Princess Jasmine

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الاميرة ياسمين Princess Jasmine
First appearance	Aladdin (1992)
Last appearance	Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams(2007)
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)
Information
Family	The Sultan (father)
Spouse(s)	Aladdin
Nationality	Arabian

Princess Jasmine (Arabic: لاميرة ياسمين‎) is a fictional character and the deuteragonist of the 1992 film Aladdin and its sequels, The Return of Jafar (1994) and Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996). She is voiced by Linda Larkin, with her singing voice performed by Lea Salonga in the first film and Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams, and Liz Callaway in the sequels. Jasmine is the princess of the fictional city of Agrabah and is also the sixth official Disney Princess. The character is based on Princess Badroulbadour from the One Thousand and One Nights tale of "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp". She is an official Disney Princess with an Arabic appearance.

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] and sounding too young despite Larkin being five years older than Aladdin voice actor Scott Weinger.^[5]

Films

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Aladdin

Jasmine is the sixteen 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 crazy 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. At the same time, Aladdin attempts to tell the truth of his true identity, but before he can do so, Jafar already exposed his true identity to Jasmine. After Jafar banishes Aladdin to the ends of the Earth, he then makes Jasmine his personal slavegirl. Jasmine was then forced into the revealing costume of a harem concubine and leashed to Jafar's throne to serve him. While Aladdin is banished to the frozen tundra, Jasmine must endure Jafar's lecherous advances and humiliations. When Aladdin finally returns, looking to rescue Jasmine and save the kingdom, she helps him distract Jafar by seducing him and pretending to fall madly in love with him. After Jafar discovers she lied, Jasmine tries to steal the lamp in order to restore her father's kingdom. She is then trapped in an hourglass, and nearly dies from lack of air. In the end, she is saved by Aladdin and returns to be Princess of Agrabah, with her father, the Sultan.

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 and the King of Thieves

Finally, in the second 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.

In other media

Jasmine is an official member of the Disney Princess line, a prominent franchise directed to young girls. The franchise covers a wide variety of merchandise, including but not limited to magazines, music albums, toys, video games, clothes and stationery. She is featured prominently in Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams, where she is the protagonist of one of the film's segments.

Princess Jasmine has made many appearances outside of the Aladdin films, including appearances 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. Jasmine also appears in various television series and was featured as a main character in the animated series 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. The character also made cameo appearances in Disney's House of Mouse and Hercules: The Animated Series.

Jasmine appears in Kingdom Hearts as a supporting character in Agrabah, based on the Aladdin films. 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 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. Aside from the Kingdom Hearts series, Jasmine makes appearances in the video game adaptation of the 1992 film^[6] as well as Aladdin: Nasira's Revenge.

References

External links

• Princess Jasmine at the Internet Movie Database
• Princess Jasmine at Disney's Archives