Post by Belle Fan 4 Ever on Nov 13, 2008 13:05:01 GMT -8
Jasmine is the daughter of the wealthy Sultan of Agrabah. She is shown to be brave, intelligent, strong, independent, fiery, and charitable. She can also be quite cunning. Unwilling to marry any of the princes her father suggests, she runs away from home, but having never been outside the palace before, she inadvertently gets into trouble. A street urchin named Aladdin saves her. Aladdin is arrested by guards sent by the evil vizier and sorcerer, Jafar, and Jasmine confronts Jafar demanding why this happened. Jafar pretends that he thought Aladdin kidnapped her and lies to Jasmine when he tells her Aladdin's been beheaded. Jasmine is distraught, thinking she's resonsible for Aladdin's death. After Aladdin's wish to become a prince is granted to him by The Genie, he visits Jasmine in the guise of 'Prince Ali Ababwa'. She initially refuses even to speak to him, believing him to be just another "stuffed-shirt, overinflated, swaggering" suitor, but later accepts his proposal after falling in love with him on a magic carpet ride. During this time, Jasmine sees through Aladdin's disguise, but Aladdin convinces her that he sometimes dressed up as a commoner to "escape the pressures of palace life," which she relates to. She is taken back to the palace and the two share a kiss. However, upon announcing her decision to marry Aladdin, Jafar takes over Agrabah by stealing the lamp from Aladdin. Jasmine is horrified as Jafar reveals Aladdin's true identity (Aladdin had resolved and intended to tell the truth to Jasmine, though under much different circumstances). After Jafar banishes Aladdin to the ends of the Earth, he then makes Jasmine his personal slave. Jafar offers her a place at his side, as his queen, which she angrily refuses. Jafar attemps to use his third wish to make Jasmine fall in love with him, but according to The Genie's rules, this is a wish that The Genie cannot grant him. However, upon seeing Aladdin sneaking back into the Palace, Jasmine distracts Jafar by pretending that the wish has been granted. She compliments Jafar, and even when Jafar asks "And the street rat?" as if to test her loyalty, she dismisses Aladdin by echoing Jafar "What street rat?" But then, Abu accidentally knocks over a cup while trying to keep Iago, who has spotted Aladdin and is trying to alert Jafar, quiet. The noise catching his attention, Jafar nearly discovers Aladdin, but Jasmine stops him by giving him a passionate kiss. The plan is foiled, however, when they break apart, and Jafar sees Aladdin's reflection on Jasmine's crown. Jafar attacks Aladdin, but when Jasmine tries to help by getting the Genie's lamp, the sorcerer imprisons her in a giant hourglass. Aladdin frees her moments before she is suffocated by sand, and outwits Jafar by tricking him into wishing he is an all-powerful Genie, imprisoning Jafar in a lamp of his own. With this, Aladdin has proven his worth, and the Sultan agrees to let his daughter marry whoever she wants. She naturally chooses Aladdin and they wed.
In the first direct-to-video sequel, The Return of Jafar (1994), Jasmine later begins to question her choice in Aladdin, wondering if he was trustworthy enough after he defends Iago, Jafar's former pet parrot who had terrorized her father, but she quickly gets over these questions. Her part in the movie is relatively minor, though she does help to defeat Jafar for a final time. Finally, in the third direct-to-video/DVD movie, "Aladdin and the King of Thieves" (1996) she and Aladdin are finally wed. The Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves together serve as bookends to the animated TV series as its prologue and epilogue, respectively. In an early draft, when Aladdin first met Jasmine, he already knew that she was the Princess. Eventually, it was decided that Aladdin wouldn't find out Jasmine was the princess until after he fell in love with her. This gives the message that Aladdin married her because he loved her, and not because of her money or power.
In the first direct-to-video sequel, The Return of Jafar (1994), Jasmine later begins to question her choice in Aladdin, wondering if he was trustworthy enough after he defends Iago, Jafar's former pet parrot who had terrorized her father, but she quickly gets over these questions. Her part in the movie is relatively minor, though she does help to defeat Jafar for a final time. Finally, in the third direct-to-video/DVD movie, "Aladdin and the King of Thieves" (1996) she and Aladdin are finally wed. The Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves together serve as bookends to the animated TV series as its prologue and epilogue, respectively. In an early draft, when Aladdin first met Jasmine, he already knew that she was the Princess. Eventually, it was decided that Aladdin wouldn't find out Jasmine was the princess until after he fell in love with her. This gives the message that Aladdin married her because he loved her, and not because of her money or power.