Your ego today, Aladdin.

Maybe he’s just not taking him seriously as a threat because he smiles all the time. I dunno. (But it is true, Ayam Aghoul hasn’t not-smiled since he showed up. And he’s this weird mix between clownish and dangerous that just always bugged the crap out of me. Probably because I never found him that funny.) 

But Aladdin, don’t assume you’ve beaten him when he’s STILL GRINNING LIKE THAT. 

And nobody notices the cloud of DOOM forming overhead? Again?

Yeah, didn’t think so. HERE JASMINE WEAR THIS THING THAT’S BEEN BURIED FOR CENTURIES. HOPE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN THE RUINS. (also the tops of the pillars in this shot look like surprised faces. Obviously THEY see the cloud.)

Anyway, this guy shows up: 

Ayam Aghoul. I really hate the pun names. I give Haroud a pass because he’s so awesome. But not this guy. 

So apparently that necklace betrothes him to whoever the wearer happens to be. GOOD JOB, ALADDIN. EVERYTHING IS ONCE AGAIN YOUR FAULT.  

The entire premise of this episode is dependent on the notion that this group of mostly literate people, with two experts on magic and the supernatural, would be too ignorant and/or clueless to see the anvil-sized hints being dropped that bad things are about to happen.

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Seriously. The person who wanted this chest not to be found put clear warnings on the box, and THEY EVEN OBSERVE THAT WHOEVER BURIED IT DIDN’T WANT IT TO BE FOUND. The warnings on the box SHOULD be clear, anyway, if Al can read that much of a language used by the ancient nomads depicted in “Eye of the Beholder.” But apparently the glyphs for “DON’T OPEN DO YOU EVEN WATCH SCARY MOVIES” are still dusty or something. 

If he’d ever seen The Mummy he wouldn’t be bothering with this thing. 

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Oh look. A thing buried in magic spice. I wonder why that would be there. 

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I MEAN IT LOOKS SO NORMAL. 

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WOW LOOK AT THAT COMPLETELY COINCIDENTAL CHANGE IN THE WEATHER. I’M SURE THE TWO ARE UNRELATED. 

I assume some of my followers have seen the Evil Dead movies, even the reboot. I’ll bet you even wondered what kind of people would be silly enough to read from the book covered in obvious warnings, thus unleashing the deadites and spelling death for everyone but Bruce Campbell.

These people. These are the kinds of people that unleash deadites.

Aladdin, and all of his conveniently oblivious friends. All but one of whom are supposed to be older and wiser than he is. 

And Bruce Campbell isn’t anywhere in sight.