 | !! The Evil Vizier |
| 256 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/twisted_oldvizier.jpg]] |
| 257 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/JoeWalker |
| 258 | |
| 259 | ->''Who has the gold makes all the rules''\ |
| 260 | ''So he wins the game and then''\ |
| 261 | ''The prize for winning? (More gold!)''\ |
| 262 | ''And the game begins again!''\ |
| 263 | |
| 264 | Appearing only in backstory, he was the vizier many 17-ish years ago, when Ja'far first came to the palace. |
| 265 | ---- |
| 266 | * TheCaligula: He enjoys the luxuries of the palace with full disregard of the people. |
| 267 | * CanonForeigner: Has no counterpart in the animated film. |
| 268 | * 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. |
| 269 | * CreepyHighPitchedVoice: His singing voice, [[SingingVoiceDissonance in contrast to his speaking voice]]. |
| 270 | * TheDandy: Wears make-up and enjoys the spoils of tax-money shamelessly. |
| 271 | * DecadentCourt: The Sultan's court under his regime. |
| 272 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: "The Royal Vizier." |
| 273 | * EvilChancellor: Unlike Ja'far, this is played entirely straight. |
| 274 | * EvilIsHammy: As flamboyant as he is cruel. |
| 275 | * KarmaHoudini: As far as we know, the Evil Vizier never pays for his actions, [[spoiler:disappearing from the story with no mention of how or why.]] |
| 276 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Played straight. |
| 277 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: His own "golden rule." |
| 278 | * SissyVillain: The Old Vizier has elements of this, such as wearing {{guyliner}}, although like with some examples of this 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.) |
| 279 | * SycophanticServant: He fawns over the Sultan and carries out his orders and requests without a second thought. |
| 280 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Obviously, he stopped being Vizier at some point, but how that happened and what became of him are never explained. |
| 281 | [[/folder]] |
| 282 | |
| 283 | [[folder:Djinn]] |
| 284 | !! The Djinn |
| 285 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/djinn_0.jpg]] |
| 286 | ->'''Played by:''' Nick Gage |
| 287 | |
| 288 | A powerful djinn contained in a magic lamp, sought by Ja'far to help him save the Kingdom with his nigh-omnipotent powers. [[RunningGag He's also really funny.]] |
| 289 | ---- |
| 290 | * EleventhHourRanger: His only appearance is during the climactic battle against Prince Achmed's forces, having been called upon by Ja'far for divine assistance. |
| 291 | * 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]]). |
| 292 | * CharacterExaggeration: PlayedForLaughs. Unlike the Genie from ''Aladdin'' who could still speak normal sentences while making pop culture references the Djinn's [[SpeaksInShoutOuts entire dialogue is nothing but references]] which makes him borderline incomprehensible and only serves to piss Ja'far off. |
| 293 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The Djinn is a deliberately over the top example. He only speaks in hackneyed movie references. Unlike in the movie though, these references deliberately have little to zero context to the situation at hand. |
| 294 | * DemotedToExtra: Compared to his counterpart who was prominent throughout most of the original 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. |
| 295 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Like most of the other characters. As his Disney counterpart is simply named "Genie", it's likely that this was more to spice things up rather than for legal reasons. Like the spelling of "Ja'far", it's more authentic to the original Arabian tale; and a tiny handful of lines of dialogue do in fact refer to him as a genie instead of a djinn. |
| 296 | * EveryoneHasStandards: For all his annoying, incomprehensible behavior, he's still disgusted by Aladdin's desire to use a wish force the Princess to have sex with him, and refuses to allow it. |
| 297 | * 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. |
| 298 | * 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 [[JustifiedTrope explains]] his [[TheGenieKnowsJackNicholson knowledge of pop-culture references]]). |
| 299 | * 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. |
| 300 | * InformedAttribute: PlayedForLaughs - a RunningGag is people (with the exception of [[OnlySaneMan Ja'far]]) remarking on how funny the Djinn supposedly is. He's actually SoUnfunnyItsFunny. |
| 301 | * OurGeniesAreDifferent: He's the standard blue-skinned variety who grants ThreeWishes, except he [[SpeaksInShoutOuts says nothing except out-of-context movie references]]. |
| 302 | * SoUnfunnyItsFunny: His pop-culture references are completely out of context. Other than Ja'far, everyone else thinks [[InformedAttribute he is hilarious]]. |
| 303 | * SpeaksInShoutOuts: His dialogue consists almost entirely of movie references. |
| 304 | [[/folder]] |
| 305 | |
| 306 | [[folder:Captain]] |
| 307 | !! The Captain of the Royal Guard |
| 308 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captain_30.png]] |
| 309 | ->'''Played by:''' Jim Povolo |
| 310 | |
| 311 | The captain of the royal guard. |
| 312 | ---- |
| 313 | * 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]]. |
| 314 | * AscendedExtra: Not as much as Prince Achmed, but he's more prominent here than his movie counterpart was in the original, frequently interacting with Ja'far and appearing all the way through the runtime. |
| 315 | * BerserkButton: As he's arresting Aladdin, the Princess tells him he's not at fault and is a victim of circumstance. He gets rightfully pissed. |
| 316 | --> '''Captain''': ''Victim''?! Tell that to Bafool's twin brother Adbul, HE was the victim. |
| 317 | * CatchPhrase: "This is all your fault, Ja'far." |
| 318 | * TheComicallySerious: Has a very serious tone that contrasts with the ridiculous things he says and does. |
| 319 | * DeadpanSnarker: With all he has to deal with, it's no wonder he has a sarcastic streak. |
| 320 | * AFatherToHisMen: He comforts Abdul in his last moments by claiming that the stolen bread was retrieved. |
| 321 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Appears throughout "Dream a Little Harder" before he is introduced in the following scene. |
| 322 | * InsistentTerminology: [[spoiler:After the Princess makes everyone a princess, he insists on being called one.]] |
| 323 | * JerkassHasAPoint: While he still wrongly blames Ja'far like everyone else, his criticisms are at least grounded in some form of reality at times. |
| 324 | * OnlySaneMan: Second only to Ja'far in this regard, and even acts as one to him on occasion. For example, he's the one who points out that setting up a breakfast between Prince Achmed and the Princess was probably a bad idea since she has a tendency to sic tigers on visiting princes. |
| 325 | * ServileSnarker: He's this to Ja'far. Fortunately for him, Ja'far is a kind ReasonableAuthorityFigure, and wouldn't punish his subordinates for just criticizing him. |
| 326 | * VitriolicBestBuds: His interactions with Ja'far has shades of this. While he's still a dick to him, he's one of the few people willing to give him the time of day. [[spoiler: He even acknowedges that the story's happy ending is thanks to Ja'far's actions.]] |
| 327 | * YouDontLookLikeYou: Of all the characters, he looks the least like his movie counterpart. |
| 328 | [[/folder]] |
| 329 | |
| 330 | [[folder:Monkey]] |
| 331 | !! Monkey |
| 332 | [[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monkey_2.jpg]] |
| 333 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/LaurenLopez |
| 334 | ---- |
| 335 | * CymbalBangingMonkey: The ''eyes'', man! ''What's with the eyes?!'' |
| 336 | * ADogNamedDog: Its name actually seems to be "Monkey", [[WritingAroundTrademarks for copyright reasons]]. |
| 337 | * FlippingTheBird: When Aladdin [[HypocriticalHumour calls it lazy]], this is its response. |
| 338 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Monkey shows up near the end after being abandoned by Aladdin and is overjoyed when everyone is declared a princess.]] |
| 339 | * ManiacMonkeys: It's the very creepy pet of the sociopathic criminal Aladdin. |
| 340 | [[/folder]] |
| 341 | |
| 342 | [[folder:Bird]] |
| 343 | !! Bird |
| 344 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bird_805.png]] |
| 345 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/DeniseDonovan |
| 346 | ---- |
| 347 | * AdaptationalNonsapience: While Iago was a sapient TalkingAnimal, Bird is a regular, non-sapient parrot. |
| 348 | * ADogNamedDog: Similarly to Monkey, it's only ever called Bird. |
| 349 | * {{Fauxshadow}}: He's played up as a possible ChekhovsGunman, but it never happens. |
| 350 | * TragicKeepsake: The last gift Sherrezade gave to Ja'far before she was taken from him. |
| 351 | [[/folder]] |
| 352 | |
| 353 | [[folder:Gazeem]] |
| 354 | !! Gazeem |
| 355 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gazeem_4.png]] |
| 356 | ->'''Played by:''' Nick Gage |
| 357 | |
| 358 | A thief enlisted by Ja'far to bring him the other half of the golden scarab to open the Tigerhead Cave. |
| 359 | ---- |
| 360 | * AdaptationalHeroism: Downplayed. Unlike his movie counterpart, his claim that he "had to slit a few throats" to obtain the other half of the golden scarab is no more than an expression not to be taken literally. |
| 361 | * AllThereInTheManual: The script for the musical gives his name. |
| 362 | * CripplingCastration: What a merchant did to him for screwing him over on the price of the scarab half. |
| 363 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: He isn't swallowed up by the Tigerhead Cave, instead storming off in anger after showing Ja'far his injury. |
| 364 | [[/folder]] |
| 365 | |
| 366 | [[folder:Spoiler Characters]] |
| 367 | !! Disney Villains |
| 368 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/JaimeLynBeatty (Ursula), Nick Gage (Scar), Robert Manion (Gaston), Creator/LaurenLopez (Maleficent), Alex Paul (Captain Hook), and Creator/DeniseDonovan (Cruella). |
| 369 | |
| 370 | ->'''Jafar:''' ''What remains of a man when that man is dead and gone?''\ |
| 371 | ''Only memories and stories of his deeds will linger on''\ |
| 372 | ''But if a man's accomplishments aren't in the tale they tell''\ |
| 373 | ''Are the deeds that go unheralded his legacy as well?''\ |
| 374 | |
| 375 | After Ja'far steals the lamp, he's tormented by the realization that he is no longer walking the straight and narrow path. He is visited by the villains of the stories Scherrezade told him, who reveal that they too were once perfectly decent people who were forced to make a morally ambiguous decision, and lost. |
| 376 | ---- |
| 377 | * AdaptationalHeroism: Almost all of them had noble goals in a stark contrast to how they were portrayed in the movies. Scar wanted to end segregation between the lions and hyenas, Gaston tried to talk Belle out of an abusive relationship with Beast, Ursula was the rightful ruler of Atlantica who was overthrown by her evil brother Triton, Maleficent just wanted an invitation to Aurora's christening, and Captain Hook just wanted to teach Peter Pan responsibility. However, like in her movie, [[AvertedTrope Cruella still wanted that coat made out of puppies]]. |
| 378 | * BeautyEqualsGoodness: Ursula bemoans about this trope when saying that Scar was disliked for his [[GoodScarsEvilScars horrid looking scar]]. |
| 379 | --> '''Urusla''': Fortune favors the beautiful. |
| 380 | --> '''Gaston''': ''[[IncomingHam Au contraire!]]'' |
| 381 | * 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!" |
| 382 | * NotEvilJustMisunderstood: They all have very reasonable motivations for doing what they did. Except Cruella. She really ''did'' just want a coat made out of puppies. |
| 383 | * ObliviouslyEvil: Cruella seems to genuinely not get why anyone would take issue with her "only" having wanted a puppy-skin coat. |
| 384 | * TokenEvilTeammate: Cruella is this. Kinda hard to justify making a coat out of puppies by even the most good-hearted. |
| 385 | * WrittenByTheWinners: The reason they are regarded as villains. |
| 386 | * WritingAroundTrademarks: The credits identify Ursula as "Sea Witch", while other sources call Gaston "Handsome Hero" and Hook "Pirate Captain". No word on what we're supposed to call Scar, Maleficent, or Cruella. |
| 387 | [[/folder]] |
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