Genie! I wish to become the most powerful sorcerer there is!Aladdin · 2019 — Chapter 21 of 24 · 3'47" · B1
Jafar Exposes Aladdin, Explained: the ends of the earth
With one wish, Jafar becomes the most powerful sorcerer and turns the whole room upside down. He names Aladdin for what he is — an impostor — and sends him to the ends of the earth, then makes the Sultan watch while he promises to take what he loves most.
What happens
Jafar uses his wish to become a sorcerer, then drops the act. He tells the court that Prince Ali never existed and that Aladdin is nothing but a lying thief, then banishes him to the ends of the earth. He punishes the Sultan with visions and threatens to take what he loves most: Jasmine.
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the ends of the earthof any usewhat you love mostforget yourself
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Phrase of the scene
the ends of the earth
天涯海角；世界尽头
贾法尔宣布要把阿拉丁放逐到世界尽头，让他在遥远之地痛苦死去。
He would go to the ends of the earth for her.
Also in this scene
- of any use
useful or helpful in any way
- what you love most
the thing you cherish the most
- forget yourself
behave out of line; forget your place
Everything marked in this scene
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wish to do
Genie! I wish to become the most powerful sorcerer there is!Hakim, I had such big plans for you.useful or helpful in any way
you are no longer of any use to me.If it isn't our Prince Ali.liaison
If it isn't our Prince Ali.He's been pretending the entire time.There never was.He's nothing but a lying thief.You're insignificant.once I ensure your agonizing death by banishing you to the ends of the earth.once I ensure your agonizing death by banishing you to the ends of the earth.once
once I ensure your agonizing death by banishing you to the ends of the earth.would
But that would be inadequate repayment for years of humiliation and neglect.behave out of line; forget your place
"Remember your place, Jafar." "You forget yourself, Jafar."flap
Please, make it stop.would be to do
No, the most suitable punishment would be to make you watch...the thing you cherish the most
while I take what you love most.She will never marry you.I will do as you wish!Let's get out of here.flap
Let's get out of here.Jafar Exposes Aladdin, explained
What's really going on
The mask comes off on both sides here. Aladdin's lie was a disguise; Jafar's was obedience, and once he has power he says what he has always meant: "you are no longer of any use to me." Everyone around him was a tool, and now they are disposable. The scene also turns Aladdin's own trick against him — "He's been pretending the entire time" — so the boy who faked a throne loses it to a man who faked loyalty. Jafar's cruelty is methodical, aimed less at killing than at humiliating: he makes the Sultan watch "while I take what you love most." It's a reminder that power doesn't just punish; it stages the punishment.
Theme
PowerJafar turns a wish into absolute power and instantly reorders everyone around him from tools to targets.
RevengeYears of being told to remember his place come back as deliberate, theatrical cruelty.
Listen for
- If it isn't — liaison
- make it stop — flap
- out of here — flap
He's been pretending the entire time.Jafar frames Aladdin's whole prince act as a con, turning the earlier lie into public evidence.
I could simply kill you all.A threat he rejects, because plain murder would be too quick — the cruelty is the point.
No, what you need, Baba, is to suffer.Jafar tells the man who raised him that suffering, not death, is what he deserves.
She will never marry you.Jasmine's flat refusal, the one line that still defies him even with everything in his power.
He's nothing but a lying thief.The public label Jafar pins on Aladdin, erasing the prince and reducing him to the street kid.
you are no longer of any use to me.The line that shows how Jafar sees people: useful while they serve him, discarded the moment they don't.
Questions about this scene
How does Jafar get his power?
He uses his wish to become the most powerful sorcerer there is, which is what lets him take over the palace and bend everyone to his will.
What happens to Aladdin in this scene?
He's exposed as an impostor and banished to the ends of the earth, after Jafar tells the court there is no Prince Ali.
Why does Jafar spare the Sultan instead of killing him?
Because a quick death isn't punishment enough. He makes the Sultan watch him take what he loves most, which is crueler than simply killing him.
What does "forget yourself" mean?
It means forgetting your place or getting above yourself. Jafar quotes the old rebukes — "Remember your place" and "You forget yourself" — before turning them back on the Sultan.
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Chapter 1The diamond in the roughThe Mariner Tells Aladdin's Story
Chapter 2one jump aheadAladdin's One Jump Ahead Chase
Chapter 3Come and go as we pleaseAladdin Shares His Rooftop Home
Chapter 4Remember your placeJafar Manipulates the Sultan
Chapter 5like you own the placeAladdin Sneaks into the Palace
Chapter 6nothing comes for freeJafar Offers Aladdin a Deal
Chapter 7see the light of dayAladdin Enters the Cave of Wonders
Chapter 8ring a bellGenie Explains the Three Wishes
Chapter 9the cherry on topAladdin Becomes Prince Ali
Chapter 10weak in the kneesPrince Ali's Grand Parade
Chapter 11out of the gamePrince Ali's Awkward First Impression
Chapter 12see right through someoneAladdin Panics as Prince Ali
Chapter 13in a charming sort of a wayA Prince Calls on the Princess
Chapter 14crystal clearAladdin's Magic Carpet Ride
Chapter 15shine throughJafar Unveils Aladdin's Lie
Chapter 16in the neighborhoodGenie Backdates a Wish to Save Aladdin
Chapter 17under a spellJasmine Exposes Jafar
Chapter 18live a lieGenie Confronts Aladdin's Lie
Chapter 19seen and not heardJafar Seizes the Sultan's Throne
Chapter 20written in stoneJasmine Turns Hakim Against Jafar
Watching · Chapter 21the ends of the earthJafar Exposes Aladdin
Chapter 22nothing withoutJasmine Grabs the Lamp
Chapter 23mark my wordsJafar Wishes to Be the Most Powerful
Chapter 24owe you everythingAladdin's Last Wish Frees the GenieChapter 21 of 24 · about 12 min to go