A young thief named Aladdin wants to become a prince in order to marry Princess Jasmine. Meanwhile, Jafar, the vizier of Agrabah, intends to seize power over Agrabah, and to do so he seeks to obtain the magic lamp stored in the cave of wonders, access to which is allowed only to the one who is called "the uncut diamond", and this person is none other than Aladdin himself.