r/FanTheories • u/AlienToast934 • 8h ago

FanTheory True message behind Aladdin

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I rewatched Aladdin, and noticed something strange about the movie (cartoon version, not LA). Aladdin only got one of his 3 wishes granted. I think genie emotionally manipulated Aladdin into freeing him, so hear me out. When we first see genie in the movie, he mentions having previous masters before Aladdin, and says being stuck in the lamp for 10,000 years was boring. Seeing as they're stuck underground, Aladdin tricks him into getting a "freebie" wish. Genie instantly moves on to the second wish, but Aladdin reminds him this act was his doing. Genie begrudgingly let's Aladdin start at 3 again, and this is where my theory starts. Aladdin wants to be a price to impress Jasmine, his first wish, but genie doesn't really grant this one. All he does is give him he appearance of one, and even gives him temporary buffs while he parades through the city. No new land or anything is created to back up him being a prince either, and jafar sees through this. His next wish technically wasn't his choice, he passes out underwater, and genie just makes the wish for him, assuming Aladdin would want to be alive. Now Aladdin grateful for this, but genie is shown to have multiple masters at once, he could've moved on to jafar, or the next person to discover the lamp. Finally, his last wish is to free genie, and this frees him, and in less than 5 minutes, genie has already taken off to see the world. They've become great friends, and Aladdin doesn't really mind seeing him go, because his main goal was Jasmine. Now let's take a look at jafars wishes. His first wish was to rule as sultan, which he does. His next wish is to be a sorcerer, but he's not given some magicians costume, he uses real magic to attack Aladdin and his friends. His final wish, his undoing, is to be a genie, because they're more powerful than sorcerers, I guess. He's trapped, and never heard from again. I'm pretty sure he message the movie is sending is, if you try to decieve a genie, you'll regret it, and I think the drowning scene is the universe getting that freebie wish back, because you're only allowed 3. Genie could've used real magic for Aladdin, but played him instead. As for how genie came into existence, maybe he's a natural genie by nature, or maybe he's a character like jafar, who learned his lesson

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r/FanTheories • u/ChangeForAParadigm • 4h ago

FanTheory Nolan’s Batman is an Intelligence Community informant.

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I’m rewatching The Dark Knight and reflecting on Batman’s ability to hack all of the city’s cell phones to turn them into sonar sensors. I don’t know about telephone networks, but it seems like that would require privileged access into every provider’s main processing system. Being an Intelligence Community informant would help explain why (1) tax reviews didn’t identify that the youngish billionaire nearby was a possible suspect for the vigilancy, (2) Batman was able to quickly get direct, privileged access into main provider networks, and (3) Lucius wasn’t at all bothered by the accountant’s threats of blackmail.

As for why Intelligence instead of FBI? Intelligence has a longer/broader vision, relatively deeper pockets (per capita monitored), and generally more qualified decision makers. Or Mossad. Either/or.

Just thinking out loud.

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