Merc

## Character information

### Description

Muscular man with a black beard and a scar on his right eye wearing turban, red vest with white stripe, and white pants

### Enemies

Aladdin (formerly), his friends (formerly), rat people (formerly), the Beast, and the Shaman

### Fate

Becomes the new leader of the rat people.

### Quote

"Bad enough I sail with a bird, a monkey, and a comedian!"
"You can't escape from me, cursed Beast!"

**Merc** is the captain of a flying ship who appeared in two *Aladdin* episodes: "Raiders of the Lost Shark" and "Beast or Famine" and in the final movie, *Aladdin and the King of Thieves*. He was voiced by Dorian Harewood.

## Appearances

### "Raiders of the Lost Shark"

Merc arrives to Agrabah in his flying sail ship to enlist someone help him capture the Beast (a giant shark made of sand and jewels).
On his ship, he insulted Jasmine, so that the Beast will eat them and he can capture it.

The next morning, Aladdin and the gang, gets on the ship to help Merc defeat the shark, which he calls "the Beast." The Beast swims toward the ship and the gang and Merc try to catch it, but fail. Merc decides to use Abu as bait, so he throws the monkey out of the ship. Genie turns into a fisherman and rescues Abu.

When the Beast swims away, the ship hits a rock formation and stops, making the gang and Merc stranded. The Beast returns and Genie turns into a jack to raise the ship free from the rocks. The Beast jumps over the ship and while it does so, to everyone's surprise, treasure falls out of its belly. Jasmine wants to go home, but Aladdin wants to stay on the ship for one or two more days. Jasmine then tells Aladdin that he's starting to become just like Merc since all he cares about is treasure.

Come nighttime and the gang is asleep. Merc goes to the room Jasmine and Carpet are in. He traps Carpet in a chest and Jasmine wakes up. Merc throws a pouch at Jasmine and gas comes out, making the princess unconscious. He then places Jasmine in the middle of the desert.

After Aladdin and the others rescue Jasmine, the Beast shows up and Merc throws his harpoon at its tail. The captain then gets on the sand dune and is about to kill the beast when it approaches him. But Aladdin and gang lure the sand shark into a giant bolder, knocking the beast out. The unconcious beast is then tied up in front of the palace.

The next morning, Merc says his goodbyes to Agrabah. He asks Aladdin if he wants to join again, but ALaddin declines, prefering to stay with Jasmine. As the gang watches him leave, Genie holds out a broken harpoon, making making everyone realize that Merc released the Beast himself. Aladdin states that Merc realized that some things are more important than treasure.

### "Beast or Famine"

Merc is first seen about to kill the Beast, but then someone else kills it and one of the harpoons hits his ship and it sinks.

Merc is later revealed to have surivved and warns Aladdin and Abu about the rat people that captured the Beast and wrecked his ship. Aladdin suggests that he should have someone help him, but the stubborn captain insists that he doesn't need anyone. Aladdin then insists that they save Genie together since Genie is his friend. Merc reluctantly agrees to help Aladdin rescue Genie and confront the Shaman and his minions.

Soon, (with a little encouraging from Genie) the rat people turn against the Shaman, take his staff, and smash it, unleashing the dark shadow of his creation that flies around and devours the Shaman alive. With their tyrranical and abusive boss gone for good, the rat people offer Merc the now-broken staff as request to become their new leader, which Merc accepts.

### *Aladdin and the King of Thieves*

At the very end of the movie, Merc is briefly seen among the many guests to attend the long-awaited wedding of Aladdin and Jasmine as he watches them walk out once they are finally and officially married.