The genie appears in the following guises: a nightclub entertainer, a Scotsman, a Scots dog, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Señor Wences, Ed Sullivan (I), a slot machine, Groucho Marx, a boxing trainer, a fireworks rocket, a French maître d', a roast turkey, a pink rabbit, a dragon, a certificate, a pair of lips, Robert De Niro, a flight attendant, Carol Channing, a sheep, a hammock, a muscle man, Pinocchio, a magician, a Frenchman in a beret and striped shirt, a chef, Julius Caesar, Arsenio Hall, a tailor, a game-show host, a drum major, Walter Brennan, a little boy, a fat man, TV parade hosts, a tiger, a goat, a harem girl, Ethel Merman, Rodney Dangerfield, Jack Nicholson, a teacher, a talking lampshade, a bee, a submarine, a one-man band, a script prompter, a ventriloquist, a Fantasia (1940)-like devil, William F. Buckley, Jafar, cheerleaders, a baseball pitcher, a tourist with a Goofy hat, and the moon. For release in India, Disney replaced the game show host with a cricket commentator.
The stack of blocks that Jasmine's father plays with is sitting on a toy of the Beast from Beauty and the Beast. Sebastian from The Little Mermaid, and Pinocchio can also be spotted.
When the Genie changes Abu into a car, the license plate reads "ABU 1".
The lyrics of the opening song, "Arabian Nights", were changed for the video release due to pressure from groups who were offended by the original lyrics. The original lyrics were: "Where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face. It's barbaric, but hey it's home." The new lyrics are: "Where it's flat and immense and the heat is intense, it's barbaric, but hey it's home".
The two men in the crowd that Aladdin pushes through are caricatures of a couple of the directors (John Musker and Ron Clements); the original plan was to use film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, but they couldn't get permission.
The last thing the Genie, played by Robin Williams, says at the end of the movie is "Made ya look!" This is also the last thing Robin Williams says at the end of Good Morning Vietnam (not counting the recorded monologue that his friend plays on the radio).
