When the woman has a disastrous encounter with a vendor, Aladdin steps in to save her and claims her to be his mentally-ill sister-so ill, that she believes Abu to be the Sultan. As they eat, Aladdin spots a beautiful woman in the marketplace and instantly becomes infatuated. The next day, Aladdin and Abu plot to steal a watermelon for breakfast. As Aladdin laments his desire to experience a better life for both himself and Abu, the latter falls asleep soundly. Downhearted, Aladdin and Abu return to their hovel of a home. Aladdin defends the children, but both he and Abu are publicly humiliated as punishment.
The two children playfully thank Abu, who seems happy to have been of help, just before the children find themselves nearly whipped in public by the snooty Prince Achmed a suitor for Princess Jasmine. Abu is initially against doing so, believing his hard work should be rewarded, but after witnessing Aladdin's selflessness, he is motivated to follow suit. Poor and apparently orphaned, the children seem to be in search of something to eat, prompting Aladdin to donate his share of the bread. The two evade the security force after much hassle, but shortly after finding time to rest and enjoy their food, Aladdin and Abu encounter a pair of hungry children. Even so, Abu has had occasional instances of slipping back into his thieving tendencies, which was the center of the episode " To Cure a Thief".Īppearances Aladdin File:Images (2)Abu.jpgĪbu is first seen escaping the royal guards alongside Aladdin, after stealing a loaf of bread. This indicates Abu's ability to grow and mature. In the television series, Abu is often paired with the far more antagonistic and greedy Iago, whose over-the-top actions often force Abu to act as a "voice of reason", a trait not seen in the original film. For the sake of Aladdin's happiness, however, Abu is willing to put up with quite a bit of nonsense, such as being turned into an elephant to disguise himself as Aladdin's extravagant mode of transportation in hopes of winning over Jasmine and her father, the Sultan. The two share a mutual admiration for one another, and so much so on Abu's part that the monkey can become rather jealous when Aladdin's attention is given to someone else, as seen when he and the street-rat first meets the beautiful Princess Jasmine. When he and Aladdin noticed two starving children, Abu initially shows disgust towards the idea of donating his food, but he comes around fairly quickly, being both influenced by Aladdin's kindness and his own sense of morality.ĭespite his antagonistic traits, Abu is among Aladdin's most loyal and loving companions. Nevertheless, the monkey has redeemable qualities and, at his core, has a soft heart. Abu can also be quite greedy and selfish in this regard, as he constantly takes more than he needs.
This can land him into quite a bit of trouble and appears to even frustrate Aladdin from time to time. Unlike Aladdin, who steals to survive, Abu is a talented kleptomaniac, with unshakable urges to steal whatever catches his interests, be it riches, food, or anything else.
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Abu was developed as somewhere between realistic and anthropomorphic he does not speak full sentences, but occasionally utters broken phrases and displays human emotions. To remedy the issue, Musker and Clements added a monkey sidekick for Aladdin, named "Abu"-after the scrapped character from Woolverton's treatment.
John Musker and Ron Clements, who joined the Aladdin project as directors, felt that Woolverton's screenplay was better suited for live-action, featured too many humans, and lacked characters that could take advantage of the medium of animation. In Linda Woolverton's version of the story, there was an elderly man called "Blind Abu", named after a thief in the 1940 film The Thief of Bagdad. These characters were dropped when the story oversaw major revisions. In Howard Ashman's original story treatment for Aladdin, Aladdin's companions were a trio of human thieves (named Omar, Babkak, and Kassim) whom, when paired with Aladdin, acted as a vaudevillian quartet. After an adventure together, the two eventually became friends. Abu served as the group's pickpocket and actually met Aladdin after making an attempt to steal his money. In the episode of the Aladdin television series, " Seems Like Old Crimes", it is revealed that, long before the events of the first film, Abu originally worked for a traveling circus of thieves, consisting of himself, a duo named Minos and Fatima, and Aziz.
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