#the return of jafar

[romancemedia]

♡EVERY KISS THEY'VE EVER SHARED♡ (MOVIES) ↳ ☀︎Aladdin & Jasmine (The Aladdin Trilogy)☀︎

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[there-are-many-ways-to-smile]

I think continuity wise Aladdin has the best pay off for their viewers.

First movie[1992]: the main characters meet, fall in love, and get in engaged.

Second movie [1994]: which is more so, why the main gang trust iago after he was a villain in the first movie.

Tv series[1994]: The main couple is engaged the whole time. Three whole seasons!

Third movie[1996]: They finally get married and we get to meet and learn about Aladdin's father.

We get to see the characters we've grown attached to over the years, finally tie the knot and it answers an important character's fact.

Small edit: I meant this post as in Disney Prince continuity not in general of all media, don't come for me. I can't fight.

[punster-2319]

Noteworthy shows and movies turning 30 this year:

- The Lion King

- Gargoyles

- Friends

- The Return of Jafar

- Aladdin tv series

- The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure

- Forrest Gump

- ReBoot

- Spider-Man: The Animated Series

- Space Ghost Coast to Coast

- The Magic School Bus

[lemon-pear]

A whole page of Iago studies/screenshot redraws from 2021. Most were taken from “The Return of Jafar,” which is a fabulous movie if you like this obnoxious loudmouth and inconsistent (but charming) animation!

[micoumbra]

The return of Jafar be like:

And Iago so:- NaH, B*tCh, I DoNt CaRe~😒💅 *iconic flies away🦜🖕🧞‍♀️*

[and orig, from fnaf sb meme, if ya need): ]

[its-to-the-death]

Villain Song Showdown Bracket G Round 1

You're Only Second Rate (Aladdin 2: Return of Jafar) - Villain: Jafar

Feed Me (Little Shop of Horrors) - Villain: Audrey II

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I know it doesn't make sense chronologically, but what would have happened if Mozenrath had found the magic lamp with Jafar inside?

Okay, this is an interesting concept that could go in so many different ways!

If Mozenrath was the one who found the lamp, then we could probably assume that he did so outside of the Cave of Wonders, since there's no way Aladdin's going back in that cave with the knowledge that Jafar's down there. First, that would mean that Iago already dug his way up the cave and has freed himself but dumped Jafar. I bring that up because I imagine Iago would come into the picture sooner or later while Jafar's with Mozenrath.

So Mozenrath finds a djinni in a lamp (what would Jafar be? Djinni of the Black Lamp?) and is obviously delighted. All these years he's wanted power, and now it's there for him to take with just a few words! Jafar would probably do the same thing that he did in Return of Jafar where he immediately tries to fly away to take revenge on Aladdin, but is stopped by his inability to leave the lamp behind. If this occurs at the same time Return of Jafar would have, then Mozenrath wouldn't know who Aladdin is at that moment. Maybe he'd be interested, but not right away. First, he needs to get his wishes.

This is where I'll throw in my own idea. While Mozenrath isn't the most patient guy around, I like the idea that he uses his first two wishes quickly but has an undisclosed plan for the third. He may even make the wishes right there after fishing out the lamp from the well. …Actually, I bet Xerxes fished out the lamp while trying to get a drink of water.

So Mozenrath's wishes (as he claims) are as follows:

Become the most powerful sorcerer in the world.

Be given the inability to die, perhaps unless he himself specifically wills it. He knows what he's put people through...

Free Jafar from his servitude since Jafar won't stop demanding it.

After making his first two wishes, Mozenrath specifically tells Jafar that he has some things that he wants help with, so he'll free Jafar from the lamp with his third wish after the work is done. …There's no doubt in either of their minds that won't happen if Mozenrath can help it, though.

Here's the reason I think he'd leave the third wish open. From my (limited) research into the subject, when a djinni grants three wishes to one person, they may be released from their servitude, may lose their magical abilities, or may just outright disappear. While I can't think of a djinni disappearing in the Aladdin franchise, the third wishes we've seen have involved Genie being freed, Jafar being imprisoned, and Eden being set as Dhandi's companion. Maybe they wouldn't disappear because Genie was still around after Jafar used his third wish, but that could have been a special circumstance. Anyway, all that is to say that Mozenrath, having likely studied up on magic and djinn and so, probably doesn't want to lose Jafar too quickly. Moze wants to get every bit of use out of having a djinni as he possibly can, and…

…Well, we know what Mozenrath tends to do with djinn.

That's not to say that he plans to immediately drain Jafar of his magic. I think he would have a third wish in mind, and that is to rule the Seven Deserts, or, as he says in The Hunted, the world. He wouldn't go for the wish right away, though, and that's because he wants to try his hand at conquering the Seven Deserts himself before going and wasting a wish on it. Mozenrath wants to keep Jafar around long enough to see if he can conquer a few lands with his newfound power, and if that doesn't work, then he'll figure out a way to drain Jafar of his magic. Maybe he'd do it the quick way and just wish that Jafar's magic belonged to him. That may come with its own risk, considering what happened to Jafar.

Now here's where it could get both fun and messy. Jafar and Mozenrath both wish to be the most powerful creature in the land, and in that case, they would be each other's competition. Iago said that Jafar “steered clear” of Destane while he was around, so Jafar spending a bit of time with Mozenrath and realizing “Crap, this is Destane's brat” would mean that Jafar has quite a bit to lose from these circumstances. That, and him potentially finding Mozenrath's collection of magical items, including the Crystal of Ix, would mean that he has every reason to want to get out of there. He wants revenge on Aladdin, and he can't get revenge on Aladdin if he's dead!

Well, a djinni can't escape from their master without help, and Mozenrath knows that. Maybe he tries to keep Jafar happy by going after Agrabah first. He needs Jafar to be around whether or not his plan works, after all, and Agrabah is a good first place to test his magic.

After all, what could be waiting for him there? A cowardly parrot who has a tendency to randomly lose and gain a conscience and keep switching sides?

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...Again, that's only one scenario and there's so much more that could come from that. I just love the general concept way too much.

What else do y'all think would happen if Moze got the lamp? I had too much fun thinking about this.

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"You're only second rate" Orchestra version by Erich Kunzel

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[romancemedia]

Jaladdin + Holding Hands

[elijones94]

🦜 “Why am I NOT surprised?!”~ Iago 🕌✨

[auditect]

I think something that makes the Aladdin Sequels and Spinoffs better than other Disney Movie tie-ins is that there's a much stronger continuity than other "secondary" Disney media. This is even present in the Hercules Crossover Episode, which surprisingly makes more references to the sequels and the TV show than the actual movie:

Jafar is dead and complains about his "treacherous parrot", which is a reference to Return of Jafar, music from the TV show is reused and Aladdin's clothes and the fact he and Jasmine are now married is a reference to the King of Thieves.

Sadly, Disney only tends to reference the "main films" nowadays, if Princess Jasmine were to have a cameo in a TV show, then you can expect her to only reference events from the first movie, if at all.

[douglasbradburyverne]

[punster-2319]

30th Anniversary of The Return of Jafar

The Return of Jafar was the first of MANY direct-to-video Disney sequels. Like with the original Aladdin, I watched RoJ a lot as a kid. While it doesn’t hold up as well anymore (the 3rd movie is significantly better), I still have a soft spot for it. Even though the film is not as ambitious as the original (the first Aladdin’s budget was $28 million vs. RoJ’s $5 million), it was nice to see Iago have his own redemption arc which for the most part was pretty well done. The Return of Jafar became one of the best selling VHS tapes of all time and paved the way for the direct-to-video market not only for Disney, but for other studios as well, because later that same year Universal Studios released The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure, which was the first of MANY Land Before Time sequels. The Return of Jafar was also a pilot for the upcoming Aladdin tv series which premiered on the Disney Afternoon block later that year, similar to how some of the previous Disney Afternoon shows had multi-episode pilots (except this time it was straight to video, but there are a few obvious moments that you could tell where the commercial breaks were supposed to be).