00:00How many references to the Genie from Aladdin do you think you caught?
00:03Well, it probably didn't catch them all, because we're talking about a 1992 movie.
00:08And most of these references are from previous decades, the 30s, 80s, 70s.
00:13But in this video I've included some references that even we...
00:16Millennials, Generation Z, and new generations—we can recognize them.
00:20So check out with me the six main references that the genie imitates in the first Aladdin movie.
00:25My name is Nathan and you are in...
00:31Well, the first thing we need to understand is why the genius does so much imitation throughout his career.
00:36of the movies.
00:36That's because his voice actor, Robin Williams, was known in the United States as an excellent impersonator.
00:42And throughout the film he imitated more than 20 American and English personalities.
00:46Well, as soon as the genie comes out of the lamp, he suggests some powerful wishes that Aladdin could have.
00:51Among them, a super strong body.
00:53So he becomes a bodybuilder, and guess who was the most famous bodybuilder of that time?
00:58Well, the first reference the genius makes is to Arnold Schwarzenegger.
01:02Specifically in the 1984 Terminator movie.
01:06He even has the actor's signature layered blond hairstyle.
01:10Immediately following that, another wish suggested by the genie is that he be trapped in a box.
01:15And I never understood why he makes that suggestion.
01:17But after doing some research, I saw that it's actually a reference to the second Superman movie, from 1980, The Adventures of Superman: Dawn of Justice.
01:24To be continued.
01:25Where the villains, General Zod, Ursa, and Non, are condemned to the Phantom Zone.
01:29And in the classic scene from the film, it is represented as a two-dimensional mirror.
01:33With a public glass panel.
01:34And it spins in an empty space, trapping these villains.
01:37That's why that scene with the genie trapped in a glass cube makes so much sense.
01:40Now we're going to move on to the song "You've Never Had a Friend Like Me".
01:43In one of the first passages, the genius says...
01:46He is a fighter who has strength.
01:48And he's going to show up preparing Aladdin for a fight, a combat inside a kidney.
01:52And the reference is the clothes the genie is wearing.
01:55He's wearing the famous gray sweatshirt that Rocky Balboa wore in Rocks from 1976.
02:00Now, in the sequence, we have the easiest reference to grasp during the film.
02:03Outside the cave, there in the Oasis.
02:05Meanwhile, Aladdin is promising the genie that he's going to free him.
02:08The genie appears with Pinocchio's face.
02:10Because he doesn't believe that's possible.
02:13And in that movie, if I'm not mistaken.
02:15This is the only time the genie transforms into a Disney character.
02:19In the subsequent films of the franchise.
02:21That's when genius loses its way.
02:23He will appear as many characters.
02:25Both in the films and in the animated series Galadinho.
02:28And other people might even comment that in that same scene there's still a reference to Sebastian.
02:32But the idea of this video is to comment only on the imitations that the genius does.
02:36Next, we'll go straight to the palace scene.
02:39While Aladdin is thinking of a way to win Jasmine's heart.
02:43Since she has absolutely no interest in meeting a new prince.
02:47And the genie suggests that Aladdin simply tell her the truth.
02:50And Aladdin disagrees.
02:52And it's at this moment that he's suggesting he tell the truth.
02:55He transforms into a character that strongly resembles the actor Jack Nicholson.
03:00At the end of the film, there's a reference that isn't so obvious.
03:04When the genius is finally free.
03:06He grabs his Hawaii shirt.
03:08Start packing his little suitcase for the trip.
03:11Put on Goofy's hat.
03:12The outfit he's wearing is a reference to his own voice actor.
03:17Robin Williams.
03:18He appears dressed exactly like that.
03:20In the documentary Back to Neverland.
03:22Which was featured in the Magic of Disney Animation attraction.
03:25At Disney's Hollywood Studios.
03:27He was giving a presentation on how the animation process works.
03:31Along with another journalist from that time.
03:33Any bonus referral.
03:34I wanted to bring in the American singer Kevin Holloway.
03:38That he was a jazz singer.
03:40And he had a band in the 1930s.
03:42This guy is a little out of touch, isn't he?
03:43That's roughly a few years away from our generations.
03:47But he is very important.
03:48Because he is the benchmark.
03:50One of the key scenes featuring the genius in this film.
03:52That's when the genius puts on the white coat.
03:55And he starts dancing with his little hands to the music.
03:57I've never had a friend like that.
03:58Another interesting point is that this actor died in 1994.
04:02So, two years after the film's release.
04:04He even saw himself honored in the animation.
04:07In addition to these references.
04:08The genius goes on to portray at least 13 more people.
04:12Among actors, singers, and reporters.
04:14From the United States and England.
04:16From previous decades.
04:18Which I ended up not wanting to bring.
04:19Because these are people who have stepped far outside their comfort zone.
04:21And their limitations in films.
04:24In the film, it doesn't end up being as memorable.
04:26As for the ones I brought here in this video.
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