The DVD Fairy

And he tries to use it to lead Samir and Genie away from the city. It seems to work. 

Of course, by the rules of dance movies, because the imps just got served, it is now “on.” So they must up the ante and resort to whatever stock music from the soundtrack is faster-paced. 

And this continues onward as per dance movie rules. 

They’ll see your Mozart and raise you some kossack dancing: 

You get the gist. This continues for a while, until this starts happening: 

Basically, the shoes are beginning to burn up. This scene will continue to get progressively more ridiculous, so I’ll just present it to you in a series of photos: 

I was pretty much ready to stop the train and get off when Iago

shimmies onto the scene and announces that it’s “HAMMER TIME." 

I’m done. We’re done. 

The shoes exploded and the dancing stopped. Except for in my nightmares. 

I say “unsupported” because HE had no evidence. We did. We saw they were buttheads. 

But still, I NEED to bring home that this episode basically tells me that some deep-seated hatred is completely justified. (Hatred so deep-seated, in fact, that it affects a character who is otherwise generally completely incapable of hate.) 

Like, I may need to watch the other Nefir episodes to see if they develop on it at all. Like, is there a reason why genies and imps don’t like each other? Did the imps do something to genies as a people in the past, or vice versa? Were they at war? Are they like the Q and the El-Aurians? 

Explain, Disney. Explain. 

You need to justify this. Because otherwise you’re making me feel like I should be taking Nefir’s personality traits and applying them to the rest of the imps, which is all you’re giving us to go on, which brings us way too close to some racist stereotypes and you are not dragging me down this fucking rabbit hole, Disney. I refuse.

Like I am still in awe. 

Someone tell me. And did they use models for the dance movements? Did the models KNOW what they were modeling for? 

Okay, so the imps not only know what the Dance of the Hours by Amilcare Ponchielli is, but they also know what a modern American mail box looks like. (Even Iago doesn’t know what this is and he knows what recliners are.) I know this is often just Disney using anachronisms but I kind of like including that in the Imps basic background canon – they know about future shit. (Honestly, given the designs of some of the lesser imps I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve been to Cape Suzette because some of these characters are blatant Tale Spin background characters.)

Also? 

He built him a mailbox so he could leave him a note saying he wasn’t going to build him a catapult. Nefir makes everything more complicated than it has to be. 

This episode is about to get ridiculous. 

“It’s the darndest thing, really." 

So Genie figures out that Nefir is making him destroy the city every night as part of a giant scam just in time to be captured by the imps. 

So he finds himself trapped in these giant stocks, which are described as such: 

"Struggle all you like, fool! Your stockade has been imp-crafted from fine Tibetan oak, imported from the east and then stewed for days in enchanted whale jelly. A surefire Genie trap!" 

Wait…Mozenrath, did you fucking steal anti-magic from imps? 

So Genie sneaks into the cave to capture/subdue Samir and he’s sleeping. Genie is terrified. He climbs up, prepares to conk the big pink rhino on the head when Samir wakes up and knocks him over. The music builds – oh no the monster’s going to see him and –

Like – I can’t even illustrate this properly or make gifs. You just have to find the episode and watch and listen to how he says it. It comes out of nowhere and it’s just the damn cutest thing ever. 

Genie agrees. 

Okay fine. 

Maybe if I’d done these a little more in order I’d be able to feel the progression a little better, but I’m appreciating the writers are making some ATTEMPT to show Genie is not as comfortable as he could be with his abilities. 

Either way, Nefir convinces him to go and attack Samir while he’s sleeping, which should impress Aladdin. And because he butters up Genie and compliments him on ALMOST defeating Samir, Genie forgets he doesn’t trust his guy and…chooses to trust this guy. 

Genie. Genie you know you shouldn’t be listening to him why are you doing this.