THE GENIE
Played by: Robin Williams, Dan Castellaneta (second film & TV series)
Role: The Buddy, Comic Relief, Wish-Granter
PL 13 (597)
STRENGTH 6
STAMINA 10
AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 7
DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE 2
AWARENESS 4
PRESENCE 4
Skills:
Expertise (Magic) 8 (+10)
Expertise (History) 8 (+10)
Expertise (Singing & Dancing) 8 (+12)
Insight 2 (+6)
Intimidation 6 (+10)
Perception 2 (+6)
Persuasion 2 (+6)
Advantages:
Diehard, Great Endurance, Ranged Attack 8
Powers:
"PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWER!!!!"
Flight 8 (500 mph) [16]
Immunity 11 (Aging, Life Support) [11]
Senses 4 (Precognition) (Flaws: Limited to Pop Culture) [2]
"Toon-ish Physiology" Regeneration 4 (Feats: Regrow Limbs) [5]
"Takes Any Form" Shapeshifting 9 [72]
(sample forms: Horse, Camel, Elephant, Rodney Dangerfield, William F. Buckley, Jack Nicholson, Peter Lorre As a Zombie, 200-foot tall Genie)
"Wish-Granter" Variable (Any Wish Asked For) 42 (Extras: Affects Others, Continuous) (Quirks: Cannot Take Changes Back Without a Wish) [377]
sample powers:
Create 10 (Feats: Precise) (Extras: Continuous, Movable) (41)
Summon 6 (Extras: 128 Minions +14, Horde, Variable 2- Genies, Harem Girls, Elephants & Other Junk) (114)
Transformation- Affliction 12 (Fort; Dazed/Stunned/Transformed) (Extras: Ranged, Continuous +3) (60)
Change to Genie- The Affects Others Bit, costing about 210 points for The Genie's powers)
Change to Sorceror- Like above, but lesser
Change to Prince or Sultan- Affects Others Advantages- Benefit (Prince/Sultan)
Offense:
Unarmed +7 (+6 Damage, DC 21)
Giant Genie +7 (+19 Damage, DC 24)
Transform +8 (+12 Ranged Affliction, DC 22)
Initiative +3
Defenses:
Dodge +8 (DC 18), Parry +10 (DC 20), Toughness +10, Fortitude +12, Will +8
Complications:
Responsibility (The Rules)- The Genie can't (or won't) kill anybody, resurrect someone, or make someone fall in love. Also, no wishing for more wishes.
Weakness ("itty-bitty living space")- Genie will always be forced to grant three wishes for anyone holding his lamp, no matter how evil they are. Destroying the Lamp may also kill a Genie.
Relationship (Aladdin)- The Genie switches between treating Al like a son, or flirting with him (seriously). He's quite attached to the lad.
Total: Abilities: 72 / Skills: 36--18 / Advantages: 10 / Powers: 483 / Defenses: 14 (597)
-The Genie was pretty much defined by his original Voice Actor, Robin Williams, who brought his particular cocaine-driven comedic sensibilities and improv to the character (many lines of dialogue apparently read "whatever Robin says"), creating a sensation and the movie's most popular and enduring character. Genie acts wild, silly, Jewish (the animator, Eric Goldberg, deliberately did this AND found Williams using Yiddish phrases with the character- a Jewish creator putting Jewish characters into Hollywood productions! Will wonders never cease!) and ultimately rather loyal to Aladdin, and in his quieter moments we discover him to be a fountain of solid advice and thoughtful sensibilities (like when he wishes to be free).
-He's a heck of a mimic of celebrities who wouldn't be born for quite some time, and some were rather obscure- I mean, how many kids in 1992 would have heard of WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY (someone I had to look up on Wikipedia)?? And did any character in history ever get an introduction like HIS?
Never Had a Friend Like Me is amazing, full of Broadway/Huckster-style bombast, explaining just what kind of character The Genie was immediately, and it's one of the movie's show-stopping numbers. To the point where the Broadway Musical more or less uses it as the "may as well just give this actor the Tony right now" number.
-As you would expect, Genie is QUITE expensive, packing his trademark "PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWER" into an Affects Others Variable set-up, as well as having Shapeshifting powers for another batch of stuff, and assorted other powers. I'm not sure how TOUGH he's supposed to be, but let's suppose he's quite difficult to injure overall. Turning someone into a Genie is a bit complicated, as technically Genies can ALSO create more Genies, so I think the math would make my brain hurt after a point (it's like... the cost of Affects Others makes the total cost higher... which makes Affects Others cost more... but then the base cost of the Genie's POWERS increase, requiring MORE ranks of the Variable... I think), so I just threw out a big solid number and figured that'd do it- it's not like I'm mincing points on cost here. Despite his vast power, Genie still can't use his powers to kill others, so his offensive capabilities are a bit limited.
About the Performer: Robin Williams is one of the best "Gets" Disney ever got for its animated stuff, with his already-cartoonish voice and surprisingly emotional acting style combining together for one hell of a performance. Williams is of course a legend, having made his bones as "Mork From Ork" for
Mork and Mindy (after a successful cameo on
Happy Days), then going on to HUGE success in films. His roles weren't always critically beloved (
Popeye was a bomb), but he shocked people by being perfect for a lot of dramas- comedians, after all, are masters of inflection, timing and language. It's harder to be funny than it is to be dramatic, so people need to stop being surprised when a comedian turns out to be great at the latter- the same skills are required. Williams also trained at Juilliard, which is nearly impossible to get into.
-Williams was in basically EVERYTHING, and had a lot of ups and downs over the years. His hits were big (he was in
Mrs. Doubtfire,
Aladdin and
Jumanji in quick succession), but his bombs were also pretty numerous. The whole "Tears of a Clown" thing seems to have affected him greatly, and he was infamous for being very quiet when he was "off", as his wildman act was just that- a persona he put on. His prospects dried up a lot with age, and he got a rep for not being funny anymore, which became all the more tragic when he took his own life in 2014- something his wife attributes to the onset of a form of Parkinson's disease which would pretty much have turned him into a physical and mental wreck. It says something when people who have the same condition are like "yeah, I can see that" to somebody who may just not have wanted to deal with it.
THE GENIE (Post-Movie)
Played by: Robin Williams, Dan Castellaneta (second film & TV series)
Role: The Buddy, Comic Relief, Wish-Granter
PL 10 (239)
STRENGTH 6
STAMINA 10
AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 7
DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE 2
AWARENESS 4
PRESENCE 4
Skills:
Expertise (Magic) 8 (+10)
Expertise (History) 8 (+10)
Expertise (Singing & Dancing) 8 (+12)
Insight 2 (+6)
Intimidation 6 (+10)
Perception 2 (+6)
Persuasion 2 (+6)
Advantages:
Diehard, Great Endurance, Ranged Attack 8
Powers:
"Semi-Phenomenal Cosmic Power"
Flight 8 (500 mph) [16]
Immunity 11 (Aging, Life Support) [11]
Senses 4 (Precognition) (Flaws: Limited to Pop Culture) [2]
"Toon-ish Physiology" Regeneration 4 (Feats: Regrow Limbs) [5]
"Takes Any Form" Shapeshifting 7 [56]
(sample forms: Horse, Camel, Elephant, Rodney Dangerfield, William F. Buckley, Jack Nicholson, Peter Lorre As a Zombie)
"Reduced Magic"
Create 8 (Feats: Precise) (Extras: Continuous, Movable) (33) -- [35]
- AE: Transformation- Affliction 8 (Fort; Dazed/Stunned/Transformed) (Extras: Ranged) (16)
- AE: Magical Blast 8 (16)
Offense:
Unarmed +7 (+6 Damage, DC 21)
Transform +8 (+6 Ranged Affliction, DC 21)
Initiative +3
Defenses:
Dodge +8 (DC 18), Parry +10 (DC 20), Toughness +10, Fortitude +12, Will +8
Complications:
Responsibility (The Rules)- The Genie can't (or won't) kill anybody, resurrect someone, or make someone fall in love. Also, no wishing for more wishes.
Weakness ("itty-bitty living space")- Genie will always be forced to grant three wishes for anyone holding his lamp, no matter how evil they are. Destroying the Lamp may also kill a Genie.
Relationship (Aladdin)- The Genie switches between treating Al like a son, or flirting with him (seriously). He's quite attached to the lad.
Total: Abilities: 72 / Skills: 36--18 / Advantages: 10 / Powers: 125 / Defenses: 14 (239)
-The latter-day Genie was still quite powerful, but dramatically-weaker than the movie version, making him more of a fit for the PL 7 Aladdin and the gang. He's STILL quite powerful, but not a game-changer. Did he even throw out Magic Blasts or anything like that? I'm not even sure if he could still Transform stuff.