History Film / Wishmaster

* LargeHam: The Djinn is ''ridiculously'' hammy, especially in the last two films. In the first two, he's more of a ColdHam.

* StupidEvil: In a big way. The JerkassGenie actually has motivation for his job: once the person who releases him makes three wishes, genies will be freed from the hell-dimension they're trapped in and rampage across the Earth. He time and again proves not just to be ObviouslyEvil, but also a unique combination of StupidEvil and ChaoticStupid. He could simply ''trust'' that the person who released him would have three things that they wanted to wish for (and odds of that are pretty high), but instead, he insists on causing mayhem and destruction whenever someone makes a wish (particularly random people who ''aren't'' the person who can free the genies with three wishes), ensuring that whoever actually ''did'' free him will never make their three wishes.

* SophisticatedAsHell: The ancient Djinn is, for all his complexity, rather well-versed in modern-day slang and profanity. Demonstrated in the climax of the first film when he shows Alexandra his "new addition" to Beaumont's gallery.

'''Djinn:''' You don't approve? Alright then. [[PrecisionFStrike FUCK IT!]] You know what I say? If you can't beat them, burn them ... baby.

Homeless Man: Fuck you!\\

Homeless Man: I hope you die, you sack of shit. I hope you die, and I hope you float down the gutter, so I can fuckin' piss on you!

* ManOfWealthOfTaste: Once he's assumed human form, the first thing the Djinn does is buy himself the sharpest suit he can find.

* TheWorfEffect: Played with on a meta level.

* CourtMage: In the first film, the court wizard in service to a ruler who once fell prey to the Djinn's machinations [[SealedEvilInACan sealed]] the [[JackassGenie Djinn]] in a [[CrystalPrison gemstone]] to prevent him from granting a third wish (which would unleash HellOnEarth).

* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: The way the heroine from the first movie gets the best of the evil JerkassGenie. [[spoiler:He can't grant a wish that directly affects him, so she can't just wish that he stuffs himself back in his lamp. She's down to her third and final wish, and after she makes that wish he'll be free to run amok and destroy the world, and he's forcing her to take action by murdering and torturing [[AndYourLittleDogToo people around the heroine]]. So, with some clever thinking, she comes up with a wish that will work: she wishes that a specific crane operator hadn't been drunk on the job a few days ago. That crane operator had dropped and destroyed the statue that the genie [[SealedEvilInACan had been trapped inside of]], so the wish undoes everything the genie had done and winds up with him imprisoned again.]]

* KarmicTransformation: Since the titular genie takes the [[JerkassGenie jerkass]] title and [[UpToEleven cranks it until the dial falls off]], this is his favorite form of BalefulPolymorph, because it makes it suck that much more.

-->'''Djinn:''' [[SssssnakeTalk Yesss]]. The shit just "hit the fan", didn't it?

'''Djinn:''' You don't approve? Alright then. [[PrecisionFStrike FUCK IT]]! You know what I say? If you can't beat them, burn them ... baby.

* SoftGlass: Averted. Djinn uses his powers to turn a man into glass, who then explodes into a shower of glass that is hurting people.

* SoftGlass: Averted. Djinn uses his powers to turn a woman into glass, who then explodes into a shower of glass that is hurting people.

* CreatorCameo: Robert Kurtzman, the film's director, appears as the guy who gets his head torn off by animated paino wires.

* AGodAmI (Also AnswersToTheNameOfGod): ''Wishmaster'':
--> '''Raymond Beaumont:''' "M-my God!"
--> '''The Djinn:''' "Not yet, human. Soon. Very soon I will be."

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Djinn race. They're essentially demonic beings created at the dawn of time by God, and all their wishes boil down to a DealWithTheDevil, so this trope is to be expected.

* ForTheEvulz: Sure, the Djinn could very easily just grant wishes as straightforward as he can and ''then'' collect the souls he needs, but it's clear that he just gets a kick out of twisting wishes in the most grisly ways he can think of.

* UsefulNotes/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.

** 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.

* CardCarryingVillain: The Djinn is patently aware that he is pure evil. He states he can't be undone because his presence perpetuates evil in the world and his BadassBoast to Alexandra when she wishes to know what he is is equal parts horrific and illuminating.
--> '''Djinn:''' You wish to know what I am? To you, I am this: The cry of the abandoned child. The whimper of the whipped beast. I am the face that stares back at you from the shadows of your mirror. The hollowness at the heart of all your hopes, Alexandra. I AM DESPAIR.

* CrystalPrison: For the evil Djinn in the first two movies (at least), a gem was used in place of the more traditional [[GenieInABottle bottle]].

* {{Jawbreaker}}: The Djinn uses his powers to make a man go on a batshit crazy killing spree in a police station, which includes ripping out one cop's lower jaw with his bare hands.

--> "In the old writings the Djinn is everything we've ever feared. An utterly inhuman race of beings that mean us harm. Older than our oldest history, more powerful than our worst imaginings, and driven by an ancient and endless malevolence."

* {{Gorn}}