Literal Genie: Difference between revisions

== Films -- Animation ==

* ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'': Doctor Facilier actually has some things in common with a Literal Genie, although verging on [[Jackass Genie]]. For example, he got Prince Naveen to agree to the deal by saying things like "You want to be free, ''hop'' from place to place." and "When I look into your future it's ''green'' that I've seen." Naveen, naturally, agrees to this, and... [[Baleful Polymorph|becomes a frog]]. Literally speaking, Facilier didn't lie to him....

* In ''[[Despicable Me]]'', despite Agnes managing to hit the near impossible target to win the unicorn stuffed animal, the carnival barker said that she had to knock it over to win the prize, not just hit it.

** [[BFG|The barker soon regretted utilizing that loophole...]]

* Averted at first with Genie from ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', who couldn't even keep the main character from conning him into giving a free wish to get them out of the Cave of Wonders. Later, however, Jafar wishes that Genie make him into a genie himself, and Genie grants him his wish, lamp and all. Although this particular genie may just be a tad on the slow side. After all, it was Aladdin who tricked Jafar into wishing to be a genie. As Genie granted the wish, he didn't seem to recognize the negative consequences that would apply to Jafar. Note that the way Aladdin pulled that off is true to the source material.

* In the sequel ''Return of Jafar'', Jafar does this with [[Harmless Villain|Abis Mal]] to cow him into wishing exactly how Jafar wants him to. Abis Mal wanted treasure, so Jafar takes them to a sunken treasure ship in the middle of the ocean. Of course, Jafar being Jafar, he's also a [[Jackass Genie]].

 

== Films -- Live-Action ==