Genie

**The Genie** is a character from the film Aladdin.

## History

The Genie is a being with near-limitless cosmic powers who served as a slave, trapped within a lamp and forced to grant three wishes to whomever rubbed it. The only restrictions of his magic being that he could not kill anyone, could not make people love other people, and could (or possibly *would*) not resurrect the dead. He would serve in this position for over 10,000 years with his lamp coming to be located in the Cave of Wonders outside the Arabian kingdom of Agrabah.

His lamp would come under the possession of the thief Aladdin who promised to use his third wish to free the genie. Aladdin assisted Genie in becoming a prince to romance the princess Jasmine and later to aid in saving him from being murdered by the villainous Jafar. After genie was briefly stolen by Jafar, genie was finally granted his freedom by Aladdin.

The film implies that at some point following this, Genie took up a human form and became a peddler with much knowledge in the 1001 Arabian night stories. At the beginning of the film Aladdin, this peddler is shown attempting to sell the magic lamp to passers-by.

## Appearances and allusions

### Adventureland Bazaar

#### Disneyland

The genie is indirectly alluded to in the Adventureland Bazaar via the presence of, "Aladdin's Other Lamp".

#### Disneyland Paris

There is artwork in the Adventureland Bazaar portraying the genie and Aladdin in the Disneyland Paris variant of the bazaar.

### Bonjour! Village Gifts

The genie's lamp has a cameo in this *Beauty and the Beast* themed gift-shop. In the shop is a portrait depicting a man representing a fictionalized version of *Magic Kingdom* president Phil Holmes. In the man's possession is the genie's lamp, presumably after genie was freed from it given the 15th-17th century style fashion of the portrait.

### Disney Springs

Genie appears in crossdress on a poster for, "Red Carpet Airlines" along Disney Springs' Christmas Tree Trail.

### The Magic Carpets of Aladdin

The Genie appears in the Walt Disney World and Disneyland Paris variants of this Adventureland attraction. His lamp decorates the top of the attraction and part of the pillar in the attraction's centre shows multiples of his faces shoved together. In Disneyland Paris, a figure of Genie in a director's chair overlooks the attraction and in all versions he provides the safety spiel for the ride.

In the backstory for this attraction, the Genie summoned the 16 magic carpets for entertainment purposes.

### Mickey's PhilharMagic

There is a poster advertising a musical performance by Genie in the queue for this attraction.

### Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom

In this attraction, Genie assists the wizard Merlin and his apprentices in stopping Jafar and the Greek god Hades from stealing a shard of the Crystal of the Magic Kingdom.

### Star Tours: The Adventures Continue

   In the queue for this attraction, the lamp (or a genie's lamp) can be seen in luggage at Star Tours' Spaceport THX1138. When checked by the security, "Goose Droid" G2-9T it begins emitting smoke. While clearly modelled after the Magic Lamp, it is unclear where this sits in the timeline or continuity making it possibly Jafar's lamp or a Star Wars item simply resembling the lamp.

### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

The genie's lamp appears to be in the collection of Trader Sam, a character from the Jungle Cruise. Said lamp is kept on a shelf alongside a bust of Jungle Navigation Company founder Dr. Albert Falls.

### Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid

The lamp appears in the interactive queue of this attraction within the collection of Princess Ariel. Guests assist crabs helping Ariel clean up her collection by moving items such as the lamp.

### Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room

In *The Enchanted Tiki Room: Under New Management*, Iago parodied the Genie's song, "Friend like me" by singing the song, "Friend like Iago".

### World Showcase

In the Morocco Pavilion of EPCOT's World Showcase is a shop called, "Lamps of Wonder" which serves as a meet 'n' greet location for Aladdin and Jasmine. The inside of the shop is decorated with lamp-making resources, a book detailing the legend of the map, and notes potentially made by the lamp's creator. The lamp physically appears in the meeting area where it gives messages to guests when rubbed.

## Trivia

* Genies have also been featured in the Adventurers Club with the character of Beezle and on the Pirates of the Caribbean themed *Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island* with a pirate genie.
* Genie's voice-actor the late Robin Williams is referenced in the Skipper Canteen with a book titled, "Keeping Time by Williams" in reference to how he voiced the Timekeeper in the defunct Tomorrowland/Discoveryland attraction *The Timekeeper*. Williams' likeness is also featured in the queue for *Journey Into Imagination with Figment* in EPCOT as he portrays Prof. Philip Brainard from Flubber (1997).

## References

1. ↑ https://duchessofdisneyland.com/disneyland/aladdins-other-lamp/
2. ↑ https://www.disneytouristblog.com/agrabah-cafe-restaurant-review/
3. ↑ http://ultimateorlando.blogspot.com/2012/10/magic-kingdom-president-has-tribute-in.html
4. ↑ https://allears.net/2019/11/09/check-out-the-2019-christmas-tree-trail-posters/
5. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2010/01/fit-bill.html
6. ↑ https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Smoke\_generator\_lamp
7. ↑ https://foroparquesdisney.foroactivo.com/t2093-trader-sam-s-enchanted-tiki-bar-disneyland-hotel
8. ↑ https://www.wdwradio.com/2007/09/the-enchanted-tiki-room-under-new-management/
9. ↑ https://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2016/03/09/lamps-wonder-disney-storymaker-testing/