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->''You ain't never had a friend like me.''

'''''Aladdin''''' is a Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon adaptation of the ''Literature/ArabianNights'' tale of "[[Literature/{{Aladdin}} Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp]]", released in 1992.

Taking place in the fictional [[ArabianNightsDays Arabian city]] of [[{{Qurac}} Agrabah]], the [[TheHero title character]], a StreetUrchin meets and falls in love with the RebelliousPrincess Jasmine - until he's arrested, by orders of the [[EvilChancellor evil Vizier]] Jafar, to acquire a magic lamp which is hidden in a cave only Aladdin can enter. Although Jafar has nothing but the worst intentions, Aladdin uses his magical allies -- a sentient Magic Carpet and a huge blue RobinWilliams -- to court the princess, expose Jafar, and save the day.

The film was very successful [[DarkHorseVictory (beating films like]] ''[[LethalWeapon Lethal Weapon 3]]'' and ''Film/BatmanReturns'' [[DarkHorseVictory at the US box office)]], leading to two sequels, ''The Return of Jafar'' (the first one of those Disney direct-to-video sequels) and ''Aladdin and the King of Thieves'', and also an AnimatedSeries. All but ''King of Thieves'' [[PoorMansSubstitute replace]] Robin Williams with [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simps...]] [[IAmNotSpock no,]] DanCastellaneta, because Williams didn't like his [[ExecutiveMeddling contractual demands being discarded]].

Regardless, the biggest contribution this film did was to [[TropeCodifier permanently establish]] in Western Animation [[CelebrityVoiceActor the value of star power in casting voice actors]]. GilbertGottfried and John Rhys-Davies also co-star in major roles (though Rhys-Davies only turns up in ''King of Thieves'').
A theatrical adaptation (not to be confused with ''Aladdin - A Musical Spectacular'' in Disney's California Adventure) had its first official run at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, Washington from July 21st, 2011 until July 31st, 2011. It was directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, who also won a Tony for his co-direction in Theatre/TheBookOfMormon, and elements from Howard Ashman's original idea of the film were used. One interesting casting choice was the return of Johnathan Freeman as Jafar.

Also produced at least two completely separate and distinct video games based on the first film; [[VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames one by Virgin Games]] for the SegaGenesis, {{Amiga}}, [[IBMPersonalComputer PC]] and GameBoy, and [[VideoGame/AladdinCapcom one by Capcom]] for the SuperNintendo and GameBoyAdvance. ''[[SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames Both are really good]]''. There was also one made by {{Sega}} for their MasterSystem, which was more faithful to the story but it isn't quite as well-known.
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!!The original movie provides examples of:

[[folder:Tropes A-G]]
* AbnormalLimbRotationRange: Genie.
* AdiposeRex: The Sultan, naturally.
* AbhorrentAdmirer: In "One Jump Ahead". "Still I think he's rather tasty!"
* AffablyEvil: Jafar in most of his appearances in the first half of the movie. It's half the reason people love him.
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Rajah behaves more like your typical house-trained doberman, and he has a dog-whine like sound.
* AllClothUnravels: [[HurricaneOfPuns "Things are unraveling fast now, boy]]. [[EvilLaugh Ha, ha!"]] ([[JustifiedTrope Now,]] it ''was'' unraveled by a [[AWizardDidIt spell]], rather than just pulling on a random thread.)
* AllThatGlitters: The treasure in the Cave of Wonders.
* AlmostKiss: Between Aladdin and Jasmine in his hideaway before they are interrupted by the guards, just after Jafar is revealed as a traitor, and again at the conclusion before Genie grabs them in a group hug.
* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: The lamp/Genie.
** Jafar's snake staff.
* AnachronismStew: [[TheGenieKnowsJackNicholson Mostly in Genie's gags.]]
** During the "A Whole New World" sequence, Aladdin and Jasmine fly by an Egyptian stonemason working on the Sphinx. They startle him, causing his chisel to slip and break off the nose of the Sphinx. However, in reality the Sphinx would have been thousands of years old by Aladdin's time, and the ancient Egyptians long gone.
** The prince at the beginning, wearing his [[GoofyPrintUnderwear heart-spotted undies]] beneath his traditional garb.
** When Aladdin tumbles through the clotheslines in his first appearance, a definitely modern bra is clearly visible among the falling clothes.
** Iago says "Pack the guns, the weapons, the knives...oh, and how about this picture, I think I'm making a weird face in it." Miniature paintings were absolutely not in vogue in the Abbasid period, but more to the point, THE GUNS??? According to the DVDCommentary, that was [[ThrowItIn Gilbert Gottfried ad-libbing]], and it got a laugh out of RobinWilliams.
** Princess Jasmine's freakin' [[LimitedWardrobe regular outfit]] is an anachronism, overlapping with PoliticallyCorrectHistory. The bedlah outfits worn by her (and various harem girls throughout the film) are [[TheCoconutEffect a Hollywood invention]], created during the early twentieth century. Hollywood popularized it enough to result in {{Defictionalization}}. If you get over that, it still makes no sense at all that the Princess goes around wearing a belly dancer costume.
** Abu pulls out what is, on closer inspection, a modern bobby pin to pick the lock and free Aladdin within the dungeon.
* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Jafar's plan for Jasmine.
* AnimalEyes: Jafar, briefly during his shape shifting into a snake.
* AnimateInanimateObject: Carpet.
* AsideGlance: When the Sultan, frustrated with Jasmine's rebelliousness, glares at Rajah and declares, "Allah forbid ''you'' should have any daughters!", Rajah turns a baffled look towards the audience.
* AttractiveBentGender: When Iago is disguised as a flamingo and mimicking Princess Jasmine's voice, a nearby male flamingo gives him the bedroom eyes. Iago's disguise sure is {{paper thin|Disguise}}: just a fake beak and some stilts.
* AxCrazy: Jafar when he's excited.
** Became pretty much FauxAffablyEvil later on.
* AngelFaceDemonFace: The Genie begins the movie as a playful, googly, shape shifting whack job. But when his lamp came into the possession of Jafar, his coloration and body shape changed to the "evil Djinn" stylistic (Only temporarily, because this is a Disney movie, and the Genie had to be recognizable for marketing purposes.)
* AnimationBump: During the musical numbers.
* ArabianNightsDays
* AttackAttackRetreatRetreat: Aladdin: "This is no time to panic! ...Start panicking!"
** Also, this exchange:
-->'''Woman:''' Getting into trouble early, aren't we, Aladdin?\\
'''Aladdin:''' Trouble? You're only in trouble if you get caught.\\
''(Captain Razoul grabs him)''\\
'''Aladdin:''' I'm in trouble!
* AudibleGleam: When Aladdin is first revealed as "Prince Ali" (in the musical number).
* AwardBaitSong: "A Whole New World." It's one of the best-known examples of the trope within the Disney canon, on par with [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast "Beauty and the Beast"]] and [[Disney/TheLionKing "Can You Feel the Love Tonight."]]
* BadassBoast: "Friend Like Me" is part this in that Genie shows how powerful he is and what he's capable of, also part showing Aladdin how lucky he is to have found Genie. "Prince Ali" is pretty much all this with regard to Ali's fortune/possessions/exploits/etc.
* BaldOfEvil: Jafar's male-pattern baldness the one time he's seen without his hat.
* BareYourMidriff: Jasmine, and a few other ladies.
* BarefootPoverty: Aladdin, until he becomes a prince.
* BatmanGambit: Tricking Jafar at the end.
** Aladdin actually pulled one off earlier in the movie when he tricked the Genie into freeing him from the Cave of Wonders without actually making a wish.
* BazaarOfTheBizarre
* BeardOfEvil: Not everyone with a beard is evil (in fact, every male citizen of Agrabah we see, [[ButNotTooForeign besides Aladdin]] and little boys, has a beard) but Jafar's beard is definitely a Beard Of Evil. It's so...twisted.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Aladdin's trick to defeat Jafar: making him ask to be a genie... because that would lock him in a lamp.
* [[JustForPun Bee]] [[BeYourself Yourself]]: The entire point of Aladdin's character development. He thinks that he's worth nothing without the Genie and that Jasmine wouldn't be interested in him if he wasn't a prince. Naturally, Jasmine falls in love with him when he's just a poor boy living on the streets (and she initially doesn't care for his princely alter-ego) and Aladdin manages to defeat Jafar entirely without the Genie's help.
** Genie himself offers this advice to Aladdin... [[PungeonMaster while disguised as a bee.]]
-->'''Beenie:''' Want me to sting her?\\
'''Aladdin:''' [[{{Pun}} Buzz off]]!\\
'''Beenie:''' Fine, but remember, ''bee'' yourself.\\
'''Aladdin:''' [[LamePunReaction Yeah right]]!
* BenevolentGenie: Genie towards all his masters.
** Aladdin's first wish, "I wish for you to make me a prince", was pretty easy to "misinterpret", too, so Genie certainly was benevolent in making him into a rich, beloved prince "as strong as ten men" and complete with enormous retinue. Interpreting a forced nod as "I wish for you to save my life." He's very kind and helpful toward Aladdin long before getting promised his freedom, and in the end, when he thinks that Aladdin using his last wish to free him will mean Aladdin won't get to marry Jasmine, Genie encourages him to use the last wish to be a prince again, willingly facing "an eternity of servitude" to make them happy.
** Genie is even benevolent towards an evil master like Jafar, when it would behoove him to be a bit more {{literal|Genie}} or {{jackass|Genie}}ish. So, Jafar, you want to be Sultan? Okay. You're Sultan of this tiny FarSideIsland. You want to be the most powerful sorcerer in the world? Great! You are now the ''only'' sorcerer in the world -- nobody else shares your ability to magically vanish rabbits. Oh, and the world in question is [[DeathWorld Venus]]. Enjoy!
** Given that he behaves this way even to a master he openly hates, presumably his "contract" requires him to interpret his masters' wishes reasonably. Which is strange, because in the sequels Jafar has no issues using JackassGenie tactics.
* BerserkButton: Iago being fed crackers by the Sultan with the latter often asking "Polly want a cracker" before feeding him. This was also the primary motivation for Iago wanting to aid Jafar in usurping the Sultan.
** Ironically, said berserk button was also what finalized Iago's decision to defect from Jafar in the beginning of ''Return of Jafar,'' and leave Jafar in a well.
* BeyondTheImpossible: When Jafar asks Genie to make Jasmine fall in love with him and Genie explains that MagicAIsMagicA, until Jasmine starts flirting with him. [[BatmanGambit She's exploiting his ego]] but by the look on Genie's face you ''know'' he's thinking "I can't do that...can I?"
* BigBad: Jafar.
* BigEntrance: The entire "Prince Ali" number is an extended version. But getting your elephant to kick down a palace door makes for an especially good climax.
* BigNever: Jasmine, while throwing a glass of wine in Jafar's face.
* BigNo:
** Aladdin, when Abu goes for the giant gem in the Cave of Wonders.
** Jafar, after he betrays Aladdin and realizes he doesn't have the lamp.
** He does it again at the end when he gets sucked into his own lamp as a result of becoming a genie.
* BigYes: When Jafar thinks he has the lamp. He possibly has the record for the quickest transition from a BigYes to a BigNo.
** Aladdin gets one as well after his first kiss with Jasmine, and promptly jumps backwards off the balcony (he knows Carpet is there to catch him).
* BilingualBonus: Most of the signs are just ForeignLookingFont or random scribbles, but there ''is'' a sign over Jafar's door that's readable Arabic. It has his name and title on it. Which makes you wonder why it's on the ''inside'' of a secret door...
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord
* BlessedWithSuck: '''[=PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWER!=]''' [--...itty-bitty living space.--]
* BondOneLiner: Jafar gives a whole HurricaneOfPuns when he's trying out his new powers of sorcery:
** After he turns from a sultan to a sorcerer, his "Down, boy!" turns Rajah into a kitten.
** Later, during the battle, he puts Jasmine in an hourglass, saying, "Your time is up!"
** "Don't toy with me!" turns Abu into a windup cymbal monkey.
** "Things are unravelling fast" causes Carpet to unsew himself into a pile of threads.
** "Get the point!?" when he momentarily traps Aladdin in a ring of swords. (Pretty close to "I think he got the point" in ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'', dontcha think?)
** "I'm just getting warmed up!" breathes a circle of fire.
** And after being called a "snake" by Aladdin, Jafar retorts, "Perhaps you'd like to see how [[SssssnakeTalk sssssnakelike]] [[ScaledUp I can be!]]"
* {{Bowdlerise}}: The line "where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face" was redubbed for the VHS[=/=]DVD release because of complaints by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. Arguably subverted in the same musical number, because Disney kept "it's barbaric -- but, hey! it's home" despite similar complaints.
* BreakUpMakeUpScenario: when Aladdin and Genie have an argument.
* BrokenAesop: True, Aladdin didn't need the lamp to make Jasmine love him, but he certainly wouldn't have been able to court her without its power to disguise him as the fabulously wealthy Prince Ali.
* BuddyPicture: The filmmakers have admitted that the relationship between Aladdin and Genie is ''at least'' as important (if not more so) than that between Aladdin and Jasmine.
* BuxomIsBetter: Inverted since every single other adult female who appear more than a background charecter (three harem girls in 'one jump' and 'prince ali', Genies dancing girls, the dancing girls from the parade) are all clearly more buxom than Jasmine.
* ByWallThatIsHoley: When Aladdin is banished to [[GrimUpNorth the frozen wastelands]] by Jafar, and his transportation (a broken off tower of Agrabah palace) starts rolling towards him, realizing there's no way to outrun the threat, he notices a tiny window and decides to position himself just perfectly so that the tower will simply roll past.
* CameBackWrong: The [[DefiedTrope supposed reason]] that Genie can't bring people back from the dead.
* CameraAbuse: Genie.
-->'''Merchant:''' Please, please, come closer! ''[smacks into camera]'' Too close, a little too close!
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: In the movie, Jasmine, while trying to run away, takes an apple to give to a hungry kid. She is immediately beset upon by the shopkeeper who attempts to give her the standard punishment for thievery: losing a hand!
* CaveMouth: The Cave Of Wonders' opening is a big tiger's mouth with sharp teeth. It also talks ("Who disturbs my slumber?").
* CharacterTitle
* ChaseScene: In the song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPMHbUTcUXE One Jump Ahead]], Aladdin is being chased by Razoul for stealing a loaf of bread.
* ChekhovsSkill: Early/midway through the movie, Aladdin belittles the Genie's power and abilities, prompting Genie to show off exactly what he's capable of by getting the gang out of the supposedly inescapable tomb in the Cave of Wonders, without actually using a wish on getting out. [[spoiler:In the climax, when Jafar appears to have won and rendered Aladdin and the other good guys helpless, Aladdin belittles Jafar's power and abilities by pointing out the Genie gave him his powers and is stronger than him. This prompts Jafar to use his final wish to become a genie, and everything that goes with it.]]
** Like some other kinds of birds, Iago is an impressive vocal mimic. In the movie, they introduce his ability to impersonate Jasmine while he's making fun of her, then uses it later to trick Aladdin into leaving the lamp unprotected.
** When Aladdin and Jasmine first meet, we see that she's very good at catching on and playing along with Aladdin's cons. At the end of the movie, she quickly notices him trying to steal back the lamp and promptly starts [[DistractedByTheSexy flirting with Jafar]], to keep Jafar's attention elsewhere.
** The end of "One Jump Ahead" sees Aladdin grab a rug and take a flying leap, {{Foreshadowing}} his handling of the carpet.
** Aladdin's trick of rolling an apple across his shoulders and flipping it off his elbow first shows up when he tricks a vendor into thinking he was giving back a stolen one. He does it again on the carpet ride, and judging by Jasmine's knowing expression it gives her another clue about his true identity.
* ChewingTheScenery: Done in-universe when Aladdin poses as Prince Ali.
* ChildMarriageVeto: Jasmine adamantly sticks to her guns on this.
* CirclingBirdies: Played with--Iago sees numerous Sultans on Carpet circling his head after an injury.
** For bonus points, they're chanting in chipmunk speed: "Haveacracker!Haveacracker!Haveacracker!"
* ClippedWingAngel: Genie Jafar. He is immensely powerful in this form, [[spoiler:but he can now be trapped in the lamp]]. He also faces many more restrictions as a genie than as a sorcerer.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Jafar tries to hypnotize the Sultan into having Jasmine marry him, the Sultan breaks out of the trance not to point out that it's against the law (Jasmine must marry a prince), but to mention that he's ''so OLD''.
* CompositeCharacter: The Robin Williams Genie was a combination of the Magic Ring and Magic Lamp Genies from the original story. Likewise Jafar was a combination of the the Sorcerer who wanted the Genie, the Vizier trying to discredit Aladdin after his rise to wealth, and the PrinceCharmless son who the Vizier was trying to get the princess to marry.
* ConspicuousCG: The Tiger Head leading into the cave of wonders, as well as the entire cave escape sequence.
** The Carpet is slightly less conspicuous.
* ConvectionSchmonvection: Aladdin, Abu, and Carpet all come within inches of the lava while escaping the Cave of Wonders.
* CrashingThroughTheHarem: This happens to the title character while he's escaping the guards (after stealing a loaf of bread) and singing "One Jump Ahead".
* CrowdSong: Special mention goes out to "Prince Ali", which is not only a BadassBoast, ''in song'', but is almost as crowded, if not more so than [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast "Belle".]]
* CuffsOffRubWrists: Aladdin, when Abu unlocks his chains in the dungeon. Also, [[spoiler:When Genie gets his freedom.]] Well the Genie has them back on later on.
* CulturalTranslation: A lot of the elements from the original story are westernized, and then topped off with an overdose of AnachronismStew.
* CurseCutShort: "How in the He- I mean, uh, AWKKK!"
* CutSong: Tons. By both songwriters. Many were reinstated in the stage adaptation.
* CymbalBangingMonkey: Jafar turns Abu into one during the climax.
* DarkReprise: Jafar's version of "Prince Ali".
* Dark Is Evil: Jafar wears a black and red robe.
* Dark Is Not Evil: Genie often goes purple when Jafar controls him.
** Aladdin also delivers a short, melancholy reprise of "One Jump Ahead" while heading back to base after being chased around town by the royal guards.
* DeadpanSnarker: Iago is an obvious case of this, especially in contrast to the considerably less sarcastic Jafar.
-->'''Jafar:''' Patience, Iago. Gazeem was obviously less than worthy.\\
'''Iago:''' Oh there's a big surprise! I think I'm going to have a heart attack and die from NOT surprise!
** Not to say Jafar doesn't have his moments too:
-->'''The Sultan:''' (introducing 'Prince Ali') This is Jafar, he's delighted too...\\
'''Jafar:''' ''Ecstatic''.
** Genie as well, ''especially'' when he is under Jafar's control.
--->'''Genie (deadpan)''': Jafar, Jafar, he's our man, if he can't do it... (shouts, face right up to the camera) '''''GREAT!'''''
* DeathGlare: Jasmine has a pretty impressive one when questioning Aladdin after the carpet ride. (Hilariously turned UpToEleven [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWDeOqifLIk&t=07m10s here.]]
* DerangedAnimation: Genie's rapid shapeshifting can be rather unnerving.
* DescriptionCut: "Someday, Abu, things are going to change; we'll be rich, live in a palace, and never have any problems at all." Cut to the Sultan and Prince Achmed having a problem.
* DistantPrologue: Possibly. Although it's never stated how far after the movie's plots the opening scene occurs, the LemonyNarrator hints that it is quite possibly right AfterTheEnd.
** ''Aladdin and The King Of Thieves'' returns to the original narrator at the end, meaning that the story begins on Aladdin and Jasmine's wedding night and ends as they leave for their honeymoon.
* DisneyAcidSequence: "Friend Like Me".
** Perfectly justified in that Genie uses his magic to make the effects happen - everything was real, if only temporary.
* DisneyPrincess: Princess Jasmine, duh.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Aladdin steals one loaf of bread and gets a squadron of imperial guards out for his blood.
-->'''Aladdin:''' [[LampshadeHanging All this for a loaf of bread?]]
** It's generally implied that he's done it lots of times - often enough to become a familiar face to the Head Guard Razoul.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Aladdin, when he's 'dressed as a commoner'. This carries over to the first sequel but by the second sequel he's noticeably wearing shoes while still being dressed as a commoner.
* DontTouchItYouIdiot: "Touch nothing but the lamp." Aladdin (although tempted) actually follows the advice. Abu, however...
* TheDoorSlamsYou: Happens to Jafar and Iago both at once.
* DramaticSpotlight: Genie conjures several of these during the song "Friend Like Me".
* DrivesLikeCrazy: The Sultan. He says he has a knack for the Carpet, but Carpet doesn't seem to have a knack for ''him''.
* EmpathyPet: Abu and Rajah.
* EnterStageWindow
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The entire One Jump Ahead sequence is one for Aladdin, along with his subsequent display of kindness to two children.
* EtTuBrute: A ShoutOut to Theatre/JuliusCaesar happens when Genie looks up on the Caesar salad in his cookbook.
* TheEveryman
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Genie and the Sultan.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Even ''Iago'', who came up with the idea for Jafar marrying Jasmine in the first place, was squicked out by Jafar and Jasmine actually kissing.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses
* EvilChancellor: Jafar. Also a GrandVizierJafar.
* EvilLaugh: [[RuleOfThree Jafar]]. In one scene, he and Iago even try to one-up each other's laughs.
** The one he has at the end of the DarkReprise of "Prince Ali" is both fantastic and a little terrifying.
* EvilSorcerer: [[OverlyLongGag Jafar]].
* ExactWords: A behind-the-scenes example that overlaps with ThrowItIn. According to the DVD commentary, the team was struggling with how to end the "Friend Like Me" number. Part of the problem was then-Disney President Jeffrey Katzenberg, who wanted the audience to applaud after each musical number. Eric Golderberg (who animated the Genie) thus came up with the 'Applause' sign on the Genie's back. It worked and became one of the film's best gags.
* ExpositionDiagram: A Type 2 when the Genie advises Aladdin to "Tell her the... TRUTH!"
* {{Expy}}: Jafar is -- well -- Jafar from ''Film/TheThiefOfBagdad'' crossed with Zigzag from ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler''. In fact, the whole movie owes a lot more debt to those two movies than anything to do with ''1001 Arabian Nights''...
*** There are also a lot of similarities to the character played by Creator/LeonardNimoy in the ShellyDuval version of the story. (Although obscure, there are several other elements like the rocketing Minaret and the "give me a hand/give me the lamp" dialogue that both versions have in common.)
* FacePalm: The ''carpet'' does one when Prince Ali falls for Jasmine's trap question and reveals his true identity.
* FallingInLoveMontage: "A Whole New Woooorld..."
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: That poor thief...
* {{Fanservice}}: Besides Jasmine, there's the harem Aladdin falls into during 'One Jump Ahead', the harem girls in 'Friend Like Me', the girls in 'Prince Ali' ... let's just say there's a lot of pretty girls in sheer, low-cut fabric.
* FinishDialogueInUnison: When Aladdin and Jasmine are in his hideout, they talk about their troubles and conclude in unison that they both feel "trapped".
* [[FirstGirlWins First Guy Wins]]
* FirstKiss: Between Jasmine and Aladdin after their MagicCarpet ride, with a little help from the carpet.
* FisherKing: The good sultan makes Agrabah a sunny place of wonder, Jafar a dark and dreary city of horror. Justified somewhat in that Jafar is a sorceror and can control the weather.
* FlatWhat: Jafar's reaction when Iago first suggests he marry Jasmine, out of thinking that Iago calls him a "chump husband".
* FlightOfRomance: The magic carpet ride.
* FogFeet: Genie off and on.
* FoodSlap: Princess Jasmine throws a glass of wine in Jafar's face.
* ForbiddenFruit: "Touch nothing but the lamp!"
* ForeignLookingFont: The title and the sign that says "Crazy Hakim's Discount Fertilizer."
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Aladdin and Abu ride a non-magical carpet during the song "One Jump Ahead". Later on Aladdin rides a magic carpet several times.
* ForgotAboutHisPowers: When Jafar wished to be a genie, Genie seemed scared and apprehensive. If he remembered that ''all'' genies are bound to a life of servitude - ''his problem throughout the movie'' - he would've caught on to Aladdin's plan sooner.
* ForgotICouldChangeTheRules: The Sultan at the end. Though he points out in the beginning that he's using the law as a way to take care of his daughter.
* FourFingeredHands: Used with Genie, who (in all of his forms) has four fingers while the rest of the human cast has five. His fingers are chubbier as a result, and they actually make him look more gentle.
** Except for when counting on his fingers, then he has as many as needed.
** The merchant at the beginning of the film also has four fingers. It's one of several hints about his true identity, but the idea didn't make the final cut. [[RobinWilliams But guess who did the voice of the merchant?]]
* FourthDateMarriage: Jasmine and Aladdin. (Or close enough, Fourth Date Engagement - the sequels and TheAnimatedSeries indicate that they actually don't get married for quite a while afterward.)
* FourthWallObserver: Genie.
* FramingDevice
* FreezeFrameBonus: ''Tons'' of them.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Jasmine.
* FromBadToWorse: Jafar turns up and declares himself Sultan. Then Aladdin realizes that the lamp is missing. Then he turns around to see a giant, pupil-less Genie pick up the palace and place it high above the city. ''Then'' Jafar wishes to be the most powerful sorcerer in the world, spirits Aladdin into a tower, shoots it to the other side of the world, and turns around to laugh maniacally at the sight of Jasmine and the Sultan cringing in his shadow. And all this happens about ten minutes ''before'' the giant snake...
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Technically from [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dwp8WmSRwo this]] video of the Disneyland Stage adaptation, but just after Aladdin meets Jasmine and say "These streets can be dangerous", an electric wheelchair stuffed with goods drives by.
** While Abu is harassing the melon stand owner, the scene is so distracting it's very easy to miss Aladdin taking his own melon...in the foreground.
* GenieInABottle: Guess.
* TheGenieKnowsJackNicholson: TropeNamer.
* GenreSavvy: Jasmine is insulted by the fact that she was supposed to be fooled by Aladdin's PaperThinDisguise.
-->'''Jasmine:''' Did you think I was stupid? That I wouldn't figure it out?!
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Iago to Jafar.
-->'''Iago:''' ''[as Jafar is laughing maniacally]'' "Oh, great. He's cracked. He's gone nuts. Jafar! ''Jafar!'' Get a ''grip!!!''"
-->''[Jafar grabs him by the throat]''
-->'''Iago:''' ''[in a choked rasp]'' "...good grip."
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: These [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WHSIdama84 scenes]]:
** "Look at that, Abu! It's not every day you see a horse with '''two''' rear ends!" It seems like this insult would have made more sense without the Bowdlerization.
** "Arabian nights, like Arabian days, more often than not are hotter than hot in a lot of good ways..."
** In the balcony kiss after the "Whole New World" scene, Jasmine quite obviously puts her tongue in Aladdin's mouth.
** The LemonyNarrator offers us viewers a device that he claims to be a combination hookah-coffee maker, which [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum also dispenses objects that bear a resemblance to French Fries.]] ''Yeahhh....''
*** He says "also makes julienned fries" (that is, they resemble French fries because they ''are'' French fries). He probably has a potato in there just for the demonstration.
**** In a [[FreezeFrameBonus blink-and-you-miss-it]] moment, he does slip a potato under the contraption just before explaining that particular function.
** During "One Jump Ahead", Al manages to stumble into a ''harem''.
* AGodAmI: Jafar.
* GoGoEnslavement: Even though Jasmine's casual outfit is almost as {{Stripperific}} as her slave outfit.
* GoodColorsEvilColors: Blue is good, red is evil. The filmmakers even admitted it.
* GoodEyesEvilEyes
* GoofyPrintUnderwear
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Jasmine wears a purple dress when she intends to announce her engagement.
* GravityIsAHarshSeamstress
* GreatGazoo: Genie.
* GuessWhoImMarrying: Well, it was a "Guess who '''you're''' marrying!" situation but anyway.
* GuileHero: Aladdin. Able to use small tricks, charm, psychological manipulation, deception and agility to fool both the royal guards and Jafar.
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[[folder:Tropes H-M]]
* {{Hammerspace}}: Where Abu puts the lamp after he nabs it from Jafar.
** Also, where Jasmine puts the short-sword Aladin hands her when they first meet.
** Even earlier during the jailbreak scene, Abu manages to pull a set of lockpicks from his jacket. They are never used, brought up, or seen ever again.
* HammyHerald: The Genie's introduction of Prince Ali, complete with song!
* HeldGaze: Aladdin and Jasmine share one early on in the movie with a sunset behind them, leading to an AlmostKiss.
* TheHero: Well, Aladdin.
* HoldYourHippogriffs: Several examples, including "Genie, wake up and smell the hummus" and "How about that, Mr. Doubting Mustafa!"
* HonestJohnsDealership: The merchant at the beginning. Try the Dead Sea Tupperware!
* HopeSpot: The thief at the beginning enters the forbidden cave... and for a second nothing happens. He relaxes. Then the cave "eats" him.
* HumanTrafficJam: This happens to the guards pursuing Aladdin at the beginning of the movie.
* HumiliationConga: Jafar does this to Aladdin in the CutSong "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9vXZncjGvk Humiliate The Boy]]".
** The Reprise of "Prince Ali" counts, although the conga is much shorter than it would have been.
* HurricaneOfPuns: Jafar during his final battle with the heroes.
* HypnoRay: Jafar's magical cobra head staff.
* HypnotizeThePrincess: Jafar wishes for the Genie to make Jasmine fall in love with him, which would give him a beautiful, willing consort ''and'' be a nasty revenge on Jasmine for having to serve her and her father all his life. Genie doesn't have that power, but Jasmine pretends it worked to distract Jafar.
* ImGoingToDisneyWorld: Implied rather than spoken for obvious reasons.
* InterspeciesFriendship: Aladdin and Genie.
** Aladdin and Abu, Aladdin and the Carpet, Jasmine and Rajah, Jafar and Iago (if you consider them friends...)
* IdiotBall: Jafar in the finale. He's spent years searching for the lamp, knows full well that the genie that resides in it will become the slave of whoever owns the lamp (he even refers to Genie as slave a couple times), and displays cunning and wisdom throughout the movie. Though he's been chasing after the lamp all this time with the 3 wishes specifically in mind, apparently the most recognizable trait of any genie in any medium (granting wishes unquestioningly to whoever holds the imprisoning object) slips his mind and he wishes to become a Genie. Not 'I wish to possess the phenomenal cosmic powers of a genie' or 'I wish for my sorcerer powers to equals your own' or anything that would have made more sense. Specifically, he wishes to become a Genie. Stop and think about things for a few seconds dude.
* IGaveMyWord: Aladdin promised to free the Genie with his third wish. What makes him the hero is that he actually ''kept'' his promise. Especially considering he kept his promise despite being unsure whether or not he would be able to marry Jasmine.
** This is emphasized even more in ''KingdomHearts'', where he goes through with his promise despite Jasmine having been kidnapped and still probably being in grave danger.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Jafar trying to make Jasmine marry him.
* IJustWantToBeFree: The Genie.
** And Jasmine, if you think about it.
* IMissMom: The CutSong "Proud of Your Boy", reinstated in the ScreenToStageAdaptation.
* TheImp: Iago
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Jasmine. [[IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] the part where Jafar ''traps'' her in an hourglass.
* ImprovisedParachute. Aladdin and Abu use a rug as one during the song "One Jump Ahead".
* IncomingHam: "TEN THOUSAND YEEEEEARS will give you SUCH a CRICK in the NECK!!"
* InkSuitActor: The Genie and Iago. Jafar has the expressions and [[MilkingTheGiantCow gesturing]] of Jonathan Freeman.
* InconvenientSummons: Aladdin rubs the lamp while Genie is apparently in the shower.
* IndyPloy: Aladdin might just give IndianaJones himself a run for his money with his amazing escape from a lake of boiling lava -- it's even got a few wisecracks included.
* InsultBackfire: That's ''Sultan'' "vile betrayer," to you!
** Played with with this exchange, where Aladdin's insult backfires not with Jafar taking it as a compliment, but taking it as ''inspiration''.
-->'''Aladdin:''' Are you afraid to fight me yourself, you cowardly snake?!\\
'''Jafar:''' A snake am I? [[OneWingedAngel Perhaps you'd like to see how]] [[SssssnakeTalk ssssnake-like]] [[ScaledUp I can be!]]
* IntimidationDemonstration: Abu does this with a sword while being pursued by the guards near the beginning of the movie.
* IronicEcho: '''''PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWERS!''''' [--ittybittylivingspace.--]
* [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy I Want My Best Friend to Be Happy]]: Genie is willing to face ''an eternity of servitude'' if it means Aladdin and Jasmine get to stay together. And Aladdin is willing to give that up to keep his promise.
** IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy is also evident in the relationship between Jasmine and Aladdin. Jasmine will let Aladdin lose his chances of courtship to drop the disguise and be himself.
* IWantSong: Aladdin sings about wanting people to not see him simply as a street rat.
* IWillShowYouX: When a prince tells a bunch of little kids in the street to get out of his way:
-->'''Aladdin:''' If I were as rich as you, I could afford some manners.\\
'''The Prince:''' I'll teach you some manners!\\
''The prince then kicks Aladdin into the mud.''
* JawDrop: Genie, when he realizes Aladdin tricked him into providing a free "wish."
** And again when Jasmine suddenly gets close and snuggly with Jafar.
* JustLikeRobinHood: Aladdin steals bread, but ultimately gives it to some starving children.
* JustifiedCriminal: Aladdin. "Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat, tell you all about it when I got the time!"
* KarmaHoudini: The rather jerkass guards who have no trouble throwing a prince (or so they thought) over a cliff for no better reason than the "tall, dark, and sinister ugly man" said so...go on to be jerkass guards in the other movies...karma, where'd you go?
* KissOfDistraction: Jasmine lays one on Jafar. Subverted when Aladdin gets caught because he's disgusted by the sight.
* KneelBeforeZod: Hilarious, in that when Jafar first gives the command, the Sultan immediately begins to bow. But then Jasmine has to go and open her mouth...
* LampshadeHanging: Aladdin's "all this for a loaf of bread?" line. Honestly, it seems a little overkill for a bunch of palace guards to go to that extreme for shoplifting, then you consider that during that time period, theft may as well have been murder.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Negative non-villainous example: The Sultan, during his interactions with Jafar prior to the latter's treachery being exposed, often fed Iago some crackers (something Iago did not enjoy or appreciate). [[spoiler:One of Iago's first actions upon Jafar becoming both Sultan and the most powerful sorcerer in the world is force feeding the former Sultan the same crackers the sultan fed him.]]
* LateToThePunchline: Robin Williams is a guarantee of dialogue children will only understand years later.
* LargeHam: Genie and [[EvilIsHammy Jafar]] (the latter, mostly when he becomes a sorcerer and a genie).
* LaughablyEvil: Jafar; when he's not making horrible puns, he's trying to screw Jasmine.
* LavaIsBoilingKoolAid: In the Cave of Wonders, although it is worth mentioning that the lava is a bright yellow, not crimson red. However, in RealLife, yellow means the lava is [[ConvectionSchmonvection especially hot.]]
* LeaderWannabe: Jafar, who wants to be Sultan.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Most of the main characters have one. Aladdin and Genie's are the refrains from "One Jump Ahead" and "Friend Like Me" respectively, while Jasmine's is (apparently) a few bars from the melody of "A Whole New World". While not based of a song from the movie, Jafar's leitmotif features heavily [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KN0k0yhWjQ here,]] is extended during the scene where he schemes in the throne room, and is ''everywhere'' in the final battle.
** Strains of Jasmine's unused song "To Be Free" are used constantly for both Jasmine and Genie.
* LeanAndMean: Jafar.
* Light is Good: Jasmine wears blue and genie is blue which is a good color.
* Light is Not Good: Iago has some blue feathers. He works on the bad side.
* LoveAtFirstSight: On seeing Jasmine in the market-place, Aladdin is immediately smitten. After he rescues her from trouble, Jasmine isn't too far behind. Given the pure emotion of Aladdin and Jasmine's scenes together, the writers/animators actually make this trope ''work''.
** It can also be argued that it's more of a mutual crush at first sight. After they are initially torn apart, Aladdin spends a chunk of the film trying to win Jasmine's favor again. They have a little bonding time (albiet one night) and the two of them actually tackle issues like trust and self worth before they officially get together at the end. Compare to [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs earlier]] [[Disney/SleepingBeauty Disney]] [[Disney/{{Cinderella}} movies]] where the hero and heroine spend a grand total of one scene together, and by their second scene the antagonist has already been vanquished [[FourthDateMarriage and the two are ready to be married.]]
* MacGuffinGuardian: The Cave of Wonders itself.
* MagicCarpet
* MakeAWish
* TheMakeover: The transformation from Aladdin to Prince Ali.
* ManipulativeBastard: Jafar.
* MeaningfulEcho: "PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWER... itty-bitty living space." Used by Genie when complaining to Aladdin about being a genie in the first place, and then used by Aladdin at the climax of the film, after [[TrickingTheShapeshifter tricking Jafar into using his final Genie wish to become a genie (complete with lamp) himself]].
** Also how Jasmine figured out Aladdin's ruse. "Do you trust me?" The first time he asked this when they were running away from the guards, and the second time was inviting her for a carpet ride.
* MediumAwareness: The Genie. Most notably in his many transformations and mannerisms, but also in the song "Friend Like Me" when he sings that 'Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Sheherezade had a thousand tales'; most people don't know that both Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Aladdin were among Sheherezade's tales.
** Also, the morning after Aladdin uses up his second wish, Genie pulls out an ''Aladdin'' screenplay and tells him it's time for the scene where he sets Genie free.
* MeetCute: Meet Jasmine.
* MinskyPickup: "Prince Ali", in the last line of the introductory verse: "...are you gonna love this guy..."
* MisplacedWildlife: Abu and Iago are a New World monkey and macaw.
* MissingMom:
** Jasmine is the victim here. For really no good reason. Sigh. ''Disney''....
** Aladdin as well, which is one of the similarities between them. Originally Aladdin was meant to have a mother and some brothers, but this was changed.
* {{Mondegreen}}: When "Prince Ali" first visits Princess Jasmine's terrace, he has some trouble with Raja, whom he tries to shoo away. "Down kitty, good boy... ''[-take off and go!-]''" The second line is both whispered and spoken very rapidly, leading some of the more paranoid MoralGuardians (and giggling teenagers) to mishear the line as: "Good teenagers, take off your clothes."
* MoodWhiplash: "But you're so ''old!''" Also doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}. Probably the Sultan's best moment in the movie.
* MrFanservice: Aladdin. His animation design was based on TomCruise (at the point where Tom Cruise was the hot young thing of the moment) for this very reason. He was originally based on MichaelJFox, but that design didn't go down as well.
* MsFanservice: Jasmine. Arguably the most sexual of all the Disney Princesses, and consistently the highest billed in their Princess Collection range.
-->And your beard. It's so... twisted...
* MustMakeAmends: After Aladdin [[spoiler:left behind the genie lamp, which led to Iago bringing it to Jafar, then Jafar using it to wish himself to be sultan and the world's most powerful sorcerer]], Aladdin said:
-->"''I made a mess of everything... somehow I gotta go back and set things right.''"
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: "Prince Abooboo". Made into a RunningGag by Jafar.
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[[folder:Tropes N-S]]
* NarrativeShapeshifting: Abu, Iago and the Genie
* NarratorAllAlong: An unused alternate ending features the salesman 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 RobinWilliams....
* NeckLift: One of the guards does this to Aladdin when they break into his hideout and capture him.
* NiceHat: A whole city's worth. Practically the only males without a hat are Iago and Genie.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Aladdin's initial design was based on Michael J. Fox. His final design was based on Tom Cruise.
* NoFlowInCGI: Averted. The whole point of rendering the carpet in CGI rather than traditional animation was to allow it to have an extremely intricate design, while still flowing and moving like cloth.
* NonHumanSidekick: Abu to Aladdin, Rajah to Jasmine, and Iago to Jafar.
* NoOntologicalInertia: The effects of Jafar's wishes and sorcery after he's changed into a genie.
** Also, based on the characters' comments Aladdin's prince wish apparently has to be recast by the end.
* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: Both the Virgin Games Sega Genesis game and the Capcom SNES game were well received by the gaming community.
** TheProblemWithLicensedGames: The Game Gear and Game Boy Color versions, on the other hand...
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Jafar - not that he was never a serious menace for his enemies having an extensive knowledge of arcane lore, spells, potions, but initially he doesn't seem to possess any genuine magical power which apparently makes him look less dangerous. However as soon he wishes to be the most powerful sorcerer in the world he becomes one of the most omnipotent evil sorcerers in the Disney universe. Moreover, althought he is LaughablyEvil, he CAN also be ruthless and cruel.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Iago pretends to be a dumb parrot to everyone but Jafar for a while, but drops the façade when Jafar seizes power (and briefly forgets it in shock when [[spoiler:Aladdin confronts Jafar after the former was nearly killed by the latter]]).
* ObstructiveCodeOfConduct: The Genie's rules, with one -- [[ThouShaltNotKill a Genie cannot kill]] -- being a really big plot point of ''Return of Jafar''.
* OfficialCouple: Jasmine and Aladdin. They even get married!
* OhCrap: Just look at the Sultan's expression when Jafar is transformed into an almighty sorcerer.
* [[OhMyGods Oh My Allah!]]
* OnlyTheWorthyMayPass: The "Diamond in the Rough".
* OpeningMonologue: The Merchant at the beginning.
* OutOfSightOutOfMind: Although Jafar's lamp is really sent far, far away.
* PantheraAwesome: Rajah.
* PaperThinDisguise: Jasmine's hood, when she's disguised as a peasant.
* ParentalAbandonment: Aladdin's mother died when he was young and Cassim left before that.
* ParentalBonus: Robin Williams is a guarantee of dialogue not aimed at children, which they [[LateToThePunchline only understand years later]].
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: "You wanted to be a genie, Jafar? You got it! And everything that comes with it! '''PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWER'''... [--ittybittylivingspace.--]"
* PigLatin: Genie: "And ixnay on the wishing for more wishes!"
* PigeonholedVoiceActor
* PinocchioNose: Prince Ali's hat (the plume falls and covers his face whenever he lies).
** The genie actually turns into Pinocchio with an extended nose to imply what he thought of one of Aladdin's promises.
* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: As a woman in ancient Arabia, Jasmine's free spirit wouldn't have been quite so tolerated in RealLife. There'd be no such thing as suitors; she's marrying whoever Daddy chooses.
** On the other hand, the Sultan really is a softie, and even in this time period the father is ''allowed'' to consult the daughter's wishes even though he doesn't ''have'' to.
* PollyWantsAMicrophone: Iago
* PoseOfSupplication: The "Prince Ali" song directly references it. Also, Sorcerer Jafar forces Jasmine and the Sultan to bow before him.
** Also Jasmine bowing down before Abu while playing along with Aladdin's story about her being mad. "She thinks the monkey is the Sultan."
* PostKissCatatonia: After his first kiss with Jasmine, Aladdin falls over backwards with a sigh, letting Carpet catch him.
* PowerHigh: Jafar's initial reaction to becoming a genie, before the drawbacks kick in.
* PowerLimiter: The Lamp. Itty bitty living space.
** Subverted however in that, when freed, a genie has less power.
* {{Pride}}: Jafar was ''this close'' to [[NearVillainVictory complete victory]], but his refusal to accept any position other than that of the most powerful being on the face of the Earth was what ultimately undid him. He was already the Sultan ''and'' the most powerful sorcerer in the world as a result of his first two wishes upon capturing the Genie, but his undoing came when [[spoiler:Aladdin tricked him into wishing to be a genie -- [[SealedEvilInACan with everything that goes along with the package]].]] He could probably even have avoided the last third of the movie altogether if he hadn't wasted his first wish on, essentially, stealing the Sultan's clothes - out of pride.
* PrimalFear: Snake!Jafar
* PublicDomainArtifact: The Lamp.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "Tell. Her. The. '''''TRUTH!'''''"
* PungeonMaster:
** Jafar. Especially in the final battle.
** The Genie, meanwhile, is more of a [[VisualPun Visual]] PungeonMaster.
* PuppyDogEyes: The hungry street children.
* RagsToRoyalty: Aladdin (and Abu).
* ReadingAheadInTheScript: The Genie pulls out a copy of the movie's script and tries to feed Aladdin his next lines, which will have him use his third wish to free the Genie.
* RealityWarper: Genie.
* RebelliousPrincess: Jasmine.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: The Genie when he gets angry over Aladdin's taunts in the cave.
* TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Snake!Jafar brings out the only significant snake imagery in the movie.
* RescueIntroduction: Aladdin meets Princess Jasmine when rescuing her from a street vendor who she accidentally stole an apple from and her arm is nearly slashed off. Leading into a mini...
** RescueRomance: Aladdin and Jasmine first fall for each other after the rescue, and they connect further afterwards. However, while they each clearly begin to have a thing for the other, before the spark can grow Rasoul raids Aladdin's place and cuts it short before it can really start. The rest of the movie and some magical intervention is needed to continue things along.
* RingOfFire
* [[RunawayFiance Runaway Fiancée]]: Jasmine.
* ScaledUp: Snake!Jafar, and despite what the EvilOverlordList would tell you, it works just fine. Aladdin only wins by [[spoiler:goading him into wishing to become a genie, [[BatmanGambit knowing that Jafar can't stand anyone else's power exceeding his]].]]
* ScheherezadeGambit: The TropeNamer was mentioned in passing by Genie.
* SchmuckBait: The treasure in the cave, particularly the giant ruby. It's the only other treasure ''in'' the lamp room.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: "You've heard of the Golden Rule, haven't you? The one who has the gold makes the rules."
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: [[spoiler: The Sultan changing the royal marriage laws so that Jasmine can wed Aladdin.]]
* [[SealedEvilInACan Sealed Evil in a Lamp]]: Jafar.
* [[SealedGoodInACan Sealed Good in a Lamp]] : Genie.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Cave Of Wonders. The test is actually not that secret.
* SelfDeprecation: Accidental, but ironic - "I don't know where she gets it from. Her mother wasn't nearly so picky."
* SelflessWish: Aladdin uses his third wish to free the Genie.
* {{Shape Shift|ing}}er: Genie.
* ShouldersOfDoom: Jafar.
* ShoutOut: Several; an early movie example has a chase scene end [[Film/BackToTheFuture with Aladdin's pursuers fall into a pile of manure.]] Particularly interesting when you consider the initial inspiration for Aladdin's design.
** [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast The Beast]] makes an appearance in the Sultan's tower of toy animals.
** When the Genie is looking for recipes to make a prince, the Alaskan King Crab produces [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Sebastian]]. There's even a snatch of "Under the Sea" included in the soundtrack.
** Damn near everything Genie says or does.[[note]]His transformations/impressions include a nightclub entertainer, a [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} Scotsman]], a Scottish terrier, Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, [[Series/TheEdSullivanShow Ed Sullivan]], a slot machine, [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho Marx]], a boxing trainer, a firework, a French maître d', a roast turkey, a [[PullARabbitOutOfMyHat pink rabbit]], a [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons dragon]], a certificate, William F. Buckley, a CampGay pair of giant lips, a [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombie]] which strongly resembles PeterLorre, RobertDeNiro, a flight attendant, Carol Channing, a sheep, a hammock, a muscle man, Disney/{{Pinocchio}}, a magician, a Frenchman in a beret and striped shirt, a chef, [[Theatre/JuliusCaesar Gaius Julius Caesar]], Arsenio Hall, a tailor, a game-show host (changed to a cricket commentator for release in India), a drum major, Walter Brennan, a little boy, a fat man, TV parade hosts, a tiger, a goat, a harem girl, Ethel Merman, RodneyDangerfield, JackNicholson, a professor, a [[LampshadeHanging talking lampshade]], a bee, a submarine, a one-man band, a script prompter, a ventriloquist, [[Disney/{{Fantasia}} a demon resembling Chernabog]], [[BigBad Jafar]], cheerleaders, a baseball pitcher, a tourist with a Goofy hat, and the moon.[[/note]]
** During the song "A Whole New World", while Aladdin and Jasmine are flying on the Magic Carpet, they pass by [[Disney/{{Dumbo}} a flock of storks in front of a full moon.]]
** The plot elements of an ex-theif, [[spoiler: who later becomes a king]], saving a princess named Jasmine/Yasmina [[spoiler: , from a exceptionally powerful wizard who turns himself into a gigantic snake for the climax,]] in an ArabianNightsDays setting is strikingly similar to the ConanTheBarbarian story [[Literature/ThePeopleOfTheBlackCircle The People of the Black Circle]].
** Supposedly, Aladdin's line "All this for a loaf of bread?" is a nod to [[Theatre/LesMiserables Les Miserables]], in which the entire story starts because Valjean stole a loaf of bread.
** Those elephants during "Friend Like Me" looked an awful lot like [[Franchise/WinnieThePooh heffalumps...]]
** The ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar'' reference mentioned above.
* ShowSomeLeg: Jasmine seduces Jafar to distract him so Aladdin can take the lamp.
* SidekickExMachina: Genie.
* SlicesDicesAndMakesJulienneFries: Combination hookah and coffee maker! Also makes julienne fries!
* SlidingScaleOfAnimalCommunication: Abu is Level 4 (but briefly slips into Level 5 when he's trying to wake up Aladdin after the Cave of Wonders collapses) and Rajah is Level 3. Iago is Level 8, [[PollyWantsAMicrophone though his ability to talk likely comes from his being a parrot.]]
* SlouchOfVillainy: After Jafar takes over, he replaces the throne with a couch and slouches on it.
* SmokeOut: Jafar.
* SmugSnake: Jafar is a wicked version of this trope. During the climax, he even literally becomes a giant one.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: After ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' and ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' this is the first DisneyPrincess movie to focus on the ''male'' character more than the female (of all the Disney Princess merchandise to ever show the Disney logo, this film and ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' are the only ones that do not have a custom Disney Princess logo resembling a pink oval, instead a purple oval is substituted, all the merchandise based on other Disney franchises use a Disney logo resembling a blue oval). This is {{Justified|Trope}} as Aladdin ''is'' the title character and so naturally the story would focus on him more than the Princess. However, this was a calculated move by the folks at Disney as after years of Princess movies they wanted to work on something that would attract a larger male audience and thus the film became more action-heavy than the standard DisneyAnimatedCanon movies with multiple chase scenes, fights, and elements of male bonding between Aladdin, Abu, Carpet, and Genie. Jasmine is the only real female character in the entire trilogy (albeit a very strong and well-developed one).
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: "Whoops" version - Aladdin's "Do you trust me?" tips off Jasmine.
** She may have been tipped off earlier, when he said "You should be free to make your own choice."
** During "A Whole New World," she also notices when she passes her an apple the exact same way as he did before.
** She probably had her suspicions when she noticed that [[PaperThinDisguise THEY LOOKED THE SAME]], though she didn't pay ''that'' much attention to his appearance until she saw Aladdin take off his hat.
* SpeechImpairedAnimal: Abu. Although at one point he does clearly utter "Aladdin, wake up!" - along with other familiar semi-uttered expressions such as 'Why you!' or 'O brother!'
* TheSpeechless: The Carpet.
* SpikesOfVillainy: If you [[ViewersAreMorons pay attention]], you can see that Jafar's "Real Sorcerer" Suit has pointer shoulders, his hat isn't round anymore(with two more points), and his Cobra Cane is more realistic and has its mouth open.
* StatingTheSimpleSolution: The three rules of the genie are to prevent this.
** Genie's advice on winning Jasmine's heart...
--> '''Genie''': Tell... her... the... *TRUTH!!!*
* StealthPun: When Iago tells Jafar about the plan to marry the princess and then kill her and the Sultan, Jafar responds with "I love the way your [[{{Pun}} foul]] little mind works!"[[hottip:*:Geddit? [[DontExplainTheJoke Fowl? Because he's a bird?]]
* StepfordSmiler: Kind of. Genie dances around, cracks jokes, and seems to have a lot of fun granting wishes...but Aladdin pokes around a little bit and discovers that Genie is actually miserable and desires freedom from his life of servitude more than anything else in the world.
* StockPhrases
** WithDueRespect: Iago to Jafar while being forced to pedal a bicycle to provide power to use the Mystic Blue Diamond.
* StockScream: A Wilhelm Scream when Genie is moving Agrabah up onto a cliff.
* StreetUrchin: Aladdin.
* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: During the big fight between Aladdin and Jafar, the Genie sarcastically "cheers" Jafar, "Jafar, Jafar, he's our man. If he can't do it, GREAT!"
* SuddenlySuitableSuitor: Solved by the Sultan changing the law.
* SuicidalGotcha: Aladdin pretends to jump off a balcony.
** And is caught by a flying device hovering at a height just far enough below the balcony for his head to disappear. [[Film/BackToTheFuture Seems familiar]].
* SuperEmpowering: Jafar's wish.
* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Under the laws of Agrabah, Princess Jasmine had to marry a prince. At the end of the movie Aladdin was no longer a prince so Jasmine couldn't marry him. But wait!]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Sultan:''' Well, am I Sultan or am I Sultan? From this day forth, the princess shall marry whomever she deems worthy.]]
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[[folder:Tropes T-Z]]
* TactfulTranslation: Aladdin does this for Abu when they're with Princess Jasmine.
--> '''Aladdin:''' Abu says... Abu says ''that's not fair!''
--> '''Abu:''' Ik?!??!
* TakeOverTheCity: For all he wants power, Jafar never seems interested in political power beyond Agrabah.
* TalkingAnimal: Downplayed with Abu, as he mostly speaks in monkey chatter, although he can vocalize some words. Completely averted with Rajah. Played straight with Iago, although it's strongly implied that his talking was not one of his natural traits, but the result of modifications made by Jafar (according to Jafar in ''Return of Jafar'', the only thing Iago could say prior to Jafar getting his hands on him was indeed squacks of "Polly Want A Cracker.")
* TapOnTheHead: Jafar's guards to Aladdin when they kidnap him and Abu to Iago during the final combat.
* TemptingFate: "For the first time in my life, things are starting to go right." (It goes bad almost ''immediately.)''
** Almost??
* TermsOfEndangerment
* ThemeTuneExtended / SecondVerseCurse: ''Arabian Nights'' was originally written to be three verses long, notwithstanding the reprises, but only the first stanza was used in the film. The recent stage musical used the full-length song and all four reprises.
* ThisIsNoTimeToPanic: Said by Aladdin to Abu...until he sees the wall they're about to crash into. "[[YouCanPanicNow Start panicking.]]"
* ThroughAFaceFullOfFur: Iago's face turns pinkish-purple/purplish-pink after telling a seemingly maniacal Jafar to get a grip and he literally does, by strangling him.
* ToothyBird: Iago, who frequently displays teeth when he's griping, which, given that this is Iago, is most of the time.
** The animators did this specifically to make Iago resemble GilbertGottfried.
* TrickingTheShapeshifter
* TheTrickster: Genie.
* ThrowItIn: As stated in ExactWords, the 'Applause' sign on the Genie's back after "Friend Like Me".
* TruckDriversGearChange ''Prince Ali'' does this nearly every chorus (around '''six'''!), including a massive one near the end that could pop a lung.
** It's so bad that Robin Williams, despite his impressive vocal range, can't keep up as the song finishes.
* {{Tuckerization}}: Razoul is named after layout supervisor Rasoul Azadani.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Jasmine's outfit is bluish green.
* TwinkleSmile: See AudibleGleam above.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Jafar briefly becomes Sultan.
* UnknownRival: Aladdin and Jafar spend a good two-thirds of the film unaware of each other's true identity/intentions. Jafar assumes Aladdin died in the Cave of Wonders, then when he returns as Prince Ali neither of them knows who the other is. It's not until Jafar sees "Ali" has the lamp that he puts it together.
* UptownGirl: Aladdin wants to pursue Jasmine but is insecure about his poverty.
* VillainBall: If Jafar had simply saved Aladdin and given him some pocket change or something, Abu wouldn't have stolen the lamp, Aladdin would never have known what it does and Jafar would have successfully conquered Agrabah. Furthermore, he would never have lost the final battle if he hadn't let his greed get the better of him and wasted his last wish turning himself into an immortal indentured servant.
* VillainousCrush: Jafar for Jasmine.
* VillainSong: "Prince Ali, [[DarkReprise Reprise]]".
** Interestingly, Jafar had 5 separate songs and all but one of them were cut. Aside from ''Prince Ali'', there was "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9vXZncjGvk Humiliate the Boy]]" where Jafar does what the title suggests (cut for being too caustic). '"My Time Has Come" where Jafar recounts how hideous his life has been and how he is going to make everyone else miserable (cut for being too slow and introspective). "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7YbpeIvQSw Why Me]]" was the same as "My Time Has Come" (cut because the directors felt it didn't advance the story enough, they also wanted something with a big chorus). And "My Finest Hour" where Jafar pulls the earth into a ball and bats it around with the Genie (cut because the directors decided it was too late in the movie for an extended showstopper for the villain). "Why Me" was revived for some stageplay adaptations.
* VoiceChangeling: Iago. Uses the voices of Jasmine and Jafar.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Genie.
* WaitHere: Aladdin to Abu in the underground treasure caves.
* WeddingDeadline
* WellExcuseMePrincess
* Wham Line:
--> '''Jafar:''' It's mine! It's all mine! [[spoiler: [[OhCrap I-- Where is it? No!]] [[BigNo NOOOOOOOOO!!!]]]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: When Aladdin first meets Jasmine, he rescues her from a man about to cut off her hand with a sword. Aladdin takes the sword off him and hands it to Jasmine. A few seconds later, it disappears completely.
** [[HyperspaceArsenal It's in her inventory.]]
*** There's also the shop merchant/narrator at the beginning of the movie who tells the tale of the lamp (and Aladdin). [[OneSceneWonder He was there for that scene only.]]
**** Actually... while it's true that in the first film he was only there for one scene, it's revealed in the third film that he was the narrator of, and therefore technically passively present during, all three films. The entire time he'd been recounting how we got to this point... on Jasmine and Aladdin's wedding night. He even attempts to sell them a commemorative carpet with their portraits embroidered on it for the occasion, and it can therefore be assumed that to make a buck off their wedding was why he was traveling to Agrabah during the opening sequence.
* WhoDares: The Cave Of Wonders: "Who disturbs my slumber?" Also, "Who has touched the forbidden treasure?!!?"
* WhyWontYouDie: "How many times do I have to kill you, boy?!"
* WickedCultured: Jafar.
* WigDressAccent: Aladdin/Prince Ali.
* {{Wishplosion}}
* YouExclamation: Jafar to Aladdin.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Jafar]] under a beggar disguise, attempts to ''kill'' Alladin once he has completed his task and gives him the lamp, during which the time the Cave Of Wonders was currently collapsing.
* YouJustToldMe: How Jasmine confirms that the Prince is really Aladdin.
-->'''Jasmine:''' It's a shame Abu had to miss this.\\
'''Aladdin:''' Nah, he hates fireworks, and he doesn't really like flying, either. Uh...that is, um...oh, no...
* YouSquared
--> "They're after me! They're after you?!"
* YoureNothingWithoutYourPhlebotinum
[[/folder]]

!!''The Return of Jafar'' provides examples of:

[[folder:Tropes A-Z]]
* ActorAllusion: Abis Mal is the Iraqi version of [[{{Series/Seinfeld}} George Costanza]]. Both characters are also portrayed by Creator/JasonAlexander.
* AntiLoveSong: ''Forget About Love'' (or rather, half of it is)
* ArcWords: Whenever it's pointed out that genies can't kill, this response appears: "[[FateWorseThanDeath You'd be surprised what you can live through]]."
* BadBoss: Abis Mal, even before they upped his villainy a bit in the series where he pulls a YouHaveFailedMe on one of his mooks, was a genuinely terrible boss to his gang of thieves: Specifically, in the beginning, he was shown to keep the lion's share of the the plunder that he and his gang stole, and gave his gang a small pocketbag of change at ''best.'' It's also strongly implied that this wasn't the first time Abis Mal cheapskated his followers either.
* BagOfSpilling: Justified. The Genie gets noticeably nerfed in the sequels and television show, mentioning that his freedom from the lamp has reduced his powers. [[spoiler:This culminates in a musical number where Genie Jafar (who Genie gave his power to and logically could not have been more powerful than imprisoned Genie) toys with and captures Genie with ease]]. Although he does maintain his apparent ability to perceive time and events as all occurring simultaneously, allowing for plenty of modern pop culture references and anachronistic objects to go around. Although in ''King Of Thieves'' he seems ''much'' more powerful than he was in ''Return Of Jafar''. Maybe he just learned how to make the most use of his weaker powers.
* BigBad: Jafar, Aladdin's ArchEnemy, returns in this movie.
* BigShutUp: from Iago to Jafar. "Hey, Jafar! '''SHUT UUUUUUP!'''" Also a CallBack - Jafar's last line in the first movie was one of these to Iago as the two were flung into the distance.
* CanonDiscontinuity: Like most of Disney's direct-to-video sequels, this film (along with its TV series and "King of Thieves") are not considered canonical by the company. Many sources tend to affirm this, such as books that depicted Aladdin & Jasmine's wedding (and not the one from "King of Thieves") and other media (such as Sorcerers Of The Magic Kingdom) keeping Iago as a bad guy.
* ChangedMyMindKid: Iago. He opts to bail just before the final confrontation with Jafar. Just when things are looking bleak for our heroes, Iago comes charging into the fight and manages to snatch Jafar's genie lamp. Despite being injured by a magical blast, Iago is able to shove the lamp into a pool of lava, destroying Jafar and saving the day.
* Dark Is Not Evil: Abis Mal wears a purple hat and belt but is really a harmless who tries, and fails, to "wear" the image of evil.
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Return of Jafar'' is a lesser example; while some elements are more lighthearted (Abis Mal, Genie) Jafar's plan to [[spoiler:frame Aladdin for the murder of the Sultan, make Jasmine think he killed her father, and then kill Aladdin]] is pretty dark, especially when he gets within seconds of winning
* DisneyDeath: The first sequel loves this. Genie gets chucked across the garden but he's just unconscious, Carpet gets torn to shreds but it's just fine, and Iago gets blasted with lightning but "[[MeaningfulEcho You'd be surprised what you can live through.]]" Justfied as in his genie form Jafar cannot actually kill people directly.
* TheDogBitesBack: After Abis Mal failed to not only retrieve the plunder that Aladdin stole back from them and dispersed to the Agrabahian populace, but also get revenge on Aladdin when they encountered him at Agrabah's streets (and nearly got them arrested thanks to Iago knocking them back), Abis Mal's gang of thieves evidentially had enough of their boss and tried to kill him on the spot after he retrieved some water from the well (the same well that Iago literally ditched Jafar's Lamp into earlier). It's averted, and not because they forgave him so much as they were scared off by Jafar being unwittingly released from the lamp by Abis Mal before they could deliver the killing blows on him.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: In the 2nd movie, when Iago tries to redeem himself to Aladdin by trying to free the Genie from the crystal ball prison, Abu goes off on an unintelligible rant, to which Iago responds: "Do I insult ''your'' mother?"
* EvilOverlooker: Jafar on the cover.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler:Jafar gets his lamp dropped in lava, has an electrifying seizure, then explodes into dust.]]
* ForgotICouldFly: When Genie escapes from the orb Jafar put him in, Genie races through the castle and snatches Aladdin away from the execution stand, only to poof the rest of the protagonists to safety seconds later.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Jafar's true form of a huge red Genie is too much for thief Abis Mal, so Jafar spends most of the film looking as he did while human. Which only helped a little, since let's face it, even human Jafar is pretty damn intimidating.
* HeelFaceTurn: Iago.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Iago again, switching sides three times in ''Return of Jafar'' and then conspiring with Cassim in ''King of Thieves''.
* JackassGenie: Jafar is a natural at this, wasting Abis Mal's two wishes and implying that he could just as easily twist the third to get Abis Mal to work for him. This backfires later on when, after promising Abis Mal piles of treasures in return for wishing Jafar to be free; Abis Mal hesitates and asks in a GenreSavvy way if the treasure would disappear.
* {{Jerkass}}: Jafar is this to Abis Mal.
* LoopholeAbuse: Because he's now bound by the rules of the genie, Jafar can't kill Aladdin himself. So, it forces him to rely on proxies and indirect assassination attempts where he technically doesn't lay a finger on Al.
* MeaningfulEcho: "You'd be surprised what you could live through."
* MeaningfulName: Abis Mal really is [[IncrediblyLamePun the pits]]!
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Aladdin tricking Jafar into becoming a genie saved the day in the first film. But when he gets loose in ''The Return of Jafar'', Aladdin's created a foe with all of the Genie's powers and none of the morals. Way to go, Al.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain:
** If Jafar had just swallowed his pride and actually treated Iago like somewhat of an equal after forcing him out of the Lamp instead of, well, ranting that Iago would have been stuck in the bazaar squacking "Polly Want A Cracker" had he not been involved, most of the movie would not have happened.
** If Jafar hadn't mistreated Abis Mal and wasted his wishes with JackassGenie antics, he would have been wished free before Aladdin and the gang could stop him. This seems to be one of Jafar's biggest flaws.
* ObliviousGuiltSlinging: The good guys really lay it on thick in ''The Return of Jafar'' when Iago's (reluctantly) planning to betray them.
* OffModel: ''The Return Of Jafar'' has some pretty subpar animation.
** Just look at Jasmine's face during the "Forget About Love" musical number.
** For some reason Genie looks less like... well, Genie when he's voiced by DanCastellaneta. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that he's usually a darker shade of blue when Creator/RobinWilliams is behind him.
** The Carpet looks less lively outside the first movie (as the intricate texture implanted through CG was replaced with a regular painted drawing).
** Jafar in some scenes looks like he's being played by [[Disney/PeterPan Captain Hook]].
** In a particular scene, the Sultan loses his eyebrows!
* OffWithHisHead[=/=]PublicExecution: Attempted in ''Return of Jafar'', [[spoiler:after Aladdin has been framed and condemned to die for "the murder of the Sultan". Fortunately, Iago does a HeelFaceTurn and breaks the Genie free from the glass bottle, and in turn, the Genie becomes a {{Big Damn Hero|es}} in flying at the speed of light and rescuing Aladdin a mere split-second before he is to be decapitated.]]
* Light Is Not Good: Abis Mal mostly wears yellow and blue.
* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: This movie works quite well as a pilot for TheAnimatedSeries. In fact the series premier on the Disney Channel was preceded by a showing of "The Return Of Jafar."
* {{Retcon}}: It's pretty heavily implied that Aladdin and Jasmine are married at the end of ''Aladdin'', when they kiss during the fireworks. As we see in ''Return of Jafar'' and obviously ''King of Thieves'', their wedding hasn't quite happened yet. It's mentioned by the film's directors on the DVD commentary that they felt that the ending may have been unclear on whether or not a wedding had happened, thus they actually felt that the ''Aladdin'' sequels were a good idea. The implication is that the very end of the original Aladdin actually occurs ''after'' the animated series and films that follow.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Jafar's biggest fault in thie movie, causing a carelessness and unnecessary cruelty that ultimately leads to his downfall.
* RevengeOfTheSequel: The title announcing Jafar's return.
* ReversePsychology: Iago's entire aim while singing with Jasmine in "Forget About Love," and it works like a charm - his over the top griping about how Jas should give up Aladdin causes her to remember how much she loved him with little fuss. In a fun twist, though, he really ''does'' think "all that mushy stuff" is disgusting, but he's willing to help them get back together anyway in order to help a friend.
* ShoutOut:
** At one point in [[VillainSong "You're Only Second Rate"]] Psycho is referenced both visually and in the soundtrack utilising the ScareChord.
** Iago dropping Jafar's lamp down the well ''really'' resembled "Blofeld"'s death from the beginning of ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''.
** Genie's incantation when he frees the protagonists from the dungeon is [[{{Cinderella}} "Bibidi, babadi, boo!"]]
* ThisCannotBe: "The street rat? Still alive!? NO!"
* VillainBall: Jafar saving Aladdin's life. When Abis Mal and several shadowy assassins on horseback (with enchanted horses, actually all Jafar) manages to force Aladdin down a waterfall, Jafar then telekinetically lifts the unconscious Aladdin away from the waterfall's rocks and places him safely on the continuing river. Abis Mal then proceeds to call out on Jafar for this, causing Jafar to almost attack Abis Mal before calmly informing him that he only delayed the inevitable for Aladdin, and that the true revenge was yet to come.
* VillainSong: "You're Only Second Rate".
* WhamLine:
-->'''Aladdin:''' It's the truth! Why don't you believe me?
-->[[spoiler: '''Jasmine:''' Because we know you're lying!]]
* WhosLaughingNow: DoubleSubversion:
-->'''Genie:''' ''[bold, heroic]'' HAHAHAHAHA, who's laughing now?! \\
'''Jafar:''' [[EvilLaugh Mmmuhahahahahahahahahahahaha!]] Why, I believe it's ''me''.
* WildCard: Iago.
* XRaySparks: [[spoiler:Jafar's death scene.]]
[[/folder]]

!!''The King of Thieves'' provides examples of:

[[folder:Tropes A-Z]]
* AndThisIsFor: "''That's'' for ruining my wedding!" when Jasmine punches out one of the thieves.
* AnimationBump: Particularly the opening and climax of ''The King of Thieves'', which comes very close to rivaling the original in animation quality, and is several levels above that seen in ''The Return Of Jafar'' and the series.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: One of the highlighted thieves in Cassim's band is a Mongol... ''who is also a master of kung fu!'' Obviously this isn't impossible, but there wasn't much room for hand-to-hand martial arts in military training under Genghis Khan and his successors, as you would expect from an army that did most of its fighting (even its swordplay) on horseback. Portraying the Mongol as an archer would have been more accurate, but long-range tactics don't seem to suit the Forty Thieves' style.
* BigBad: Saluk.
* BookEnds: ''King of Thieves'' ends with just like the first movie started, with the Peddler singing "Arabian Nights" (though a variant, not the original song).
* BrickJoke:
** "Will you be having the chicken or the sea bass?"
** In reference to the first movie, Abu's got a sword to defend himself, but instead of running, he tosses it up to bring a chandelier down on some of the 40 thieves.
* CanonDiscontinuity
* CaveMouth: There's a huge turtle whose mouth was like a cave.
* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase
* ContinuityNod
* DarkerAndEdgier: With a truly despicable villain, very intense {{Fight Scene}}s, and [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath arguably one of the most disturbing deaths in a Disney movie]], ''King Of Thieves'' is easily the darkest movie in the Aladdin trilogy. It also deals very explicitly with issues relating to organized crime, albeit of the ancient middle-eastern variety, but with surprisingly strong parallels to the modern western variety.
* DisappearedDad: Cassim. Trends into DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou, as he left with the intention of securing a fortune for his wife and son. He refused to return empty-handed and by the time he did, he couldn't find his loved ones. He "disappeared" for good because as far as he knew, he had no family left.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Subverted with Sa'Luk. He initially was knocked into the ocean by Aladdin from a high cliff from the hideout. However, it's later revealed that he actually survived. His actual cause of death later in the film is [[spoiler:being turned into a gold statue by the Hand of Midas.]]
* GenerationXerox: Visually, Cassim really is nothing more than an older version of Aladdin with a beard.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler:Saluk gets transformed into pure gold by inadvertently touching the Hand of Midas, and sinks to the bottom of the treasure room.]]
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** "I thought the earth wasn't supposed to move until the honeymoon!" This line was removed when aired on Disney Channel / [[NetworkDecay Disney XD]].
** Aladdin's "Ooh, I'm gonna get some tonight!" expression right before he and Jasmine lay down on Carpet while kissing after departing their wedding.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Cassim is explaining the story of The Hand of Midas to Aladdin, he shows him proof of its existence, in the form of a ship, resting in an underground lake within the lair, that had been touched by the Hand, and turned to solid gold. Aladdin angrily points out that in being turned to gold by the Hand, the ship had been sunk. [[spoiler:During the climax, when Cassim realizes that his pursuit of the Hand wasn't worth leaving his family, he calls the spell on the Hand of Midas a curse, and throws it to the sea, causing it to strike the boat the remaining members of the 40 Thieves were on, leaving them to marvel as the boat turns to gold before their eyes... and then sinks from beneath them.]]
* HotDad: Even though Cassim is ''Aladdin's'' father he still comes off this way to a lot of ladies, having one of the sexiest voices since Patrick Stewart doesn't hurt things.
* InferredHolocaust: When Cassim discards the Hand of Midas by throwing it into the ocean, it accidentally hits the ship that was used by the remaining seven thieves who evaded capture by the Agrabah palace guards and were tricked by Saluk that Cassim sold the thieves out. The ship turns gold and sinks, and because the Vanishing Isle had submerged and would not rise until long after and there's no other land nearby, they must have drowned.
* JustJokingJustification: After Genie makes a crack about Aladdin not being essential to the wedding, he has to resort to one. The joke isn't even that bad, it goes:
-->'''Genie:''' (as [[MarxBrothers Chico Marx]]) Hey, that'sa no good! What this wedding needs isa theme!\\
'''Genie:''' (as Groucho Marx) Needs a groom too, but let's work with what we have!\\
'''Jasmine:''' Genie!\\
'''Genie:''' It was a joke! (deadpan) I ''do'' that...
* LongLostRelative: Aladdin and Cassim never really knew what happened to each other.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: Aladdin to Cassim. The Oracle shows Aladdin what his father looks like and where to find him. Cassim is convinced by Aladdin carrying a weapon he once owned and left to his young son.
* MacGuffin: The Hand of Midas.
* MythologyGag:
** Aladdin's father and king of the Forty Thieves is named Cassim, after Ali Baba's doomed brother in the original story. "Ali Ababwa", Aladdin's alias from the original film is Ali Baba's name with an extra "a" and "w" added in.
** When Jasmine nearly figures out his lies in the first movie, Aladdin tries to cover by claiming he - as a prince - enjoys dressing as a commoner exploring his kingdom for the fun. This was the favorite pastime of Haroun Al Rashid whenever he appeared in the original stories.
* NotSoDifferent: Aladdin and his father Cassim.
-->'''Cassim:''' You don't understand. You don't know what it's like to have nothing, to stare up at the palace and ''know'' you deserve more, to be called 'street rat.'\\
'''Aladdin:''' Yes, I do.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Despite being curbstomped by the Forty Thieves in their first fight, Rasoul and the Royal Guards proceed to storm their hideout and capture thirty-one of them with no casualties in Round 2. The battle itself is never shown.
* OpenSesame
* OrphansPlotTrinket: Aladdin turns out to have one of these in the third film -- he thoughtfully mentions it just before it becomes plot relevant.
* ParentalBonus: In ''KoT'', Genie passes out FrothyMugsOfWater to everyone, but quickly takes back Carpet's, claiming, "Not you, you're the designated flyer."
* {{Pun}}: Genie loves these.
-->"Hello, and who are you?"\\
"I'm [[NorseMythology Thor]]."\\
"You're ''Thor?''"\\
"Well it hurtth."
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: The seven thieves who side with Sa'luk. A FatIdiot, a Mongol warrior, a [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation green-skinned]] rope charmer, a KnifeNut, and a trio of acrobatic [[SingleMindedTwins triplets]].
* RecurringTraveller: The merchant from the first movie reappears at the end.
* SlippedTheRopes: Iago does this.
* ShoutOut:
** A large chunk of the plot bears a striking resemblance to ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''. Aladdin's father is even voiced by Sallah (John Rhys-Davies) doing a rather good SeanConnery impersonation.
** RobinWilliams pretty much goes nuts doing impersonations and shout outs. He starts off with [[Disney/PeterPan Tinkerbell]] ("In color!") and then goes through Creator/WoodyAllen, Carmen Miranda, MarxBrothers, Film/MrsDoubtfire, Film/{{Rocky}} (and ''Don King''), {{Rambo}}, BobHope and BingCrosby, {{Pocahontas}}, [[Disney/TheLionKing Pumbaa]] (lampshaded when he says "Whoa, talk about having an out-of-movie experience!"), and ends the entire thing with MickeyMouse from ''Steamboat Willie''. And when he shows wedding dresses to Jasmine, he suggests Minnie Mouse, Disney/TheLittleMermaid and... [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Jessica Rabbit.]] He also shifted into [[ClassicDisneyShorts Pluto]] to sniff out Kassim.
* TakenForGranite: [[spoiler:Sa'luk's fate. He gets turned into solid gold!]]
* ThatsNoMoon: The Vanishing Isle.
* VillainSong: "Are You In or Out?" and, to a lesser extent, "Welcome to the Forty Thieves".
* WeddingSmashers: The Forty Thieves.
* WelcomingSong:
** In "There's A Party Here In Agrabah", the Genie welcomes people to the palace to witness the marriage ceremony of Aladdin and Jasmine.
** In "Welcome to the Forthy Theives", the forty thieves congratulate Aladdin on becoming their newest member after his father takes him to their hide-out.
* WeNeedADistraction
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: One of the Forty Thieves' rules is that if you manage to kill one of their members, [[KlingonPromotion you can take that member's place.]]
-->'''Cassim:''' You killed [[spoiler:Saluk]]. The Code of The Forty Thieves is crystal clear at this point... [[SophisticatedAsHell You're in.]]
[[/folder]]

!!Tropes used in the animated series:

[[folder:Tropes A-G]]
* ActionGirl: Jasmine, who takes down Mozenrath in one episode and survives an Amazonian training course in another.
** That's not even mentioning her time as 'Scourge of the Desert'.
* ActorAllusion: The Genie says [[TheSimpsons D'oh!]] at least once (complete with a face resembling Homer Simpson).
* AncientGreece: Not the series itself, but the crossover episode "Hercules and the Arabian Night" strongly implies that "Aladdin" takes place in the exact same time period as Hercules (ie, the time of Hellenistic Greece).
** Mechanicles is from there.
* AlasPoorVillain: Arbutus.
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: In Queen Hippsodeth's first appearance, she's defeated by the Sultan, and suffers a minor [[VillainousBreakdown breakdown]]; by her next appearance, she's smitten with him.
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: All four of the main villains have done this with the palace (and sometimes Agrahbah as a whole) at least once. Abis Mal in "Forget Me Lots", Mechanicles in "I Never Mechanism I Didn't Like", Mirage in "While the City Snoozes", and Mozenrath in "Black Sand".
* AnachronismStew: Apparently, the writers once again mixed up ''medieval'' Arabia with ''ancient'' Arabia. The Greeks Aladdin runs into seem to be from ancient Greece.
* AnimationBump: In the Walt Disney Japan and Australia-animated episodes.
* ArtifactOfDoom: In the episode "Armored and Dangerous", the Sultan puts on the invincible armor of Kileem, a powerful warlord, and ends up being [[BlessedWithSuck taken over by the spirit]] [[DemonicPossession of the warlord himself]].
* ArtShift: Genie's explanation of man in "The Secret of Dagger Rock" is drawn in UPA style.
* AssInAmbassador: The ambassadors in "Riders Redux", who boss Jasmine around and constantly threaten war.
* BadassBack: Mozenrath [[HandBlast blasts]] Jasmine to the ground this way at one point.
* BadassGrandpa: The Sultan, surprisingly.
* BadBoss: Mirage, on the rare occasion she's shown with followers. At one point she leaves a bunch of her loyal minions to die (minions made from ''kidnapped children'') simply because a different one dared to say "no" to her.
* BadGuyBar: The Skull and Dagger.
* BalefulPolymorph: Over the course of the series, Aladdin becomes a shark, the Sultan becomes a small gold statue, and Iago becomes a genie (when he acquires Genie's powers). Jasmine becomes a rat, an ugly snake creature, a small purple jewel, and (in the span of ten seconds) a koala, a carrot and the Mona Lisa. But Abu holds the crown for being the victim of so many transformations (due to Genie) that listing them all would be pointless.
** Other examples include a woman who turns into a jackal in the moonlight (and her husband who was changed into a magical treasure). One of Aladdin's friends becomes a monster due to Mirage.
* BarbarianTribe: The Odifferous. They're ''usually'' friendly, although their leader isn't the brightest, making it relatively easy to set him against the heroes.
* BastardUnderstudy: Mozenrath's backstory.
* BeleagueredAssistant: Haroud has the unfortunate job of being [[HarmlessVillain Abis Mal]]'s lackey, but makes up for it by being [[HypercompetentSidekick much, much smarter than his boss]].
* BenevolentGenie: Eden; when Dondi's first wish is for a sandwich, Eden allows her to take it back, and convinces her to wish to never be hungry again.
** And, once again, our blue pal.
* BerserkButton: Amin Damoola's is being called by his nickname Butterfingers. Mechanicles' SuperOCD should say enough.
* BestHerToBedHer: After the Sultan rescues his daughter Jasmine from the Galafems, an army of Amazon-like warrior women, we find out in a later episode that their leader, Queen Hipsodeth has fallen for the Sultan, the only man to ever defeat her in battle.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Chaos period... pissing him off is a REALLY bad idea.
* BigBadEnsemble: Abis Mal, Mechanicles, Mirage and Mozenrath. The 1st appears the most often, the 2nd has the most dangerous arsenal, the 3rd is the incarnation of all evil and the 4th is the most serious villain on the series.
* BilingualBonus / MeaningfulName: One episode has Mozenrath seeking the power of Shamash, which turns out to be a miniature sun. The Hebrew word for sun is Shemesh (or Shamash in certain grammatical uses).
** This is also a case of YouFailLinguisticsForever, as a ''shamash'' is a liturgic position in Judaism, or the candle used to light the other candles on a ''khanukiya''.
*** Most of the names in the series are fake Arabic/Persian sounding for foreign flavor, but some are real or close to real. Mozenrath's mamluks (though mispronounced as "mamlock"), for example, come from an Arabic word meaning "owned" and refer to slave-soldiers imported from Central Asia primarily to serve in Egypt. Some of the other names are real too, like Aladdin, Khartoum the sorcerer, Fatima and Aziz, two of Aladdin's former partners in crime; and Farida, one of the sand witches. The urchin Waheed's name is real as well, and fittingly means "lonely." Ayam Aghoul, though intended as a lame pun (I am a ghoul), is one letter away from being a possible Arabic phrase, ayam al-ghoul, which would mean "days of the demon."
* BittersweetEnding: The plant being Arbutus kidnaps Jasmine as payback for a slight the Sultan committed against him decades ago. Aladdin rescues Jasmine and kills Arbutus, but by then, Arbutus had been shown in a sympathetic light, and was more a victim than a villain.
* BlindSeer: Fasir.
* BodyHorror: Mozenrath's gauntlet gives him remarkable magical powers, [[PowerAtAPrice but at a cost]], as the hand he wears it on has been [[RedRightHand completely stripped of its flesh]].
* BoisterousBruiser: The Odifferous are a tribe of these.
* {{Brainwashed}}: Happens to all of the main cast at some point.
* BuffySpeak: Abis Mal.
* ButtMonkey: Iago. According to the DVDCommentary, the filmmakers' motto was "When in doubt, hurt the bird."
* CanisLatinicus: "Bobolonius", the name of the Sultan's grandfather, and possibly the Sultan.
* CanonDiscontinuity
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin:
** Happens once again to Jasmine in "Do The Rat Thing," in an even bigger way than in the movie. After he says she couldn't understand what it means to be a street rat, she decides to spend a day in the marketplace pretending to be a poor thief to prove to Aladdin she can do it. While there, she is goaded into stealing a small trinket just once to prove to an angry thug that she can. The shopkeeper (Fasir the mystic in his first appearance) promises horrible mystical vengeance should she go through with the act, but since she was only pretending, she figured she could get away with the robbery then come back to pay later. Turns out the trinket was actually a magical cursed artifact that immediately turns her into a rat. Oops.
*** Made funnier becausr the item is a magic mirror which does nothing by itself, but will transform whoever looks at their reflection and says they are "something" into that thing: Jasmine says she ''is'' "a street rat" while admiring herself in the mirror after successfuly stealing it, and the mirror [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor does as she says]]...
* CastFromLifespan: Mozenrath's gauntlet draws magic power at the cost of his lifespan and possibly (see WordOfDante in the Trivia tab) his flesh.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "It's showtime!" Most commonly Genie but everyone gets a crack at it.
** Mechanicles is "[[LargeHam The master of machines!]]" or "Greatest Of The Great Greek Geniuses!"
** Abis-Mal, after having his sentences finished by Haroud: "I was ''going'' to say that!"
* CatsAreMean: Mirage.
-->'''Iago:''' She's mean! She's beyond mean! She invented "mean"!
* ChangedMyMindKid: Iago and Abu at the end of "The Secret of Dagger Rock". Subverted in that they [[TheCavalryArrivesLate arrived late]].
* CharacterExaggeration: Genie. Unfortunately.
* TheCharmer: Aladdin.
* ChekhovsGun: In "Lost and Founded", Iago, Abu, and Genie make Founder's Day merchandise to sell to the people of Agrabah. Genie keeps a spill-proof cup for himself. Later, he uses it to [[spoiler:contain the time portal.]]
* ChickMagnet: A fun drinking game is to chug every time a girl has the hots for Aladdin.
* CityOfAdventure: Agrabah, especially in the later episodes. (Earlier they visited a lot more AdventureTowns.)
* ClockKing: Meckanikles.
* {{Cloudcuckooland}}: Odiferus.
* ControlFreak: Mechanicles.
* CriminalAmnesiac: Jasmine in "Forget Me Lots".
* {{Crossover}}: With ''[[Disney/{{Hercules}} Hercules: The Animated Series]]''.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: The Sultan is (or at least was) this, apparently. [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome You should see all the ass he kicks in]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsEHnnHsIsc#t=16m26s episode 75.]] I mean, ''somebody'' had to run a kingdom so rife with disaster before Aladdin came along, right?
** The Sultan's badassery is touched on in a mid-1990s ''DisneyAdventures'' comic, which features a flashback to a young Sultan brandishing a sword on horseback while kicking some villains out of his kingdom.
* CueTheFlyingPigs: Happens when genies fall in love.
* CuteBruiser: Scara.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Jasmine in "Eye of the Beholder".
* CuteWitch: Sadira.
* DeadpanSnarker: Haroud, Iago, Mozenrath, Aladdin, and, on occasion, Jasmine.
* DeathIsDramatic: [[spoiler:Arbutus's death in ''Garden of Evil'', so very much.]]
* DemotedToExtra: Rajah. WordOfGod says that this is because his stripes are a lot tougher for the lower-budget TV animation studios. It's not especially noticable since he was never a very important character to begin with.
* DePower[=/=]PowerLimiter: As a side-effect of being freed, the Genie has gone from having [[RealityWarper "Phenomenal Cosmic Powers"]] in the film to only possessing "''Semi''-Phenomenal, ''Nearly'' Cosmic Powers" in the series. His magic is still useful, but usually [[TheWorfEffect too weak to defeat the regular foe of each episode]], or he is otherwise TooIncompetentToOperateABlanket without the RestrainingBolt of being forced to grant specific wishes like "defeat my enemy" which would be a StoryBreakerPower. This is a NecessaryWeasel to keep the genie from being a GodModeSue answer to all of Aladdin's recurring foes.
* DeusExMachina
* DisneyDeath
* TheDragAlong: Iago. In fact, at least 1/3 of all his lines are complaints about this.
* DuckSeasonRabbitSeason: Aladdin manages to pull this trick on Genie in "Genie Hunt" after the latter gets frightened by Rajah.
-->'''Aladdin:''' You were scared.
-->'''Genie:''' Was not.
-->'''Aladdin:''' Were too.
-->'''Genie:''' Was not.
-->'''Aladdin:''' Were too.
-->'''Genie:''' Was not.
-->'''Aladdin:''' Was not.
-->'''Genie:''' Were too.
-->''[{{Beat}}]''
-->'''Genie:''' [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons D'OH!]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Subverted, when Jasmine is turned into a snake-woman, our heroes brave through a multitude of challenges to find the cure, which Mirage destroys before they can use it; defeated, Jasmine wants the others to leave her, so [[TakeAThirdOption Aladdin turns himself into a snake to stay with Jasmine]].
** Double subverted, Mirage takes solace in that while she couldn't break the love between the two, at least they'll live the rest of their lives as monsters; Fasir insists that they beat her, and [[DeusExMachina gives them the cure]].
* EasilyForgiven: The sprites. The first episode they appear ends with them almost killing everyone in the palace. By their second appearance, when Mozenrath has captured them, they're treated like poor, innocent creatures who must be rescued.
* EmbarrassingRescue: Captain al-Butros, an heroic sailor doesn't want Aladdin, a landlubber, to rescue him from Mechanikles, saying it's not manly. Iago TakesAThirdOption, letting Aladdin rescue him, while Butros tags along to protect him; the captain finds this much more agreeable.
* EmotionsVsStoicism: Kapok is a literal Head vs. Heart case, with his cold calculating head and his emotional heart; naturally the head is evil while the heart is good. As a powerful wizard, the heart defeats the head with a spell that decapitates himself, leaving the heart in full control of the body.
* EvilCounterpart: Again, Mozenrath, towards Aladdin. If rumors are to be believed, there were plans to reveal they were in fact brothers. Said rumors being helped by just how much they look alike.
* EvilerThanThou: Mozenrath ends up on both sides of this. He proved to be the bigger evil against Destane, but the lesser evil against Khartoum.
* EvilGloating: In "Shadow of a Doubt", Mirage captured Jasmine, Carpet, Abu and Iago, and releases them as her obelisk destroys Agrabah, just so she can gloat.
* EvilIsBigger: The T-Rex in "Much Abu About Something". Doubly awesome that the tiny Abu defeats it.
* EvilIsHammy: So many of the villains.
* EvilSorcerer: Mozenrath, Caliph Kapok, Khartoum, and probably a few more.
* EvilTwin: Aladdin is faced with an evil version of himself, thanks to [[RealityWarper Chaos]]. Though aside from how the twin looks, he's really more of Aladdin's [[DumbMuscle complete]] [[EvilIsPetty opposite]] than anything else.
* EyePoke: In one episode, a magic disembodied hand is sent to attack Al. Inevitably, it pulls this move on him, but Aladdin is GenreSavvy enough to use the hand block on it.
* FaceHeelTurn: Mirage, according to Fasir.
* FatAndSkinny: Abis Mal and Harud.
** Abis Mal and Mechanicles when they temporarily teamed up. When they're fighting in a bar they're refered to as the fat one and the skinny one by onlookers.
* FindTheCure: A few -- a cure for Genie's cold in "Sneeze the Day", something to reverse Jasmine's transformation in "Eye of the Beholder", and something to awaken a poisoned Aladdin in "Mission Imp Possible" (the last one had [[BatmanGambit Nefir poison Aladdin just so that the other heroes would get the rare and expensive cure from the imp-eating moth that creates it]], without having to deal with the moth solo.
* FireForgedFriends: Jasmine and Sadira.
** Not exactly friends, but Rasoul lightens up after he and Aladdin have to team up against Aziz.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Being a genie, Genie is a wealth of magical knowledge, but having been trapped in a lamp for thousands of years, some of his info is out of date.
* FisherKing: This time, a child-king whose perpetual sulk makes his domain barren and ugly.
* FiveManBand: A perfect one if I ever saw one, starring:
** TheHero - Aladdin
** TheLancer - Abu
** TheBigGuy - Genie
** TheSmartGuy / KidAppealCharacter - Carpet
** TheChick - Jasmine
** SixthRanger - Iago
* ForTheEvulz: Mirage. Unlike other villains with more common desires like greed (Abis Mal) or power (Mozenrath), her whole motivation is to do things just because they are evil; her title is "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Evil]] [[MeaningfulTitles Incarnate]]".
-->'''Mirage:''' Chalk up another one for the forces of evil.
* FourFingeredHands: {{Lampshaded}} when Genie attempts to activate a hand-print switch, but is unable to until he grows a fifth finger.
** [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar His middle finger, no less.]]
* GenkiGirl: Eden, the female genie.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: This lyric in the theme song, which is accentuated by a clip of Jasmine posing in front of a mirror for good measure.
-->Arabian Nights! Like Arabian Days!\\
More often than not\\
Are hotter than hot\\
In a lot of good ways!
** Episode "Bad Moon Rising" has this gem:
-->'''Genie:''' "And now for the ever-puzzling sawing a woman in half trick!" (proceeds to ''saw woman in half!'' Even if she is inside a box, as is tradition. Then he peeks at the result) "Yuh, let's pretend we didn't do that one."
** The premise of "Night Of The Living Mud" features Aladdin tired after their adventures, so Jasmine offers to give him a "special night at home," just the two of them. Her facial expressions when she brings up the idea are what really make it suspect.
* GladIThoughtOfIt: Abis Mal and Haroud do this a lot.
* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: Mechanikles' telescoping monocle.
* GoldfishPoopGang: Dominus Tusk. Although he's by no means harmless, in every episode he appears he ends up being quickly defeated due to circumstances.
* GrandTheftMe: In "Two To Tangle", Mozenrath tries to take over Aladdin's body.
* GreatGazoo: Chaos.
* GroundhogDayLoop: In "Sands of Fate", the main cast nearly gets caught up in one until Iago manages to prevent a magical crystal from shattering, thus breaking the loop and freeing the rest of the characters.
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[[folder:Tropes H-M]]
* {{Hammerspace}}: Genie seems to keep a lot of odds and ends hoarded away for him to pull out when needed. And yes, these are different from the ones he just poofs into existence on the spot.
* HeelFaceTurn: Sadira was never evil, but in her first few appearances, she tried to use magic to [[StalkerWithACrush steal Aladdin]] away from [[TheRival Jasmine]]; eventually she got over her crush and became friends.
** Queen Hippsodeth and Prince Uncouthma played it the opposite way, each trying to steal Jasmine, but became friends later on.
* HeroicSacrifice: When the Ethereal judges Agrabah to be unworthy and starts destroying it, Jasmine sacrifices her life to save a child; this selfless act is what convinces the Ethereal that Agrabah is worthy, and she restores both Agrabah and Jasmine.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Aladdin defeats Kileem by tricking him (i.e. the [[PowersViaPossession invincible armor possessed Sultan]]) into destroying the statue that was the [[PowerSource source of his curse]].
* HurlItIntoTheSun: How they get rid of the fire elemental Magma, and it's suggested he would prefer it there.
** A literal sun (albeit a much smaller version) was actually ''hurled'' into the air when the sprites took Mozenrath's glove in "Lost City of the Sun"
* HonorBeforeReason: Aladdin lives in his home in the slums and wears the same old peasant rags throughout the series because he doesn't want to mooch off the Sultan. At the time depicted ([[AnachronismStew whenever it's supposed to be anyway]]) it would be considered improper for him to live in the same house as his girlfriend and ''not'' be married, even if it is a huge freaking palace.
* HypnoticEyes: Mechanicles builds a robot with these in the episode "I Never Mechanism I Didn't Like".
* {{Hypocrite}}: Many of the villains have moments of complaining about the heroes not fighting fair.
* IAmAMonster: Jasmine, when she is turned into a naga.
** Fatima.
* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Saleen wants Aladdin, not because she finds him attractive, but because it's a challenge.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Despite being a thief, Aladdin has always been pure of heart, and only stole out of [[IDidWhatIHadToDo necessity]]; in the series, Mirage explicitly refers to Aladdin as "uncorruptable".
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Amin Dimoola.
* KansasCityShuffle: Mirage once threatened Agrabah with an obelisk with a killer shadow, and taunted Aladdin by telling him where to find a magic mirror that could stop the obelisk, which turns out to be a Cave of Wonders style death trap. Aladdin gets the mirror and saves the day, but Mirage created an illusionary Agrabah while Aladdin was gone. Aladdin really saved the fake, and while he's basking in the glory of a job well done, the real Agrabah is being erased by the real obelisk.
** Mirage is beaten when Genie pulls a shuffle on her. Genie used an illusion of his own to make it look like she successfully defeated them, just to get Mirage to come out, bringing her captives with her. Once Mirage appeared, Genie dropped the facade so that Aladdin could destroy the obelisk once and for all.
* KarmaHoudini: Mechanicles and Mirage.
* KidsAreCruel: The sprites fit this perfectly, even though their actual age is never confirmed.
* KitchenSinkIncluded
* KnightOfCerebus: Mozenrath. You know you're a great villain when you're a bigger threat than the "Evil Incarnate" of the show.
* LampshadeHanging: Mechanikles/Mechanicles does this every time he makes an escape via a DeusExMachina. "People might ask, 'Why build an X?'"
-->'''Mechanikles:''' People might ask, "Why put retractable bat wings on the head?"
** Done for why Genie wears the golden wrist-bands that came off when Aladdin wished for his freedom:
-->'''Genie:''' The only thing I'm a slave to is to fashion!
* LimitedWardrobe: Jasmine's nightclothes are apparently a pink recolor of her day outfit. Aladdin rarely ever wears anything except his peasant rags, even though it would have made a lot more sense to get a new wardrobe like the one in ''[=KoT=]''.
** Later episodes do sometimes show him wearing an outfit that resembles his usual clothes, but includes boots and gold trim on his vest, in fact he wears this same outfit at the beginning of "King of Thieves".
* LoadBearingBoss: Arbutus' death also destroys his garden; justified in that he was a plant being with control over plants, so the garden was more likely an extension of himself, rather than a separate construct.
* LordErrorProne: A brainwashed Aladdin becomes this in "Dune Quixote".
* LosingYourHead: Kapok and Aladdin. Don't worry, the latter gets better. Losing his head ''makes'' Kapok better.
* LoveRedeems: Minos and Fatima, a pair of villains from Aladdin's past wind up being redeemed ''and'' cured of their {{Baleful Polymorph}}s through ThePowerOfLove.
* MadScientist: Mechanicles.
* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: Abis Mal in "Lost and Founded".
* MamaBear: Abis Mal has stolen a griffin egg and is holding Iago hostage, what do you do? Release the hounds... er, mother griffin.
* MarilynManeuver: Sadira, in "Dune Quixote".
* {{Mayincatec}}: Thundra and Malcho.
* MentalPictureProjector: Genie uses one to probe Abu's mind to find out who played pranks during Jasmine's dinner party. Chaos appears and comments on the remarkable likeness.
* MindControlDevice: Mechanicles' robot, Gregarious.
* MobySchtick: A desert version.
* MonsterSuit: Machina.
* MoreCriminalsThanTargets: The Thieves' Quarter, where only thieves are allowed and they steal from each other.
* MundaneWish: Averted in one episode, when Eden actually ''refuses'' to grant her master's first wish for a sandwich (fortunately, lacking the words "I wish" in front of it) and instead talks her into wishing never to go hungry again.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: {{Averted}} with Sadira, who has had the opportunity and motive, but not the will. She wants Jasmine out of the way, not ''dead''.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Subverted, Rasoul is loyal to the Sultan and Jasmine, but despises Aladdin, intending to quit when he marries Jasmine; he eventually lightens up on the "[[FireForgedFriends street mouse]]", even saying that he'll think about calling Aladdin "Your Highness" if Aladdin gets rid of Iago.
* MysteriousPast: Mozenrath. Part of what makes him interesting is all the unanswered questions about him.
** Aladdin too, for all we learn about him there are still a thousand unanswered questions about his past. Even after meeting his father we ''still'' don't find out all the answers.
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[[folder:Tropes N-S]]
* NarratorAllAlong: Fasir, in his first episode.
* NearVillainVictory: Most of Mozenrath's episodes, which gets on his nerves a few times.
-->'''Mozenrath:''' ''"I'll get him yet. I'm so close!"''
** Not to say that other villains doesn't get close to winning at times, like Mirage in ''Eye of the Beholder'', or Mechanikles in ''I Never Mechanism I Didn't Like''.
* NeatFreak: Mechanikles, in one episode, he tries to fuse the desert into glass. In another, he tries to steam clean the planet by boiling the ocean.
* NiceHat: Abis Mal has some kind of obsession with hats, including the Sultan's hat and a magical scorpion helmet.
** This may have something to do with his being bald, which he seems to have a complex about (he makes fairly frequent comments about Aladdin's hair).
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In "The Vapor Chase" a disguised Abis Mal sells Jasmine a bunch of powder he says is for heating [[MayContainEvil but actually releases a sentient smoke monster that steals valuables when lit]]. Aladdin is suspiscious of the substance from the start and questions if it's safe, but as Jasmine admits later she was too stubborn to admit she might be wrong.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Mirage, in "When Chaos Comes Calling". Which was Chaos' plan all along.
* NightOfTheLivingMooks: Mozenrath's mamluks.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Amin Damoola's voice is loosely based on the Peter Sellers version of [[ThePinkPanther Inspector Clouseau]], including his mangled pronunciation of the word 'monkey'.
* NoodleIncident: The show ''loved'' these - the idea was that Aladdin was constantly having adventures, not just the ones we see, so the characters often casually discuss battles and exploits that the viewers will never see. Sometimes used as a plot point, like the episode where an exhausted Aladdin needs a day off after a long string of over a dozen {{Noodle Incident}}s.
--> '''Genie:''' "Don't forget the Crimson Fear! You battled him the same day you stopped the Howling Hyenas of the Himalayas! And the [[ShoutOut Legion of The Doom...]] that was the Thursday before last, right?"
--> '''Jasmine:''' "Actually, Thursday was the Seven-Headed Hydra..."
* NoOneCouldHaveSurvivedThat: Stated word for word by the Genie towards Abis Maul and Mechanikles in "The Flawed Couple", but...
-->'''Aladdin:''' If anyone could survive, it'd be those two snakes. (And they do.)
* NonHumanSidekick: Xerxes to Mozenrath.
* NonSequiturThud: Genie.
* NotRareOverThere: Al and Iago go on a quest for the legendary Orb of Machina, the only thing that could cure a sick Genie. They have to overcome three arduous trials, and after completing each one, the guardian of the Orb goes to a chamber and retrieves it... from among thousands of identical orbs. The guardian complains that at this rate he'll never be able to get rid of them all.
* NotUsingTheZWord: Mozenrath's mamluks.
* NotWearingPantsDream: In "As the Netherworld Turns", this is used to convince people that they are dreaming.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Chaos; when Mirage tricks the "Master {{Trickster| Archetype}}" into bringing his brand of fun to Agrabah, she doesn't realize that she's walked right into his BatmanGambit.
* ObsessedAreTheListmakers: The recurring villain [[GadgeteerGenius Mechanikles]] is found to have a checklist with items like "Do dishes, do laundry, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick destroy world]]". The heroes even comment: "Boy, is he [[SeriousBusiness serious]]". Later, he adds "Destroy Aladdin" to the list, and wonders to himself whether he should do the dishes ''before or after'' he destroys the world.
* OffscreenVillainDarkMatter: Abis Mal. He must be a lot better at being a thief than trying to take over Agrabah...
* OffWithHisHead: Parodied in the episode, "Heads, You Lose".
* OhWaitThisIsMyGroceryList: Mechanikles.
* [[OminousFloatingCastle Ominous Floating Sphinx]]: Mirage lives inside a sphinx in an asteroid belt.
* OurFounder: The episode "Lost And Founded" has the Founder's Day celebration of Agrabah, and Abis Mal going back in time to make it so that ''his'' family, rather than Sultan's, founded Agrabah.
* PaintItBlack: Evil Jasmine in "Forget Me Lots".
* PhlebotinumMuncher: The thirdac.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: Prince Uncouthma's son Bud, who's a toddler just a few episodes after his parents were married.
* PoliceAreUseless
** Possibly the ''best'' example of the guards being useless is in the episode "Black Sand". They ''fail to stop an eel''.
* PowerAtAPrice: Mozenrath's gauntlet grants him great power, but wearing it causes him physical pain, and the gauntlet is also implied to have dissolved the flesh on his hand and arm until it's worn on down to the bone.
* PunnyName: Abis Mal [[hottip:*: Abysmal]], Abnor Mal [[hottip:*: Abnormal]], Amin Damoola [[hottip:*: I'm in the money]], Hippsodeth [[hottip:*: Hips of Death]], Ayam Aghoul [[hottip:*: I am a ghoul]], Al-Butros [[hottip:*: Albatross]], Haroud Hazi Bin [[hottip:*: How rude has he been]], Eden [[hottip:*: [[IDreamOfJeannie after Barbara Eden]], Saleen [[hottip:*: Saline, aka salt water]], Al Muddi [[hottip:*: All muddy]], Nefir Hasenuf [[hottip:*: Never has enough]], Al Gebraic [[hottip:*: Algebraic]], Khartoum [[hottip:*: After the capital of Sudan]]... and probably more. Suffice to say, [[WorldOfPun the writers love puns]].
* RecycledTheSeries: It works.
* RedemptionEarnsLife: Amal.
* RedRightHand: Mozenrath.
* RedshirtArmy: The Royal Guards--They were said to have been easily defeated/killed trying to stop Dominus Tusk.
* RescueRomance: Invoked. Aladdin saves fellow street rat Sadira in a situation that is intentionally reminiscent to the way he saved Jasmine in the movie. Sadira falls hard for him as a result and doesn't really care that he already has a girlfriend, which proves unfortunate when she later gains access to powerful magic.
* BestHerToBedHer: Queen Hippsodeth.
* ReformedButRejected: Sadira, in "Witch Way Did She Go?", and Aladdin, from the point of view of the guards.
* RoguesGallery: Mozenrath, Abis Mal, Mechanicles, Mirage, Ayam Aghoul
* {{Ruritania}}: Odiferous.
* RaceLift: The Movie sets Aladdin in a Pseudo-Arabic/Middle Eastern world as opposed to China, which was the original setting of Aladdin in the Arabian Nights.
* SafetyWorst: In one episode, the Genie shelters Aladdin in a bubble for protection in this manner.
* SanityHasAdvantages
* SeasonFluidity: ''Very'' fluid. Episodes and entire seasons can be watched in almost any order not only because they show was very episodic in nature but the show was also very good and providing light but informative exposition for returning characters.
* SharingABody: Aladdin and Mozenrath, after a botched GrandTheftMe.
* ShoutOut: Rasoul is named after Rasoul Azadani, who worked at the Disney Studios and proved invaluable in the movie. It didn't make it into the original movie, however. "Rasoul Azadani!" was also the original incantation Jafar shouts to open the Cave of Wonders, but that was considered too in-joke-y.
** The series also has some {{Shout Out}}s to other Disney movies. For example, a mermaid character makes an allusion to ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' when an attempt to restyle Jasmine's hair leaves her with an Ariel-style 'do ("She looks like any other princess under the sea").
** A female genie named [[Series/IDreamOfJeannie Eden]] also appears, who lives in a bottle instead of a lamp.
** "Forget Me Lots" features the Blue Rose of Forgetfulness. And here you thought they were done stealing from ''The Thief of Bagdad'' with Jafar...
** Chaos's design is based off of The Cheshire Cat from Disney/AliceInWonderland. He even turns everything but his eyes and smile invisible.
** In "When Chaos Comes Calling", Chaos turns a couple of dinner guests into [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy a whale and a bowl of flowers]].
*** That same episode also has [[http://www.aladdincentral.org/encyclopedia/images/2/2e/Wccc160.jpg this shot]] of the heroes dressed like ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' characters.
** Iago waking from a dream, "It wasn't me, I swear! It was my twin brother Theatre/{{Othello}}!
* SoWhatDoWeDoNow: Merk, the captain of a flying ship that spent his whole life chasing a giant sand shark, found himself in this situation when he (and Aladdin) finally caught it; faced with the prospect of an empty life, he sets the shark free, just so he could chase it again.
* SomewhereAPalaeontologistIsCrying: In "Lost and Founded", Aladdin briefly goes back to prehistoric times. In the background you can see a massive ceratopsid skeleton, so at first one would presume they had gone back in time at about 65 million years or so, give or take a few. Then a smilodon appears, a creature that not only lived a mere 1.8 MYA to 10,000 years ago, but also lived in the Americas, not northeastern Africa. Later in the episode, fluxes in time cause a man and his camel to transform into a caveman and a ceratopsid, a rather silly thing considering that humans and non-avian dinosaurs are separated by about 65 million-ish years.
* SpaceWhaleAesop: "Did you learn anything today?" "Yeah, never walk off a cliff inside a giant mechanical man."
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Iago (not that anyone minds...)
* StableTimeLoop: Aladdin has to follow Abis Mal back in time to ensure the Sultan's ancestor founds Agrabah, and not Mal's; as a result of their interference of the time line, Abnor Mal gets kicked out of the tribe and forced to live as a bandit, which ensures Abis Mal's life as a thief.
* StalkerWithACrush: Sadira.
* StarfishCharacter: Genie in "The Seven Faces of Genie".
* SteamPunk: Mechanicles's inventions. One episode takes the steam part to the extreme.
* StrawVulcan: Caliph Kapok.
* SuperOCD: Mechanicles in a nutshell. All his schemes revolve around his need for cleanliness. He [[BerserkButton flies off the handle]] whenever he himself or his clothes, floors, and inventions get dirty.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Of ''Rhapsody in Blue'' when Genie is dressed as a flight attendant on the carpet. An obvious nod to the famous use of the song by United Airlines, although odd considering in 1992 [[FridgeLogic Delta was the official airline of Disney]].
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* TakeMeInstead: When Mirage reveals that Waheed will die if he doesn't submit to her, Aladdin offers himself in Waheed's place, pointing out that having beaten Mirage several times already, she'd rather have him over some random kid.
* TestosteronePoisoning: Captain al-Butros.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Rasoul and the Royal Guards.
* TimeTravel: The plot of the episode "Lost and Founded".
* TitleMontage: The opening features clips from the series.
* TookALevelInBadass: Jasmine.
* TransformationTrauma: Several.
* {{Tuckerization}}: "Mozenrath" is a mashup of his creators' surnames, Motz and Roth. (Apparently they toyed around with "Motzenroth", but felt that it sounded too Jewish for the character.)
* TVGenius
* TwoBeingsOneBody
* TheVamp: Saleen.
* VillainTeamUp: Mechanikles and Abizz Mal; later, there's also a rather [[StraightManAndWiseGuy less likely team-up]] between [[BigBad Mozenrath]] and [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Amin Damoolah]], as well as the alliance between Hades and Jafar in the {{Crossover}} with ''Disney/{{Hercules}}''.
* WatchingTheSunset
* WeaknessTurnsHerOn: Brawnhilda has a severe motherly instinct and is interested in men that she can take care of, so when the smaller Aladdin arrives, she becomes smitten with him instead of her betrothed [[HornyVikings Prince Uncouthma]]; Uncouthma gets jealous and tries to fight Aladdin for Brawnhilda's attention, which only makes Aladdin look weaker and more desirable. Near the end of the episode, Uncouthma blows himself up with an [[StuffBlowingUp explosive]] [[FoodFight cheese]] [[DropTheHammer warhammer]], and Brawnhilda brushes Aladdin aside to be with her "frail darling".
* WeaksauceWeakness: Genie is powerless if placed into a container (like a jar) with a lid or stopper of some kind.
** Also, [[MisplacedVegetation guava juice]] makes genies lose control of their powers.
* WhipItGood: Jasmine in "Forget Me Lots".
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: "Seems Like Old Crimes" Part 1, which centers around how Aladdin met Abu.
* WholePlotReference: The episode with Arbutus is very similar to Beauty and the Beast, including the Beast intending to hold Beauty captive [[DisproportionateRetribution because her father stole a flower]], and even though Jasmine doesn't fall in love with Arbutus she's the one who ends up [[AlasPoorVillain feeling the most sympathy for him]].
* TheWorfEffect: From Phenomenal Cosmic power to Semi-Phenomenal, Nearly-Cosmic power amounts to a plethora of whuppin's handed to the Genie.
** [[ThoseTwoGuys Rasoul and the other big, burly, tough-looking guardsmen]] seem to exist primarily to get whupped by the VillainOfTheWeek
-->'''Mozenrath:''' Getting in was the easy part. Your ''royal guards'' served as my escorts.
* WrittenInAbsence: Outside of maybe Genie, no character appeared in every single episode. (Yep, even the title character missed at least one episode.) Sometimes a character's absence was explained, other times not. In "Rain of Terror", for example, Aladdin's (plus most of the characters') absence is simply due to the action taking place completely out of Agrabah.
* XanatosGambit: One of Mozenrath's plans involves using Genie as bait for a magic-eating monster, forcing Aladdin to capture said monster in order to save him. One outcome leaves Mozenrath with complete control over the beast. The other gets Genie out of his way. He does indeed end up with the monster in his possession... for a while.
** Another plan also left him with a smaller victory if he lost, a plan where he would either end up with the Sultan as his hostage, or with Amin Damoola forever in his debt, repaying him for his "generosity".
* YouNeedToGetLaid: In one episode Aladdin says Mozenrath needs a girlfriend, but Iago says "I think he's married to his work" and Mozenrath says it's true.
* YouSeeImDying: Pretty much Mozenrath's opening line in ''Two to Tangle''.
* YoureNothingWithoutYourPhlebotinum: Aladdin still gets this at times. Also, Mozenrath seems to think of ''himself'' this way, as he completely [[VillainousBreakdown breaks down]] when he [[BroughtDownToNormal loses his gauntlet]], even though he still has his kingdom and army of mamluks left. Without his gauntlet, [[PowerAtAPrice all that he gave up for it]] [[FridgeBrilliance would all be for nothing]].
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