History YMMV / TwistedTheUntoldStoryOfARoyalVizier

** After ''WesternAnimation/Wish2023'', Disney's centennial animated feature, was released, '''many''' people familiar with this show were quoting "Dream a Little Harder" given its pretty heroine gets supernatural help in overthrowing a wicked tyrant just by her wishing really hard for "something more for us than this", and the final line is actually "Just keep wishing" - even though the ''intended'' Aesop is about achieving your desires under your own power, the execution muddles the issue (i.e., [[spoiler: said heroine is given a magic wand to serve as a fairy godmother even though logically she won't be needed]]). As well, the seemingly benevolent villain [[spoiler: claims to have lost his family to brigands (while nothing contradicts this explanation in story, some fans suspect he's lying the way this show's Aladdin was)]].

*** [[spoiler:Gaston's joined the bad guy backstory bandwagon, considering his [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017 live-action counterpart]] got a TV series about his and [=LeFou=]'s lives before the start of the film.]]

** "Dream a Little Harder" has been cited in discussions of Disney's centennial MilestoneCelebration film ''WesternAnimation/Wish2023'' for basically being that movie's Aesop, as the beautiful heroine Asha merely wishing ''really hard'' for a better life for her kingdom is what brings Star down from the sky to help her, and wishing ''really hard'' is also what [[spoiler: defeats the villain at the end when the townspeople do it en masse]]. In fact, the villain King Magnifico, who was designed as a slimy, irredeemable villain in the Jafar mode, got huge amounts of DracoInLeatherPants / StrawmanHasAPoint fandom for being a monarch who created a peaceful near-utopia, the only downside being that he hoarded the people's dearest wishes (most of which they could have accomplished under their own power if they'd just made an effort) and only granted a few in order to hang on to his power. The only reason he goes JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope into total villainy is because the heroine Asha gets mad he won't just grant, or at least let everyone realize, all their wishes and ends up calling down Star; in the face of what he sees as a threat to his power (and an ungrateful populace, as he puts it in his VillainSong) he's desperate enough to become bound to forbidden magic to stop it. Not to mention that [[spoiler: he ends up imprisoned in a mirror while his once-complicit queen, having betrayed him, takes the throne - while Asha gets granted wish-granting magic]].

** "Dream a Little Harder" has been cited in discussions of Disney's centennial MilestoneCelebration film ''WesternAnimation/Wish2023'' for basically being that movie's Aesop, as the beautiful heroine merely wishing ''really hard'' for a better life for her kingdom is what brings Star down from the sky to help her, and wishing ''really hard'' is also what [[spoiler: defeats the villain at the end when the townspeople do it en masse]]. In fact, the villain King Magnifico, who was designed as a slimy villain in the Jafar mode, got huge amounts of DracoInLeatherPants / StrawmanHasAPoint fandom for being a monarch who created a peaceful near-utopia, the only downside being that he hoarded the people's dearest wishes (most of which they could have accomplished under their own power if they'd just made an effort) and only granted a few in order to hang on to his power. The only reason he goes JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope into total villainy is because the heroine Asha is mad he won't just grant, or at least let everyone realize, all their wishes and ends up calling down Star, and he gets desperate enough to become bound to forbidden magic to stop them. Not to mention that [[spoiler: he ends up imprisoned in a mirror at the end while his once-complicit queen, having betrayed him, takes the throne, while Asha gets granted wish-granting magic]].

** The idealized metaphorical depiction of Pixar, and [[spoiler: the happy ending being it bought out]], falls apart considering that starting with ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'' a few years after Disney bought the company in 2007, Pixar fell into a major AudienceAlienatingEra; while it recovered from that they haven't had a financial success since ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'' due to Disney curtailing the release of ''WesternAnimation/{{Onward}}'' in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and from there sending its next '''three''' films straight to streaming. And when it did release its next film to theaters, ''WesternAnimation/{{Lightyear}}'' flopped out of the gate. And that's not even bringing in the reports of a toxic work environment that John Lasseter's ouster brought to light.

** Amusingly, ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'', a film Disney released the same year as ''Twisted'', goes both ways on the premise: [[spoiler:the character initially portrayed as a PrinceCharming is actually a cunning bastard in disguise, while the novel ''Literature/AFrozenHeart'' explains his backstory through a symphathetic (though no less condemning) lens.]]
** [[spoiler: The social reformist princess being named the new Sultan is exactly how the story played out in the ''Film/Aladdin2019'' remake.]]

* WTHCastingAgency: As with several of Starkid's casting choices, the initial announcement took some people aback -- from the moment this musical was announced, Starkid fans were clamoring for Joey Richter to play Aladdin, since he's an extremely good fit for what they pictured a parody of Disney's Aladdin would be. The announcement that Joey was unavailable for this production, and that Aladdin would be played by Jeff Blim -- the [[ComedicSociopathy Comedic Sociopath]] Sweet Tooth from ''Theatre/HolyMusicalBatman'' -- signaled this show would be going a different direction entirely.

* WTHCastingAgency: As with several of Starkid's casting choices, the initial announcement took some people aback -- from the moment this musical was announced, Starkid fans were clamoring for Joey Richter to play Aladdin, since he's an extremely good fit for what they pictured a parody of Disney's Aladdin would be (a CoolLoser {{Woobie}}). The announcement that Joey was unavailable for this production, and that Aladdin would be played by Jeff Blim -- the [[ComedicSociopathy Comedic Sociopath]] Sweet Tooth from ''Theatre/HolyMusicalBatman'' -- signaled this show would be going a different direction entirely.

* {{Wangst}}: The Princess talking about how she wants to be free... while being pampered by her slaves. Deliberately done as part of the Princess's AlternateCharacterInterpretation, setting up her CharacterDevelopment later on. This line, in particular, deserves a mention:

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: A lot of the same events and actions from the movie take on a new meaning by changing the character's motivations.

** Disney ''attempted'' to revive 2D animation at the turn of TheNewTens and failed miserably when neither ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' nor ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh'' lived up to box office expectations, whereupon they permanently switched to CGI films.

* BetterThanCanon: Quite a few people prefer this over the original movie, owing largely to what they view as more compelling three-dimensional characters and a stronger emotional core.

* SacredCow: ''Twisted'' is a popular candidate for [=StarKid=]'s magnum opus.

** Aladdin's VillainousBreakdown when he realises he can't get his third wish, and subsequent running away from Djinn!Ja'far, are this, particularly after holding the Princess at knifepoint with the very clear intention of [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil forcing himself onto her]].
** Considering the Sultan has allowed the Magic Kingdom to descend into an impoverished, lawless hellhole and took Sherrezade away from Ja'far, the former dying in childbirth without Ja'far getting her back, it's also a relief when he's found dead, and the Princess can take over and bring back the sacred [=2Ds=] so that everyone is treated with respect and compassion. What makes it even better is that [[TheDogBitesBack Ja'far had the sultan killed himself]] in order to fulfill the Princess' second wish.

* WTHCastingAgency: As with several of Starkid's casting choices, the initial announcement took some people aback -- from the moment this musical was announced, Starkid fans were clamoring for Joey Richter to play Aladdin, since he's an extremely good fit for what they pictured a parody of Disney's Aladdin would be (a CoolLoser {{Woobie}}). The announcement that Joey was unavailable for this production, and that Aladdin would be played by Jeff Blim -- the [[ComedicSociopathy Comedic Sociopath]] Sweet Tooth from Theatre/HolyMusicalBatman -- signaled this show would be going a different direction entirely.

* BetterThanCanon: Quite a few people prefer this over the original movie, owing largely to what they view as more compelling three-dimensional characters and stronger emotional core.

* BetterThanCanon: Quite a few people prefer this over the original movie, owing largely to the more compelling three-dimensional characters and stronger emotional core.

* SacredCow: ''Twisted'' is commonly considered to be [=StarKid=]'s magnum opus.

* BetterThanCanon: Quite a few people prefer this over the original movie.

** The idealized metaphorical depiction of Pixar, and [[spoiler: the happy ending being it bought out]], falls apart considering that starting with ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'' a few years after Disney bought the company in 2007, Pixar fell into a major DorkAge; while it recovered from that they haven't had a financial success since ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'' due to Disney curtailing the release of ''WesternAnimation/{{Onward}}'' in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and from there sending its next '''three''' films straight to streaming. And that's not even bringing in the reports of a toxic work environment that John Lasseter's ouster brought to light.

* TearDryer: [[spoiler:Ja'far has been condemned to eternity in the lamp, and he and the Princess can never be together again... but then, as a result of her wish for him to be happy, Sherrezade is reincarnated in the lamp so she and Ja'far can spend eternity together, able to see any point in time they please.]]

** [[spoiler:The other Disney villains. Some are even getting requests to have their own shows.]]

* "A Thousand and One Nights", Ja'far and Sherrezade's love ballad.
* The title song, "Twisted".