Adults Dressed as Children: The newborn Bird is depicted by dressing the full-sized Bird puppet in a bib and bonnet. Added Alliterative Appeal: The Magic Kingdom's core values are Duty and Devotion, "The 2 'D's". Adaptational Villainy: Aladdin, the Sultan, and Prince Achmed are major villains here. Adaptation Expansion: Here we see where Ja'far got the Scarab necklace, how he became Vizer, and where he got Iago. When arresting him, he takes time to make sure the Princess hasn't been harmed before explaining to her how Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse. He has a legitimate grievance against Aladdin that the latter got several of his men killed and is a menace to the commoners. The Captain of the Guard is much nicer than Razoul, if still snarky towards Ja'far. This extends even to altering the Establishing Character Moment in Aladdin, where Ja'far is genuinely shocked and appalled by the bloody Noodle Incident by which his contact obtained the other half of the necklace and the contact has to explain it's an Unusual Euphemism. As Wicked did with the Wicked Witch of the West, Twisted portrays Ja'far as a goodhearted, sympathetic hero who was never evil to begin with. Adaptational Comic Relief: Everyone, to some degree, given the nature of the musical, but in particular Razoul/The Captain of the Guard's mild Comically Serious tendencies from Aladdin go up to eleven. The rest of the cast was impressed enough by Australian actor Robert Manion's flawless American accent that they'd randomly lapse into an Australian accent in scenes with him to try to mess him up, until director Brian Holden had to ask them to stop. This is now extra Hilarious in Hindsight with Jaime having played a mermaid in a 2019 Super Bowl commercial. In a behind the scenes video she jokes about doing an "Ursula Safe Tunes" version of the album in Ursula's voice. Actor Allusion: The Sea Witch, an Expy of Ursula from The Little Mermaid, is played by Jaime Lyn Beatty, who was working on the Dolphin Safe Tunes EP at the time that portrayed her as a mermaid on the cover. To save the kingdom from certain destruction, Ja'far must do everything he can to get his hands on that lamp, even when the road gets a little twisted, to ensure a happy ending for all. When the naive princess angers the prince of the Kingdom of Pik-zahr, Ja'far remembers a tale told to him by his deceased wife of an all-powerful Djinn, hidden in a common lamp. 
Corruption is rampant on all levels, crime is up (thanks to the efforts of that thief Aladdin), and the kingdom is on the verge of bankruptcy. Ja'far is a hardworking, honest politician in a magic kingdom that has fallen on hard times. Along the way, StarKid both thoroughly lampoons and pays its respects to the many, many tropes popularized by Disney.
The seventh full-length musical by Team StarKid, Twisted gives Aladdin the Wicked treatment, exploring the true story of Jafar (or rather, "Ja'far").
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