"Garden of Evil" is the fourteenth episode of Aladdin, originally aired on September 14, 1994.
Plot[]
Twenty years ago, a young Sultan goes to a garden to take a flower and give it to his wife. But then, Arbutus, the garden's master, tells the Sultan that twenty years later, he will have his most valuable treasure.
Today, Aladdin promises the Sultan that he will guard the treasure room so Arbutus will not steal them. However, it's revealed that when Arbutus said "treasure", he meant Jasmine. So he kidnaps the princess to take her to his garden. Aladdin and the gang follow Arbutus to rescue Jasmine.
Meanwhile, Arbutus shows Jasmine his art and tells her how much he loves his garden. Jasmine begins to understand, but then Aladdin shows up and fights Arbutus. Aladdin then slashes the rose off Arbutus's chest, killing him and causing the garden to rot away. Jasmine tells him that Arbutus loved his garden as much as they love each other.
Later, Aladdin and his friends water the rose in hopes that Arbutus may someday live again.
Cast[]
- Scott Weinger as Aladdin
- Linda Larkin as Jasmine
- Ron Perlman as Arbutus
- Val Bettin as The Sultan
- Dan Castellaneta as Genie
- Gilbert Gottfried as Iago
- Frank Welker as Abu
Trivia[]
- Jasmine's mother is indirectly mentioned.
- Arbutus is very similar to the monster from the original fairytale version of "Beauty and the Beast"; he is a vicious but kind monster living alone in his magic domain, and demands the daughter of a man who stole one of his flowers, and bonds with the girl before her suitor comes to kill him; unlike in the fairytale, Arbutus dies and Aladdin survives. Coincidentally, Ron Perlman - Arbutus' voice actor-also played Vincent in the 1987 TV version of Beauty and the Beast.
- Fittingly enough for a plant spirit, Arbutus shares his name with a genus of plant that grows around the Mediterranean Basin.
Home video releases[]
US[]
- Princess Collection: Jasmine's Enchanted Tales: The Greatest Treasure (VHS)
International[]
- Princess Collection: Jasmine's Enchanted Tales: The Greatest Treasure (VHS)
- Jasmine's Enchanted Tales: Journey of a Princess (VHS and DVD)