"Jafar might be planning on taking over the palace. I wonder if he'd share any treasure he finds with me."

The Peddler is a mysterious salesman who is always looking out for his own best interest. He originates from Disney's Aladdin.

Story

Kingdom Hearts

The Peddler occasionally shows up inside Aladdin's House, running a shop while hiding from the Heartless that are overrunning the city.

After Sora rescues Carpet and leaves Aladdin's House, the Peddler will appear at Aladdin's House until Sora frees Jasmine in the Alley, or helps Aladdin in the Desert. After defeating the Pot Centipede, the Peddler appears again. Once Jafar-Genie is defeated, the Peddler will permanently disappear.

Kingdom Hearts II

During Sora, Donald, and Goofy's first visit, the Peddler chases Aladdin and Abu after Abu stole a lamp from the Peddler. After the lamp's return, Iago recognizes it as Jafar's lamp. Returning to the Peddler's shop, Sora and friends try to purchase the lamp, but the Peddler's price is "a treasure fit for a sultan", prompting the party to go the Cave of Wonders to bring back enough treasure to pay the price. When Sora and company return to the Peddler's shop, they find the Peddler being chased by Pete, who attempts to snatch the lamp, intending to release Jafar and turn him into a Heartless. The chase continues into the palace grounds, where Iago joins in by swooping down and scooping up the lamp in his beak, but crashes into a wall. After Sora and friends defeat Volcanic Lord and Blizzard Lord, they purchase the lamp from the Peddler, sealing it away deep inside the palace.

Sometime before Sora's second visit to Agrabah, the Peddler breaks into the palace to steal some treasure when Jafar telepathically calls to him, tricking the Peddler into releasing him. Jafar departs after being freed, leaving the Peddler empty-handed. Peddler then meets a man in a black coat, who bribes the Peddler with treasure to keep quiet about Jafar, claiming he would get rid of Jafar once the vizier was turned into a Heartless.^[1]

When Sora and company beam down from the Gummi Ship into the Peddler's shop, which is now filled with treasure. Aladdin bursts in and reveals how the Peddler had let Jafar out of the lamp, prompting the Peddler to run. Sora and his friends later find the Peddler in front of the palace, where he admits his release of Jafar and transaction with the man in the black coat.

Sora can visit the Peddler again in his shop, where he provides a skateboard for Sora to play the SB Sand Slider mini-game.

Vexen's Absent Silhouette can be found in his shop at this point.

Kingdom Hearts coded

He is the first Data-Agrabah resident the Data-Sora interacts with, and introduces him to a Gravity-based Debug Ability. After Data-Sora fixes Data-Agrabah, he wants a Guard Brace++, for which he will trade Sora a Sardonyx Ring+.

Design

The Peddler is a very small man with tanned skin, a thin, black goatee, and a rectangular mustache with a triangular gap at his philtum. His clothing is quite simple, consisting of a sky blue robe that reaches the floor, a faded red sash tied around his waist, and brown sandals. The most noticeable aspect of the Peddler's outfit is his ridiculously large, white turban, which is twice as big around as his own head.

Personality

Not much is known about the Peddler, save for his unyielding thirst for wealth. The Peddler is also a very good haggler, as he refuses to give the party Jafar's lamp unless they bring him "a treasure fit for a sultan."

Origin

The Peddler first appeared in the Disney film Aladdin, voiced by the late Robin Williams with Bruce Adler as his singing voice. In the film's opening, he attempts to sell the viewer various pieces of junk before pulling out the magic lamp. To convince the viewer that the lamp is really magical, he tells them a story of its abilities, which is the story of Aladdin.

At one point in the production of Aladdin, the Peddler was going to both open and close the movie, and, at the end, reveal himself to be the Genie in disguise, hence why he shares a voice actor with the Genie. This was dropped for the final film, although he does close the third film, Aladdin and the King of Thieves.

The Peddler's role in Kingdom Hearts II is borrowed from that of "Abis Mal", a clumsy bandit who finds and releases Jafar in The Return of Jafar, eventually becoming one of Aladdin's greatest foes.

Notes and references

• Entelechy
• Agrabah
• Disney characters
• Kingdom Hearts characters
• Kingdom Hearts II characters
• Kingdom Hearts coded characters