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22 details and references you probably missed in 'Aladdin'
Erin Ajello  Â
- "Aladdin" is a classic Disney film, but fans may have missed these details and references.
- Blue sketch lines can be seen in the main characters' hair, and a frame number appears at the end.
- Genie makes references to other Disney movies and characters as well as historical figures.
The bread Aladdin stole disappears a few times while he's running with it.
The movie's first scene with Aladdin shows him stealing bread and running away from guards with Abu.
As Aladdin dodges the guards, he holds onto the bread, which he and Abu have managed to escape with by the end of the song.
But viewers who are paying close attention may notice that when Aladdin is talking to a group of women, the bread disappears and reappears in his hand.
Rajah ends up with a piece of one of Jasmine's suitor's boxers even though he only bit his pants.
When one of Jasmine's suitors angrily storms out of the castle, a chunk of his pants is torn off and his heart-patterned boxers are visible.
In the very next shot, Jasmine's tiger Rajah has a piece of the distinctive boxers hanging from his mouth. But it clearly should've been a piece of the man's maroon pants based on how they were ripped.
Jasmine's blue outfit slips out from under her disguise.
When Jasmine sneaks out of the castle, she wears a neutral-colored disguise.
But as she and Aladdin are running through the city, there are a few moments when her classic turquoise outfit can be spotted peeking out from underneath.
Aladdin and Jasmine both have blue outlines on their black hair.
Using a specific color to outline an animated character's hair or outfit can add a warm or cool tone to their appearance.
Aladdin and Jasmine both have blue outlines in their hair, likely to give it a cooler tone. This is especially clear when they're sitting in front of the warm-toned sunset.
There are skulls and flames in Jafar's room.
The decor in Jafar's room makes it clear that he's a villain.
He has hanging objects with faces that evoke the image of skulls, and the molding along the floor of his room has flames carved into it.
Abu uses a bobby pin to free Aladdin.
When Aladdin is captured and thrown in the castle dungeon with his wrists locked to the wall, Abu manages to break Aladdin out of his chains by using a bobby pin to pick the lock.
Although it's hard to place the exact time period in which the movie takes place, it's safe to assume that it was sometime before the 1920s, when bobby pins were invented by Luis Marcus in San Francisco.
Other hairpins were around earlier than that, but the item Abu is holding is clearly a bobby pin because it has one straight and one ridged prong.
A bird that looks like Iago can be spotted in the treasure pile.
Disney movies tend to use crowded scenes to sneak in small details and Easter eggs, and the treasure scenes in "Aladdin" are no exception.
When Aladdin and Abu are looking for the lamp in the Cave of Wonders, there's a gold-and-red bird statue in one of the piles that kind of looks like Jafar's sidekick, Iago.
Genie references another Disney movie to call Aladdin a liar.
At first, Genie doesn't believe Aladdin when he says he'll set him free with his third wish.
The first time Aladdin says this, Genie transforms his head into Pinocchio's, complete with a long nose to not-so-subtly call Aladdin a liar.
What's even more interesting is that Aladdin seems to get his reference, implying that he knows who Pinocchio is.
Another famous Disney character appears in that same scene.
After Aladdin asks Genie to turn him into a prince, Genie opens a book called "Royal Recipes."
As he flips through the recipes, he passes one for Alaskan king crab, and Sebastian, the crab from "The Little Mermaid," appears and pinches him.
Genie makes a reference to "Julius Caesar."
After flipping past the Alaskan king crab, Genie turns to a recipe for a Caesar salad.
As he reads it out loud, an arm holding a knife pops out of the book and Genie is suddenly wearing a toga.
He says "Et tu, Brute?" as he shoves the arm back in the book, which are Julius Caeser's famous last words in his titular Shakespearean play.
When the Sultan is stacking animal toys, there's a Beast figure visible.
The Sultan stacks up a collection of animal toys into a pyramid before Jafar interrupts him.
The toy menagerie includes all kinds of different animals, but there's also one that looks like Beast from "Beauty and the Beast" near the top of the pyramid.
Jasmine and Aladdin fly past a setting from "Hercules."
During "A Whole New World," Jasmine and Aladdin take a magic carpet ride where they see places neither has ever gone before.
But one of the places they pass may look familiar to Disney fans.
The two fly by a Greek temple and Cupid statue that both appeared in "Hercules."
Aladdin and Jasmine end their carpet ride watching a firework show in China.
After traveling through a few different countries on their magic carpet ride, Aladdin and Jasmine watch a firework show in what appears to be China.
The setting is similar to the Imperial Palace featured in "Mulan."
Every time Aladdin lies about his identity, the feather from his hat falls into his face.
Aladdin's Prince Ali outfit includes a hat with a tall purple feather.
When Aladdin lies about his true identity to Jasmine while wearing the hat, the feather falls in front of his face.
This first happens when he lies about having servants who go to the marketplace for him, and it repeats later on when he lies about palace life.
When Aladdin is underwater, the bubbles escaping from his nose accurately float up toward the surface.
When Aladdin almost drowns, bubbles are shown escaping from his mouth and nose.
Like many of the underwater scenes in "The Little Mermaid," these animated bubbles accurately float toward the surface of the water.
The Wilhelm scream can be heard during one scene.
The Wilhelm scream is a stock sound effect that's been in plenty of iconic movies, including "Star Wars" and "Toy Story."
"Aladdin" viewers can hear the scream when Genie lifts the palace around the 1:11:43 time stamp.
Jafar doesn't have his own standalone song like most Disney villains.
Most animated Disney villains have memorable songs, like Ursula's "Poor Unfortunate Souls" and Scar's "Be Prepared."
But Jafar doesn't get his own standalone song, he only sings a reprise of "Prince Ali."
Jasmine is the only Disney princess who kisses a villain.
Jasmine kisses Jafar to distract him while Aladdin tries to steal the lamp back.
She's the only Disney princess who's kissed a villain.
Though Anna and Hans almost kiss in "Frozen," Hans pulled away before it actually happened.
Jafar's throne looks like the snake that the villain turns into.
Jafar's throne room is decorated with piles of gold and harsh red lighting, and the throne that Jafar sits on is shaped like a giant cobra.
This is the same kind of snake that Jafar turns into at the end of the film once he gets his powers.
Genie packs a kitchen sink in his suitcase.
After Genie is freed, he decides he wants to go see the world and starts packing his suitcase.
In a clever nod to the phrase "everything but the kitchen sink," he even packs the kitchen feature for his next adventure.
Genie wears a Goofy hat with his vacation outfit.
Once Genie packs his suitcase, the vacation outfit he changes into includes sandals, a bag of golf clubs, and a quintessential 1990s shirt.
He's also wearing a hat that looks like Mickey's pal Goofy.
In the final scene of the movie, Genie pulls up the film reel, revealing the code "BG 1454."
The movie ends with Aladdin and Jasmine kissing while fireworks go off behind them. After they ride away into the moonlight on the magic carpet, the words "The End" appear on the screen.
Genie then appears in the lower right-hand corner of the screen and pushes the film strip with the final scene up into the air, revealing the code "BG 1454."
This is likely a reference to the frame number the shot was edited on.
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