The Magic Carpet (better known as just Carpet) is a supporting character in the 2019 live-action remake of Aladdin. He is a sentient Persian carpet whom Aladdin befriends while traversing the Cave of Wonders.
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As Aladdin is tasked to find the Magic Lamp at the Cave of Wonders, he and Abu stumble across Carpet which comes to life inside the cave after accidentally toppling over a goblet inside. Carpet then points to Aladdin that a rock has trapped him just as Aladdin curiously finds out that a magical carpet like the one two found exists to which Carpet frees himself and soars around the Cave.
As Abu grabs a nearby ruby which is dropped by accident when Aladdin finds the Lamp, Carpet reacts to the Cave rumbling due to Abu touching the forbidden treasure. As everything starts to crumble inside the Cave, Carpet helps Aladdin and Abu escape the collapsing cave to which the three encounter Jafar outside whom Aladdin asks for help. Jafar demands him to give him the Lamp to which upon handing him the Lamp, he uses his foot against Aladdin to make him fall to his death to which Carpet rescues him from falling to his demise while Abu tackles Jafar. However, the three become trapped inside the Cave of Wonders after it collapses while Jafar outside becomes enraged that he didn't obtain the Lamp.
Still stuck inside the Cave of Wonders, Aladdin begins thinking of a plan to get out of the Cave to which Carpet tells Aladdin to rub the Lamp, which emits the Genie coming out of it just as he explains to Aladdin that he never had a friend like him. Carpet then watches Abu playing with cymbals and a drum and later a drum set just as Carpet is given maracas as he participates during the musical number "Friend Like Me" with the Genie. Later during the song, Genie then pulls Carpet from a magic hat while flying around with Abu hanging on him. After the song, Aladdin uses his first wish to escape the Cave of Wonders, just as Aladdin, Abu, and Carpet escape the cave via wish.
Having escaped the Cave, Carpet soars around the desert landscape while the Genie is talking with Aladdin about his own wish to be human. Genie then talks to Carpet building a sandcastle explaining to him to set himself free to which Carpet leaps in agreement and it is found out that Aladdin has two wishes left. When Aladdin wishes to become a prince, the wish sends Aladdin and Carpet to another side of the desert where Genie gives Aladdin a prince outfit, which he dubs him "Prince Ali" as Carpet and Abu watch Genie preparing an outfit for Aladdin.
Later that night, Aladdin introduces Jasmine to Carpet to which Aladdin takes her to ride on him just as Carpet shows Aladdin and Jasmine the world around them during the musical number "A Whole New World". Throughout the song, Carpet takes a Aladdin across a desert, an oasis, and an ocean, just as Carpet flies the couple back to Agrabah. Jasmine later finds out that "Prince Ali" is actually Aladdin. After conversation, Carpet flies Jasmine back to her home in Agrabah while Iago watches Carpet returning Aladdin to Genie who explains to Aladdin about telling the truth to Jasmine.
The next day, Carpet and Abu plan to rescue Aladdin who is about to be thrown off the balcony where he would drown underwater after Jafar urges him to know where the Lamp is to which after Aladdin tells him that he doesn't know where he hid the Lamp, Jafar pushes him off the balcony as Aladdin falls underwater. Carpet and Abu then notice Aladdin who is about to have a watery death underwater as Aladdin finds himself at the bottom of the ocean to which Genie does to wish for him to save his life just as Carpet and Abu notice the Genie saving him.
Later, Carpet and Abu listen to Aladdin who is discussing with the Genie about Aladdin being told to tell the truth about being a prince to which the Genie feels upset about what Aladdin said to him after it is found out that "Prince Ali" is actually Aladdin just before Aladdin returns home and feels upset about himself that he should stop pretending who he isn't supposed to be. Furthermore, Aladdin, Carpet, and Abu arrive at the Sultan's Palace in a plan to stop Jafar from ruling Agrabah to which upon approaching him, Jafar finds out that "Prince Ali" is actually Aladdin, just as Jafar banishes Aladdin to a frozen wasteland. With Aladdin banished to a frozen wasteland, Carpet tells Genie that Jafar banished him just as Genie sends him to the spot where Aladdin is at.
Carpet arrives at the frozen wasteland and rescues Aladdin from having a frigid death, alongside Abu, bringing the two back to Agrabah to stop Jafar and rescue Jasmine before she marries Jafar. In a plan to rescue Jasmine and stop her from marrying Jafar, Jasmine boards on Carpet just as Jafar transforms Iago into a giant roc to chase the two riding on Carpet, much to the sorcerer's fury. While being chased by Iago, Abu finds the lamp as Iago chases him across the marketplace. Aladdin attempts to jump back on Carpet where Jasmine is at, only for him and Abu to be grabbed by Iago to which Aladdin falls back on Carpet again in a plan to retrieve the Lamp. In panic, Sultan bumps into Jafar to stop this madness to which Abu retrieves the Lamp from Iago as Carpet plans to take Aladdin, Jasmine, and Abu back to Agrabah.
Later, Jafar becomes enraged and sends a powerful storm to destroy Agrabah to which Carpet ends up getting torn by the storm while Iago takes the Lamp back to his master as the four end up at the Palace. Carpet, torn and injured during the storm, is unable to attack, followed by Sultan, Jasmine, and Dahlia who are all trapped in bubbles, leaving Aladdin to deal with Jafar by himself; Jafar turns into a powerful genie to destroy Agrabah and the world as part of his final wish to become the most powerful being in the universe only for Jafar's attack to be stopped just as he is sent back to his lamp in defeat, alongside Iago.
With Jafar defeated, Abu brings Carpet to Genie, who restores him back to his normal shape just before Aladdin makes his final wish to free him. Carpet later attends Aladdin and Jasmine's wedding as a large crowd applauds in front of the couple just before Abu rides on Carpet, flying across the sky as fireworks are launched into the sky to celebrate the couple's wedding. Later, during the credits, Carpet dances to "Friend Like Me" with everyone else inside the Palace.
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