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The Sultan
Voiced by: Douglas Seale (first movie), Val Bettin (sequels and TV series) Other voice actors
The benevolent and good-natured Sultan of Agrabah, Jasmine's father loves his people but especially his daughter and wishes only for her to be happy and taken care of. So, he tries to get her betrothed to an Arranged Marriage, but fails because no prince is ever good enough for her. When she falls in love with Aladdin, who also saves Agrabah from the tyranny of Jafar, he gives them his blessing to wed.
- Adaptational Badass: In the TV series, he has more awesome moments than the movies.
- Adipose Rex: Age and high living have made him quite roly-poly.
- Beware the Nice Ones: While he is typically cheerful and rather childish, when his daughter and/or his city is in danger, he will fight back.
- Big Fun: A short, fat man who is also friendly and fun-loving.
- Big Good: As the kind, benevolent Sultan of Agrabah.
- Big Ol' Eyebrows: Even bigger than his daughter's.
- Bumbling Dad: To Jasmine. Not stupid, but somewhat childish and gullible.
- Clueless Boss: His default state, especially in the first movie. Every now and then in the series however, he would show moments of competence.
- Cool Old Guy: When Jasmine gets kidnapped by the Galafems, the Sultan adamantly declares he's going to go with Aladdin to rescue her, much to everyone's surprise. He won't take no for an answer, as he's in full Papa Wolf mode. By episode's end, he's the one who defeats Hippsodeth.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He seems to be a bumbling, almost childlike figure most of the time, but he was a pretty good adventurer and warlord in his younger days, and he still retains something of his old skills.
- Doting Parent: The Sultan loves Jasmine more than anything else (in the TV series a villain takes her because she is his most precious treasure). Though he wants her to be married, he doesn't pressure her to accept a marriage for wealth or political gain as most rulers would have done at the time. He also refuses to choose someone for her that she hates. He has no issue with her marrying a commoner when he sees how much they love each other.
- Drives Like Crazy: He says he has a knack for the Carpet, but Carpet doesn't seem to have a knack for him.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": He is addressed by his title(s) only.
- Excellent Judge of Character: Inverted. He thinks he's one, but his most trusted advisor is Jafar, so he isn't. Iago even lampshades this.
- Forgot I Could Change the Rules: After deciding that Aladdin was indeed worthy of marrying his daughter, the Sultan finally remembers that he has the authority to change the current law holding them back and decides it needs to go.Sultan: Well, am I sultan or am I sultan?
- Genius Ditz: He's a competent ruler, but he seems hopelessly inept at reading people and is generally incredibly scatterbrained.
- Good Counterpart: He's Jafar's opposite both physically and mentally.
- The Good King: It's shown in the TV series. When Jasmine tells him about the impoverished people in his kingdom, he expresses concern. His inflection implies "I gotta do something about that."
- Good Parents: Despite his flaws, he makes an effort to be a good father to Jasmine. He wants her to marry but doesn't want it to be to someone she hates and is fine with her marrying a commoner, even changing the law so that she may do so.
- Horrible Judge of Character: The Trope Namer; he's the only one who doesn't see the Obviously Evil Jafar for what he really is, and considers him his most trusted advisor; even Iago himself lampshades this when the Sultan prides himself to be an excellent judge of character. Fortunately, the Sultan grows out of this for good upon learning about Jafar's true motives and treason after the latter gets exposed by Aladdin; he even admitted how foolish he was to trust Jafar by saying this quote:Sultan: (following Jafar's escape) Jafar... my most trusted counselor plotting against me all this time! This is horrible, ju-just-just.... horrible!! How will I ever-
- This also plays a part in the tension between him and Jasmine. He wants her to marry so she's provided for after he's passed, but he fails to understand that the reason she keeps rejecting suitors is because of their unsavory personalities and interest only in her royal position. Instead, he thinks she's just being picky.
- Let's Get Dangerous!: He's normally docile, child-like and fun-loving, but he knows when to put his foot down when he has to.
- Leitmotif: A cute li'l Fanfare.
- Manchild: At times he acts very childish, such as collecting toys and getting really excited when riding the carpet.
- Mind-Control Eyes: He gets these when being brainwashed by Jafar.
- Miniature Senior Citizens: Although he wasn't any taller when he was younger either.
- Nice Guy: Shown to be a very kind and generous person. He actually has no personal problems with Jasmine marrying outside of royalty, it's just that royal customs forbid it. And he forgot that he makes the royal customs.
- No Name Given: Although the lyrics for the unused reprises for Arabian Nights reveal that his name is Hamed. Also, in one episode of the series, the ghost of his grandfather calls him "Bobo."
- Open-Minded Parent: Had no issue with his daughter marrying a "street rat", even changing royal tradition so that she might do so and welcomes him into the family with open arms.
- Papa Wolf: Do not harm his daughter or his city. He will hunt you down. Queen Hippsodeth learned this the hard way.
- Parental Substitute: Strangely enough, he is like this to Aladdin, his son-in-law. He is more a father than Aladdin ever had growing up. He gives him training and encouragement and treats him in a fatherly sort of way rather than having a stereotypical resentful relationship with him. He even calls him "My boy". Despite the resentment from other high-class people, he shows Aladdin respect and treats him well. He even expresses concern for Aladdin when he is captured by Mozenrath and sends his finest men to rescue him. Though it doesn't quite work out, it's a nice gesture.
- Parents as People: In the first movie, the Sultan clearly loves his daughter Jasmine and does try to be a good father, but he also initially wanted to form an arranged marriage between her and her future husband. He gets over it by the movie's finale.
- Ping Pong Naïveté: Sometimes he comes off as pretty on the ball under his bubbliness, but at others he just seems wholly inept, such as that one time where he's apparently totally unaware that there are poor people in Agrabah.
- Powered Armor: In the tv series episode "Armored and Dangerous", the sultan briefly dons a set of armor that belonged to his ancestor Kileem, which provided him super strength and speed. It also came with being possessed by his ancestor's spirit and warmongering personality.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Despite his flaws, he's generally a worthy ruler knowing when to put his power to good use. In the first movie, he changes the law so that Jasmine can Marry for Love, and in The King of Thieves, he agrees to drop all charges against Aladdin for busting Cassim free because Aladdin only did so out of love and willingly came back to accept the consequences (plus he does like Aladdin and respects him).
- Retired Badass: If the stories about his past are true he's had an eventful life before settling down. While he's gotten soft and pudgy in his old age, there are some episodes in the series where he impressed the man-hating amazons.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: On occasion in the television show. The end of the first movie has him realize how outdated the law is, and how much Aladdin has proven himself, so he revokes it.
- Screw the Rules, I Make Them!: Essentially, how the issue about Jasmine needing to marry a prince gets resolved. As he's the highest law in the land, he decrees that rule null and void for the sake of her happiness.
- Shipper on Deck: The Sultan is greatly supportive of Aladdin and Jasmine's relationship.
- Token Religious Teammate: He's the only main character to invoke the name of Allah.
- Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: He's a short, chubby man and his deceased wife looks exactly like their beautiful daughter, Jasmine.
- Visual Pun: He's the good ruler of Agrabah and his body shape is based on an egg. He's a good egg.
- Weak-Willed: Implied. Jafar hypnotized him a lot in the first film and he was rarely able to fight it. The only time he came close was when Jafar tried to get him to set him up with Jasmine—first when he objects on the grounds that Jafar's too old for Jasmine and second when Genie's band snaps him out of it. So while he usually is, his concern for his daughter is still stronger.
Rajah
Voiced by: Frank Welker
Princess Jasmine's large, yet loyal and loving pet tiger.
- All Animals Are Dogs: He acts like a (very tough) house cat rather than a dog. He has a dog's whine-like sound though, and shows affection to Aladdin and Jasmine by licking them.
- Amplified Animal Aptitude: Not to the extent of Abu, but he's pretty smart for an animal, assisting Jasmine in her escape from the palace and even comforting her while she's grieving for Aladdin, whom Jasmine, thanks to Jafar's trickery, believed to have been executed.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Rajah is gentle, friendly, lovable, protective, and loyal to the end, especialyl towards Jasmine. However he is still rough around the edges and does still have a vicious animalistic side. He will get rough with those who seem to harm anyone he cares about.
- Cats Are Mean: Initially, before he warms up to Aladdin and later the reformed Iago.
- Cute Kitten: Turned into one by Jafar (temporarily) in the first movie. Even when he doesn't look like one, however, he still acts like one.
- Demoted to Extra: In the TV Series, due to low-budget animation studios having trouble drawing his stripes properly on a consistent basis. Although primarily a mere minor character in the TV series, Rajah played a major role in a few episodes (such as Sandswitch, To Cure a Thief, Forget Me Lots and much more).
- Empathy Pet: Much like Abu is this to Aladdin, Rajah serves as this to Jasmine.
- Evil-Detecting Dog: Or tiger. This is seen in his first appearance where he attacks the overdressed self-absorbed Prince Achmed (who right before he came to the palace nearly beat two small children with a whip). However, he warms up to Aladdin who is a kind man that truly loves Jasmine and is seen licking him.
- Fire-Forged Friends: Even after the fully redeemed Iago kicked Jafar's lamp into the lava, destroying him forever, Rajah, though warmed up to the parrot, still has somewhat of a strained relationship with Iago, as he constantly threatens to eat the cowardly parrot if he doesn't cooperate in doing our heroes' requests.
- Mythology Gag: In the Indian variant of the original story, the monarch was a raja rather than a sultan.
- Panthera Awesome: Although he acts more like an oversized housecat.
- Running Gag: In the TV series, whenever Iago refuses our hero's requests (i.e watching out for Abu, stating he can't change the alternated time line), Rajah threatens to eat the parrot and Iago relents.
- Shown Their Work: While it seems a bit odd to see a tiger - an animal traditionally associated with the jungles of India and Southeast Asia - living in Arabia, they really would have occurred in the Middle East at around the time the movie is set (the now-extinct Caspian tiger
, which was native to Turkey, Iran and Syria.) - Undying Loyalty: For Jasmine. Even in Sadira's altered reality, Rajah immediately attempts to attack Sadira as he knew she had done something to Jasmine.
Razoul
Voiced by: Jim Cummings, Tommy Tallarico (Sega Genesis voice samples) Other voice actors
"I'll have your hands for a trophy, street rat!"
"I'll have your hands for a trophy, street rat!"
Chief of the Sultan's guards, Razoul is the enforcer of law and order in Agrabah, and holds a particular resentment for Aladdin, who has a past of escaping him and making he and his men seem like fools.
- Aesop Amnesia: Despite having at least two episodes in the series ("Destiny on Fire" and "The Return of Malcho") where he gained more appreciation and respect for Aladdin, he goes right back to resenting him and thinking he is unworthy of marrying Jasmine in the beginning of the third movie.
- All Crimes Are Equal: It doesn't matter if you're an old man or a woman, or if you're a Justified Criminal like Aladdin who only steals food to survive. If you commit a crime, he will come after you. Truth in Television: Medieval era laws and punishments were very harsh, no matter what part of the world you were in.
- Anti-Hero: The TV Series has him in this role in a couple of episodes where he gets character focus or has to do something significant. Razoul is still the same violent character he always is, but the TV series put a lot of focus on his positive traits like his loyalty to the royal family and gave him a handful of humanising moments.
- Anti-Villain: Of the Extremist variety. Razoul's antagonistic nature towards Aladdin is sometimes explained as a belief that Aladdin is just trying to marry Jasmine for the power. He is ultimately under orders, although there is no doubt that he takes pleasure in the violence of his job.
- Benevolent Boss: In The King of Thieves he shows shades of this, when promising a prize to his cohorts.
- Butt-Monkey: More so in the series, where he is routinely trounced, defeated or humiliated, especially by the various monsters of the week.
- Chained Heat: With Aladdin in the TV series finale. Even better, it was a magic chain. If they got along, it was long; disagreeing, short; and if they started fighting, the shackles fused together. Goes back and forth given their contempt for each other.
- Decomposite Character: Jafar may be a Composite Character of the Evil Magician and the royal vizier, but Razoul would inherit the aforementioned vizier's attempts to discredit Aladdin in the follow-up movies and TV series.
- Determinator: The first film establishes that he has been after Aladdin for quite some time.
- Everyone Has Standards: As much as he dislikes Aladdin, he is clearly unnerved when an ugly fat woman shows a paticular "interest" in the "rather tasty" street rat. Heck, this was before he started living in the palace.
- Insistent Terminology: Almost always refers to Aladdin as "boy" or, more commonly, "street rat", even with Princess Jasmine. He rarely calls him by name.Aladdin: Are you ever going to call me "your highness"?
Razoul: You get rid of the bird... and I'll think about it. - Inspector Javert: Even after Aladdin becomes Jasmine's fiancé, Razoul will look for any excuse to arrest Aladdin or make things hard for the "street rat." It's shown he hates the fact the criminal he used to constantly try to arrest for thievery is now the husband of his boss' daughter and set to be the next Sultan.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He doesn't even try to hide his dislike of Aladdin even after the Sultan and Jasmine accept him, but he still at least tolerates his presence and is willing to work with him when the situation calls for it, and aside from that, is fiercely loyal to Jasmine and the Sultan. When Agrabah is attacked by Aziz, he stops Aladdin from going to the palace rather than having him meet the same fate, and in "Mudder's Day", he doesn't hesitate to save Aladdin's life. He even admits in "Destiny on Fire" that he'll consider calling Aladdin "Your Highness" if Aladdin gets rid of Iago.
- Karma Houdini: Despite having had a direct hand in multiple occasions when Aladdin has nearly died, he never faces any significant punishment. Though getting his lights punched out by the King of Thieves was pretty satisfying.
- Kick the Dog: Quite willing to kill "Prince Ali", a total stranger as far as he knows, upon Jafar's say-so.
- The Killjoy: We rarely ever see him happy about anything, and the one time he was, it quickly got snatched away by the King of Thieves. Given everything he'd done before, it was actually pretty satisfying.
- Loophole Abuse: He takes orders from the Sultan without question—the current, sitting sultan. In "Armored and Dangerous", the sultan is possessed after wearing the armor of his dead evil ancestor, Kileem, who orders Jasmine executed. Kileem possessing the sultan makes him a usurper, which means Razoul isn't under obligation to carry out his orders.
- Muscles Are Meaningless: Downplayed. He is a very strong man but that doesn't seem to help him a lot.
- Mythology Gag: In The King of Thieves, Razoul is shown initially bungling the magic words to access the lair of the 40 Thieves. This is a reference to Ali-Baba's brother in Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, who got caught in the thieves' lair because he forgot the magic password after he got inside, leaving him trapped in their treasury.
- Not So Above It All: Joins his guards in excitedly dancing and singing "He's got the monkeys! Let's see the monkeys!" during the "Prince Ali" number.
- Pet the Dog: Seems to have somewhat of a soft spot for Jasmine. Razoul will drop the sarcasm and grumpiness somewhat in her presence. Additionally when a Brainwashed and Crazy sultan orders Razoul to execute Jasmine, Razoul is not only horrified, but he helps her escape.
- Psycho for Hire: It's never been explained how a bastard like Razoul managed to become Captain of the Royal Guard, but it's not just a job or even just a vendetta against Aladdin; he clearly enjoys the violence involved. When Jasmine, in her disguise, pounds on his shoulder and shouts to let Aladdin go, he knocks her to the ground and mocks her as a 'Street Mouse'. Later on, he eagerly and readily attempts to drown Aladdin/Prince Ali in the ocean under Jafar's orders, and in The Return of Jafar, when Jafar's Evil Plan leads him to think that Aladdin had killed the Sultan, he takes the task of executioner himself. He also purposely locks Amin in a crocodile pit, and when Aladdin and Jasmine asked what he was thinking doing that, Razoul simply stated he must have forgotten that particular dungeon cell's feature.Aladdin: Which cell did you put Amin Damoolah in, Razoul?
Razoul: [smirks] Number nine.
Aladdin and Jasmine: Number nine!?
Jasmine: That's the crocodile pit!
Razoul: Well, uh... I must've forgotten. Heheheh... - Surrounded by Idiots: Razoul isn't particularly smart, but the other guards are so painfully stupid he has to remind them that they carry weapons.Guard: He's got a sword!
Razoul: You idiots! WE'VE ALL GOT SWORDS! - Undying Loyalty: To the Sultan and Princess Jasmine. Throughout the series Razoul repeatedly takes on huge enemies without any of Aladdin's magic, and there is no doubt as to his bravery. When the Forty Thieves crash the wedding, his first reaction is to draw his sword:Guard: It is an attack!
Razoul: Not in THIS palace! - Unwitting Pawn: To Jafar in the first two movies, some occasions in the TV series, and theoretically to Sa'luk in King of Thieves (although the arrangement had mutual benefits).
- The Worf Effect: Against humans, Razoul is a very competent, strong character. He's used in the series to show that strong monsters get past even his bravery and determination.
Fazal, Hakim and Nahbi
Hakim (l) and Nahbi (r) (Unpictured: Fazal)
The three guards most frequently seen alongside Razoul, going from nameless extras in the first film to named, if minor, characters in the series. Like Razoul, they loyally serve the Sultan and Agrabah, although not with a particularly great deal of competence.
- All There in the Script: Nahbi is never named on-screen, but his name can be found in the series transcripts on the internet.
- Big Eater: Fazal loves to eat, to the point that Razoul jokes that when Fazal is not thinking of his next meal, it'll be time to bury him.
- Big, Thin, Short Trio: Fazal's the big one, Hakim is the thin one, Nahbi is the short one.
- Butt-Monkey: Like their boss, they get manhandled and kicked around a lot, mostly to show off how Aladdin is the show's hero.
- The Eeyore: Hakim sole characterization is based on his glum, gloomy attitude and his monotone way of speech.
- Karma Houdini: Like Razoul, they were involved in abducting and attempting to murder "Prince Ali", but never get notably punished for it.
- Token Minority: Fazal is the only notable guard with dark skin.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Fazal loves dates.
- The Voiceless: Nahbi never speaks.
