Genie

**Genie** is the tritagonist in Disney's 1992 animated feature film, *Aladdin*. He is a comedic, larger-than-life spirit (a "jinni") residing in a magical oil lamp hidden within the Cave of Wonders.
 Genie harnesses phenomenal cosmic power that allows him to transcend
space and time; however, he is burdened to remain bound to his lamp for
eternity unless granted freedom by a master.

Genie is loosely based off the Genie of the Lamp featured in the *One Thousand and One Nights* folk tale *Aladdin*.
 The figure in the tale, while important, was portrayed as a mere
servant, while the Disney interpretation was greatly expanded into an
identifiable character personality, the most notable difference being
the Disney genie's ultimate wish to be free.

## Bio

### Personality

Genie is full of life, and bursting with positive energy. Though he
is amongst the most powerful beings in the universe, Genie is
benevolent, easygoing, and friendly; so much so, that he primarily uses
his abilities as a means to amuse both himself and those around him.
According to the filmmakers' commentary, Genie's energy is a direct
result of his imprisonment; his years of isolation has left him teaming
with vigor, so whenever he's given a chance at freedom, his first
instinct is to go wild with his powers by cracking jokes and
entertaining whatever audience he has. He is also inviting, as when he
first met Aladdin, Genie immediately introduced himself as a friend to
rely on and emphasized the fact that his purpose was to magically
enhance Aladdin's life by any means necessary (so long as it didn't
interfere with the three rules of wishing).

Though he was generally devoted to whomever held temporary
ownership of the lamp, Genie has always had a will and mind of his own,
outside the bounds of a stereotypical genie slave. As seen during his
time as Jafar's
 lackey, Genie's job did not require him to agree with his masters'
morals. It did, however, force him to adhere to their three commands
without question, no matter how vile they may have been. Nevertheless,
Genie was still able to provide advice to masters that were willing to
listen. In the original film, he served as a mentor figure to Aladdin,
often giving the latter advice and encouragement when needed, as seen
when he urged Aladdin to tell Jasmine
 the truth about not being a prince. As mentioned, Genie did not offer
himself as a mere slave, but rather as a supportive friend to his
masters. Genie's friendship with Aladdin proved that he was capable of
forming genuine relationships with masters, though it wasn't until
Aladdin that Genie was treated as anything beyond a mere slave by his
superiors. This tied to Genie's dream of being freed from the lamp.

Though manic and explosive, Genie is also compassionate, wise,
and serious when he feels it's necessary. He understands human emotions
to a profound degree, and takes matters such as love, trust, and being
true to yourself quite seriously. Genie's more sincere moments are
indicated by his tone, which change from wily and exuberant, to low and
soft when he wants to get a serious point across. Despite this, he still
 tries to lighten even the darkest moments with a dose of comedy, an
example of this being the climax of the original film, where Genie
transformed into a cheerleading squad to root for Aladdin during his
battle against Jafar.

By the time of *Aladdin and the King of Thieves*, Genie is
now freed, but continues to show genuine love and support for Aladdin
and his endeavors. He is still every bit comedic and lighthearted, but
never holds his tongue when it came to objections towards Aladdin's more
 controversial choices. He is nevertheless shown to assist Aladdin,
magically, whenever asked to.

### Powers and abilities

Genie is one of the most powerful major characters in the Disney
universe shown so far. As shown in the first movie, he could easily
break the laws of nature, shape-shift into virtually anything, break the
 fourth wall, warp reality at a whim, lift the palace of Agrabah with no
 problems, give other people his power, undo the works of any magic
(though mixing his magic with someone else's had consequences), and
escape a magically sealed cave. However, he had three limits to his
abilities (and also refuses to accept substitutions, exchanges, refunds,
 and wishing for more wishes); he cannot kill, he cannot make people
fall in love, and he cannot raise the dead (though he states that he can
 indeed perform resurrections, but simply does not enjoy doing so as the
 resurrected are implied to be turned zombies in which he describes as
"not a pretty picture"). Aside from these three limitations, he was
virtually omnipotent.

After getting his freedom, it is unclear of these limitations
still implied, although he stated that he had suffered a reduction in
power due to his new freedom, describing his current powers as now being
 "semi-phenomenal, nearly cosmic power" as opposed to his previous
"phenomenal cosmic power". Due to his weakened state as opposed to
Jafar's full power, the now-genie Jafar defeated him during the "You're
Only Second Rate", musical number as well as deflecting all of his
magical attacks. However, he still has a nearly unlimited amount of
magical knowledge and all his shape-shifting abilities. He also has high
 magic power, but was unable to undo certain forms of magic; a weakness
with disastrous consequences in the television series, such as when he
had trouble turning Jasmine back to normal after she was turned into a
rat by a magic mirror, or his inability to break a spell cast by Sadira that brainwashed Aladdin into thinking that he was a dragon-slaying knight. It was revealed in *The Return of Jafar*
 that he can also flawlessly imitate the voices and appearances of
others, as seen when he shape-shifts into Aladdin in the ultimately
failed attempt to distract Jafar while the real Aladdin grabs the
latter's lamp. In the series, it is often shown that one of his
exploited weaknesses (often by Abis Mal and Mechanicles) are that he can
 be tricked into getting into a bottle but then cannot get out until
someone releases him. Items that can affect magic also affect him, such
as the magic-eating creature Thirdack, nearly succeeded in eating Genie
from the episode "Citadel". It is also shown in "Sneeze the Day"
 that guava juice is the only thing that can give Genies a cold, which
makes their magic uncontrollable and unpredictable (along with
dangerous).

Eventually, though, Genie was shown to have regained his strength in *Aladdin and the King of Thieves*,
 where he had no problem with anything he tried. Genie is perhaps the
3rd (possibly 4th) strongest character to be shown in the series, with
the only characters shown to be stronger are Fate, Chaos, and Jafar.

In " " Genie is also revealed to be a master Lightsaber duelist as he can wield 3 Lightsabers with both his arms and tail.

## Trivia

* Genie will meet Ed, Edd, n Eddy in Ed, Edd, n Eddy meet Aladdin