The following is a list of characters appearing in Disney's Aladdin franchise. It includes characters from the 1992 film, its direct-to-video sequels, its television series, its live-action adaptation, and other spin-off projects.
Aladdin (speaking voice by Scott Weinger, singing voice by Brad Kane, portrayed by Mena Massoud in the live-action film) is a street urchin who ends up becoming the prince of Agrabah after meeting Jasmine in the streets and being recruited by Jafar to retrieve the magical lamp from the Cave of Wonders.
Jasmine (voiced by Linda Larkin, singing voice Lea Salonga, portrayed by Naomi Scott in the live-action film) is the rebellious princess of Agrabah, who flees the palace in revolt to her obligation to be married to a prince. While on the run, she meets Aladdin in the streets and later helps him defeat Jafar.
Genie (voiced by Robin Williams in the first and third film, Dan Castellaneta in the second film, TV series, and Kingdom Hearts, Jim Meskimen in later projects, portrayed by Will Smith in the live-action film) is a jinn and is never given a proper name.
Iago (voiced by Gilbert Gottfried, Alan Tudyk in the live-action film) is the pet and former sidekick to Jafar, and later to Aladdin, after a reformation. He is comical and sarcastic, and appears as a sort of cantankerous counterpart to Aladdin's monkey, Abu.
Iago appears frequently as an antagonist in the Sega video game Disney's Aladdin, where he is usually to be found flying at a high level, although he is easily dispatched and de-feathered with one blow from a sabre or thrown apple.
Abu (vocal effects provided by Frank Welker) is Aladdin's kleptomaniac pet monkey with a high-pitched voice. In Aladdin: The Series, he is a voice of dissent whenever he is dragged along on one of Iago's harebrained schemes, although the two of them go from enemies (formerly) to close friends after Iago's reformation, over the course of the franchise. The animators filmed monkeys at the San Francisco Zoo to study the movements Abu would have.[2] The character is based on the similarly named Abu the thief, played by Sabu Dastagir in the 1940 version of The Thief of Bagdad.[3][4]
Abu also appears in Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II, playing a large role in the latter with his kleptomaniac habits getting him into trouble during Sora's first return visit to Agrabah.
He can also be seen in House of Mouse as one of the many Disney characters that come to watch cartoons. Abu is usually found in the audience, sometimes playing with Iago or dancing along to the musical performances on stage.
The Magic Carpet is an ancient carpet that was found by Aladdin in the Cave of Wonders' treasure room. It is a character without a voice, and expresses itself entirely through pantomime and movements. It is genderless, but male pronouns are used to refer to 'him' due to how the Arabic language uses masculine pronouns by default. It is playful, as it reacts with Abu, intelligent, as it beats Genie at chess (and most other things), and helpful, as it helps Aladdin romance Princess Jasmine during the song "A Whole New World." It sometimes uses its tassels as hands and feet to accentuate its feelings.[5]
The unique design of Carpet was solely maintained through CGI.[5] Advances in CGI had progressed so much since animating the ballroom sequence in Beauty and the Beast, that the texture and pattern of Carpet was much easier to accomplish no matter which way it moved.[6] Animator Randy Cartwright refused to resort to the anthropomorphic style of simply putting a face on a carpet. Instead, Cartwright used body language to make Carpet more flexible, and almost human.[5] Computer artist Tina Price took Cartwright's outlined form and super-imposed the Persian design that could stretch, squash, and roll up without changing.[5] According to film critic Leonard Maltin, this made Carpet's animation one of the best collaborations between traditional and technologically advanced animation to date.[5]
It is also in the Kingdom Hearts video game in the Agrabah world. Sora frees it, at which point it acts as a transport between the city of Agrabah and the Cave of Wonders. In the second installment, it plays a more key role.
In Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, there is a ride called The Magic Carpets of Aladdin in Adventureland, which simulates flight on a carpet. There are other versions of the ride in two Disney parks: Flying Carpets Over Agrabah in Toon Studio located at Walt Disney Studios Park in France and Jasmine's Flying Carpets in Arabian Coast located at Tokyo DisneySea.[7]
The Sultan (voiced by Douglas Seale in the first film, Val Bettin in the sequels and the TV series, Jeff Bennett in Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams; portrayed by Navid Negahban in the live-action film) is Princess Jasmine's father and the pompous but kind ruler of Agrabah. Some aspects of the character were inspired in the Wizard of Oz, to create a bumbling authority figure.[2]
In the 2019 film, the Sultan's personality is more serious compared to his animated counterpart, but retains the original's kind and benevolent nature. In addition, it is revealed that his wife comes from the kingdom of Shirabad (which Jafar sought to conquer), who was murdered prior to the events of the film, causing the Sultan to keep their daughter inside the palace for protection. At the end of the film, he steps down from his position as the Sultan and passes it on to Jasmine.
Razoul (voiced by Jim Cummings) is the Captain of the Royal Guards of Agrabah in all three films and the TV series. Although unnamed in the first film, his name was revealed in the sequel (he was named after layout supervisor Rasoul Azadani). He has a strong dislike towards Aladdin, but is extremely loyal to the Sultan and Jasmine and takes his job very seriously.
Fazal (voiced by Jack Angel in the first film, Frank Welker in the sequels and the TV series, understudied by Jim Cummings in "Sneeze the Day") is one of Razoul's lieutenants. He is darkly colored and very fat, with a long mustache. His lines usually make reference to food.
Hakim (voiced by Patrick Pinney in the first film, Frank Welker in the TV series, Jim Cummings in "Sneeze the Day", Corey Burton in the third film, portrayed by Numan Acar in the live-action film) is one of Razoul's lieutenants. He is pale, very thin and slightly shorter than Fazal. His lines generally put a pessimistic take on the situation.
In the 2019 film, Hakim is depicted as the head of the guards and the right-hand man of Jafar, but he becomes good at the end of the film, playing a similar role that Razoul played in the previous animated works. It was mentioned by Princess Jasmine when working to convince Hakim not to have the guards side with Jafar that his father had worked for the Sultan.
Rajah (vocal effects by Frank Welker) is Jasmine's pet tiger who displays dog and cat-like behavior. Unlike Abu, he is not anthropomorphized, but is still able to understand human language and emotions.
In the 2019 film, Rajah was seen with Jasmine and Dalia for much of the film. During the opening "Arabian Nights", Rajah slashes Iago with his claws because the macaw spied on Jasmine. He bites Prince Anders in the hand because Jasmine hated him and also because Anders called him a cat. He begins to bond with Aladdin when he's in his prince guise by licking his face. When Jafar becomes sultan temporarily, Rajah is imprisoned with the guards. After Jafar is defeated, he is present at Aladdin and Jasmine's wedding.
The Peddler (voiced by Robin Williams, singing voice by Bruce Adler) is a mysterious desert-faring merchant, travelling on camelback, who appears at the beginning of the original film, and later reappeared in the ending of Aladdin and the King of Thieves. The entire Peddler scene was improvised by Williams as the actor was put in front of a table with props, and started pitching them as products from a salesman's catalogue.[8] He implores the viewer to 'come closer', a reference to actor Sydney Greenstreet's many film trailers. In the original ending of Aladdin, the Peddler, now a sailor, was revealed to be the Genie masquerading as a human (or having been turned to human, as suggested at the end), but this was cut from the final film. The directors of the film later revealed that the Peddler is still the Genie, despite the ending being deleted.[9][10][11][12][13][14]
Outside of the films, he appears in Disney's Aladdin, selling extra lives and wishes to the player, while in Kingdom Hearts he is voiced by Corey Burton and he plays a major role specifically in the second game where his greed and shrewdness are presented.
The Tiger God (voiced by Frank Welker) is a giant head of a tiger made of sand and the neutral guardian of the Cave of Wonders. The Scarab Medallion is needed to awaken it. Its job is to protect the Genie's lamp and give it to those who are worthy while eliminating those who are not. The treasures hoarded inside the cave are used to test those who are worthy to enter as touching them will also cause the Tiger God to eliminate them as well. It was portrayed by computer-generated imagery, following reference drawings by animator Eric Goldberg.[15]
After Jafar and Gazeem obtained both halves of the Scarab Medallion, it is used to guide them to where the Cave of Wonders is. Once there, the Scarab Medallion splits in half again and places itself on a sand dune, causing it to transform into a giant tiger head, with the Scarab Medallion halves acting as its eyes. The Tiger God demands to know who woke it up. When Gazeem introduces himself, the Tiger God warns him that it will only allow a "Diamond in the Rough" to enter. Jafar and Gazeem fail to understand this and as Gazeem tries to go in anyway at Jafar's urging, the Tiger God becomes enraged and kills Gazeem due to him not being a Diamond in the Rough before turning back into a sand dune and returning to its slumber (causing the Scarab Medallion halves to return to normal), but not before advising Jafar to search for a Diamond in the Rough. The Tiger God is later awakened again by Jafar, who this time has brought Aladdin and Abu. Since Aladdin is a Diamond in the Rough, it lets him and Abu enter, but warns him not to touch any of the treasures inside the cave except for the lamp. Although Aladdin listened to its warning, Abu did not. This enrages the Tiger God, who claims that they will now perish for their disobedience as the cave begins collapsing. The Magic Carpet saves them, but they fail to escape thanks to Jafar and a falling boulder. The Tiger God again returns to eternal slumber.
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