Image Source: Everett Collection [1]

Disney's Aladdin became an instant classic [2] after its release in 1992. While the story of the street urchin [3] (and his pet monkey) stumbling upon an old lamp and being granted three wishes by a genie is pretty simple, we're still learning new things about the plot more than 20 years later. In a crazy fan theory [4] that was recently proven to be true, the peddler at the beginning of the film, who sets the scene for the entire story when he talks about a lamp that's in his possession, actually plays a much bigger part. Despite never appearing on screen again, the peddler is actually the Genie after he's been set free. Want further proof? The two characters share a few of the same features — the curly beards and four fingers on their hands — and they are both voiced by Robin Williams [5]. In 2015, Aladdin's codirectors, Ron Clements and John Musker, confirmed that this is one instance where a fan theory happens to be true.

Mind = blown.