Board Thread:Wiki-Related Discussion/@comment-1894786-20151119234514

As we can see from looking at the Aladdin film page, Leopold is added as an allusion to Aladdin himself. Likewise, with the Little Mermaid movie page, we have both Ursula and Ariel listed as the Little Mermaid due to both sharing traits from Disney's Ariel.

Disney's Aladdin shares many traits with both Cyrus and Will. While at the same time, Disney's Jasmine also shares traits with Alice and Anastasia. I believe a case should be made for them being added to the film's page as allusions to the characters. (Not to the story page, however. Their similarities are to the Disney Versions, not the 1,001 Nights versions)

Cyrus: As shown in "Dirty Little Secrets", Cyrus used to be very mischievous and a troublemaker. Aladdin used to be like that as well. He was also clever enough to trick Jafar into becoming a genie. That in and of itself should be a direct allusion to Aladdin.

Will Scarlet: The entire spin-off has established the fact that Will was a thief, and usually stole for survival. He shares this trait with Aladdin. He also fell in love with a royal woman. (For Aladdin, he fell in love with Princess Jasmine while she was disguised as a homeless woman. For Will, Anastasia and he actually were homeless until she became the Red Queen.) And when Jafar makes Ana fall in love with him, he taunts Will much like Jafar taunts Aladdin in the final confrontation.

Alice: Alice is said to be 18 in her casting call, while Jasmine is 15 and must marry before her 16th birthday. Both are teenage girls who come into great conflict with their fathers, despite a deep love for them. The Sultan urges Jasmine to be married, and Edwin urges Alice to stop believing in Wonderland. Inevitably, both of these conflicts lead the daughters to run away. Jasmine to be free, Alice to find proof. And upon returning, Alice is told by Sarah that she must be wed as those are her "social obligations".

Anastasia: Just like Jasmine, Anastasia is at one time homeless (though for Jasmine this was only temporary) and falls in love (though for Anastasia, she was homeless because she fell in love) with a man of a lower station, then moves on to a life in a royal palace in a position of power. Also like Jasmine, Anastasia is allied with Jafar, but greatly dislikes and distrusts him. Upon breaking the laws of magic, Jafar makes Ana fall in love with him. In the movie, he wished for Jasmine to fall in love with him, and though the Genie didn't comply, Jasmine pretended to love Jafar and even kissed him so that Aladdin could defeat him. And though this could just be a simple coincidence, Anastasia is known as the Red Queen and thus is wearing a red dress when Jafar curses her. Jasmine is wearing a red harem outfit. 