linda larkin played genie in aladdin return of jafar.
who plays genie in aladdin return of jafar?
linda larkin
the genie is a fictional jinn appearing in walt disney pictures' animated feature film "aladdin" (1992). he was voiced by robin williams in the first film. following a contract dispute between williams and the walt disney company, dan castellaneta voiced the genie throughout the direct-to-video feature "the return of jafar", as well as the television series, before williams reprised the role for the final installment, "aladdin and the king of thieves", as well as for the character's own mini-series, "great minds think for themselves". castellaneta voiced the genie in "aladdin in nasira's revenge" and later the "kingdom hearts" series of video games by square enix and disney interactive studios for both "kingdom hearts" and "kingdom hearts ii" (with archived audio used in other "kingdom hearts" games). jim meskimen took over the role in "disney think fast" (2008) and "kinect disneyland adventures" (2011) and currently voices him, after williams' death in 2014. will smith plays a live-action version of the character in the 2019 live-action adaptation of the original 1992 film.
genie (disney)
in "the return of jafar", the genie returns to agrabah, deciding the world isn't all that great without his friends to share it with. his powers are lessened by his own admission, as a freed genie is less powerful than one bound to a lamp, though he still retains several abilities seen in the first film, most notably shape-shifting, flight and conjuration; he describes his formerly "phenomenal cosmic powers" as now only "semi-phenomenal, nearly cosmic". on the night of his return, after jasmine and aladdin have a fight over aladdin keeping iago's presence secret from her, the genie convinces iago to help him get the couple to reconcile. later in the film, when aladdin, iago and the sultan go on an outing without him, the genie and abu have a picnic for themselves but are confronted by jafar. despite a brave fight against him, the genie is outmatched and both he and abu are imprisoned. eventually, they are joined by the sultan, princess jasmine and the carpet who were all captured by jafar. after being freed from imprisonment by a morally confused iago, genie saves aladdin from being executed by the palace guards, which jafar had orchestrated by falsely framing aladdin for murdering the sultan. after the heroes regroup, the genie reveals destroying jafar's lamp is the only way they can destroy him. their plan to discreetly take the lamp does not go unnoticed and they are drawn into combat. genie assists the heroes several times during this battle, by catching a falling aladdin and by shape-shifting into him in an attempt to distract jafar while aladdin grabs his lamp. however, this too fails as jafar is able to prevent aladdin from seizing the lamp, and uses his powers to split the land open over a sea of magma. after the reformed iago is shot down trying to hand over the lamp to aladdin, the parrot bravely kicks the lamp into the lava and thus destroys jafar once and for all. the genie saves jasmine from a dangerous situation as the ground is closing back up by stretching himself so they can get out in time. when he finds out that iago survived the battle, he celebrates by turning into a firework.
genie (disney)