It sort of implies that the lamp has no value now that the genie is free, yet, in all later incarnations of Aladdin (the TV show, Return of Jafar, Aladdin and the King of Thieves) we’re repeatedly shown that Genie still lives there. Sure, there’s a chance that the vender is actually the Genie in human disguise, but that doesn’t make a lot of sense.

The person who voiced the role is uncredited, but it’s clearly Robbin Williams (the person singing Arabian Nights, however, is not). Lets dive in!ġ) Why does the movie Aladdin start with the Genie’s lamp in the hands of a vender? However, I just watch Aladdin with my daughter, and there are a number of glaring plot hole that I think warrant far more intrigue then why Ariel didn’t pick up a pen in her film. People, how do we know that Eric uses the same writing style as the mermen and women? Think about it, even if they spoke the same exact language, the two cultures developed separately and would have created their own unique systems for writing. However, the most logical answer is usually the right one. The question was posed (the same thing I asked at age 6 when the movie was new, btw) – why doesn’t Ariel just write things down? We clearly see Ariel sign her name on Ursula’s contract, and I used to ponder why she didn’t just grab a stick and write in the sand off the bat. Okay, everyone has been freaking out about the Little Mermaid recently.

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