*BEST ANIMATED CHARACTER!!* Aladdin (1992) | First Time Watching | (reaction/commentary/review) 

I love how disney can give a personality to a literal rug

I'm sorry but Jafar repeatedly and aggressively calling Aladdin "Prince Abooboo" is so funny to me every time

Fun fact: A lot of the impressions Robin Williams does is complete improv. They just loved it so much they kept it in the movie

"Nooooo! You upset the carpet!" My new favorite sentence 😂😂😂

This is easily without a doubt one of my favorite and the best Disney Renaissance films, period. The animation, the music by Alan Menken, the late Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, the best protagonist and Disney princess in Aladdin & Jasmine, an incredible Disney Villain in Jafar, the incredible comedic performances of the late Robin Williams and Gilbert Gottfried as the Genie and Iago respectively and the film’s moral on "Be Yourself". Apparently 96%-98% of the Genie’s dialogue in the film was all improvised by Robin Williams with only _"No matter what anybody says, you'll always be a prince to me."_ being one of the few lines of dialogue not improvised by Williams. Also Gilbert Gottfried who voiced Iago also improvised some lines in one scene in the film when Iago contemplates while packing his luggage, Iago makes a quick comment about how he thinks he is making a weird face in the picture. Apparently that line was so funny that it even made Williams laughed.

"No matter what anybody says, you'll always be a prince to me." The older I get the closer that line brings me to tears. Genie was willing to go back in the lamp for another 10,000 years in order to help his friend be happy, and Aladdin was willing to give up everything he wanted most to make sure Genie never had to experience that again. They are such an excellent portrayal of deep platonic love for your friends.

For a man who wasn't a singer, Robin Williams had pipes. He'll always be the best Genie. I love the way he sang "Friend Like Me" and "Prince Ali"

One of the greatest honors of my life was getting to work with Robin Willams. He was such a gentle soul.

I love the fact that although Genie wouldn't manipulate Jasmine's feelings per his rules, he was all for helping Al win her over. Dude is an absolute bro.

I read that the opening scene with the street merchant was complete improv - Robin Williams was shown a table with a bunch of items on it, covered by a bedsheet. He was asked to take them out one by one and describe them in character. Apparently most of the material from that recording session was not usable for a Disney film 😅

28:45 "They just jumped into Hercules." Fun fact, both Aladdin and Hercules had Disney TV shows and there was an episode of Hercules ( "Hercules and the Arabian Night" ) where they met due to their respective villains schemeing aginst them.

When the flying carpet has more personality than the entire Wish movie

Fun facts about the movie, Aladdin: Robin Williams actually refused to take the usually higher fee to bring him on, only accepting the same pay as the other less renowned actors. He wanted the rest of what would have been his check to go towards making the movie even better. He actually believed so much in the potential of the film that, as part of his contract, he requested that Disney keep his name, face, and voice out of any promotional material. That way, people would simply come to see the movie, rather than coming to see him in it. The only real downside is that Disney went back on their word and gave him top billing on posters, which was a huge part of why he didn’t return for the sequel.

7:48 The parrot (Iago I think is the name) is voiced by the late Gilbert Gottfried.

28:29, for that reason, “A Whole New World” is one of the most recognizable and most difficult duet songs to ever come from the Disney Renaissance.

This movie is literally my childhood. I literally know the movie’s audio by heart because I wore out the VHS watching it repeatedly as a small kid.

The “I’ll miss you” hits so much harder with Robin gone…

I grew up with this movie. I also loved "Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest", in which Robin also plays a great character. I've loved him in every movie I've seen him in, but these two in particular hold a special place in my heart. In different parts, they just turned him loose and got to see what material he came up with. The man was a genius when it came to improv. It was so fun growing up in the 90s when so many of the big Disney movies were coming out.

This is one of what I call "The Big Four" which I personally consider the best animated Disney films. 1. The Little Mermaid 2. Beauty and the Beast 3. Aladdin 4. The Lion King

Aladdin was always the choice of movie whenever we had a thunderstorm. Picnic in the living room w my little brother and sister w all the lights off w this movie is STILL the way to go. I’m 35 now and my three boys and I STILL carry on the tradition

Fun Fact: "A Whole New World" made "double history" at the time, for the week ending March 6th, 1993, it became the first-ever Disney song to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart (sung by Regina Belle & Peabo Bryson - who had just made history two years prior when the theme from "Beauty And The Beast," his duet w/Celine Dion became the first-ever Disney song to make it into the top 10, peaking at #9). The one history it made that same week was at that time, it had knocked out the longest-ever #1 song on the Hot 100 Chart, Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You," which had been the #1 song for the previous 14 consecutive weeks.

15:13 It’s funny that you compare this scene to a video game, because there is a Magic Carpet section in Kingdom Hearts 1 that is pretty much exactly this.

Aladdin is my number one fav Disney film...always. As a POC as well, I always adored Jasmine growing up

Fun facts: 1- The merchant at the beginning was in fact voiced by Robin Williams. The Genie and the Merchant are the only characters in the entire movie with one less finger on each hand as well, so some people theorize the merchant is the Genie. 2- The song at the beginning has a line that doesn't rhyme as it did before it was changed. The original opening lines went as follows: "Oh I come from a land from a faraway place, where the caravan camels roam. Where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face. It's barbaric, but hey, it's home." Place was supposed to rhyme with face, but they changed it because of the implied imagery. 3- If they used all of Robin Williams's recordings, the movie's length would've more than doubled. They had several hours worth of just Robin's ad lib recordings that were all generally unique. 4- The voice you recognized as Iago that you couldn't quite place was the late Gilbert Gottfried.

Rest In Peace Howard Ashman 1950-1991 John Candy 1950-1994 Douglas Seale 1913-1999 Chuck Jones 1912-2002 Al Hirschfeld 1903-2002 John Alvin 1948-2008 Bruce Adler 1944-2008 David J Hudson 1943-2011 Roger Ebert 1942-2013 Robin Williams 1951-2014 Sue C Nichols 1965-2020 Gilbert Gottfried 1955-2022 and Burny Mattinson 1935-2023, John Candy was suggested for this movie, and Roger Ebert was a famous Film Critic

Fun fact 1 jasmine's singing voice also was mulans singing voice. Fun fact 2 the voice of Abu is the same voice actor that voices scooby and Fred in scooby doo

After watching this, Starkids "Twisted" musical is definitely worth a watch. It perfectly turns the story on its head

Robin Williams will always be dearly missed. Robin, you're free!

Scott Weinger then. Scott Weinger now. Scott Weinger forever. Aladdin, Steve, whatever the role.

I know this will probably never happen, but I want to imagine him reacting to Twisted, the musical homage to Aladdin. It really plays with the source material well lmao

I saw this in the movie theater when it came out. At the end it got a standing ovation.

OH MY GOD Please, you have to watch Twisted by Starkid now! 💙 It's a musical/Aladdin-parody/Disney-satire, all in one, and I believe you're going to love it

After watching “Twisted” the musical, this movie hits differently 😂

I had never thought about how both Genie and Jasmine had a similar character arc or that Aladdin provided that freedom for them. Thank you for that wholesome commentary.

Robin Williams is my acting IDOL... This movie is what got me into voice acting in the first place... to this day, I cannot do all of Genie's impressions... RIP Master Robin...miss you so much!

3:49 The guy who sang this song for the movie looked like he was having the time of his life recording it. You can find a video of him in the recording booth singing for this.

Fun Fact: Frank Welker, who voiced the Cave of Wonders, reprised the role in the live-action version. (He also did Abu and Rajah here.) Aladdin's escape from the rolling tower is influenced by Buster Keaton's stunt with a falling house facade in 'Steamboat Bill, Jr.' (1928). The animators had something like 16 hours of improvisation to choose from when animating the Genie.

When you said it's like a video game during the lava tsunami, it reminded me of the Nintendo video game Aladdin. Escaping the lava flow was one of the hardest parts of the game.

Robin William's portrail of Genie is kind of a double edged sword. The performance is great but it is so referential that I, who was born in the 80's barely recognise half the bits he does. On top of that, it set the precident of almost every subsequent Disney production having a comic relief character voiced by a known stand up comedian.

My kids loved this movie, so much that for Halloween my daughter was Jasmin and my nephew was Aladdin. They were 3 and 4. My older son who was 8 was the magic carpet. It was absolutely the funniest thing I ever seen. I hand made all their costumes to exact replicas. The carpet was insanely funny especially watching him walk in it. Love your channel. Keep up the fantastic work. Love and prayers

next up... Twisted the musical by StarKid

My buddies find it weird that carpet is my favourite character. • He leads them to the lamp. • He holds Abu back long enough so Aladdin can grab the lamp. • He saves Aladdin & Abu from the lava. • Saves Aladdin again after getting crushed by a rock. • Wins over Princess Jasmine. • Gets tied around a tree. • Willingly flies into the tower to be banished with Aladdin. • Gets frozen and rolled over. • And gets unravelled. He Is An Unsung Hero.

This is also a movie that is better on a giant movie screen, not just because of spectacle of everything the colors and all that but because of the way that it is shot, the scale of things is so impressive on a giant screen. The table wonders is amazing on a big screen. The carpet is the carpet right escape from the table wonders is so, intense on a big screen that you literally feel like you’re flying it is an amazing experience on a big giant movie screen if you ever get a chance to see Aladdin on a big screen do it

14:41 This is one of my favorite bits of animation in the movie. I love how the golden ape statue shifts from smiling to frowning as it melts. Also, keep in mind while watching that this is not computer generated. The animator had to make a minimum of 12 pencil rendered drawings of this ape statue melting for every second it was on-screen. ✍️

I grew up with Aladdin as a kid, and one of my favorite Disney adventurous movies I will forever cherish. A true Diamond in the Rough. Plus, Robin Williams as the Genie brings out the best comedic side character since Timon and Pumba. RIP Legend.

"You'll always be a prince to me" gets me every time.

This came out when I was a freshman in high school. It was the first movie I saw in a theater more than once (saw it six times!). Seeing the escape from the cave on the big screen felt like riding a roller coaster. And this was well before the days of after credit scenes, so people often started leaving as soon as the final chorus in the final scene started. I remember many people turning around to see what was happening when the genie started laughing, hence the "made you look!" 😂

You're so precious!! The way you laugh so innocently at the jokes!! 😺🌞 Please do Pocahontas and Mulan too

loving the journey of disney movie! 5:53 you should see "balto" then 😄I often watch the record of the voice actors singing a whole new world, it's pure magic (as well as I see the light from tangled)

Omg. I watched this movie soooo much that I once had the entire thing memorized, songs and dialogue!

as a child i VIVIDLY remember just being so fucking scared of that cave, he sounded SO terrifying! with the melting statues and “killing” the first guy it was too much for little ole me😂

"...Where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face...its barbaric but hey its home."

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. As a kid, I would watch it every night, and as soon as it ended, I would rewind it and watch it again. And now, nearly 30 years later, I can honestly say I still adore it. I also highly recommend the live-action remake. I know a lot of people dislike it, because they wanted Will Smith's Genie to be exactly the same as Robin Williams's. Push that expectation aside, and it's still a wonderful movie, including Will Smith's performance.

Disneyland used to do a stage show of Aladdin, and the Genie would ad lib... it was so good!

A mix of Frollo and Scar is a very accurate description

The director just sat Robin in a booth and he just started improving, that's how amazing he was.

Now that you've seen this, I feel like you need to watch the Starkid musical Twisted. It's Aladdin from Jaffar's perspective. Like Wicked

You MUST watch this trilogy! This is a trilogy with two VHS sequels and they are the only VHS sequels worth watching. The quality wavers a bit, but it's so, so, so worth it!

This movie as a young kid was instrumental in me becoming a Muslim. It’s probably the only movie I downloaded the entire soundtrack. RIP Robin Williams

you absolutely have to see Brother Bear!! It s a fantastic disney movie, so emotional and i love it so much! A must watch for everyone in my opinion, deals with a very important topic

I loved this movie and its series too! I was in my late teens when I first saw this movie on VHS. Aladdin was my first human cartoon crush...and still is!;)

Another fun fact: the guy at 1:10 is the genie, that's Robin Williams's voice, there was supposed to be a reveal scene at the end, but for time limitations the movie ended up cutting with the genie just lifting up the screen, saying a catchphrase and calling it a day

11:19 That voice is Jim Cummings...Cat from CatDog, Pete from Goof Troop/Goofy Movie, Tazmanian Devil, Darkwing Duck, Monterey Jack/Fat Cat from Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers, and many more!

So much trivia I could say about this movie (which is my favorite Disney movie ever, BTW), but I'll keep it brief. In the movie's initial release, the opening song contained a part that went "Where they cut off your ears if they don't like your face / It's barbaric, but hey, it's home". This line was deemed potentially racist and was changed in later releases of the movie. The merchant was actually supposed to appear at the end of the movie and be revealed to have been Genie all along (note that he's also voiced by Robin Williams), but the filmmakers decided that by that point, the audience would already be applauding, so that scene was scrapped. Another thing cut from the movie was Aladdin's mother, who would've even had a song called "Proud of Your Boy". Jafar also had two cut songs called "Why Me?" and "Humiliate the Boy", but they ultimately decided on a reprise of "Prince Ali" instead to keep the scene more flowing. If you look closely, the half of the scarab that Iago snatches and gives to Jafar actually changed between it being in the thief's hand and being given to Jafar. An error that I noticed even as a child. In the Finnish dub, Genie was voiced by a famous Finnish actor and comedian named Vesa-Matti Loiri. In order to make his jokes more original, he was given special permission to only work with muted scenes without hearing Robin Williams's take, resulting in him doing some imitations of Finnish celebrities. This paid off big time, with the Finnish dub of Aladdin being recognized by Disney as the best foreign dub of the movie. You should also check out the movie's two sequels for a complete story.

Jonathan Freeman is the voice actor for Jafar and he is even playing him in a broadway musical soon.

Aladdin is BY FAR my one of my FAVORITE Disney films! You actually watched this a day before the live-action film’s anniversary! Just in case you didn’t know, they are two more Aladdin films. They are Return of Jafar AND The King Thieves.

There is a loophole to getting more wishes, simply wish for a magic item that will grant you infinite wishes or write a list and simply say “I wish for everything on this list”

Fun fact about this movie: Every single song is played in a minor key, which is quite rare for a Disney musical.. EXCEPT for "A whole new world"! I think that helps to emphasize how happy that moment is for both Jasmine and Aladdin 😊

Oscar, so glad that you have finally checked out "Aladdin." It was the second film I ever saw in theaters back in December of 1992. I still remember seeing it on the Big Screen and the experience was incredible. Still one of my favorite Disney films. I remember the escape from the Cave of Wonders scene was so intense on the movie screen. Such an amazing film. Thanks for your review. Took me back to being 8 years old.

I FULLY believe Robin Williams was doing some kind of manic choreography in the booth while he was recording his lines. And not just those first few scenes, but the whole thing.

One time I watched the credits of Aladdin, and after most of them are over, viewers can hear Robin Williams as Genie saying "You guy have been wonderful!" as the Walt Disney symbol appears on the screen again and the small ball of light arcs over the outline of Cinderella's castle. I'd never heard that part before that one time.

The contrast between disney then and disney now its astounding.

You're correct in that most of Robin's lines were improvised. The directors still had him stick to the script though for at least one take per scene, so they could mix and match for the best result regarding the story. As for the other performers, "Full House" cast member Scott Weinger voiced Aladdin (he was the boyfriend of Candace Cameron's "DJ Tanner" on the show). Linda Larkin was Jasmine; this movie was only her second film credit and remains her most well-known role (she has since continued as Jasmine for all kinds of media). Jafar's actor is named Jonathan Freeman, who mainly sticks to theater apart from his voice work; he has done some live-action TV and film projects, though. Jim Cummings voiced Razoul, the Captain of the palace's royal guards. He's worked for Disney in many roles, including Darkwing Duck, Winnie the Pooh, and Tigger, plus as the Tazmanian Devil for Warner Bros. Popular stand-up comedian Gilbert Gottfried was Jafar's parrot Iago, well-diversified voice talent Frank Welker was Abu, and English theater director Douglas Seale was the Sultan; his most well-known character with American audiences was Santa Claus in the 1988 comedy "Ernest Saves Christmas".

39:48 absolutely GENIE-uos

This is my favorite Disney animated movie. I saw it so many times that I can narrate the script by heart, singalong and all. At the time, my family only allowed one movie/film a year, and I used it to see "The Rocketeer." Rocketeer is a Disney present live-action film based on a book - which is my favorite of that type, I recommend it. The soundtrack was stellar.

Robin Williams was also the street merchant from the beginning yes. He sang the intro

Aladdin, being one of my favorite childhood movies, reminded me of another I loved growing up. If you haven't, I highly recommend the movie Aristocats.

The street vendor at the start of the movie was reportedly done by placing a series of items under a sheet and telling Robin Williams to pull them out and describe them in character

"WHO DISTURBS MY SLUMBER" I feel that

22:50 Another fun little easter egg here; similarly to Hercules wearing Scar's skin for his portrait, one of the animal figurines the Sultan is stacking up is the Beast, from Beauty and the Beast!

This is from an age when Disney made amazing movies with captivating, inspiring and memorable stories.

Just in time for my break at work

This is my favourite Disney film ever

The outfit that The Genie wears at the end is a reference to what Robin Williams wore in Back to Neverland at Disney-MGM Studios (now Disney Hollywood Studios) complete with a Goofy hat.

The guard guy that caught Aladdin with the princess in town that said he got his orders from Jafar was voiced by Jim Cummings who voiced the origional Winnie the Pooh, Tigger & Pete.

"damn he knows this song?" lol literally the entire city sang it right in front of him earlier in the movie XD

I miss when Disney used to make masterpieces. Not even Pixar can reach this level.

I am so glad you reacted to this one...a lot of the Genie's lines actually were Robin improvising. A Whole New World is one of my favorite Disney songs....Aladdin is on top of my Disney favorites/rewatch films. Glad you enjoyed it, great reaction, summary...as always Oscar, great job! Brian

I miss this beautiful soul so much. Rest in Peace, Robin Williams. We miss you. 💙🩵💙

Fun Fact: The part where Iago was packing their stuff, the part about the picture was improv by Gilbert Gottfried (RIP). Robin Williams couldn't stop laughing when he heard it in the booth.

Fun facts about this movie: Robin Williams was always the number one choice to play the genie. So much so, that in order to convince Robin to play Genie the animators did story board animations of the genie doing Robin’s comedy to convince him to take the role. Later, when recording for the movie, Robin did so much improve in the studio recording room that the animators knew they had to include it. In fact, a lot of the genie lines you see in the movie were just Robin doing improve. You should look up behind the scenes stuff for Genie lines that were not in the film.

You need to go back and watch the old-school Disney movies; Pinocchio, Snow White, Jungle Book, Dumbo etc...

How did I miss this post?! So glad I clicked on your page. Aladdin is really special. It’s been rated a favorite of all of them. Bc of Robin (and Gilbert-the parrot) mainly. And the music. It’s all good! Lol

My God! The voice of Jasmine sounds SO young!! I forgot how young she sounds!! You should watch the live-action one now!! I think it’s the best live-action Disney so far!! 😍❤️

Trying so hard not to cry, listening to Robin Williams. I'm so sorry he felt like there was no other way anymore. But I am also so happy that mental illness is getting so much more awareness nowadays. and that alot of people now understand, that behind a smile isn't always a happy person.

One lamp to rule them all. One lamp to find them. One lamp to rule them all and in the darkness bind them.

This was one of my favorite movies as a kid. I watched it so many times, over and over whenever I was sick

I do recognize Iago's voice. That actor plays roles into Problem Child and Look Who's Talking Too. He screams a lot in all his roles.😅

both the carpet and the cave face were major ani-cgi effects for their time. i recall seeing documentaries about it way back when.

Omg I never realized how cute Abu is