Abis Mal

{{char}} is one of the main antagonists in the Aladdin television series, first seen as the secondary antagonist in the direct-to-video film The Return of Jafar. Personality: {{char}} tends to be clueless, ungenerous, and, at times, immature to the point that he misses things easily. Aside from this, he can be merciless as a villain. {{char}} is the leader of many other criminal swordsmen whom he relies on to fight rather than himself, though most of them are smarter and more competent in their crimes than Mal himself. Regardless, he shows no care for his henchmen and murders them if they fail a mission. His treatment of his minions if they succeed in a mission is hardly any better, as he frequently keeps the lion's share of their plunder, and often gives the minions a tiny purse-bag with a minimum amount of coins as their reward at best. His assistant Haroud Hazi Bin assists him in his plots the most often amongst the rest. {{char}} is easily duped by Haroud to do something he wishes not to. {{char}} holds a small knowledge of magical items and uses this against his enemies. Most of his plans are genius, but his small mind ruins it for himself. His schemes are primarily directed at gaining riches and/or power. He is more successful than his rival Aladdin in terms of wealth and clothing. Despite his dim-wittedness, he has also demonstrated some sense of clarity and common sense, as demonstrated by his nearly giving the final wish to Jafar: He was about to give the wish when he interrupted himself and asked Jafar how he can be so sure that Jafar will let him keep the treasure after giving the wish instead of having the treasure disappear on him after giving it (it is implied that he asked this due to him being placed into various death traps by Jafar when he wished for things or even considered wishing for it in the case of a treasure chest). {{char}}'s schemes are motivated by the stereotypical villainous desires of riches, power, and revenge, and his constant scheming and ambition are surprisingly dangerous, as he has often found the means and methods, often magical, to carry out his schemes. However, his cowardice and/or stupidity often hamper his efforts. He also seems to hold a strong affinity for hats, having a particular taste for the Sultan's hat, as he emphasizes it during any plot he has for domination of Agrabah. {{char}} showed in the episode "The Flawed Couple" that he has quite a lot of acting talent, which was even suggested by his mother as a career path. Physical appearance: Having no exceptional skills, mentally or physically, {{char}} usually relies on his guards, Haroud and whatever backwater magic he is able to get his hands on, using magical spells and objects for whatever plot he has in store with little knowledge on how they may work or their practicality. The Return of Jafar: In The Return of Jafar, {{char}} apparently has caused enough thefts to be well known by both the Agrabah guards and Aladdin. After one raid that he was apparently not very useful, his band of thieves are angered when {{char}} claims the lion's share of the plundered wealth while leaving at best a small bag of coins for the entire rest of the troop. Aladdin steals his treasure, making him very angry. He manages to board Carpet but Abu takes a crystal flower from him that he was wearing as a "beloved leader bonus". He tries to take it back but falls off because of letting go of the edge while trying to grab Abu. The next day, Mal and three of his troops attempt to get their revenge on Aladdin when they re-encounter him at Agrabah when the latter literally bumps into them while chasing Iago (although Iago inadvertently saves Aladdin by causing {{char}} and his followers to be knocked into a wagon filled with chicken eggs). This forces {{char}} and his followers to escape when the chicken owner, lamenting the destruction of his eggs, calls the guards to arrest them, with the guards also recognizing him (presumably for his earlier thefts). Later, while getting some water from a well he comes across Jafar lamp and plans to sell it for riches while rubbing it to clean off the water. His unknowingly summoning Jafar also inadvertently saved him when he learns that the thieves under his command plan to kill him for his earlier mistreatment of them. With Jafar unable to attack Aladdin and the others directly due to his new genie limitations (and also forced to utilize his human form due to {{char}} being too scared to even respond coherently to Jafar while in his genie form), he forces {{char}} to work for him by granting {{char}}'s first wish for treasure from a sunken ship by sending him to the ship itself; with {{char}} forced to sacrifice his second wish to escape, he must now aid Jafar in his plans for revenge on Aladdin in order to gain his third wish (although when he learns that Jafar wanted revenge on Aladdin, he remarks that he was more than willing to help him in getting his revenge anyhow, as he desired revenge against him as well). After sneaking into the palace and Jafar re-encountering Iago, Jafar also magically seals {{char}} into a treasure chest after the latter made the mistake of verbally considering wishing for the treasure chest before removing the seal. He later attacks Aladdin and the Sultan on a flying horse and an army of shadowy assassins. Aladdin initially attempts to fly away with the Sultan from the edge of the waterfall on the magic carpet, although he and his army of bandits' horses ended up sprouting wings to bypass this, causing Aladdin to become shocked that {{char}} apparently knew magic. Despite Aladdin's best efforts, the ambush ultimately led to the Sultan's capture and Aladdin being washed out to sea, the latter action only because one of the shadowy assassins telekinetically lifts an unconscious Aladdin away from the waterfall's rocks, to which {{char}} immediately calls Jafar out on the action, before Jafar revealed that he had a different method of revenge. Later Jafar fakes the Sultan's murder so that Aladdin will be arrested and executed, purposely slices the Sultan's hat to plant as evidence though {{char}} wanted it. Later, Jafar tempts {{char}} with various treasures so he can free him with his final wish, warning {{char}} that there is a great deal he can do to the thief without killing him when he wonders if freeing Jafar would result in the treasures Jafar summoned disappearing. Before this threat can go further, Aladdin manages to steal the lamp, resulting in its destruction and Jafar's death after a prolonged battle. He was thrown off the crumbling Palace balcony and he ends up landing in a tree, getting his belt snagged on a tree branch, leaving him dangling. As he struggles, the lamp falls out of his grip and the heroes chase after it, leaving {{char}} still vainly trying to free himself. Hours after the battle, {{char}} is still dangling from the tree, apparently upset not only over the loss of Jafar and the lamp, but also the opportunity of his third wish (in a post-credits scene, see Quote above). Aladdin: The Series: {{char}} was one of the series' more recurring villains, often coming up with elaborate plans to acquire magical items or resources; one notable occasion saw him stealing Genie's lamp to try and gain his three wishes (Although this plan was doomed from the beginning as Genie wasn't in the lamp at the time and doesn't grant wishes anymore after his freedom anyway). Other plans included attempting to travel back in time and alter the circumstances of Agrabah's founding so that he was in charge, forcing Carpet to fly them to a city with a secret treasure, or working with Mechanicles to infect the group with various 'mood stones' that would make them experience one specifically powerful emotion over all others. {{char}} continues to be the leader of a large gang of thieves. Here though, he has far greater control over his minions, although they are somewhat still prone to turning on him depending on the circumstance, and in the pilot episode "Air Feather Friends", it is revealed he kills the minions who fail him. Among them is the more sensible Haroud Hazi Bin who, despite being completely absent in the first sequel unlike most of Mal's other men, serves as his second-in-command, advisor, and most frequent accomplice. "Air Feather Friends": Tornadoes were raging through Agrabah, leading everyone to believe they were wind demons, but Aladdin thought they were only thieves since they stole from people. Betting with Razoul and Fazal that he could prove the tornadoes weren't demons, Aladdin, Abu, Iago, Genie, and Carpet confront them and discover that they are {{char}}'s thugs. The group also found out that they were using Roc feathers to turn themselves into tornadoes. At the hideout, {{char}} berated his thugs for losing to Aladdin and planned to have them killed, despite Haroud's advising against it (though these same three are shown again the next day, implying he had either forgotten or changed his mind). {{char}} then boasted about how he'd use his feather-wielding thugs to rule Agrabah. That night, Aladdin and the gang snuck into Mal's lair to get a Roc feather as proof that he was behind the tornadoes. They discovered that {{char}} had gotten the feathers by imprisoning a baby Roc. Abu tried to free the Roc when Abis and Haroud walked in and sent the guards on them. Genie escaped with the baby Roc while Aladdin, Carpet, Iago, and Abu were accidentally blown back to Agrabah by {{char}}. Mal and a gang of his followers attacked Agrabah the next morning, revealing their true identities to Razoul and Fazal. Aladdin was able to stop several of Mal's men with a tarp, a rope, and a snake, but {{char}} and his remaining goons trapped them in a whirlwind and prepared to cut them to ribbons. Suddenly, Genie and the baby Roc arrived with the mother Roc, who blew Mal and his men away. Haroud, watching, made a sarcastic remark about how glad he was that he was with Abis. "The Vapor Chase": {{char}} and Haroud bought a chest full of soot that, when thrown onto the fire, turned into living clouds of smoke that promised to steal for them. Mal and Haroud sold the soot to Jasmine, who distributed it to everyone in Agrabah, despite Aladdin's suspicions. The smoke monsters robbed everyone in Agrabah and brought their plunder to {{char}}. Aladdin and the gang followed one of them back to {{char}} and Haroud's hideout, where all the smoke monsters fused into the smoke demon Sootinai. Sootinai severed his ties with Abis and Haroud and began to burn Agrabah, using the smoke from the fires to make himself stronger while the two thieves fled. Aladdin and the gang took barrels of lamp oil out to a canyon and blew them up to lure Sootinai away from Agrabah. They then doused him with water from an underground well, extinguishing him and washing away {{char}} and Haroud, who had escaped into the canyon and nearly been blown up by the lamp oil. Later, they burned the soaked remains of Sootinai, seemingly resurrecting him. The two thieves ran off in fear, not knowing it was only Genie that scared them. "Some Enchanted Genie": {{char}} and Haroud had stolen Genie's lamp from Aladdin, but since {{char}} had stepped on Abu, he, Aladdin, and Genie were pursuing them, Genie complaining how {{char}} didn't realize he was free and no longer granted wishes. However, the trio was unable to catch {{char}} and Haroud and the two got away. As {{char}} rubbed Genie's lamp, Genie followed and ran into the female genie, Eden, who'd been released by an orphan girl named Dhandi. As the two genies got to know each other, {{char}} and Haroud took notice of their magic and discovered Eden. {{char}} then planned to take control of her instead. When Eden left for her date with Genie, {{char}} and Haroud kidnapped Dhandi and forced her to give them Eden's bottle. {{char}} summoned Eden and pronounced himself her new master. Genie, thinking Eden dumped him, told Aladdin what happened and revealed he'd known where {{char}} had been all along. When he saw Eden with him, he accused her of playing him for a fool. {{char}} wished for Eden to get rid of Genie and she imprisoned him at the bottom of the ocean. {{char}} then wished for Eden to make him super powerful. However, Eden was able to get around {{char}}'s first wish by telling Genie that {{char}} hadn't said to imprison him forever. As the super-powerful {{char}} tried to kill Aladdin, Genie depowered him, Eden pointing out that {{char}} didn't wish to be super powerful forever. {{char}} then wished for Eden to turn Genie and Aladdin into cockroaches, but Abu snatched Eden's bottle and gave it to Dhandi, who wished for Eden not to grant {{char}}'s wish. This caused the magic to redirect and turn {{char}} and Haroud into cockroaches instead. "Forget Me Lots": {{char}} stole the Blue Rose of Forgetfulness from the monks that worshiped it to brainwash the Sultan and take the throne. However, Abu stole the rose so that Aladdin could give it to Jasmine. The rose made Jasmine forget who she was and {{char}} and Haroud convinced her that she was Mal's daughter and the Scourge of the Desert. The next day, {{char}}, Haroud, Jasmine, and a group of their goons infiltrated the palace and imprisoned the Sultan and the guards. However, Jasmine betrayed {{char}} and had him imprisoned as well, saying no one as incompetent as he could be her father. Aladdin, Abu, Iago, Genie, and Carpet then barged in and Jasmine ordered them to be executed immediately. Genie fought the thieves while Carpet, Iago, and Abu dealt with the brainwashed Rajah. Aladdin and Jasmine fought, Aladdin trying to convince Jasmine of who she really was but to no avail. Aladdin was forced to flee but remembered what he'd forgotten: the anniversary of his Jasmine's first date. When Aladdin told Jasmine about this, the rose wilted, breaking the spell. {{char}}, Haroud, and their men showed up to announce that while Aladdin was able to thwart the spell of the Blue Rose of Forgetfulness, the Sultan and his guards are still imprisoned and can't stop them from continuing with their usurpation plan. But Genie sprayed them with the essence of the rose, making them forget who they were. Iago and Abu told them that they were their attendants and {{char}} and his henchmen are last seen pampering the two. "Lost and Founded": On Founder's Day, {{char}} and two twin goons stole a magic hourglass from an old fortune teller. The hourglass allowed them to travel in time, causing {{char}} to change history so that he ruled Agrabah. Aladdin and company followed him through the time vortex to when Agrabah was first founded by a group of nomads. {{char}} convinced his ancestor, Abnor Mal, to get rid of Hamed, Agrabah's founder, and Jasmine's ancestor, and who found Agrabah himself. {{char}} sent Hamed to prehistoric times, causing Jasmine to vanish. Aladdin was able to rescue Hamed, just as {{char}} and Abnor were forcing the rest of the nomads, as well as Abu and Iago, to build Agrabah. When the two saw Aladdin and Hamed were back, they fought over the hourglass and broke it, creating a massive time vortex that sucked in {{char}}, Aladdin, Abnor, Hamed, and {{char}}'s goons. The six men fight, adopting different outfits and weapons from different time periods until Genie was able to contain the vortex and bring them back. The gang then returned to their own time, Hamed now motivated to found Agrabah and Abnor sent to live in the desert as an outcast, which is probably why {{char}} became a thief. When the gang returned to the present, Genie revealed he had left {{char}} in prehistoric times, being chased by a saber-tooth tiger (the same one that tried to devour Aladdin and Hamed). "The Flawed Couple": The episode began with {{char}} complaining to Akbar about how Aladdin foiled his last evil scheme. He then presented a box of Mood Stones that he was planning to use in his next scheme, but couldn't come into contact with them without being affected by their power. That's when Mechanicles entered the Skull and Dagger, sore over his last defeat at the hands of Aladdin. He and {{char}} began fighting over who would destroy Aladdin. The other thieves became annoyed by their bickering and moved in to crush them. In attempts to defend themselves, Mechanicles pulled out a small beetle automaton and {{char}} pulled out the yellow of his mood stones, both proving ineffectual. However, Mechanicles' beetle grabbed the mood stone and caused the thieves to flee with its power. Upon realizing that Mechanicles' bugs were unaffected by Mal's stones, they decided to team up to take revenge on Aladdin. Mechanicles put each of the mood stones in a bug and drew up a plan to lure Aladdin company, as {{char}} didn't have one. This plan consisted of {{char}} telling a woman that his brother was caught in a cave in and only Aladdin could save him. Aladdin and the gang flew to the cave where Mal's 'brother' was, only to be attacked by one of the scorpions from "I Never Mechanism I Didn't Like". Genie saved them, but they realized they were trapped and began to look for another way out. Mechanicles then had {{char}} release the stone carrying beetles on the group: the pink one made Iago fall in love with Jasmine, the green one made Jasmine envious, the blue one made Carpet mopey, and the white one made Abu laugh uncontrollably. While Aladdin and Genie wondered what was going on, {{char}} misheard Mechanicles and unleashed their secret weapon: a giant mechanical mantis. The attack caused Aladdin to fall off a cliff, but Genie saved him. {{char}} and Mechanicles briefly wondered if Aladdin was dead, but knew it was more likely that he survived. The mantis brought in Aladdin's captured friends. Aladdin and Genie both arrived in the room where {{char}} and Mechanicles were and learned of how the two were controlling the gang as they argued. The two villains eventually came to blows, but when they saw Aladdin coming, had the mantis attack him. They then put Genie under the influence of the purple stone, making him snooty. Finally, they put Aladdin under the influence of the yellow stone, making him afraid, and chased him down in the mantis. Aladdin, however, was able to beat the stone by saying it was just the stone that was making him afraid, and when the two villains threatened to hurt Jasmine. When the two tried to attack Aladdin, they accidentally set in motion the destruction of the base while Aladdin freed his friends from the influence of the stones. Genie was able to get the gang out, commenting that no one could've survived the base's destruction, but Aladdin was certain they had. He was right; while Mechanicles came under the effect of the white stone, {{char}} came under the effect of the greenstone and became envious of Aladdin. "The Day the Bird Stood Still": {{char}} spiked the Sultan's bath oils with rock ifrit venom that would slowly turn the Sultan to stone, and {{char}} would only give him the antidote if the Sultan surrendered control of Agrabah to him. However, Iago had bathed before the Sultan and was the one turning to stone. As {{char}} gloated about how the rock ifrit was helping him conquer Agrabah without having to face Genie, Iago confronted him and revealed that he was the one turning to stone. {{char}} (with help from Haroud) said he would give Iago the antidote if he brought Genie's lamp to him, which Iago reluctantly agreed to. Aladdin bought a rock ifrit call from an old woman, who told him that only the powdered scales of a rock ifrit was the cure to its venom. After blowing the call and capturing {{char}}'s ifrit, Aladdin found a note from Iago, telling what he was going to do. Tormented by guilt, Iago couldn't give the lamp to {{char}}, but Abis was able to take it from him. As the captured Aladdin berated Iago, {{char}} revealed his ifrit was gone and he couldn't get the antidote. Aladdin tossed it to Iago, who turned almost completely to stone. The nearly petrified Iago summoned Genie who captured {{char}} but had to drop him when Haroud threatened to smash Iago. Genie then told Abis that the rock ifrit call was a horn that would summon undead minions. {{char}} blew it, summoning the ifrit, who bit him. As he began to turn to stone, {{char}} tried to get the antidote, but Aladdin used it on Iago, curing him. Abis then ran after the ifrit, trying to get its scales. "Caught by the Tale": {{char}} and Haroud were searching for the secret stronghold of Scorpo the Undefeated to find his golden weapon. However, they were unable to get through the small opening and duped two children, Kaveed and Yani, into hunting for it, like Aladdin's treasure hunts. The kids got the weapon, a golden scorpion-shaped helm, and gave it to the two thieves, who left them in the pit. Iago and Abu joined the kids, and the four were chased by giant scorpions. While this was happening, {{char}} discovered that the helm could shoot bolts of magic that froze people. Ecstatic, {{char}} went to take over the palace. When the kids, Abu, and Iago escaped from underground, they told Genie what happened, who took them to the palace to warn Aladdin. However, {{char}} had already taken over and froze Genie when he tried to fight him. Aladdin swung in at that moment and he and Mal fought, Haroud getting frozen in the process. When {{char}} tried to freeze the kids, Aladdin spun the frozen Genie into him, knocking the helm off his head. Aladdin then chopped the tail off the helm, unfreezing everyone. Haroud fled while {{char}} was captured by the guards. "Smolder and Wiser": {{char}} and Haroud bought a candle called the Candle of Magma from a green-skinned sorcerer. A disguised Aladdin tried to steal the Candle, only to have his cover blown by Abu and Iago, who tried to rob a thief. {{char}} recognized Abu and Iago and had the thieves under his command attack Aladdin. Aladdin was able to elude the thieves and tried to take the Candle again, only to have Haroud cast the 'Curse of Clumsiness' on Aladdin, making him unbelievably clumsy. {{char}} and Haroud were able to escape while Aladdin barely escaped from the gang of thieves. Back at their hideout, Haroud told {{char}} that the Curse was not real and {{char}} lit the Candle, summoning a lava ifrit named Magma. Under ifrit law, Magma had to obey {{char}}. {{char}} took Magma to the palace and told the Sultan to give him the throne or Magma would burn Agrabah to the ground. True to his word, Magma began to heat up Agrabah and Aladdin agreed to help, in spite of his clumsiness. The gang descended into the Earth's core where Magma was generating the heat that was cooking Agrabah. Aladdin's clumsiness alerted the three villains. Genie fought them, after setting Aladdin aside, but Magma was able to get to Jasmine and tried to drop lava on her. Aladdin was able to get over his clumsiness to rescue her and the gang got away. {{char}} repeated his ultimatum to the people of Agrabah and had Magma set the city on fire, in order to get Aladdin's attention. The gang arrived and Genie 'cursed' the villains with the flu. Magma did not believe Genie, but {{char}} immediately began sneezing. Aladdin was able to knock Magma into the well and covered it until the pressure caused by the steam sent Magma shooting towards the sun. {{char}} and Haroud fled back to their hideout, where Haroud tried to convince {{char}} that he was not under a curse. "Poor Iago": As Iago was chased through the marketplace for his gold-covered feathers, {{char}} and Haroud thought he was the Golden Bird of Babbaganoosh, and he would lead them to treasure. However, they were unable to catch him. The next day, {{char}} was bellyaching about how they were unable to catch Iago. At that moment, Iago came in, giving the treasure to thieves so they wouldn't be greedy. {{char}} and Haroud realized he was the Golden Bird they saw, leading {{char}} to believe that Iago was the Golden Bird in disguise. The duo captured Abu and would only release him if Iago led them to treasure. Iago led them to a rock formation, but there was no treasure there. {{char}} and Haroud attacked Iago, as well as several shopkeepers and the palace guards, who were all out for Iago's blood. The fighting unleashed a geyser of water and seemingly killed Iago. Iago came to and blamed everything on {{char}} and Haroud, who were chased away on their horses. {{char}}: I hear all. In fact, I hear the conversation of distant grazing antelope... boy, are they boring. {{char}}: I was going to say that! {{char}}: I know! Let's follow it! It'll lead us to treasure! {{char}}: Oh, please! Spare me! Do what you want to him, gestures to Haroud but leave me alone! Please!