Genie/Relationships

The relationships of Genie from the Aladdin franchise.
==Friends and Allies==
===Aladdin===
Genie is one of Aladdin's closest friends. Unlike most of Genie's former masters, Aladdin respected Genie as a person rather than an object, due to the thief's compassionate nature; even going as far as to create a promise to free him as part of his last wish. Despite this, Genie was not one who liked to be tricked, but he was willing to admit his naivety though would not allow any more wishes for free. To aid in Aladdin's prince disguise, Genie helped glamorize his image, though he still tried giving advice on how to approach Jasmine but to no avail. However, when Aladdin nearly drowned to death after being thrown into the ocean, Genie willingly saves Aladdin as the second wish, even though Aladdin did not technically say to do this directly, demonstrating how much Genie cared about his friend.
When Aladdin chose to spend the last wish on being a prince forever, Genie felt betrayed over their apparent friendship that he became bitter towards him. To his horror however, Genie would become servant to the mad Jafar and become forced to do his bidding. While Aladdin tried to talk Genie out of this, Genie apologized but could do nothing against Jafar nor save Aladdin from being banished, where he deeply regretted doing these actions. When Aladdin survived, Genie was extremely happy to see him and even cheered for him against Jafar. After Aladdin finally stopped Jafar, Genie was content with letting Aladdin choose his last wish in becoming a prince again so he be with Jasmine. However, to his joy, Aladdin keeps his word and releases Genie from his burden. Genie was extremely happy to be released but apologized to Aladdin for sacrificing his chance at love. However, when the Sultan voided the tradition of the princess marrying a prince and allowed her to marry whomever she wanted, Genie was more than excited over the couple's success.
Genie and Aladdin continue to have a strong friendship where Genie often refers to Aladdin as "Al".
===Jasmine===
After meeting Aladdin and getting out of the Cave of Wonders, Genie was told of Jasmine by Aladdin where he assumed Aladdin wanted to wish Jasmine to fall in love with him. However, that wasn't the case and Aladdin instead wished to become a prince so he can marry Jasmine. Even though Genie helped Aladdin become a prince, he disapproved of how Aladdin was lying to Jasmine and believed she deserved to know the truth of who really is. 
Genie did not officially meet Jasmine until his lamp was stolen by Jafar where he reluctantly helped the latter take over Agrabah. However, Jasmine already knew that the Genie was a good guy, but was miserable to help Jafar take over Agrabah, grant him more power, and use his magic under the command of an evil man. When Jafar ordered the Genie to make Jasmine love him, Genie, not having the power to make others fall in love, became confused when Jasmine started to flirt with Jafar until he noticed Aladdin had returned and realized that Jasmine was distracting Jafar so Aladdin can get the lamp back.
After Jafar's defeat, Genie decided to allow Aladdin to use his last wish to become a prince again so he can be with Jasmine, telling Aladdin that he is not going to "find a girl like her (Jasmine) in a million years." However, after Aladdin used his last wish to free the Genie and the Sultan abolished the royal law so Jasmine can marry Aladdin, Genie gave Jasmine a hug and waved good-bye to her as he left to travel around the world.
===Abu===
Genie is a close friend of Abu. Although Abu sometimes finds himself annoyed with Genie's antics, especially when Genie transforms him into other species such as an elephant, the two still have a positive relationship. 
===Magic Carpet===
Other than Aladdin, the Carpet is one of the Genie's closest friends and does everything with it.
===Iago===
In Aladdin, because of Iago's wickedness, Genie treats him as his enemy and punishes him accordingly.
Starting from The Return of Jafar, while Iago has a moral crisis over Aladdin sparing his life, Genie is patient and encouraging with him, insisting there is good in him when he insists otherwise. He appeals to Iago's cunning nature to get Aladdin and Jasmine back together, and this is a catalyst for the parrot's redemption.
In the series, Genie never misses a moment to tease Iago, whether he's complaining or in one of his wild schemes. He does show occasional concern for him, such as in the episode "Poor Iago" when the parrot breaks into the Sultan's vault after many sleepless nights of searching for it. 
==Romance==
===Eden===
Eden is the girlfriend of Genie. When they first meet, Eden is at first annoyed by Genie's presence as she initially believes that he's trying to steal her new master Dhandi. But when she learns that Genie already has a master and he's really there to ask her on a date, she accepts and falls in love with him. While the two genies are on their date, Eden hears someone calling her, and believing that it's Dhandi, she tells Genie that she will be back in a flesh. When she arrives, she finds Dhandi behind bars and that Abis Mal has taken possession of the magic bottle, wanting to be her master. Genie gets depressed when Eden doesn't return and goes home to Aladdin and Abu. When Aladdin and Abu take Genie to see Eden, a shocked Genie sees her talking to Abis Mal and angrily accuses her of working for him and pretending to love him, calling himself a sucker fish for falling for her supposed trick. Abis Mal then wishes for Eden to trap Genie and send him to the bottom of a deep ocean, which Eden reluctantly grants. But while Genie is in prison, he sees that Eden sent him a message that she added an exit to the prison since Abis Mal didn't wish for Genie to be trapped forever. Genie is overjoyed that Eden really does love him and that every moment they spent together was genuine. After defeating Abis Mal and Haroud, Dhandi accidentally wishes that she and Eden could always be together, which was her third and final wish. Although the two genies are sad that they can't be together, Genie understands that Dhandi needs Eden, and the genies promise that they will wait to be together until Dhandi's life ends.
Eden, alongside Dhandi, returns in "The Book of Khartoum", where she and Genie celebrate their anniversary. Upon discovering that Genie was kidnapped by Mozenrath, she sets out to rescue Genie, but is unable to free him. She ultimately offers Mozenrath to take her instead, which the sorcerer accepts, but she ends up trapped as well. After it is revealed that Mozenrath was double-crossed by Khartoum, who was using Mozenrath to get freed from a magical book, and the two genies are freed, the genies work together to defeat Khartoum, calling this adventure their big anniversary.
==Enemies==
===Jafar===
Genie's lamp was sought out by Jafar who wanted to use Genie's powers to overthrow the Sultan and rule the kingdom of Agrabah. After Iago managed to steal the lamp from Aladdin and deliver it to Jafar, Genie was shocked to discover his lamp was in the possession of someone who wanted to use his magic for evil purposes as he called Jafar "a tall, dark and sinister ugly man." Jafar threatened Genie into submission and commanded him to grant his wish in becoming sultan, which Genie did and reluctantly helped him take over Agrabah. Because Genie was now under the service of a new master, he could not stand up to Jafar or stop him in banishing Aladdin, Abu, and Magic Carpet to an arctic wasteland.
As Genie continued to serve Jafar, he was treated as a slave by the evil man rather than as a person. When Jafar asked Genie to grant his wish in making Jasmine fall in love, Genie could not do that as he was not allowed to use his magic to make people fall in love. As Jafar began threatening Genie, they are interrupted when Jasmine looked like she was charmed by Jafar, much to Jafar's elation and Genie's confusion. However, Genie was able to realize Jasmine was faking it when he saw Aladdin had returned to Agrabah alive, much to his relief. Although Genie could not help Aladdin in stopping Jafar, he did not inform his master of Aladdin's presence as he wanted his friend stop Jafar and put an end to his evil deeds. However, when Jafar discovered Aladdin, Genie could only watch in horror as Jafar attacked and attempted to kill him. When Aladdin goaded Jafar in using his last wish to become like Genie, he was horrified by the thought of such a cruel man having all the power in the universe, but when Jafar threateningly demanded Genie into granting his last wish, he reluctantly gave in to Jafar's demands. However, when Aladdin revealed he tricked Jafar so he could be imprisoned in a lamp of his own, Genie was overjoyed and relieved to be free from Jafar's servitude. Genie then got his payback by sending the lamp containing Jafar and Iago into the Cave of Wonders to ensure 10,000 years of imprisonment.
In The Return of Jafar, when Jafar is freed, Genie fears him, since though free, he is less powerful than him.
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