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== Western Animation ==

* The ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' Show has its own take on ''The Fisherman and his Wife''; see the Fairy Tales section.

* The TV series version of ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' has Genie, of course, who is pretty much the same as he is in the movie, although he Zigzags the Trope, as he is no longer bound to serve the lamp's owner; he helps the main cast as "a favor".

* ~~The~~ ~~TV series version of ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' has~~ a female genie ~~called~~ [[~~Shout-Out~~|Eden]], who is also benevolent. Unlike Genie however, she's wise enough to become a [[Literal Genie]] when dealing with [[Jerkass]] Abis Mal. When the villain wishes Genie imprisoned in the bottom of the ocean, she give him an escape hatch because Mal didn't say forever. When Mal wished the biggest and strongest being in the world, she including a method of relieving him of his power; and when the little girl who finds her wishes for everything to be all right, she turns Abis Mal into a bug as a "freebie". She also went out of her way to encourage the little homeless girl to come up with better wishes; when the girl wished for a sandwich, she convinced her to wish for a lifetime supply of food instead.

** There also a female genie named [[Meaningful Name|Eden]], who is also benevolent. Unlike Genie however, she's wise enough to become a [[Literal Genie]] when dealing with [[Jerkass]] Abis Mal. When the villain wishes Genie imprisoned in the bottom of the ocean, she give him an escape hatch because Mal didn't say forever. When Mal wished the biggest and strongest being in the world, she including a method of relieving him of his power; and when the little girl who finds her wishes for everything to be all right, she turns Abis Mal into a bug as a "freebie". She also went out of her way to encourage the little homeless girl to come up with better wishes; when the girl wished for a sandwich, she convinced her to wish for a lifetime supply of food instead.

** A different episode featured a benevolent "genie" surrounded by jackasses - it's a little fuzzy creature that grants the wish of whoever scares it as a defense mechanism. [[Pet the Dog|Iago befriends it]], and at episode's end, shows it a mirror while screaming. "Squirt scared himself", so its own wish is granted - to return to the homeland of its species.

* The genie in the Hanna Barbera cartoon ''[[Shazzan]]'' does this, promptly doing whatever the protagonists want. Except taking them home, which is ostensibly the whole plot. Mostly, he just answers wishes of "save us from this evil guy who wants your power". In the one cartoon where the bad guy succeeds, he uses a [[Literal Genie]] interpretation of his wish to [[Children Are Innocent|keep from killing his]] "real" masters.