Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1402877-20150212172456/@comment-25926288-20151119215026

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: Cyrus and Will are both Aladdin, or at least allusions to him. Cyrus is the charming, cunning Agrabah hoodlum who tricks Jafar into becoming a Genie. Will is the thief that falls in love with a royal (though Anastasia wasn't a royal when they fell in love. Just like Jasmine posed as a street urchin when she met Aladdin.)

Alice and Anastasia are both Jasmine, or at least allusions to her. Alice has the struggles with her father in her teenage years (Jasmine is having Merida-esque rebellions against forced marriages, while Alice is trying to convince Edwin of Wonderland's existence.) Alice even has another link to Jasmine's original counterpart, Badroulbador. In the original tale, Badroubaldor lets a healer woman come to live in their palace. The healer woman is actually Jafar's brother in disguise, intent on killing Aladdin. This brother is actually Amara on Wonderland (who is in turn seemingly based off of Disney's Jafar's twin sister Nasira, who is based off of the brother), and Alice helps Cyrus save his mother.

And Anastasia is the royal that Jafar blindly lusts after who is in love with a street rat (Will). We didn't even get that part of the story until the final episode when he uses magic to revive her and make her fall in love with him, just like Movie Jafar wanted Movie Jasmine to fall in love with him (which she pretended to so Aladdin would get the lamp).

I don't quite understand why Cyrus and Will aren't listed as allusions to Aladdin when Leopold is. There's far stronger similarites between them and Aladdin than Aladdin and Leopold. Same for Alice and Anastasia as allusions to Jasmine/Badroulbadour. Agreed. I think it's because we saw Leopold first with the genie when Cyrus is the closest with Will being a close second. The Alica and Anastasia thing is a tad stretched but could be used.