♫ Come on down, stop on by, hop a carpet and fly
To another Arabian Night! ♫
To another Arabian Night! ♫
Aladdin is a Disney media franchise that began in 1992 with the Disney animated film of the same name. Loosely based on the Arabian Nights tale of "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp" and set in the fictional Arabian city-state of Agrabah, it revolves around a Street Urchin named Aladdin who falls in love with the Rebellious Princess Jasmine, and gets a magical lamp with a wise-cracking Genie inside to help make his dreams come true.
The original 1992 Disney animated filmnote was the first animated feature film to gross over $200 million at the domestic box office, leading to this highly-rated, EGOT-winning franchise.
Works in the franchise include:
Related works (non-Disney):
- Aladdin (the original story)
- Aladdin (Golden Films) (1992)
Feature films
- Aladdin (1992): An evil vizier named Jafar has Aladdin retrieve the aforementioned magic lamp from a cave that only accepts those who are a "diamond in the rough", hoping to use the powerful Genie to fulfill his deeds. However, Aladdin uses the Genie and a Magic Carpet to court Princess Jasmine and defeat the vizier.
- Aladdin: The Return of Jafar (1994): The first Disney direct-to-video sequel, and the Pilot Movie to the TV series mentioned below, Aladdin is now living in the palace with Jasmine and her sultan father, the latter who wants Aladdin to become his new vizier. Meanwhile, the now-genie Jafar is freed by an incompetent thief and desires to get revenge on Aladdin.
- Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996): The finale to the series, Aladdin and Jasmine are about to finally wed. However, when the 40 Thieves arrive in Agrabah to raid the soon-to-be couple's wedding, Aladdin soon reunites with his father Cassim for the first time in years, finding out that he is the leader of the gang of thieves.
- More Than a Peacock Princess (2007): A short film that is the second segment of a Disney anthology film, starring Princess Jasmine and other characters from Aladdin.
- Aladdin (2019): A live-action remake of the 1992 film directed by Guy Ritchie.
- Untitled Prince Anders spinoff (TBA): To be released on Disney+.
Television series
- Aladdin: The Seriesnote (1994–1995): Coming off The Return of Jafar, Aladdin and his friends go on adventures to explore the world and protect Agrabah from all sorts of villains. This animated series is considered to be one of Disney's best animated TV shows and arguably the best TV adaptation of their animated films.
- Once Upon a Time (2011-2018): Jafar is the main antagonist of the spin-off. In the original show, Aladdin and Jasmine appear as recurring characters in Season 6.
Video games
- Aladdin (Virgin Games) (1993): A Platform Game for the Sega Genesis, Amiga, DOS and Game Boy (with Super Game Boy support). Fluidly animated by actual Disney animators,
it's widely considered to be a really good game. Later re-released as part of Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King in 2019. - Aladdin (Capcom) (1993): Another Platform Game, but for the Super Nintendo and later ported to the Game Boy Advance. Also considered to be a really good game, too. Later re-released as part of Disney Classic Games Collection: Aladdin, The Lion King, and The Jungle Book, an Updated Re-release of the 2019 collection,note in 2021, marking the first time that both Aladdin platformers are available together.
- Aladdin (SIMS Co.) (1994): An 8-bit platformer developed for the Sega Master System and Game Gear by SIMS Co.
- Disney's Math Quest with Aladdin (1998): A point-and-click edutainment game for the PC where the main cast and the player reassemble the lamp of the evil genie Bizarrah by solving math and logic puzzles.
- Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge (2001): A 3D Platformer created by Argonaut Software. Aladdin must stop Jafar's sister Nasira from ressurecting her brother and save his friends.
- Kingdom Hearts (2002-present): The series features a heavily recurring world named Agrabah wherein Aladdin is usually a party member and Genie is a summon. Jasmine also has a key role in the franchise’s lore as one of the Seven Princesses of Heart, while Jafar and Iago are part of a Legion of Doom led by Maleficent in the first game. Most games featuring Agrabah tell original stories loosely incorporating story elements from the original film, while Kingdom Hearts II notably features an adaptation of The Return of Jafar.
Literature
- Disney Villains: The Top Secret Files (2005): A book that delves into the backstories of various Disney villains. Jafar has his own file.
- A Whole New World: A Twisted Tale (2015): The first book of an Alternate Continuity What If? Disney Princess stories under the A Twisted Tale series. As Aladdin never found the Genie's lamp, Jafar does and takes over Agrabah. Aladdin and Jasmine become the leaders of a revolution to free Agrabah from Jafar's tyranny.
- Twisted (2023): A dark contemporary romance novel in the Never After series by Emily McIntire.
Theme park attractions
- The Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management) (1998-2011): An ill-conceived update to the Walt Disney World port of the Walt Disney classic attraction, the Aladdin franchise's loudmouthed parrot Iago takes over the show to refresh it, but the Tiki Birds and The Lion King's hornbill Zazu warn him that it would be unwise to do so.
