Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4821842-20161121193142/@comment-7137064-20180303013516

Hmcooper4 wrote: I don't think it was Taj. All of the allusions to the genie in the Lamp currently occupied by Aladdin have been to the Robin William's genie from the movie (at least, that is they way that I have interpreted the allusions).

However, the best candidate for the lamp's former occupant (should my interpretation be wrong) would seem to be Sidney. Sidney was in a lamp similar to Aladdin's lamp, and Aladdin's lamp was found in Gold's shop, which would be more consistent with being Sidney's lamp as opposed to Taj's lamp. Taj's lamp would most likely still be in Wonderland, along with both of the bottles for Cyrus and Rafi. I agree, after thinking about it, Sidney must have met Aladdin (probably before Street Rats). And I have an idea as to what Aladdin's wishes were: in the Disney movie, Aladdin wished to get out of the Cave but found a way around it counting as a wish; with OUAT rules, this would have been impossible.

Then he wished to become a prince, so The Genie made him a fake prince, wich led him on the path to marry Jasmine and become the actual prince; this sounds like what Once calls "Destiny", so maybe genies work with it.

After that, Aladdin "wished" for Genie to save him from drowning and, as his 3rd wish, liberted the genie; as in this point Aladdin had made 2 wishes in Once version, Sidney must have saved Aladdin in exchange for his liberty ( It even sounds like something Once would do!) then was freed by Leopold.

TL;DR: Disney Aladdin's wishes: becoming a prince, not drowning and saving Genie. OUAT Aladdin's wishes: getting out of wherever he found the lamp, becoming a prince and not drowning.