Aladdin (fairy tale): Difference between revisions

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A version of the tale can be read [http://xahlee.org/p/arabian_nights/aladdin/aladdin.html here]

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* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: Though the setting still has a case of [[Did Not Do the Research]] the setting isn't completely implausible because [[wikipedia:Islam in China|China does in fact have Muslims.]]

* [[Avenging the Villain]]: In the original version, the evil magician has a brother who is even more evil that comes to avenge him, but is vanquished by Aladdin with the lamp Djinni's help. This final episode is most often omitted from adaptations.

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** It's a little more complicated than not doing the research; "China" could have referred to Central Asia, which ''was'' Muslim, or been a variant of "far away." After all, most other fairy tales claim to have happened "long ago and far away" yet have customs and objects more closely aligned to the time they were told. The fact that Aladdin was first translated (or written) by an 18th-century Frenchman, and the French fairy tale tradition is very well-known for doing this, may have something to do with that.

* [[Ethnic Magician]]: The evil sorcerer is Moroccan, while the main characters are Chinese.

* [[Evil Chancellor]]: Though not the main villain (as he is in Disney's Aladdin), the Grand Vizier is still something of a [[Jerkass]] [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]] who wants to get rid of Aladdin so that his own son can marry the princess.

* [[Evil Chancellor]]: Though not the main villain (as he is in Disney's ''Aladdin''), the Grand Vizier is still something of a [[Jerkass]] [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]] who wants to get rid of Aladdin so that his own son can marry the princess.

* [[Genie in a Bottle]]: And also a magic ring.

* [[Green Lantern Ring]]: And lamp too. In fact, this is the inspiration behind the original [[Green Lantern]], Alan Scott. Alan Scott's original planned name was Allan Ladd.

** [[Urban Legend]]. Martin Nodell picked the name out of the New York phone book. Bill Finger, the DC insider assigned to co-create with him, apparently added a lot of embroidery to the story.

* [[Jackass Genie]]: Surprisingly averted. Some versions of the tale have the more powerful Genie of the Lamp bound by a powerful curse that forces him to obey both the letter and the spirit of the wish.

* [[Jackass Genie]]: Surprisingly averted. Some versions of the tale have the more powerful Genie of the Lamp bound by a powerful curse that forces him to obey both the letter and the spirit of the wish -- to the point of refusing Aladdin when he's about to make a booby-trapped wish.

* [[Make a Wish]]: The entire premise.

* [[The Makeover]]: Aladdin goes from poor man to wealthy prince with the help of a [[Genie in a Bottle]].

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Aladdin is the Anglicized form of ''Ala Al-Din'' which means "excellence of religion" or "light of Allah".

* [[Standard Hero Reward]]: Sort of-- Aladdin's wishes for wealth and a neat palace make him a viable husband for the princess, but he's already married to her by the time anything heroic happens.

* [[Standard Hero Reward]]: Sort of -- Aladdin's wishes for wealth and a neat palace make him a viable husband for the princess, but he's already married to her by the time anything heroic happens.

* [[Race Lift]]: The origins of the story are usually ignored and the characters made Arab to fit in with the general "[[Arabian Nights Days]]" theme.

* [[Ring of Power]]: Which has ~~the~~ Djinn of ~~it's~~ own.

* [[Ring of Power]]: Which has a Djinn of its own.

* [[Spear Counterpart]]: To "[[Cinderella (novel)|Cinderella]]", arguably.

* [[Uptown Girl]]: Firmly in the [[Zany Scheme]] category, with Aladdin going to enormous lengths to get the rich princess.