BaconIsMyBFF

18th Oct 2017

Aladdin (1992)

Question: When the genie learns that Aladdin tricked him into getting them out of the cave without making a wish, couldn't he have just teleported Aladdin, Abu, and the carpet back inside the cave to make sure Aladdin wishes himself out of the cave?

Answer: He is not an evil genie and, even though he was tricked, he would not have wanted Aladdin to be trapped in the cave again. He likes Aladdin and admires his cleverness in getting himself out of the cave without wasting a wish.

raywest

What I was wondering is why he likes Aladdin.

The Genie likes Aladdin because he is clever, friendly, and charming. As he indicates several times in the film, most of the Genie's masters were greedy, unkind, and selfish.

BaconIsMyBFF

Aladdin doesn't just greedily use up his three wishes and send Genie back into his lamp, which is implied to be what Genie's previous masters have done.

"He is not an evil genie" who says only an evil genie would teleport Aladdin, Abu, and the carpet back inside the cave to make sure Aladdin wishes himself out of the cave?

The comment was specific and limited to the character of the one genie in the movie who is not evil but kind-hearted. Never said "only" evil genies.

raywest

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