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{{quote|"The ever-impressive, the LONG CONTAINED, the often imitated, but never, but never duplicated (duplicated duplicated duplicated) GENIE OF THE LAMP!"
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It's the Genie of the Lamp! Except... it isn't. He or she may not even be a good guy!
The '''Duplicated Genie''' is a character that pays homage to the Genie from [[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|the 1992 Disney film ''Aladdin'']]. They may be a crowd pleaser, and [[Break the Fourth Wall]] constantly. Audiences may not always like them, but they are entertaining.
Criteria include the following:
▲1) [[Large Ham]] personality that threatens to steal the show from other characters.
▲2) Making references that are anachronistic or meta to the setting.
▲3) Breaking or [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]].
▲4) They enjoy duplicating themselves, or in a villainous sense, inspiring/brainwashing people to go along with their show.
Musical numbers are optional but welcome. Wishes may or not be granted, and as Genie himself put it, "Ix-nay on the wishing for more wishes!"
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[One Piece]]''. {{spoiler|When Luffy's Devil Fruit powers are truly awakened, he becomes the avatar of the trickster god Nika. While his powers have yet to be fully analyzed, they seem typical of this Trope his fighting style almost cartoonish in nature. For example, when the Five Elders launch venom balls at the heroes, Luffy pulls a huge baseball bat out of nowhere, knocking them back at them. It seems he's become a [[Reality Warper]] powered by his own - incredibly potent - imagination.}}
== [[Art]] ==
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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' had Sweet, the singing demon from "Once More With Feeling". Sweet doesn't duplicate himself but he ''does'' motivate people to sing and dance, to the point where they spontaneously combust if they run out of secrets to belt. While performing for Dawn, he reveals that he gave Emperor Nero a fiddle centuries before the violin was invented, showing an anachronistic side. He does a lot of [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]] when asking Buffy to sing about how life is beautiful and happy, which she proceeds to do {{spoiler|and reveal that Willow resurrected her from ''Heaven'', not hell, in front of her horrified friends}}. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8e_OV3tkzk And in the end], he sarcastically tells them that they "won" and beat the bad guy since {{spoiler|Xander reveals he summoned Sweet, not Dawn, and while Sweet is tempted, he decides not to take his "Queen" to the Underworld.}}
== [[Music]] ==
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== [[Theatre]] ==
* Showing that this trope predated the Genie and is [[Older Than Steam]], Robin Goodfellow, the fae creature who goes by the nickname "Puck", demonstrates these qualities minus the duplication in ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''. He goes around commenting on the humans' and fairies' situations, sometimes messing with them on orders of King Oberon. While he didn't intend to turn Lysander and Hermia against each other, he can't help but snicker at the fireworks. The play famously ends with him addressing the audience saying that if they did not like the play, to pretend that it was all a dream. Sadly, he doesn't sing.
* ''[[Beetlejuice (theatre)|Beetlejuice]]'' emulates the genie in his titular show. He breaks the fourth wall in his first lines by commenting how Lydia's emotional ballad is "Such a bold departure from the original source material!" He also duplicates himself in the second act to liven up things.
* Though the Lady of the Lake in ''[[Spamalot]]'' doesn't duplicate herself, she does have a [[Girl Posse]] of Laker Girls that follow her lead where she goes. She makes references to Britney Spears and Betty Fords in "Diva's Lament" while breaking the fourth wall to help Arthur and Patsy on their quest to put on a Broadway musical.
* In ''[[Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier]]'', the Djinn is a parody of this trope in a raunchy [[Perspective Flip]] of Disney's ''Aladdin'' where Jafar is the actual hero and Aladdin is the villain. He speaks purely in pop culture references that make the side characters laugh, while demonstrating powerful feats. Ja'far gets annoyed with the Djinn and tells him to "stop being an asshole" while using his wishes to save the Magic Kingdom and the Princess.
== [[Video Games]] ==
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== [[Web Animation]] ==
* ''[[Helluva Boss]]'' has both Robo-Fizzarolli and the real Fizzarolli demonstrate these qualities. Fizzarolli became famous because he can inspire crowds to follow his performances and sing along, as we see in his song "Two Minutes' Notice". He also has ''hundreds'' of duplicates that his boss Mammon makes, that people tend to use as sex toys.
* Alastor and Vox in ''[[Hazbin Hotel]]'' seem to be battling for this role when Vox roasts Alastor for being away for a long time, only for Alastor to turn the tables and knock him off the air. Alastor also addresses the audience that the status quo is changing. ▼
** Robo-Fizzarolli entertains the kiddies in "Loo Loo Land"; while he has seen better years, he recognizes Blitzo and taunts him while [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]] about their unknown backstory. At one point during their subsequent melee, a burning Robo-Fizz walks towards Blitzo and stares directly at the viewer.
** "Oops!" has the real Fizzarolli sing a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDB5eFskLBg distracting song] {{spoiler|so that Blitzo can bust them out of Crimson's mob hideout}} that includes promises of the secrets of bitcoin, with a real-life stock photo. At one point he ''grabs'' the camera so the audience isn't looking {{spoiler|at Blitzo making an exit though the mobsters are on the ground}}.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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* Discord from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]''. As the God of Chaos, he not only has complete [[Medium Awareness]], but his potent [[Reality Warping]] abilities extend to the fourth wall, meaning he can ''manipulate'' the fourth wall itself. Not only can he address the viewers as easily as he does the Mane Cast, he can change the art style (to say, anime or CG-animation), change the genre, rewind or fast-forward the story, or (in comic book adaptations) rewrite captions. Thank goodness he was only a [[Villain of the Week]] in Season 2, and Fluttershy succeeded in reforming him. ''And'' much like Genie himself does, he tends to make jokes with pop culture references that, by all logic, should be unknown in Equestria, like to [[Bob Ross]] and ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]''. But hey, such are the ways of Chaos.
* ''[[Drawn Together]]'' had a Genie parody (while also making references to [[Robin Williams]]' past roles) in "Gay Bash", where Xandir tries to wish to not be gay. The Genie is insulted by this, which leads him to run off while telling Xandir he is better off accepting his gay feelings. After talking it out, the Genie reveals himself to be gay as well, and they fall in love, becoming boyfriends. However, Lord Slashstab (Xandir's [[Arch Enemy]]), takes his lamp and leads him into a neverending quest to save his boyfriend.
* ''[[Hazbin Hotel]]''
▲** Alastor and Vox in
** Then Alastor faces off Lucifer, showing jealousy about the latter's relationship with Charlie. Both of them mess with the fourth wall, with Lucifer summoning puppet duplicates, but it ends in a draw. {{spoiler|The season finale shows that Lucifer ''could'' have thrashed Alastor more thoroughly if he had been vexed enough, considering what he does to Adam}}. Voice actor Jeremy Jordan has even stated that he was inspired by the Trope Namer when portraying the character.
== [[Other Media]] ==
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