


The production of Aladdin was greatly influenced by the creation and development of the Genie. Genie's true name (if he has one) has never been revealed he answers to being called "Genie" and never says he has a real name. Robin Williams is responsible for most of these because he improvised many of the lines in the film.

His supernatural disposition permits him to break the fourth wall, as well as parody real-life people and popular culture completely outside of the boundaries of the universe in which he is contained. He is shown to have shape-shifting abilities, which allow for many and varied sight gags. After enduring 10,000 years of imprisonment, the lamp comes into the possession of Aladdin during the course of the first film, and Genie remains in servitude until Aladdin uses his third and final wish to grant Genie his freedom at the end of the film.Īs well as largely driving the plot in the first film, Genie serves as a comic relief element in each of his appearances. Each master has three wishes, and cannot exceed this amount by wishing for more wishes. Alternatively, it could mean that while he can revive a person's corpse, he cannot bring them back properly. It is possible, however, that he can do the third one, but as he puts it, "It's not a pretty picture. He is also bound by three laws he cannot kill anyone, he cannot make people fall in love with each other, and he cannot revive the dead. Though he possesses "phenomenal cosmic powers", he is bound to an "itty bitty living space" and can only use his powers when the owner of the lamp (his master) makes a wish he occasionally does things without granting a wish, but never anything that greatly affects the world around him. Genie was originally a slave imprisoned within his lamp, which, itself, was sealed away in the Cave of Wonders for 10,000 years. Being a Genie, he was created from the smokeless fire, along with the Angels by God at the beginning of time.
