WAYS TO TELL IF YOU'RE AN IAGO FAN...

(By Heather Burk, Cyndie Combs, Marco Merkelijn, Michelle Bowen, and BJustalittlekiss@aol.com)


1. All you want out of life is caviar, manicures, and a reclining chair that vibrates. - HB

2. You’re starting to sound like him. - HB

3. You own more than one Iago toy. - HB

4. You made a sculpture of him out of clay. - HB

5. You write fanfics about him. - HB

6. You have an Iago fan site. - HB

7. You watch all the movies and episodes and count the number of times he gets hurt. - HB

8. When he does something wrong, you make excuses for him. - HB

9. You get a pet parrot and try to teach it to talk like Iago. - HB

10. You quote Iago constantly. - HB

11. When asked why you do this, you reply, “The secret to being witty is to quote witty people.” - HB

12. You think Disney should make a new series about Cassima nd Iago’s adventures after KoT. - HB

13. When you’re watching TV with your family or friends and Gilbert Gottfried’s voice comes on, everyone looks at you and smiles. - HB

14. You read or watch Shakespeare’s “Othello” just because the villain’s name is Iago. - HB

15. You goto New York City on vacation, and everyone’s accents put you in a mild hypnotic state. - HB

16. You’re always complaining that the animators never draw him right. (“His tailfeathers are purple, not blue, you idiots!”) - HB

17. You swear that you were a parrot in another life. - HB

18. When bad weather ruins your plans, you think that it’s because Thundra is mad at you. - HB

19. When you first saw “Fowl Weather” you got really depressed. (“Iago, how could you?!!!”) - HB

20. You vehemently defend your claim that Iago has a thing for Jasmine. - HB

21. When someone tells you that they don’t like Iago, you bite their head off. - HB

22. Your favorite eps are “Hero With a Thousand Feathers”, “Rain of Terror”, “Vocal Hero”, “Poor Iago”, “Scare Necessities”, etc.... - HB

23. When you saw “Rain of Terror” and “The Love Bug” for the first time, you just sat there waiting for Iago and Thundra to break up. (“Come on, any second now they’re gonna come to their senses and realize that they’re wrong for each other!”) Bonus points if you did any premature celebrating whenever they had a fight. - HB

24. You’ve taken your Iago toys to school or work. - HB

25. You took your Iago toy to school when you had to bring something important to you for English class. - HB

26. You’ve never been more shocked than when you found out your English teacher had no idea who Iago was. (She thought he was a vulture!!!) - HB

27. When you saw the in the credits of the Gargoyles ep “Legion” that one of the gargoyles inside Coldstone is named Iago, you were SO happy! - HB

28. You draw pictures of him. - HB

29. If he asked you to marry him, you’d say yes in a second. (Actually, a second of thought would be quite a bit for this particular decision...)

30. You finally decide that Thundra’s not so bad after all. After all, how can you hate someone with such good taste?! - HB

31. You really believe he has a "heart of gold" in there somewhere. - CC

32. You've spent years trying to understand every aspect of him and know you've figured him out so well that you can read his mind. - CC

33. You get mad when he's not in an episde (this happens twice). - CC

34. You get mad when he doesn't have a big part in an episode. - CC

35. You keep wishing he would just find treasure so he could be happy, but you feel like telling him that true happiness lies in friendship. - CC

36. You actually AREN'T annoyed by his voice. - CC

37. You feel bad for him and want to hug him. - CC

38. You dream about him, fantasize about talking to him, and dance with your teddy bear that you've named Iago. - CC

39. You can't understand why the artists sometimes draw him rather poorly when he really is quite adorable. - CC

40. You look upon the end of Return of Jafar as sad and feel like he really is a hero. - CC

41. You wish nothing bad could ever happen to him if you can help it. - CC

42. You write a whole fanfic told from his point of view in first person. - CC

43. You want to buy a parrot that looks like him, name him Iago, and teach him to say things like "jerk," "why am I not surprised," and "get a grip." - CC

44. You get mad at him when he rips his feather out or makes a pig of himself because these things make him look funny. - CC

45. You get mad when he loses his feathers. - CC

46. You admire his ability to read, write, talk, and be intelligent. - CC

47. You admire his ability to mimic anyone's voice. - CC

48. You want to ask him why the heck he hung around Jafar for so long. - CC

49. You have added his name into yours somehow. - CC

50. You made up the female version of Iago to be Ia and used it in a play for school. - CC

51. You laugh when he makes his sarcastic remarks at Genie and Abu. - CC

52. You don't refer to your friends as Aladdin, Jasmine, Abu, Carpet, and Genie. Rather they are the Kid or Al, Princess, Monkey or something less desirable, Rug, and Blue Boy. - CC

53. You also go under the identities of Ramone, Phil, and Bob. - CC

54. Your cousin Jeff had a bad experience in Kentucky with a deep frier. - CC

55. Your cousin's feathers are in your pillow. - CC

56. A volcano killed your uncle. - CC

57. You draw him when he was a baby. - CC

58. You got mad when he left the palace at the end of KoT. - CC

59. You feel bad for him when he is locked up in KoT or other times. - CC

60. You imagine yourself as him. - CC

61. You play Iago in an Online Role Playing Game. - MM

62. You try to sing like him just to have fun - MB

63. You see Gilbert on tv and you think there is Iago - MB

64. You think about him and you smile at how he acts - MB

65. You get pms and you actually write his story like Iago (DON'T ASK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) - MB

66. If you have a tendency to puke at the sight of a couple kissing. - BJ


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