Jafar

“Calm yourself, Iago. Soon I will be sultan, not that addlepated twit!”
―Jafar.
Jafar is the main antagonist of Disney's 1992 animated feature film Aladdin. As the Royal Vizier of Agrabah, he was presented as the Sultan's most trusted and loyal councilman. In truth, the imperious Jafar held passionate disdain for the Sultan and dedicated the latter half of his life to gaining ownership of a magic lamp containing an all-powerful Genie—to that end, Jafar would control cosmic power, to which he would use to overtake the throne and the world at large.

Jafar is loosely based off the wicked sorcerer from the Aladdin folk tale in the One Thousand and One Nights collection of stories. With an elegant, yet cheeky approach to villainy, coupled with a dry sense of humor and menace, Jafar is amongst Disney's most renowned villains, and would later feature as a primary member of the Disney Villains franchise.