Jasmine (Aladdin)
| Princess Jasmine | |
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| First appearance | Aladdin (1992) |
| Created by | Ron Clements John Musker |
| Voiced by | Linda Larkin (speaking) Lea Salonga (singing in Aladdin and Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams, studio) Liz Callaway (singing in The Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves) |
Princess Jasmine is a fictional character and one of the main characters of the 1992 Disney film, Aladdin, followed by its two direct-to-video sequels, The Return of Jafar (1994) and Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996), as well as the animated television series Aladdin. She is voiced by Linda Larkin, with her singing voice performed by Lea Salonga in the first movie and Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams, and Liz Callaway in The Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves. Jasmine is the princess of the fictional city of Agrabah. She is also an official Disney Princess with an Arabic appearance and is the only deuteragonist among the Disney Princesses.
Characterisation
Personality
When she is first introduced, Princess Jasmine is a few days short of her 18th birthday. She is the daughter of the Sultan who has issued, by law, that she must choose a husband (a prince) to marry. She is a very spirited young woman with a mind of her own and yearns for freedom just like most teenage girls. However, unlike most Disney princesses, Jasmine does not show much interest in finding a true love or a husband. She has a bottomless supply of willpower and is very clever. Headstrong, self-confident and full of vigour, Princess Jasmine is not afraid of adventure. In fact, she is a very curious and very brave young princess who wants to see the world just as it is, not cooped up in any sort of palace. Though rich and powerful, she does not give herself airs and wishes to live a simple life.
Physical appearance
She is a very beautiful young woman with an hourglass figure, beautiful dark Arabian skin, wide dark brown eyes, and full red lips. She also has thick and lovely black hair tied into a stylized low braid with aqua elastics and also wears a blue headband with a sapphire set in a golden frame.
Wardrobe
She wears many different outfits throughout the movie. The outfit she is most associated with is a sea-green bedlah outfit with long poofy bustle pants and a strap crop top. She also sports large gold earrings, a golden necklace, and gold slipper-like shoes. When she slips out into Agrabah, she's wearing a brown robe with a light brown hijab. For her formal announcement, she wears a long lilac gown trimmed with mauve ribbons, diamond-shaped gold earrings, and a lilac headband with an amethyst set in a silver frame. When she is forced to become Jafar's slave, she is forced to wear a red and golden bedlah outfit, with a red strapless crop top, red long bustle pants, golden slipper-like shoes, golden earrings, golden bracelets in various shapes and a golden crown afterwards. Her hair set in a huge ponytail, with a gold elastic to hold it in place. At the end of the movie, she is shown in a dark blue outfit with dark purple translucent sleeves, golden slipper like shoes and small round golden earrings.
Development
Supervising animator Mark Henn worked on early development of the character from the animation studio at Disney-MGM Studios in Florida—in full view of theme-park guests. Henn says he saw a young park visitor with a long, flowing black mane, and was inspired by her look for Princess Jasmine.[1] Her facial features were based on Henn's sister Beth.[2]
Linda Larkin went to accompany a friend who was auditioning for Jasmine, and decided to also test for the role after reading the script, being very inspired by the line "It's all so magical".[3] She was chosen for the role nine months later, and had to adjust her pitch to fit what the filmmakers wanted for Jasmine - her voice was considered "too high".[4]
Appearances
Aladdin
Jasmine is the soon-to-be eighteen year old daughter of the wealthy Sultan of Agrabah. Unwilling to marry any of the snobbish and self-centered princes her father suggests, she runs away from home, but having never been outside the palace before, she inadvertently gets into trouble when she gives an apple to a young boy without paying for it. Before the merchant can punish her by amputating her hand, a street urchin named Aladdin quickly steps in and saves her by claiming that Jasmine is his mentally retarded sister. Aladdin is arrested by guards led by Razoul. Jasmine reveals herself to them and demands that they let Aladdin go, but Razoul apologizes and explains that he is doing so on Jafar's orders. Jasmine confronts Jafar and demands that they release Aladdin, but Jafar tells her that Aladdin has already been executed; Jasmine is left distraught and blames herself. 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 believes him to be just another arrogant 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 learns of Aladdin's true identity. After Jafar banishes Aladdin to the ends of the Earth, he then makes Jasmine his personal slavegirl. Jasmine distracts Jafar by pretending that she is in love with him to help Aladdin rescue her. When Jafar is about to turn around- which would mean he would spot Aladdin, she kisses Jafar, but then Jafar sees Aladdin anyway and attacks him. Aladdin ultimately outwits Jafar and has him imprisoned in a lamp of his own (as Aladdin tricks Jafar into wishing to be an all-powerful Genie). The Sultan agrees to let his daughter marry whoever she wants, and she naturally chooses Aladdin.
The Return of Jafar
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 with Iago's help (who convinces her she cares about Aladdin by calling her bluff). She later accepts Iago as a friend after he helps her mend things with Aladdin, frees the Genie to save Aladdin, and defeats Jafar, risking his life for Jasmine.
Aladdin: The Animated Series
An animated series was created for Disney Channel and Toon Disney which aired from 1994 to 1995, based on the original 1992 feature. The series picked up where The Return of Jafar left off, with Aladdin still living on the streets of Agrabah, engaged to Jasmine.
At one point it played alongside "The Little Mermaid: the Animated Series" and was called "Princess Power Hour."
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Finally, in the third direct-to-video/DVD movie, Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996) she and Aladdin are finally about to wed, when their wedding is interrupted by the Forty Thieves. After learning what they were after, Aladdin finds out from the Oracle his father Cassim is still alive. Jasmine convinces him to seek out his father, and that their wedding can be delayed a little bit longer.
While he is away, Jasmine grows worried, and Genie cheers her up by dressing her in bridal outfits. When Aladdin returns with Cassim, she and the Sultan take an immediate liking to him. However, he later tries to steal the Oracle, and is put in prison; Aladdin helps him escape, but comes back to face his punishment. Jasmine and the Genie convince the Sultan that he helped his father out of love. At that moment, Iago (who was with Cassim) returns, telling them that Cassim has been captured by Sa'luk and the remaining Thieves.
Jasmine goes with Aladdin to rescue his father, and afterward they return for their wedding, which Cassim attends from the shadows. They go for a ride on Carpet, waving good-bye to the Merchant from the first film and Iago and Cassim as they ride off. The two then kiss passionately.
The Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves together serve as bookends to the Aladdin (TV series) as its prologue and epilogue, respectively.
Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams
In this film, Princess Jasmine is the number one main character of the More Than a Peacock Princess segment. She starts the self-introduction and tells you about something. After this, she is given a job as a teacher to the children's school and she is really shocked that the children she sees make dreadful messes. She remembers that she would not give up. Later on, she plans to get Sahara the horse back to the stables with the rope before the dark of night.
Video games
Disney's Aladdin (video game)
The game follows the plot of the movie. Jasmine appears in cutscenes and must be rescued from Jafar in the final level. At the end of the game, she and Aladdin fly by on the magic carpet. They kiss as the credits scroll.[5] Jasmine also appears in the game 'Aladdin: Nasira's Revenge', and in one level she is also given the control to sneak on the top of palace to help Aladdin finish Nasira, the sister of Jafar (who only appears in this video game).
Kingdom Hearts series
In the first Kingdom Hearts game, Princess Jasmine (プリンセス・ジャスミン, Purinsesu Jasumin) is kidnapped by Jafar and Maleficent. Aladdin teams up with Sora to save her, but she was taken by Riku because she is one of the "Princesses of Heart". Sora later encounters her in Hollow Bastion along with Alice, Aurora, Snow White, Cinderella and Belle. After Sora defeats Ansem (The game's main antagonist), she returns to Agrabah and during the end credits, she is shown to reunite with Aladdin who embraces and kisses her. She appears again in Kingdom Hearts II, and explains the strange behavior of Aladdin to Sora, Donald and Goofy. The cause of Aladdin's behavior is his loneliness after Genie went to see the other worlds. When Genie comes back all is well again. Linda Larkin reprises her role in the English version, while Jasmine's Japanese voice actress is Kaori Aso.
Other Disney media
Jasmine also appears at the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts as a meetable character. She is a frequently-seen character, and often accompanies Aladdin, and occasionally Genie. Jasmine is a featured character in the Mickey's Philharmagic 3D show at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom and Hong Kong Disneyland. Jasmine, Aladdin, Carpet, Abu and Genie make cameo appearances in the Hong Kong Disneyland version of It's a Small World.
In the Hercules: The Animated Series episode "Hercules and the Arabian Night", which is set after the events of the third film, Aladdin and his friends encounter Hercules's group. During a scuffle between Aladdin and Hercules, Jasmine responds to Philoctetes's advances by saying sternly "I'm married", referring to her wedding to Aladdin. In this episode, Jasmine is visibly older; her frame is larger and heavier than when she appeared in previous Disney media. It is notable that most of the Disney princesses do become older and thus more heavyset when they appear in works set after the events in their original films.
Jasmine and Aladdin appear in a promotional interstitial for the film Lilo & Stitch. In it, they are interrupted in the middle of the 'Whole New World' sequence by the protagonist, Stitch. Stitch flirts with Jasmine and she drives off with him in his spaceship, leaving Aladdin sitting alone on the carpet, yelling at Stitch to 'get his own movie'.
Jasmine also appears in the manga Kilala Princess along with the other Disney princesses.
References
- ^ Thomas, Bob: "Chapter 9: A New Tradition", pages 133-135. Disney's Art of Animation: From Mickey Mouse to Hercules, 1997
- ^ Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin (Documentary). Aladdin Platinum Edition (Disc 2): Buena Vista Home Video. 2004.
{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Culhane, John (1993-08-15). Disney’s Aladdin The Making Of An Animated Film. Disney Editions. ISBN 156282757X.
- ^ "Pop Up Fun Facts", Aladdin Platinum Edition Disc 1
- ^ http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/genesis/a/aladdin.htm
External links
- Template:Imdb character
- Princess Jasmine at Disney's Archives
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