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Nightmare Fuel / Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier

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  • We see two of the guards near the beginning choke to death on shit when they fall in the dung cart.
  • The Monkey just looks terrifying.
  • The Bathe Her and Bring Her to Me when the Sultan takes Scheherezade as a concubine is uncomfortably explicit.
    Evil Vizier: This woman will be bathed and shaved, and brought to your harem at once, my lord.
    • It may seem like a blessing that the Sultan's condition means he can't have sex with her in the usual way, but then one wonders what exactly he was so eager to do with her instead.
    • Scheherezade being kidnapped also puts a Cerebus Retcon on the classic myth where she willingly married her sultan to save other girls from the same fate; she died in childbirth, owing to the fact that harem women generally don't get stellar healthcare. Ja'far was never told that the baby survived, becoming the Princess.
  • This staging has a more serious take on Aladdin "rescuing" Jasmine from the palace; here, he saves the Princess and brings him to his lair, with very clear intentions. When the Captain of the Guard arrives, he checks on the Princess to make sure she isn't hurt.
  • Aladdin tells Ja'far bluntly that he's fallen for the Princess and can't get her out of her mind. He's going to use the money from the Tiger-Head Cave to build the means to sneak into her room and "bone her". You can't blame Ja'far for going Papa Wolf.
  • The scene where the Princess calls out Aladdin for being exactly the man that Ja'far warned her about and says she won't have sex with him, especially when her kingdom is under attack. He proceeds to take her hostage and demands the lamp from Ja'far in exchange for not killing her. This scene is played completely seriously, especially since Ja'far begs for the Princess's life.
  • "Except you're forgetting one thing. I'm a thief. I take what I want."
  • Aladdin's conversation with his split personality is legitimately terrifying.
    • At first, it's somewhat funny seeing Aladdin having a conversation with this sudden split personality. But then Aladdin talks about how he killed his parents and asks where he's been. The reply? In your reflection. Soon, creepy music plays as the two get into the argument, boiling up to Aladdin realizing exactly what happened. The fact that Jeff Blim is incredibly good at acting out both personalities does not help at all.
    • Thankfully, Ja'far's reaction lightens up the mood immediately.
    Ja'far: Okay, Jesus Christ, I don't know what's going on here...
  • The villain song features a bunch of Disney villains gathered around Ja'far repeating "Twiiiiisted" in the same tone of voice cultists would chant "Join usssss".

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