He also stars in the two direct-to-video sequels The Return of Jafar (1994) and Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996), as well as the animated television series based on the film and the crossover Hercules and the Arabian Night.

Mena Massoud played a live-action version of the character in a live action adaptation of the 1992 film.

[2] Director and producer John Musker explains: "In early screenings, we played with him being a little bit younger, and he had a mother in the story.

[2] Supervising animator Glen Keane was inspired by various teen idols and movie actors in designing Aladdin's physique.

Like most Disney male protagonists, he is a heroic young man who seeks to win the affection of many other characters, which demonstrates his insecurity.

[5] As a street urchin, he wears a red fez hat, a purple vest, a baggy cream dhoti (with a patch covering a hole) and goes barefoot; he retains this appearance even in the animated series after his engagement to Jasmine.

[6][7] His "Prince Ali" outfit is a white and gold ensemble with a flowing cape, and a large headpiece topped with a feather and a jewel.

Despite Jasmine's efforts to demand the guards to release Aladdin immediately, they tell her that she must first deal with Jafar in order to free him.

Meanwhile, Jafar is freed from his lamp by a bumbling bandit named Abis Mal, and immediately plots his retribution against Aladdin.

The two-part episode "Seems Like Old Crimes" shows that when Aladdin was sixteen, he fell in with a group of circus performers where he met his pet monkey Abu.

He wields a scimitar as his primary weapon and can utilize Abu to solve puzzles when he is an active party member.

In Kingdom Hearts II, Aladdin is found experiencing deep depression due to his loneliness after Genie went to see the other worlds.

[8] The world-building video game Disney Magic Kingdoms includes Aladdin as a playable character to unlock for a limited time.

He appears in Hercules and the Arabian Night, set after the end of King of Thieves as Jasmine refers to herself as married.

[11] Aladdin, Jasmine, Carpet, Abu and Genie make cameo appearances in the Hong Kong Disneyland version of It's a Small World.