Instagram's 'Which Disney Character Are You' Filter Brought Much Joy To Robin Williams' Daughter After It Landed On The Genie

by Damjan

Robin Williams' daughter Zelda tried out the Instagram’s filter called 'Which Disney Character Are You?' this week, and she was caught by surprise when a game that randomly assigns characters decided that she was one of the most popular characters that her father, who died in 2014, had portrayed.

Zelda, who is now a 30-year-old woman posted on her Twitter account a video of herself using this filter.

After the app scrolled through several characters, Olaf, Maleficent, Ursula, Dory, it landed on the Genie from Disney’s 1992 Aladdin, and it made her start laughing.

The five-second video has 1.8 million views, and many fans have commented on how cute it is.

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What are the chances? Zelda didn't see it coming and started laughing when the image came up.

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A message from dad: Zelda lost her father in 2014

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Robin Williams gave voice to Genie from the 1992 animated film Aladdin.

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Playing around: Robin Williams' daughter Zelda was pleasantly surprised when the app decided she is Aladdin

'Dad's saying hi,' said one comment, while another added 'That's awesome. Divine intervention for that for sure.'

'This makes my heart jump for joy,' said a third.

'Her reaction is priceless. You could still see the happiness there,' said another.

This Instagram filter she used became very popular, and now it has a similar one that decides which assigns Harry Potter characters.

Since they're not official Instagram filters they can be a bit tricky to find, so below there is a video that explains how to access them.

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Which Harry Potter Character are You?

1. Log onto the Instagram app on your phone or tablet — the filters can only be accessed through the app; they are not available on Instagram.com.

2. Go to the page Elena (@syilers).

3. Look beneath the user's bio. You will see three tabs: one for posts, one with a smiley face icon, and one for tagged posts. Choose the smiley face icon.

4. Click on the most recent post, and that shows the user with 'Which Harry Potter Character Are You?' written above her head and an image of Hogwarts.

5. Pick the white tab with a camera icon and writing 'Try It' in the bottom left corner.

6. press and hold the button at the bottom of the screen that shows a cartoon of Ron, Harry and Hermione to start recording video. While it's recording, tap the Hogwarts artwork with another finger.

7. Release the button to wrap up recording once the filter has landed on a character.

How to: navigate to the page @syilers and select the smiley face icon on top of the posts. Then pick the first video

Test it out: When the video starts, press the 'Try It button in the bottom left corner

Next steps: Hold the Harry Potter button at the bottom of the screen to record. While pressing it, tap the Hogwarts icon above your head.

Characters will change over your head.

Elena, the filter creator used a mix of good and bad characters

Which Disney Character Are You?

1. Log onto the Instagram app on your phone or tablet.

2. Go to the Arno Partissimo (@arnopartissimo) page.

3. Look below the users bio. There will be four tabs: one for posts, one for IGTV, one with a smiley face icon, and one for tagged posts. Choose the smiley face icon.

4. Click on the most recent post, which illustrates the user with an image of Olaf above his head.

5. Select the white tab with a camera icon that says 'Try It' in the bottom left corner.

6. Hold down the button at the bottom of the screen that displays an image of a castle to start recording video. Whilst it's recording, use another finger to press the 'Which Disney Are You?' artwork, which should appear above your head.

7. Release the key to finish recording once the filter has landed on a character.