Aladdin: The Return of Jafar

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 Directed by
 Produced by
 Written by
* Mirith J.S. Colao
* Bill Motz
* Steve Roberts
* Dev Ross
* Bob Roth
* Jan Strnad
 Story by
* Douglas Langdale
* Mark McCorkle
* Robert Schooley
 Starring
* Jason Alexander
* Jonathan Freeman
* Scott Weinger
* Linda Larkin
 Music by
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Australia [2]
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***The Return of Jafar*** (also known as ***Aladdin and the Return of Jafar*** or ***Aladdin 2: The Return of Jafar***) is a 1994 American direct-to-video animated musical fantasy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Television. It is the first sequel to the 1992 film *Aladdin*, and serves as the pilot to the *Aladdin* animated series. Released on May 20, 1994, it was the first Disney direct-to-video animated film,[5] and marked the first American direct-to-video animated film.[6] Gilbert Gottfried, Jonathan Freeman, Scott Weinger, and Linda Larkin reprise their roles from the original film, with Jason Alexander and Dan Castellaneta joining in the cast.

Though the film received mixed to negative reviews, it sold 15 million VHS tapes, grossing more than $300 million on a budget of approximately $5 million, making it one of the best-selling films on home video.

## Contents

* 1Plot
* 2Voice cast
* 3Production
* 4Songs
* 5Release
* 6Home media
* 7Reception
* 8Adaptations
	+ 8.1Comic
	+ 8.2Video game
* 9Follow-ups
* 10References
* 11External links

## Plot[edit]

One year has passed since the events of the first film. Aladdin and Abu have settled in the palace of Agrabah with Princess Jasmine and her father, the Sultan. Still yearning for adventures, Aladdin foils a criminal group stealing loot and returns it to the people of Agrabah. Meanwhile, in the desert, Iago escapes from Jafar's lamp. Tired of being taken for granted, Iago refuses Jafar's demands to free him. After throwing the lamp into a well, Iago returns to Agrabah, hoping to befriend Aladdin and return to the palace. During a confrontation with Aladdin and Abu, the three are attacked by the thieves whom Aladdin had foiled; Iago inadvertently saves Aladdin's life. In gratitude, Aladdin keeps Iago on the palace grounds, promising to speak with the Sultan on Iago's behalf.

Meanwhile, Abis Mal, the ruthless but dimwitted leader of the thieves, finds Jafar's lamp in the well. Hindered by his incompetent new master, Jafar manipulates Abis Mal into wasting his first two wishes, then enlists his help in taking revenge on Aladdin. In exchange he will grant him a special third wish. Abis Mal agrees, also desiring revenge on Aladdin. Meanwhile, the Genie returns and roar to the palace after traveling the world for one year. At the evening banquet, the Sultan announces Aladdin is the new grand vizier. Abu and Rajah discover Iago in the garden and chase him into the banquet. Aladdin asks the Sultan to pardon Iago, but Jasmine is dismayed that Aladdin never confided in her. Genie and Iago help persuade Jasmine to give Iago a chance. The Sultan remains suspicious, however, but issues Iago a temporary pardon, with the stipulation that Aladdin watch over him.

Jafar sneaks into the palace and forces Iago to trick Aladdin and the Sultan to travel to a waterfall. Jafar then captures Genie, Abu, the Sultan, and Jasmine, locking them in the dungeon. Jafar, posing as Jasmine, frames Aladdin for the Sultan's alleged murder and sentences him to execution. Iago frees the Genie, who saves Aladdin. Jafar now controls Agrabah, but Aladdin vows to stop him by destroying his lamp. Iago decides to leave.

Aladdin and the group confront Jafar in the treasure room just before Abis Mal can wish him free. Abis Mal realizes that Jafar will never grant his third wish, and swears revenge on Aladdin and his friends. Meanwhile, Jafar transforms into his Genie form, and incapacitates the Genie and shatters Flying Carpet. He splits open the Palace gardens, creating a pool of lava and traps Aladdin on a sinking rock. Iago returns and grabs the lamp. He is severely injured by Jafar, but he kicks the lamp into the lava, destroying Jafar. Aladdin rescues Iago as Jafar's magic is undone, restoring the Palace gardens and Flying Carpet. Aladdin officially adopts Iago and is officially accepted into the palace. Aladdin ultimately declines the Sultan's offer to become the vizier, instead opting to see the world with Jasmine, much to Iago's chagrin.

## Voice cast[edit]

Main article: List of Disney's Aladdin characters

* Gilbert Gottfried as Iago
* Jason Alexander as Abis Mal
* Jonathan Freeman as Jafar
* Scott Weinger as Aladdin
	+ Brad Kane as Aladdin (singing voice)
* Linda Larkin as Princess Jasmine
	+ Liz Callaway as Princess Jasmine (singing voice)
* Robin Williams as Genie, a comedic Buffalo headed jinn Bull like creature, bull/donkey/rabbit ears and cow/bull horns and alligator/godzilla/water buffalo mouth and water buffalo/crocodile nose and horse/human neck and dragon mane and gazelle/elephant/gorilla body and lion/gorilla arms and tiger/gorilla/human hands and lion/t rex/bear feet and kangaroo/lion long tail and fraggle/warthog/lion tail tuft with great power that can only be exercised when his master wishes it. Clements and Musker had written the role of the Genie for Robin Williams, and, when met with resistance, created a reel of a Williams stand-up to animation of the Genie. The directors asked Eric Goldberg, Genie's supervising animator, to animate the character over one of Williams' old stand-up comedy routines to pitch the idea to the actor. The resulting test, where Williams' stand-up about schizophrenia was translated into Genie growing another head to argue with himself, made Williams "laugh his ass off" and convinced him to sign on for the role. Williams' appearance in *Aladdin* marks the beginning of a transition in animation to celebrity voice actors, rather than specifically trained voice actors in animated films
* Frank Welker as Abu and Rajah
* Val Bettin as the Sultan
* Jim Cummings as Razoul
* Maurice LaMarche as Jafar The Genie
* B.J. Ward as Street Mother
* Jeff Bennett as Thief
* Narrated by Paul Winchell

## Production[edit]

After the success of *The Little Mermaid* (1989), Walt Disney Television Animation subsequently produced an animated television series of the same name that aired on CBS. At the same time, The Disney Afternoon had become a success with television series such as *DuckTales* and *Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers* airing in a syndicated two-hour time slot. Before the theatrical release of *Aladdin*, Disney commissioned Tad Stones and Alan Zaslove to produce an animated series of *Aladdin* that would shepherd its transition from the movie into a television series.[2]

While conceiving the sequel, Stones became fascinated with the character Iago, commenting that "I said 'I want the parrot in there,' but he was trapped in the lamp [at the end of the *Aladdin* movie], so we came up with a story of how he got out and ended up with Aladdin."[3] As common with half-hour animated television series at the time, Disney initially planned to begin the series with an hour-long television special, but Stones suggested that the film should instead be released on home video.[2][7] The idea was initially met with some resistance from then-Disney Feature Animation president Peter Schneider and then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner who felt it would cheapen Disney's brand.[3] Ultimately, layout designer Paul Felix conceived the film's opening with the gang of thieves entering into a cave, which was then later animated at Disney Animation Australia. Impressed with the animation dailies, then-Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg allowed for the first half to be animated in Australia while the climax was animated in Japan.[2][3]

Due to a well publicized bitter fall-out over the use of his voice in the marketing campaign for *Aladdin*, Robin Williams refused to reprise the role of the Genie, and was instead replaced by Dan Castellaneta (best known for voicing Homer Simpson).[8] Stones also claimed that Williams participated in selecting Castellaneta to voice the Genie.[9] It was also the first *Aladdin* full-length production without the original voice of Sultan, Douglas Seale. He was replaced by Val Bettin, who had previously worked with Disney on *The Great Mouse Detective* and who would reprise his role in the franchise's animated series and *Aladdin and the King of Thieves*.

## Release[edit]

Instead of the film receiving a theatrical release, Steve Feldstein, director of public relations for Disney's home video division, stated the decision to release *The Return of Jafar* on home video was due to time constraints claiming that "to put the film in the theatrical pipeline would have taken up to five years", but releasing it on home video would take "less than two years." In addition to that, Feldstein confirmed that financing was also a consideration since producing a direct-to-video feature would be "less costly to make than *Aladdin*."[10] Likewise, due to an expanding video market, Disney claimed demand from theatrical and video audiences for Aladdin and other characters was another reason for a speedy follow-up.[11]

## Home media[edit]

*The Return of Jafar* was first released on VHS in the United States on May 20, 1994, being the first installment of Walt Disney Home Video collection series.[11] In its first two days, it sold more than 1.5 million VHS copies;[4] more than 4.6 million VHS copies were sold in less than a week.[10] In the United States, more than ten million copies were sold, ranking among the top 15 top-selling videos of all time (at the time), earning $150 million in profits.[12] The film eventually sold 15 million units and grossed approximately $300 million worldwide.[13] The sequel's success removed what *Los Angeles Times* described as "the low-quality stigma" from direct-to-video, and caused Disney, Universal Pictures, and other studios to release more direct-to-video films.[14]

Originally released on VHS that year, *The Return of Jafar* was later reissued on Special Edition DVD and VHS (with "*Aladdin:*" added to the title) on January 18, 2005, the same day as its direct sequel, *Aladdin and the King of Thieves*, also received a re-release, with digitally restored picture and remastered sound. The Special Edition DVD, along with the other two films in the series, were placed on moratorium ("placed back into the Disney Vault") on January 31, 2008 in the United States, and February 4, 2008 in the United Kingdom.[15] *The Return of Jafar*, along with *Aladdin and the King of Thieves* was released on Blu-ray/DVD/Digital HD Combo Pack on January 5, 2016 as a Disney Movie Club exclusive in North America.[16]

## Reception[edit]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an overall approval rating of 33% based on 12 reviews collected, with a weighted average score of 3.91/10.[17]

David Nusair of Reelfilm.com summed up most of the negative feelings that contributed to this rating:

Despite the mostly negative reception, on the television program *Siskel & Ebert*, the film received a "two thumbs up" from Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert.[19] Writing for *Entertainment Weekly*, Steve Daly graded the sequel a C− criticizing it as a "knockoff" that "carries the Disney label and costs about as much as a tape of *Aladdin*, but it's clear from the first jerky frame that the same time, care, and creativity didn't go into it."[20]

## Adaptations[edit]

### Comic[edit]

When Disney was publishing their own comics in the mid-90s, they produced a two-issue *Aladdin* comic presenting an alternate version of *The Return of Jafar*. It was titled *The Return of Aladdin*. The comic is introduced by the Merchant from the first film.

The story starts off showing that Aladdin has been particularly bored of palace life. Meanwhile, Jafar has escaped the Cave of Wonders. Iago is given the task of finding the right master for Jafar to manipulate. Their search seems hopeless as some people are able to enjoy all three wishes or messing up. They find someone to use the lamp, who is known as Isabella, a master magician. Isabella is similar in appearance to Jafar (except his clothing is green). His first wish is to return to Agrabah Palace (as he performed entertainment to the sultan in #1). His second wish is for an army of soldiers to pursue Aladdin and Jasmine when they catch on to Jafar's presence. He is persuaded to use his third wish to trap Jafar and Iago in the lamp again, sending them back to the cave. Due to persuasion by the Genie, the Sultan hires Isabella to a permanent entertainment job at the palace. The end of the story shows the merchant having a black lamp similar to Jafar's, but he claims it to be worthless.

### Video game[edit]

The plot of the film is loosely used in Agrabah, one of the worlds in *Kingdom Hearts II*, and the Peddler appears from the first film. As in the film, Iago escapes from Jafar and does his best to respect Aladdin, Jasmine, Sora, Donald and Goofy, although Jafar coerces him into aiding him in his revenge, almost damaging Iago's friendship with Aladdin and Sora, but he redeems himself after taking a blow for Aladdin which almost claims his life. The Peddler, at the beginning, comes across Jafar's lamp, but sells it to Aladdin, Sora, Donald and Goofy for a rare artifact in the Cave of Wonders. Despite Aladdin sealing the lamp in the palace dungeon, the greedy Peddler breaks into the dungeon and frees Jafar, unleashing his fury on Agrabah until he is defeated by Sora and company. The Peddler's fate is left ambiguous. This was the first Disney sequel to have its plot adapted into a level in the *Kingdom Hearts* series, which was then followed by the Grid being an adaptation of *Tron Legacy*, and the Caribbean being one of *Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End*.

Furthermore, there is a mild allusion to the Agrabah boss battle in *Kingdom Hearts*. Sora must fight Jafar in Genie form, surrounded by a lava pit with raising and lowering levels, while Iago flies above with Jafar's lamp. Only striking the lamp has any effect on Jafar's health. This fight also takes place in the second game, *Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories*, and its PlayStation 2 remake. In both versions of *Chain of Memories*, the boss fight is due to the majority of the game being illusions created from Sora's memories. A second playable character, Riku, also fights the boss in his mode. The battle is once again visited in *Kingdom Hearts Coded* and *Kingdom Hearts Re:coded*.

## Follow-ups[edit]

The film was followed by a television series titled *Aladdin*, which served as the overall third installment, and another direct-to-video sequel, *Aladdin and the King of Thieves*, which was released in 1996. The franchise was later re-visited in "Hercules and the Arabian Night", a crossover episode with *Hercules*, and in *Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams*.

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### **Produced by**

* Tad Stones
* Jeannine Roussel

### **Screenplay by**

* Mark McCorkle
* Robert Schooley

### **Starring**

* Scott Weinger
* Robin Williams
* John Rhys-Davies
* Gilbert Gottfried
* Linda Larkin
* Jerry Orbach
* Frank Welker

### **Music by**

* Mark Watters
* Carl Johnson
* David Friedman (songs)

### **Production company(s)**

Walt Disney Video Premiere
Walt Disney Television Animation

### **Country**

United States
Australia
Japan

### **Language**

English

***Aladdin and the King of Thieves*** is a 1996 American direct-to-video animated musical fantasy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. It is the second sequel to the 1992 film *Aladdin*, and serves as the final chapter and installment of the *Arabian Nights*-inspired Disney franchise beginning with the first film, and continuing with its first direct-to-video sequel *The Return of Jafar* and the animated TV series.

The film is inspired by the tale *Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves* from *One Thousand and One Nights*, replacing Ali Baba with Aladdin, and for the first time since the original *Aladdin*, the film has a completely new soundtrack instead of the rearranged music from the original film for *The Return of Jafar* and the series. This film also marks the return of actor Robin Williams, reprising his role as Genie from the first film and not by Dan Castellaneta, who voiced him in the second film, the series, and other media afterwards.

Though this film serves as the series finale of the television series, the characters also appear in a 1999 crossover episode of the animated series *Hercules*, titled "Hercules and the Arabian Night", as well as the 2007 direct-to-video title called *Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams*, both of them after this plot. The film received mixed to negative reviews, although it was deemed an improvement over *The Return of Jafar*.

## Plot

At Agrabah, Aladdin and Princess Jasmine prepare to get married. During the ceremony, the legendary Forty Thieves appear, trying to steal a magical staff. After driving them off, Aladdin and his friends discover the Oracle, a woman within the staff that has the power to answer a single question about absolutely anything to any individual. She reveals that the Thieves want the staff to get to the "ultimate treasure". She hints to Aladdin that all his questions can be answered by his father, who is alive still, much to everyone's surprise. According to the oracle, Aladdin's father is with the Forty Thieves, "trapped within their world".

Aladdin, along with Abu, Iago and Carpet, tracks the thieves and stows away into their hideout, Mount Sesame. There, he discovers that his father Cassim is actually the King of Thieves, their leader. The two have a brief, heartfelt reunion before Cassim's chief subordinate Sa'luk tries to punish Aladdin for infiltrating in their hideout. Cassim, however, cleverly suggests that Aladdin instead face the initiation ritual known as "the Challenge": if he defeats another one of the Forty Thieves, he can take their place. Aladdin defeats Sa'luk and is welcomed into the band. Cassim then reveals why he left his wife and son: to find the Hand of Midas, a powerful artifact that can transform anything it touches into gold. Cassim believed that, with it, he could return to his family and get them out of poverty. With the staff, he could question the oracle as to the precise whereabouts of the artifact. Aladdin convinces Cassim to return with him to Agrabah to live an honest life. Initially hesitant, Cassim agrees after realizing that the wedding can be his last chance to get the Oracle.

For a while, Cassim is glad to spend quality time with Aladdin and his friends. However, he decides to carry on his original scheme with Iago as his new henchman. Meanwhile, Sa'luk travels to Agrabah and sells out his fellow thieves by telling Razoul the password to their hideout in exchange for immunity from prosecution. After all but seven of the thieves are captured, Razoul learns that Aladdin is one of the forty, and his father Cassim is the King himself. While attempting to steal the Oracle, Cassim and Iago are captured by the royal guards, and Razoul reveals to the Sultan that Cassim is the King of Thieves. The Sultan has Cassim and Iago imprisoned for life. Aladdin frees them, but is discovered by Razoul. Despite being a criminal, Aladdin returns to the palace to take responsibility for his actions. The Sultan makes ready to punish Aladdin, but Genie and Jasmine come to his defense, stating that all he wanted was to give his father a second chance. Understanding this, The Sultan accepts Aladdin's apology and resumes preparations for the wedding.

Cassim and Iago return to Mount Sesame, only to be captured by Sa'luk and the remaining seven thieves, who force them to use the oracle to find the location of the Hand of Midas. The Oracle directs them to the Vanishing Isle, a marble fortress built on the back of an enormous turtle that periodically dives to the bottom of the ocean, where the Hand is hidden. Iago gets away and goes off to lead Aladdin and Jasmine, Abu and Carpet to his imprisoned father. Aladdin manages to free and reconcile with his father. Working together, they retrieve the Hand just as the turtle is starting to submerge. However, they are ambushed by Sa'luk, who takes Aladdin hostage, demanding that Cassim surrender the Hand. Cassim throws the Hand to Sa'luk, who grabs it by the wrong end and is transformed into a lifeless gold statue. Realizing that his obsession has only brought trouble and his son is actually his ultimate treasure, Cassim throws the Hand into the ship with the remaining thieves aboard, turning it into gold and sinking it.

That night, Aladdin and Jasmine finally get married, with all their friends and family present. Cassim watches the wedding from afar, since he is still a wanted man, and Iago decides to join him on his travels.

## Voice cast

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* Scott Weinger as Aladdin
	+ Brad Kane as Aladdin (singing voice)
* Robin Williams as Genie a comedic Buffalo headed jinn Bull like creature, bull/donkey/rabbit ears and cow/bull horns and alligator/godzilla/water buffalo mouth and water buffalo/crocodile nose and horse/human neck and dragon mane and gazelle/elephant/gorilla body and lion/gorilla arms and tiger/gorilla/human hands and lion/t rex/bear feet and kangaroo/lion long tail and fraggle/warthog/lion tail tuft with great power that can only be exercised when his master wishes it. Clements and Musker had written the role of the Genie for Robin Williams, and, when met with resistance, created a reel of a Williams stand-up to animation of the Genie. The directors asked Eric Goldberg, Genie's supervising animator, to animate the character over one of Williams' old stand-up comedy routines to pitch the idea to the actor. The resulting test, where Williams' stand-up about schizophrenia was translated into Genie growing another head to argue with himself, made Williams "laugh his ass off" and convinced him to sign on for the role. Williams' appearance in *Aladdin* marks the beginning of a transition in animation to celebrity voice actors, rather than specifically trained voice actors in animated films
* John Rhys-Davies as Cassim
	+ Merwin Foard as Cassim (singing voice)
* Linda Larkin as Princess Jasmine
	+ Liz Callaway as Princess Jasmine (singing voice)
* Gilbert Gottfried as Iago
* Jerry Orbach as Sa'Luk
* Frank Welker as Abu and Rajah
* Val Bettin as The Sultan
* Jim Cummings as Razoul
* CCH Pounder as The Oracle

Additional voices are provided by Jeff Bennett, Corey Burton, Jess Harnell, Clyde Kusatsu, Rob Paulsen, and Frank Welker.

## Production

Following the success of *The Return of Jafar*, Disney announced in January 1995 that a third film was in production. Later in June, it was scheduled for a home video release in 1996. In September 1995, it was confirmed that Robin Williams would reprise the role of the Genie reportedly for a $1 million salary after he received an apology from Joe Roth for Disney breaching an agreement not to use his voice to merchandise products inspired by *Aladdin*. With Williams on board, all recordings and animation footage of Dan Castellaneta as the Genie was scrapped, and all of the Genie's scenes were rewritten to fit Williams' comedic style.

### Songs

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### Adaptation

Two comic adaptations of the movie were on sale September 1996.

* The first was in *Marvel Comics Disney Comic Hits* #13.
* The second was in *Disney Adventures* Volume 6 #12.

## Release

Upon its release, the film was accompanied by a marketing campaign at more than $70 million with commercial tie-ins with Best Western, Welch's, Chuck E. Cheese's, Tropicana, Reese's, Hershey's, TGI Fridays, Red Lobster, Friendly's, Applebee's, SEGA, Hasbro, Dairy Queen, Popeyes, Wendy's, Mattel, McDonald's, Scholastic, General Mills, Wawa, Kellogg's, Mars, Nestlé, Cadbury, Holiday Inn Express, Holiday Inn, Days Inn, Capcom, Oral-B, Duracell, Energizer and Kodak.

### Home media

At the time of its release, *King of Thieves* was reportedly outselling *The Return of Jafar*, but Disney declined to disclose actual sales figures for the release. In 1996, the film sold 10.3 million units in the United States, generating at least $**Script error: No such module "String".****Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".** in sales revenue. It was the sixth best-selling film video release in the United States during 1996.

On January 18, 2005, the film was re-released as a special edition DVD and VHS, the same day as the previous film, *The Return of Jafar*, with the DVD version receiving digitally restored picture, remastered sound, two additional games, and a behind-the-scenes bonus feature. However, the film was matted into a 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen ratio (an aspect ratio Disney has rarely used for television animation at the time). The DVD went back into the Disney Vault along with the other two films in the series in January 2008. *Aladdin and the King of Thieves*, along with *The Return of Jafar*, was released on Blu-ray/DVD/Digital HD Combo Pack on January 5, 2016 as a Disney Movie Club exclusive in North America (with both films matted into a 1.78:1 widescreen ratio this time).

## Reception

Based on 12 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a 33% approval rating from critics, with an average score of 4.84/10. Caryn James of *The New York Times* praised the sequel as "far better than *The Return of Jafar*", while acknowledging that "the video has some other weak spots, but these hardly matter when *Aladdin and the King of Thieves* is so brimming with comic invention and adventure." Scott Blakey of the *Chicago Tribune* wrote that the story grows tedious after an hour and recommended *The Fool and the Flying Ship* instead. *The Washington Post* stated the "art of animation is strictly Saturday morning quality again (jobbed out to Disney's overseas JV team), and the score is a long step backward from the original, meaning the movie lacks the lingering resonance and memorable visual moments of Disney's big-budget affairs. Essentially, the movie is comparable to other reputable animated titles like *The Swan Princess* and *Balto* – pretty good, but not exactly Disney."

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## Cancelled sequel

In 2005, screenwriter Robert Reece pitched a fourth *Aladdin* film to DisneyToon executives, although it never came to fruition.

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