Cartoon Conspiracy Theories

Aladdin 2

Aladdin's Genie and the salesman are the same person

Remember the frame narrative at the beginning of Aladdin? Well, some enterprising viewers on Reddit have noticed some alarming similarities between the salesman, trying to pawn off what we soon discover is actually the Genie's lamp (or an identical one), and the Genie himself. Firstly, they're both voiced by Robin Williams. Secondly, they both wear (or "wear") blue with a red sash at the waist. They have the same facial hair - bushy eyebrows and a beard that ends in a little curl. But the clincher is this: they're the only two characters in the film that have only four fingers. So the Genie got free and decided to sell trinkets? It's not totally impossible. But as one Redditor says, "Go deeper, the Genie is the merchant, trying to sell himself." Whoa.