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* {{Retcon}}: In the first movie, Djinn is will unleash EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt when the protagonist makes her third wish. In the second movie, he also has to collect ''one thousand'' souls before that.
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** Particularly since what qualifies as a "wish" is pretty arbitrary. Like a woman at a party saying "You can see right through me..."
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->--'''Opening Narration'''
The film series that ''defines'' JackassGenie.
The film series that ''defines'' JackassGenie.
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The '''''Wishmaster''''' films, while not sticking perfectly to Arabian lore, were intended to [[{{Grimmification}} re-Grimmify]] the genie myth. Did they succeed? [[DarkerAndEdgier Undoubtedly.]]
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The '''''Wishmaster''''' ''Wishmaster'' films, while not sticking perfectly to Arabian lore, were intended to [[{{Grimmification}} re-Grimmify]] the genie myth. Did they succeed? [[DarkerAndEdgier Undoubtedly.]]
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Also the name of an album and a song by Music/{{Nightwish}}.
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* ScrewYourself: While dealing his business in prison in the second movie, Djinn grants one inmates wish that his lawyer "would go fuck himself". HilarityEnsues.
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->''Once, in a time before time, {{God}} breathed life into the universe. And the light gave birth to [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Angels]]. And the earth gave birth to Man. And the fire gave birth to the [[OurGeniesAreDifferent Djinn]], creatures condemned to dwell in the void between the worlds. One who wakes a Djinn will be given {{three wishes}}. Upon the granting of the third, the unholy legions of the Djinn will be freed to rule the earth. Fear one thing in all there is... FEAR THE DJINN.''
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The ''Wishmaster'' '''''Wishmaster''''' films, while not sticking perfectly to Arabian lore, were intended to [[{{Grimmification}} re-Grimmify]] the genie myth. Did they succeed? [[DarkerAndEdgier Undoubtedly.]]
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* WeCanRuleTogether: The Djinn in the fourth film offers Lisa to rule beside him as his queen, and offers her immortality and eternal bliss along with it. As far as we can tell, he's being ''sincere'', which is unusual from such an AlwaysChaoticEvil race. Maybe it was due to him having to fulfil the conditions of her last wish. She wished that "she could love him for who he really is", which is of course an evil being. Moreso, she has to do it willingly, because the Djinn simply using his powers to make her love him wouldn't be real love since it would just be manufactured.
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* WeCanRuleTogether: The Djinn in the fourth film offers Lisa to rule beside him as his queen, and offers her immortality and eternal bliss along with it. As far as we can tell, he's being ''sincere'', which is unusual from such an AlwaysChaoticEvil race. Maybe it was due to him having to fulfil the conditions of her last wish. She wished that "she could love him for who he really is", is" (while he was in disguise as a human), which is of course an evil being. Moreso, she has to do it willingly, because the Djinn simply using his powers to make her love him wouldn't be real love since it would just be manufactured.
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Crosswicking.
* FaceStealer: The Djinn from the first, third, and fourth movies. In the second he used the same human form he had in the first, a corpse from the morgue. In the third and fourth it gets worse as he skins living people, a hapless college professor and a lawyer played by Michael Trucco, respectively.
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* VoluntaryShapeshifter: The Djinn can take on the form of others, but he has to use their face for it. The Djinn in the fourth film does it without restriction at one point.
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* VoluntaryShapeshifter: The Djinn can take on the form of others, but he has to [[FaceStealer use their face for it.it]]. The Djinn in the fourth film does it without restriction at one point.
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* WeCanRuleTogether: The Djinn in the fourth film offers Lisa to rule beside him as his queen, and offers her immortality and eternal bliss along with it. As far as we can tell, he's being ''sincere'', which is unusual from an AlwaysChaoticEvil race. Maybe it was due to him having to fulfil the conditions of her last wish. She wished that "she could love him for who he really is", which is of course an evil being. Moreso, she has to do it willingly, because the Djinn simply using his powers to make her love him wouldn't be real love since it would just be manufactured.
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* WeCanRuleTogether: The Djinn in the fourth film offers Lisa to rule beside him as his queen, and offers her immortality and eternal bliss along with it. As far as we can tell, he's being ''sincere'', which is unusual from such an AlwaysChaoticEvil race. Maybe it was due to him having to fulfil the conditions of her last wish. She wished that "she could love him for who he really is", which is of course an evil being. Moreso, she has to do it willingly, because the Djinn simply using his powers to make her love him wouldn't be real love since it would just be manufactured.
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* WalkOnWater: In the fourth film, the Djinn and Lisa are both standing on top of a lake in a vision he projects.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the series, Djinn are an AlwaysChaoticEvil supernatural race. In fact, Djinn are supposed to be as morally varied as humans are- good, evil, neutral, whatever. While there are some sources that suggest they are a universally bad lot regardless, the films, needless to say, turn them UpToEleven.
* ArchangelMichael: Michael is summoned to fight the Djinn in the third movie.
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* CompleteImmortality: The Djinn, who outright claims to be eternal, so someone can't just wish for him to destroy himself. The summoner also seems incapable of dying until the Djinn gets his wishes, since Morgana is completely unhurt after getting shot twice in ''Evil Never Dies''. The djinn gave it to her for free, in order to insure her survival for him. Averted in the last two film. Angels have swords that can kill Djinn or at least banish them back to the prison between worlds. One of the wishes in the final film is for a means that can kill Djinn.
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* CompleteImmortality: The Djinn, who outright claims to be eternal, so someone can't just wish for him to destroy himself. The summoner also seems incapable of dying until the Djinn gets his wishes, since Morgana is completely unhurt after getting shot twice in ''Evil Never Dies''. The djinn gave it to her for free, in order to insure her survival for him. Averted in the last two film.films. Angels have swords that can kill Djinn or at least banish them back to the prison between worlds. One of the wishes in the final film is for a means that can kill Djinn.
* FanDisservice: In ''The Prophecy Fulfilled'', there is a sex scene between the Djinn in its human form and the protagonist. In the middle of it, multiple monstrous Djinn arms suddenly appear to caress Lisa, which she doesn't notice.
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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: In the series, Djinn are an AlwaysChaoticEvil supernatural race. In fact, Djinn are supposed to be as morally varied as humans are- good, evil, neutral, whatever. While there are some sources that suggest they are a universally bad lot regardless, the films, needless to say, turn them UpToEleven.
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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: In the series, HealingFactor: The Djinn are an AlwaysChaoticEvil supernatural race. In fact, have a ramped-up healing factor as part of their CompleteImmortality. They ''can'' actually be hurt (as the Djinn are supposed to be as morally varied as humans are- good, evil, neutral, whatever. While there are some sources that suggest they are a universally bad lot regardless, in the films, needless to say, turn them UpToEleven. first film demonstrates by blowing its own brains out, which he concedes hurt a lot), but the damage just repairs itself instantly.
* HealingHands: The angel Michael possesses this ability.
* HealingHands: The angel Michael possesses this ability.
* TongueTrauma: In ''The Prophecy Fulfilled'', the Djinn uses his powers to force someone over the phone to rip out his own tongue.
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* VoluntaryShapeshifter: The Djinn can take on the form of others, but he has to use their face for it. The Djinn in the fourth film does it without restriction at one point.
* WeCanRuleTogether: The Djinn in the fourth film offers Lisa to rule beside him as his queen, and offers her immortality and eternal bliss along with it. As far as we can tell, he's being ''sincere'', which is unusual from an AlwaysChaoticEvil race. Maybe it was due to him having to fulfil the conditions of her last wish. She wished that "she could love him for who he really is", which is of course an evil being. Moreso, she has to do it willingly, because the Djinn simply using his powers to make her love him wouldn't be real love since it would just be manufactured.
* WeCanRuleTogether: The Djinn in the fourth film offers Lisa to rule beside him as his queen, and offers her immortality and eternal bliss along with it. As far as we can tell, he's being ''sincere'', which is unusual from an AlwaysChaoticEvil race. Maybe it was due to him having to fulfil the conditions of her last wish. She wished that "she could love him for who he really is", which is of course an evil being. Moreso, she has to do it willingly, because the Djinn simply using his powers to make her love him wouldn't be real love since it would just be manufactured.
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* StoryReset: The first movie is finished up by having it 'never happen' with a single time-altering wish.
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* OurGeniesAreDifferent: The djinn in this series are some kind of byproduct of God's creation of the universe and [[AlwaysChaoticEvil are all inherently evil]] and as such were banished to some Hell dimension. The main one is [[SealedEvilInACan trapped in a red jewel]] on Earth and if he successfully grants his summoner's three wishes he can free his brethren and get rid of whatever it is that's restricting his powers so that they only activate for wishes. He also collects souls and has a [[JackassGenie very loose definition of what exactly constitutes as a wish]].
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* {{Reset Button}}: How Djinn is defeated in the first film when the third wish is used to prevent him from being released in the first place.
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* {{Reset Button}}: How ResetButton: [[spoiler:How the Djinn is defeated in the first film when the third wish is used to prevent him from being released in the first place.]]
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* BondJamesBond: ''Wishmaster'':
--> '''Ariella:''' "Now will this be cash or charge, Mr.--?"
--> '''The Djinn:''' "Demarest. Nathaniel Demarest. Call me Nathaniel."
--> '''Ariella:''' "Now will this be cash or charge, Mr.--?"
--> '''The Djinn:''' "Demarest. Nathaniel Demarest. Call me Nathaniel."
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--> '''The Djinn:''' "Demarest. Nathaniel Demarest. Call me Nathaniel."
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* SelfMutilationDemonstration: In the first movie the Djinn blows his brains out at the heroine's command, from which he automatically recovers, thereby demonstrating two things: he must do whatever she says, and he is not to be gotten rid of that easily. He does concede that it hurt like hell.
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* AchillesHeel: The Djinn has one main weakness: he can only use his powers in the service of wishes, which annoys him quite a bit ("Do you have any idea how frustrating it is to have unlimited power, and only be able to use it when some worm asks you for something?"). Without a wish, he's virtually powerless. Getting everyone to stop wishing is next to impossible, however.
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* VoluntaryShapeshifter: The Djinn can take on the form of others, but he has to use their face for it.
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* AndIMustScream: The souls the Djinn captures are placed in ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}''-like dimension, presumably for eternal torture.
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** The souls the Djinn captures are placed in ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}''-like dimension, presumably for eternaltorture.torture.
** In the first film, a woman gets turned into a sentient but inanimate mannequin when she wishes to be beautiful forever, and Alexandra's sister gets frozen inside a painting.
** The souls the Djinn captures are placed in ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}''-like dimension, presumably for eternal
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* EvilSoundsDeep: The Djinn in his true form.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: The Djinn, most of the time. At other times he just drops all pretense and is instead downright terrifying.
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**He also realizes that telling people that the wish would cost their soul freaks them out enough that they won't make a wish, so he says "and a pack of cigarettes" to a convict, making the first condition seem like a metaphor or joke.
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** The Djinn may also give one "free" wish.He did so as a demonstration to show that one cannot simply wish the Djinn were dead or killed.
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* SealedEvilInACan: In the intro of the first movie, a wizard traps the Djinn in a gem. The gem is later placed in a statue which is broken in modern times thanks to a drunken dock worker. [[spoiler:The heroine retcons reality by wishing that the worker hadn't been drinking on the job that day, sending the Djinn back into its prison.]]
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* RealityWarper: Djinn can alter reality to fulfill a wish.
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** He has a tactic where he makes the first wish positive (so that they will wish for more), the second wish negative so that the victim will make the third and final wish to clean up the mess caused by the second wish. If he made all the wishes positive, it's possible that the person will be content with one or two, and never make the third wish.
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* CompleteImmortality: The Djinn, who outright claims to be eternal, so someone can't just wish for him to destroy himself. The summoner also seems incapable of dying until the Djinn gets his wishes, since Morgana is completely unhurt after getting shot twice in ''Evil Never Dies''. The djinn gave it to her for free, in order to insure her survival for him. Averted in the last two film. Angels have swords that can kill Djinn or at least banish them back to the prison between worlds. One of the wishes in the final film is for a means that can kill Djinn.
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* {{Immortality}}: The Djinn, who outright claims to be eternal, so someone can't just wish for him to destroy himself. The summoner also seems incapable of dying until the Djinn gets his wishes, since Morgana is completely unhurt after getting shot twice in ''Evil Never Dies''.
** The djinn gave it to her for free, in order to insure her survival for him.
** Somewhat averted in the last two film. Angels have swords that can kill Djinn or at least banish them back to the prison between worlds. One of the wishes in the final film is for a means that can kill Djinn.
** The djinn gave it to her for free, in order to insure her survival for him.
** Somewhat averted in the last two film. Angels have swords that can kill Djinn or at least banish them back to the prison between worlds. One of the wishes in the final film is for a means that can kill Djinn.
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* GreatGazoGreatGazoo
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--> '''Raymond Beaumont:''' "M-my God!"
--> '''The Djinn:''' "Not yet, human. Soon. Very soon I will be."FiveFiveFive: Wendy's number in ''Wishmaster'' is 555-0165.
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The film series that ''defines'' JackassGenie.
In ancient Arabian legend, the djinn were almost nothing like the [[BenevolentGenie genies we know and love]]--they were ''demons''. Beings "created from smokeless fire", the djinn were incredibly powerful beings who could nonetheless sometimes be trapped in various items and enslaved.
The ''Wishmaster'' films, while not sticking perfectly to Arabian lore, were intended to [[{{Grimmification}} re-Grimmify]] the genie myth. Did they succeed? [[DarkerAndEdgier Undoubtedly.]]
The series comprises:
* ''Wishmaster''
* ''Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies''
* ''Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell''
* ''Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled''
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* AGodAmI (Also SmithWillSuffice): ''Wishmaster'':
--> '''Raymond Beaumont:''' "M-my God!"
--> '''The Djinn:''' "Not yet, human. Soon. Very soon I will be."
* AffablyEvil: The Djinn, most of the time.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Djinn.
* AndIMustScream: The souls the Djinn captures are placed in ''{{Hellraiser}}''-like dimension, presumably for eternal torture.
* BalefulPolymorph: Usual effect from Djinn's wishes.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The tagline of the first movie
* BodyHorror: Numerous, numerous examples.
* BondJamesBond: ''Wishmaster'':
--> '''Ariella:''' "Now will this be cash or charge, Mr.--?"
--> '''The Djinn:''' "Demarest. Nathaniel Demarest. Call me Nathaniel."
* CassandraTruth: Subverted in the first film. When the Djinn (in human form) chases Alex into a banquet, she simply tells the doorman that the man is harassing her, and he jumps in to keep the Djinn from entering.
* CatchPhrase: The Djinn's habit of saying "Done!" after granting a wish. Coupled with his insolent smile.
* ChestBurster: In the opening of ''Wishmaster'', a monster (one that actually does look a lot like a [[{{Film/Alien}} chestburster]]) is shown busting out a guy's stomach.
** Made all the more horrifying since it's actually [[BodyHorror his own intestines morphed into a freakish monster and tearing out of him to attack a bystander]]
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: A minor example, but at the beginning of ''Evil Never Dies'', Morgana and Eric had another guy helping them rob the museum. He gets shot, and presumably killed, by a guard, and is never mentioned again afterward, either by Morgana or the reporters and officers covering the robbery
* ClusterFBomb: A list of all the "fucks" and other swears uttered in ''Evil Never Dies'' would be very long indeed.
** The scene with the homeless guy and pharmacist in ''Wishmaster''.
* CoolBigSis: Alexandra to Shannon, in the original film.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: Happens to Father Gregory in ''Evil Never Dies'', the Djinn even going as far as making him look like Jesus.
* CrystalPrison
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: The Djinn apparently learned from his mistake at the end of ''Wishmaster'' by the second film. When Morgana's boyfriend (who had a part in unleashing him) wishes he was never born, the Djinn, instead of screwing with time, simply regresses him to nothing.
* DeathByLookingUp: Ed's death (crushed under a dropped crate) in ''Wishmaster''.
* DealWithTheDevil: Djinn granting your wish equals this.
* DemBones: The opening of the original film had a guy's skeleton tear free of his body and start attacking people.
* ElectricBoogaloo
* {{Fingore}}: In the second movie, like {{Yubitsume}}, but without the Yakuza: Morgana does it to "purify" herself so she can fulfill the requirements of the sealing ritual.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Completely averted. The Djinn has absolutely no problem adjusting.
* FiveFiveFive: Wendy's number in ''Wishmaster'' is 555-0165.
* GenieInABottle: The gem that holds the Djinn. Doubles as SealedEvilInACan.
* {{Gorn}}
* {{Goth}}: Morgana, FinalGirl of ''Evil Never Dies'', starts out as one, but gradually cleans herself up in an attempt to become purer.
* GroinAttack: A security guards gets stabbed in the crotch with a sword by a LivingStatue in ''Wishmaster''. Once the blade is in, the thing even goes as far as twisting it.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: In the series, Djinn are an AlwaysChaoticEvil supernatural race. In fact, Djinn are supposed to be as morally varied as humans are- good, evil, neutral, whatever. While there are some sources that suggest they are a universally bad lot regardless, the films, needless to say, turn them UpToEleven.
* HomicideMachines: The Djinn causes a card shuffler to go haywire ''Evil Never Dies'', causing it to begin shooting cards at people with enough force to kill them.
* HotterAndSexier: ''Beyond the Gates of Hell'' and ''The Prophecy Fulfilled'' feature a lot of nudity. ''[[UpToEleven A lot]]''.
* ImmuneToBullets: The Djinn heals instantly from blowing his own brains out in ''Wishmaster'', getting shot in the chest in ''Evil Never Dies'' just causes him to bleed worms, and multiple gunshots have no effect on him whatsoever in ''The Prophecy Fulfilled''.
* {{Immortality}}: The Djinn, who outright claims to be eternal, so someone can't just wish for him to destroy himself. The summoner also seems incapable of dying until the Djinn gets his wishes, since Morgana is completely unhurt after getting shot twice in ''Evil Never Dies''.
** The djinn gave it to her for free, in order to insure her survival for him.
** Somewhat averted in the last two film. Angels have swords that can kill Djinn or at least banish them back to the prison between worlds. One of the wishes in the final film is for a means that can kill Djinn.
* InstrumentOfMurder: The massacre at the end of the first film has a pianist attacked by his own piano, which rips his head off with its wires.
* JackassGenie: Oh boy.
** Also means the Djinn is holding the VillainBall, big time. One would think he'd grant positive wishes and count on peoples' greed to help him fulfill his plan.
* JackTheRipper: A painting of him is brought to life by the Djinn, and kills a security guard, at the end of ''Wishmaster''.
* LargeHam: The Djinn is ''ridiculously'' hammy, especially in the last two films.
* LivingStatue: Statues of snakes, ancient gods and warriors are animated by the Djinn at the end of ''Wishmaster''.
* TheMafiya: The Djinn's "sidekick" in ''Evil Never Dies'' turns out to be a member of it, and the two briefly hang out in a Russian club after getting out of prison.
* ManOnFire: A random partier is engulfed in flames, shot from a fireplace, at the party at the end of ''Wishmaster''.
* NumberedSequels
* {{Reset Button}}: How Djinn is defeated in the first film when the third wish is used to prevent him from being released in the first place.
* StoryReset: The first movie is finished up by having it 'never happen' with a single time-altering wish.
* ScrewYourself: While dealing his business in prison in the second movie, Djinn grants one inmates wish that his lawyer "would go fuck himself". HilarityEnsues.
* SssssnakeTalk: The Djinn tends to gradually [[OneWingedAngel drop his human act]]. The first stage consists of him starting to talk in a deep hissing voice with [[LipLock elongated stress]] on some syllables.
* SummonBiggerFish: The protagonist of Wishmaster 3 tries this by wishing for the aid of the ArchangelMichael. It only partly works. Michael has a sword that can kill the Djinn, but only the summoner can actually kill the Djinn and can only use the sword once they become worthy. Michael spends most of the film with her running. Still, his healing powers are useful.
* TemporalParadox: In the first film, the protagonist's solution for getting rid of the djinn creates a grandfather paradox.
* TheWorfEffect: Inverted. See HeyItsThatGuy for the classic horror icons that are a list of his victims.
* ThemeNaming: Characters Finney, Beaumont, Derleth and Demerest in the first film are named after fifties sci-fi and horror writers.
* ThreeWishes: For the one who awoke the Djinn.
** The Djinn may also give one "free" wish.He did so as a demonstration to show that one cannot simply wish the Djinn were dead or killed.
* VillainBasedFranchise
* VillainsOutShopping: The Djinn goes shopping for a suit in the first film.
* VivaLasVegas: The end of ''Evil Never Dies'' takes place there, since it is the best place to find a ton of people wishing. As the Djinn put it:
--> '''Djinn:''' "Ka-ching!"
* WeWillMeetAgain: Said in the third film.
-->"You may have won the battle, but the war goes on!"
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In ancient Arabian legend, the djinn were almost nothing like the [[BenevolentGenie genies we know and love]]--they were ''demons''. Beings "created from smokeless fire", the djinn were incredibly powerful beings who could nonetheless sometimes be trapped in various items and enslaved.
The ''Wishmaster'' films, while not sticking perfectly to Arabian lore, were intended to [[{{Grimmification}} re-Grimmify]] the genie myth. Did they succeed? [[DarkerAndEdgier Undoubtedly.]]
The series comprises:
* ''Wishmaster''
* ''Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies''
* ''Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell''
* ''Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled''
Also the name of an album and a song by Music/{{Nightwish}}.
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!!Tropes:
* AGodAmI (Also SmithWillSuffice): ''Wishmaster'':
--> '''Raymond Beaumont:''' "M-my God!"
--> '''The Djinn:''' "Not yet, human. Soon. Very soon I will be."
* AffablyEvil: The Djinn, most of the time.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Djinn.
* AndIMustScream: The souls the Djinn captures are placed in ''{{Hellraiser}}''-like dimension, presumably for eternal torture.
* BalefulPolymorph: Usual effect from Djinn's wishes.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The tagline of the first movie
* BodyHorror: Numerous, numerous examples.
* BondJamesBond: ''Wishmaster'':
--> '''Ariella:''' "Now will this be cash or charge, Mr.--?"
--> '''The Djinn:''' "Demarest. Nathaniel Demarest. Call me Nathaniel."
* CassandraTruth: Subverted in the first film. When the Djinn (in human form) chases Alex into a banquet, she simply tells the doorman that the man is harassing her, and he jumps in to keep the Djinn from entering.
* CatchPhrase: The Djinn's habit of saying "Done!" after granting a wish. Coupled with his insolent smile.
* ChestBurster: In the opening of ''Wishmaster'', a monster (one that actually does look a lot like a [[{{Film/Alien}} chestburster]]) is shown busting out a guy's stomach.
** Made all the more horrifying since it's actually [[BodyHorror his own intestines morphed into a freakish monster and tearing out of him to attack a bystander]]
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: A minor example, but at the beginning of ''Evil Never Dies'', Morgana and Eric had another guy helping them rob the museum. He gets shot, and presumably killed, by a guard, and is never mentioned again afterward, either by Morgana or the reporters and officers covering the robbery
* ClusterFBomb: A list of all the "fucks" and other swears uttered in ''Evil Never Dies'' would be very long indeed.
** The scene with the homeless guy and pharmacist in ''Wishmaster''.
* CoolBigSis: Alexandra to Shannon, in the original film.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: Happens to Father Gregory in ''Evil Never Dies'', the Djinn even going as far as making him look like Jesus.
* CrystalPrison
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: The Djinn apparently learned from his mistake at the end of ''Wishmaster'' by the second film. When Morgana's boyfriend (who had a part in unleashing him) wishes he was never born, the Djinn, instead of screwing with time, simply regresses him to nothing.
* DeathByLookingUp: Ed's death (crushed under a dropped crate) in ''Wishmaster''.
* DealWithTheDevil: Djinn granting your wish equals this.
* DemBones: The opening of the original film had a guy's skeleton tear free of his body and start attacking people.
* ElectricBoogaloo
* {{Fingore}}: In the second movie, like {{Yubitsume}}, but without the Yakuza: Morgana does it to "purify" herself so she can fulfill the requirements of the sealing ritual.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Completely averted. The Djinn has absolutely no problem adjusting.
* FiveFiveFive: Wendy's number in ''Wishmaster'' is 555-0165.
* GenieInABottle: The gem that holds the Djinn. Doubles as SealedEvilInACan.
* {{Gorn}}
* {{Goth}}: Morgana, FinalGirl of ''Evil Never Dies'', starts out as one, but gradually cleans herself up in an attempt to become purer.
* GroinAttack: A security guards gets stabbed in the crotch with a sword by a LivingStatue in ''Wishmaster''. Once the blade is in, the thing even goes as far as twisting it.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: In the series, Djinn are an AlwaysChaoticEvil supernatural race. In fact, Djinn are supposed to be as morally varied as humans are- good, evil, neutral, whatever. While there are some sources that suggest they are a universally bad lot regardless, the films, needless to say, turn them UpToEleven.
* HomicideMachines: The Djinn causes a card shuffler to go haywire ''Evil Never Dies'', causing it to begin shooting cards at people with enough force to kill them.
* HotterAndSexier: ''Beyond the Gates of Hell'' and ''The Prophecy Fulfilled'' feature a lot of nudity. ''[[UpToEleven A lot]]''.
* ImmuneToBullets: The Djinn heals instantly from blowing his own brains out in ''Wishmaster'', getting shot in the chest in ''Evil Never Dies'' just causes him to bleed worms, and multiple gunshots have no effect on him whatsoever in ''The Prophecy Fulfilled''.
* {{Immortality}}: The Djinn, who outright claims to be eternal, so someone can't just wish for him to destroy himself. The summoner also seems incapable of dying until the Djinn gets his wishes, since Morgana is completely unhurt after getting shot twice in ''Evil Never Dies''.
** The djinn gave it to her for free, in order to insure her survival for him.
** Somewhat averted in the last two film. Angels have swords that can kill Djinn or at least banish them back to the prison between worlds. One of the wishes in the final film is for a means that can kill Djinn.
* InstrumentOfMurder: The massacre at the end of the first film has a pianist attacked by his own piano, which rips his head off with its wires.
* JackassGenie: Oh boy.
** Also means the Djinn is holding the VillainBall, big time. One would think he'd grant positive wishes and count on peoples' greed to help him fulfill his plan.
* JackTheRipper: A painting of him is brought to life by the Djinn, and kills a security guard, at the end of ''Wishmaster''.
* LargeHam: The Djinn is ''ridiculously'' hammy, especially in the last two films.
* LivingStatue: Statues of snakes, ancient gods and warriors are animated by the Djinn at the end of ''Wishmaster''.
* TheMafiya: The Djinn's "sidekick" in ''Evil Never Dies'' turns out to be a member of it, and the two briefly hang out in a Russian club after getting out of prison.
* ManOnFire: A random partier is engulfed in flames, shot from a fireplace, at the party at the end of ''Wishmaster''.
* NumberedSequels
* {{Reset Button}}: How Djinn is defeated in the first film when the third wish is used to prevent him from being released in the first place.
* StoryReset: The first movie is finished up by having it 'never happen' with a single time-altering wish.
* ScrewYourself: While dealing his business in prison in the second movie, Djinn grants one inmates wish that his lawyer "would go fuck himself". HilarityEnsues.
* SssssnakeTalk: The Djinn tends to gradually [[OneWingedAngel drop his human act]]. The first stage consists of him starting to talk in a deep hissing voice with [[LipLock elongated stress]] on some syllables.
* SummonBiggerFish: The protagonist of Wishmaster 3 tries this by wishing for the aid of the ArchangelMichael. It only partly works. Michael has a sword that can kill the Djinn, but only the summoner can actually kill the Djinn and can only use the sword once they become worthy. Michael spends most of the film with her running. Still, his healing powers are useful.
* TemporalParadox: In the first film, the protagonist's solution for getting rid of the djinn creates a grandfather paradox.
* TheWorfEffect: Inverted. See HeyItsThatGuy for the classic horror icons that are a list of his victims.
* ThemeNaming: Characters Finney, Beaumont, Derleth and Demerest in the first film are named after fifties sci-fi and horror writers.
* ThreeWishes: For the one who awoke the Djinn.
** The Djinn may also give one "free" wish.He did so as a demonstration to show that one cannot simply wish the Djinn were dead or killed.
* VillainBasedFranchise
* VillainsOutShopping: The Djinn goes shopping for a suit in the first film.
* VivaLasVegas: The end of ''Evil Never Dies'' takes place there, since it is the best place to find a ton of people wishing. As the Djinn put it:
--> '''Djinn:''' "Ka-ching!"
* WeWillMeetAgain: Said in the third film.
-->"You may have won the battle, but the war goes on!"
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