History Theatre / TwistedTheUntoldStoryOfARoyalVizier

* InformedFlaw: The citizens talk a lot about how ugly Ja'far is, but even in the costume, Dylan Saunders doesn't look half bad. Possibly a reference to how attractive his [[Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical Dumbledore]] was said to be. Or maybe beauty is just in the eye of the beholder; the citizens all hate Ja'far and his wife calls him "as wise as he is handsome, as handsome as he's kind."

** Aladdin's name existed prior to the Disney movie, so the Team could theoretically get away with this one.

* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:After taking the Djinn's place in the magic lamp, Ja'far tells the Princess he must return to the tiger-head cave once he grants her wishes -- not as a direct punishment against him as in the Disney movie, but as part of the preexisting system to keep his power from being misused.]]

* DismantledMacGuffin: The golden scarab pendant. Once the two halves are put together, they'll reveal the way to the tiger-head cave containing the Djinn's lamp. Sherrezade gives one half to Ja'far [[spoiler:before being taken to the Sultan's harem]], and Ja'far hires an investigator to find the other one.

* ExactWords: An example where the wording backfires on the deal-maker: Ja'far's deal with Aladdin is that Aladdin must go to the tiger-head cave, find a common oil lamp, and bring it to him. In exchange, Aladdin gets the rest of the treasure in the cave. When Aladdin comes back, he decides to keep the lamp since it contained a Djinn, so it's not the normal lamp Ja'far specifically asked for.

** [[spoiler:Assorted Disney villains]] come forth to explain that they were recast as the villains of their stories later on when they only had good intentions ([[spoiler:Ursula]] was the victim of misogyny, Scar wanted to end segregation, [[spoiler:Gaston]] wanted to stop a case of StockholmSyndrome, [[spoiler:Hook]] wanted to teach the hero responsibility, [[spoiler:Maleficent]] just wanted to have friends)... aaaaaand then [[spoiler:Cruella]] comes out and says she only ever wanted [[spoiler:a coat made out of puppies]]. Everyone else quickly boots her offstage.

*** "Take Off Your Clothes" describes the leaves on the ground spelling something explicit... "SFX?" This is a reference to a controversy about the sky in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'' containing the word "sex", although the animators claimed it was an homage to the SFX (special effects) department.

*** The title song contains cameos from [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ursula]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Scar]], [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Gaston]], [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]], [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Captain Hook]], and [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella de Vil]]]].
*** At one point, Ja'far gives a nod to the Carousel of Progress ride at Disney World, even quoting the song that plays throughout it.

** "Take Off Your Clothes" describes the leaves on the ground spelling something explicit... "SFX?" This is a reference to a controversy about the sky in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'' containing the word "sex", although the animators claimed it was an homage to the SFX (special effects) department.
*** The song's title is actually a reference to a similar controversy. It was believed by some that in a certain scene in ''Aladdin'', Aladdin could be heard saying "good teenagers, take off your clothes." The line is supposedly Aladdin saying to Rajah "Good kitty, take off and go," though a close listen of the soundtrack makes it very difficult to tell exactly what's being said. This bit of audio was removed entirely from the DVD release.
*** Others include "that priest has a boner" or a phallic-looking tower (both from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'').
** The title song contains cameos from [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ursula]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Scar]], [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Gaston]], [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]], [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Captain Hook]], and [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella de Vil]]]].
** At one point, Ja'far gives a nod to the Carousel of Progress ride at Disney World, even quoting the song that plays throughout it.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS:
** As observed, Jafar's name is officially spelled "Ja'far" in this story, which not only [[WritingAroundTrademarks avoids trademarks]], but is also a more historically-accurate spelling of the name.
** There doesn't seem to be an official spelling for the name of Prince Achmed's kingdom: Pik-zahr and Pikzaar are both seen regularly. The Website/YouTube captions of the show somewhat ruin the joke by just spelling it "Creator/{{Pixar}}".

*** Others include "that priest has a boner" or a phallic-looking tower (both from WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989).

* IronicEcho: "This is all Ja'far's fault" is uttered several times to blame every problem on Ja'far. At the end of the story, Ja'far is "blamed" for all the good things happening to save the magical kingdom.

* AccidentalInnuendo: InUniverse, Prince Achmed recounts to his troops that the Princess's tiger "tore right through the seat of [his] pants and grabbed ahold of [his] woody", referring to his [[Franchise/ToyStory Woody doll]]. It only intensifies his [[EmbarrassingNickname Tigerfucker]] nickname.

* BeautyBreedsLaziness: Parodied with the song "Dream a Little Harder," which makes fun of Disney's tendency to have heroes who end up receiving good fortune by virtue of being BeautyEqualsGoodness.

** Many of the songs and their purpose in the story are also based on the inspiration source, ''{{Theatre/Wicked}}''. The bubbly soprano soloist in "Dream a Little Harder" sounds a lot like Glinda in "No One Mourns the Wicked", Ja'far's part in "Happy Ending" brings to mind "The Wizard and I" (the bridges are nearly identical), the title song bears similarities to "No Good Deed", as does "The Power in Me" to "For Good".

* EmbarrassingNickname: "[[BestialityIsDepraved TIGER FUCKER!]] TIGER FUCKER! TIGER FUCKER!" Note that Achmed is the only person to be embarrassed by it; his soldiers actually think he's awesome for having been sodomized by a tiger.

** While not exactly a paragon of sanity (he declares war on the Magic Kingdom both to avenge himself of the insult given by the Princess and thinks this will make her love him), Prince Achmed is completely unable to make his army understand that he did not [[BestialityIsDepraved have sex with the Princess' tiger]], no matter how often he explains it (they're under the impression he's making war on the kingdom solely to elope with the tiger).

** Ja'far tells off the Princess for setting her tiger on Achmed, and how she seems to have too high standards for ''any'' of her suitors. The Princess retorts that her suitors so far have either been "rapey" or "fucked a fish". Yes, she's being spoiled, but she's kinda right. Ja'far is also right that she can't keep using her tiger to mess with the suitors because it's political suicide.

* CerebusRetcon: "One Jump Ahead" gets this treatment when guard talks about people dying in the chase. Recurs with the guard talks about the traffic jams, property destruction, rioting, and trampling deaths caused by the unplanned parade in "Prince Ali".

* BrainlessBeauty: The Princess isn't exactly ''brainless'', but she is very, ''very'' naive. [[spoiler:She gets better.]]

* OverprotectiveDad: Ja'far tries to warn the Princess of listening to boys and their songs ("A song is often a prelude to a ''dick''") since the Sultan is too far gone to do so. [[spoiler:And then it turns out that Ja'far ''is'' the Princess' father.]]

** Many of the songs and their purpose in the story are also based on the inspiration source, ''{{Theatre/Wicked}}''. The bubbly soprano soloist in "Dream a Little Harder" sounds a lot like Glinda in "No One Mourns the Wicked", Ja'far's part in "Happy Ending" brings to mind "The Wizard and I" (the bridges are nearly identical), the title song bears similarities to "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished", as does "The Power in Me" to "For Good".

* BenevolentGenie: While the Djinn is rather annoying, he's still helpful enough to grant Ja'far's wishes. [[spoiler:Ja'far himself becomes one of these at the end of the play.]]

* DecadentCourt: The court of the Magic Kingdom. While Ja'far seeks to implement positive change for the Magic Kingdom, the Sultan’s court and then-Grand Vizier are only interested in maintaining their own lavish lifestyle at the expense of the people. When Ja'far trues to propose some reforms, they laugh him off and go to enjoy some opium. They cut off the royal entertainer’s ear to spite her, and later kidnap her for the Sultan when he declares she will be his wife.

** A particularly heartbreaking example is the moment where the kingdom's entire 2D department is revealed to have been "sacked" -- that is, [[LiteralMetaphor put in a sack and then thrown out a window]]. Ja'far laments the loss of so many creative minds and craftsmen, only to admit that it's his fault, because he "didn't have them producing anything of value". [[TakeThat OUCH.]]

* TheyDiedBecauseOfYou: Ja'far finds that the Royal Guard have just executed the entire 2D department on the Sultan's orders.

* JerkassHasAPoint: When the Captain of the Guards points out that Ja'far's [=2D=] department was executed because they weren't producing anything, Ja'far nods sadly.

* RaceLift: The show features a nearly all-white cast. This being Team [=Starkid=], it gets an early LampshadeHanging as one more thing to blame Ja'far for. [[{{Irony}} Ironically]], the line "Why is everyone in the kingdom white?" is sung by Creator/LaurenLopez, who is half Latina.