History WesternAnimation / Aladdin

** Nevermind the fact that genie says this himself. While disguised as a bee.

* 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 belittle's 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.]]

** Not to mention the Genie actually turns into Pinocchio with an extended nose to imply what he thought of one of Aladdin's promises.

* StarfishCharacter: Genie in "The Seven Faces of Genie."

* AbhorrentAdmirer: In "One Jump Ahead". "Still I think he's rather tasty!"
* AccidentalKiss: This sort-of happens between {{Aladdin}} and Jasmine as he says goodnight to her on her balcony. Both of them seem to be lining up for a kiss, but it's only because of the Magic Carpet (that Aladdin is standing on, and who pushes Aladdin up toward Jasmine) that the kiss actually happens. Both participants look astonished for a moment before they start to enjoy it.

* AGodAmI: Jafar

** Became pretty much EvillyAffable later on.

** "Don't toy with me!" turns Abu into a windup cymbal monkey

* CameraAbuse: Genie
* CaveMouth: * In the first movie, the Cave Of Wonders' opening is a big tiger's mouth with sharp teeth. It also talks ("Who dares disturb my slumber?").

--->'''Guard:''' "[[HesGotAWeapon He's got a sword!]]"

* GreatGazoo: Genie

* 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, of course, but Jasmine pretends it worked to distract Jafar. He's the most powerful sorcerer in the world, and even before that, he knew how to hypnotize people. So why doesn't he just do that to Jasmine, instead of wasting a wish getting her to "fall desperately in love" with him? We may never know for sure, but the first thing he does after finding out that Jasmine loves him? He asks her to tell him all about how great he is....

* TheImp: Iago

* PantheraAwesome: Rajah

** Actually, in ancient ''Persia'' (from which some of the names and cultural references are drawn), women actually could choose their spouses. And join the military and hold property, but that's another story.

* 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]].]]

** [[BeautyAndTheBeast The Beast]] makes an appearence in the Sultan's tower of toy animals

** 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 [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin 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 basically 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).

* ContinuityNod: ''King of Thieves''

* MagnificentBastard: Jafar. While he was more of a SmugSnake in the first movie, he TookALevelInBadass as a smug snake can do and became more of a MagnificentBastard in the second movie, developing a very complex [[XanatosGambit plan]] to take over Agrabah. If it wasn't for the damn traitorous parrot, he would had suceeded.

** HighOctaneNightmareFuel:Monzenrath.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Trailers for King of Thieves spoiled the identity of Al's dad

* BastardUnderstudy: Mozenrath's backstory

* BuffySpeak: Abis Mal

* Cloudcuckooland: Odiferus

* FireForgedFriends: Jasmine and Sadira

** TheQuietOne / TheChick - Carpet

*** That's funny, Mozenrath seems to have a thing for Jasmine. He's always taunting her and calling her "cute", and when he captures her father and she offers him anything in return for giving him back, he says she'll "give him everything" in this really creepy tone. ''YourMilageMayVary''

* GreatGazoo: Chaos

* 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 [[IGotBetter Jasmine]].

*** Haroud is [[FreshPrinceOfBelAir Uncle Phil.]] (James Avery)

* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Amin Dimoola

* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: Abis Mal in "Lost and Founded"

* MarilynManeuver: Sadira, in "Dune Quixote"
* {{Mayincatec}}: Thundra and Malcho

* MonsterSuit: Machina

* NarratorAllAlong: Fasir, in his first episode

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Mirage, in "When Chaos Comes Calling"
* NightOfTheLivingMooks: Mozenrath's mamluks

* OhWaitThisIsMyGroceryList: Mechanikles

* RedemptionEarnsLife: Amal

** The former is also a WallBanger; Aladdin never treated Sadira like an iredeemable villain when she actually was doing wrong but is acting as if she was as bad as Mirage or Mozenrath once she's reformed?

* 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.

* TestosteronePoisoning: Captain al-Butros

* AbhorrentAdmirer: In "One Jump Ahead". "Still I think he's rather tasty!" Also, Jafar towards Jasmine by the climax.

* CirclingBirdies

* BigNo

Taking place in the fictional [[AncientArabia Arabian city]] of [[{{Qurac}} Agrabah]], the [[TheHero titular character]], a StreetUrchin always accompanied by his [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys monkey]], Abu, meets and falls in love with a fugitive RebelliousPrincess, Jasmine -- until he's arrested, by orders of the [[EvilChancellor evil Vizier]] Jafar. Jafar then disguises himself and meets Aladdin in prison, convincing him to do him a task: get a magic lamp in a cave filled with treasure in which Aladdin can enter, because he is "[[TheChosenOne the diamond in the rough]]." Aladdin and Abu enter the cave, where they meet a sentient magic carpet and are ordered [[DontTouchItYouIdiot not to touch anything]] but the lamp - but as Aladdin gets it, Abu seizes a [[ShmuckBait giant ruby]], causing the cave to [[CollapsingLair collapse]] above the trio. As they awaken, Aladdin rubs the lamp - and out of it comes a comedic [[GenieInABottle Genie]], who is [[InkSuitActor effectively a big, blue Robin Williams]] who can grant three wishes. Maybe now Aladdin can win Jasmine's hand in marriage...

* DeadpanSnarker: "''Ecstatic''."

* DisneyAcidSequence: "Friend Like Me," "Second Rate," and "Father and Son."

** Some folks have a saying, "They were the first, they were the best, and they were the only GOOD Disney sequels."
*** These folks are obviously ignoring The Rescuers Down Under...
** YourMileageMayVary. This troper will admit that the plots aren't inane, but the animation has a few...problems. The title character really should not be that OffModel.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: All-around
** 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 [[BeautyAndTheBeast "Belle."]]

** 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 [[BeautyAndTheBeast "Belle."]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Iago. Gets a HeelFaceTurn, a more important role, and his own song in ''Return of Jafar.''

** 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.

* [=~Changed My Mind, Kid~=]: Iago in ''The Return of Jafar.''

* NightmareFuel: Jafar's death in ''Return of Jafar.''

* ShoutOut: A large chunk of the plot from ''The King of Thieves'' bears a striking resemblance to ''IndianaJones and the Last Crusade.'' Aladdin's father is even voiced by Sallah (John Rhys-Davies) doing a rather good SeanConnery impersonation.

** In ''When Chaos Comes Calling,'' Chaos turns a couple of dinner guests into a [[HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy a whale and a bowl of flowers.]]

** The bit about Mozenrath being Destane's ''apprentice.'' While it makes sense, it was never actually stated.

** Also played somewhat straight, as he faces more restrictions as a genie than as a sorcerer (such as being unable to kill people -- and thus being able to drown Jasmine in sand and crush Aladdin as a snake).

** Chaos's design is based off of The Cheshire Cat from AliceinWonderland. He even turns everything but his eyes and smile invisible.

** A common bit of fanlore has it that the creators planned to make Mozenrath Aladdin's brother or half-brother. During production of the third film, Disney considered Mozenrath as a villain, but [[for various reasons http://web.archive.org/web/19991010030415/http://volatile.simplenet.com/UMS/bobsh.htm]] "replaced" him with Cassim. Fan speculation that followed Disney's changes to the third film resulted in this rumor.

** The part about the creators planning to make him Aladdin's brother or half-brother.

** It was never stated that the gauntlet is responsible for Mozenrath's skeletal arm. For all we know, he could have lost the flesh on his arm ''getting'' the gauntlet and used magic to reanimate it later.

* CastFromLifespan: Mozenrath's gauntlet draws magic power at the cost of his flesh and lifespan.

** Also, guava juice makes genies lose control of their powers.

* TheWoobie: The scene where Jafar calls on Genie to make Jasmine fall in love with him, and a shot shows Genie sitting quietly on the floor, head hanging low... poor guy.
* WordOfDante: Probably everything you think you know about Mozenrath, most notably the part about the creators planning to make him Aladdin's brother or half-brother. Also the bit about Mozenrath being Destane's ''apprentice.'' (The apprentice bit does make sense, but it was never actually stated in the show.)
** Ironically, a lot of ''Aladdin'' fanfics seem to ignore the sibling rivalry bit (which is at least believable) and instead throw in the far more ludicrous [[{{Fanon}} factoid]] that Mozenrath is ''Mirage's son'', and that either she or one of her subordinates severely abused him - perhaps sexually - as a child, which led him to grow up to be such a fine, upstanding, well-adjusted young man.
*** Then you have the YaoiFangirls [[FoeYay fanfics]].

** Ironically, a lot of ''Aladdin'' fanfics seem to ignore the sibling rivalry bit (which is at least believable, if not true) and instead throw in the far more ludicrous [[{{Fanon}} factoid]] that Mozenrath is ''Mirage's son'', and that either she or one of her subordinates severely abused him--perhaps sexually--as a child, which led him to grow up to be such a fine, upstanding, well-adjusted young man.

** They also almost kiss just after Jafar is revealed as a traitor, and again at the conclusion before Genie grabs them in a group hug; technically these are examples of the trope being {{inverted}} since they happen ''after'' their [[AccidentalKiss first official kiss]] on the balcony.

* ScaledUp: Snake!Jafar.

* LavaIsBiolingKoolAid: In the cave of wonders.

* AGodAmI: Jafar

* AxCrazy: Again, Jafar when he's excited.
** Became pretty much EvillyAffable later on.

* Bowdlerise: The line "where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face" was redubbed for the DVD release because of complaints by an Islamic-rights group. Arguably subverted in the same musical number, because Disney kept "it's barbaric -- but, hey! it's home" despite similar complaints.

* CharacterTitle: Notable considering this is the only Disney fairytale which is named solely after the male protagonist. Others use the name of the heroine (''Cinderella'', ''SleepingBeauty'', ''TheLittleMermaid'') or are titles shared between the heroine and her co-star (''SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', ''BeautyAndTheBeast'', ''ThePrincessAndTheFrog'').
** Except for ''Bambi'', ''Pinocchio'', ''Hercules'', and ''TheLionKing'' which are three other male-titled ones.
*** You missed the part where they said "fairytale." Aladdin was one of the stories in the Thousand and One Nights thus being a kind of fairytale. If you expand fairytales to include myths and legends, then you also get ''Hercules'' but not the others.

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: "Prince Abooboo"

* UnfortunateImplications: Averted in "Egg-Stra Protection"; Jasmine gets injured, but to avoid implying that she'd have to [[TakeOffYourClothes take off her top]], in the next scene she has bandages on over her clothes.

* EvilLaugh: [[RuleOfThree Jafar.]]
* EvilSorcerer: [[OverlyLongGag Jafar.]]

* Bowdlerise: The line "where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face" was redubbed for the DVD release because of complaints by an Islamic-rights group. Arguably subverted in the same musical number, because Disney kept "it's barbaric -- but, hey! it's home" despite similar complaints.

**Except for ''Bambi'', ''Pinocchio'', ''Hercules'', and ''TheLionKing'' which are three other male-titled ones.

* ClippedWingAngel: Genie Jafar. Subverted in that he is actually quite powerful in this form, [[spoiler:but he can now be entrapped in the lamp.]]

**And the female genie who appears in the animated series is green. [[StarWars Does this feel familiar?]]

*** There are also a lot of similarities to the character played by 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.)

---> '''Guard:''' "[[HesGotAWeapon He's got a sword!]]"
---> '''Razoul:''' "You idiots! We've ''all'' got swords!"

* DeathGlare: Genie, when Aladdin uses a BatmanGambit to get out of the cave without wasting a wish.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Genie and the Sultan. In the series, Genie really ''is'' his name.

* KneelBeforeZod: Hilarious, in that when Sultan!Jafar first gives the command, the Sultan immediately begins to bow. But then Jasmine has to go and open her mouth...

* LateToThePunchline: Robin Williams is a guarantee of dialogue children will only understand years later.

** Given the age differnce between them that makes him far more sinister. [[FridgeHorror Just how long has he lusted after this teenage girl anyway?]]

* 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 not noting that both Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Aladdin were among Sheherezade's tales.

** Actually, in ancient ''Persia'' (from which some of the names and cultural references are drawn), women actually could choose their spouses. And join the military and hold property, but that's another story.

* UnfortunateImplications: Jafar has exaggerated ethnic features while Aladdin and Jasmine are just "exotic" looking, and many of the side characters are Middle Eastern stereotypes. The Arabic writing shown is just random squiggles instead of real words.

** 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.

* 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.

* [=~Chekhov's Gun~=]: 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.]]

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: When Jasmine is tricked into using a magical lotion (by playing on her insecurities concerning her appearance and how much Aladdin loves her), she wakes up to find herself turning into a giant snake. Aladdin and the gang accompany her to find a cure, but when the fruit withers in her hand, she demands that they all return to Agrabah without her. Aladdin [[spoiler:then uses the lotion on himself, turning ''himself'' into a snake, so that he can stay with her]]. Awww.

***That's funny, Mozenrath seems to have a thing for Jasmine. He's always taunting her and calling her "cute", and when he captures her father and she offers him anything in return for giving him back, he says she'll "give him everything" in this really creepy tone. ''YourMilageMayVary''

* MamaBear: Abis Mal has stolen a griffin egg and is hold Iago hostage, what do you? Release the [[strike:hounds]] mother griffin.

* SomewhereAPaleontologistIsCrying: 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.