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** Even though Creator/ScottWeinger (Aladdin) and Linda Larkin (Jasmine) are pretty decent singers, they did '''not''' sing for their respective characters. Brad Kane did Aladdin's singing while Lea Salonga did Jasmine's singing (Liz Callaway in the sequels).
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** Even though Creator/ScottWeinger (Aladdin) and Linda Larkin (Jasmine) are pretty decent singers, they did '''not''' sing for their respective characters.characters, the latter joking that she wouldn't have even auditioned if she'd known Jasmine had a song. Brad Kane did Aladdin's singing while Lea Salonga did Jasmine's singing (Liz Callaway in the sequels).
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** Brad Kane was originally cast as Aladdin before Creator/ScottWeinger was cast. Kane would eventually go on to provide the singing voice for the titular character.
** Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/MartinShort, Creator/JohnGoodman, Creator/EddieMurphy, Creator/AlbertBrooks, Creator/MattFrewer and Creator/JohnCandy were considered for the Genie before the casting of Creator/RobinWilliams.
** Creator/PatrickStewart was approached for the role of Jafar before [[Film/TheProducers Jonathan Freeman]] was cast, but turned down the offer due to scheduling conflicts with ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. To this day, Stewart considers turning down Jafar to be one of the biggest mistakes of his career.
*** Creator/TimCurry, Creator/KelseyGrammer, Creator/ChristopherLloyd, Creator/IanMcKellen and Creator/JohnHurt were considered for the role of Jafar as well before the casting of Freeman.
** Creator/DannyDeVito and Creator/JoePesci auditioned for Iago before the casting of Creator/GilbertGottfried.
** Music/MichaelBolton and Music/CelineDion, who was coming off the success of the title song of ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', were given initial consideration to record the pop version of "A Whole New World." Instead, the song went to Dion's previous duet partner, Peabo Bryson, and Regina Belle, an R&B star without much recognition in the pop world at the time. Even without the star power of Bolton and Dion, the song not only went to number one, but had the distinction of knocking Music/WhitneyHouston's version of "I Will Always Love You" off the top of the Billboard chart.
** Aladdin was originally supposed to have a mother, as mentioned on several documentaries, being a character that lyricist Howard Ashman reportedly wanted, since he had created the Aladdin solo song "Proud of Your Boy" around her. Her character, the song, and the original draft of the film got thrown out by studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg during production, and Katzenberg also reportedly wanted the mom "[=86ed=]", calling her "a zero". This led to Aladdin being an orphan in the original film instead. This '''also''' led to Elliott and Rossio joining the writing team and the rest of the story being reworked. ''Aladdin'' was the second Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon film in a row to get a ResetButton from Katzenberg; he also played this card on ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', and Ashman could not argue for the original draft this time due to his death (the meeting where Katzenberg hit the ResetButton, known to Disney animators as "Black Friday", happened a month after Ashman had already passed away from AIDS). While "Proud of Your Boy" was later added back into the Broadway musical, the mother was not. [[note]] Katzenberg would be involved in a second "Black Friday" regarding ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' before he left Disney [[/note]].
** An unused alternate ending features the peddler telling the story suddenly turning into the Genie before the credits roll. Not technically confirmed in the film itself, but both of them '''were''' still voiced by Creator/RobinWilliams, and if you look closely, the peddler and the Genie both have four fingers, while all the other human characters have five. They also have similar clothing, facial hair and even faces. This was passed over because the reveal dragged the ending on for too long; people were applauding and standing up on the fireworks shot of Aladdin and Jasmine.[[note]] In October 2015, directors John Musker and Ron Clements ''[[WordOfGod officially confirmed]]'' that the Peddler is indeed the Genie. [[/note]] [[spoiler:This idea would be recycled for the [[Film/Aladdin2019 live-action remake]], in which the Genie (as his liberated human form) introduces the story to his children, though he isn't explicitly revealed to actually ''be'' Genie until the end]].
** Aladdin was originally gonna have a trio of friends (named Babkak, Omar, and Kassim) who would help him out. They were written out, and became the villains Minos, Fatima, and Aziz in the TV series[[note]]Though the former two had a HeelFaceTurn while the latter remained a villain.[[/note]], while Kassim's name was reused (spelled "Cassim") for Aladdin's father in ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves''. They would eventually appear in the stage musical adaptation as Aladdin's sidekicks, subsequently replacing Abu.
** Indie animation legend Creator/BillPlympton was offered a six figure deal to animate on the film, nearly halting production on his first feature, ''WesternAnimation/TheTune''. He only turned it down when he learned that Disney held intellectual rights over any ideas he had while working for them.
** Originally Genie was able to grant unlimited wishes, but he was changed to the standard three-wish genie to raise the stakes.
** According to the "Pop-Up Fun Facts" on the DVD, Genie was originally going to be purple. They changed his color to blue to better fit the film's color scheme (Blue signifying "Good", Red signifying "Evil", and Yellow signifying "Neutral").
*** Adding onto this, some concept art showed that the filmmakers at one point considered having Genie be green, but this was scrapped. After that, he constantly bounced back between purple and blue, with the latter color ultimately winning out.
** There was originally supposed to be a scene where Jafar quizzes the Genie on all the animals that appeared in the Prince Ali song, finding out that the Genie had turned Abu into an elephant in the process. In the final version of the movie Jafar doesn't find out that the Genie did this until right before he sends Aladdin, Abu & the Magic Carpet to the arctic.
** Originally, Jafar was the hot-headed one while Iago was the more quiet, subdued one, but it was quickly decided that Jafar losing his temper every few seconds would get old fast and also make him less menacing as a villain.
** Iago was originally named Sinbad, but around the same time the writers changed his personality, they also changed his name.
** The Genie of the Ring from the original story became TheSpeechless Carpet because two genies would have been too much.
** There was going to be a Genie-centric prequel to the live-action remake, but was cancelled due to reasons explained in the ScrewedByTheLawyers section.
** Jasmine was supposed to have freed herself from the giant hourglass with the jewel from her headband but that was changed to a last-minute rescue.
** The Genie was intended to be voiced by an African-American actor, with Ashman and Menken's original [[https://youtu.be/guCLBENRvAs Friend Like Me]] taking heavy inspiration from the likes of Cab Calloway and Fats Waller. This idea was dropped to avoid the implications of a black actor playing a character who was essentially a slave. Funnily enough, the Genie would eventually be played by black actors in both the Broadway musical and the [[Film/Aladdin2019 live action remake]].
** A remnant of the Music/CabCalloway style Genie can be seen in the final film- when the Genie dances in a white tuxedo during the song, he's doing a pastiche of Cab Calloway's dance motions he did onstage while performing.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEcqP4db5KU This video]] shows several of Robin Williams' ad-libs that didn't make the cut, including a few alternate versions of scenes that did make it in.
** [[https://www.scriptslug.com/assets/scripts/aladdin-1992.pdf An early draft of the script]] had a SecretTestOfCharacter at the entrance to the Cave of Wonders, where on a pedestal stood a lamp more tempting than the "beat-up, worthless piece of junk" the Genie lives in. [[DeathByMaterialism Trying to grab]] ''[[DeathByMaterialism this]]'' [[DeathByMaterialism lamp would deem the seeker unworthy and cause the Tiger-God to collapse the cave and "pictograph" them on the cave walls]]. [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade Not much different from a certain "Holy Grail" test]]. This was to become Gazeem's fate instead of just ''being'' unworthy. Aladdin, on the other hand, would notice the pictograph and spot the trap. This would prove Aladdin worthy and open the ''real'' entrance to the cave.
** According to ''[[https://archive.org/details/disneys-aladdin-the-making-of-an-animated-film/page/n43/mode/2up Disney's Aladdin: The Making of an Animated Film]]'', The Sultan was originally going to tell Jasmine she was to be married by her 16th birthday, but Jeffrey Katzenberg nixed the idea for fear of sending negative messages. In the movie, it is changed to "next birthday." This early concept led to the widespread belief that Jasmine is only 15 in the movie, when in reality, her age is never stated in any ''Aladdin'' media.
-->"Our original plot line for ''Aladdin'' had the Sultan saying, 'Jasmine, the law says you must be married by your sixteenth birthday.' That was the original story concept and it stayed for quite a while. Then Jeffrey started to worry about what kind of a message we would be sending all the fifteen-year-olds in the world—that it's okay to get married before your sixteenth birthday? Of course, ''Aladdin'' is a fairy tale and presumably happened a long time ago, but he thought it would be better to change the line to, 'married to a prince by your next birthday.'"
** In an earlier draft, Jasmine was going to begin as a spoiled brat and have a character arc in which she became a kinder, humbler person after interacting with Aladdin and his friends. She even had a song reveling in it, “Call Me A Princess.” This was changed early on as the directors wanted a more likable heroine from the get-go.
** Brad Kane was originally cast as Aladdin before Creator/ScottWeinger was cast. Kane would eventually go on to provide the singing voice for the titular character.
** Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/MartinShort, Creator/JohnGoodman, Creator/EddieMurphy, Creator/AlbertBrooks, Creator/MattFrewer and Creator/JohnCandy were considered for the Genie before the casting of Creator/RobinWilliams.
** Creator/PatrickStewart was approached for the role of Jafar before [[Film/TheProducers Jonathan Freeman]] was cast, but turned down the offer due to scheduling conflicts with ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. To this day, Stewart considers turning down Jafar to be one of the biggest mistakes of his career.
*** Creator/TimCurry, Creator/KelseyGrammer, Creator/ChristopherLloyd, Creator/IanMcKellen and Creator/JohnHurt were considered for the role of Jafar as well before the casting of Freeman.
** Creator/DannyDeVito and Creator/JoePesci auditioned for Iago before the casting of Creator/GilbertGottfried.
** Music/MichaelBolton and Music/CelineDion, who was coming off the success of the title song of ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', were given initial consideration to record the pop version of "A Whole New World." Instead, the song went to Dion's previous duet partner, Peabo Bryson, and Regina Belle, an R&B star without much recognition in the pop world at the time. Even without the star power of Bolton and Dion, the song not only went to number one, but had the distinction of knocking Music/WhitneyHouston's version of "I Will Always Love You" off the top of the Billboard chart.
** Aladdin was originally supposed to have a mother, as mentioned on several documentaries, being a character that lyricist Howard Ashman reportedly wanted, since he had created the Aladdin solo song "Proud of Your Boy" around her. Her character, the song, and the original draft of the film got thrown out by studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg during production, and Katzenberg also reportedly wanted the mom "[=86ed=]", calling her "a zero". This led to Aladdin being an orphan in the original film instead. This '''also''' led to Elliott and Rossio joining the writing team and the rest of the story being reworked. ''Aladdin'' was the second Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon film in a row to get a ResetButton from Katzenberg; he also played this card on ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', and Ashman could not argue for the original draft this time due to his death (the meeting where Katzenberg hit the ResetButton, known to Disney animators as "Black Friday", happened a month after Ashman had already passed away from AIDS). While "Proud of Your Boy" was later added back into the Broadway musical, the mother was not. [[note]] Katzenberg would be involved in a second "Black Friday" regarding ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' before he left Disney [[/note]].
** An unused alternate ending features the peddler telling the story suddenly turning into the Genie before the credits roll. Not technically confirmed in the film itself, but both of them '''were''' still voiced by Creator/RobinWilliams, and if you look closely, the peddler and the Genie both have four fingers, while all the other human characters have five. They also have similar clothing, facial hair and even faces. This was passed over because the reveal dragged the ending on for too long; people were applauding and standing up on the fireworks shot of Aladdin and Jasmine.[[note]] In October 2015, directors John Musker and Ron Clements ''[[WordOfGod officially confirmed]]'' that the Peddler is indeed the Genie. [[/note]] [[spoiler:This idea would be recycled for the [[Film/Aladdin2019 live-action remake]], in which the Genie (as his liberated human form) introduces the story to his children, though he isn't explicitly revealed to actually ''be'' Genie until the end]].
** Aladdin was originally gonna have a trio of friends (named Babkak, Omar, and Kassim) who would help him out. They were written out, and became the villains Minos, Fatima, and Aziz in the TV series[[note]]Though the former two had a HeelFaceTurn while the latter remained a villain.[[/note]], while Kassim's name was reused (spelled "Cassim") for Aladdin's father in ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves''. They would eventually appear in the stage musical adaptation as Aladdin's sidekicks, subsequently replacing Abu.
** Indie animation legend Creator/BillPlympton was offered a six figure deal to animate on the film, nearly halting production on his first feature, ''WesternAnimation/TheTune''. He only turned it down when he learned that Disney held intellectual rights over any ideas he had while working for them.
** Originally Genie was able to grant unlimited wishes, but he was changed to the standard three-wish genie to raise the stakes.
** According to the "Pop-Up Fun Facts" on the DVD, Genie was originally going to be purple. They changed his color to blue to better fit the film's color scheme (Blue signifying "Good", Red signifying "Evil", and Yellow signifying "Neutral").
*** Adding onto this, some concept art showed that the filmmakers at one point considered having Genie be green, but this was scrapped. After that, he constantly bounced back between purple and blue, with the latter color ultimately winning out.
** There was originally supposed to be a scene where Jafar quizzes the Genie on all the animals that appeared in the Prince Ali song, finding out that the Genie had turned Abu into an elephant in the process. In the final version of the movie Jafar doesn't find out that the Genie did this until right before he sends Aladdin, Abu & the Magic Carpet to the arctic.
** Originally, Jafar was the hot-headed one while Iago was the more quiet, subdued one, but it was quickly decided that Jafar losing his temper every few seconds would get old fast and also make him less menacing as a villain.
** Iago was originally named Sinbad, but around the same time the writers changed his personality, they also changed his name.
** The Genie of the Ring from the original story became TheSpeechless Carpet because two genies would have been too much.
** There was going to be a Genie-centric prequel to the live-action remake, but was cancelled due to reasons explained in the ScrewedByTheLawyers section.
** Jasmine was supposed to have freed herself from the giant hourglass with the jewel from her headband but that was changed to a last-minute rescue.
** The Genie was intended to be voiced by an African-American actor, with Ashman and Menken's original [[https://youtu.be/guCLBENRvAs Friend Like Me]] taking heavy inspiration from the likes of Cab Calloway and Fats Waller. This idea was dropped to avoid the implications of a black actor playing a character who was essentially a slave. Funnily enough, the Genie would eventually be played by black actors in both the Broadway musical and the [[Film/Aladdin2019 live action remake]].
** A remnant of the Music/CabCalloway style Genie can be seen in the final film- when the Genie dances in a white tuxedo during the song, he's doing a pastiche of Cab Calloway's dance motions he did onstage while performing.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEcqP4db5KU This video]] shows several of Robin Williams' ad-libs that didn't make the cut, including a few alternate versions of scenes that did make it in.
** [[https://www.scriptslug.com/assets/scripts/aladdin-1992.pdf An early draft of the script]] had a SecretTestOfCharacter at the entrance to the Cave of Wonders, where on a pedestal stood a lamp more tempting than the "beat-up, worthless piece of junk" the Genie lives in. [[DeathByMaterialism Trying to grab]] ''[[DeathByMaterialism this]]'' [[DeathByMaterialism lamp would deem the seeker unworthy and cause the Tiger-God to collapse the cave and "pictograph" them on the cave walls]]. [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade Not much different from a certain "Holy Grail" test]]. This was to become Gazeem's fate instead of just ''being'' unworthy. Aladdin, on the other hand, would notice the pictograph and spot the trap. This would prove Aladdin worthy and open the ''real'' entrance to the cave.
** According to ''[[https://archive.org/details/disneys-aladdin-the-making-of-an-animated-film/page/n43/mode/2up Disney's Aladdin: The Making of an Animated Film]]'', The Sultan was originally going to tell Jasmine she was to be married by her 16th birthday, but Jeffrey Katzenberg nixed the idea for fear of sending negative messages. In the movie, it is changed to "next birthday." This early concept led to the widespread belief that Jasmine is only 15 in the movie, when in reality, her age is never stated in any ''Aladdin'' media.
-->"Our original plot line for ''Aladdin'' had the Sultan saying, 'Jasmine, the law says you must be married by your sixteenth birthday.' That was the original story concept and it stayed for quite a while. Then Jeffrey started to worry about what kind of a message we would be sending all the fifteen-year-olds in the world—that it's okay to get married before your sixteenth birthday? Of course, ''Aladdin'' is a fairy tale and presumably happened a long time ago, but he thought it would be better to change the line to, 'married to a prince by your next birthday.'"
** In an earlier draft, Jasmine was going to begin as a spoiled brat and have a character arc in which she became a kinder, humbler person after interacting with Aladdin and his friends. She even had a song reveling in it, “Call Me A Princess.” This was changed early on as the directors wanted a more likable heroine from the get-go.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Brad Kane was originally cast as Aladdin before Creator/ScottWeinger was cast. Kane would eventually go on to provide the singing voice for the titular character.
** Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/MartinShort, Creator/JohnGoodman, Creator/EddieMurphy, Creator/AlbertBrooks, Creator/MattFrewer and Creator/JohnCandy were considered for the Genie before the casting of Creator/RobinWilliams.
** Creator/PatrickStewart was approached for the role of Jafar before [[Film/TheProducers Jonathan Freeman]] was cast, but turned down the offer due to scheduling conflicts with ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. To this day, Stewart considers turning down Jafar to be one of the biggest mistakes of his career.
*** Creator/TimCurry, Creator/KelseyGrammer, Creator/ChristopherLloyd, Creator/IanMcKellen and Creator/JohnHurt were considered for the role of Jafar as well before the casting of Freeman.
** Creator/DannyDeVito and Creator/JoePesci auditioned for Iago before the casting of Creator/GilbertGottfried.
** Music/MichaelBolton and Music/CelineDion, who was coming off the success of the title song of ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', were given initial consideration to record the pop version of "A Whole New World." Instead, the song went to Dion's previous duet partner, Peabo Bryson, and Regina Belle, an R&B star without much recognition in the pop world at the time. Even without the star power of Bolton and Dion, the song not only went to number one, but had the distinction of knocking Music/WhitneyHouston's version of "I Will Always Love You" off the top of the Billboard chart.
** Aladdin was originally supposed to have a mother, as mentioned on several documentaries, being a character that lyricist Howard Ashman reportedly wanted, since he had created the Aladdin solo song "Proud of Your Boy" around her. Her character, the song, and the original draft of the film got thrown out by studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg during production, and Katzenberg also reportedly wanted the mom "[=86ed=]", calling her "a zero". This led to Aladdin being an orphan in the original film instead. This '''also''' led to Elliott and Rossio joining the writing team and the rest of the story being reworked. ''Aladdin'' was the second Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon film in a row to get a ResetButton from Katzenberg; he also played this card on ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', and Ashman could not argue for the original draft this time due to his death (the meeting where Katzenberg hit the ResetButton, known to Disney animators as "Black Friday", happened a month after Ashman had already passed away from AIDS). While "Proud of Your Boy" was later added back into the Broadway musical, the mother was not. [[note]] Katzenberg would be involved in a second "Black Friday" regarding ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' before he left Disney [[/note]].
** An unused alternate ending features the peddler telling the story suddenly turning into the Genie before the credits roll. Not technically confirmed in the film itself, but both of them '''were''' still voiced by Creator/RobinWilliams, and if you look closely, the peddler and the Genie both have four fingers, while all the other human characters have five. They also have similar clothing, facial hair and even faces. This was passed over because the reveal dragged the ending on for too long; people were applauding and standing up on the fireworks shot of Aladdin and Jasmine.[[note]] In October 2015, directors John Musker and Ron Clements ''[[WordOfGod officially confirmed]]'' that the Peddler is indeed the Genie. [[/note]] [[spoiler:This idea would be recycled for the [[Film/Aladdin2019 live-action remake]], in which the Genie (as his liberated human form) introduces the story to his children, though he isn't explicitly revealed to actually ''be'' Genie until the end]].
** Aladdin was originally gonna have a trio of friends (named Babkak, Omar, and Kassim) who would help him out. They were written out, and became the villains Minos, Fatima, and Aziz in the TV series[[note]]Though the former two had a HeelFaceTurn while the latter remained a villain.[[/note]], while Kassim's name was reused (spelled "Cassim") for Aladdin's father in ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves''. They would eventually appear in the stage musical adaptation as Aladdin's sidekicks, subsequently replacing Abu.
** Indie animation legend Creator/BillPlympton was offered a six figure deal to animate on the film, nearly halting production on his first feature, ''WesternAnimation/TheTune''. He only turned it down when he learned that Disney held intellectual rights over any ideas he had while working for them.
** Originally Genie was able to grant unlimited wishes, but he was changed to the standard three-wish genie to raise the stakes.
** According to the "Pop-Up Fun Facts" on the DVD, Genie was originally going to be purple. They changed his color to blue to better fit the film's color scheme (Blue signifying "Good", Red signifying "Evil", and Yellow signifying "Neutral").
*** Adding onto this, some concept art showed that the filmmakers at one point considered having Genie be green, but this was scrapped. After that, he constantly bounced back between purple and blue, with the latter color ultimately winning out.
** There was originally supposed to be a scene where Jafar quizzes the Genie on all the animals that appeared in the Prince Ali song, finding out that the Genie had turned Abu into an elephant in the process. In the final version of the movie Jafar doesn't find out that the Genie did this until right before he sends Aladdin, Abu & the Magic Carpet to the arctic.
** Originally, Jafar was the hot-headed one while Iago was the more quiet, subdued one, but it was quickly decided that Jafar losing his temper every few seconds would get old fast and also make him less menacing as a villain.
** Iago was originally named Sinbad, but around the same time the writers changed his personality, they also changed his name.
** The Genie of the Ring from the original story became TheSpeechless Carpet because two genies would have been too much.
** There was going to be a Genie-centric prequel to the live-action remake, but was cancelled due to reasons explained in the ScrewedByTheLawyers section.
** Jasmine was supposed to have freed herself from the giant hourglass with the jewel from her headband but that was changed to a last-minute rescue.
** The Genie was intended to be voiced by an African-American actor, with Ashman and Menken's original [[https://youtu.be/guCLBENRvAs Friend Like Me]] taking heavy inspiration from the likes of Cab Calloway and Fats Waller. This idea was dropped to avoid the implications of a black actor playing a character who was essentially a slave. Funnily enough, the Genie would eventually be played by black actors in both the Broadway musical and the [[Film/Aladdin2019 live action remake]].
** A remnant of the Music/CabCalloway style Genie can be seen in the final film- when the Genie dances in a white tuxedo during the song, he's doing a pastiche of Cab Calloway's dance motions he did onstage while performing.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEcqP4db5KU This video]] shows several of Robin Williams' ad-libs that didn't make the cut, including a few alternate versions of scenes that did make it in.
** [[https://www.scriptslug.com/assets/scripts/aladdin-1992.pdf An early draft of the script]] had a SecretTestOfCharacter at the entrance to the Cave of Wonders, where on a pedestal stood a lamp more tempting than the "beat-up, worthless piece of junk" the Genie lives in. [[DeathByMaterialism Trying to grab]] ''[[DeathByMaterialism this]]'' [[DeathByMaterialism lamp would deem the seeker unworthy and cause the Tiger-God to collapse the cave and "pictograph" them on the cave walls]]. [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade Not much different from a certain "Holy Grail" test]]. This was to become Gazeem's fate instead of just ''being'' unworthy. Aladdin, on the other hand, would notice the pictograph and spot the trap. This would prove Aladdin worthy and open the ''real'' entrance to the cave.
** According to ''[[https://archive.org/details/disneys-aladdin-the-making-of-an-animated-film/page/n43/mode/2up Disney's Aladdin: The Making of an Animated Film]]'', The Sultan was originally going to tell Jasmine she was to be married by her 16th birthday, but Jeffrey Katzenberg nixed the idea for fear of sending negative messages. In the movie, it is changed to "next birthday." This early concept led to the widespread belief that Jasmine is only 15 in the movie, when in reality, her age is never stated in any ''Aladdin'' media.
-->"Our original plot line for ''Aladdin'' had the Sultan saying, 'Jasmine, the law says you must be married by your sixteenth birthday.' That was the original story concept and it stayed for quite a while. Then Jeffrey started to worry about what kind of a message we would be sending all the fifteen-year-olds in the world—that it's okay to get married before your sixteenth birthday? Of course, ''Aladdin'' is a fairy tale and presumably happened a long time ago, but he thought it would be better to change the line to, 'married to a prince by your next birthday.'"
** In an earlier draft, Jasmine was going to begin as a spoiled brat and have a character arc in which she became a kinder, humbler person after interacting with Aladdin and his friends. She even had a song reveling in it, “Call Me A Princess.” This was changed early on as the directors wanted a more likable heroine from the get-go.WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Aladdin}} See here]]
** Brad Kane was originally cast as Aladdin before Creator/ScottWeinger was cast. Kane would eventually go on to provide the singing voice for the titular character.
** Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/MartinShort, Creator/JohnGoodman, Creator/EddieMurphy, Creator/AlbertBrooks, Creator/MattFrewer and Creator/JohnCandy were considered for the Genie before the casting of Creator/RobinWilliams.
** Creator/PatrickStewart was approached for the role of Jafar before [[Film/TheProducers Jonathan Freeman]] was cast, but turned down the offer due to scheduling conflicts with ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. To this day, Stewart considers turning down Jafar to be one of the biggest mistakes of his career.
*** Creator/TimCurry, Creator/KelseyGrammer, Creator/ChristopherLloyd, Creator/IanMcKellen and Creator/JohnHurt were considered for the role of Jafar as well before the casting of Freeman.
** Creator/DannyDeVito and Creator/JoePesci auditioned for Iago before the casting of Creator/GilbertGottfried.
** Music/MichaelBolton and Music/CelineDion, who was coming off the success of the title song of ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', were given initial consideration to record the pop version of "A Whole New World." Instead, the song went to Dion's previous duet partner, Peabo Bryson, and Regina Belle, an R&B star without much recognition in the pop world at the time. Even without the star power of Bolton and Dion, the song not only went to number one, but had the distinction of knocking Music/WhitneyHouston's version of "I Will Always Love You" off the top of the Billboard chart.
** Aladdin was originally supposed to have a mother, as mentioned on several documentaries, being a character that lyricist Howard Ashman reportedly wanted, since he had created the Aladdin solo song "Proud of Your Boy" around her. Her character, the song, and the original draft of the film got thrown out by studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg during production, and Katzenberg also reportedly wanted the mom "[=86ed=]", calling her "a zero". This led to Aladdin being an orphan in the original film instead. This '''also''' led to Elliott and Rossio joining the writing team and the rest of the story being reworked. ''Aladdin'' was the second Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon film in a row to get a ResetButton from Katzenberg; he also played this card on ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', and Ashman could not argue for the original draft this time due to his death (the meeting where Katzenberg hit the ResetButton, known to Disney animators as "Black Friday", happened a month after Ashman had already passed away from AIDS). While "Proud of Your Boy" was later added back into the Broadway musical, the mother was not. [[note]] Katzenberg would be involved in a second "Black Friday" regarding ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' before he left Disney [[/note]].
** An unused alternate ending features the peddler telling the story suddenly turning into the Genie before the credits roll. Not technically confirmed in the film itself, but both of them '''were''' still voiced by Creator/RobinWilliams, and if you look closely, the peddler and the Genie both have four fingers, while all the other human characters have five. They also have similar clothing, facial hair and even faces. This was passed over because the reveal dragged the ending on for too long; people were applauding and standing up on the fireworks shot of Aladdin and Jasmine.[[note]] In October 2015, directors John Musker and Ron Clements ''[[WordOfGod officially confirmed]]'' that the Peddler is indeed the Genie. [[/note]] [[spoiler:This idea would be recycled for the [[Film/Aladdin2019 live-action remake]], in which the Genie (as his liberated human form) introduces the story to his children, though he isn't explicitly revealed to actually ''be'' Genie until the end]].
** Aladdin was originally gonna have a trio of friends (named Babkak, Omar, and Kassim) who would help him out. They were written out, and became the villains Minos, Fatima, and Aziz in the TV series[[note]]Though the former two had a HeelFaceTurn while the latter remained a villain.[[/note]], while Kassim's name was reused (spelled "Cassim") for Aladdin's father in ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves''. They would eventually appear in the stage musical adaptation as Aladdin's sidekicks, subsequently replacing Abu.
** Indie animation legend Creator/BillPlympton was offered a six figure deal to animate on the film, nearly halting production on his first feature, ''WesternAnimation/TheTune''. He only turned it down when he learned that Disney held intellectual rights over any ideas he had while working for them.
** Originally Genie was able to grant unlimited wishes, but he was changed to the standard three-wish genie to raise the stakes.
** According to the "Pop-Up Fun Facts" on the DVD, Genie was originally going to be purple. They changed his color to blue to better fit the film's color scheme (Blue signifying "Good", Red signifying "Evil", and Yellow signifying "Neutral").
*** Adding onto this, some concept art showed that the filmmakers at one point considered having Genie be green, but this was scrapped. After that, he constantly bounced back between purple and blue, with the latter color ultimately winning out.
** There was originally supposed to be a scene where Jafar quizzes the Genie on all the animals that appeared in the Prince Ali song, finding out that the Genie had turned Abu into an elephant in the process. In the final version of the movie Jafar doesn't find out that the Genie did this until right before he sends Aladdin, Abu & the Magic Carpet to the arctic.
** Originally, Jafar was the hot-headed one while Iago was the more quiet, subdued one, but it was quickly decided that Jafar losing his temper every few seconds would get old fast and also make him less menacing as a villain.
** Iago was originally named Sinbad, but around the same time the writers changed his personality, they also changed his name.
** The Genie of the Ring from the original story became TheSpeechless Carpet because two genies would have been too much.
** There was going to be a Genie-centric prequel to the live-action remake, but was cancelled due to reasons explained in the ScrewedByTheLawyers section.
** Jasmine was supposed to have freed herself from the giant hourglass with the jewel from her headband but that was changed to a last-minute rescue.
** The Genie was intended to be voiced by an African-American actor, with Ashman and Menken's original [[https://youtu.be/guCLBENRvAs Friend Like Me]] taking heavy inspiration from the likes of Cab Calloway and Fats Waller. This idea was dropped to avoid the implications of a black actor playing a character who was essentially a slave. Funnily enough, the Genie would eventually be played by black actors in both the Broadway musical and the [[Film/Aladdin2019 live action remake]].
** A remnant of the Music/CabCalloway style Genie can be seen in the final film- when the Genie dances in a white tuxedo during the song, he's doing a pastiche of Cab Calloway's dance motions he did onstage while performing.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEcqP4db5KU This video]] shows several of Robin Williams' ad-libs that didn't make the cut, including a few alternate versions of scenes that did make it in.
** [[https://www.scriptslug.com/assets/scripts/aladdin-1992.pdf An early draft of the script]] had a SecretTestOfCharacter at the entrance to the Cave of Wonders, where on a pedestal stood a lamp more tempting than the "beat-up, worthless piece of junk" the Genie lives in. [[DeathByMaterialism Trying to grab]] ''[[DeathByMaterialism this]]'' [[DeathByMaterialism lamp would deem the seeker unworthy and cause the Tiger-God to collapse the cave and "pictograph" them on the cave walls]]. [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade Not much different from a certain "Holy Grail" test]]. This was to become Gazeem's fate instead of just ''being'' unworthy. Aladdin, on the other hand, would notice the pictograph and spot the trap. This would prove Aladdin worthy and open the ''real'' entrance to the cave.
** According to ''[[https://archive.org/details/disneys-aladdin-the-making-of-an-animated-film/page/n43/mode/2up Disney's Aladdin: The Making of an Animated Film]]'', The Sultan was originally going to tell Jasmine she was to be married by her 16th birthday, but Jeffrey Katzenberg nixed the idea for fear of sending negative messages. In the movie, it is changed to "next birthday." This early concept led to the widespread belief that Jasmine is only 15 in the movie, when in reality, her age is never stated in any ''Aladdin'' media.
-->"Our original plot line for ''Aladdin'' had the Sultan saying, 'Jasmine, the law says you must be married by your sixteenth birthday.' That was the original story concept and it stayed for quite a while. Then Jeffrey started to worry about what kind of a message we would be sending all the fifteen-year-olds in the world—that it's okay to get married before your sixteenth birthday? Of course, ''Aladdin'' is a fairy tale and presumably happened a long time ago, but he thought it would be better to change the line to, 'married to a prince by your next birthday.'"
** In an earlier draft, Jasmine was going to begin as a spoiled brat and have a character arc in which she became a kinder, humbler person after interacting with Aladdin and his friends. She even had a song reveling in it, “Call Me A Princess.” This was changed early on as the directors wanted a more likable heroine from the get-go.
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** With ''WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest''. Creator/RobinWilliams was recording for the role of Batty Koda at the same time ''Aladdin'' was in production, and Creator/JeffreyKatzenberg was not happy with this. He begged Robin to turn the role of Batty down as he was already cast as Genie, but Robin refused. Katzenberg had already broken his promise to Robin about not using his voice to market the film, so he was already mad at him as it was, so trying to sabotage a movie Disney had nothing to do with made matters between them worse. Robin finally put his foot down and basically told Katzenberg, "It's my voice and I'll do what I want with it."
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** With ''WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest''. Creator/RobinWilliams was recording for the role of Batty Koda at the same time ''Aladdin'' was in production, and Creator/JeffreyKatzenberg Jeffrey Katzenberg was not happy with this. He begged Robin to turn the role of Batty down as he was already cast as Genie, but Robin refused. Katzenberg had already broken his promise to Robin about not using his voice to market the film, so he was already mad at him as it was, so trying to sabotage a movie Disney had nothing to do with made matters between them worse. Robin finally put his foot down and basically told Katzenberg, "It's my voice and I'll do what I want with it."
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* ActingForTwo: Creator/FrankWelker voices Abu, Rajah, and the Cave of Wonders.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: In exchange for working for union scale, Creator/RobinWilliams had a few contractual agreements. The biggest one, outside of not using his voice for merchandise, was that they not make a big deal about him being in the movie (''Film/{{Toys}}'' was coming out the following month, and he didn't want this film to overshadow his friend Creator/BarryLevinson's pet project), which included the requirement that they not use his lines in commercials and the poster not have the Genie take up more than 25% of merchandise. Studio chief Creator/JeffreyKatzenberg either ignored the stipulations (talking Genie dolls were made) or used LoopholeAbuse (as seen on the main image, Genie doesn't [[ExactWords technically]] exceed the maximum allowed amount of space, but he's still by far the most obvious character). Robin Williams was livid and vowed never to voice the character again. CEO Michael Eisner went as far as to purchase ''an original [[Creator/PabloPicasso Picasso]]'' for Williams as an apology, but Williams still refused. After Katzenberg resigned and was succeeded by former Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox production chief Joe Roth in 1994, Williams and the studio patched things up and he returned for ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves'' (as well as other Disney projects such as ''Flubber'').
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* ExecutiveMeddling: In exchange for working for union scale, Creator/RobinWilliams had a few contractual agreements. The biggest one, outside of not using his voice for merchandise, was that they not make a big deal about him being in the movie (''Film/{{Toys}}'' was coming out the following month, and he didn't want this film to overshadow his friend Creator/BarryLevinson's pet project), which included the requirement that they not use his lines in commercials and the poster not have the Genie take up more than 25% of merchandise. Studio chief Creator/JeffreyKatzenberg Jeffrey Katzenberg either ignored the stipulations (talking Genie dolls were made) or used LoopholeAbuse (as seen on the main image, Genie doesn't [[ExactWords technically]] exceed the maximum allowed amount of space, but he's still by far the most obvious character). Robin Williams was livid and vowed never to voice the character again. CEO Michael Eisner went as far as to purchase ''an original [[Creator/PabloPicasso Picasso]]'' for Williams as an apology, but Williams still refused. After Katzenberg resigned and was succeeded by former Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox production chief Joe Roth in 1994, Williams and the studio patched things up and he returned for ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves'' (as well as other Disney projects such as ''Flubber'').
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** According to ''[[https://archive.org/details/disneys-aladdin-the-making-of-an-animated-film/page/n43/mode/2up Disney's Aladdin: The Making of an Animated Film]]'', The Sultan was originally going to tell Jasmine she was to be married by her 16th birthday, but Jeffrey Katzenberg nixed the idea for fear of sending negative messages. In the movie, it is changed to "next birthday." This early concept led to the widespread belief that Jasmine is only 15 in the movie, when in reality, her age is never stated in any ''Aladdin'' media.
-->"Our original plot line for ''Aladdin'' had the Sultan saying, 'Jasmine, the law says you must be married by your sixteenth birthday.' That was the original story concept and it stayed for quite a while. Then Jeffrey started to worry about what kind of a message we would be sending all the fifteen-year-olds in the world—that it's okay to get married before your sixteenth birthday? Of course, ''Aladdin'' is a fairy tale and presumably happened a long time ago, but he thought it would be better to change the line to, 'married to a prince by your next birthday.'"
-->"Our original plot line for ''Aladdin'' had the Sultan saying, 'Jasmine, the law says you must be married by your sixteenth birthday.' That was the original story concept and it stayed for quite a while. Then Jeffrey started to worry about what kind of a message we would be sending all the fifteen-year-olds in the world—that it's okay to get married before your sixteenth birthday? Of course, ''Aladdin'' is a fairy tale and presumably happened a long time ago, but he thought it would be better to change the line to, 'married to a prince by your next birthday.'"
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** Aladdin was originally supposed to have a mother, as mentioned on several documentaries, being a character that lyricist Howard Ashman reportedly wanted. Her character and the original draft of the film got thrown out by studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg during production, and Katzenberg also reportedly wanted the mom "[=86ed=]", calling her "a zero". This led to Aladdin being an orphan in the original film instead. This '''also''' led to Elliott and Rossio joining the writing team and the rest of the story being reworked. ''Aladdin'' was the second Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon film in a row to get a ResetButton from Katzenberg; he also played this card on ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', and Ashman could not argue for the original draft this time due to his death (the meeting where Katzenberg hit the ResetButton, known to Disney animators as "Black Friday", happened a month after Ashman had already passed away from AIDS) [[note]] Katzenberg would be involved in a second "Black Friday" regarding ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' before he left Disney [[/note]].
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** Aladdin was originally supposed to have a mother, as mentioned on several documentaries, being a character that lyricist Howard Ashman reportedly wanted. wanted, since he had created the Aladdin solo song "Proud of Your Boy" around her. Her character character, the song, and the original draft of the film got thrown out by studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg during production, and Katzenberg also reportedly wanted the mom "[=86ed=]", calling her "a zero". This led to Aladdin being an orphan in the original film instead. This '''also''' led to Elliott and Rossio joining the writing team and the rest of the story being reworked. ''Aladdin'' was the second Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon film in a row to get a ResetButton from Katzenberg; he also played this card on ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', and Ashman could not argue for the original draft this time due to his death (the meeting where Katzenberg hit the ResetButton, known to Disney animators as "Black Friday", happened a month after Ashman had already passed away from AIDS) AIDS). While "Proud of Your Boy" was later added back into the Broadway musical, the mother was not. [[note]] Katzenberg would be involved in a second "Black Friday" regarding ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' before he left Disney [[/note]].
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** While Virgin Games developed [[Videogame/AladdinVirginGames their tie-in game]], Capcom still had a deal for Disney games on Nintendo consoles and released [[Videogame/AladdinCapcom a whole different game for the]] [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] (years later ported to the Game Boy Advance), with both being by very proeminent designers, namely David Perry (''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'') and Creator/ShinjiMikami (''Franchise/ResidentEvil''). The former is the best remembered one, hailed for translating the movie's atmosphere, the buttery-smooth animation which had help from Disney's animation team, and overall fun if [[NintendoHard oft-punishing]] gameplay. The latter is technically proficient and fun, but it doesn't push the console's limits or redefine the state of video game animation, so it's not on anyone's top SNES games list. (If anything, the 90s were over-saturated with [[PlatformGame platformers]]... and the Virgin version at least offered more than a GoombaStomp by having Aladdin wielding a sword, something even Mikami agreed was an advantage.) This is compounded by the Usefulnotes/SegaGenesis ''Aladdin'' being included along with Virgin's ''VideoGame/TheLionKing'' on the 2019 compilation ''Disney Classic Games'' (although the re-release ''Disney Classic Games Collection: Aladdin, The Lion King, and Videogame/TheJungleBook'' included the Capcom version for players to properly compare both). And unrelated to both, SIMS developed an ''Aladdin'' game for Sega's 8-bit consoles [[UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem Master System]] and [[Usefulnotes/GameGear Game Gear]], which combined endless running with ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia1''-style cinematic platforming, as well as graphics that looked pretty good for 8-bit.
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** While Virgin Games developed [[Videogame/AladdinVirginGames their tie-in game]], Capcom still had a deal for Disney games on Nintendo consoles and released [[Videogame/AladdinCapcom a whole different game for the]] [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] (years later ported to the Game Boy Advance), with both being by very proeminent prominent designers, namely David Perry (''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'') and Creator/ShinjiMikami (''Franchise/ResidentEvil''). The former is the best remembered one, hailed for translating the movie's atmosphere, the buttery-smooth animation which had help from Disney's animation team, and overall fun if [[NintendoHard oft-punishing]] gameplay. The latter is technically proficient and fun, but it doesn't push the console's limits or redefine the state of video game animation, so it's not on anyone's top SNES games list. (If anything, the 90s were over-saturated with [[PlatformGame platformers]]... and the Virgin version at least offered more than a GoombaStomp by having Aladdin wielding a sword, something even Mikami agreed was an advantage.) This is compounded by the Usefulnotes/SegaGenesis ''Aladdin'' being included along with Virgin's ''VideoGame/TheLionKing'' on the 2019 compilation ''Disney Classic Games'' (although the re-release ''Disney Classic Games Collection: Aladdin, The Lion King, and Videogame/TheJungleBook'' included the Capcom version for players to properly compare both). And unrelated to both, SIMS developed an ''Aladdin'' game for Sega's 8-bit consoles [[UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem Master System]] and [[Usefulnotes/GameGear Game Gear]], which combined endless running with ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia1''-style cinematic platforming, as well as graphics that looked pretty good for 8-bit.
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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/RobinWilliams has gone on record prior to his death stating that he hated how the marketers played up him being Genie, as he specifically requested his presence be downplayed, and hated how he contributed to A-List actors taking jobs away from professional voice actors.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Robin Williams signed on to the film immediately because he loved cartoons and jumped at the chance to be part of an animated film from Disney, whom he called the “Rolls Royce of animation.” He even tried to [[EnforcedTrope enforce]] this by taking a much lower salary than he could have and requiring in his contract that Disney limit the use of his performance in the marketing and not use it at all in merchandise (a rare case where it stuck was the official artbook, which features no pictures of Williams and only refers to him as "[[TheScottishTrope the voice of the Genie]]" and such). Disney, of course, had other ideas, and skirted around or blatantly ignored these requests, angering Williams and causing a rift between him and Disney for a few years.
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* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: [[https://www.eonline.com/news/706200/disney-myths-debunked-by-ron-clements-and-john-musker-directors-of-the-little-mermaid-aladdin-and-hercules The first treatment had the film set in Baghdad,]] but after the Gulf War broke out Roy Disney demanded this be changed, so co-director John Musker came up with the "jumbled anagram" of Agrabah.
* DoingItForTheArt: Robin Williams signed on to the film immediately because he loved cartoons and jumped at the chance to be part of an animated film from Disney, whom he called the“Rolls "Rolls Royce of animation.” " He even tried to [[EnforcedTrope enforce]] this by taking a much lower salary than he could have and requiring in his contract that Disney limit the use of his performance in the marketing and not use it at all in merchandise (a rare case where it stuck was the official artbook, which features no pictures of Williams and only refers to him as "[[TheScottishTrope the voice of the Genie]]" and such). Disney, of course, had other ideas, and skirted around or blatantly ignored these requests, angering Williams and causing a rift between him and Disney for a few years.
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** While Virgin Games developed [[Videogame/AladdinVirginGames their tie-in game]], Capcom still had a deal for Disney games on Nintendo consoles and released [[Videogame/AladdinCapcom a whole different game for the]] [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] (years later ported to the Game Boy Advance), with both being by very proeminent designers, namely David Perry (''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'') and Creator/ShinjiMikami (''Franchise/ResidentEvil''). The former is the best remembered one, hailed for translating the movie's atmosphere, the buttery-smooth animation which had help from Disney's animation team, and overall fun if [[NintendoHard oft-punishing]] gameplay. The latter is technically proficient and fun, but it doesn't push the console's limits or redefine the state of video game animation, so it's not on anyone's top SNES games list. (If anything, the 90s were over-saturated with [[PlatformGame platformers]]... and the Virgin version at least offered more than a GoombaStomp by having Aladdin wielding a sword, something even Mikami agreed was an advantage.) This is compounded by the Usefulnotes/SegaGenesis ''Aladdin'' being included along with Virgin's ''Videogame/TheLionKing'' ''VideoGame/TheLionKing'' on the 2019 compilation ''Disney Classic Games'' (although the re-release ''Disney Classic Games Collection: Aladdin, The Lion King, and Videogame/TheJungleBook'' included the Capcom version for players to properly compare both). And unrelated to both, SIMS developed an ''Aladdin'' game for Sega's 8-bit consoles [[UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem Master System]] and [[Usefulnotes/GameGear Game Gear]], which combined endless running with ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia1''-style cinematic platforming, as well as graphics that looked pretty good for 8-bit.
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** Throughout the first sequel and the TV series, Genie is voiced by Creator/DanCastellaneta, before switching back to Creator/RobinWilliams in ''The King of Thieves'', and back again to Castellaneta in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series, then is replaced by Creator/JimMeskimen in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsCoded'' and ''TabletopGame/SorcerersOfTheMagicKingdom''
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** Throughout the first sequel and the TV series, Genie is voiced by Creator/DanCastellaneta, before switching back to Creator/RobinWilliams in ''The King of Thieves'', and back again to Castellaneta in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series, then is replaced by Creator/JimMeskimen in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsCoded'' and ''TabletopGame/SorcerersOfTheMagicKingdom''''TabletopGame/SorcerersOfTheMagicKingdom''. Averted in the Japanese version where Koichi Yamadera's done the role since day one.
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** Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/MartinShort, Creator/JohnGoodman, Creator/EddieMurphy, Creator/AlbertBrooks, Creator/MattFrewer, Creator/JohnCandy and Creator/DomDeLuise were considered for the Genie before the casting of Creator/RobinWilliams.
*** Which is a bit ironic in Creator/MattFrewer's case, as he actually went on to voice Chaos, a being far more powerful than Genie himself, in ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries''.
*** Which is a bit ironic in Creator/MattFrewer's case, as he actually went on to voice Chaos, a being far more powerful than Genie himself, in ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries''.
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** Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/MartinShort, Creator/JohnGoodman, Creator/EddieMurphy, Creator/AlbertBrooks, Creator/MattFrewer, Creator/MattFrewer and Creator/JohnCandy and Creator/DomDeLuise were considered for the Genie before the casting of Creator/RobinWilliams.
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*** Which is a bit ironic in Creator/MattFrewer's case, as he actually went on to voice Chaos, a being far more powerful than Genie himself, in ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries''.
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** When he heard that Disney was doing an adaptation of ''Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp,'' Howard Ashman, a huge fan of the story and who had starred in a production of it at his homegrown black box theater, dropped everything he was doing for ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' and wrote ''a pages-long outline and some template lyrics'' just so he could be involved (Ashman had already been diagnosed with HIV at this point and knew he was going to die soon, so time was of the essence).
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** When he heard that Disney was doing an adaptation of ''Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp,'' Howard Ashman, Creator/HowardAshman, a huge fan of the story and who had starred in a production of it at his homegrown black box theater, dropped everything he was doing for ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' and wrote ''a pages-long outline and some template lyrics'' just so he could be involved (Ashman had already been diagnosed with HIV at this point and knew he was going to die soon, so time was of the essence).
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEcqP4db5KU This video]] shows several of Robin William's ad-libs that didn't make the cut, including a few alternate versions of scenes that did make it in.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEcqP4db5KU This video]] shows several of Robin William's Williams' ad-libs that didn't make the cut, including a few alternate versions of scenes that did make it in.
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* ReferencedBy: The CutSong "Proud of Your Boy", which eventually got a life of its own, down to being part of the Broadway version, named the infamous far-right group Proud Boys - the group's founder, who first heard it at his daughter's recital, interpreted the lyrics in which Aladdin apologizes to his mother for being a bad son as "apologizing for being a boy".
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** [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Brad Kane]] was originally cast as Aladdin before Creator/ScottWeinger was cast. Kane would eventually go on to provide the singing voice for the titular character.
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** [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Brad Kane]] Kane was originally cast as Aladdin before Creator/ScottWeinger was cast. Kane would eventually go on to provide the singing voice for the titular character.
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* {{Vaporware}}: Disney announced a ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'' style game set for release on October 17, 1997 called "Aladdin: The Fate of Agrabah" but for some reason was never released despite having a trailer appearing on one of their demo samplers (with a demo of ''[[{{Videogame/Hercules}} Hercules - The Action Game]]'' and ''VideoGame/NightmareNed'') as well as box art appearing on the back of the instruction booklet for Nightmare Ned.
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* {{Vaporware}}: Disney announced a ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'' style game set for release on October 17, 1997 called "Aladdin: The Fate of Agrabah" but for some reason was never released despite having a trailer appearing on one of their demo samplers (with a demo of ''[[{{Videogame/Hercules}} ''[[VideoGame/{{Hercules}} Hercules - The Action Game]]'' and ''VideoGame/NightmareNed'') as well as box art appearing on the back of the instruction booklet for Nightmare Ned.
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* TheOtherMarty: 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[[note]]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[[/note]]. In fact, Aladdin's original design was based on Michael J. Fox, which would make him an Other Marty for the ''[[Film/BackToTheFuture original]]'' Other Marty.
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* TheOtherMarty: 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[[note]]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[[/note]]. In fact, Aladdin's original design was based on Michael J. Fox, which would make him an Other Marty for the ''[[Film/BackToTheFuture ''[[Film/BackToTheFuture1 original]]'' Other Marty.
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** With ''WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest''. Creator/RobinWilliams was recording for the role of Batty Koda at the same time ''Aladdin'' was in production, and Jeffrey Katzenberg was not happy with this. He begged Robin to turn the role of Batty down as he was already cast as Genie, but Robin refused. Katzenberg had already broken his promise to Robin about not using his voice to market the film, so he was already mad at him as it was, so trying to sabotage a movie Disney had nothing to do with made matters between them worse. Robin finally put his foot down and basically told Katzenberg, "It's my voice and I'll do what I want with it."
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** With ''WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest''. Creator/RobinWilliams was recording for the role of Batty Koda at the same time ''Aladdin'' was in production, and Jeffrey Katzenberg Creator/JeffreyKatzenberg was not happy with this. He begged Robin to turn the role of Batty down as he was already cast as Genie, but Robin refused. Katzenberg had already broken his promise to Robin about not using his voice to market the film, so he was already mad at him as it was, so trying to sabotage a movie Disney had nothing to do with made matters between them worse. Robin finally put his foot down and basically told Katzenberg, "It's my voice and I'll do what I want with it."
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* ExecutiveMeddling: In exchange for working for union scale, Creator/RobinWilliams had a few contractual agreements. The biggest one, outside of not using his voice for merchandise, was that they not make a big deal about him being in the movie (''Film/{{Toys}}'' was coming out the following month, and he didn't want this film to overshadow his friend Creator/BarryLevinson's pet project), which included the requirement that they not use his lines in commercials and the poster not have the Genie take up more than 25% of merchandise. Studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg either ignored the stipulations (talking Genie dolls were made) or used LoopholeAbuse (as seen on the main image, Genie doesn't [[ExactWords technically]] exceed the maximum allowed amount of space, but he's still by far the most obvious character). Robin Williams was livid and vowed never to voice the character again. CEO Michael Eisner went as far as to purchase ''an original [[Creator/PabloPicasso Picasso]]'' for Williams as an apology, but Williams still refused. After Katzenberg resigned and was succeeded by former Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox production chief Joe Roth in 1994, Williams and the studio patched things up and he returned for ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves'' (as well as other Disney projects such as ''Flubber'').
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* ExecutiveMeddling: In exchange for working for union scale, Creator/RobinWilliams had a few contractual agreements. The biggest one, outside of not using his voice for merchandise, was that they not make a big deal about him being in the movie (''Film/{{Toys}}'' was coming out the following month, and he didn't want this film to overshadow his friend Creator/BarryLevinson's pet project), which included the requirement that they not use his lines in commercials and the poster not have the Genie take up more than 25% of merchandise. Studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg Creator/JeffreyKatzenberg either ignored the stipulations (talking Genie dolls were made) or used LoopholeAbuse (as seen on the main image, Genie doesn't [[ExactWords technically]] exceed the maximum allowed amount of space, but he's still by far the most obvious character). Robin Williams was livid and vowed never to voice the character again. CEO Michael Eisner went as far as to purchase ''an original [[Creator/PabloPicasso Picasso]]'' for Williams as an apology, but Williams still refused. After Katzenberg resigned and was succeeded by former Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox production chief Joe Roth in 1994, Williams and the studio patched things up and he returned for ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves'' (as well as other Disney projects such as ''Flubber'').
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* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: Parts of the script would just say "Robin says something like this:" to allow Creator/RobinWilliams to improvise. This led to over ten hours of Williams riffing as Genie, much of which couldn't make it into the finished film (and which also disqualified it from the "Best Original Screenplay" Oscar). Some of it ended up on Blu-ray.
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* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: Parts of the script would just say "Robin says something like this:" to allow Creator/RobinWilliams to improvise. This led to over ten hours of Williams riffing as Genie, much of which couldn't make it into the finished film (and which also disqualified it from the "Best Original Screenplay" Oscar).film. Some of it ended up on Blu-ray.
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** Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/MartinShort, Creator/JohnGoodman, Creator/EddieMurphy, Creator/AlbertBrooks, Creator/MattFrewer and Creator/JohnCandy were considered for the Genie before the casting of Creator/RobinWilliams.
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** Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/MartinShort, Creator/JohnGoodman, Creator/EddieMurphy, Creator/AlbertBrooks, Creator/MattFrewer and Creator/MattFrewer, Creator/JohnCandy and Creator/DomDeLuise were considered for the Genie before the casting of Creator/RobinWilliams.
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** An unused alternate ending features the peddler telling the story suddenly turning into the Genie before the credits roll. Not technically confirmed in the film itself, but both of them '''were''' still voiced by Creator/RobinWilliams, and if you look closely, the peddler and the Genie both have four fingers, while all the other human characters have five. They also have similar clothing, facial hair and even faces. This was passed over because the reveal dragged the ending on for too long; people were applauding and standing up on the fireworks shot of Aladdin and Jasmine.[[note]] In October 2015, directors John Musker and Ron Clements ''officially confirmed'' that the Peddler is indeed the Genie. [[/note]] [[spoiler:This idea would be recycled for the [[Film/Aladdin2019 live-action remake]], in which the Genie (as his liberated human form) introduces the story to his children, though he isn't explicitly revealed to actually ''be'' Genie until the end]].
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** An unused alternate ending features the peddler telling the story suddenly turning into the Genie before the credits roll. Not technically confirmed in the film itself, but both of them '''were''' still voiced by Creator/RobinWilliams, and if you look closely, the peddler and the Genie both have four fingers, while all the other human characters have five. They also have similar clothing, facial hair and even faces. This was passed over because the reveal dragged the ending on for too long; people were applauding and standing up on the fireworks shot of Aladdin and Jasmine.[[note]] In October 2015, directors John Musker and Ron Clements ''officially confirmed'' ''[[WordOfGod officially confirmed]]'' that the Peddler is indeed the Genie. [[/note]] [[spoiler:This idea would be recycled for the [[Film/Aladdin2019 live-action remake]], in which the Genie (as his liberated human form) introduces the story to his children, though he isn't explicitly revealed to actually ''be'' Genie until the end]].
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* CreatorChosenCasting: The role of the Genie was written especially for Creator/RobinWilliams. When met with resistance, the writers created a reel of his stand-up to animation of the Genie.
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** In order to convince Robin Williams to voice the genie, animator Creator/EricGoldberg [[https://youtu.be/CK-VbToD0eM?t=147 created a reel of the Genie doing several minutes of Williams's stand-up routines, including parts from his album "Reality... What A Concept,"]] and screened it for him. Williams thought it was hilarious and accepted the role on the spot.
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** In order to convince Robin Williams to voice the genie, animator Creator/EricGoldberg [[https://youtu.be/CK-VbToD0eM?t=147 be/XMnaRjvbSVw created a reel of the Genie doing several minutes of Williams's stand-up routines, including parts from his album "Reality... What A Concept,"]] and screened it for him. Williams thought it was hilarious and accepted the role on the spot.
