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• Sadly Mythtaken: The Genie sings in "Friend Like Me" that "Scheherazade had her thousand tales." There were not actually a thousand tales in Arabian Nights, Scheherazade kept the sultan entertained for 1,001 nights.
• Sarcasm Mode: Iago, shortly after the first (failed) attempt to enter the Cave of Wonders.
  Jafar: Gazeem was obviously less than worthy.
  Iago: There's a big surprise! That's an incredible—I think I'm going to have a heart attack and die from that surprise!"
• Scaled Up: Snake!Jafar, and despite what the Evil Overlord List would tell you, it works just fine. Aladdin only wins by goading him into wishing to become a genie, knowing that Jafar can't stand anyone else's power exceeding his.
• Scarab Power: The Golden Scarab Beetle locating the Cave of Wonders. Although it looks like a hand-sized robot, its two main components (which must be put together to work in the first place) form the tiger head-shaped guardian's eyes. They reappear whenever the Cave deems their summoners unworthy of getting the magical lamp. It's worth noting many box arts have this artifact located at their very center, hinting its key importance to the plot.
  • Inverted in the Aladdin television series. Mechanicles has invented a robot scarab merely because he needs a mode of transportation and happens to like the tidiness and industry of the animals. In other words, a hater of magic uses a symbol of magic in a roundabout way.
• Scenery Porn: Agrabah is absolutely GORGEOUS to look at, from its bustling bazaars to the glittering palace, and with heavy influences of Moroccan, Indian, Turkish and Persian influences.
• Scheherezade Gambit: The Trope Namer was mentioned in passing by Genie.
• Schmuck Bait: The treasure in the cave, particularly the giant ruby. It's the only other treasure in the lamp room. Appropriately, the cave's tiger guardian calls Aladdin and Abu "infidels" when Aladdin doesn't notice Abu taking the ruby and starting the place caving in on itself.
• Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: "You've heard of the Golden Rule, haven't you? The one who has the gold makes the rules."
• Screw the Rules, I Make Them!: At the end of the film, upon realising Jasmine is in love with Aladdin but can't legally marry him, the Sultan just shrugs his shoulders and changes the law on the spot.
• Sealed with a Kiss: Aladdin and Jasmine seal their love with a kiss at the end before embarking on another flying carpet ride.
• Sea of Sand: The Arabian desert as portrayed in the movie seems to consist almost entirely of dunes.
• Secret Test of Character: The Cave of Wonders is filled with all sorts of hidden treasure. As Aladdin puts it, "just a handful of [the treasure] would make me richer than the Sultan." However, those who enter are not to touch anything but the lamp.
• Secret Underground Passage: The Old Convict opens a secret door for him and Aladdin to escape the dungeon.
• Self-Deprecation: The Sultan gives an accidental, but ironic example — "I don't know where she gets it from. Her mother wasn't nearly so picky."
• Selfless Wish: Aladdin uses his third wish to free the Genie.
• Shaking the Rump: During the song "Friend Like Me", the Genie summons three seductive harem girls who really enjoy this dance move. Genie himself does this as well, in the same song. He even enlarges his bum to a comical size, facing the camera with it for a few seconds before continuing.
• Shape Shifter: Genie.
• Sheltered Aristocrat: Being a princess, Jasmine was unfamiliar with the concept of paying for goods; she almost loses her hand when she gives some kids a piece of fruit from a street vendor, then can't pay for it.
• Shipper on Deck: The carpet strikes a "Awww!" pose right after he saw Aladdin and Jasmine cuddling on a rooftop. In the next scene, during their Held Gaze, the carpet gets impatient and pushes Aladdin higher, provoking his First Kiss with Jasmine.
  • The Genie as well. He cries during Jasmine and Aladdin's goodbye, after the latter was revealed as not being a prince. Then he proposes to fix the situation with the last wish, despite he always wanted it to be used to free him. By the Genie's admission, his eternity of servitude does not count as much as their love.
• Shoo Out the Clowns: The Genie and Iago are kept to the side as Jafar and Aladdin have their final battle, and Abu and Carpet are taken out of the action by Jafar's magic as well. The Genie is eventually brought into the conflict when Aladdin points out that Jafar is not as powerful as him.
• Short-Lived Leadership: After getting the lamp, Jafar uses his first wish to become the Sultan of Agrabah. Though he uses his second wish to become a sorcerer and sends Aladdin to "the ends of the Earth", Aladdin returns not long later and tricks him into turning himself into a Genie who must be sealed in a lamp. This ends his reign as Sultan.
• Shout-Out:
  • The villain's parrot sidekick is named Iago. Which, considering it's set centuries before Shakespeare was even born, is just another ingredient of the delicious Anachronism Stew that the movie serves up.
  • An early movie example has a chase scene end with Aladdin's pursuers fall into a pile of manure. Particularly interesting when you consider the initial inspiration for Aladdin's design.
  • The Sultan's design, personality, and love for toys are identical to the Sultan in the 1940 film The Thief of Bagdad.
  • Jafar approaching Aladdin in the Palace dungeon disguised as an old man who knows where he can find a massive horde of treasure is one to The Count of Monte Cristo.
  • 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 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 Scotsman, a Scottish terrier, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ed Sullivan, a slot machine, Groucho Marx, a boxing trainer, a firework, a French maître d', a roast turkey, a pink rabbit, a dragon, a certificate, William F. Buckley Jr., a Camp Gay pair of giant lips, a zombie which strongly resembles Peter Lorre, Robert De Niro, a flight attendant, Carol Channing, a sheep, a hammock, a muscle man, Pinocchio, a magician, a Frenchman in a beret and striped shirt, a chef, 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, Rodney Dangerfield, Jack Nicholson, a professor, a talking lampshade, a bee, a submarine, a one-man band, a script prompter, a ventriloquist, a demon resembling Chernabog, Jafar, cheerleaders, a baseball pitcher, a tourist with a Goofy hat, and the moon.
  • During the song "A Whole New World", while Aladdin and Jasmine are flying on the Magic Carpet, they pass by a flock of storks in front of a full moon.
  • The plot elements of an ex-thief, who later becomes a king, saving a princess named Jasmine/Yasmina , from a exceptionally powerful wizard who turns himself into a gigantic snake for the climax, in an "Arabian Nights" Days setting is strikingly similar to the Conan the Barbarian story The People of the Black Circle.
  • Supposedly, Aladdin's line "All this for a loaf of bread?" is a nod to Les Misérables, in which the entire story starts because Valjean stole a loaf of bread. Also, the singing voice actress for Princess Jasmine, Lea Salonga, was Éponine in the 10th and Fantine in the 25th anniversary performances of said musical.
  • Those elephants during "Friend Like Me" looked an awful lot like heffalumps, and danced an awful lot like those elephants from a drunken dream sequence...
  • The Julius Caesar reference mentioned above.
  • During "Friend Like Me", Genie dancing with the giant hands is a tribute to Mickey Mouse in Thru the Mirror and his dance with a giant pair of gloves.
  • When Jafar is the Sultan, Jasmine is in shackles like a slave Princess Leia.
  • At one point, Genie makes a reference to the "I'm Going to Disneyland" Super Bowl ads. The score following the line even plays a bit from "When You Wish Upon a Star."
  • The character of Abu is based on a character of the same name in The Thief of Bagdad (1940). The original was not a monkey but is still fairly blatantly the inspiration for Aladdin's Abu.
  • At the end, when Jasmine tells Aladdin that she chooses him, he responds "call me Al."
• Show Some Leg: Jasmine seduces Jafar to distract him so Aladdin can take the lamp.
• Sigh of Love: Aladdin gives an enamoured sigh when describing Jasmine's smile.
  • Also after their First Kiss- right after she turned around and gave him a last look.
• Single-Target Law: At the end of the movie, the sultan repeals the law that forces the princess to only marry a prince so that his daughter can get married to the commoner Aladdin.
• Sitting on the Roof: Aladdin and Jasmine sit on a rooftop watching fireworks as part of their Falling-in-Love Montage.
• Slices, Dices, and Makes Julienne Fries: Combination hookah and coffee maker! Also makes julienne fries!
  Merchant: Will not break. (clonk clonk) Will not... It broke.
• Sliding Scale of Adaptation Modification: Somewhere between Types 2 and 3. The film is mostly true to the basic story structure of the original tale, but the relationships and personalities of most of the characters are notably different, Jafar being a prominent example.
• Sliding Scaleof Anthropomorphism: Rajah is a Nearly Normal Animal, Abu is a Speech-Impaired Animal, and Iago is a Talking Animal.
• Sliding Scale of Animal Communication: 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, though his ability to talk likely comes from his being a parrot.
• Slouch of Villainy: After Jafar takes over, he replaces the throne with a couch and slouches on it.
• Smoke Out: Jafar throws one of his potion bottles on the ground to create red smoke when Aladdin exposes his manipulation of the Sultan and pulls a Villain: Exit, Stage Left.
• Spanner in the Works: Abu may have caused the Cave of Wonders to collapse in the first place, but he also foiled Jafar's plan to steal the lamp by pickpocketing him once he'd taken it from Aladdin.
• Spiteful Gluttony: Abu messily chews his half of the stolen bread when Aladdin considers giving it to the urchin children. His conscience gets to him after that.
• Spotting the Thread: A couple of details tip Jasmine off to Prince Ali's true identity:
  • Aladdin's "Do you trust me?"
  • Jasmine may have been tipped off earlier, when he said "You should be free to make your own choice."
  • Aladdin's trick of rolling an apple across his shoulders and flipping it off his elbow first shows up when he gives one he took from Abu to Jasmine at his home. He does it again on the carpet ride and, judging by her knowing expression, it gives her another clue about his true identity. Up until that point, she had certainly been suspicious, but after that, you can tell she's looking at him in a new way. Of course, shortly afterwards, she tests him with the line about it being a shame that Abu's not there.
• Stating the Simple Solution: The three rules of the genie are to prevent this.
  • Genie's advice on winning Jasmine's heart...
  Genie: Tell... her... the... TRUTH!!!
• Stealth Pun:
  • During "One Jump Ahead", the harem girls sing how "Aladdin hit the bottom". As they sing that line, one of the girls bumps Aladdin with her butt, proving that Aladdin really did "hit the bottom".
  • 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 foul little mind works!"^note Geddit? Fowl? Because he's a bird?
  • Right at the end when Genie pretends to be the moon, then turns around to show his face... You can see his backside because he's mooning you.
  • After gaining his freedom, the Genie hurriedly tells Aladin to "Wish for The Nile", and yells "NO WAY" when the latter complies. Al actually got what he wished for...DENIAL^note Sounds like 'de (the) Nile'. It ain't just a river in Egypt.
• Stock Scream: A Wilhelm Scream when Genie is moving Agrabah up onto a cliff.
• Stolen MacGuffin Reveal: Immediately after thinking he's escaped from the Cave of Wonders, Jafar discovers he no longer has the lamp; cue Big "NO!". Then it's revealed, when Aladdin thinks Jafar got away with it, that Abu has stolen it back from him.
• Storm of Blades: During the climax, Jafar drops swords from the ceiling at Aladdin, keeping him from grabbing the lamp. Aladdin picks up one of the swords and uses it against Jafar's cobra form.
  Jafar: Get the point? [drops swords]
• Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion: 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!"
• Suddenly Shouting: Genie's advice to Aladdin on how to win Jasmine's heart combines this with Punctuated! For! Emphasis!.
  Genie: (as Jack Nicholson) Right, Sparky, here's the deal. If you wanna court the little lady, you gotta be a straight shooter, do ya got it?
  Aladdin: What?
  Genie: Tell. Her. The... TRUTH!
• Suddenly Suitable Suitor: Solved by the Sultan changing the law.
• Suicidal "Gotcha!": 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. Seems familiar.
• Sultry Belly Dancer: Genie conjures some up, during the "Friend Like Me" and "Prince Ali" musical sequences.
• Super-Empowering: Jafar's wish.
• Superpowered Date: Aladdin and Jasmine's magic carpet ride.
• Surprisingly Happy Ending: 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!
  Sultan: Well, am I Sultan or am I Sultan? From this day forth, the princess shall marry whomever she deems worthy.
• Surrounded by Idiots: The other guards hesitate in fear over Abu wielding a sword. This prompts a very irritated Razoul to call them idiots and remind them that they all have swords.

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• Tactful Translation: Aladdin does this for Abu when they're with Princess Jasmine. (For context, Aladdin chided Abu for trying to take Jasmine's apple, and Abu chided him in monkey-speak.)
  Aladdin: Abu says... Abu says that's not fair!
  Abu: Ik?!??!
• Take My Hand!:
  • Aladdin to Jasmine. A fall was only implied the first time, and it was when she trusts him that they jump off (safely).
    "Do you trust me?"
  • An interesting Callback happens later when Aladdin, as "Prince Ali", asks Jasmine the same question while offering her his hand to board Carpet with him. While she had somewhat recognized Aladdin already, this is the real major clue for her as to his identity.
  • Averted by Jafar. Aladdin needs to be pulled up, Jafar says "First give me the lamp," takes the lamp and then, instead of pulling Aladdin up, tries to kill him with a dagger, then when Abu bites him, leaves Aladdin in the Cave of Wonders to die.
• Take Over the City: For all he wants power, Jafar never seems interested in political power beyond Agrabah. Given how power-hungry he is, though, he probably would have gotten bored and/or ambitious and tried to go further if he hadn't been stopped pretty quickly.
• Talking Animal: Iago and to a lesser extent Abu. Though in Iago's case it's implied that Jafar used magic to give him the ability to speak.
• Tap on the Head: Jafar's guards to Aladdin when they kidnap him and Abu to Iago during the final combat.
• Teen Rebellion: 16-year-old Princess Jasmine hates the entire idea of being forced to marry someone she doesn't love, so she runs away from the palace in search of a way to avoid the forced marriage.
• Tempting Fate:
  • Aladdin says he's "only in trouble if you get caught". The guards immediately appear. "I'm in trouble."
  • "For the first time in my life, things are starting to go right." (Things instantly go bad.)
• Terms of Endangerment: Jafar, who within about three minutes called Jasmine both "my dear" and "pussycat."
• That Came Out Wrong: When Genie saves Aladdin from drowning and Aladdin thanks him, Genie replies "Oh, Al. I'm gettin' kind of fond of you, kid. Not that I want to pick out curtains or anything."
• Theme Tune Extended: Arabian Nights was originally written to be three verses long, notwithstanding the reprises, but only the first stanza was used in the film. The stage musical used the full-length song and all four reprises.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: A small one, but no less harsh after Aladdin tells the Genie he can't wish for his freedom.
  Genie: Fine, I understand. After all, you've lied to everyone else, hey, I was beginning to feel left out. Now if you'll excuse me "master".... (disappears into the lamp)
• This Is No Time to Panic: Said by Aladdin to Abu... until he sees the wall they're about to crash into. "Start panicking."
• Thou Shall Not Kill: Despite all their power, genies can't kill anyone. This is a really big plot point of Return of Jafar because Jafar himself has to resort to scheming for revenge on Aladdin.
• Thwarted Coup de Grâce:
  • When the vendor raises his sword to cut off Jasmine's hand, Aladdin stops him.
  • When Jafar tries to stab Aladdin who's doing a Literal Cliffhanger at the entrance of the Cave of Wonders, Abu bites him in his arm just in time.
• Til Murder Do Us Part: Jafar's plan for Jasmine is to marry her (thereby becoming the Sultan), then promptly kill her.
• Time-Passes Montage: After Aladdin's "I Want" Song, the camera lingers on the palace as night turns into day.
• Too Dumb to Live:
  • Gazeem trying to enter the Cave of Wonders even after the Cave makes it clear that only "the Diamond in the Rough" is entitled to enter. Doesn't help that Jafar pressured him to do so.
  • Abu falling for the Schmuck Bait in the Cave of Wonders, who had clearly said "Touch nothing but the lamp!" Abu is normally an intelligent creature with independent thieving skills, but going for that giant ruby which might as well be signposted with "I am an obvious trap!" was a really bad idea. If not for Carpet, he and Aladdin would have both been killed.
• Toy Transmutation: During the final battle, Jafar turns Abu into a cymbal-playing monkey toy, quipping, "Don't toy with me!".
• Transforming Conforming: For all his arrogance and declarations of grandeur, Jafar deeply rankles at the idea of always having someone more powerful than him — in this case, the Genie. So once he has Aladdin on the ropes in his gigantic cobra form, Aladdin heckles him into making his third wish to become an all-powerful genie himself. As soon as the Genie reluctantly grants his wish, an elated Jafar literally flies through the roof of the Sultan's palace, bombastically declaring that the universe is now his to command and control... only for Aladdin to dampen his spirits by reminding him that now he's a genie, all his phenomenal cosmic power comes at the price of being a prisoner forced to serve whoever holds his lamp. Jafar can only helplessly shout a few NOOOO'S as Aladdin pulls Jafar inside his lamp, desperately grabbing Iago and taking the parrot with him.
• Trash Landing: The guards chasing Aladdin land on Crazy Hakim's Discount Fertilizer.
• Treasure Room: The Cave of Wonders. In a twist, the treasure is not what anyone goes into the cave for, and is in fact a test of greed.
• Tricking the Shapeshifter: Aladdin tricks Jafar into turning into a genie, which immediately causes him to be sucked into a lamp.

• Truck Driver's Gear Change:
  • "One Jump Ahead" starts in E minor, switches to F minor for the second verse, and then moves up to A-flat minor and B minor before Aladdin yells the final line.
  • "Friend Like Me" starts with D minor chords, and switches to a G minor chord for the rest of the song after the "Let her rip!" line.
  • "Prince Ali" starts in B-flat minor, then to B minor, and finally to C minor. It's so bad that Robin Williams, despite his impressive vocal range, can't keep up as the song finishes.
  • "A Whole New World" starts in D major, then switches to F major. The end credit version starts in B-flat major, then to C-sharp major, the instrumental solo shifts down to A major, and the final chorses in D major.
• Tuckerization: Razoul is named after layout supervisor Rasoul Azadani.

• Tyrant Takes the Helm: Jafar briefly becomes Sultan.

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• Unbuilt Trope:
  • One of the first prominent examples of an animated film hiring a comedian to voice a supporting character — Robin Williams as the Genie. In this case, the Genie was created specifically for his energetic persona and the role was carefully tailored to him. Additionally the many Anachronism Stews and pop culture gags that would become a staple of Dreamworks Animation (for better or worse) are justified here because the Genie is the only one providing them and with him being a supernatural being, it's easier to hand wave. Gilbert Gottfried as Iago is a similar case, as it was because of Aladdin that he became famous.
  • It is also the first of Disney's movies from The Renaissance Age of Animation to have a more zany tone than its ilk, with any mood swings that happened whenever the movie wanted to be more serious being very abrupt^note For instance, the royal guards bursting in to Aladdin's place to arrest him, thus turning a heartfelt bonding experience between him and Jasmine (complete with an Almost Kiss) into a frantic, intense escape sequence. Also, Jafar violently ambushing Aladdin and having him thrown into the sea right after Aladdin celebrates finally sharing his first kiss with Jasmine, turning it into a dramatic, intense scene where his life is at risk. This trend would continue throughout movies such as Hercules — with one of the most cited examples being the whiplash between Megara's impending death and the Gods' comedic smackdown of the Titans — but Aladdin also uses its mix of craziness and seriousness to manage comedic relief breaks during intense moments as well, not just to signal sudden shifts between the two tones. One of the best examples occurs while Aladdin is busy fighting Jafar, who had just transformed into a scary giant cobra; Genie suddenly becomes a cheer squad and cheers for Aladdin ("Rick 'em, rack 'em, rock 'em, rake. Stick that sword into that snake!").
• Unknown Rival: 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. And Aladdin never recognizes Jafar as the "old man" who had led him to the Cave of Wonders.
  • Though in the TV episode "Seems Like Old Crimes", Aladdin recalls Abu stealing the lamp back from Jafar in the Cave of Wonders. Aladdin must have figured it out at some point by recognizing his voice with the "old man"'s changed voice before he tried to kill him or by Iago telling him offscreen that the "old man" WAS Jafar after Iago's Heel–Face Turn.
• The Unreveal: Aladdin first rubbed the lamp because he noticed some dirt covered writing engraved on it. What was written on the lamp has never been revealed (or even mentioned again), not in the film or any of its sequels and spin-offs. It's just there to give Aladdin a reason to rub the lamp for the first time.
• Unusual Pets for Unusual People: Princess Jasmine owns a pet tiger. She's a Rebellious Princess.
• Uptown Girl: Aladdin wants to pursue Jasmine but is insecure about his poverty.

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• Vigilante Man: The fruit vendor is a downplayed example; he only enacts vigilante justice on those who steal his fruit. Given the apathy of the rest of the townsfolk and the absence of any guards within earshot when he yelled "Thief!", he may have a point.
• Villain Ball: 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.
  • While this movie doesn't have a lot in common with the famous story, that first Villain Ball—evil sorcerer has a pointless tantrum, chucks Aladdin into the cave, loses lamp as a result—is straight from the original "Aladdin".
• Villain: Exit, Stage Left: Once Jafar is exposed and is about to be taken away by the guards on the Sultan's orders, he uses one of his potions to create a Smoke Out so that he can escape to his lair.
• Villainous Crush: Subverted. Jafar hates Jasmine (presumably because he can't manipulate her easily), but Iago gives him the idea to marry her in order to give himself the political status needed to legally inherit the throne. Both of them make it very clear that once he marries her, they'll dispose of her and her father.
• Villainous Face Hold: Jafar does this to both Jasmine and Aladdin. When mocking Jasmine over Aladdin's status as a peasant, he uses his staff to lift her face up so he can see her expression. He mocks Aladdin further by grabbing his face and then slaps him.
• Villain Reveals the Secret: Played straight. Street rat Aladdin uses a wish granted by a genie to impersonate a prince so he can court Princess Jasmine. Aladdin and the genie argue about whether to tell Jasmine the truth. Later on, Jafar reveals Aladdin's true identity, but Jasmine isn't angry with Aladdin for lying.
• Villain Song:
  • "Prince Ali, Reprise," where Jafar exposes Aladdin as Prince Ali, and sends him to the ends of the earth.
  • Interestingly, Jafar had 5 separate songs and all but one of them were cut. Aside from "Prince Ali", there was "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). "Why Me" was the same as "My Time Has Come" (cut because the directors felt it didn't advance the story enough, and they also wanted something with a big chorus; its place was essentially taken by the "Prince Ali Reprise"). 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.
• Visual Pun: The Sultan is Jasmine's loving father and the good (if ineffective) ruler of Agrabah, and his body design is basically egg-shaped. He's a good egg.

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• Wacky Sound Effect: The sound effect of Iago using his Feather Fingers to hit Jafar in the head. It's this metallic "CLANG" that sounds a bit like hitting a washing machine, not an expected sound from being slapped with a bird's wing.
• Wait Here: Aladdin to Abu in the underground treasure caves when they reach the Lamp Chamber. Unfortunately for Aladdin, a gorilla statue with a shiny ruby was also in the room, and right next to Abu, who could not resist the "forbidden treasure". This doesn't make the cave's guardian happy at Felony Misdemeanor all.
• Wham Line:
  Jafar: It's mine! It's all mine! I-- Where is it? No! NOOOOOOOOO!!!
• What Happened to the Mouse?: 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.
• What the Hell, Hero?:
  • The Genie, to Aladdin, who has just reneged on his promise to free the Genie: "Fine, I understand. After all, you've lied to everyone else, and hey, I was beginning to feel left out. You if you'll excuse me, master."
  • Jasmine dresses down her father, Aladdin, and Jafar for discussing her future right in front of her.
    Jasmine: How dare you—ALL of you! Standing around deciding my future!? I am NOT a prize to be won!
  • Jasmine and Genie at the climax after Jafar wished to become a genie at Aladdin's prodding. Unknown to them, this was all according to Aladdin's plan.
    Genie: Alright... your wish is my command... (aside) Way to go, Al...
    Jasmine: (after Jafar turns into a genie) What have you done?
    Aladdin: Trust me!
• Who Dares?: The Cave of Wonders: "Who disturbs my slumber?"
• Why Won't You Die?: When Aladdin returns to the palace in the climax, Jafar retorts "How many times do I have to kill you, boy?!"
• Wig, Dress, Accent: Aladdin/Prince Ali.
• Wishing for More Wishes:
  • Zig-Zagged. The Genie tells Al, "Ix-nay on the wishing for more wishes!" up front. Being a Guile Hero, Al still manages to finagle an extra one out of the Genie by tricking him into magicking them out of an inescapable cave without actually wishing for him to do so. After being befriended and freed, Genie is willing and able to help Al all he likes outside of the confines of Three Wishes, but takes a hit to his overall magical mojo.
  • Genie is capable of doing other tasks for his master of his own accord. The only thing stopping him from saving Aladdin's life immediately seemed to be the deal they struck at the Oasis that stated Aladdin couldn't get any more free wishes. He moves and redecorates the palace for Jafar and applies more magic to Aladdin throughout "Prince Ali".
• With Due Respect: Iago to Jafar while being forced to Run a gear like a treadmill to provide power to use the Mystic Blue Diamond.
• Wolverine Publicity: Actually became a point of contention regarding the Genie, as he was prominently featured in the trailers and in posters against Robin Williams's wishes.
• Worth It: Aladdin thinks that getting thrown into the dungeons was worth it because he got to meet Jasmine.

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• You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Pretty much all of Aladdin's character arc is about his insecurity as a "street rat", feeling he has to basically lie to everyone about his status in order to mean anything, yet he wins Jasmine over by treating her as an equal and someone he truly cares about as well as defeats Jafar by relying on his quick thinking and trickery.
  • Part of the Fridge Brilliance of the Sultan's edited law about his daughter's marriage as he rewrites it to say that Jasmine may marry "whomever she deems worthy" instead of simply "whoever she likes". Given that Jasmine thus far has proven herself a very shrewd judge of true character, the law being rewritten as such and her immediate choosing Aladdin says that she sees beyond his "street rat" status just as he saw past her royalty.
• "You!" Exclamation: Jafar to Aladdin when he sees him in the climax.
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Jafar under a beggar disguise, attempts to kill Aladdin once he has completed his task and gives him the lamp, during which the time the Cave of Wonders was currently collapsing.
• You Just Told Me: 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...
• You're Nothing Without Your Phlebotinum:
  • Snake-Jafar tells Aladdin that he's nothing without the Genie. Aladdin promptly proves how wrong he is by using the same response on Jafar in order to trick him into becoming a genie himself.
  • Aladdin basically thinks the same thing on his own, which is why he doesn't initially free the genie with his third wish.
• "You!" Squared:
  "They're after me! They're after you?!"

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