Aladdin (1992 Disney film)/Trivia: Difference between revisions

== Movie ==

* [[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.

** [[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).

** 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 [[Total Drama Island (Animation)|Total Drama Island]] 20 years later... as Noah!

* [[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> Pay attention to Aladdin during the lines "''You gots power in your corner now''" and "''you ain't never had a friend like me''" just before "''yes, sir, we pride ourselves on service''", where it's particularly obvious</ref>. In fact, Aladdin's original design was based on Michael J. Fox, which would make him an Other Marty for the ''[[Back to The Future (Film)|original]]'' Other Marty.

* [[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.

== Sequels ==

** Cassim is [[Raiders of the Lost Ark (Film)|Sallah!]] and [[Lord of the Rings (Film)|Gimli]]. And [[Gargoyles (Animation)|Macbeth]].

** And Sa'luk is [[Beauty and The Beast (Disney)|Lumiere]] and [[Law and Order (TV)|Lennie Briscoe!]]

== TV Series ==

** The Genie is not [[The Simpsons|Homer Simpson]]. Or [[Earthworm Jim (Animation)|Earthworm Jim]].

** Mechanicles is [[Charlie Adler]].