Princess Jasmine
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Princess Jasmine is a fictional character, voiced by Linda Larkin in the Disney film, Aladdin and its two direct-to-video sequels, The Return of Jafar (1994) and Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996), and the animated television series. Her singing voice was performed by Lea Salonga in the first movie, and Liz Callaway in the sequels.
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[edit] Jasmine in the Movies
She is the daughter of the sultan of Agrabah. She is spunky, free-spirited, intelligent, and can be quite cunning. Not wanting to marry any princes that her father suggests, she runs away and encounters the street urchin named Aladdin. After Aladdin is arrested by guards sent by Jafar, Jasmine assumes him to be beheaded. Later on, Aladdin, in disguise as "Prince Ali", enters and proposes to her. She initially rejects him, (believing him to be just another "overinflated, stuff-shirted suitor"), but later accepts after she falls in love on a magic carpet ride. During this time, Jasmine sees through his disguise, but Aladdin convinces her that he dressed up as a commoner to "escape the confines of palace life." However, upon announcing her decision to marry Aladdin, Jafar takes over Agrabah. Jasmine is horrified as the evil vizier and sorcerer named Jafar reveals that Aladdin was lying and that he was a street rat all along. After banishing Aladdin, he then makes Jasmine his slave. She refuses his offer to be his queen and tries to help the newly-returned Aladdin to stop Jafar. The sorceror imprisons her in a giant hourglass. Aladdin frees her, however, and defeats Jafar. With this, he has proven his worth, and the Sultan agrees to let his daughter marry whoever she wants and she, of course, chooses Aladdin.
In the first sequel, Jasmine later begins to question her choice in Aladdin, wondering if he was trustworthy enough, but she quickly gets over these questions. Her part in the movie is relatively minor, though she does help to defeat Jafar for a final time. Finally, in the third movie, she and Aladdin are wed.
[edit] Jasmine in the animated series
Jasmine aids Aladdin, Abu, Iago, and the Genie in their adventures, often proving herself to be an invaluable aide in their adventures, and not just a damsel in distress. Her relationship with Aladdin develops during this series and culminates in their marriage in the third movie.
[edit] Jasmine's Wardrobe
Princess Jasmine wears many different costumes throughout the movies. Her "normal" outfit, the one worn mostly during the first movie and series, is a blue outfit with long pants and a top that leaves her forearms and midriff bare, along with copper earrings and blue slipper-like shoes. She also has a blue headband with a sapphire. She slips out into Agrabah wearing a brown beggar's outfit with hood over this. For a formal announcement, she wears a long, lilac gown. When she is enslaved by Jafar, she is forced to wear a skimpy red and golden slave outfit, with a minimally-covering, strapless bra, red pants, golden earrings and a golden crown. At the end of the movie, she is wearing a very fancy version of her usual outfit, in a dark purple with blue cloth. In the sequel, she often wears a purple gown, as well as the usual blue outfit. In the third movie, she has a beautiful white wedding dress. Her garb throughout the series changes, usually due to events of some sort or another.
[edit] Jasmine in the video games
[edit] 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.[1].
[edit] Kingdom Hearts series
In the first Kingdom Hearts game, Princess Jasmine 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". 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. The reason that genie had left was because he needed to go help the keyblade master, Sora, defeat the heartless, destroy Ansem, and save the worlds. Her Japanese voice actress is Kaori Asō.
| Disney's Aladdin | |
|---|---|
| Main Characters | Aladdin | Princess Jasmine | Genie | Iago |
| Villains | Jafar | Abis Mal | Mozenrath | Mirage | Mechanicles | Saluk | Amin Damoola |
| Minor Characters | Arbutus | Chaos |
