ALADDIN

shakes him. His head goes up, then falls.) I'll

take that as a yes. (Head turns into a siren.)

Wooga! Wooga! (Turns into a submarine.) Up

scope! (He babbles in something that sounds like

German. On the surface, a giant water spout

emerges, and lands on top of the cliff. ALADDIN

reawakes and coughs the water out of his lungs.)

Don't you scare me like that!

ALADDIN: Genie, I--uh, I-uh...(He can't think of how to say

it, so they just hug each other.) Thanks, Genie.

GENIE: Oh, Al. I'm gettin' kind of fond of you, kid. Not

that I want to pick out curtains or anything.

(Cut to JASMINE in her room, humming "A Whole New World" and brushing

her hair. The SULTAN appears in one of the double doors,hypnotized.)

SULTAN: Jasmine!

JASMINE: Oh, father--I just had the most wonderful time.

I'm so happy.

SULTAN: (Still monotone from the hypnosis) You should be,

Jasmine. I have chosen a husband for you.

JASMINE: What?

SULTAN: (The other door opens and reveals JAFAR.) You will

wed Jafar.

(JASMINE gasps at the sight of him.)

JAFAR: You're speechless, I see. A fine quality in a

wife.

JASMINE: I will never marry you. (She goes to the SULTAN)

Father, I choose Prince Ali!

JAFAR: Prince Ali left!

(A quick pan finds ALADDIN standing in the doorway to the balcony.)

ALADDIN: Better check your crystal ball again, Jafar!

JASMINE: Prince Ali!

(JAFAR gasps at the sight of ALADDIN.)

IAGO: How in the he--(back to parrot-ese)--uh, awk!

ALADDIN: Tell them the truth, Jafar! You tried to have me

killed.

JAFAR: What? (He goes to the SULTAN) Ridiculous

nonsense, your highness. He is obviously lying.

(He brings the staff close to the SULTAN's face.)

SULTAN: Obviously...lying.

(ALADDIN sees the staff with its glowing eyes.)

JASMINE: Father, what's wrong with you?

ALADDIN: I know!

(ALADDIN grabs the staff and smashes it on the floor. JAFAR flinches

and the spell is broken for good.)

SULTAN: Oh, oh, oh my!

ALADDIN: Your highness, Jafar's been controlling you with

this! (He advances the staff)

SULTAN: What? Jafar? You, you traitor!

(The trio advances on JAFAR.)

JAFAR: Your majesty, all of this can be explained.

SULTAN: Guards! Guards!

IAGO: Well, that's it--we're dead, forget about it. Just

dig a grave for both of us. We're dead.

(But JAFAR sees the lamp in ALADDIN's pocket. He makes a move, but

is grabbed by guards.)

SULTAN: Arrest Jafar at once.

JAFAR: This is not done yet, boy!

(JAFAR pulls a vial from his pocket. ALADDIN sees this and rushes

him, but JAFAR throws the vial to the floor. A large red cloud

appears. When it is gone, so is JAFAR.)

SULTAN: Find him, search everywhere!

ALADDIN: Jasmine, are you all right?

JASMINE: Yes.

(They lean in to kiss, but the SULTAN barges between them.)

SULTAN: Jafar, my most trusted counselor, plotting against

me all this time. Just horrible. How will I ever-

(He stops in mid sentence and looks at the pair.)

Can it be true? My daughter has finally chosen a

suitor? (She nods) Ha ha! Praise Allah! You

brilliant boy, I could kiss you! I won't--I'll

leave that to my--. You two will be wed at once!

Yes, yes. And you'll be happy and prosperous, and

then my boy, you will be sultan!

ALADDIN: Sultan?

SULTAN: Yes, a fine upstanding youth like yourself, a

person of your unimpeachable moral character is

exactly what this kingdom needs! (ALADDIN looks

concerned at this.)

(Cut to int. of JAFAR's chambers. JAFAR and IAGO enter.)

IAGO: We gotta get outta here! We gotta get-- I gotta

start packing, your highness. Only essentials.

(IAGO starts throwing things out of his cage.

JAFAR smiles broadly.) Travel light! Bring the

guns, the weapons, the knives (Stops and takes out

a picture of himself and JAFAR) and how about

this picture? I don't know--I think I'm making a

weird face in it. (JAFAR starts to laugh wildly.)

Oh, boy--he's gone nuts. He's cracked. (IAGO

flies down to him and knocks on his head.) Jafar?

Jafar? Get a grip, Jafar! (JAFAR grabs him around

the neck) Good grip!

JAFAR: Prince Ali is nothing more than that ragged urchin

Aladdin. He has the lamp, Iago.

IAGO: Why that miserable--

JAFAR: But you are going to relieve him of it!

IAGO: Me?

(Cut to ext. of palace. ALADDIN is looking at the gardens.)

ALADDIN: Sultan? They want me to be sultan?

(GENIE comes out of lamp)

GENIE: Huzzah! Hail the conquering hero! (Turns into a

one-man band. He sees ALADDIN walk away with his

head hung. He stops, scratches his head, comes up

with an idea, then zooms over to ALADDIN. He holds

up his hands like a director scoping a picture and

we look through them.) Aladdin, you've just won

the heart of the princess. What are you gonna do

next? (ALADDIN looks at him, then walks away in

sadness to the bed, where he falls on it and sighs.

GENIE again is confused, then goes to him and pulls

out a script labeled "Aladdin." Whispering: )

Psst, your line is "I'm going to free the genie."

Anytime.

ALADDIN: Genie...I can't.

GENIE: Sure you can. You just go "Genie, I wish you

free." (He grabs ALADDIN's head and uses

him as a mock ventriloquist's dummy. ALADDIN pulls away.)

ALADDIN: I'm serious. Look, I'm sorry--I really am. But

they want to make me sultan--no!, They want to make

Prince Ali sultan. Without you, I'm just Aladdin.

GENIE: Al, you won!

ALADDIN: Because of you! The only reason anyone thinks I'm

anything is because of you. What if they find out

I'm not really a prince? (Quietly) What if

Jasmine finds out? I'll lose her. Genie, I can't

keep this up on my own. I can't wish you free.

GENIE: (Sarcastically) Hey, I understand. After all,

you've lied to everyone else. Hey, I was beginning

to feel left out. Now, if you'll excuse me,

master. (He says the last word in disgust, then

poofs back into the lamp.)

(ABU and CARPET are watching from the window.)

ABU: Ohhh.

ALADDIN: Genie, I'm really sorry. (A tongue comes out of the

spout and raspberries him.) Well, fine. (He slams

a pillow on top of the LAMP.) Then just stay in

there! (He looks at ABU and CARPET.) What are you

guys looking at? (They both leave.) Look, I--I'm

sorry. Wait, Abu-- wait--I'm sorry, I didn't--

wait, c'mon. (He sighs.) What am I doing?

Genie's right--I gotta tell Jasmine the truth.

JASMINE: (From a distance) Ali, oh Ali--will you come here?

ALADDIN: (Putting on his turban) Well, here goes. (He walks

into the garden.) Jasmine? Where are you?

(We see IAGO wearing a beak and standing on stilts next to a FLAMINGO

in the pond. He is imitating JASMINE's voice.)

IAGO: Ahem--In the menagerie, hurry.

ALADDIN: I'm coming.

(We see ALADDIN hurry past, not noticing the birds. IAGO laughs,

then turns back and looks into the face of a FLAMINGO, who is

panting.)

FLAMINGO: D'uh!

IAGO: Ya got a problem, pinky? (He sweeps the bird's

feet out from under it. IAGO runs into the palace

and finds the lamp under the pillow.) Boy, Jafar's

gonna be happy to see you! (Stretches his face

like JAFAR's and imitates it.) Good work, Iago!

(Normal) Ah, go on. (JAFAR) No, really--on a scale

of one to ten, you are an eleven! (Normal) Ah,

Jafar--you're too kind. I'm embarrassed, I'm

blushing. (He flies away with the lamp.)

(Cut to the palace entrance. The SULTAN is standing on top, making