Aladdin (Disney character)

Template:Film-in-universe Template:DisneyChar Aladdin (Arabic: علاء الدين) is a fictional character who first appeared in the Disney theatrical animated movie Aladdin, and then in the two direct-to-video sequels The Return of Jafar (1994) and Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996), and the animated television series, Aladdin, set between the two sequels. He is based on Aladdin from Thousand and One Nights. He is voiced by Scott Weinger although his singing voice is provided by Brad Kane.

He is featured as a guest in House of Mouse and Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse.

Aladdin also appears at the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts as a meetable character.

Profile

Aladdin was born 18 years before the events of the film. Aladdin never received a formal education. He learned much from his time on the streets of Agrabah. In the Aladdin TV series episode The Lost Ones it is shown that he had a childhood friend named Hamahl. The episode Seems Like Old Crimes shows that when Aladdin was sixteen, he fell in with a group of circus performers where he met Abu. The performers used Aladdin to get past the traps of an ancient temple to reach the "destiny stone". There, the performers were all sucked in, except for Abu and Aladdin.

In Aladdin and the King of Thieves, it is revealed that Aladdin's father, Cassim, left the family shortly after his son's birth. Aladdin's mother died when he was very young.

Aladdin

Main article: Aladdin (film)

In the film Aladdin, eighteen-year old Aladdin is first shown to be on the run from Sultan's guards after he and his monkey, Abu, steal a loaf of bread. Once they escape the guards, the pair hide in a dark alley. As Abu prepares to devour the bread, Aladdin notices two hungry street children. He gives them his half of the bread, and Abu reluctantly follows his example.

Some time later, Aladdin meets a girl in the marketplace. He falls in love with her at first sight, but their meeting is interrupted by guards sent by vizier Jafar to capture Aladdin. After the guards shove the girl aside, she reveals that she is actually Princess Jasmine. She demands the guards to release Aladdin at once, but they tell her that she has to deal with Jafar first in order to let him go.

In prison, Aladdin meets an old man (who is actually Jafar in disguise) who mentions a cave filled with treasure and that he needs Aladdin to enter it. The old man reveals a secret exit, and Aladdin decides to follow him.

In the desert, Aladdin enters the Cave of Wonders, where he meets a sentient magic carpet and is commanded to only get a magic lamp. He gets it - however, Abu's grabbing of a giant gem causes the cave to collapse.

After the collapse, Aladdin, Abu, and the carpet are in an empty cave. Abu delivers the lamp to Aladdin, and when he rubs it, a giant blue Genie appears, telling Aladdin he will fulfill three wishes. After leaving the collapsed cave with the Genie's help (but not constituting a wish, since he did it at free will after being "discredited" by Aladdin), he decides to become a prince in order to win Jasmine's heart.

Personality

Aladdin is a very confident young Arab from the streets of a city known as Agrabah. Like most Disney male protagonists he is a selfless and brave young man, though he does have a devious streak. Aladdin seeks to win the affection of his princess, as well as her father (the sultan), her tiger, and all of her royal subjects. Though he can be a bit stubborn at times, he really does care about his friends. He will make sure to do whatever he can to defend them. His "Prince" name, Ali Ababwa, may be a reference to Ali Baba.

Kingdom Hearts series

Aladdin appears as a major Disney character in the bestselling video game series Kingdom Hearts.

In Kingdom Hearts, Aladdin is a young man living in the desert city of Agrabah. He fell in love with Princess Jasmine, but he’s afraid to tell her about his humble background. With a little luck, he finds Genie in the Cave of Wonders. He had used his first wish to destroy the Heartless that were attacking Sora's friends. Afterwards he, Sora, Donald and Goofy became close friends, after Sora informed Aladdin that Jasmine had been kidnapped by Jafar they quickly go back to Agrabah to save her, and he used his second wish to do so, but while Genie saved Jasmine, Iago had stolen the lamp and Jafar took control of Genie. Later Jafar, Iago and Genie along with the captive princess Jasmine went into the bowels of the Cave of Wonders searching for the Keyhole. When Aladdin and the others arrived at the cave, it turns out that the Heartless were controlling the Tiger head of the cave, which, after Sora freed it from the darkness, the cave allowed them to enter to stop Jafar. They successfully defeated Genie Jafar and sealed him inside his lamp, but by the time they went to get Jasmine she had already been kidnapped by Riku. After returning to Agrabah, Genie tells Aladdin to use his last wish to save Jasmine, but instead he uses it to free Genie and asked him if he could help Sora find Jasmine. Genie happily complies. At the end of the game, Jasmine and Aladdin are reunited and peace is restored to their world.

Agrabah, and the Aladdin characters, later appeared in the games first sequel Kingdom Hearts: Chain Of Memories for the Game Boy Advance and its PlayStation 2 remake Re: Chain Of Memories. This time, however, it is only one of the many worlds created from Sora's memories (along with the characters who inhabit it), as he travels up the numerous floors of Castle Oblivion. The world's story is similar to that of the first game, only this time, Jafar kidnaps Jasmine just so he can force her to marry him and become Sultan, with no involvment of Maleficent nor any mention of the Princesses Of Heart.

In Kingdom Hearts II, Aladdin feels lonely and restless without Genie and is looking for some excitement which soon comes calling. Aladdin's limit is Speedsters, where he and Sora zoom around the area, attacking enemies in a comic book style attack.

Agrabah is also one of the few announced worlds to appear in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days for the Nintendo DS. According to numorouse sources, it will once again be only a vision from Soras memories, but this time you will travel through them as this games protagonist Roxas (Soras "Nobody"). Released magazine scans of the game show Roxas interacting with the Genie, and running through Agrabah in main gameplay.

Accourding to trailer summeries, Agrabah will also appear in Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep for the PlayStation Portable. One of the promotional trailers shown in the Square Enix closed theatre features a short clip of Ven (one of the games three protagonists) with Aladdin and Jasmine. Because Birth By Sleep will be taking place before the first Kingdom Hearts, it's currently unknown what the plotline will be.