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The last Disney film using the xerography process, invented by Ub Iwerks, which had been used since [...]	D
Throughout the film, Sebastian is intimidated by King Triton's huge size compared to him. Ironically [...]	D
It's possible that Prince Eric could be related to Prince Phillip and Princess Aurora from La bella [...]	D
Disney artists had considered an animated film of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" as [...]	D
Previous to this film, the songs for animated films were written beforehand. With this film, compose [...]	D
Several elements from the original Hans Christian Andersen story were kept in the movie, including: [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2004 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 Ameri [...]	D
The wedding scene at the close of the film, specifically the penultimate shot of the wedding barge l [...]	D
The only Walt Disney Animation Studios film of the Renaissance to not release in the 1990s.	D
In the song "Part of Your World", Ariel asks what's a fire and why does it burn. It's ironic that sh [...]	D
Ariel's rendition of "Part of Your World" set a precedent for subsequent Disney animated musicals wh [...]	D
Movie was adapted as a Broadway musical in 2007.	D
Ariel is the first red-haired Disney princess.	D
Although not confirmed, it is believed that the wedding dress Ariel wears towards the end was based [...]	D
More money and resources were poured into this film than any other Disney animated film in decades. [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2002 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 top 1 [...]	D
When Ariel is singing "Part of Your World" in her grotto, there is a bust of Abraham Lincoln.	D
The two songs performed by Sebastian - "Under the Sea" and "Kiss the Girl" - were the only ones nomi [...]	D
Actress Jodi Benson who voiced Ariel still voices the character to this day with her most recent add [...]	D
Some versions of the videotape cover had the likeness of a penis, inadvertently drawn on the cover. [...]	D
When Chef Louis picks up Sebastian with a carving fork, he perfectly jams its tines into two existin [...]	D
Ariel's liplines were created with hand-inking.	D
Ariel was quite deliberately made a redhead in order to distinguish her from Daryl Hannah's characte [...]	D
When Scuttle is providing "vocal romantic stimulation" to Eric and Ariel while they are rowing in th [...]	D
The animators created the character of Ursula for Bea Arthur, who declined as she was occupied with [...]	D
Although commonly confused as being Jamaican, Sebastian is actually Trinidadian. Samuel E. Wright co [...]	D
The battle with Ursula did not always have her as a giant, a concept originally intended was for her [...]	D
Ariel is the first Disney princess to save her love interest (in this case, Prince Eric). She saves [...]	D
Jodi Benson sang "Part of Your World" in the dark to get that 'under the sea' feeling.	D
It's worth noting by fans that Grimsby looks like an older version of Roger Radcliffe from La carica [...]	D
While writing "Part of Your World," Alan Menken and Howard Ashman discovered that the song shared co [...]	D
When this film earned four Golden Globe nominations in 1990, it not only became the first full-lengt [...]	D
Glen Keane, the lead artist for Ariel, admitted in an interview that for the longest time he was emb [...]	D
Prince Eric was named after legendary Disney animator, Eric Larson, who passed away one year prior t [...]	D
In the opening scene when King Triton arrives at the arena, Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck and Ker [...]	D
Actress Alyssa Milano is said to have been some inspiration behind the look of Ariel.	D
Scheduling conflicts with Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) forced Patrick Stewart to turn down [...]	D
Ben Wright's final film, released four months after his death following heart surgery. When he got t [...]	D
Matthew Broderick was considered for the role of Prince Eric. He went on to voice the adult Simba in [...]	D
The first Disney Animated Feature to be released on home video just after its original theatrical re [...]	D
Ariel is the first Disney Princess to show her behind in her film. You see a quick glance of it when [...]	D
According to Entertainment Weekly, co-director Ron Clements brought the film's concept to Disney in [...]	D
The only time Ursula's alter ego Vanessa is mentioned by name is during the wedding.	D
Among the similarities with La sirenetta (1975), both title mermaids (Marina and Ariel) have animal [...]	D
This was the first Disney film to receive an Academy Award since Pomi d'ottone e manici di scopa (19 [...]	D
Ariel is the first Disney princess to have biological siblings.	D
One of the final scenes in the movie where Ursula increases in size to attack Ariel and Eric was inf [...]	D
HIDDEN MICKEY: In the scroll that Ursula gets Ariel to sign. It is in the middle of the words when i [...]	D
Many fans debate if Ursula is a squid or an octopus based on the number of her tentacles. She has on [...]	D
Carlotta is wearing the same dress as the title character in Cenerentola (1950) did when she wore he [...]	D
This film was the most effects-animation-heavy Disney animated feature since Fantasia (1940). Even w [...]	D
The first Disney animated film to earn any Academy Award nominations since Le avventure di Bianca e [...]	D
Walt Disney Animation Studios' 29th feature film and last one of the 1980s.	D
The late actor Dustin Diamond (Screech from Bayside School (1989)) auditioned for and originally won [...]	D
Kathy Zielinski based Ursula's transformation back into her true form after Ariel gets her voice bac [...]	D
The most prominent ingredient shown in Ursula's transforming potion is a bubble containing a butterf [...]	D
Pat Carroll modeled her voice for Ursula on Tallulah Bankhead and Maurice Evans.	D
Many merfolk appear in the film, but Ursula is a lesser-known type of mythological creature known as [...]	D
The directors insisted that every one of the millions of bubbles should be hand-drawn, not xeroxed. [...]	D
Ariel is purposely made to stand out from her sisters. Firstly, she's the only redhead and the only [...]	D
Deleted scenes: An extended "Fathoms Below" sequence in which it is revealed that Ursula is Triton's [...]	D
In the Norwegian dub, Ursula was voiced by FrÃ¸ydis Armand and Sebastian was voiced by Helge Jorda [...]	D
The character Ursula is pictured on one of ten USA nondenominated commemorative postage stamps celeb [...]	D
Many of the instrumental themes heard in the background were later adapted into the melodies of song [...]	D
Although based on the classic tragic tale by Hans Christian Andersen, the story also carries major s [...]	D
John Musker and Ron Clements' first directorial effort to receive direct-to-video sequels and a TV s [...]	D
Ben Wright's (Grimsby) last film, he died before the film was released and this film was dedicated t [...]	D
A deleted draft detailing an alternate version of the ending had Ariel and Flounder trying to rush t [...]	D
There are three notable scenes in the film in which characters come out of shadow into light: Ursula [...]	D
This is the movie that brought Disney into its renaissance era in 1989, after repeated defeats at th [...]	D
Ariel's body type and personality were based on Alyssa Milano. The effect of her hair underwater was [...]	D
An attempt to use Disney's famed multi-plane camera for the first time in years for quality "depth" [...]	D
When Prince Eric strikes Ursula in the arm with a spear near the end of the film, the wound is purpl [...]	D
The first Disney film based on a fairy tale since La bella addormentata nel bosco (1959).	D
The film's Oscar wins of Best Original Song and Best Original Score would be repeated for their next [...]	D
Sebastian's fanfare was performed by composer Alan Menken on a kazoo.	D
Jodi Benson's first voice acting role. She didn't tell anyone she was doing voice work until the fil [...]	D
Many of the Walt Disney animated classics released or re-released in the UK in the early 1990s were [...]	D
"Part of Your World" was nearly cut; Jeffrey Katzenberg felt that it was "boring," as well as being [...]	D
Instead of "Part of Your World", Ariel was to sing a song entitled "One Dance" where she was wishing [...]	D
The film's premiere screening in Copenhagen, Denmark, home of Hans Christian Andersen, was met with [...]	D
DemiÃ¡n Bichir voices both, Prince Eric and Chef Louis, in the Latin American Spanish dub of the m [...]	D
Don Mizell was executive producer/producer of "Sebastian", the Caribbean roots music-flavored sequel [...]	D
The shot of Ariel reaching out through the skylight of her grotto at the end of "Part of Your World" [...]	D
A remake of La sirenetta (2023) is planned to be released in 2023.	D
In this film Rene Auberjonois plays a French chef who chases after a water dwelling creature (Sebast [...]	D
Aside from the title, the movie was the last one to have credits at the beginning.	D
In Greek mythology, Triton is the son of Poseidon. Poseidon is the brother of Zeus. Zeus had a son n [...]	D
Songwriting team Alan Menken and Howard Ashman were brought to the attention of Disney Animation Cha [...]	D
Two of the guests at Vanessa and Eric's wedding are the King and Grand Duke from Cinderella.	D
Ariel is 5'4'' tall and weighs 105 lbs.	D
In the movie Ursula's name is not mentioned in Eric's presence. Even though he goes on to destroy he [...]	D
The scene where Vanessa (Ursula) is looking at herself in the mirror, is a nod to the Nathaniel Hawt [...]	D
Andrew Stevens was the original voice of Prince Eric before being replaced by Christopher Daniel Bar [...]	D
Glen Keane went to then President of Walt Disney Feature Animation Peter Schneider and demanded the [...]	D
On January 14, 2013, a 3D re-release of the movie was canceled after poor box office performances fr [...]	D
This was the last Disney animated feature to use hand-painted cels and analog camera and film work. [...]	D
The character of Ursula was based on drag performer and John Waters regular Divine. Her personality [...]	D
The film appears to be set in a generic European country, as early as the late 19th century, given t [...]	D
In Greek mythology, the God of the sea is Poseidon, or Neptune in Latin. This movie's sea king has t [...]	D
Ariel and her sisters' tails consist of the colors of the rainbow. Attina: orange, Alana: violet, Aq [...]	D
In an unusually bold move for the time, Walt Disney Home Video decided to forego releasing the film [...]	D
Actress Jodi Benson who voices Ariel in all of Disney's Little Mermaid projects was actually the stu [...]	D
Christopher Daniel Barnes was only 16 years old when he recorded his voice for Prince Eric - the pro [...]	D
There are several shots of Ariel, sitting on a rock, in a pose reminiscent of the "Little Mermaid" s [...]	D
The dress Ariel wears during her dinner with Eric is actually a combination of different dresses wor [...]	D
Pat Carroll realized a life-long ambition with this film. She had always wanted to voice a character [...]	D
Sissel, a Norwegian singer, provided her voice for Ariel in the Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian dubs.	D
Jim Carrey auditioned for the role of Prince Eric.	D
When the film entered active production, the staff chanced upon the original story and visual develo [...]	D
Ariel and Sebastian are also the names of characters in the William Shakespeare play "The Tempest".	D
Bill Maher and Michael Richards were considered for the role of Scuttle the seagull.	D
Before recording "Poor Unfortunate Souls," Pat Carroll asked Howard Ashman to sing the song one more [...]	D
Originally, Sebastian was to have an English accent. It was lyricist/producer Howard Ashman who sugg [...]	D
Melissa Fahn was originally auditioned to voice Ariel and was called back several times, but was tur [...]	D
When Ursula first shows Ariel the contract, it quickly scrolls through the body of the text. This is [...]	D
"The Little Mermaid" had been a Disney property since 1941. Walt Disney planned to include the much [...]	D
Ariel's red hair was inspired by one of the art director's daughter's red hair.	D
CASTLE THUNDER: Heard a few times during the storm that wrecks Eric's ship in the beginning. It's al [...]	D
There was a widespread rumor in the early to mid 1990s that the priest in the wedding scene has an e [...]	D
Sebastian acts like he's never seen Ariel's treasure grotto, despite that he's seen it in the TV ser [...]	D
Disney was rumored to be set to close the doors of the animation studios if this film was not a succ [...]	D
The first Disney Animated Feature film to be scored by Alan Menken, who eventually became a recurrin [...]	D
Although he was initially hired just to co-write the songs alongside composing partner Alan Menken, [...]	D
In a promotional interview, Alan Menken said (perhaps jokingly) that Howard Ashman's demo recording [...]	D
Jodi Benson had starred in a short-lived 1986 Broadway musical based on the film Smile (1975) (in wh [...]	D
Ariel is the first Disney animated heroine to have a bare midriff, as well as the first to display c [...]	D
Ariel's treasure grotto includes the painting "The Penitent Magdalene With the Smoking Flame" by 17t [...]	D
Ariel's outfit was inspired by the one Jean Simmons wore in Incantesimo dei mari del Sud (1949).	D

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