History TearJerker / AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves

* Even though it doesn't look upsetting, Aladdin and Cassim waving farewell at the end of the film symbolizes the pair having to go their separate ways. Because he is a wanted fugitive and thus cannot return to Agrabah, Cassim will never see Aladdin again - or, to make it more heartbreaking, his future grandchildren. Aladdin meeting his father was very short-lived, and he clearly didn't need him as he managed to live this long without a father.

** The cherry on top of the sundae? The lyrics weren't just composed by the new songwriters. They're the original finale composed by the late Creator/HowardAshman and Creator/AlanMenkin, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen where the story was very different]] had ExecutiveMeddling not gotten in the way.

** From that conversation, Aladdin and Cassim realized how different they were from each other. Aladdin was fantasizing earlier in the movie about what they might share but they learn that they actually are ''[[NotSoSimilar nothing alike]]''. Aladdin calls Cassim out and no doubt strikes him in a place where it hurts, his abandonment of his family. This could count as double heartbreak because while Aladdin shouldn't had spoke to his father like that, the look on Cassim's face implies that the latter knows deep down Aladdin was right, and he truly regrets his actions, to the point he is close to crying. And while Aladdin does look guilty on saying something out of frustration, he could simultaneously be looking on in heart break on what his father done.

** From that conversation, Aladdin and Cassim realized how different they were from each other. Aladdin was fantasizing earlier in the movie about what they might share but they learn that they actually are ''[[NotSoSimilar nothing alike]]''. Aladdin calls Cassim out and no doubt strikes him in a place where it hurts, his abandonment of his family.