The Messed Up Origins of Aladdin | Disney Explained - Jon Solo

Aladdin has always been one my favorite movies... but do you know the incredibly messed up story it's based on? If not, your childhood might just change forever... ಠ_ಠ
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[@JonSolo]

Thank you all for watching and the unbelievably kind comments! I'm convinced I have the greatest fans on the planet. Don't forget to hit that LIKE button so we can reach our 3,000 like goal!!!

[@rose762]

Jon Solo Love your Fairytale Videos!! So Good!!

[@TheNightmareMan]

Jon Solo do Peter pan it's really dark

[@misseli1]

Jon Solo will you be looking at Peter Pan?

[@misseli1]

It's alright if you don't. It was originally a play and a book and it might take a while to get through

[@wagerobot5231]

Jafar from DCOM Descendants was the owner of a shop and used his son as a merchant. I am guessing that situation was inspired by the Uncle from this story.

[@mae1427]

If someone can *die* of disappointment, then my parents should be long gone

[@sicilybooby4773]

same 😂

[@beeboo3910]

Omg

[@melanianderson15]

Dang lol😂

[@ikarus.diving]

Are you okay Kermit

[@sirsmokey710]

Well shit lol

[@amethystfox]

Aladdin's dad was soooo disappointed that leaving wasn't enough.

[@dr.clockworks4_7]

He did leave tho

[@shizukajoestarfp5518]

Dr.ClockWorks they mean going for milk

[@MegaKazooRider]

@@shizukajoestarfp5518 Aladdin's dad so disappointed that he decided to visit the spirit world

[@nohtso]

@@MegaKazooRider for milk

[@s.shinelikesunny_]

he did leave 🤙🏻

[@evewerr]

“He refused to change his loser ways”

[@user-qg4wi3vs8l]

how people describe me

[@failure2946]

@@user-qg4wi3vs8l same

[@oscarpineda9459]

What loser ways?

[@abdullahsiddiqui7168]

That's super anime

[@thekgb2436]

Same lmao

[@venuzbabi08]

"Aladdin told her to just chill" lmao I love the ad lib

[@kiri_licious]

♡venuz_babi♡ lmao

[@Timmering]

♡venuz_babi♡ lol same

[@Burn_Angel]

And that wasn't even something Jon made up.

[@donnageorge6506]

Lol

[@damascuswinslow2822]

Good stuff.

[@apelistar]

Son, I'm disappoint. ...-dies-

[@Massiw_rnb]

😂😂😂

[@auroradoesgaming]

😂😂😂😂

[@lforloo4894]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@someperson3294]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@cokco.12]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@allishamarcano1600]

A story from China and Africa and his Father dies of Disappointment that his child is a “loser”... sounds about accurate to me😭

[@lazarus8018]

That's depressing

[@lukesmith720]

The magician is supposed to be from Algeria, Tunisia, or Morocco, somewhere around that part of Northern Africa

[@NaturallyMeeee]

@@lukesmith720 probably why Jafar looks like he does in the Disney movie

[@lukesmith720]

@Marissa Lopes It's just that a lot of people don't now these countries or what they are. Just thought I would help people understand

[@kllafedforthebread9681]

@@lukesmith720 those countries were where the moors once set up shop.

[@faisalmir]

FYI: China in old Arabic meant far away land not literally China.

[@michael120.]

you learn something new every day

[@Sarah1977M]

How? While Arab invaded and occupied some of Chinese lands years before these stories exist

[@yasmine-nc6ht]

Sarah M. during this time- no

[@einfacherkerl3279]

@@Sarah1977M there is no evidence for that. however, Chinese by many Muslim scholars are considered as Gog Magog nation prophesied to conquer the world at the end of time. they will hold power, they would be numerous so much so that they will take over all the food reserves and waters. and you can see now... china is expanding, stretching its muscles

[@Sarah1977M]

yasmine mineya if you mean during the time of “1001 nights” stories including “Aladdin” then yes sure Arab reached china about 712 until they lost the occupied land to the Mongol about 1219 to 1256

[@GuyNamedBarry]

Others : Jasmine Jon : *JAZZ MAN*

[@morganlockhart5849]

Alby King more Jazz

[@micharosa6201]

more like my jazz.....*now imagine Jasmine with saxophone*

[@juniperslowed]

thats how americans say jasmine lmao

[@tyaraoliver2795]

@@juniperslowed I'm American and I don't pronounce Jazmine like that

[@juniperslowed]

@@tyaraoliver2795 there are many different types of american accents

[@africandaisy310]

Disney really picks the most disturbing stories and turn them into something else

[@phatcat3705]

We actually learned the dark origins of a few nursery rhymes and fairy tales when I was in 5th grade and, even though the topic was randomly brought up and wasn't really a part of the curriculum, let me tell you that I recall that being the only time the class was quiet and actually paid close attention. I guess it's just human nature be attracted to darkness. We were kids, but we preferred the dark originals over the sugar-coated Disney versions made for children.

[@sonicfanboy3375]

Yeah, try reading the original Fox and The Hound

[@STroB]

The problem is, thanks to that most people ignore the original stories... Some classic stories could make so bad ass movies.

[@KassKat519]

I mean,fairytales are all pretty disturbing lol sorry I know this is old, but oh well 🤷🏻‍♀️ 😂

[@LuznoLindo]

​@@sonicfanboy3375 Or Hunchback of Notre Dame.

[@memes118]

i love how jasmine got traumatized because she slept next to a stranger but did not get traumatized after getting kidnapped and seeing her husband kill someone

[@mannythemaniac1009]

Everyday life at this point

[@PriyaPans]

I took it to mean she was assaulted that night

[@MaishaMH]

Hahah ya… cause trauma is actually just DRAMA … and sometimes when SHIT HAPPENS…you get kinda used to it … but you just deal with it differently. “fight flight or freeze”

[@GlocktheOPS]

She probably saw ppl get executed all the time thi

[@blue7lvn245]

Growth

[@devidog4407]

Nobody: JON SOLO:A genie pops out and says WHAT DO YA WANT?

[@truememeboi573]

go get yo own jams

[@eao3565]

Summer

[@addy7464]

Hukum mera aaka

[@trinigemz1995]

Reminds me of the RE4 merchant, "Whaddya buying?"

[@gaellesebaaly3858]

The princess' name is Badroulbadour (بدرالبدور). Her name uses the full moon as a metaphor for female beauty, which is common in Arabic literature and throughout the Arabian Nights.

[@annaward5486]

"As in he drunk the poison and dies, not that he was turned into a piece of cooked bread." Lmao so much 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@annaward5486]

@boo boo I am not American, but I appreciate the info 😁

[@VictorGreinvolfe48]

😂🤣

[@mythplatypuspwned]

LMAO 😂

[@graceharney7352]

i guess the clarification is needed in a story about magic

[@walkingdead171]

Matzos

[@mothersuperior2673]

I can't get over Aladdin's father dying of dissapointment Edit: it had nothing to do with race, I just thought it was funny

[@sheaamalloy]

it'sMe TheHerpes i'm almost impressed that you somehow made it racist

[@itsMe_TheHerpes]

@@sheaamalloy racism is not real, the word itself has no real meaning. it is sad to see how ignorant you've all been trained to be. the reality of the matter remains, thru out the history, people had unpleasant encounters with these people, so it is normal that they teach their children to be careful about them. there is no racism, there is only defense mechanisms, and defense mechanisms work. people these days know nothing, but think they know too much, and that is the problem...

[@shanley6772]

@@itsMe_TheHerpes that is racism lol

[@itsMe_TheHerpes]

@@shanley6772 so staying away from bad people, that might do horrible things to you, is "racism" mhm.... i understand...

[@KannyValentine]

That's depression he's talking about

[@timothydaly8161]

An interesting story that I have is this: My teacher in elementary school lived next to a Disney animator. She used to drink with him after work but he was obsessed with this enemy of Aladdin but he was working on in. He created Jafar and asked my teacher what she thought about it. She said it looked great and told him to submit it. He did and that is the character in the film. He bought her and her husband a cruise in thanks because he made millions off the movie because everyone thought it would flop. She also go to meet Robin Williams because they got to drink together at her friend's house.

[@shan-t9638]

okay tell me if this is strange: since I started watching his videos i imagine being him whenever i have to talk in front of my class. my presentations improved a lot😂😂

[@darthreaper6311]

Shan -T do what works man

[@Spineless-Lobster]

Shan -T noted

[@JonSolo]

I'm not gonna lie... my heart just grew a few sizes (Grinch-style). Thanks for this comment Shan-T. Made my day! (and I'm glad I could help you with your presentations too! ;) )

[@SharpDesign]

Jon Solo shoots first...hmm

[@ynarabang9922]

Shan -T same same

[@librasnaturalhabitat]

"as in he died not he was turned into toast" i knew he wasn't turned into toast but for some reason I still laughed

[@thatonecoolguy4715]

* Will Smith comes out of the lamp * *What do ya want?*

[@mikajjie7913]

*It's Rewind time*

[@jamemhm]

What do ya want? *F O R T N I T E*

[@confusedbakugo1373]

*POOF* WADDAYA NEED??

[@star3hyeet614]

XD

[@mossyourlocalbleachbottle2098]

Blackjack and HOOKERS MANY hookers

[@lilchildsupport]

"What Do Ya Want???" 😂👌

[@mariasoduzai5751]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@jafetvalcarcel7854]

= puff whadda ya need?

[@Gretchy_Wretchy]

Manga

[@melissacooper4282]

You forgot to mention in the Disney version that the genie had layed the ground rules for Aladdin on what wishes he wasn't allowed to grant. He couldn't commit murder, he couldn't force Princess Jasmine to fall in love with Aladdin, and he couldn't resurrect the dead. And he told Aladdin not to wish for more wishes.

[@rileyv3606]

I honestly think that he didn't have any rules. Those were just his personal things he wouldn't do cause even in the movie he says I doesnt like doing it when talking about bringing somebody back to life so that mans he can he just doesn't want to

[@Nerdnumberone]

@@rileyv3606 The Disney Genie wasn't able to resist wishes purely on account of personal tastes. Otherwise he wouldn't have granted Jafar's wishes.

[@TheOptimalLife]

@@NerdnumberoneI think that is why Genie told Aladdin not to wish for those things. As long as Aladdin doesn’t ask he won’t have to do it.

[@MrGuggisberg]

That was Kazaam with Shaq!

[@notmyname9625]

@@MrGuggisbergu mean sinbad?

[@dmm7736]

I don’t remember what it was called, but growing up I owned a dvd of an animated version of this version of Aladdin. It was INSANELY accurate to the original story and Im not sure why it didn’t traumatize me. It did freak out my cousins though

[@mhmm5264]

“with a gorgeous daughter *JAZZ MAN* “

[@minervasalazar3515]

Me: - In head - Jazz....Man. Jazz.....man. sOmEThInGs nOT aDdINg Up

[@debraseiber3887]

JASMINE also flower tea and rice what idiot names their daughter JAZZMAN

[@debraseiber3887]

It's actually pronounced hasman in Arabic

[@debraseiber3887]

CORRECTION HAS MEAN OR YAS MEAN

[@noxturne16]

debra seiber I think Yasmine is more accurate

[@private4043]

Him: so what did your father die from?? Me: ....disappointment

[@Thepersonishere8038]

Private 404 lol nice profile pic

[@footballedits5798]

lol

[@lianderey2293]

Me: Omg I failed my test today I'm the biggest loser in the world.. Aladdin: Hold my jams.

[@mikeygilyard5508]

I also did research on this story a while ago and found that this story was created by a woman who was held as a prisoner in a palace. She was sentenced to execution but she did not want to die. On the day of her execution she pleaded with the king, asking him to spare her life. The king denied her resquest so she said that she can tell him a story to save her life. So she made the story of Aladdin and when she had ran out of ideas for her story she said “ You have to wait until tomorrow for more”. Each day after that was the same routine. She would tell part of the story, be sent back to her cell and thinks about where he story should lead next, and the cycle repeats. She lived for a long time until one day when the king asked for the next part of the tale, the woman told him that she had no more to tell for she had ran out of ideas. Furious with her response, the king sentenced the woman to death

[@saffi_taffi]

that's just a variant of the story of shahrizad, which is a story which is the framing device of all the stories in 1001 arabian nights. Not just aladdin

[@sidra8711]

In 1001 Arabian nights the king shahrayar got cheated on by his wife with one of the slaves so he killed them both and one day accidentally he caught his brother’s wife cheating on her husband also on his way to his palace accompanied by his brother they meet a women which is hold hostage by a genne who loves her in a box and some times he lets her out and sleeps next to her . The women tells the king and his brother her story and that she had slept with more than 750 men which she had kept a souvenir from each one of them (rings) without the knowledge of the genne and eventually she invites both of them to sleep with her . After all of these cheating women that the king had met he became the enemy of women by marrying the virgin girls in his kingdom and executing them after sleeping with them of course his actions lead to a serious problems among his citizens because all of them escaped with their daughters from the country and no unmarried girl is left in the kingdom so his minister shows his concerns to his smart beautiful daughter shahrazad in order to give him a solution to this mess . She tells her father to let her marry the king and she will stop his aggressive action and that’s what happened so in each night shahrazad spends with shahrayar she tells him a story and never finishes it until the next night so at this rate they spend together 1001 nights filled with crazy wonderful stories . So in the last night when she had told every story that she knew the king orders for her execution she tells him to have mercy on her in the favor of her 3 sons with him he eventually discover that he loves her and enjoy her company so he retreat his first decision and they live happily ever after

[@darkleaf3201]

Wow that's cold

[@manuellubian5709]

Isn't that the story of Scheherazade??

[@chibi5694]

Power of cliffhanger

[@izzienewton-cross512]

Pleeeease do 'The Emperors New Groove' cause that would be hilarious if there is one

[@imalms4111]

Izzie Newton-Cross I watched the movie yesterday 😂

[@Sophia-fr7qi]

Omg yes

[@lh9591]

It's a wierd mix of prince and the pauper and emperors new clothes.

[@rachelelizabeth6017]

OH MY GOODNESS!!! YEEES!!!!!! 😄😂😄😂

[@hellohi5634]

Izzie Newton-Cross i

[@PlagueRavenRX]

So Aladdin suffers no consequences in the story for using the genie the whole time? That's one thing they improved in the movie. I was anxiously anticipating the genie locking Aladdin up in his own lamp for his hubris.

[@attilaseyfullah8522]

He almost lost everything

[@phatcat3705]

Sadly, that's how a lot of those tales ended. Read Tales of One Thousand and One Nights -that's full of those endings. And Khosrow and Shirin (but -spoiler -at least the creepo dies at the end)

[@eleonorepb4565]

At the time when the tale was created slavery was considered normal

[@damien1869]

Imagine if they made this a movie!! It'd be so good!! But not disney, another company that is for adults!! Could have such potential

[@christianmbabazi9722]

If Disney doesn't sue them first

[@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376]

@@wolfy297 There's also Sonic and The Secret Rings.

[@Weird_VHS]

​@@christianmbabazi9722 I think Aladdin is public domain, as long as it doesn't use names and likeness to what Disney added to their version.

[@Weird_VHS]

​@@wolfy297 Do you know which year it was released? That would help me find it.

[@ΧρυσαΙωαννου-ε3χ]

I don’t remember what is the name or how my parents find that dvd but I grow up with this version of Aladdin. This brought me back so many. A movie for kids with this storyline exist

[@aspen9234]

I love these trickster archetype vs magician archetype stories, Disney did such a good job making them less horrible and violent.

[@Nightmare-ux4eb]

I agree, DSNY's story is way better...

[@theMagicDitto]

Haha I grew up with the originals for the most part so to be honest when I finally watched the Disney movies they drove me crazy

[@dinarusso3320]

Not really it's just fake

[@phatcat3705]

@@theMagicDitto I prefer the originals in all their darkness.

[@Godzillafan-tv1ks]

12:07 interesting point, So originally Aladdin actually wanted for the genie to bring the palace and his wife to him but the slave of the ring said that he couldn’t. That was when the audience learns of the lamp genie being stronger.

[@comotechildren5314]

Ah yes, I too remember when Aladdin married Jazz-Man.

[@ChroniclesofAlicha_Balaam]

Lol

[@tahanibarnes6018]

🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 omg lol

[@manoahnyagi3783]

Yooooow😂😂😂😂

[@goldenfox334]

You like jazz

[@starprince5098]

Lmao 😂

[@freefratellis]

Jasmine already knew his real identity. It was the only reason she accepted his carpet ride.

[@SM-sx5jg]

Jessica Mae exactly, in the movie she even says “i knew it!” after he blew his cover

[@Ken9284]

"Good teenagers. Take off your cloths"

[@positivevibes5364]

Yup

[@saberfan]

@@SM-sx5jg No but he lied again saying he lived on the streets. Not that he was "aladdin". And she believed him and told her friend that she did. But then Jafar revealed that it was actually him.

[@yourbabytee]

I never understood how Jafar "exposed" him. Aladdin wished to BE a prince NOT to look like a prince. So technically Aladdin was a prince before he married Jasmine

[@Phytobiogenes]

Man, this would be a fascinating modernized story, like a television series. The difference between the slave of the ring and the slave of the lamp sounds interesting and the relevance of the Roc would be awesome to better explore and what makes one genie more powerful than the other. The whole thing sounds awesome.

[@goldenager59]

You just have to wonder: Why should anyone bother to spend a zillion dollars to make a cinema version of a classic fairy tale if they can't make it the way it's originally told because they're quaking in their shoes either about upsetting parents who assume their oh-so-delicate offspring will be traumatized for life, or about boring people out of their skulls because "they're basically dolts with short attention spans"? And, knowing this can be the case, why should we spend OUR money settling for bastardized classics?* I would rather trust them to trust us enough to give us a supremely displayed illustration of the original version. But in this wretched world where humans act so...as Spock would put it, "illogically", trust is so hard to come by, and so easy to betray. One could almost say it's worth its weight in gold. 🤨 😕 🙄 😒 *The answer is, of course, that even bastardizations can entertain, educate, and inform if they're written and presented intelligently and skillfully, and the new developments are intriguing enough...which I'm not too sure about in the case of Disney's *Aladdin* . 😉

[@ouroborosmaelstrom3059]

You know, I think, they took _'In a land far, far away'_ as China. And _'Dark Magician'_ as African Magician.

[@SearDruid25174]

Ouroboros Maelstrom Dark Magician as in the one from Yu-Gi-Oh!?

[@juniperslowed]

@@SearDruid25174 dark magician as in dark skinned nigga

[@chickenburg]

@@juniperslowed ok

[@Shafa1Uchiha]

In old Arabic, Al Seen means China, but it was also used as a throwaway name for any fictional far away land back then bcs that's the furthest the Arabs got. It's like using Antarctica as the fictional location of a story bcs we all know it's far and unknown.

[@stellamusa7715]

@@juniperslowed who told u that u could say the n word

[@kawtheral-taie4776]

While im hearing this story i thought "wow this book should be a movie" and then i realized that it is but its totally different 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@thewindwaker]

There is a Japanese anime that is faithful to the original story its on youtube you can search: قصص عالمية علاءالدين والمصباح السحري

[@soledadbelton8120]

Can you do the nursery rhymes? I love how you explain things :)

[@goyonman9655]

Those are really interesting

[@victoriavergara5151]

I loved Aladdin growing up! Can you do the messed up origins of Little Red Riding Hood

[@kaelynm.dundon1830]

@Victoria Vergara I'm actually being that for Halloween today! Lol

[@michaelbrewer7180]

I have to say, I love Disney's Aladdin but now I wished it was more like this. this seemed just that much better. As a kid I loved horror so the changes wouldn't bother me a bit.

[@mikaelfarris4214]

Best one yet. The real Aladdin story should be made into a drama series.

[@disneyprincess6138]

Mihke I agree. I would have loved to watch all that drama!

[@ollDeadfishllo]

or just the whole 1001 nights! It'd be a hit with the people that like game of thrones

[@KatieCatWalker]

They were. Its. Called 101 nights in Arabian.

[@nayyarrashid4661]

It was been made into a drama series by Indian Producers... It's callled Alif Laila... Alif laila has a loy of stories but the beginning part is the most interesting...

[@SunnySoroush]

They made a miniseries of 1001 nights starring Dougray Scott. Even that one shortened a lot of the stories, but it was much more faithful to the original.

[@AniMagix101]

How can this story have characters named Aladdin and Fatima, a Roc, and a Sultan yet take place in China??

[@tamannajahan1638]

AniMagix101 umm China has Muslims ethnic group since tang dynasty espacialy the hui and uiguare (they both have Arabic style name)

[@Keznen]

Tammy Hanic They didn't have sultans, though. It's likely whoever wrote Aladdin hadn't actually visited China himself.

[@bkzl]

I think it just takes things from different places to make the land Aladdin is in. (For the movie)

[@willlyon7129]

Didn’t the Roc was from the story of Sinbad the Sailor?

[@laikay]

I think he just used the name in replace of Emperor to help ppl connect.

[@ShadowCthulhu]

I remember the movie Aladdin and the wonderful lamp. It was long before Disney's version. I saw it here on KZbin recently.

[@lady_p0ny]

Tim Burton directed a TV adaptation of the original story in a show called Faerie Tale Theatre, it starred Leonard Nimoy as the fake uncle, Robert Carradine as Alladin and James Earl Jones as both geniuses. It is pretty scary.

[@nicholastosoni707]

@Liz bth Oh yeah....Faerie Tale Theater is pretty much as close to British pantomimes as we Americans are going to get. Pee-Wee Herman played Pinocchio in one of the episodes too, don't-cha-know.

[@onyinyeihearahu3362]

Where can I find this!!!!!? I need to watch this

[@nicholastosoni707]

...Oddly enough, that episode was made *BEFORE* Pee-Wee became as well-known as he did.

[@naoualelghanam6613]

i need to watch it...

[@mithcoriel3656]

What's the title?

[@kimakika1]

Omg i'm arabic and i remember watching an animated version of this specific story when I was young

[@coffeewithextrasuga1017]

Yes!!!! It was on arteens or artoons or something like that ...

[@thewindwaker]

صحيح! كان دبلجة عراقية من سلسلسة افلام قصص عالمية

[@audreydeneui192]

A couple of things...I have always thought that the city in the story of Aladin was the city of Xian, which was a terminus of the silk road and an ancient capital of China. The description of the cave where the lamp was closely resembles a Ming dynasty description of the stuff in the tomb of the first emperor (the one with the terra cotta warriors). The hill of that tomb is close to the city of Xian. Near that city, but closer than the tomb mound, is a series of hot springs which have been used as public baths for a very long time (they were still in use when we visited Xian in '88 and as far as I know, still are). Not that this means the lamp, the genie, the jeweled windowed palace, etc. are real, but the original story teller probably set it in a place with which he or she was familiar.

[@thisuserisawkward]

This is best way someone has ever talked about a horrifying story 'What do ya want' killed me XD

[@Marina-ru4sz]

I remember a different version of Aladdin from my childhood not the disney version, and it's the first one you told and it was a cartoon movie I used to watch. Didn't know people didn't know that version. Hearing it almost PERFECTLY recounted is really shocking

[@theheirofslytherin4564]

Jasmine: *screaming because her husband stabbed an old lady* Aladdin: Girl…. *Just Chill*

[@lucasclark1669]

‘Political corruption at it’s finest, and this story didn’t even take place in America’ Brilliant but true😂

[@8rr725]

Lucas Clark Seriously? As if America is the only country in the world with political corruption. No wonder everyone thinks millenials are idiots.

[@ciptandi]

8rr725 It was stated only as an example, a popular one at that. If you consider a certain group of idiocracy, at least dont become one

[@itfigurescomics6704]

yeah XD

[@Entropy3ko]

I found it annoying and retarded. I'm not American, but as corruption goes, America is not nearly as bad as the middle-eastern countries where these stories take place. Irony?

[@manictiger]

A lot of countries also have really shitty employee rights-- the kind of shit we banned in the 1920s, with a whole host of laws, plus unions. For as bad as it is for a modern employee, it was 10,000 times worse pre-unions and pre-reforms.

[@MDMart]

Disney's Aladdin seems to be more based on the movie "The Thief of Bagdad" (1940), than the story "Aladdin and the wonderful lamp". Honestly, watch the movie and you'll begin to see literally ALL the similarities to that movie, with only minor things changed to make it fit the Aladdin fairytale. We have abu the sidekick (and somewhat main character) who is an animal sidekick AND a human throughout the movie - we have Jafar (Jaffar) - the princess the (other) lead falls in love with - The garden the princess is first introduced in (and if you watch the original first meeting of Jasmine and Aladdin, you'll see this is pretty much the same scene as "Thief of Bagdad" - Genie with three wishes whom the master tricks at the very beginning - Royal person who disguises themselves to go out amongst the people - A sultan who has an insane affection for toys - and SO much more. Would be fun to see a followup on this video, about Disney's Aladdin and The Thief of Bagdad similarities.

[@leviyk7]

Fascinating story. Someone should really make a movie out of it.

[@kkssvv5345]

Love this can you do Tarzan or Hercules

[@JonSolo]

yes and yes

[@jamtom2434]

Tarzan is a true story

[@willlyon7129]

Or the origins of King Arthur, the jungle book, or the snow queen.

[@SauravRaj-ib2yo]

Jam tom, so is hercules.

[@MrMutou]

Moral; Disney was right to give dude a 3-wish limit💁🏾‍♀️

[@livysings7801]

Aladdin: I'm sick get the lady Princess: ok *Lady enters and does her job * Aladdin *stabs * Princess :*gasps* Alddin : chill all I did was stab her

[@minervasalazar3515]

Lol

[@SuperSaiyanMaster2024]

🤣

[@sadie6195]

*chill babe, it was just a stab*

[@D96Fan]

Quick call an ambulance... But not for ME!

[@redhood4747]

This guy needs more subscribers. He is really good at story telling and i like it.

[@mohamedelhediissa289]

From the future here He is nearly 1M subscribers

[@tektrixter]

From further in the future here He is nearly 1.2M subscribers

[@levtieart3409]

​@@tektrixter 1.34mil now... Not that much growth

[@yeti_can_game]

From the future of the further of the future he now has 1.37 Million subs

[@painterofthetraitor7079]

It feels like I'm watching "Adam ruins everything." But your not ruining anything

[@kaizersozen9576]

yup not ruining anything....cept childhoods lol jk

[@jirojhasuo2ndgrandcompany745]

@JoybuzzahzTV too bad hes telling the truth so haha

[@t373__4]

"an old religious lady named Fatima" me being named Fatima: i-

[@hannahhagen5888]

I think that you should do Hercules (Heracles) next, because that story is messed up for sure... Anyways, keep up the good work!

[@Hecatonicosachoron]

Hercules is messed up, with killing his wife and kids in a fit of rage and all, but still it's not as messed up as the stories from Tantalus and his line down to Orestes... it contains filicide, fratricide, nepoticide, incest, avunculicide, mariticide, matricide, cannibalism, etc, etc, there's hardly a taboo that's not broken in this collection of myths.

[@blue1der3r]

i appreciate you narrating real stories properly. Disney versions are a bit desensitized and have been twisted differently. this is the better and real version. thank you!

[@mad_ace]

You know this is set in China when the dad just dies of disappointment with his son

[@hellspawned666]

The original story is so stressful lmao

[@jacobblack6707]

It needs A miove Not the cartoon the book.

[@grace_bb411]

Jacob Black they’ve made a new movie that’s coming out soon

[@thomas-stilinski8149]

@@grace_bb411 yeah but its not gonna be like the actual story

[@grace_bb411]

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[@ChroniclesofAlicha_Balaam]

I was almost uncomfortable...had to light my Spliff to calm down halfway though...lol

[@villaceexyuri]

I just realized I watched this for 16 minutes. Wow, it was so captivating I didn't even notice 😂

[@Ice-hw7vy]

think about it, Aladdin asked to become a prince but the genie only made it look like a prince(not a prince). so technically Aladdin still had one more wish

[@whiteladywolf]

Not exactly. Thing is once he married the princess he would become a prince. Basically Genie is playing the long game.

[@zeropulses9180]

1:20 "Jazz-man" sure is gorgeous lol

[@bellalisa7192]

hunchback of notre dammmmemememememeemeee plz

[@theironichipstersarehere]

that's a good idea

[@JonSolo]

if you insist :)

[@lh9591]

As a child of the 90s who was excited for the movie to come out, I read the book. I had a lot of questions and still wonder to this day who thought it would be a good idea to market that story to children. Everything is sex rape and murder.

[@loanix9787]

lh9591 yep

[@donaldmcronald6397]

That movie is messed up already

[@lmaonotlimon1510]

The was he pronounces “Jasmine” is especially funny to me because my name is Jazmin and it just kills me 😂

[@wendyadams1598]

We ain't never had a channel like you! Rip robin willams you were our gennie.

[@reaganbartels9993]

I have been waiting for this! Did you hear about The Things stealing the Mulan messed up origins?

[@TheGenomario]

Cool Bean I saw that

[@TheGenomario]

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[@kylie2575]

And the little mermaid too

[@rosezircon3303]

I saw it too 🤔😒

[@enderboy2459]

Yep. TheThings are pretty... Messed up. Gettit? Cause they stole the messed up origi- oh whatever

[@DMTInfinity]

Don't get me wrong, I am personally VERY proud of you for coming so far as a content creator. But the fact that your original theory videos didn't get as much Love as these Messed Up Origin videos is depressing because I absolutely ADORE all of your old content and they will remain as a staple of my childhood for the rest of my life..! 💜

[@Fatima-xp3ti]

My name is Fatima 😂 WHY DID HE KILL ME 😢

[@user-ub3hf1yv5t]

fatiimaa 17 XD

[@sdm47]

Because he had to check “kill a random person” off of his check list

[@makeupboss9812]

I always thought the name Fatima was from Portugal - is that correct? I’m just a curious cat ...

[@osamaroum]

fatima is an arabic name .

[@makeupboss9812]

osama roum thank you, boy did I get that wrong.

[@cmarcukaitis]

Disney assigning the three wishes concept to their genie came from a basic accepted “rule” of genies established in a 1940 movie Thief of Baghdad They got it from (funny enough) a French humorous fairytale that has no mention of genies or jinn called The Ridiculous Wishes by Charles Perrault (1697) in which a woodcutter complaining of his lot is given three wishes by a spirit. The wife convinced her husband to give it time to really consider what they should wish for. However, that night while hungry by the fire, he absentmindedly wishes for sausage which is immediately granted. His wife begins breading him for the mishap and in a fit of frustration wishes a sausage to be stuck to her nose. They then have to use the last remaining wish to un-affix said sausage That was my morning well spent :)

[@TheAlidocious]

Cody Marcukaitis thank you I was like Disney didn’t invent the 3 wish rule...thanks for saving me the deep dive lol

[@malkay7927]

I honestly had no idea he story was french. I read it from a book of different stories. thank you for this information.

[@FromAmericaToJapan]

Are you winning son? No dad. (Dad dies)

[@danniecrispin1]

I know this is weird, but there´s something really pleasant in your mouth when you speak, literally is so relaxing.

[@mariacabral6620]

"And to think this story didnt even take place in America" i cant breathe lmao

[@Ardjano234]

*laughs in Russian*

[@stirlingclark5430]

"Go fetch the Holy Woman because I have a headache and no-one's invented Tylenol yet"

[@edgyspoon5793]

If i was aladdin well... everyone in family member will die instantly because of disappointment

[@drugsilove2364]

Even if you're a "no-good disappointment", you can still get your ass off that couch, you don't need a genie, just believe and hope. Aladdin's fate changed, not when he got the lamp, but when he finally decided to be the merchant of his "uncle". That's a change of life for him, in the context of the story. He probably changed his mind that night when he saw his mother crying, but you should not wait for loved ones to cry, just so you can start to realize what wrong you were doing in your life.

[@tigz2100]

@@drugsilove2364 m8, he was just joking.. u didn't have to write a whole paragraph

[@eirikmarthinsen3850]

Its not meant as literately China, everything in the story is obviously Arabic. "China" is simply the Arabs way of saying "A land far away" as to remove the story from the presumable middle eastern readers current context.

[@calloutmccallout3623]

I think the wroter intended aladdin to be chinese

[@dreamyrebel]

Yeah probably, it makes sense to me

[@willlyon7129]

Why did the Disney movie had to change location from China to a fictional middle eastern city that doesn’t exist?

[@ArunaKhudan]

No, I think its literally originally a Chinese story which was then rewritten as a Arabian tale

[@alissa6]

@@ArunaKhudan Quite the opposite.

[@Pikagirl541]

This explains the deleted song "Proud of Your Boy"

[@minervasalazar3515]

That song is deleted? I mean, I know in the musical theres a longer part but last time I checked that was in the movie.

[@jeenashirkey1987]

That thumbnail is creepy but not as creepy as the Peter pan one

[@rayannamccomb3931]

Uh have u seen the hunchback one

[@larissastevenson3720]

No. no, to me this one is the worst one until the cinderella one....

[@AlisinWonderland-o6r]

You said "you guessed it, Aladdin" And I literally said "Jafar."

[@greensgrains4053]

Ha

[@ranranallen4258]

Man its just something about that music at the beginning that gives me a warm feeling

[@maddyjoh8488]

This makes me appreciate the Arabian Nights TV movie adaptation even more! It seems they stuck pretty close to the original story. And you gotta love John Leguizamo as the genies!

[@khodexus4963]

Actually, the three wishes was NOT invented by Disney. It was actually part of the original Chinese story, but it wasn't the Genie, rather the Djinn of the ring who was assigned to perform three task for its master.

[@osamaroum]

genie is romanised name of the arabic name "djinn" , also in the original story in arabic it was "mared" and mared is one of the djinn .

[@ahmedtridents1607]

The three wishes limit is a Disney invention. In there is no limit to the wishes the Genie grants in the original. Aladdin is supposed to live for several years asking the Genie for stuff, from food to gold to palaces.

[@ahmedtridents1607]

Also, there is no "Original Chinese story". The story of Aladdin is an European addition to the Arabian Nights. It wasn't in the original tales.

[@phatcat3705]

@@osamaroum Yeah. Djinn are actually evil spirits in folklore.

[@ProfAzimov]

​@@phatcat3705 They are neutral

[@Kristhor]

"Gorgeous daughter Jazzman" xD funny stuff

[@peterkrochmalni673]

There was also another animated Aladdin movie in the 80’s by Toei that predated Disney, called Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp. And it’s quite possible that parts of this movie also inspired the Disney version. The rebellious princess, Aladdin’s animal sidekick, Aladdin and the princess on a romantic date, the procession of riches and throwing coins to the spectators (tho that could have been in the original story as well), and stealing watermelons.

[@bumpinthat4ever]

The Original 1001 Arabian Nights started off as “Aladdin was a Chinese boy”

[@nziom]

But the story is Arabic

[@Burn_Angel]

n ziom Back then, the muslim were kind of megalomaniac. Everything that were on the silk trade route was muslim territory to them. And North Africa.

[@user-ht9ug4zv6v]

@@Burn_Angel the story was pre Islamic idiot.

[@mvtzki]

Khātun .H it’s not a big deal. No need to call anyone names lol

[@supera2960]

No it wasn't pre islamic actually written in the Abbasid times

[@dr.brandileebunge]

Excellent storytelling & labor of love. Brilliantly Summarized. Thank Jon for your time talents shared in channel/content. Always high value creative work.

[@blakethomas2925]

John Solo is smart and handsome

[@melissaedwards8067]

Jayda Juarez. watch your language 😡

[@blakethomas2925]

Melissa Edwards ok

[@blakethomas2925]

Melissa Edwards kiss my ass

[@vitaminb12tablet]

Jayda Juarez he kinda

[@lainluv]

Melissa Edwards no u

[@Sophia-fr7qi]

12:37 that was so smooth cheers to you mate

[@treshurchest]

6:09 why does the genie look so disgusted and disappointed😂😂

[@einfacherkerl3279]

3:23 because he would have to serve a person whose father died of disappointment!

[@treshurchest]

@@einfacherkerl3279 very true😂

[@Waterbclean68]

Because Aladdin refused to change his looser ways

[@Zankaras]

The 3 wishes thing is way older than Disney's Aladdin,but you are right about it not being a part of the original story.

[@rgazsy8366]

Zankaras I was hoping someone would point that out.

[@lindahannah3422]

😁😋😎😎😎

[@AisaWilliam]

Princess “Jazz man” :)

[@hiromamoru9144]

Aisa and William The hell??!!

[@QaysSyed]

Aisa and William YA LIKE JAZZ?

[@Cutie_Oni]

*jazz music stops*

[@shelahwhite5112]

I too thought it was interesting how Jon Solo pronounced princess Jasmine's name! 😉

[@MM-nl1ir]

“Mysterious powder” Instantly thinks of a certain powder you snort

[@lazarus8018]

I think a lot of people are on that these days

[@napolien1310]

" he died of disappointment " Wow CK2 needs to know this way of death

[@dank_memes_101]

So in the original story: Jasmine is creeped out by Aladdin bc he abducted her and her husband to sleep with her until he's bathing in money so she falls for him. In the Disney story: Jasmine friendzones Aladdin and falls in love with the same person when he's a prince Glad they kept the fact once a gold digger, always a gold digger.

[@brano13177]

Except that Jasmine is a princess and thus is already wealthy..... So that dosn't seem a logical thesis.

[@caitthecat]

What? Have you seen the movie? She falls for him right away, when he's still poor.

[@mango_jelly126]

she's also like...14 at that point though

[@classicstorm]

In the movie she knew who he was when he said do you trust me...thats why later in the movie she said she didn't care where he came from...

[@aulerius1922]

@@mango_jelly126 now you know Muslim culture

[@shmackydoodRon]

You’ve shown me a whole new world.

[@prettychicky7255]

As always, great work

[@prettychicky7255]

Okay, I know I'm commenting on my own comment but I have to say.... omg I'm fan hurling right now... *giggles *

[@naomi-vd2uq]

melissa ornoski lol

[@miamazingness]

I LOOOOOVE the 1001 Nights, and also that's interesting that the story was added on later!

[@brookey3888]

i've been binging your vids for a bit now , they r keeping me sane thru quarantine. so thank u . but oh my goodness this one is my fav one so far , the story is so interesting !! it could b bc i love the disney's aladdin, but either way the video was very well done , very informative , and VERY entertaining. much love !!

[@TheQuestionmarkstudi]

I feel like in a lot of the original versions of stories, the main character is either a jerk or loser..just me..?

[@anonymousfellow8879]

Or a “paragon good guy”...that we’re just supposed to accept (even when they later do jerky things ‘cause “heroism”)

[@AscendantStoic]

They have to start at a really low place in order to have a room to improve, there is a reason anti-heroes are quite popular these days, people got bored quickly from goody goody heroes who have no flaws.

[@christinefisher7902]

Just you

[@anonymousfellow8879]

That is hardly what is being talking about, and I think you know it. Also, flaws are all about how they’re addressed. Being a jerk is a flaw, yes, but it is hardly the only flaw you can exploit as a writer. What I was snarking about was how a “good guy” can do something TERRIBLE (well after they’re “established/developed as a good guy”) and have Nobody Question Them On It Because They’re The “Good” Guy

[@ariellovesblue7]

Anonymous Fellow he was just a loser