History WesternAnimation / AladdinTheReturnOfJafar

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: When Iago decides to redeem himself by trying to free Genie from the crystal ball prison, Abu goes off on an unintelligible rant. Iago responds irately: "Hey! Do I insult ''your'' mother?"

Released in May 1994, ''The Return of Jafar'' is the first sequel to Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', as well as Disney's first animated direct-to-video sequel.

Released in May 1994, ''The Return of Jafar'' is the first sequel to Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''.

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Once freed, Jafar initially appears in his genie form we saw at the end of the first film. He then assumes a variation of his original human appearance for most of the film in order to work with Abis Mal. This is necessary, as the bandit is quite understandably freaking the hell out at Jafar's genie form.

* WidelySpacedJailBars: The bars in the birdcage that Iago is in are wide enough that he should seemingly be able to squeeze through if he sucked in his gut a bit. Yet still, he pleads with Abu to open the door until Rajah shows up and destroys the cage, turning this into a straight example.

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler:Jafar gets his lamp dropped in lava, has an electrifying seizure, then explodes into dust]]. When this movie was released onto DVD, Disney actually tweaked the animation in this scene from its original VHS release so that you don't see [[spoiler:Jafar's flashing skeleton]] until the very end of it (though, admittedly, this was largely done because the flashing would've been epilepsy-inducing).]]

* KeepTheReward: The Sultan offers to make Aladdin his royal vizier because of his heroics in the first movie. At the end, Aladdin turns the offer down, because he wants to have adventures and see the world. (Setting up the events of [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries the series]].

* KeepAway: The movie ends with Aladdin and his friends trying to get Jafar's lamp away from him and [[HarmlessVillain Abis Mal]] in order to destroy it, because according to Genie, the only way to kill a genie is to destroy his lamp before his summoner can wish him free. Jafar spots the heroes and traps them above a pit of lava, with the lamp just out of reach. [[spoiler: Fortunately, Iago shows up in time, grabs Jafar's lamp and throws it into the lava.]] Cue Jafar suffering a very FamilyUnfriendlyDeath.

Some time after Aladdin defeated the evil sorcerer Jafar, he is living with Jasmine in the Sultan's palace in Agrabah, adjusting to his new life as an incredibly rich guy. Genie returns from a long vacation throughout the world, and has come to stay for good. Somewhere in the distant desert meanwhile, the [[BecomingTheGenie geniefied]] Jafar and his pet Iago dig themselves out of the sands where Genie buried them. Iago abandons his master to start over, and soon finds himself in Agrabah again. Aladdin decides to take the former villain in after he saves him from some vengeful thieves. When Jafar is freed from the lamp by Abis Mal, a foolish thief with a grudge against Aladdin, Jafar unfolds his plan to destroy his enemy and everyone he loves.

It was intended to be the introduction to ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'', and eventually ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves''.

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Once freed, Jafar initially appears in his Genie form we saw at the end of the first film. He then assumes a variation of his original human appearance for most of the film in order to work with Abis Mal. This is necessary, as the bandit is quite understandably freaking the hell out at Jafar's Genie form.

** Abis Mal is the Iraqi version of [[{{Series/Seinfeld}} George Costanza]]. Both characters are also portrayed by Creator/JasonAlexander.

* AttackAttackRetreatRetreat: When Iago is in a birdcage begging for Abu to let him out.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: The gang wonders how they can possibly defeat Jafar, who is now an immortal genie and completely invulnerable. Genie reveals that while Jafar is still a wish-granting genie and not a free one like himself, there's only one way; destroy the lamp Jafar is bound to. The crew have a tough time trying to get Jafar's lamp to destroy it while dodging all of Jafar's attempts to thwart them. In the end, [[spoiler:the one who destroys it is Iago, ending Jafar for good]].
-->'''Genie:''' His lamp! You destroy Jafar's lamp, you destroy Jafar!

* BadBoss: Abis Mal, even before they upped his villainy a bit in the series where he pulls a YouHaveFailedMe on one of his mooks, was a genuinely terrible boss to his gang of thieves: Specifically, in the beginning, he was shown to keep the lion's share of the plunder that he and his gang stole, and gave his gang a small pocketbag of change at ''best.'' It's also strongly implied that this wasn't the first time Abis Mal cheapskated his followers either. They eventually try to kill him after one setback too much, only to run away when genie-Jafar pulls an unintended BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork on them.
* BadassDecay: InUniverse with the Genie. It seems to come with being free, as he admits in the movie, saying his powers were now ''Semi''-Phenomenal and ''Nearly'' Cosmic.
* BagOfSpilling: Justified. The Genie gets noticeably nerfed in the sequels and television show, mentioning that his freedom from the lamp has reduced his powers. [[spoiler:This culminates in a musical number where Genie Jafar (who Genie gave his power to and logically could not have been more powerful than imprisoned Genie) toys with and captures Genie with ease]]. Although there are some inconsistencies with this; Genie maintains his [[WildMassGuessing apparent ability to perceive time and events as all occurring simultaneously]], allowing for plenty of modern pop culture references and anachronistic objects to go around. Also in ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves'', he seems ''much'' more powerful than he was in this film. Maybe the Genie just learned how to make the most use of his weaker powers.
* BaitAndSwitch: At one point, a water spout rises from the fountain in the palace garden, accompanied by suspenseful music. At first, it was hinted that Jafar (whom Iago had dropped down a well) was surfacing, but instead, it turned out to be Genie.

** In the midst of the FinalBattle, when Aladdin and the others were trapped over a pool of lava and unable to reach Jafar's lamp, [[spoiler:Iago pulls a ChangedMyMindKid and comes flying in to help]].

** Jasmine, when Jafar announce to her that he just sentenced Aladdin to death- while masquerading as her.

* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: Used three times by Iago, except referring to "strong words" instead of "ugly words." He uses it for "friend," "traitor," and "but."

* DarkerAndEdgier: A lesser example; while some elements are more lighthearted (Abis Mal, Genie) Jafar's plan to [[spoiler:frame Aladdin for the murder of the Sultan, disguise himself as Jasmine to appear at the execution, and then kill Aladdin]] is pretty dark, especially when he gets within seconds of winning.

* DisneyDeath: This movie loves this. Genie gets chucked across the garden but he's just unconscious, Carpet gets torn to shreds but it's just fine, and Iago gets blasted with lightning but "[[MeaningfulEcho You'd be surprised what you can live through.]]" Justified as in his genie form Jafar cannot actually kill people directly.
* DivideAndConquer: Jafar captures Genie, Abu, Carpet, the Sultan, and Jasmine in succession so that Aladdin has no one to turn to when the frame-up is pulled.
* TheDogBitesBack: After Abis Mal failed to not only retrieve the plunder that Aladdin stole back from them and dispersed to the Agrabahian populace, but also get revenge on Aladdin when they encountered him at Agrabah's streets (and nearly got them arrested thanks to Iago knocking them back), Abis Mal's gang of thieves evidently had enough of their boss and tried to kill him on the spot after he retrieved some water from the well (the same well that Iago ditched Jafar's Lamp into earlier). It's averted, and not because they forgave him so much as they were scared off by Jafar being unwittingly released from the lamp by Abis Mal before they could deliver the killing blows on him.
* DragonInChief: Jafar plays this in an incredibly obvious version of this trope as Abis Mal's genie. He curtails any authority Abis Mal may have had with JackassGenie tactics and threats of giving him AFateWorseThanDeath, and sets up the whole plan to best Aladdin himself.
* DumbassHasAPoint: Abis Mal was very right to question if Jafar would let him keep the treasures once he used his third wish to free him after the treachery Jafar had already put him through with his first two wishes.

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: When Iago tries to redeem himself to Aladdin by trying to free the Genie from the crystal ball prison, Abu goes off on an unintelligible rant, to which an irate Iago responds: "Hey! Do I insult ''your'' mother?"
* EvilIsNotAToy: Abis Mal gets pressed into servitude after accidentally summoning the genie Jafar. Jafar accomplishes this by constantly threatening violence against Abis. At one point, the hapless thief recalls that Jafar said genies [[ThouShaltNotKill can't kill]], but Jafar ominously replied, "You'd be surprised what you can live through." Also, Jafar is the epitome of the JackassGenie, so it's not like he can make his wishes and be on his way.

* EvilPlan: Jafar's BatmanGambit. Upon his release, he immediately comes up with a plan to retake Agrabah and kill all of his old enemies, relying on two people to help him accomplish this task: [[spoiler: Abis Mal, and Iago.]] Both serve him out of utter fear, and Jafar almost gets away with all he has done. This includes [[spoiler: having Iago lead Aladdin and the Sultan astray while Jafar imprisons the Genie, Abu, and Jasmine; chasing Aladdin down a waterfall and having him live so that he can return to Agrabah and be arrested for the 'murder of the sultan' - after which he would be humiliated by ''Jafar disguised as Jasmine right before his death''. Had Iago not interfered, Jafar would have won.]]

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler:Jafar gets his lamp dropped in lava, has an electrifying seizure, then explodes into dust]]. When this movie was released onto DVD, Disney actually tweaked the animation in this scene from its original VHS release so that you don't see [[spoiler:Jafar's flashing skeleton]] until the very end of it (though, admittedly, this was largely done because the flashing would've been epileptic inducing).]]

** That's the basis of Jafar's EvilPlan, he states that: "It's not enough that we simply destroy Aladdin. After all, there are things so much worse than death." [[spoiler: It's sure is: Aladdin not only learn that he will be executed, but Jasmine, the love of his life, ordered it. Then, a few seconds before the execution, Aladdin realize that the one who ordered it was actually Jafar in disguise. Aladdin nearly died not only knowing that his enemy had returned, but having no idea what the latter did of Jasmine, or what he will do to her afterwards.]]

* ForgotICouldFly: When Genie escapes from the orb Jafar put him in, Genie races through the castle and snatches Aladdin away from the execution stand, only to poof the rest of the protagonists to safety seconds later. However it is possible that Genie had to know Al's exact location to be able to poof him, and the flying around bit was more about just finding him than anything.
* FreeingTheGenie: Jafar makes Abis Mal vow to make this wish. However, when it's most appropriate to do, Mal (very reasonably) gets cold feet.
* GenreSavvy: Abis Mal of all people surprisingly develops this on the cusp of the climax. He prepares to wish for Jafar's freedom...then stops. Having been Jafar's lackey for most of the film, and having seen him [[JackassGenie abuse]] the Master-Genie relationship, Abis Mal rightfully (and not unreasonably) questions if setting Jafar free will, among other things, magically erase his bribe. [[spoiler: Ironically, by employing this Trope, Abis Mal unwittingly prevents Jafar from becoming invincible as the final battle commences and the heroes are thus able to destroy his Lamp minutes later).]]

** Aladdin's plans to get rid of Jafar in the first movie worked well enough, but what happens when the near-omnipotent and very evil genie gets free?
** Abu only intended to open Iago's cage as a joke to scare him with Rajah being nearby. Unfortunately, the joke backfires as Rajah then destroys the cage and chases Iago into the palace, accidentally ruining the palace dinner and blowing Iago's cover to the whole palace.

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Iago, switching sides three times and then conspiring with Cassim in ''King of Thieves''.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: At the climax, Jafar opens the earth and traps the heroes in a Lava pit...[[spoiler:only to eventually have Iago kick his lamp into the lava, causing Jafar to electrocute, then explode into nothingness.]]
* IHaveAFamily: Iago tries to pull this card in an attempt to get Abu to open the birdcage Aladdin locked him in. [[BlatantLies It’s obvious that he’s lying.]] Ultimately subverted because Abu does open the cage... but that’s only because he spotted Rajah and decided to have some fun at Iago’s expense.

* JackassGenie: Jafar is a natural at this, wasting Abis Mal's two wishes and implying that he could just as easily twist the third to get Abis Mal to work for him. This later backfires on him when, after promising Abis Mal piles of treasures in return for wishing Jafar to be free, Abis Mal hesitates and asks if the treasure would disappear.
-->'''Abis Mal:''' I wish for Jafar to be-- ''[stops suddenly]'' Wait... How do I know that these things won't disappear once I set you free?\\
'''Jafar:''' ''(becoming increasingly frustrated)'' The ''more pressing'' question is: HOW WILL YOU ''STAY ALIVE'' IF YOU '''''DON'T?!'''''\\
'''Abis Mal:''' B-But-But you-you said that genies can't kill! Y-Y-You said that!\\
'''Jafar:''' [[MeaningfulEcho You'd be surprised]] [[FateWorseThanDeath what you can live through.]]

* KeepAway: The movie ends with Aladdin and his friends trying to get [[JackassGenie Jafar's]] lamp away from him and [[HarmlessVillain Abis]] [[PunnyName Mal]] in order to destroy it, because according to Genie, the only way to kill a genie is to destroy his lamp before his summoner can wish him free (at which the genie becomes invincible afterwards). Jafar finds out about this, and as a result he traps the heroes in a pit of lava, with the lamp just out of reach. Fortunately, [[HeelFaceTurn Iago the parrot]] shows up in time, grabs Jafar's lamp, and throws it into the lava. [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath Cue Jafar getting electrocuted, turning into a skeleton, screaming throughout, and exploding violently.]]
* KeepTheReward: Near the beginning of the movie, Aladdin saves the Sultan's life and the Sultan offers to make him Royal Vizier. In the end, he turns it down, because he says he wants to have adventures and see the world.
* KickTheDog:
** Played with. The severity of it is watered down by the pettiness of it. After kidnapping the Sultan and the Magic Carpet from Aladdin, Abis Mal tops it all off by shoving his foot at the guy's face [[IronicEcho just like he did near the beginning of the movie]].
** Later, played straight when [[spoiler: Jafar visits Aladdin's cell disguised as Jasmine to pretend she's personally sentencing him for a crime he didn't do. And again when "Jasmine" visits Aladdin just moments before his execution.]]
*** He also hurts Jasmine as well when he gloats how he [[spoiler: made Aladdin think ''she'' sentenced him to death. Not only will her true love die but he'll die thinking she doubted him, and it was her wish he be executed.]] He then threatens her father's life when she acts defiantly.
** [[spoiler:Jafar thanking Iago for his help in Jafar's plan to destroy Aladdin, as well as congratulating Iago on how well he betrayed his new friends. Especially in front of them while imprisoned in the palace dungeon. Fully aware he's making Iago feel more guilty about it.]]

* LiterallyShatteredLives: [[spoiler:In the final battle, Jafar petrifies Carpet when he and Aladdin try to reach Jafar's lamp. They subsequently crash, and Carpet is shattered in a hundred pieces. Like the previous film, Carpet regenerates after Jafar is defeated. ]]

* LoopholeAbuse: Because he's now bound by the rules of the genie, Jafar can't kill Aladdin himself. So, it forces him to rely on proxies and indirect assassination attempts where he technically doesn't lay a finger on Al.

* MusicalNod: The ending to "Nothing in the World" weaves in the opening bars of "Friend Like Me."

** Another problem is that the ''Hercules'' TV series (that takes place during teen Hercules's training) had a crossover with Aladdin that was supposed to happen way after ''Return of Jafar''. Indicating that the entire Aladdin series would have taken place before Hercules was even a famous hero! One could, however, argue this point by noting how much of the Genie's trip couldn't have happened in ancient times either and that he probably used his time-travel abilities for this trip. (That being said, even there, the absolutely not matching appearances of the two Hercules receive no explanation).
* NeverMyFault: Abis Mal blames Aladdin for turning his men against him, when it was his own abusive behavior and incompetence as a leader that led them to turn against him.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Aladdin tricking Jafar into becoming a genie saved the day in the first film. But when he gets loose in this film, Aladdin's created a foe with all of the Genie's powers, none of the morals, and more than enough means to work around the three rules a genie must follow. [[IronicEcho Al, you little]] [[SarcasmMode genius, you]]...
** Iago dropping the lamp down a well led to Abis Mal finding it. Jafar probably wouldn't have returned to avenge Aladdin otherwise.

** If Jafar had just swallowed his pride and actually treated Iago like somewhat of an equal after forcing him out of the Lamp instead of, well, ranting that Iago would have been stuck in the bazaar squacking "Polly Want A Cracker" had he not been involved, most of the movie would not have happened.
** If Jafar hadn't mistreated Abis Mal and wasted his wishes with JackassGenie antics, he would have been wished free before Aladdin and the gang could stop him. This seems to be one of Jafar's biggest flaws.
** Jafar could've just let Aladdin die from going over the waterfall. Instead, he decided that he needed to humiliate him further before he died through a needlessly more convoluted scheme that had more chances to (and eventually did) go wrong.
*** In particular, Jafar-as-Jasmine appearing to taunt Aladdin moments before his execution is ''why'' the execution fails. Now knowing what's really going on, Aladdin is no longer resigned to his death and struggles to break free and warn the guards. This causes a minor delay of several seconds as Razul and the guards have to restrain him...which nonethless unknowingly buys Iago the time to finish freeing the Genie (and thus save Aladdin at literally the last second).
* NoOntologicalInertia: [[spoiler:After Jafar's death, all the destruction he caused is reversed, with the lava pit closing back up, the palace getting restored, and Carpet reintegrated.]] Earlier in the film, ''Abis Mal'' of all people is wise about this possibly happening, as he suspects that freeing Jafar would make the things he conjured disappear.
* NothingCanStopUsNow: Near the end, Jafar has Aladdin and his friends at his mercy hanging over a lava pit. "Give it up, boy. You can never have my lamp, and there is no one here to save you this time." Cue [[HeelFaceTurn Iago's]] [[ChangedMyMindKid arrival.]]

** In many scenes, most notably the ones where Genie is present (The "Nothing Like a Friend" musical number) the colors of his skin overlap with other parts of his body, like his mouth. Also, at the very end of that number, Aladdin and Jasmine randomly switch spots between cuts when they're near Genie and holding the last note.

* OffscreenInertia: [[HarmlessVillain Abis Mal]] (technically Jafar's master) is thrown out the palace window during the final battle and is quickly forgotten as the heroes fight Jafar, almost die, successfully kill him and happily plan for the future. It's only [[TheStinger after the credits]] that we cut to a tree outside the palace with Abis Mal pitifully hanging by his pants.

* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Attempted after Aladdin has been framed and condemned to die for "the murder of the Sultan". Fortunately, Iago does a HeelFaceTurn and breaks the Genie free from the glass bottle, and in turn, the Genie becomes a {{Big Damn Hero|es}} in flying at the speed of light and rescuing Aladdin a mere split-second before he is to be decapitated.]]

** Abis Mal gets one during Aladdin's escape when he tries to get the crystal flower from Abu and realizes that he's about to fall.
** Aladdin, when Genie mentioned how Iago shoved crackers into Sultan's mouth in the first film. Aladdin was trying to bring up Iago to everyone more subtly.
--->'''Genie:''' ''(embraces Aladdin who tried to sneak away)'' You don't see ''this'' guy hanging out with any evil parrots!\\
'''Aladdin:''' It's funny you should mention Iago.
** Abu, when Rajah is chasing Iago into the palace, about to blow his cover.

** Everyone when Abis Mal almost wished Jafar free.
** Everyone at the climax has a MassOhCrap where Jafar has easily outmatched them.
** Then ''Jafar'' gets one as he gasps in horror as he realizes ''exactly'' what Iago is about to do: [[spoiler:kick his lamp into the lava, causing Jafar to electrocute, then explode into nothingness, destroying him forever]].
* OhCrapSmile: Abu when one of Abis Mal's henchman grabs the chest he's trying to steal at the start of the film.
** Abu does this again when Rajah catches him in the act of trying to steal the jeweled flower Aladdin gave Jasmine.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Sultan didn't forget how Iago shoved his crackers into his mouth (and probably telling him to his face they're disgusting) in the first film.
* OneWingedAngel: Played with in that it's actually his original, real form at the start of the film, but Jafar decides to transition back into his gigantic Genie self for the final battle instead of the human he looked like for most of it. Unlike the first film, it's not in any way a ClippedWingAngel.

** Genie returns from his world tour almost immediately because he missed his friends too much.
** Iago redeems because Aladdin showed him true friendship, whereas Jafar just barks orders and uses intimidation.

* {{Retcon}}: It's pretty heavily implied that Aladdin and Jasmine are married at the end of ''Aladdin'', when they kiss during the fireworks. As we see in this movie and obviously ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves'', their wedding hasn't quite happened yet. It's mentioned by the film's directors on the DVD commentary that they felt that the ending may have been unclear on whether or not a wedding had happened, thus they felt that the ''Aladdin'' sequels were a good idea. The implication is that the very end of the original Aladdin was more like a date between an engaged couple.

* ReversePsychology: Iago's entire aim while singing with Jasmine in "Forget About Love," and it works like a charm - his over-the-top griping about how Jas should give up Aladdin causes her to remember how much she loved him with little fuss. In a fun twist, though, he really ''does'' think "all that mushy stuff" is disgusting, but he's willing to help them get back together anyway in order to help a friend.

** In response to it being said that genies can't kill, someone replies "You'd be surprised what you can live through".

** At one point in [[VillainSong "You're Only Second Rate"]], ''Psycho'' is referenced both visually and in the soundtrack utilising the ScareChord.
** Iago dropping Jafar's lamp down the well ''really'' resembled "Blofeld"'s death from the beginning of ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''.

** [[spoiler:Jafar is defeated when the magical artifact to which his soul is bound is thrown into lava, much like [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings another evil sorcerer.]]]]
* ShrunkenOrgan: After Iago's presence been exposed to the palace, Genie tries to convince Iago to get Al & Jasmine to reconcile; One such method is then poofing up an x-ray over the parrot revealing a shrunken heart. Currently provides the page image.

* SidingWithTheSuffering: Iago spent the entirety of the first film on Jafar's side. The beginning of this film sees Iago escape from Jafar's lamp and slowly turn face over the course of the movie, even [[spoiler:offing Jafar for good by kicking his lamp into magma]]. Not that Iago's [[AntiHero all that heroic]], but his conscience does get the better of him on a number of occasions. He grumbles over it a lot.

* TechnicolorDeath: [[spoiler:When Jafar's lamp is destroyed, his skeleton is visible while he sparks with electricity, then he explodes into gold dust.]]
* TemptingFate: Iago says this gem when he insults Jafar, then the lights go out and Jafar suddenly appears from the darkness.
-->'''Iago:''' Oh, yeah. Bein' one of the good guys has its advantages. Ahh, advisor to Aladdin, the new grand vizier. And when Aladdin becomes Sultan, that will make ''me'' the grand vizier! Only I'm not gonna blow it like that ''idiot'' Jafar!! ''[eats a cluster of grapes]'' Mmm..mm.. I'll ''NEVER'' have to stand in his shadow ''again!'' ''[suddenly, the lights go out, spotlight switches on over Iago, and Jafar appears out of the darkness]'' [[OhCrap AWK! JAFAR!!!!]] ''[chuckles nervously]'' Buddy?

* ThreeWishes: A subversion. Abis Mal frees Jafar and also gets the standard three wishes, despite Jafar demanding he take him to Agrabah first so he can get revenge on Aladdin, ''then'' he'll give Abis Mal his wishes. Instead Jafar takes the JackassGenie route and makes Abis Mal completely waste the first two, while saving the third one for getting himself freed from the lamp. Abis Mal never gets to do so in the end. Technically, Jafar ''does'' grant three wishes- the treasure ship, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick not drowning]], and the treasure chest (although Abis Mal did say "I ''could'' wish..."). Bear in mind that in the first film, the Genie couldn't even save Aladdin from drowning without him unconsciously nodding his head (and could only save him from the Cave of Wonders because he ''thought'' that was a wish), so Jafar can either grant as many wishes as he wants, or decide which wishes count and which don't- {{Justified}} either way, since Jafar is the most powerful Genie in existence and so can bend the rules even if he can't break them.

** Jafar saving Aladdin's life. When Abis Mal and several shadowy assassins on horseback (with enchanted horses, actually all Jafar) manages to force Aladdin down a waterfall, Jafar then telekinetically lifts the unconscious Aladdin away from the waterfall's rocks and places him safely on the continuing river. Abis Mal then proceeds to call out Jafar for this, causing Jafar to almost attack Abis Mal before calmly informing him that he only delayed the inevitable for Aladdin, and that the true revenge was yet to come.
** Had Jafar not been so deceitful with Abis Mal in his first two wishes, Abis Mal probably would have been more likely to free Jafar as his third wish. But after such trickery, Abis Mal rightfully questioned Jafar's intentions when he promised Abis Mal untold riches without wishing for them. Mal assumed they would disappear when he freed Jafar, which knowing Jafar is not a wrong assumption.
** Iago himself also counts as a Villain Ball for Jafar. By taking advantage of Iago's HeelFaceTurn, it leads Jafar ''directly'' to his downfall.

* VillainousBreakdown: Jafar loses it when he realizes that Aladdin is still alive after his plan to have him killed fails.

-->[[spoiler:'''[[UnwittingPawn Jasmine!Jafar:]]''' Because we know you're lying!]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: One can't help but wonder how Razoul reacted when he discovered that the Sultan was actually still alive after all.

* WidelySpacedJailBars: The bars in the cage that Iago is trapped in are wide enough that he should seemingly be able to get out if he sucked in his gut a bit or came at it sideways. Yet still, he pleads with Abu to open it [[AttackAttackRetreatRetreat until Rajah shows up]], making it a serious example.
* WildCard: Iago.
* WizardDuel: Between Genie and Jafar. They both use ShapeShifting, summoning objects out of nowhere, and good old magic beams alike.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Iago tries to pull one of these on Aladdin toward the beginning. Aladdin doesn't buy it, and assumes he's still working for Jafar.

-->'''Jafar:''' Perhaps after a few days in chains, you'll be more kindly disposed toward me. Especially ''if you want your father to remain healthy''!
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Iago defects from Jafar to the good guys for his own gain and eventually starts to [[BecomingTheMask actually like them]]. Once Jafar comes back, however, he bullies Iago into becoming TheMole and uses him to capture them all, though Iago's clearly not happy about doing it.

* YourMother: As detailed under EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas, Abu more or less says this in Monkey to Iago during the climax. Surprisingly, Iago's reaction is genuine anger.

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Jafar's true form of a huge red Genie is too much for thief Abis Mal to handle, so Jafar spends most of the film looking as he did while human. Which only helped a little, since let's face it, even human Jafar is pretty intimidating.

* EvilIsNotAToy: Abis Mal gets pressed into servitude after accidentally summoning the genie Jafar. Jafar accomplishes this by constantly threatening violence against Abis. (The hapless thief is aware that in his world, genies [[ThouShaltNotKill cannot kill]], but Jafar keeps repeating ominously, "You'd be surprised what you can live through.") Also, Jafar is the epitome of the JackassGenie, so it's not like he can make his wishes and be on his way.

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler:Jafar gets his lamp dropped in lava, has an electrifying seizure, then explodes into dust. When this movie was released onto DVD, Disney actually tweaked the animation in this scene from its original VHS release so that you don't see Jafar's flashing skeleton until the very end of it (though, admittedly, this was largely done because the flashing would've been epileptic inducing).]]

* YourMother: As detailed under EvenBadMenLoveTheirMommas, Abu more or less says this in Monkey to Iago during the climax. Surprisingly, Iago's reaction is genuine anger.

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: When Iago tries to redeem himself to Aladdin by trying to free the Genie from the crystal ball prison, Abu goes off on an unintelligible rant, to which Iago responds: "Do I insult ''your'' mother?"

-->'''Jafar:''' Ah, Iago...You betrayed me and allied yourself with my enemies! Then you turned on them as soon as it was in your best interests. That's what I love about you! You're so perfectly-- ''predictable.'' A villain through and through.\\

* GenreSavvy: Abis Mal of all people surprisingly develops this on the cusp of the climax. He prepares to wish for Jafar's freedom...then stops. Having been Jafar's lackey for most of the film, and having seen him [[JackassGenie abuse]] the Master-Genie relationship, Abis Mal rightfully (and not unreasonably) questions if setting Jafar free will, among other things, magically erase his bribe. [[spoiler: Ironically, by employing this Trope, Abis Mal unwittingly prevents Jafar from becoming invincible as the final battle commences and the heroes are thus able to destroy his Lamp minutes later).

* GenreSavvy: Abis Mal of all people surprisingly develops this on the cusp of the climax. He prepares to wish for Jafar's freedom...then stops and gets a crafty look on his face. Having been Jafar's lackey for most of the film, and having seen him abuse the Master-Genie relationship, Abis Mal rightfully (and not unreasonbly) wonders if setting Jafar free will, among other things, magically erase his bribe.

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Once freed, Jafar initially appears in his Genie form we saw at the end of the first film. He assumes a variation of his original human apperance in order to work with Abis Mal (since the bandit is understandably freaking the hell out at Jafar's Genie for).

Released in October 1994, ''The Return of Jafar'' is the first sequel to Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''.

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Jafar's true form of a huge red Genie is too much for thief Abis Mal, so Jafar spends most of the film looking as he did while human. Which only helped a little, since let's face it, even human Jafar is pretty intimidating.