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* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: {{spoiler|Jafar leaving Aladdin to die in the Cave of Wonders, once the latter gives him the lamp.}}

* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: [[Aladdin (Disney film)/Nightmare Fuel|See here]].

* [[No Problem With Licensed Games]]: Both the Virgin Games Sega Genesis game and the Capcom SNES game were well received by the gaming community. [[The Problem with Licensed Games|The Game Gear and Game Boy Color versions, on the other hand, are bad]].

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* [[Ron the Death Eater]]: Aladdin ~~himself~~ ~~gets~~ ~~this~~ ~~from~~ ~~some~~ ~~people,~~ ~~citing~~ the fact that he's a thief and that he lied to Jasmine about his true identity. ~~This~~ ~~despite the fact that~~ Aladdin only stole food because outside circumstances forced him to do it out of survival, ~~not to mention that~~ he had no other choice ''but'' to lie if he wanted to legally court Jasmine, since Agrabah's marriage laws dictated that the princess could only marry a price. Even with this in mind, Aladdin still does the right thing in the end by [[Pet The Dog|giving some homeless kids the food he initially stole anyway]] and later, he outright ''apologizes'' to Jasmine for lying to her.

* [[Older Than They Think]]: ''Aladdin'' is actually the '''fourth''' attempt at the "three wishes" rule for genies by Disney; it had been used twice on ''[[DuckTales (1987)]]'', on one regular episode and in that show's [[Duck Tales: The Movie - Treasure of The Lost Lamp|feature film]], and it was on one episode of ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]''.

* [[Painful Rhyme]]: "His forty '''fakirs''', his cooks, his '''bakers'''"... ''Ouch''. 'Fakir' in English is usually pronounced "fah-KEER", or ''maybe'' "FAY-KEER", but not the same as "faker". Also, technically, since all those people are just creations of the Genie, they're ''all'' [[Stealth Pun|fakers.]]

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* [[Ron the Death Eater]]: Aladdin has the unfortunate tendency of being on the receiving end of this. His detractors cite the fact that he's a thief and that he lied to Jasmine about his true identity, even though Aladdin only stole food because outside circumstances forced him to do it out of survival, and he had no other choice ''but'' to lie if he wanted to legally court Jasmine since Agrabah's marriage laws dictated that the princess could only marry a price. Even with this in mind, Aladdin still does the right thing in the end by [[Pet The Dog|giving some homeless kids the food he initially stole anyway]] and later, he outright ''apologizes'' to Jasmine for lying to her. She herself even [[Understanding Boyfriend|acknowledges that there were no other options available for him at the time, so keeping his true identity a secret from her was understandable.]]

* [[Signature Scene]]: The showstopping "Friend Like Me" number is ''the'' most famous part of the film.

* [[Signature Song]]: "A Whole New World".

* [[Smurfette Breakout]]: Jasmine is a supporting character while the story is about Aladdin, but she is included in the [[Disney Princess]] franchise and is actually the only princess in the lineup who isn't the main character in her film.

* [[Special Effects Failure]]: While the CGI head of the Cave of Wonders and the integration of CGI and hand-drawn animation with the magic carpet and the lava still holds up well today, some of the CGI bits inside of the cave (i.e. the escape sequence) are really showing their age now, especially if you watch it on Blu-Ray.

* [[Squick]]: Jafar isn't particularly attractive on his own, but any scene where he puts advances on Jasmine makes him look even slimier, causing major squick! Even in the movie's own universe, Abu and Iago have a Squick noise at Jasmine and Jafar's kiss. Jasmine looks pretty grossed out as well during that.

* [[Tear Jerker]]: Genie's goodbye to Aladdin made some ''fathers'' in the audience cry. It's even harder to watch now due to Robin Williams' passing.

** When Jasmine thinks that Aladdin has been executed, and she realizes: "I didn't even know his name!"

* [[Testosterone Brigade]]: Jasmine has a huge one, and may have the biggest of any of the Disney Princesses (possibly behind [[The Little Mermaid|Ariel]]). This is due to her very sexy bedlah outfit, making her one of the more scantily clad princesses, and the additionally revealing red number [[Go-Go Enslavement|Jafar traps her in]]. What's more is her feisty personality and the fact that she establishes herself as an [[Action Girl]] in spin-off media.

* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: One of the lyrics from the opening number "Arabian Nights" - "where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face. It's barbaric, but hey! It's home" - [http://articles.latimes.com/1993-07-10/entertainment/ca-11747_1_altered-lyric came under fire for being offensive towards Middle Eastern people and their culture]. The line was later changed to "Where it's flat and immense and the heat is intense" for the VHS release to assuage these concerns.

* [[Values Dissonance]]: This stands out amongst later Disney films based on non-American cultures. Disney [[Shown Their Work|does a lot of research]] into presenting the cultures accurately and respectfully. ''Aladdin'' on the other hand isn't a particularly accurate film and some aspects have been considered offensive (such as how "Arabian Nights" needed to be censored to remove some violent references). This wasn't a well-known issue in the early 1990s, but in modern times, the film would be written much differently.

* [[Viewer Gender Confusion]]: What is Rajah supposed to be, again? The tiger is likely a male since the female equivalent to "Rajah" would be "Rani" but this is not in the movie.

* [[Visual Effects of Awesome]]: The spirit that acts as the entrance to the Cave Of Wonders still looks amazing to this day (especially since the relatively-dated CGI, combined with its flat-tone art style and smooth animation, gives it an otherworldly feel).

* [[Woolseyism]]: In some translations of "Prince Ali", the lyrics get pretty damn naughty, especially for the harem girls admiring him for much more than his manners and his clothes - for example in German the girls sing "I'm so hot I'm about to start groaning", "I'll file for Divorce" and "I'm really ravished by him". In Latin American, they sing "I've never seen a body like that, oh I can't breathe". Genie sings in the French dub "It's crowded/packed at the balcony" which is slang for having large breasts, "Prince Ali, Sexy like never" in German, which in German context would mean, "Nobody is sexier", and "I know there's a hottie around here" in Latin American to the Sultan.

== Sequels ==