Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2017 20:16:45 GMT -5
Who am I? Just a conscience!
Introduce yourself
Hey, howdy, hey! The name's SEPHASAUR, and I wished upon a star from GOOGLE. My other imaginary friends include HELEN PARR. IAGO and I are so very eager to join the Worlds of Disney circle of life!
Character basics
Character name: Iago
Age: The lifespan of a Red Lory is notably up to 30 years in captivity. Therefore, Iago seems more of a middle aged parrot of around 15 years.
Species: Bird - Parrot; Specifically, a Red Lory.
Birthplace: Rain forest of an isle in the Carribean
Movie: Aladdin, Aladdin: Return of Jafar, Aladdin TV Series, Aladdin: The King of Thieves
Custom title: The original Angry Bird
Why'd you pick this character? I don't love birds, so for me to pick Iago is really saying something lol. Iago is actually my FAVORITE Aladdin character (and the only bird I will ever tolerate)! His sarcastic commentaries are hilarious and I love that he still retains his greedy and cowardly ways even when he is reformed with secretly a good heart if you treat him right.
Character appearance (try to get at least 2 or 3 sentences for each section)
Hair description: Iago is a Red Lory parrot, characterized by having mostly red feathers from his head to his body, but having only blue feathers at the remiges of his wings and royal blue colored tail feathers.
Facial description/mood/expressions:
Aside from his red and blue colored feathers, Iago has a white, circular patch around his yellow eyes below black feathery eyebrows. This is followed by an orange beak for his mouth that contain two, tiny nostril holes on top that serve as his nose. His orange zygodactyl clawed feet consist of two toes in the front and one in the back, which aid him in securely perching on anything or anyone he wishes. Additionally, he has a set of pearly white teeth underneath his beak (which is scary if we are being realistic LOLL). One can often find Iago securely perched on someone’s shoulder, most likely on someone whom he feels is capable of protecting him from danger. Often times, he is bent forward with his wings tucked behind him either out of eagerness or interest for a certain plan unfolding, or to help him balance. If he is stressed or upset, his pupils will dilate and form a crazed look in his eyes as he begins yelling and then he begins to molt his feathers due to the stress. When he is feeling self-assured, however, he will stand up straight with a broad smile brimming with confidence for the next scheme formulating in his mind.
Clothing style: Unless you count his clothes being his feathers that he molts every now and then, Iago does not wear any clothes unless someone like the Genie conjures up clothes on him for comedic effect. Other than that, he's a proud nudist bird.
Body build: Iago is a small species of parrot (being smaller in comparison to Abu, the monkey) with a round, protruding little belly indicative that he is out of shape; hence the reason he gets exhausted rather easily. Because of his size, the parrot is capable of carrying items that could compare to around the weight of Abu. Anything a great deal heavier than that would be met with much straining and difficulty since he already gets tired easily from flying after a while.
Any unique traits (optional): Iago is able to communicate fluently and imitate voices exceptionally well.
Original character analysis (In your own words and please be thorough)
Personality:
For a bird, Iago carries quite a dimensional personality, especially since he switches from one side to another in terms of his moral compass. When in league with Jafar, Iago is a lot more conniving, sinister, and sadistic in taking pleasure from another person's pain. He is especially more intolerant of sentimental emotions and cruel with his harsh remarks or insults about others. After his transition from the "evil" side to the "heroes" side, however, Iago is neither sinister nor sadistic in his schemes and he is a little more in touch with his sentimental side (just a little). Despite this transition, there are parts of his personality that still remain constant:
For the most part, Iago is connected with superiority. One of the reasons why he highly values wealth and a life of luxury is because it establishes superiority. Iago becomes obsessed with wealth and power, which give him that sense of importance he longed to attain. The palace life greatly influenced his sense and value for sophistication, though it does not completely alter his rudely blunt behavior. In addition, the judgmental parrot has an eye for those whom he deems are superior and those whom he deems inferior to him. To those whom he feels are inferior to him, he bosses them around with belittling insults and forces them into doing his bidding, much like he does with Abu among several others. To those whom he senses an aura of sophistication or power, Iago respects their commands and praises them with endless flattery whether out of fear or genuine respect. This is the reason why Iago tends to nestle himself among those who are powerful or who have a lot of superiority. Still, the downside to this judgmental parrot is that he judges mostly on appearance and may tend to underestimate others who do not look the part of a superior or an influential being, but many can quickly prove themselves to be respected by him either by demonstrating their powerful potential and superiority or by threatening Iago enough for him to respect that person out of fear. Jafar is one Iago respects because of his superiority and sophistication, but he also respects him out of fear because of the many threats and painful reminders Jafar inflicted on him to prove his point. Cassim also fits with his perfect balance of neutrality while also maintaining sophistication as the King of Thieves. In addition, they are both treasure seekers that are willing to steal for it, but Cassim does not threaten to do harm onto him, which makes Cassim an ideal companion for Iago.
Whenever he feels threatened by a comment someone makes about him, Iago mostly defends himself by using his tough, piercing words (and annoyingly loud voice XP) to anyone whom he deems is inferior to him. For the sake of his reputation, Iago prefers to be seen as tough than to be associated with sentimental emotions. Because the tiny parrot cannot possess the strength or ability to be physically capable of defending himself, he asserts himself through his loudness, which would allow him to be noticed, and through the use of his tough words to keep people at a distance in order to appear like he is capable of causing harm to others. In summation, Iago does not want to be seen as someone that would allow others to walk all over him because of his small size, so doing these things would ensure that others would never think twice about messing with him. Despite this, there are rare glimpses of moments after his transition where Iago demonstrates his sentimental side, though he immediately denies it ever happening afterward. In fact, when it comes to romance, Iago prefers to avoid the entire subject altogether. He finds delight in any chance that he could cut in or ruin the romance for Aladdin in Jasmine, though he was able to tolerate reverse psychology where his nasty words about love would provide an opposite effect for the couple to stay together in the second movie. There was a time afterward where one bird opened his heart to the possibility of romance, however. From that moment, we find that when Iago is in love, he does everything he can to impress and win the attention of the female he is in love with, especially if that dame plays hard to get. In fact, he tends to make more of an intrigued effort to impress if she plays hard to get than if she easily spilled her affections on him without him needing to do any work. Overall, Iago tries to maintain his tough reputation by refraining from openly expressing romantic words as much and he will toughly deny it in front of everyone else if they should ever ask about his feelings out in the open.
As tough as Iago portrays himself to be, he is mostly "all talk." Much like the flaws of humans, Iago possesses a lot of fears and mainly fears for his life and any harm that may come his way. As mentioned before, Iago lacks physical strength or agility, which makes him too much of a coward to fight physically and he is not afraid to show it or admit it when being faced with danger. If the bird does not already become easily agitated and nervously molts his feathers under pressure or when a plan fails, then it is increasingly so when he is being dangerously threatened. Because of this, Iago also highly prioritizes a sense of protection, which is another reason why Iago values his luxurious life at the palace: because it seals his protection. If he is not at the palace, the loud mouth parrot would probably complain about it unless he finds his sense of protection elsewhere. If captured, or in the hands of his enemy, he will quickly surrender by either double crossing or denying his association with those he is with, using carefully chosen words of flattery to smooth-talk his way around danger in order to avoid getting harmed. When it comes to smooth-talking, Iago functions with a morality at the pre-conventional level, as in “you scratch by back and I scratch yours.” Therefore, he makes deals that would appeal to the other person as long as it would also benefit him in return (though in the case of an enemy, he will mostly receive the benefit of not being harmed/injured in return for whatever he would do for his enemy). However, when it comes to someone taking something valuable from him, the greedy parrot would make the attempt to swoop in and take the item back (as seen with Gazeem in the first movie) or he may even attempt to fight the person off (as seen with Cassim in the third movie). On those rare occasions, he will grab whatever item is near him to either swing/throw at someone or drop it on someone from above. He is no expert fighter, however, so if anyone has quicker reflexes than him, he will probably miss and most likely get hurt. Whether he will actually do it or not really depends on his level of greed for the item(s). Still, there have been a few times in the series and in the Return of Jafar where he proves that he is capable of overcoming his fear of enduring pain and uses his clever wits to vanquish his enemies with the use of their weakness to save the day. Extremely rare, but it happens.
Along with his selfishness for only looking out for himself, Iago is extremely egotistical and is the first to claim all the credit during a victory. Due to his selfishness, he is not apt to sharing his credit or his good fortune with just anyone; mostly just the one other person whom he feels a great measure of respect towards. His egotism also causes him to love himself too much. Such overconfidence may hinder him if someone should flatter him enough for him to blindly run into a trap and it may potentially lead to his downfall in various schemes. Contrary-wise, if Iago faces defeat, Iago erupts into an angered frenzy complete with panic attacks and non-stop ranting, where he tunes himself out from listening to everyone else until he finishes. When facing trouble, he is also the first to put the blame on others when it is normally his fault or he is part of the blame. Though he enjoys coming up with schemes or being a part of a scheme that would benefit him, Iago does not know how to take responsibility for his consequences, hence the reason for his anxiety attacks whenever he does face a consequence he did not expect.
Iago is best described as a clever bird for his species. Though at first he may give off the appearance that he is only capable of repeating anything people say, in reality, Iago only wisely hides the fact that he is actually able to talk with an extended use of vocabulary and a knowledgeable sense of sentence structure. In addition to his ability to talk extensively along with his ability to mock people's exact voices, he is also clever enough to come up with schemes on the spot. He may be too impatient to think things through or be an excellent planner, but he is clever enough to spontaneously come up with sneaky ideas from the top of his head. The major downside to Iago's cleverness, aside from not delving thoroughly through the consequences of his actions, is his laziness. As clever as he is, Iago would prefer to provide ideas and leave it to others to take it on; he prefers to avoid manual labor in any way possible. The only way around it is if he is threatened to be harmed or if he is given the other choice of facing a dangerous venture. Either way, unless it involves him getting harmed or killed should he disobey, Iago would never do manual labor for anyone; but if he ever chose to do manual labor because of those two dangerous reasons, it would not be without complaints - no matter how powerful they are.
In conclusion, the lazy but ever manipulative Iago is a spoiled palace parrot that can be frequently found tagging along with another who possesses a respectable amount of superiority or power. His tough talking persona detaches himself from any sentimental mush and he delivers his ritual complaints to any situation whether people want to hear it or not, but he is nigh incapable of physically defending himself should danger arise. Overall, if one proves their worth and sticks around long enough to form a bond with this clever bird, he will do his best to become a valuable asset to anyone - even to the point of overcoming some of his own weaknesses and temptations, but not without also bringing along his sarcastic commentary wherever he may go.
History:
Soon came the time when the fraternal twin brothers were old enough to leave the nest. Flying lessons never worked well for Iago, however. The heights terrified the young parrot; but when his parents were looking to the oldest as the one that would be the first to fly the nest, Iago summoned all his bravery and forced himself to make his bold move in order to gain approval by his parents. At first, the tiny parrot was in the air and gloating over the fact that he was flying first before his brother... until he lost control and fell onto a branch below. This was the frightened Iago’s first injury and he found that pain was something he would always wish to avoid, but it was also the result of a damaged ego; he was never so humiliated in front of the other birds and his disapproving father, who scolded his mother for mothering him too much. As a result, Iago chose to detach himself from his mother as he grew older to avoid being associated with sentimental mush only meant for babies, though his mother still remained the first he secretly went to for emotional support or a confidence boost. Just as Iago feared, however, his younger brother managed to fly out of the nest first. Although jealousy and ambition led Iago to eventually learn how to fly out of the nest afterward in order to prove himself, responsibilities were soon handed over to his younger brother instead of him since everyone felt that Othello was more capable of accomplishment of the two. Iago tried to attempt to lead the birds in migration, but even his brother competed him in that as well. Because his brother was faster than him, Othello would always get the most sticks for the nests and the most food. Officially giving up in trying to compete with his brother, the lack of responsibility lead to Iago becoming increasingly lazy, which left him with no chance of anyone trusting him with any kind of responsibility. In fact, when it was time for them to forage for food, the lazy Iago would often convince his brother to get the food for him, to which Iago found that this sort of manipulation made it possible for his gullible twin brother to also get into trouble in order for the oldest brother to regain favoritism with his parents. Somehow, however, his parents must have grown wiser and Iago was always the one that got into the most trouble. This lead to a lot of birds making fun of Iago's capabilities, which forced Iago to talk tough to gain respect like his dad taught him in order to scare away those that were trying to pick on him.
Soon, it was time for both the brothers to find a potential female to mate with since their species usually mated for life. Unfortunately, Iago's short frame led him nowhere near capable of beating his larger and stronger younger brother, being unable to out-fly him or beat him in any acrobatic tricks to get the attention of females. Yet this did not deter Iago's confidence, for he was very sure that he had several abilities up his sleeve that his brother lacked. For instance, Iago believed he was far more clever and witty than his older brother, and it didn't hurt that he had better looks than him, too. How did he know? His mother told him so whenever he secretly visited her for some consolation at times when he felt inferior to his fraternal brother. Though perhaps she did not say all that in those exact words, Iago basked in the compliments he received (whether they were out of motherly affection or not) and took them to heart. Through several failed attempts, Iago began to find that saying just the right charming words would appeal to the dames just as well as his brother's impressive flying could. It was at this time where he learned the quality of saying just what would appeal to others to keep him in their good graces. Moreover, it was also the time where he learned that the only way to gain better appeal from others was by manipulating them to think that his brother was worse off than he was, turning himself into the best option at the expense of insulting his brother behind his back and making him look bad in front of the dames. It was a terrible thing to do, but according to Iago, his brother had too much going for him so he reasoned that his brother could take a few hits.
Migrations were ideal for Iago because it got him away from the dreary weather of the rainforest. After several yearly migrations, however, Iago developed distaste for it now that his younger brother was in charge of everything and running the show. One day, Iago officially reached his breaking point when the one dame Iago had his sights on was flirting with his younger brother, who was leading their flock during another migration. Iago became outrageously upset that his younger brother officially stole everything that was meant for him in his life, even his girl! Well forget love and forget him! In a fit of rage, the embittered Iago schemed for removing his brother out of the picture. While his clever manipulation managed to turn some birds against his brother, the consequences of his scheme were not completely thought through and it incidentally ended up with both of them being captured within a cage by pirates.
As far as humans were concerned to the parrots, they were trouble due to their desire to take friends and family away, stuffing them in cages, only to never be seen again. Humans were considered traitorous for their actions in taking friends and families away from one another and selling them in other places. They were the cause of their species slowly dwindling away, and their father warned them never to tangle with them. Unfortunately for Iago and Othello, they happened to be trapped in cages with the humans. Every day, the pirate captain neared the starving, captive birds and offered a cracker as he spoke: "Polly want a cracker?" Each time, Iago forced himself to refuse along with his brother until one day, Iago could not take it anymore. Fearing that he would starve to death, Iago repeated the words "Polly want a cracker" in hopes that he would be spared and fed, much to the dismay of his brother who remained resilient and boldly fought back on his hunger rather than to take it from humans. The pirate captain was so impressed with Iago's talking that he took him out of the cage and fed him crackers whilst talking to him repeatedly. While Iago was being fed and given all the attention with pets and strokes, he did not waste time rubbing it in front of his brother's face either. Why not? He was finally getting back all the attention Iago felt like he deserved. Othello, on the other hand, was thoroughly upset for Iago's betrayal in consorting with humans and ignoring his brother's decisions. In mocking the language of humans, it meant that Iago joined forces with the humans, a disgraceful move for a bird that belonged to the wild. Iago never saw it that way, however. He found value in taking the high seat of power and superiority as the companion to the pirate captain that never tolerated insolence and was greatly revered by his crew members; the kind of superiority and reverence that his brother always had that Iago never had a taste for, which made Iago eagerly drink it in all the more. Through his life at sea, Iago began to learn much of the English language by imitating the humans as his own way of mocking them; on the other hand, he also learned the value of gold. Gold would get you anywhere in life; it would grant you protection, food, respect, superiority and power. One of the things that Iago did not believe in, however, was going down with the ship, and he was always the first to abandon the crew and fly off to another ship should things look ugly. In the midst of flying to another ship captain, Iago was not sure whether his brother eventually died and they tossed him overboard or whether he managed to escape back into the wild. Either way, Iago knew he could not go back to the rainforest after that incident. It would be impossible to conclude that Iago truly did not miss the ones he cared for back home in the rainforest, but the harsh, bitter attitude of the pirate crew only caused his tough attitude to become increasingly hardened.
After a while, Iago grew tired of the dangerous life of stormy weather and attacks from enemies so he decidedly left that life among pirates and sailors behind in search of a more promising life; some place where it wasn’t too dangerous, had more of an abundance of food, but would also bring him that level of power and superiority that he enjoyed with the humans at sea. After some time flying over the ocean, he began to feel tired of flying, which made him susceptible to being captured by sea traders. Once again, Iago was trapped within a cage and being coaxed with another moldy, disgusting cracker with the words “Polly want a cracker.” gee. How many times was he going to go through with this for these humans to get the point?! Iago was officially SICK of this junk. If he was going to hear that stupid line or taste another cracker again, it would be too soon. Just before Iago could think on trying to escape, he was sold to a merchant in Agrabah, a place with a completely different climate and atmosphere than what the tropical bird was used to. There, in the bazaar, Iago remained, where that jerk of a merchant threatened Iago to say “Polly want a cracker” or else he would be harmed or miss a meal that day (even disgusting crackers were better than no meals) in order for the merchant to sell off the idea that he was a "magical" bird for the ability of being able to talk. Terrific. With luck, the "magical bird" advertisement managed to capture the attention of Jafar, and he was finally freed from his caged prison. Iago was able to relate a lot to Jafar's ambitions of power, and soon accompanied Jafar into the lap of luxury at the palace. To his misfortune, Iago was also met with the sultan coaxing him with the similar stupid lines of "polly want a cracker" and shoving disgusting crackers in his mouth. AGAIN. Still, that was only a minor set back that Iago had to deal with in his new life at the palace, which was a much better and safer lifestyle than being out at sea among sailors, traders, and pirates. As Jafar's right-hand bird, Iago accompanied Jafar in many quests to find magical artifacts, particularly a scarab medallion. It was rumored that if both halves of the medallion were fit together, a cave of wonders would appear with treasures beyond anyone's dreams. Iago could have been satisfied with just the treasure in the cave of wonders, but Jafar spoke of a genie of the lamp that was able to grant endless fortune and power. Now this was something that fully intrigued Iago; enough for the bird to endure the hard work in order to attain such fortune and power. After running a couple of errands for Jafar, they managed to acquire one of the two pieces of the scarab. Soon, Jafar found a source from a capable thief, Gazeem, that knew how to acquire the second half. With the promise of treasure should the thief be successful in acquiring the second half of the scarab medallion, they were scheduled to meet at the desert in secret for the exchange. At first, Gazeem refused to give up his half of the bargain unless he received the treasure, but Iago swiftly stole the artifact from the thief's hands and handed it over to Jafar, who promised that the thief would get what was coming to him. At last, the two halves of the scarab medallion were fitted together and it soon animated the golden scarab, sending them on a chase after the flying scarab to the location of the cave of wonders that appeared before them. While Iago was dully unimpressed with Jafar's choice in Gazeem, he watched as Gazeem approached the panther-looking cave of wonders, which said something about the diamond in the rough. Iago wasn’t sure what that meant, but he knew it definitely did not mean Gazeem as soon as the panther-looking cave swallowed him whole. After Iago exploded into a temporary loss of patience because of these constant failed attempts, Iago and Jafar both eventually agreed that they needed to find this diamond in the rough if they wanted their lamp any time soon.
Through the use of the sultan's ring, which Jafar successfully borrowed by the powerful hypnotic persuasion of his staff, in addition to the exhausting manual labor Iago rendered in order to attain the amount of electricity that the spell required, they discovered that the diamond in the rough was none other than some chump from the streets. Now, all they had to do was find him. Fortunately, that was not too hard when Jafar had the authority on the guards to arrest the street rat and send him to the dungeon, which just so happened to be around the same time Jasmine decided to run away and evidently encountered the street rat. Needless to say, she did not take his arrest too well, especially when Jafar told to her that the street rat’s sentence was already carried out: death by beheading. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. Aladdin was still very much alive within the dungeon, which was necessary for their scheme to take place. Within the dungeon, Iago concealed himself as the hump inside Jafar's crotchety old man costume while Jafar managed to convince Aladdin to enter the cave of wonders with the promise of riches and a chance to escape the dungeon. After they agreed, Aladdin and the monkey are eventually lead to the location of the cave of wonders, where the panther-shaped head of the cave allowed Aladdin to proceed but advised him to touch nothing but the lamp. From outside the entrance, Jafar reminded Aladdin to first fetch him the lamp and then he would have his promised reward. From then on, it took quite a while of waiting, much to the impatient Iago's dismay. Though Iago would ritually complain to Jafar about letting him out for a break from suffering through the excruciating heat inside the costume so that he could breathe, Jafar refused to allow Iago to uncover their identity when Aladdin could make his return at any time. Just as Iago was barely dangling from unconsciousness due to the heat of the costume, the cave of wonders suddenly erupts into an angered frenzy from what was apparently either Aladdin or the monkey touching the treasure. A short while later, it sounded like Aladdin returned but was hanging on a cliff or something (as far as what Iago could tell from within the costume) based on Aladdin's desperate cry for Jafar to give him a hand. Jafar refrained from assisting him, however, insisting that Aladdin first give him the lamp. Apparently Aladdin had given him the lamp because Jafar instantly broke into his maniacal laughter, which was not entirely new to Iago based on Jafar's reaction to attaining the first half of the scarab. The gleam of the dagger that Jafar took from the pocket in his disguise made Iago well-aware what the streetrat’s promised reward meant. Before Jafar could do much harm, the monkey bit him in the arm and tossed the monkey into the descending cave of wonders along with Aladdin. Not even the half-conscious Iago was able to see the monkey’s swift ability to pick pocket Jafar and steal the lamp back without any notice. Regrettably, Jafar did not have much of a victory when he discovered that the lamp was no longer in his possession; and without any means to retrieve it back from the depths of the sand either.
Back at the palace, Jasmine told her father about Jafar’s cruel actions against the street rat and the Sultan sought to clear the misunderstanding and to make amends between Jafar and Jasmine. This did nothing to please Jasmine, however, and she boldly threatened to get rid of Jafar if she ever became queen. When they were left alone, Jafar sulked about having lost the lamp until Iago came up with the idea of Jafar marrying Jasmine so that he could become sultan and then toss the royals off a cliff, an idea that greatly appeased Jafar. Jafar then arranged a meeting with the Sultan in his attempts to trick the Sultan into arranging a marriage between Jafar and Jasmine. Before Jafar could fully hypnotize the sultan to agree by the use of his staff, Prince Ali Ababwa made his grand entrance to the palace to take the princess’ hand in marriage. Because Prince Ali was a much younger suitor of royal blood, the Sultan decided that Jafar no longer needed to marry his daughter anymore, which ruined Jafar’s and Iago’s plans. Having witnessed this exchange between the three men, Jasmine evidently became upset with everyone trying to decree who she should marry and stormed off. Prince Ali later met with Jasmine in his attempts to sway her opinion towards him by his charms. It was then when Jafar prepared to get rid of the prince in order to proceed with Iago’s idea of marrying Jasmine to become sultan. Jafar's plan to get rid of the prince could not be achieved immediately, however, for Prince Ali took Jasmine away onto a magic carpet ride. Yet after Prince Ali returned Jasmine from their carpet ride, the prince lowered just enough for them to capture the carpet and the prince along with his pet elephant. Just when they think that prince is dead after making sure the guy was bounded and tossed into the water, the prince somehow returned to the palace in time to expose Jafar's plot, breaking the hypnotizing power of the staff and thereby releasing the Sultan from its spell. Furious about the betrayal, the sultan called the guards on them. Quickly retreating with Jafar to their secret chambers, Iago planned on packing up everything and heading for the dunes (so to speak) only to find that Jafar suddenly cracks on the spot. After his attempt to calm Jafar's insane laughter, Iago discovers that Jafar figured out that Prince Ali is actually the street rat Aladdin, who had gotten hold of the lamp after all. Under Jafar's orders to retrieve the lamp, Iago successfully tricked Aladdin to leave the room where he hid the lamp by imitating Jasmine's voice and telling him to go to the menagerie. With the lamp in Iago's possession, the parrot proudly delivered it to Jafar, who soon becomes the Genie's new master. Immediately, Jafar used his first wish to become sultan, taking the sultan's clothes to wear and ordering the royal family to bow to him. When they declined, Jafar proclaimed his second wish to become the most powerful sorcerer in the world. By the use of his new powers, Jafar forced Jasmine and her father to bow. Before Aladdin could heroically interject, Jafar used his powers to expose the prince for who he really was - nothing but a street rat. Iago took delight in watching Jafar make a mockery out of Aladdin and watching the shocked and hurt faces of the princess discovering that Aladdin lied to her all this time. Things looked especially good when Jafar sent Aladdin and his monkey to the ends of the earth. Finally, their scheme victoriously unraveled to their favor.
While the hero was stuck in the frozen ends of the earth, Jafar imprisoned both Jasmine and the Sultan in the palace as slaves. With the sultan dressed as the court jester, Iago fully enjoyed delivering his retribution for all of the Sultan's crackers he had to endure by stuffing crackers down HIS throat this time. This continued until Jafar signaled him to stop after Jasmine begged him not to let his father suffer anymore. After Jasmine rejected Jafar again, he wished the Genie would make Jasmine fall desperately in love with him, which was something that was against Genie's rules. Finding a bowl of fruit and a nice comfortable spot, Iago lounged about and ate a grape in efforts to entertain himself whilst Jasmine pulled the moves over Jafar all of the sudden, and without the Genie's help either. Iago was not too fond of that kind of mushy stuff, so he did not pay much mind to it. Having earned his seat of power and his revenge on the sultan satiated, the lazy Iago was satisfied enough beside his bowl of delicious fruit. That was, until he caught sight of Aladdin. Before the parrot was able to scream out for Jafar, however, the monkey tackled him down and held his mouth closed. In the midst of wrestling the monkey off of him, Iago managed to kick the bowl of fruit onto the floor in efforts for Jafar to notice. Instead, this resulted with the disgusting sight of Jasmine kissing Jafar. Yet with the aid of the reflection on her crown, Jafar discovered Aladdin behind him and magically zapped everyone that tried to take the lamp. Obviously fed up with Jafar’s magic, Aladdin challenged him to fight him himself by calling him a cowardly snake, to which Jafar responded by transforming himself into a large snake and trapping Aladdin within his coils. Feeling triumphant, Jafar boasted to be "the most powerful being on Earth," but Aladdin argued that the genie was far more powerful and could always take Jafar’s power away. Finding truth to Aladdin’s words, Jafar used his final wish to become an all-powerful genie in order to guard his power from the risk of depletion. When Jafar becomes an empowered genie, he proclaims his infinite power of the universe until Aladdin reminds him that genies are not free, they are slaves to the will of humans and of the lamp. After the iron bands clasped onto his wrists to prevent his freedom, Jafar was entrapped within a whirl wind that gradually sent him down, grabbing Iago just as the parrot tried to flee the scene. Once Jafar and Iago were imprisoned within the tiny space of the lamp, the arguments began. Jafar yelled at Iago to give him space, which made Iago furious because Jafar was the moron that grabbed onto him in the first place. Whilst arguing with Jafar, Iago felt his stomach flop with the feeling like he was being flung in the air and yelled as the lamp was tossed back into the depths of the sand within the Cave of Wonders.
ALADDIN: RETURN OF JAFAR
Finally escaping the confines of Jafar’s lamp after the exhausting work of digging through the depths of the sand by himself, Iago grew impatient and frustrated with Jafar and his berating orders, deliberately tossing Jafar’s lamp down a well, along with every ounce of respect he had for him. From now on, he was only looking out for himself! Once in the marketplace, Iago looked for ways to get back "on top" and it did not take long until he found his perfect opportunity: the sight of Aladdin in his royal garb taking a stroll along the streets of Agrabah to interact with the commoners. Getting into his good graces would easily get him back in the palace. Unfortunately, Aladdin was too strong for Iago's "superior" acting spectacle, where Iago gave off the appearance that he was weak after escaping from Jafar's “evil spell” on him. As fate would have it, they ran to a bit of trouble at the marketplace and one thing led to another until Iago unintentionally defended Aladdin in the end. Because of this, Aladdin owed him his life and he begrudgingly agreed to try to help get Iago back in the palace.
Hiding Iago in a cage, Aladdin lied to Jasmine about hiding anything from her and planned to bring the subject about Iago at an opportune time in the banquet. Due to his prior experience with cages, however, Iago HATED being caged for too long and trying to convince the monkey to let him out of the cage was no easy picnic either. In fact, the one time Abu finally decided to open the cage was when Rajah was there waiting for him on the other side, which was a sight that Iago did not want to open the cage to. As a result, this turned into a frightening chase scene between the parrot and the tiger that lead straight through the palace, eventually leaving the banquet in a huge mess. Aladdin tried to vouch for Iago, but ended up leaving in defeat when the royals were beyond disappointed with him for defending the companion of their former enemy. Iago was supremely surprised that Aladdin went through all of that just for him, when no one had ever done that for him before. It was almost like he owed him. With the Genie badgering him to help reunite the couple until he finally figured out how to appeal to Iago, the clever Red Lory proved his sneakiness by using reverse psychology on Jasmine, which led her right back into the arms of Aladdin. Acknowledging that Iago's intentions were to get them back together, Jasmine believed in Iago's change of heart and decided to give him a chance. Even Iago was starting to feel comfortable with company. For once, he didn’t feel endangered and wasn’t being harmfully threatened all the time; for once, he actually felt safe among people he could trust. With nearly everyone believing that he had a change of heart, Jafar seized this opportunity and returned to the cowardly parrot after apparently being freed from the lamp by some chump named Abis Mal. Using Iago's "change of heart" routine to his advantage, Jafar commanded Iago to assist him in exacting his revenge on Aladdin. Although he actually started to care about the group at this point, Iago was far too afraid of the harm Jafar was capable of doing to him if he refused to comply.
Because of this cowardly fear, Iago assisted Jafar in the capture of the Genie, Jasmine, and the Sultan, and in the framing of Aladdin for the apparent death of the Sultan. As part of the evil genie's scheme, Iago came up with an idea for Aladdin to mend the severed ties with the Sultan alone and offered to take them to the perfect spot for them to talk, which was the same location that Iago was told to lead them to for Abis Mal to lay an ambush on Aladdin and the Sultan. With success, they managed to kidnap the Sultan and tossed Aladdin into the water. Meanwhile, Jafar confronted the Genie in the palace gardens and trapped the Genie within a magical orb in order to ensure that the Genie would not ruin his plans. After the capture of the princess and the sultan, Jafar then transformed himself as the princess and used the Sultan's torn turban to frame Aladdin for the murder of the Sultan upon the street rat’s return to Agrabah.
Soon it was dawn, the time when Aladdin was sentenced to be beheaded for his crime. As soon as Jafar leaves, Iago immediately begins his renegade rescue mission to free the genie from the magical orb in order to save Aladdin and everyone else. After a couple of failed attempts, Iago successfully lifted the orb high enough for it to break upon contact with the ground, thereby freeing the genie in time to save Aladdin from his execution and to free everyone else from being chained to the dungeon walls. Once the group was reunited, this time it was Jasmine that defended Iago, telling Aladdin everything he had done to rescue them. Afterwards, Iago wanted to run away, but the heroes had another thing in mind. Even after giving them a reality check that Jafar was large and powerful, they were still adamant about putting an end to him. Stupid people! If they wanted to get themselves killed, he wasn’t going to stop them. The heroes thanked Iago for helping them and took off to save the day. Unfortunately, that stupid conscience of his decided otherwise and eventually Iago flew back to check on them - when he was suddenly transported to Disney World.
Soon it was dawn, the time when Aladdin was sentenced to be beheaded for his crime. As soon as Jafar leaves, Iago immediately begins his renegade rescue mission to free the genie from the magical orb in order to save Aladdin and everyone else. After a couple of failed attempts, Iago successfully lifted the orb high enough for it to break upon contact with the ground, thereby freeing the genie in time to save Aladdin from his execution and to free everyone else from being chained to the dungeon walls. Once the group was reunited, this time it was Jasmine that defended Iago, telling Aladdin everything he had done to rescue them. Afterwards, Iago wanted to run away, but the heroes had another thing in mind. Even after giving them a reality check that Jafar was large and powerful, they were still adamant about putting an end to him. Stupid people! If they wanted to get themselves killed, he wasn’t going to stop them. Nonetheless, that stupid conscience of his decided otherwise and eventually Iago flew in at a time where the powerful Jafar had a good portion of the palace gardens covered in molten magma along with the sight of everyone being weakened by the evil genie’s power. Facing his fears of being harmed in order to save his friends, Iago swiftly zoomed past Jafar and grabbed the lamp with his talons, nearly handing it over to Aladdin hanging by a rock surrounded by magma when the macaw was suddenly blasted in the air by Jafar’s power and fell onto a rock beside the lamp. Mustering all the strength he had, the weakened Iago kicked the lamp down into the fiery pit, causing Jafar to be destroyed along with it. Just when the unconscious Iago was about to fall into the molten pit, he was saved within the arms of Aladdin. Because a genie cannot kill, Iago eventually recovers from his injuries in the comforts of the palace. Officially deemed a reformed bird, Iago regained the life of luxury within the palace as a palace bird.
ALADDIN SERIES
Much to Iago’s dismay, the Genie and the gang have a different plan. They wanted to go on adventures and see the world. Sheesh. Just when Iago finally earned his comfortable place in the palace, they selfishly drag him out of there and into several danger zones, including facing the sorcerer Mozenrath that even Jafar stayed away from. Several of these adventures really tested his inner courage, his devotion to the heroes, and his limits of greed and selfishness along with the couple of times where he forced himself to restrain from those temptations. Moreover, from what initially turned out as a plan to distract the legendary rain bird with Iago's smooth words and charms in order for Genie and Aladdin to steal a rain cloud and bring it over to Agrabah, suddenly grew to a budding romance with Thundra, the queen of the rainforest. It may have taken a while for Iago to tap into his inner sentimental emotions - with Iago finding her too obnoxious, loud mouthed, and quick tempered (similar to himself, as Genie pointed out) - but Thundra managed to open him up to the possibility of actually developing feelings for her. As controller of the world's weather, Thundra eventually figured out that one of her clouds was missing and Thundra's stormy anger for being deceived was not a pleasant thing to experience. Eventually, the cloud was returned and Iago managed to cool her down when he toughly admitted that some of the things he said may have been true about her, and that the kiss they shared was a fun experience and something he would not mind doing again. The next time they returned to the rainforest, Iago tried to impress and capture Thundra's attention all the more, demonstrating his profound interest in Thundra and even possessed jealousy for anyone that would mess with his dame. He even cared enough to tell her to go take a vacation while he would cover for her at work since Thundra was always working and never had a break. After wearing the medallion for some time, however, the power of controlling the weather went to his head and it lead to the evil flying serpent, Malcho, to steal the medallion from him. Eventually, Iago was able to fix his mistake through his clever use of manipulation and recovered himself back to Thundra’s good graces. Alas, their relationship could not last for too long, however. Iago could not live in the rainforest due to being far too spoiled of the palace life and Thundra needed to be in the rainforest to continue providing the appropriate weather conditions for each region of the world. Still, perhaps someday their paths would cross again.
Ambitions:
Iago longs to find a place of protection and luxury, where he will be treated with respect.
Strengths & abilities:
Iago is fairly intelligent for a bird and possesses knowledge of magic lore and the ability to come up with ideas off the top of his head (especially sneaky ones)
Flaws:
Egotistical
Impatient
Quick-tempered/ Easily Agitated- Overreacts quickly and treats problems very over the top; Molts feathers when extremely agitated/angered
Lacks Bravery- Openly cowardly and is not afraid to admit it; Prefers to talk his way out of a dangerous situation or to fly away to avoid it when possible (very rarely does he face his fears unless it's for people he cares about)
Sarcastic
Materialistic and Spoiled of the Palace life
Rudely blunt
Talks too much/Obnoxiously loud-mouthed
Bad influence/ Manipulative
Lazy unless threatened to do work
Easily Jealous
Quick to place the blame on others when it is really his fault
Excessively Greedy- Only thinks about money and does not like to share; Becomes crazed when he is immersed in too much gold or has too much power/ Turns into a gambling addict
Hypocritical
Bossy/ Demanding
Selfish- Only cares about himself; Will desperately do anything to save his skin and is most likely to double cross or deny his association with anyone he is with when he feels dangerously threatened
Quick to take on a dare or a challenge when persuaded that it would benefit him or when told he is not capable of doing something that he knows he could do
Does not think before he talks/ Does not think his plans or schemes through
Judgmental- Tends to underestimate people he deems are inferior to him unless he knows what they are capable of
Not too trusting in others
Has a tiny conscience issue that eventually gets him guilt-tripped into doing NICE things, but only for people he really cares about
Likes:
Treasure/Riches
Living a life of luxury
Freedom/ Being free-spirited
To be pampered/spoiled
Gambling
To be complimented/ appreciated
Himself (loves his charms, good looks, reputation, abilities, hearing himself talk, etc.)
Affection (as long as it is not too mushy - though if it is, he will never admit he likes it out loud)
Dancing to catchy music
Delicious fruits
Talking his way out of trouble
Kissing up to powerful, influential people for his benefit
Insulting people/Making others look stupid
Using his ability to imitate people's voices (of any gender) to mock people
Bossing people around (especially the monkey)
The safety of the Palace
Showing off some of his magical lore learned from Jafar
Watching the action instead of being part of the action
Feeling accomplished/ successful and often fabricates stories to make himself appear that way
Scheming of ideas to attain power or riches (mostly involves stealing)
Being tricky and deceitful
Adding in his sarcastic commentary or complaints to a particular situation
Turning himself into the victim for people to feel sorry for him
Interrupting or ruining the romance (particularly with Aladdin and Jasmine >] )
Dislikes:
MOLDLY, DISGUSTING CRACKERS
Anyone telling him "Polly want a cracker"
Losing riches
Stupidity
Danger or taking dangerous risks that involve getting him harmed
Doing work
Rain forest climate
Sharing
Grotesque things
Being caged (unless it protects him from danger coming towards him)
When things do not go according to plan
Genie turning him into something embarrassing and forcing him to go through with it
Those moments where you HAVE to do the right thing for the people you care about
Getting caught doing something he is not supposed to
Mushy romantic stuff/ Associating himself with sentimental emotions
Being mocked and ridiculed
Being told he is not capable of doing something/Feeling useless
Being ignored
Letting someone he cares about down (eh, it gets to him eventually)
Fears:
Dying
Being harmed
Monsters for the above reasons
Angry people with power (like Jafar) for the first two reasons
Being stuck in a cage for too long
Being alone
Being replaced
Losing someone he cares about (but he will openly deny it afterward)
Losing riches
Having no sense of protection
Being sent back to the rainforest where he came from (as noted by his apprehension in the TV series)
Anything to add?:
I used to RP as Iago in another forum and I miss it. I love that Iago is a neutral character, where his decisions to help others are pretty much guided by greed, good treatment, or fear. It's different! <3
RP SAMPLE:
PAST TENSE ONLY. MUST BE ABOUT THE CHARACTER FOR WHOM YOU ARE APPLYING.
"Oh Geeeeniieee.." Gliding around and poking his head around the rooms of the palace, Iago summoned forth the blue djinn with semi-phenomenal cosmic power in a high-pitched dulcet tone of voice, or as sweet as his grating voice could sound, at least. "Where is he already?!" The impatient bird demanded in his regular brash sounding voice, deciding to land on the floor and do the rest of his search by walking because he was getting tired of hauling his gold around after flying with it all day. "It's like he's always in your face when ya don't need him but when ya DO need him, he's outta the picture! Sheesh! And they tell ME that I'm unreliable!" Iago complained dramatically, completely ignoring the fact that Genie was far more reliable under dire circumstances than the cowardly parrot. Big deal, at least it made him feel better.
"See Helen Parr"