Dude, the sequel gave Jafar his own villain song; and it was catchy.

@the13throse

2 жыл бұрын

You're Only Second Rate is fantastic! Definitely scratches that itch of wishing his only singing role in the original, the Prince Ali reprise, was longer

@hobomike6935

2 жыл бұрын

@@the13throse that to me didn't really count, since it was just Jafar mocking aladdin with his own theme song. "second rate" was a song Jafar came up with all by _himself, all about himself,_ which is what a villain song should be. so i consider it his real song

@TichondriusTheScourg

Жыл бұрын

Finally someone who understands!!!

@BTeamEntertainment

Жыл бұрын

The Drums on Second Rate were so hard

@misstoril

Жыл бұрын

Only Disney song that references a serial killer.

Another thing that made Jafar a great villain, one of the best, is the way he imbodied his hero's flaws. Aladdin was a liar with a huge chip on his shoulder and a sense that he was meant for something better. He conned Jasmine and the Sultan to get them on his side and wouldn't set the genie free like he'd promised because it wasn't convenient to his con. If he hadn't been forced to confront his flaws in Jafar he might've ended up just like him.

@muigokublack6487

2 жыл бұрын

I never thought of it that way. I just liked Jafar because he was a hammy villain but now thinking about it yeah, Jafar in alot of ways functions as a sort of dark mirror to Aladdin as who he could've become had he not had to confront him.

@MetroXLR99

Жыл бұрын

To give the Live Action movie some credit, they kinda addressed this parallel with Jafar's backstory in that version being that he too was once a street thief like Aladdin who conned his way into his high position (this was even a setup to a later scene where it was Jafar who stole the lamp from Aladdin via a simple pickpocketing.)

Concerning the "animals don't get wishes" question, apparently that was answered in, of all places, a MATH tie in game featuring a villainous genie called Bizarrah. To quote TV Tropes: She was released from her lamp due to a snake slithering over it. Due to not being human, the snake couldn't be her master, allowing her to do as she pleased. She can, however, still be trapped in her lamp. So I figure it has to do with Iago being Jafar's familiar, he's just to close to him to count.

@beastmaster0934

Ай бұрын

So that would also mean Abu can’t wield the lamp. Although it would be kind of funny if he was capable of doing so, just to see what he’d wish for.

When you brought up Jafar's evil sister, I remembered that in the original story of Aladdin the "African Magician" that Aladdin defeats has an evil brother who tries to get revenge on Aladdin. So hilariously, the trend of Disney Sequels giving their villains evil siblings is older than you would have thought!

@davidw.2791

2 жыл бұрын

I wish that Disney could have incorporated the notion of a genie in a gem ring, who is way less powerful (though in the fairy tale, both seem to grant unlimited number of wishes so long as you have the ring/lamp) but also much more portable and less conspicuous than the lamp genie.

@hobomike6935

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidw.2791 don't forget the "genie of the bottle"

Well this kind of answers a question that has been on my mind for a while: Can a genie grant another genie’s wishes?

@Mr.Tw1sty

3 жыл бұрын

Good question

@MadMalManny

3 жыл бұрын

I'm more curious as why the Cave let Jasmine in?

@IcyDiamond

2 жыл бұрын

Can a genie wish to be free by using another genie

@hobomike6935

2 жыл бұрын

although a genie could GRANT another genies' wish, an enslaved genie cannot wish for wishes, since their will is bound to whoever their master is. only a free person can make wishes. now another good question is, CAN abu, carpet, and iago use the lamp? they're sentient, but they're not humans or higher beings.

@davidw.2791

2 жыл бұрын

@@hobomike6935 Good question! Which brings to mind a question of my own from the og Disney movie: The Cave of Wonders turns on Aladdin when “INFIDEL!!! YOU HAVE TOUCHED THE FORBIDDEN TREASURE!!!” happened. Only it wasn’t Aladdin who did it, it was his pet monkey, and Aladdin by no means ordered Abu to touch it. Why did that count as breaking the Cave’s rules?

9:13 - Can I just add: Jodie Benson is phenomenal as Nasira. She does a spot on imitation of Jonathan Freeman's Jafar, which helps with the idea that this is his sister. And if you keep in mind that this is the same woman who does Ariel, this voice is a big difference and I'm personally curious who came up with this casting choice. I wouldn't mind Nasira making a comeback someday, if it just leads to hearing more of Jodie's amazing voice work as that character.

@TheDisneyGirl5000

Жыл бұрын

I have that game

@timrob12

Жыл бұрын

@@TheDisneyGirl5000 I don't, the quality looks terrible, but Jodi's preformance is amazing.

@ABigBowlOfChips

5 ай бұрын

@@TheDisneyGirl5000I never beat that game and it’s been years since I’ve played it

@nathanblevins158

4 ай бұрын

I agree! It sound like what jafar sister would sound like.

@timrob12

4 ай бұрын

@@nathanblevins158 Jodie Benson isn't getting enough credit for how good she is as an actress.

Back in 1992, when Aladdin first came out in theaters, I kid you not, I actually thought he was the long lost husband of Maleficent. 😂They would've been a great couple. One of the best in Disney History really. 29 years later and I still ship them.

Jafar is a great villain, but I think the best part of him is Iago who was brilliantly voiced by Gilbert Gottfried and made sense to bring him back for the Aladdin series and make Iago a protagonist who would be by Aladdin's side fighting against evil. Iago is more of a villain who has a good nature after his change in character while Jafar is really Evil incarnate power hungry to rule Agrahbah. The jokes themselves play well with Jafar's evil side and Iago's comedic villain side.

Jafar's one of the best disney villains not just ebcause he's a great scumbag, but he has a fantastic and memorable design and acts as a foil to Aladdin, being as they're both ambitious (In different ways) who want to be higher than their current lot in life and both utilise cunning and guile in their tactics rather than bruteforce. I'd also argue that, out of all the disney villains, Jafar's the smartest, only being defeated by being outwitted, caught up in a moment of hubris or characters oing something he doesn't expect because he's such a bastard he wouldn't think about someone risking their life. He's also the disney villain who develops a personal grudge against the hero and most often matches wits against them, which when you really think about it sn't actually that common.

I like how the same guy does Jafar's voice. Plus his outfit was badass.

Jafar's appearance in the Hercules TV show was the one I immediately thought of when I started watching this video. My biggest problem with it though, in part because I was older at the time was the merging of time frames. Aladin takes place some time after the institution of Islam as a religion while Hercules takes place in ancient Greece. But I still loved it!!!

If Disney was my company and I was making remakes of the classics I'd take all of THIS into account. Making a cameo of the evil sibling in the original movie just to establish beforehand that they exist, showing Jafar to worship Hades, Jaffar eventually becoming good and saving an elderly Aladin etcetera. Because I love lore and including all this existing lore only makes more possibilities for me to expand the lore. Jafar's sister has to have existed somewhere before her original first appearance so that's a location Aladin or maybe Hercules could go to. Actually Hercules and Little Mermaid are shown to be in the same universe so how about the grown up version of Ariel's daughter finds the kingdom of Jafar's sister and in so doing ends up with a genie of her own.

Technically Descendants would count because all the villains were brought back to life to be imprisoned, so that would make another brought back to life for Jafar but without his magic.

@ColinLooksBack

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, is that why they're all alive again? I must have missed that detail. That's kind of a jerk move on whoever resurrected them.

@IcyDiamond

4 жыл бұрын

Colin LooksBack the Beast from Beauty and the Beast did

@IcyDiamond

4 жыл бұрын

That’d be a pretty sad end to the Jafar storyline if that’s the case

@vernyulkisasszony4708

2 жыл бұрын

@@ColinLooksBack "That's a kind of jerk move on whoever resurrected them" IKR, when I read the book that was my first thought too. I know they need to be alive because plot, but bringing people back to life, just to imprison them forever makes the good guys look pretty cruel.

I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who was a huge fan (and still am) of the Hercules / Aladdin crossover episode! I remember tripping out when I first watched it as a kid!

Magic Kingdom: *exists* Hades: *It'S fReE rEaL eStAtE*

Return of Jafar is indeed a fun movie. Thank you for giving it a much better review than some other people. The other stories all sound quite interesting. I also enjoyed his appearances on House of Mouse, I thought that they used him really well especially in the Halloween film. I liked that story a lot in middle school. If I remember correctly there’s also a Jafar cameo in one episode of the Aladdin series where his face appears in a magic crystal ball in his old evil lair that Iago drags Abu into. It also includes him doing his evil laugh again which was nice, short cameo though. This series was truly amazing back in the day. Too bad it was never properly released but it’s nice that we can still watch the sequels again when we want to. That Hercules and Aladdin teamup was also really cool. My favorite part is the scene where they switch clothes and rides just to confuse the bad guys!

I played Nasira's Revenge as a kid. Can't speak for PS version, because I played PC port only. This was my first game - and introduction to Disney - in my life, and even before that - my mom used to play it like crazy even before I was born. So you can tell I am HUGELY nostalgic for this one. And I love it to no measure. While it's flawful and sometimes can be boring it you are an adult, I would recommend this one for not really experienced players or kids even. The soundtrack slaps, the aesthetics are great and there are some neat new in-universe locations to be seen. My personal fav is the Ancient City probably located somewhere in Nepal, where you fight the living dead and alive Kali statues. Or Nasira's lair is just well HELL but with TONS OF SNAKES AND COBRAS and SEMI-ANTHROPOMORPHIC COBRAS and you get to fight THE ANUBIS so yeah, will recommend

I never really noticed the differences in animation or voice actors all that much. When I first saw return of Jafar as a kid. I was just glad that my favorite "street rat" and company were getting a brand-new adventure. Also, I was obsessed with Hercules when it first came out to. I must've gone back and start again at least half a dozen times as a kid.

Now that I think about it, the scene where Aladdin was imprisoned and almost executed for crimes he didn't commit, was something that was in the early draft of the first movie. Ironically this video listed on the side has that information I've mentioned.

The Hercules series did have an episode with Meg but her memory got erased at the end of the episode, so maybe that happened to Hades as well?

@xXLunatikxXlul

2 жыл бұрын

It does. The water from the river lethe is doused on Megara, Hecules, and Hades. That is why they all forget.

I didn't think you'd have enough material for a topic like this.

It's a shame they didn't have the Djinni of the Ring. Not many adaptations of Aladdin even REMEMBER that there was a second Djinni.

To quote Troy from Comunity. Jafar was a badass.

Nice! I had to go look up clips of Nasira after watching this; she was indeed clearly having a lot of fun!

Just some observations here... 1) Human Iago freaks me out. 2) I'm not the only one who finds the scene from the video game with a giant Jafar head rising out of the lava amusing, am I? 3) Shouldn't the Genie know better than to rub a black lamp, which he probably should know pretty well is Jafar's? How can he even become Jafar's master, anyhow? Genies can't be the masters of other genies, can they? 4) I've heard that one of the last episodes of the "Hercules" show had Hades, Pain, and Panic (and maybe Hercules, not sure) doused with some sort of water that made them forget the events of the series. I haven't seen that episode for myself, so I dunno if there's any truth to that.

@ColinLooksBack

3 жыл бұрын

Regarding the Hercules series, the amnesiac nature of the River Styx was a plot point in a few episodes. There was one where Hercules and Meg meet as teens and then get splashed with the water and forget what happened. I don't remember the water being used on Hades as an explanation on why he's unaware the Hercules is alive, but it's as good an explanation as any.

@prometheusmodelow8322

2 жыл бұрын

If you thought the animation was goofy, then wait to see the full boss fight.

Of all the movies to get sequels and series, Aladin made it work.

That song 'Forget About Love' always reminded me how much I loved my now fiance/husband back when we were young, stupid and in dating in high school.

I think the reason why the evil Queen’s brother never made a cinematic appearance is because he looks to much like the brother of the evil queen in a non Disney movie

Sounds to me like you saved everyone a lecture for Aladdin in the Disney Villains Retrospective (still to come), especially since the TV series has a s**t ton of villains to talk about. That could have been a long episode.

We’re nearly almost back, or in another more fitting word, *returned* to this point w/ the Villains Retrospective series.

I was thinking about Twisted the entire time watching this. I was so happy when you brought it up

0:45 Oh that BtS tidbit is cool! Almost like the original fairy tale where there are two genies, one in a lamp but another in a ring. The ring genie is way less powerful than the lamp genie, but also in that story, both seem to can grant unlimited wishes as long as you own the ring/lamp and are able to rub it. In fact, when Aladdin and his mom asked the lamp genie for a feast, the lamp genie told him, “Your wish is my command, master, but just so you know, the other genie in the ring could have granted that wish too.” So if you only want to wish for good food and “creature comforts” and money, you don’t even need a lamp genie. And I’ll bet that having a ring on your finger would be way less conspicuous than carrying a lamp, even in a middle eastern setting.

@Victoria-sm1sj

2 жыл бұрын

The lamp is an inconvenience

@davidw.2791

2 жыл бұрын

@@Victoria-sm1sj Yes. Too cumbersome and easily stolen!

@Victoria-sm1sj

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidw.2791 I agree. And easy to lose. Aladdin kept it in his wee turban until he lost his turban in the ocean when he almost drowned. He was lucky he had it then I guess

@davidw.2791

2 жыл бұрын

@@Victoria-sm1sj And he was lucky Genie was willing to unilaterally use up a wish (while making a Das Boot joke, lol) to save him.

@Victoria-sm1sj

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidw.2791 Haha yeah I must admit for years I tried to find out what Genie was saying (in German) but I actually think it was just gibberish and didn't make any logical sense. I also like the part when after Genie saved him he said "I thought I was going to have to give you the kiss of life" and "I like you but I am not going to be putting up any curtains" or something like that anyhow. Disney in the 1990's was way better than it is today. But yeah Genie totally contradicted himself by telling Aladdin "I can't help you unless you make a wish" The nod nonsense was not convincing I believe. I personally never got that and probably never will. I understand Aladdin was in a difficult position but anyhow perhaps I am looking into it too much lol, it's a classic scene, my favourite from the entire movie

The cuality of the animation changes as the movie progresses.

He's one of my favorite villans

Jafar would have been born much after classical Ancient Greece so that is a huge time Inconsistentcy. But sounds fun to have Jafar and Hades together.

Honestly Genie wanting to destroy Jafar's lamp seems like a mercy kill. Yes Jafar is bad but Genie knows how awful it is to be a prisoner.

Zira never mated with Scar. She revered him. She worshiped him. Zira had her cubs on her own.

@ColinLooksBack

4 жыл бұрын

That's a good point. I guess I skimmed over that detail.

@hobomike6935

2 жыл бұрын

who was Zira's mate?

On that evil sibling idea and the Ursula example I always felt that she was meant to be king Triton's sister. For some reason I got that kind of vibe from them or something. I did hear somewhere along the line that was the original idea but I thought that was the case before I heard that idea. Unless I also heard it as a little kid and stuck with it. Lucky for me I never saw the sequel... which is true about most Disney direct to VHS sequels... they generally sucked lol

I used to look forward to my birthday because I got to go to the Disney Store and get a snow globe. I have a whole bunch of them

It'll be fun to see what you say in your Disney Villains Retrospective once you actually reach Jafar, it'll be like a sequel to this video. Edit: To be fair, regarding how the Hercules series contradicts the plot point about Hades not being aware that Hercules was still alive, that plot point never made that much sense to begin with. After all, you'd think the God of the DEAD would be the first to know that Pain and Panic succeeded in killing baby Hercules. Or, you know, that his brother Zeus would tell him about what happened to Hercules or something? It's a bit of a contrivance, so having him just know about Hercules and continuously trying to stop him works better here... in my opinion.

Jafar will always be the best Disney villain they’re is

i remember the big ol disney store snow globes because when i was maybe 3, my moms friend had an aristocats one that i knocked over. for actual years afterwards i got said mom’s friend every peice of aristocats merch i found because i felt so bad - so yeah those things were insanely breakable.

You know what’s funny I had Aladdin 1 and 3 but I never knew what came in between so I was so lost on how Iago came to the good side.

When it comes to Kingdom Hearts, everything leads back to Xehanort, that's how I make sense of it.

There’s also Reading Quest with Aladdin!

On second thought, maybe if Isabella exploded, if Nasira got burned in the lake of lava, if Sinbad got eaten by a Frog Sultan, if Jafar's staff got smashed, if Abis Mal was thrown into the dungeon, if the Genie of the Ring got trapped in the Fake Lamp and banned to the Cave of Wonders, if the Snake Vizier chosen the wrong lamp and fall off the cliff, and if Sa Luk touched the Hand of Midas, turned into gold and drowned.

Wait a minute, New Dream Disney Aladdin Collection; 6 Jasmine's Enchanted Tales in 3 Laser-Discs, 3 Aladdin Movies in VHS, 2 Aladdin Movies in DVD-Videos, 1 Aladdin Remake in Blu-Ray, Aladdin Computer and Video Games, 2 Aladdin Musicals in Music-CDs, Aladdin Music and Lyric Videos on I-Tunes, and Aladdin Art Works with Picture Frames.

I remember watching the live action Aladdin and immediately wanting a sequel. Not specifically with Jafar's return.

I loved forget about love lol.

I miss Disney stores. Especially the amazing window displays and the scenes up on the walls; they really put some effort in there.

Excellent work

I wish they'd use the guy that was Genie in the DisneyLand Alladin stage show. He was so good at being classic Genie yet having relevant and appropriate to character jokes. The Mad Hatter in Disneyland for a few decades around 2000 was also perfectly the character. I know the remakes would still snuff the original sparks, but it's really sad to think they waste such resources and eliminate the chance at something greater. Maybe "Hook" still haunts Disney executives- Who knows?

@davidw.2791

2 жыл бұрын

Supposedly, the guy who voiced Genie was capable of doing a better Robin Williams impression, but he was sympathetic to Robin being pissed off by Disney going against their promise to not merchandise Robin’s Genie voice, that he purposefully toned it down while still keeping his job.

On second thought, maybe 3 Aladdin Musicals in Music-CDs.

10:30 - well, back then I liked it. Replayed it 3-5 years ago, it's pretty descent.

Oops, I almost forgot about adding the TV Series of Aladdin on Disney Plus.

How have we not gotten a remastered The Return of Jafar film?

@Alejandroigarabide

4 жыл бұрын

It's kinda remastered. It has been upgraded to Blu-Ray quality and widescreen. However I agree they need to re-do the whole animation.

@hobomike6935

2 жыл бұрын

yeaaaaahhhh.... return of Jafar's animation sucks. it's in DESPERATE need of an upgrade. if disney won't do it, we might have to do a "reanimated collab" with youtube animators to get the job done instead. I'd gladly put up some for a crowdfunding to get it done if it was being organized!

If jaffar is contemporary with Pre-Roman Greece, I think its possible that Aladdin may take place after Alexander the Great, meaning Arabia and Persia would have some amount of hellenic influence.

Watching The return of Jafar knowing that two different studios animated one half of the movie each is distracting, seeing how stiff the characters get all of sudden. People says that it was going to be a pilot to the TV-series in multiple parts, just like most other Disney TV shows, and it shows how some parts of the movie was supposed to be different episodes, also how almost every other show have different animation styles for different episodes.

I'd so have liked to see Nasira get burned in the lake of lava, Jafar's staff get smashed, Sinbad get eaten by a frog, the Genie of the Ring get trapped in the lamp, the Vizier choose the wrong lamp and fall off the cliff, and Sa Luk turn into gold.

I didn't know there was a Hercules TV series.

Was just about to comment about Twisted and... seems I don't need to anymore.

Oh Boy

8:16 Keep in mind that Kingdom Hearts is Japanese. Perhaps the Japanese VA for Abis Mal wasn't available, so they went with the Peddler instead.

@mazkeraid4039

Жыл бұрын

If that's the case, I wonder what role Abis Mal would play out if he teams up with Pete and Jafar in Kingdom Hearts.

My favorite villain is in a cartoon tho a lot of people like him

Starkid's "Twisted" is indeed pretty good.

Is there another series of Jafar after he goes down into the river Styix? I want to see a film with him in the underworld after he goes into the rivver!

Ah, but you forgot one, and one of my favorites as a kid: Disney's ReadingQuest With Aladdin

💚

What about Evil Emperor Zurg from Buzz Lightyear of star command

11:51 That’s a bit unfair, as the proper plot of The Return Of Jafar has everyone be surprised that Jafar had dug his way out of the Cave Of Wonders to begin with. It’s probably just what-if AU fanfiction.

Is this a sneak peak for when you talk about Jafar in your villain lookback

Wow

no mensien of the 3rd aladdin movie king of thiefs?

1:00 I have no mouth but I must scream

That live action remake of Aladdin was the biggest disappointment since my nonexistent son

I really wish you’d credit the music you use in these videos. I recognized most of the music, but there were a couple that I really liked but can’t place.

9:45 And three kids (one being adopted)

Maybe it takes place after the movie

Aladdin the Movie Jafar

Aladdin vs Hercules:Dawn of Justice.

the new live action jafar

@rogergreenberg1205

4 жыл бұрын

Or how about his son Jay from Disney’s Descendants trilogy

@Snake-sg7yc

4 жыл бұрын

I always liked the movie of the return of jafar :) :D

This is all your fault, Jafar.

There was this fanfic I read a long ass time ago where Hades had gathered villains together, Jafar, Yzma, Gaston, Shan Yu, Frolo, Captain Hook, Ursula, the Wicked Queen and Maleficent. He wanted them to team up to try and take out the heroes AND get revenge. Jafar was plotting to take him out while Frolo was was going all crazy religious racist to the point that when Maleficent the Queen and he try to leave he kills the Queen and while Maleficent tangles with Cerberus he bolts ending up somehow in New Orleans. Then the killing starts, gaston goes with Shan Yu but the Hun is killed by the hunter. Hook teams up with Ursula and the Captain apparently aimed his cannons at the water so that when King Triton came to help his daughter he just kept firing till he got the trident himself and he turned Ursula into a hook. He then went to Neverland and did something to make Peter and the Lost Boys keep floating higher and higher till they presumably died in space. Meanwhile Maleficent is rescued by friggin Xanatos and teams up with Dr Facilier and Mozenrath. The fic was never finished

The best part was the first. The quality of animation on the returns of Jafar changed later.. 🙄

@Snake-sg7yc

4 жыл бұрын

I always liked the movie of the return of jafar :) :D

I think that Maleficent was better than The Horned king

@michaelbandada9887

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a fact!

@09:43 Scar is Mufasa's little brother so he technically does have a sibling (granted Mufasa wasn't evil but still) also Zira was more or less his most loyal follower rather than his mate.

Wait a minute, New Dream Hercules Collection; Hercules and the Arabian Night Movie in VHS, Hercules; Zero to Hero Movie in DVD-Video, Hercules Movie in Blu-Ray, and Hercules TV Series on Disney Plus.

The only thing i really hated the movie was the fact that Robin Williams wasn't there

Genie in the children's book: I hope he too becomes a good guy one day :) Genie in Return of Jafar: Let's murder the motherfucker.

Hades is your favorite then why not do a video of Disney villain

@caderagains3915

Жыл бұрын

But it's your video and you can do whatever you want I'm not going to push you because I'm not a bad person but can you do Jafar for Disney villain please 😁

Jafar had his own appearances in the kingdom hearts saga franchise

I do have a hypothesis as to why the "Surprise villains" are so popular. Take a look at how the "Obviously Evil" people like Jafar look. Look at Maleficent and how she makes it obvious as day "I'm evil" before she even says "Me, the mistress of all evil". Or even the "Normal people" villains (ie, not magicians, faeries, or creatures) like McLeach, Madame Medusa, Cruella Deville, Prince John, Captain Hook, and Sykes. And how they are always portrayed as having some kind of hideousness to them. Wrinkles, scowls, uncanny valley makeup.... and in many ways, they give off the impression that they're "evil" right off the bat. Ie they're always scowling, talking down to people, only smiling when inflicting emotional pain or gloating... Even the normal ones like Cruella Deville and Tremaine have something to try and give a feeling of intimidation towards the viewer. Ie Cruella appearing in a storm (and you see her shadow) or Tremaine being shadowed and her eyes appear to glow. Hell, Gaston makes it obvious that he's evil the way he acts like he's entitled to Belle because "I'm Gaston, no one incels like Gaston!" you can even see this in some of their live-action movies - where the villain (if there IS one - plenty of Disney live-action movies don't have so much a "Villain" as they are an "Antagonist".) either spells out "Muahahaha I'm evil" or there are all sorts of "Don't trust this perosn, they're evil" clues outright spoonfed to you within their early scenes. Then take a look at the "Surprise" villains. When you see them right off the bat they... look, sound, and even act like "normal" characters. Ie, hero coded characters. While it makes them look like a sociopath (in Hans's case especially - he's clearly masking) it also makes one wonder if the writers, Gen X and Millennials, made them off of the types of villains THEY meet in real life. ...People who don't wear that they're "Evil" on their sleeves, people who don't ACT evil, but people who look "normal" and act nice and polite to characters. They often hide behind a veneer of cuteness or "innocence" then decide to just stab you in the back because you're no longer useful to them and if anything are now a pest that they should just get rid of. Seriously, just think for a moment - you can probably name one or two people who acted just like that. They didn't look evil. They surprised you at how much of a sociopath they were. Maybe some of them WERE a sociopath - like for example, Hans. (He's clearly masking.) Hell, you can think of Tangled and how Gothel is... an expert at gaslighting Rapunzel and tries to charm others to do her work for her. You just know Gothel is the type of person who manages to get out of trouble by fluttering their eyes and uses "Charisma", or even tries to say "I didn't do it. THEY did!" or "I only retaliated". The writers of Tangled, as well as Donna Murphy, did such a good job with Gothel some people genuinely debated whether or not Gothel DID eventually start loving Rapunzel at the end, or if she was just a very good actress with all sorts of banter like "I love you most" or making Rapunzel's favourite soup. so maybe the writer(s) are trying to warn younger millennials, Gen Z, and Gen alpha "Don't do what we did - real life villains aren't obviously evil" and "Sometimesp retty and charismatic people are just as bad". And maybe, when the guard changes, we'll end up with the "Redemption Arc" being turned around - because the Redemption Arc ignores one other danger of real life villains: Not everyone wants to or even has the capability to change. Some people will have made your life hell but grow to resent it, but others will have just laughed as they made your lives hell.

A mystic in an Islamic land? Is that a *S U F I*

12:34: that right there is why I never liked the Hercules TV show. Any retcon that contradicts any established canon would result in backlash.

3:47 ... This is all your fault, Ja'Far!

The original sound whack af

I hate kingdom hearts

I admit, when I heard Abis Mal's name, I laughed my butt off. Abis Mal = abysmal = extremely bad; appalling.

Personally, I would love to tell you The Truth from The Holy Bible about what is going on. However, I politely encourage you to read it for yourselves. By The Way, check out Truthunedited and Stephan Darby's sermons to get a deeper understanding for The Life. May YAH bless you, your families, and HALLELUYAH!

Yayy islam religion isn’s canoly real in the Aladdin Universe !