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* [[spoiler:SplitPersonality]]: [[spoiler:Aladdin turns out to have one. One side's an arrogant, selfish dick, while the other one's an arrogant, selfish, ''murderous'' dick.]]
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* DeadpanSnarker: The Captain of the Guard. HEAVY on the deadpan.
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* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Aladdin seems to be on the tip of one when his other personality rears it's head.]] Doesn't really take, though.
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* HeelRealization: Averted. [[spoiler:Aladdin seems to be on the tip of one when his other personality rears it's head.]] Doesn't really take, though.
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* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Aladdin seems to be on the tip of one when his other personality rears it's head.]] Doesn't really take, though.
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* RealitySubtext: The story is one big metaphor for the relationship between Disney and Pixar.
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** "Twisted" [[spoiler:is a subversion, but it's ''sung'' by some of Disney's greatest villains]].
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** "Twisted" [[spoiler:is a subversion, but it's ''sung'' by some of Disney's greatest villains]].villains]].
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: "Twisted" ends up as one, as [[spoiler:the stories of other Disney villains cause Jafar to realize that it doesn't matter how history will view him, just that he did the right thing.]]
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: "Twisted" ends up as one, as [[spoiler:the stories of other Disney villains cause Jafar to realize that it doesn't matter how history will view him, just that he did the right thing.]]
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* SubliminalSeduction: Aladdin attempts an incredibly unsubtle one on Jasmine. She's JUST smart enough to see through it.
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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Jafar's defining trait- no matter how much the world fights him, all he wants to do is make others' lives better, making "The Golden Rule" of treating ''all'' others the way he wants to be treated the central tenet of his life. [[spoiler:Eventually, circumstances force him to make exceptions for the greater good, but the fact that, even after the Sultan took his pregnant wife into his harem, tried to arrest and kill him, and placed all the citizens of his kingdom in danger through his incompetence, he's still doesn't wish to betray him, is proof enough that he's really, ''really'' squeaky clean.]]
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* {{Adorkable}}: Jafar, in his youth, due to his incessant optimism and desire to please. Especially evident around Sherrezade.
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* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Jafar to Jasmine]].
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* InspirationNod: During the first song, Jafar is returning a book to the library, and the book is Literature/{{Wicked}}
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* InspirationNod: During the first song, Jafar is returning a book to the library, and the book is Literature/{{Wicked}}''Literature/{{Wicked}}''.
* LargeHam: Prince Achmed and Jafar's predecessor as the Royal Vizier (both played by king of ham Joe Walker). However, none of them could hope to match the hamminess of [[spoiler:the other Disney villains]].
* LargeHam: Prince Achmed and Jafar's predecessor as the Royal Vizier (both played by king of ham Joe Walker). However, none of them could hope to match the hamminess of [[spoiler:the other Disney villains]].
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* HeroicBSOD: Jafar undergoes this several times as his life and the kingdom fall apart, [[spoiler:first (chronologically) after losing his wife and unborn child, then when his 2D staff is executed, and finally when Aladdin accuses him of being a sorcerer and causes him to be cast out by the Sultan]].
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Jafar is a hardworking, honest politician in a magic kingdom that has fallen on hard times. Corruption is rampant on all levels, crime is up (no thanks to the efforts of that thief Aladdin), and the kingdom is on the verge of bankruptcy. When the well meaning but naive [[WideEyedIdealist Princess Jasmine]] angers the prince of the Kingdom of [[Creator/{{Pixar}} Peexar]], Jafar remembers a tale told to him by his deceased wife of an all-powerful djinn. To save the kingdom from certain destruction, Jafar must do everything he can to get his hands on that lamp, even when the road gets a little [[TitleDrop twisted]], to ensure a happy ending for all.
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Jafar is a hardworking, honest politician in a magic kingdom that has fallen on hard times. Corruption is rampant on all levels, crime is up (no thanks to the efforts of that thief Aladdin), and the kingdom is on the verge of bankruptcy. When the well meaning but naive [[WideEyedIdealist Princess Jasmine]] angers the prince of the Kingdom of [[Creator/{{Pixar}} Peexar]], Jafar remembers a tale told to him by his deceased wife of an all-powerful djinn.djinn, hidden in a common lamp. To save the kingdom from certain destruction, Jafar must do everything he can to get his hands on that lamp, even when the road gets a little [[TitleDrop twisted]], to ensure a happy ending for all.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: The [[spoiler:other Disney villains]] can't get behind [[spoiler:Cruella Deville wanting to make a coat out of puppies]].
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* IncomingHam: [[spoiler:Gaston]] at the beginning of the title song. "Au contraire!"
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* Cloudcuckoolander: The Genie is a deliberately over the top example. He only speaks in hackneyed movie references.
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* Cloudcuckoolander: {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The Genie is a deliberately over the top example. He only speaks in hackneyed movie references.
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* CostumePorn: A major step up from other Starkid productions; they could actually hold up in a mainstream Broadway show.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Jasmine is a limousine liberal who keeps going on about how much more she wants out of life, while fully enjoying the perks of being a princess.
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* Cloudcuckoolander: The Genie is a deliberately over the top example. He only speaks in hackneyed movie references.
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* IWantSong: Parodied by Jasmine's first song. Not only are her desires ridiculous, but they're often contradictory.
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* EmbarrassingNickname: "TIGER FUCKER! TIGER FUCKER! TIGER FUCKER!"
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* InspirationNod: During the first song, Jafar is returning a book to the library, and the book is Literature/{Wicked}
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* InspirationNod: During the first song, Jafar is returning a book to the library, and the book is Literature/{Wicked}Literature/{{Wicked}}
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* InspirationNod: During the first song, Jafar is returning a book to the library, and the book is Literature/{Wicked}
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* PhraseCatcher: "This is all your fault, Jafar."
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The seventh full-length musical by Creator/TeamStarKid, ''Twisted'' gives ''Disney/Aladdin'' the ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' treatment, exploring the true story of Jafar. Along the way, [=StarKid=] both throughly lampoons and pays its respects to the many, many tropes popularized by Creator/{{Disney}}.
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The seventh full-length musical by Creator/TeamStarKid, ''Twisted'' gives ''Disney/Aladdin'' ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' the ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' treatment, exploring the true story of Jafar. Along the way, [=StarKid=] both throughly lampoons and pays its respects to the many, many tropes popularized by Creator/{{Disney}}.
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* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Aladdin]].
* BrainlessBeauty: Jasmine isn't exactly ''brainless'', but she is very, ''very'' naive.
* BSODSong: The beginning of "Twisted", [[spoiler:before the other Disney villains show up]].
* TheCaligula: The Sultan.
* DarkReprise: "The Golden Rule Reprise", as Jafar's predecessor laughs at his attempts at political morality and sings about how [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney money is the only "golden rule"]].
* BrainlessBeauty: Jasmine isn't exactly ''brainless'', but she is very, ''very'' naive.
* BSODSong: The beginning of "Twisted", [[spoiler:before the other Disney villains show up]].
* TheCaligula: The Sultan.
* DarkReprise: "The Golden Rule Reprise", as Jafar's predecessor laughs at his attempts at political morality and sings about how [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney money is the only "golden rule"]].
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* VillainSong: FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Aladdin]].
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** "The Golden Rule Reprise", "No One Remembers Achmed", [[spoiler:"I Steal Everything"]], and [[spoiler:"Orphaned at 33"]].
** "Twisted" [[spoiler:is a subversion, but it's ''sung'' by some of Disney's greatestvillains.]] "The Golden Rulevillains]].
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** "The Golden Rule Reprise", "No One Remembers Achmed", [[spoiler:"I Steal Everything"]], and [[spoiler:"Orphaned at 33"]].
** "Twisted" [[spoiler:is a subversion, but it's ''sung'' by some of Disney's greatest
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The seventh full-length musical by Creator/TeamStarKid, ''Twisted'' gives ''Disney/Aladdin'' the ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' treatment, exploring the true story of Jafar. Along the way, [=StarKid=] both throughly lampoons and pays its respects to the many, many tropes popularized by Creator/{{Disney}}.
Jafar is a hardworking, honest politician in a magic kingdom that has fallen on hard times. Corruption is rampant on all levels, crime is up (no thanks to the efforts of that thief Aladdin), and the kingdom is on the verge of bankruptcy. When the well meaning but naive [[WideEyedIdealist Princess Jasmine]] angers the prince of the Kingdom of [[Creator/{{Pixar}} Peexar]], Jafar remembers a tale told to him by his deceased wife of an all-powerful djinn. To save the kingdom from certain destruction, Jafar must do everything he can to get his hands on that lamp, even when the road gets a little [[TitleDrop twisted]], to ensure a happy ending for all.
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!!''Twisted'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* {{Determinator}}: Everyone in the kingdom hates Jafar and nothing ever goes his way. Will that stop him from trying to fix the kingdom's problems with logic, reason, and elbow grease? Nope.
* VillainSong: "Twisted" [[spoiler:is a subversion, but it's ''sung'' by some of Disney's greatest villains.]] "The Golden Rule
Jafar is a hardworking, honest politician in a magic kingdom that has fallen on hard times. Corruption is rampant on all levels, crime is up (no thanks to the efforts of that thief Aladdin), and the kingdom is on the verge of bankruptcy. When the well meaning but naive [[WideEyedIdealist Princess Jasmine]] angers the prince of the Kingdom of [[Creator/{{Pixar}} Peexar]], Jafar remembers a tale told to him by his deceased wife of an all-powerful djinn. To save the kingdom from certain destruction, Jafar must do everything he can to get his hands on that lamp, even when the road gets a little [[TitleDrop twisted]], to ensure a happy ending for all.
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!!''Twisted'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* {{Determinator}}: Everyone in the kingdom hates Jafar and nothing ever goes his way. Will that stop him from trying to fix the kingdom's problems with logic, reason, and elbow grease? Nope.
* VillainSong: "Twisted" [[spoiler:is a subversion, but it's ''sung'' by some of Disney's greatest villains.]] "The Golden Rule
