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Aladdin is an animated television series made by Walt Disney Television which aired from 1994 to 1995, based on the original 1992 feature. Coming on the heels of the direct-to-video sequel The Return of Jafar, the series picked up where that installment left off, with Aladdin still living on the streets of Agrabah, still unwed to beautiful and spunky Princess Jasmine. Disney's Aladdin continued the fantasy/magic adventures of the feature films, carrying "Al" and Jasmine into peril among sorcerers, monsters, thieves, and more. Monkey sidekick Abu and the fast-talking, shape-shifting Genie came along to help, as did sassy, complaining parrot Iago, formerly Jafar's pet but now a grudgingly good guy. In place of movie villain Jafar, the series introduced evil sorcerer Mozenrath, megalomaniacal inventor Mechanicles and dark evil incarnate Mirage, among others. The show never featured Jafar (due to plot reasons in The Return of Jafar) but featured the thief who released him in the movie, Abis Mal. Debuting simultaneously on Saturday morning and as part of the syndicated weekday Disney Afternoon, the show set a pattern for several future Disney series. Many of the films' stars provided the voices of their TV counterparts with Dan Castellaneta (the voice of Homer Simpson), filling in for Robin Williams in the Genie role. Aladdin was a hit, capturing the films' clever mix of fantastic adventure with some of the best characters, usually from cynical Iago, the ruthless Mozenrath and the wisecracking Genie. After a successful run of original programs, the show continued in syndicated repeats and in a third feature, the direct-to-video Aladdin and the King of Thieves. It is now shown in reruns on Toon Disney but due to bad scheduling and the addition of JETIX, it is now only on weekends, but since the show airs during the Princess Power Hour Block, only the episodes featuring Jasmine are shown; The Disney Channel reran the series in the late-1990s until their pre-teen lineup took over. The show also became extremely popular with Arabic speaking viewers when it aired on MBC 3 dubbed in Arabic (Most or all of the characters were voiced by Egyptian actors)= Characters = Good# Aladdin (voiced by Scott Weinger)# Princess Jasmine (voiced by Linda Larkin)# Genie (voiced by Dan Castellaneta)# Abu (voiced by Frank Welker)# Iago (voiced by Gilbert Gottfried)# Razoul (voiced by Jim Cummings)# Sultan (voiced by Val Bettin)# Rajah (voiced by Frank Welker)# Aladdin's Magic Carpet (not voiced)# Eden [No information]Evil# Abis Mal (voiced by Jason Alexander)# Mechanicles (voiced by Charlie Adler)# Mozenrath (voiced by Jonathan Brandis)# Mirage (voiced by Bebe Neuwirth)# Saleen (voiced by Julie Brown)# Xerxes (voiced by Frank Welker)# Ayam Aghoul (voiced by Hamilton Camp)# Amin Damoolah (voiced by Jeff Bennett)= Episode list =86 episodes were produced: # Air Feathered Friends# Bad Mood Rising# To Cure a Thief# Do the Rat Thing# Never Say Nefir# Getting the Bugs Out# The Vapor Chase# Garden of Evil# Much Abu About Something# My Fair Aladdin# Some Enchanted Genie# Web of Gear# Mudder's Day# Plunder the Sea# Strike Up the Sand# I Never Mechanism I Didn't Like# Fowl Weather# Forget Me Lots# Scare Necessities# Sand Switch# Lost and Founded# Moonlight Madness# The Flawed Couple# Rain of Terror# Dune Quixote# The Day the Bird Stood Still# Of Ice and Men# Opposites Detract# Caught By The Tale# Elemental, My Dear Jasmine# Smolder and Wise# The Game# Snowman is an Island# The Animal Kingdom# Power to the Parrot# The Sands of Fate# The Citadel# Poor Iago# The Secret of Dagger Rock# In the Heat of the Fright# The Seven Faces of Genie# The Wind Jackal of Mozenrath# A Clockwork Hero# Mission: Imp Possible# Stinkerbelle# Shadow of a Doubt# Smells Like Trouble# The Way We War# Night of the Living Mud# Egg-stra Protection# Heads, You Lose# The Love Bug# When Chaos Comes Calling# Armored and Dangerous# Shark Treatment# Black Sand# Love at First Sprite# Vocal Hero# The Lost City of the Sun# As the Netherworld Turns# Seems Like Old Crimes (part one)# Seems Like Old Crimes (part two)# From Hippsodeth, With Love# Destiny of Fire# The Return of Malcho# Raiders of the Lost Shark# Sneeze the Day# The Prophet Motive# That Stinking Feeling# Beast or Famine# The Spice is Right# Hero with a Thousand Feathers# Witch Way Did She Go?# Sea No Evil# A Sultan Worth His Salt# Genie Hunt# The Lost Ones# Eye of the Beholder# The Hunted# Riders Redux# The Book of Khartoum# While the City Snoozes# Two to Tangle# The Ethereal# The Shadow Knows# The Great Rift DVD ReleasesThere is a slight possibility that Disney's Aladdin may be available on DVD from Walt Disney Home Entertainment. The petition can be found here: http://www.petitiononline.com/Aladdin/petition.html
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