History WesternAnimation / Aladdin

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys:
** ''Especially'' thieving, [[IKnowKungFu kung-fu knowing]], lock-picking and all around awesome monkeys like Abu. Makes other Disney pets look absolutely worthless.
** This is even the case in-universe. During the "Prince Ali" musical number, a trio of guards can be seen dancing excitedly at the prospect of Prince Ali owning 95 white Persian monkeys.
--->'''Guards:''' He's got the monkeys! Let's see the monkeys!

A theatrical adaptation had its first official run at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, Washington from July 21st, 2011 until July 31st, 2011. Directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, who won a Tony for his co-direction in ''Theatre/TheBookOfMormon'', many cut songs and elements from Howard Ashman's original idea of the film appear--as does Jonathan Freeman as Jafar! This adaptation made it to Broadway in 2014 (after a 2013 tryout run in Toronto) and James Monroe Inglehart won the Tony Award for Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance as Genie.

A LiveActionAdaptation was released in [[Film/Aladdin2019 2019]], with Creator/GuyRitchie as the director and Creator/WillSmith as the Genie.

** The Broadway musical adaptation reinvents Iago as a human rather than a talking parrot. There are, however, several allusions to the original animal character.
-->'''Jafar''': Really, Iago. Must you parrot everything I say?!

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* ActuallyIAmHim: Unknown to Aladdin, he runs into a disguised Jasmine in the California version, offering her some of the fruit that he stole seeing she's hungry and lost. When the guards accost them, he defends her, saying she did nothing while the disguised princess orders them not to call Aladdin a street rat. The guards sarcastically say with that attitude she talks like the Princess of Agrabah. Jasmine quickly reveals herself and orders them to let the boy go.
* AdaptationalDumbass: Broadway version only; in the California version, Aladdin reminded himself not to touch anything in the creepy treasure cave but the camp and knocked over a pillar by accident. On the Broadway stage, despite Iago and Jafar warning him, Aladdin can't resist grabbing a jade necklace to give to the princess.  
* AdaptedOut:
** Abu and Rajah are taken out, and Aladdin is given human friends instead who risk their lives for him.
** The Peddler also does not exist in the play. His role is occupied by the Genie.
* AdaptationSpeciesChange: In the broadway version, Iago is made into a human servant rather than a bird puppet.
* AudienceParticipation: In the California version, the audience has to tell Aladdin to rub the lamp when he asks them for help.
* BaitTheDog:
** The Broadway version has Jafar and Iago hype up Aladdin by promising him that if he gets the lamp, they will give him enough money to woo the princess. They make it clear that he would outlive his usefulness if he had succeeded.
** In the California version, Jafar poses as Aladdin's "Father" to get him out of trouble with the guards, saying that he and Aladdin's "mother" will deal a punishment on the boy for stealing and seemingly pays his debt. When Aladdin thanks him, Jafar says he needs help with a task and if Aladdin refuses, Jafar will call the guards back. Aladdin quickly assesses it's better to do what the man says. 
* CanonForeigner: Instead of Abu, Aladdin has three friends who are fellow thieves: Babcak, Omar, and Kassim. They ironically were originally supposed to be in the movie but were replaced with Abu.
* ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction: Jafar's wish to become sultan is marked with his robes and hat disappearing in a puff of smoke and a white version of his attire taking its place. When he wishes to become a genie, the same puff of smoke appears and he's suddenly in a bright red version of his attire, all done without Jafar seemingly moving at all.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: The thieves ask the Sultan why he waited so long to change the rules to allow Jasmine and Aladdin to marry.
* CuteMute: California version Carpet is a dancer in a costume, that speaks through miming. Genie finds her adorable, and flies off with her when Aladdin frees the genie. 
* DeathByGenreSavviness: Aladdin in the California version reminds himself only touch the lamp, or the cave will bury him alive. He accidentally knocks over a golden pillar while reaching for the lamp, and fails to reassure the cave that he didn't mean to do it. Fortunately, he survives the cave-in thanks to dumb luck and maybe carpet. 
* DefiantCaptive: Jasmine refuses to bow to Jafar when he's made Sultan. Aladdin follows suit.
* DelayedReaction: It takes a few seconds for Aladdin to realize he should bow before the princess in the California stage version after Jasmine reveals herself. 
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Jasmine gets one in the California stage version. She sees that Aladdin stole some fruit as she's roaming the streets in disguise, but he offers it to her, explaining that it looks like she needs it more. The sincerity charms her, as does his defending her when the guards grab them and accuse her of being his accomplice. Jasmine reveals herself and orders the men not to harm Aladdin until she speaks with her father. We see that she is a PluckyGirl and NiceToTheWaiter to boot.
* NiceToTheWaiter: In the California version, Jasmine defends a "peasant boy" that she just met to the guards and reveals herself while in disguise. When the guards say that Aladdin broke the law by stealing, and her father makes the rules, Jasmine kindly tells them that she'll talk to the Sultan but orders them not to hurt Aladdin. She reassures him she'll make this right before any harm can come to him. 
* NotSoAboveItAll: Some versions have Genie quip in the California version that [[https://youtu.be/o-gLbgpzCc8?t=896 he tried to make Taylor Swift fall in love with him]]. The audience reacts with scandalized laughter and many "Ohhs!". 
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Jasmine puts on a show of being a spoiled, ignorant princess to scare away her potential suitors.
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Jafar in the California version coerces Aladdin into entering the Cave of Wonders. He says if Aladdin refuses, he's offering the boy to the guards and will let him rot in the palace dungeon. Aladdin has no choice but to agree.
* PragmaticAdaptation:
** This is why Abu and Rajah don't appear in this adaptation.
** The Genie lampshades it at the Finale of the Show.
** Rather than try to drown Aladdin, Jafar orders the guards to imprison him for being in the princess's chambers.
** Jafar also skips the movie’s climatic sequence and is tricked into becoming a genie moments after becoming Sultan.
* TrueCompanions: Aladdin's friends come to his rescue on seeing that he is imprisoned. He thanks them for the effort when they're locked up in the dungeon together.
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* 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.

* AbnormalLimbRotationRange: Genie takes of his head and turns it around twice in his first scene.

* AllClothUnravels: [[HurricaneOfPuns "Things are unraveling fast now, boy]]. [[EvilLaugh Ha, ha!"]] ([[JustifiedTrope Now]], it ''was'' unravelled by a spell, rather than just pulling on a random thread.)

All but ''King of Thieves'' [[TheOtherDarrin replace]] Robin Williams with Creator/DanCastellaneta (of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' fame), 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]]. Creator/GilbertGottfried also co-stars in a major role as Iago, Jafar's parrot henchman (and for similar star power, Creator/JohnRhysDavies turns up in ''King of Thieves'').

All but ''King of Thieves'' [[TheOtherDarrin replace]] Robin Williams with Creator/DanCastellaneta (of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' fame), 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]]. Creator/GilbertGottfried also co-stars in a major role (and for similar star power, Creator/JohnRhysDavies turns up in ''King of Thieves'').

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Aladdin becomes worried when he's told he'll become the next sultan. The only reason he's gotten this far is because of a wish, and worries what would happen if anyone learns he's not a real prince, including losing Jasmine.

%%* [[FirstGirlWins First Guy Wins]]

** What happens next is a downplayed example. As Aladdin is squeezed to death, he defiantly reminds Jafar that the Genie is much more powerful than he ever will be; he gave Jafar his sorcerer powers, and he can take it away just as easily. Cue Jafar wishing to be an all-powerful genie...

* What happens post-snake is a downplayed example. As Aladdin is squeezed to death, he defiantly reminds Jafar that the Genie is much more powerful than he ever will be; he gave Jafar his sorcerer powers, and he can take it away just as easily. Cue Jafar wishing to be an all-powerful genie...

** However, this is ''exactly'' what Aladdin was banking on: now that Jafar has been transformed into [[JackassGenie]] an evil genie, he also gets his own lamp and every rule that goes with the gig. Cue a horrified Jafar being sucked into his new lamp, pulling Iago in with him.

* TenThousandYears: Genie states that he's been trapped in his lamp for 10,000 years, that's to say since the very beginning of the Neolithic period! Who or what made the lamp at at time when metal working didn't even exist [[note]]The oldest crafted objects is a copper pendant dating from 8,700 BCE.[[/note]] is a mystery (this is assuming he's not just being hyperbolic, which for obvious reasons is ''completely'' in-character).
** Genie's first words upon his release are given a MeaningfulEcho later on when Jafar is turned into a genie and trapped in his own lamp.
--->'''Genie:''' 10,000 years in the Cave of Wonders ought to chill him out!

''Aladdin'' is the 31st entry into the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon. Released in 1992, the film is a loose adaptation of the ''Literature/ArabianNights'' tale of "[[Literature/{{Aladdin}} Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp]]".

-->'''Genie''': Right, Sparky, here's the deal. If you wanna court the little lady, you gotta be a straight shooter, do ya got it?

* CaptainObvious: Lampooned:
-->'''Frightened guard:''' He's got a sword!\\

* TactfulTranslation: Aladdin does this for Abu when they're with Princess Jasmine.

* BaitTheDog: In the California version, Jafar poses as Aladdin's "Father" to get him out of trouble with the guards, saying that he and Aladdin's "mother" will deal a punishment on the boy for stealing and seemingly pays his debt. When Aladdin thanks him, Jafar says he needs help with a task and if Aladdin refuses, Jafar will call the guards back. Aladdin quickly assesses it's better to do what the man says. 

* NotSoAboveItAll: Some version have Genie quip in the California version that [[https://youtu.be/o-gLbgpzCc8?t=896 he tried to make Taylor Swift fall in love with him]]. The audience reacts with scandalized laughter and many "Ohhs!". 

* TrueCompanions: Aladdin's friends come to his rescue on seeing that he is imprisoned.

* BaitTheDog: In the California version, Jafar poses as Aladdin's "Father" to get him out of trouble with the guards, saying that he and Aladdin's "mother" will deal a punishment on the boy for stealing and seemingly pays his debt. When Aladdin thanks him, Jafar says he needs help with a task and if Aladdin refuses, Jafar will call the guards back. Aladdin quickly assesses it's better to do what the man says. 

* CuteMute: California version Carpet is a dancer in a costume, that speaks through miming. Genie finds her adorable, and flies off with her when Aladdin frees the genie. 
* DeathByGenreSavviness: Aladdin in the California version reminds himself only touch the lamp, or the cave will bury him alive. He accidentally knocks over a golden pillar while reaching for the lamp, and fails to reassure the cave that he didn't mean to do it. Fortunately, he survives the cave-in thanks to dumb luck and maybe carpet. 

* DelayedReaction: It takes a few seconds for Aladdin to realize he should bow before the princess in the California stage version after Jasmine reveals herself. 

* NiceToTheWaiter: In the California version, Jasmine defends a "peasant boy" that she just met to the guards and reveals herself while in disguise. When the guards say that Aladdin broke the law by stealing, and her father makes the rules, Jasmine kindly tells them that she'll talk to the Sultan but orders them not to hurt Aladdin. She reassures him she'll make this right before any harm can come to him. 
* NotSoAboveItAll: Some version have Genie quip in the California version that [[https://youtu.be/o-gLbgpzCc8?t=896 he tried to make Taylor Swift fall in love with him]]. The audience reacts with scandalized laughter and many "Ohhs!". 

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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Iago is made into a human servant rather than a bird puppet.

* RealityEnsues: Aladdin becomes worried when he's told he'll become the next sultan. The only reason he's gotten this far is because of a wish, and worries what would happen if anyone learns he's not a real prince, including losing Jasmine.

** Iago says "Bring the guns, the weapons, the knives... and, uh, how about this picture? I don't know, 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 Gilbert Gottfried [[ThrowItIn ad-libbing]], and it got a laugh out of Creator/RobinWilliams.

** Jasmine has a pretty impressive one when questioning Aladdin after the carpet ride. (Hilariously turned UpToEleven [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWDeOqifLIk&t=07m10s here]].) The even more menacing one she has on her face early on when the guards capture Aladdin and she's told she has to speak to Jafar.

* {{Disneyfication}}: The stories of the ''Literature/ArabianNights'' were definitely '''not''' family or kid aimed tales; they covered adult subjects like forced marriage, infidelity, serial uxoricide[[note]]wife-killing[[/note]], and explicit descriptions of human anatomy... and that's just in the ''frame story''! That's not even getting into the parts where Scheherazade starts rambling on about corpse-tearing ghouls, bestiality, or [[GagPenis penis humor,]] and the inherent ValuesDissonance and sometimes racist content in the stories. Disney's ''Aladdin'' removes all of this to make the film appropriate for kids and families.

** The Cave of Wonders takes this UpToEleven when Abu grabs the giant ruby, as they had been instructed not to touch anything inside other than the lamp. The cave then ''destroys itself'' with them still trapped within as punishment.

* TheIgor: When Genie explains the rules to Aladdin, he references the "mad scientist's assistant" character archetype by briefly turning into a hideous, green hunchback and speaking in a Creator/PeterLorre impression, specifically (and appropriately) the rule that Aladdin can't wish him to resurrect the dead.