Prince Ali was written for Disney's animated Aladdin, released in 1992, as the show-stopping number announcing the hero's arrival in Agrabah. The reprise flips that celebration: Jafar, the film's scheming vizier voiced by Jonathan Freeman, sings a darker version to unmask Aladdin before the Sultan and Jasmine. Because the melody is instantly familiar while the lyrics turn hostile, the clip has become a favourite for online edits, reaction videos and villain compilations, where the contrast between the joyful original and Jafar's version does much of the storytelling.