Jafar

**Jafar** is the main antagonist of Disney's Aladdin franchise, serving as the main antagonist of the 1992 Disney animated film Aladdin and its 1994 direct-to-video sequel The Return of Jafar. He is the power-hungry Grand Vizier of Agrabah who plans to rule Agrabah and also serves as Aladdin's arch-nemesis and Iago's former owner, leader, and boss.

In all of his appearances, he was voiced, and portrayed by Jonathan Freeman.

## History

### Aladdin

Jafar is first seen waiting for Gazeem until he arrives who also got the Scarab half. Jafar then put the pieces together which caused himself and his henchmen to chase the scarab until they found the Cave of Wonders. After they found it, Jafar orders Gazeem to get the lamp. Gazeem tries to get inside the Cave of Wonders but however waked up and when that happened, Gazeem introduces himself. Jafar then orders Gazeem to go into the cave again. Gazeem got into the cave until the cave furiously roars and eats him. much to Jafar's anger, he decides to come up with another way to succeed his plans.

Jafar then went to the Sultan who wants Jasmaine to have a husband in order to get diamond and also pretends to help him. After that, Jafar continue his plans since he got the diamond. During that, Jafar had Iago helping him so he can rule Agrabah and also notices Aladdin which caused himself to have the royal guards arrest him.

At the prison, Jafar pretended to be an old man talking to Aladdin about the lamp and The Cave of Wonders as well as having a deal with him. Jafar and Aladdin escapes from the prison and went to the Cave of Wonders. When the Cave gets angry as well as Aladdin almost escaping. Jafar got the lamp and betrays Aladdin which caused Aladdin himself to be trapped. Then Jafar tries to look at the lamp until he realizes he lost the lamp.

At the Palace, the Sultan gets angry at Jafar for having Aladdin arrested. Jafar then pretends to regret it and let go of the problem. After that, Jafar gets angry about not having the lamp until Iago helps him by saying he could marry Jasmaine in order to rule Agrabah. Jafar then tries to tell the Sultan that he could marry Jasmaine instead until Aladdin arrives.

When Aladdin ruin Jafar's plans, Jafar tries to get rid of Aladdin by having the royal guards to dump him into the ocean in order to marry Jasmaine. At the palace, Jafar brainwashes the Sultan and also lie to Jasmaine that Aladdin left until Aladdin came back. Jafar then tries to make the Sultan into thinking that Aladdin is lying until Aladdin himself breaks Jafar's scepter. This caused the Sultan to realize that Jafar brainwashed him and also have the royal guards to take Jafar away until he escapes.

At the lair, Jafar had Iago to steal the lamp knowing that Prince Ali is actually Aladdin and when Jafar got the lamp, he orders Genie to make him become the ruler of Agrabah and at the celebration, Jafar revealed that Aladdin pretended to be a prince and also banished him.

Back at Agrabah, Jafar had Iago had revenge on the Sultan for making him eating crackers as well as asking Jasmaine to be his queen but Jasmaine refuse. This caused Jafar to ask Genie to make Jasmaine to be in love with him, but Genie tries to tell Genie that there are rules about wishing but Jafar doesn't care and forces him to do it. Aladdin then came and when Jasmaine notice Aladdin, she pretended to be in love with Jafar in order to him not to notice Aladdin. Jafar later notices Aladdin and tries to kill him but Aladdin had a plan which is making Jafar to be a genie which caused Jafar himself to be in the lamp.

### The Return of Jafar

Jafar is first seen when Iago got out of the lamp. Jafar orders Iago to let him to be released but Iago refused due to his master's behavior and instead drops the lamp in the well. Jafar is then released by Abis Mal where Jafar also asks Abis to team up with him.

The next day, Jafar and Abis got into the palace where he also orders Iago to have Aladdin and his friends to go to a trap. Jafar then later caught Aladdin and his friends as well as framing Aladdin for killing the Sultan (despite that Aladdin didn't and the Sultan is still alive). Jafar then disguises as Jasmaine lying that Aladdin wants to take over Agrabah. Jafar later went back into his secret lair where had Abis (who serve as his new henchmen) lock up Jasmaine and the others. When Aladdin is about to be killed, Iago rescue Jasmaine and the others in order to save Aladdin.

At the palace, Jafar gave what Abis want after believing their plans worked, the heroes try to get the lamp in order to destroy it but Jafar notices them and prevents them from getting it. during the final fight, all of the heroes were knocked out before Iago return and got the lamp before Jafar hit Iago and nearly had him killed but Aladdin saved Iago and destroyed the lamp which caused Jafar to be defeated for good.

## Personality

Jafar is portrayed as a power-hungry psychopath who wants to take over Agrabah as well as pretending to be on good terms with the Sultan despite he is actually against him. He also shown to sometimes abusive to his henchmen such as Iago who reformed in the sequel. After the events of the first film, Jafar plans to have revenge on Aladdin for ruining his plans and also tries to rule Agrabah.

## Appearance

Jafar is a tall, slender man dressed in extravagant clothing, always seen with his scepter that has cobra on it. He also shown to have a mustache and beard as well as bald (even through its unknown if Jafar is actually bald or he shaved his head for his disguise.

## Trivia

* He is ranked #2 in the Top 30 Disney Villains, second only to Maleficent.
* On February 26, 2014, when Aladdin was turned into a Broadway musical, Jonathan Freeman returned to play the character just like he did in all of Jafar's other appearances; He is the only Disney voice actor with this honor.
* Despite being the main antagonist of Aladdin. In the original story, the wicked magician and the Vizier were two different characters. The vizier only wanted to obstruct Aladdin's marriage to the princess because son was marrying her while the magician is real main villain in the story The movie combined the two characters
	+ And speaking of that, in some versions of the story, the main villain is a combination of both the vizier and the magician, just like Jafar.

* As he spends much of the film hiding his true emotions, Andreas Deja designed Jafar's face to resemble a mask.
* Jafar means "stream" in Arabic.
	+ The name itself is reminiscent of a 1790s Indian politician named Mir Jafar, who was infamous for selling out the then-reigning Nawab (leader) to the English in order to usurp the title, which is similar to Jafar's plot to overthrow the Sultan in the movie, although unlike Mir Jafar, Jafar failed.