History YMMV / Aladdin

* ValuesDissonance: Aladdin's plan to marry the princess is to kidnap her every night and go to bed with her without revealing himself. She is terrified and tells her father, who leaves a guard outside her door, who is no match for the Genie, who simply spirits her away each night (though Aladdin does leave a sword between them so she can defend herself and never actually has sex with her until they're married). She seems rather taken by the fact that he doesn't rape her.

** Genie is widely considered to be one of, if not ''the'' best PluckyComicRelief character in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon, so when subsequent movies in the Disney Renaissance, and later on in the Disney Revival, would go on to attempt to capture Genie's lightning in a bottle, the results ended up varying. [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Timon and Pumbaa]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} Mushu]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}} Terk]], and [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Olaf]] ended up being quite [[BaseBreakingCharacter divisive]] characters, whereas the [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Gargoyles]] ended up being [[TheScrappy widely disliked]], with very few ever reaching the same consistent highs that Genie provided.

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** Genie is widely considered to be one of, if not ''the'' best PluckyComicRelief character in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon, so when subsequent movies in the Disney Renaissance, and later on in the Disney Revival, would go on to attempt to capture Genie's lightning in a bottle, the results ended up varying. [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Timon and Pumbaa]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} Mushu]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}} Terk]], and [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Olaf]] ended up being quite divisive characters, whereas the [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Gargoyles]] ended up being [[TheScrappy widely disliked]], with very few ever reaching the same consistent highs that Genie provided.

** Jasmine is often thought of as a BellyDancer, despite her being a princess and belly dancing as we know it [[NewerThanTheyThink not existing in her time period]].

* ToughActToFollow: An extremely downplayed example. The Blog/UnshavedMouse noted that ''Aladdin'' is often forgotten about when discussing the Disney Renaissance films because it was following ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' as the film that brought Disney back to prominence, ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' as the one that got a Best Picture nomination and came right before ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' - which became a hallmark of the 90s. So while ''Aladdin'' was a huge success, it's often forgotten that it was just as beloved as those three in its time.
-->''The fact that ''Aladdin'' is such a showy, glitzy, thrill ride I think leads some to dismiss it as the airheaded "pretty one..."''

** In one scene of the first movie, Jafar deceives Jasmine into believing that Aladdin has been [[OffWithHisHead executed "by beheading"]] (while Al is actually alive and imprisoned). In the first sequel, Al is condemned to death by decapitation and nearly beheaded by PublicExecution when Genie arrives in time to save him in a BigDamnHeroes moment. In a TV series episode, Al finally gets his head "cut off" by Caliph Kapok... [[LosingYourHead or rather separated]], since the rest of Al's body is still alive while his friends find a way to reunite it with his head. Though since his brain and heart are no longer connected, he becomes a complete {{jerkass}}.

* ParodyDisplacement: Genie's impressions were always meant as a ParentalBonus, but some are getting obscure even for the adults, at least the ones who weren't already adults in the 1990s. You know when Genie says there are provisos and quid pro quos? That's an impression of Creator/WilliamFBuckleyJr, whom you're unlikely to be familiar with if you're either not American or not old enough to remember the Reagan administration.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Though not the first film to have a CelebrityVoiceActor, it was one of the first to sell itself on that aspect and be a huge success. And as much of it was the brainchild of Jeffery Katzenberg, one can make a direct line from this film to his films at Creator/DreamworksAnimation and the [[Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation various]] [[Creator/IlluminationEntertainment studios]] which [[FollowTheLeader followed]] ''[[FollowTheLeader their]]'' [[FollowTheLeader lead]] to the point that nearly every wide-release animated feature these days is expected to have an AllStarCast as opposed to the more traditional casting of small-name character actors (ironically, Disney is one of the only studios to still do it the "old fashioned" way). As mentioned on the trivia page, Creator/RobinWilliams specifically asked that his part be downplayed because he ''didn't'' want this to happen.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Putting aside [[TheGenieKnowsJackNicholson the Genie's many pop culture references]] ([[http://www.bustle.com/articles/100968-pop-culture-references-in-aladdin-that-are-sooooooo-outdated-now such as these examples]]), the film has [[ArabianNightsDays a romantic tone of the Middle East]] that would be much harder to sell after the oncoming of UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror. Its [[TheThemeParkVersion very loose depiction]] of Arabian culture was somewhat controversial even at the time, as but increased political sensitivity has resulted in later Disney films like ''{{WesternAnimation/Moana}}'' or ''{{WesternAnimation/Encanto}}'' making a larger effort to respectfully and accurately portray the customs, clothing, and architecture of their depicted nations (though still with a fair amount of ArtisticLicenseHistory).

** Aladdin is a peasant who happens to be skilled in petty thievery, although he only steals food to survive. He gets tricked into entering the death trap that is the Cave of Wonders and is hunted by Jafar once he learns that Aladdin still has the magic lamp. This leads to his best friend being forced by the rules of the lamp to serve under Jafar, which happens shortly after Aladdin snapped at him and the two had a bitter falling-out. Aladdin eventually becomes overcome with guilt when he's outed as a liar to everyone he loves and gets banished to the ends of the earth, [[ItsAllMyFault openly blaming himself for not having wished Genie free sooner]].