Aladdin
Genie is the fast-talking, shape-shifting spirit of the lamp in Disney's Aladdin (1992), voiced by the late Robin Williams. His lines land because so much of the performance was improvised: pop-culture riffs, rapid character voices, and jokes stacked on jokes, all wrapped around a character who is warm and lonely underneath the comedy. Below are his real quotes, each with the film and scene it comes from.
“Ten thousand years will give you such a crick in the neck!”
“Excuse me? Are you lookin' at me? Did you rub my lamp? Did you wake me up? Did you bring me here? And all of a sudden, you're walkin' out on me? I don't think so. Not right now. YOU'RE GETTIN' YOUR WISHES, SO SIT DOWN!!”
“There are a few provisos, a couple of quid pro quos. Rule number one: I can't kill anybody, so don't ask. Rule number two: I can't make anybody fall in love with anybody else. Rule number three: I can't bring people back from the dead. Other than that, you got it. You're set.”
“It's all part and parcel of the whole genie gig. Phenomenal cosmic powers! Itty-bitty living space.”
“He's got the outfit. He's got the elephant. But we're not through yet! Hang on to your turban, kid!”
“Jafar, Jafar, he's our man, if he can't do it, great!”
“Oh, Al, I'm gettin' kind of fond of you, kid. Not that I want to pick out curtains or anything.”
“I can't believe I'm losing to a rug.”
“Yo, rugman! Haven't seen you in a few millennia. Give me some tassel.”
“Tonight, the part of Al will be played by a tall, dark, and sinister ugly man.”
“You ain't never had a friend like me.”
“But, oh, to be free. To be my own master. Such a thing would be greater than all the magic and all the treasures in all the world.”
“The only way I get out of this is if my master wishes me out. So you can guess how often that's happened.”
“Sure ya can. You just go, 'Genie, I wish you free.'”