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== Movie ==
* [[Disneyfication]]: Oh, geeze, where to start? As well done as it is, the film is ''drastically'' different from the original tale. First off, in the story as presented in the ''[[Arabian Nights]]'', Aladdin is ''Chinese'', and the action all takes place in China. He had ''two'' genies - a weaker one in a ring, and the stronger one in the lamp - and had ''no limit'' on the number of tasks he could set them to. Yes, he won the hand of a princess -- her name was [[w:Badroulbadour|Badroulbadour]], not Jasmine, and to do it he had to foil a wedding between her and the son of an [[Evil Vizier]]. But that was barely the midpoint of the story; the evil wizard who had first used Aladdin to try to retrieve the lamp (and who was not the [[Evil Vizier]], nor had any connection to the princess in any way) was not quickly disposed of but instead discovered Aladdin's success, and successfully stole the lamp (and the princess, and Aladdin's palace, and almost everything else) with the clever ruse of "New lamps for old!" Aladdin had to win everything back from the wizard using his wits and the lesser genie he still had in his ring. There weren't any cute animal companions, magic carpets hadn't been thought up when the story was written, and the princess didn't have much of a part - she ranged from ruining everything by giving away the lamp, all the way down to being eye candy only present for Aladdin to marry.
* [[Executive Meddling]]: One of the contractual agreements [[Robin Williams]] had was that they not make a big deal about him being in the movie (''Toys'' was coming out the following month, and he didn't want this film to overshadow Barry Levinson's pet project), which included the requirement that the poster not have the Genie take up more than 25% of merchandise. Just look at the image. While he doesn't technically exceed the maximum allowed amount of space, he's still by far the most obvious character. Robin Williams sued, and won.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]:
** [[Frank Welker]] voices the Cave of Wonders using a voice strikingly similar to Dr. Claw of [[Inspector Gadget]]. He's also Abu AND Raja, which makes certain scenes of them together... [[Talking to Himself|interesting]].
** Title character's voice is [[Full House|Steve Hale]] (D.J.'s boyfriend).
** Razoul (the head guard) is [[Goof Troop
*** In the French version, Jafar is also [[House (TV series)|House]].
*** In Brazil, Jafar is also [[The Lion King
*** In Italy, Jafar is also [[Mulan
** In Japan, [[Akira Kamiya]] is Iago and [[Koichi Yamadera]] is the Genie.
** An interesting variation in the German dub, crossing over into a [[Woolseyism]]: while [[Robin Williams]] might have quit after the first movie, his German voice actor Peer Augustinski certainly didn't.
*** In the Swedish dub of the first sequel Genie didn't get a new voice actor, but Jafar did. Also, Swedish Genie has the same voice actor as [[Hercules (
*** Jafar's German voice actor Joachim Kemmer is also [[The Little Mermaid
** In Spain this was also the film that initiated star casting ''for dubs''. Basically after hyping for months that Robin Williams was the Genie, instead of hiring Robin's usual voice actor they did a ''second'' dose of star power marketing and cast Josema Yuste of comedic duo Martes Y Trece as the Genie.
*** Speaking of Spain, Ángel de Gracia (Aladdin) wound up on [[
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: Jonathan Freeman, Jafar's voice actor, on the DVD extras appears as the total opposite to his evil character: he's funny, nice, gentle, and nowhere near as tall! And also terrified of birds, which became something of a "[[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]" moment when the live parrot was brought into the studio so animators could sketch it.
* [[The Other Marty]]: Aladdin himself: Aladdin was originally drawn as a scrawny 12-year-old. (Or thereabouts.) It was only ''after'' animation had begun that they realized they needed a more buff look for their hero. However, it was too late to re-do the animation that had been done already, and the 'scrawny' Aladdin can be seen in the ''Friend Like Me'' sequence.<ref>
* [[Throw It In]]: Many scenes are Robin Williams ad-libbing, particularly the opening one with the peddler. Gilbert Gottfried also did it at times, a notable example being the line "gotta pack up the guns, the weapons, the blades, and let's not forget this picture. I intend to draw a face on it." line shortly after Ali Ababwa/Aladdin unveiled Jafar and Iago's treacherous ambitions to the Sultan.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: [[Patrick Stewart]] was up for the role of Jafar. He wanted to do it, too, but fitting it into his schedule (which included the weekly ''[[Star Trek:
== Sequels ==
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]:
** Cassim is [[Raiders of the Lost Ark
** And Sa'luk is [[Beauty and
** Abis Mal, as noted before, is [[Seinfeld|George Castanza]]. Also counts under [[Actor Allusion]] as well, as he also acts as essentially an expy of the character in terms of mannerisms and personality.
* [[The Other Darrin]]:
** Throughout the first sequel and the TV series, Genie is voiced by [[Dan Castellaneta]], before switching back to [[Robin Williams]] in ''The King of Thieves'', and back again to Castellaneta in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series.
** Sultan: Beats Genie by one in this trope.
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== TV Series ==
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Abis Mal is [[Seinfeld|George Costanza]] (Jason Alexander).
** The Genie is not [[The Simpsons (animation)|Homer Simpson]]. Or [[Earthworm Jim (
** Mechanicles is [[Charlie Adler]].
** Haroud is [[Fresh Prince of Bel Air|Uncle Phil.]] (James Avery).
** Queen Hippsodeth is [[Star Trek: Voyager|Captain Janeway]].
** Minos is voiced by [[Keith David]].
** Caliph Kapok and Amok Mon-Ra are both voiced by [[Tim Curry]].
** Chaos is [[Max Headroom]].
** Nasira is [[The Little Mermaid
* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]
** Some Jasmine centric episodes were released on VHS as ''Jasmine's Enchanted Tales''<ref>
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Mozenrath is voiced by Jonathan Brandis in many episodes except one, where he is voiced by [[Jeff Bennett]].
* [[Word of Dante]]: Just about everything you think you know about Mozenrath:
** A common bit of fanlore has it that the creators planned to make Mozenrath Aladdin's brother or half-brother. During production of the third film, Disney considered Mozenrath as a villain, but [
** The bit about Mozenrath being Destane's ''apprentice''. While it makes sense, it was never actually stated.
** Many fans assume that Mozenrath's gauntlet was directly responsible for his skeletal arm. This makes sense, but all Mozenrath says on the matter is "I gave my right hand for power." While this implies that the gauntlet ate it off, it's equally possible that he lost the flesh on his hand ''getting'' to the gauntlet and used his mad necromancy skills to reanimate the bone.
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