History Awesome / AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves

* To save his son's life, Cassim throws the Hand of Midas to Sa'luk, who catches it ''by the golden hand''. Sa'luk proceeds to claim it's his and also Aladdin's life now...but Cassim merely smirks a little; '''[[FateWorseThanDeath he knows he's already won]]'''.

* When Sa'luk tries to manipulate the other thieves who escaped arrest into joining him, they initially aren't having any of it and attack him. This is a good awesome moment for the thieves, but it pales next to Sa'luk's response. He [[OffHandBackhand casually beats all of them up single-handedly]] while singing a catchy VillainSong that gradually wins them back to his side.

'''Cassim:''' Good birdie... Polly want a little-\\

* During the 40 Thieves' raid on the wedding in the beginning, while Aladdin is facing the King, the rest of the gang starts making progress against the raiders. Then Genie steps in and single-handedly chases them off. His power may be reduced to semi-phenomenal, nearly cosmic, but even Sa'luk didn't want to fight the Genie.
-->'''Sa'luk:''' Cassim said nothing about facing the powers of a genie!

* To save his son's life, Cassim throws the Hand of Midas to Sa'luk, who catches it ''by the golden hand''. Sa'luk proceeds to claim it's his and also Aladdin's life now... but Cassim merely smirks a little; '''[[FateWorseThanDeath he knows he's already won]]'''.
** It must be said that this, just like when Cassim caught the Hand with his cape (as mentioned above), is a sign of his guile - it's a good sign of how he took control of the thieves back then, and he proves it here because he ''knows'' that Sa'luk will make the fatal mistake of catching it with his hand (which most people will attempt, rather than using their brains like him). Suddenly it makes sense that the violent BloodKnight (implicitly) lost leadership from him, and it parallels [[LikeFatherLikeSon his son's cunning defeat of Jafar in the first movie - we know where he gets his wits from now]].

** Not only does he survive, but despite that Sa'luk was bigger and stronger, Aladdin had the advantage of being swifter and smarter.

* During the 40 Thieves' raid on the wedding in the beginning, while Aladdin is facing the King, the rest of the gang starts making progress against the raiders. Then Genie steps in and single-handedly chases them off. His power may be reduced to semi-phenominal, nearly cosmic, but even Sa'luk didn't want to fight the Genie.

* To save his son's life, Cassim throws the Hand of Midas to Sa'luk, who catches it ''by the golden hand''. Sa'luk proceeds to claim it's his, and also Aladdin's life now... but Cassim merely smirks a little; '''[[FateWorseThanDeath he knows he's already won]]'''.

** He also catches who he thinks is the King of Thieves frolicking around the palace. Razoul is put out to learn that it was Aladdin wearing his father's cloak, but says he's reporting the "Prince of Thieves" to the Sultan.

(''Jasmine, Abu, Iago and Genie smile grandly'')

* The Sultan's TakeAThirdOption towards the end. He knows his son-in-law and daughter just saved Cassim from a FateWorseThanDeath, and Cassim did try stealing from him twice. Instead of imprisoning Cassim, he lets the man attend the third wedding, with a promise of good behavior, and commutes his and Iago's sentence to exile. That's pretty reasonable, especially with Iago mentioning that he said goodbye to everyone, including the Sultan.

* Iago's 180 (well, maybe 150) character change, from ChaoticNeutral scoundrel to reluctant hero to [=Not-So-Chaotic=] Neutral scoundrel, at the end of the Aladdin movies. Summed up well with his final line, when he throws in his lot with Aladdin's treasure-hunting father:

* In meta, the movie itself. The direct-to-video Disney sequels are notorious for their low quality with ''very'' few exceptions. "King of Thieves" manages to not only be one of these exceptions, but one that almost reaches the level quality of the original film, especially in regards to its storytelling and animation. It is especially impressive in comparison to its predecessor SoOkayItsAverage ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar''.
* Another meta example is the Genie being voiced again by the one and only Creator/RobinWilliams, after his infamous feud with the Walt Disney company ended.

'''Jasmine''': He is your father. How can you do anything else?\\
'''Aladdin''': I'm being as stubborn as he was... (''Al sulks for a moment...then, after a pause, he turns back with a bold grin'') Show me the way!\\