How The Little Mermaid Should Have Ended 

I laughed so hard when Ursula said "How was I supposed to know she could write?" and the eels responded, "When she signed the contract." That was comedy gold.

"When she signed the contract " is probably the single greatest explanation on an obvious solution to a movie I've ever heard. Brilliant.

1:55 Ursula never stated Ariel would get her voice back if she managed to kiss Eric - her voice was the payment for turning her human. Ursula just said she would become human permanently if she & Eric shared True Love’s Kiss by the 3rd day. So therefore, while she’d be human she would remain mute. Ariel only got her voice back in the movie cos Ursula’s shell pendant 🐚 broke.

“How was I supposed to know she could write” “When she signed the contract” That was just GOLD! I replayed it so much 😂😂

Her eels calling Ursula out for not realizing that Ariel could write was hilarious.

1:41 Best way to get around Ursula's magical contract since it never said anything about prohibiting Ariel from writing down to tell Eric about who she is.

My wife said the exact same thing "How do we know aerial can write?" When she started writing in the sand and I just told her wait one second, and when she saw the part when the eels said "When she signed the contract " I busted out laughing and my wife couldn't believe she asked that question considering it was her favorite movie as a child.

😂 I couldn't stop laughing when Ariel said it's my best 16 birthday ever 😂 like that was a problem in their time 😂

I really love how when a live action Disney remake comes out HISHE makes a video on the original one.

3:12 the way shark goes from "your girl needs help" to "ok im gonna eat you now" is pure gold, what a family friendly vibe

"How was I supposed to know she could write?" "When she signed the contract" That is gold! XD And this is definitely more logical than the original plot.

You know honestly I never thought about it before now, but I guess yeah they’re right: it would’ve definitely made the story much easier for her if she could’ve just WROTE DOWN messages to Eric about what was happening, considering that she signed her name to Ursula’s contract, so clearly she knows how to write.

What really shocked me was how Flounder had the courage to get Jaws to help with the Prince Eric statue.

Ursula: “How was I suppose to know she can write?!!” Eels: “When she signed the contract” Ursula:😱

I already knew about the issue that Ariel could’ve wrote to Eric, but I never thought of her stealing her father’s triton to make herself human. And for Eric’s statue ending up with all the other treasures, I always just assumed that it just sunk down there through the hole into the cave when the ship sunk. Then again, the hole to that place is pretty small. Maybe it crashed its way in there when it happened. Whatever, point is, I think Flounder simply found the statue in there when he went there and went to bring Ariel to it. Also, I don’t think Ariel would’ve got her voice back after kissing Eric. She would only become a human permanently while Ursula keeps the voice as payment.

She literally signed her name with her eyes closed- and near perfect calligraphy.

I loved all of the Easter Eggs you included in the Ariel's Grotto! The vase from Hercules, Genie's lamp, Captain Hook's Hook, and Yzma's llama potion were so fun to see!

2:54 Behind the Eric statue, there is a Grecian urn with the Muses from "Hercules" and farther on that shelf is Captain Hook's infamous hook. On a shelf, there is Yzma's vile that turns Kuzco into a llama, next to that is the "Drink Me" bottle from "Alice in Wonderland." Above that, there is Cinderella's glass slipper. On the right of the statue, there is Aladdin's Magic Lamp, and below that, there is a Cogworth clock. And there's also Rafiki's staff.

"When she signed the contract" Pure gold

Little Mermaid Remake: *exists* HISHE: "This is where the fun begins."

I wish we could’ve gotten a scene of Ursula in the Villain Pub venting her frustration over Ariel outsmarting her to Jack Nicholson’s Joker, Emperor Palpatine, Ricardo Montalban’s Kahn Noonien Singh and Terrence Stamp’s General Zod. That would’ve definitely been hilarious. Also, the guy voicing Sebastian does a really great impression of the late Samuel E. Wright. Disney should definitely hire him to be the new voice of Sebastian.

Best joke is about "16th birthday") Nice work!

I'm 30 years old and seen The Little Mermaid probably a thousand times and never thought about the whole writing thing 🙈🤦

2:05 - “Hold up, Prince! I’m just 16. Let’s have an arrangement first. Call your parents, I’ll call my Dad. We’ll plan for the wedding two years from now. In the meantime, let’s make this an engagement.” -- Ariel was hasty. So, as the prince. They didn’t plan ahead. 😂

Quick little side note… Your flounder is one of the most adorable renditions of the character I’ve ever seen in my entire life. And the voice matches perfectly too. Kudos.

Wow, HISHE's really stepped it up with this episode. The animation is breath-taking!

0:27 - Ariel says "Well, how do I look?".

To be fair about the part of Ariel being 16, the movie does imply that there is a time skip after defeating Ursula and them getting married.

How have I never thought about the fact that she can write and read??? Lol that’s a major oversight for this movie

Eric just turned 18 in the original movie. He is two years older than Ariel. Also, some time did in fact pass shortly after Ariel and Eric reunited in the shore after Ursula's defeat and before they got married.

Now we all know how Flounder could get the statue inside Ariel’s collection.

1:37 This was exactly what I've been questioning about for years!!! Why didn't she just write???🤣🤣🤣

Okay the literal Jumping Ship when he found out she was 16 is the best part

I love when they randomly bring back characters from older hishe episodes 😅

2:16 "Is the couple ready to be married??" "WE SURE A ---- WHOA!! PADRE!!!! WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN THERE!!!!!!!!"

I love that Ariel’s grotto is full of Disney easter eggs.

I laughed so hard when Ursula said "How was I supposed to know she could write?" and the eels responded, "When she signed the contract." That was comedy gold. I really love how when a live action Disney remake comes out HISHE makes a video on the original one.

The deal wasn't "get your voice back once you get the kids" though. She only gets her voice back in the movie because Skuttle broke the shell containing it.

2:25 “Professionals have standards”.

2:13 Just noticed the Easter egg to the Broadway Musical! She even drew a little heart above the I!

I love how they give the animated movies a different art quality in their HISHE videos.

Whoever copied Sebastian’s voice did a perfect job

HEY! SHELBYE KARR! AMAZING work with the Easter eggs in the background at the end! :D We had a lot of fun going back and citing them all!

3:03 Disney needs to take that advice to heart.

The “ok I’m going to eat you now” got me on the floor

Back in the day it was okay for teenagers to get married to older adults or young adults. Yet I saw a video recently talking about how time must have gone by before the wedding so Ariel could have been Eric’s age by then.😉

The way Ursula said her iconic”ZIP”

Now That’s a Called An Happy Ending.

2:40 in the 19th century it was totally normal to get married at that age

Ariel's collection includes the magic lamp from Aladdin, Captain Hook's hook from Peter Pan, Cinderella's glass slipper, the Muses vase from Hercules, the "drink me" potion from Alice in Wonderland, the Llama potion from the Emperors New Groove, and Lumiere & Cogsworth from Beauty and the Beast.

0:31 - Scuttle says "Great googly moogly!, What kind of monstrous mutation is happening here?".

I was actually expecting a crossover with Aquaman, is that weird?

Imagine the FBI coming and arresting Eric at his wedding. 😂

2:35 Wuss!

Ariel doesn't need help, she needs appreciation.

Love the Jaws cameo: “Flounder one fish to another, your girl needs help… Okay I’m gonna eat you now!”

0:27 Brother, get the Flamer. *THE HEAVY FLAMER!!!*

this does beg the question of why ariel never thought of writing notes or anything. She even could have passed off losing her voice as an accident or something that happened after saving Eric without having to reveal any magic or anything behind it.

Prince Eric jumping like Prince Charming was gold!

Kids: "We want to watch the new Little Mermaid live action movie". Parent: "We have Little Mermaid at home".

"How was I supposed to know she could write?" "When she signed the contract" - Everyone, 1989

Love this! I discovered HISHE through Neebs Gaming. I'm so glad I checked you guys out. I look forward to enjoying your content.

😂 This section of the video is hilarious 1:49 YES! simply write it down in the sand that would have saved so much confusion, Eric spent half the movie simply trying to guess her name correctly which delayed the kiss as he was trying to wait for the girl he saw on the beach the one who sang to him while passed out which allowed Ursala to decive him with her magic. haha, but one thing which wasn't considered do they teach writing under the sea? well Ariel wrote her name on the contract hence apparently she can write at least some yet Eric never provided her with a means to communicate via writing instead she had to gesture mime through half the film which of course stretched the story out as Eric could barely understand what she was trying to say I even thought of this briefly when I was little, I thought why hasn't anyone given her something to write on? perhaps she can write it down, but nope that didn't happen haha. side note Eric wouldn't be able to read my writing he would be like huh what? and I'd have to go back to gesture miming to communicate 😢

2:20. Well, Snow White was 14, Jasmine was 15, & Aurora, Merida, & Mulan were also 16.

live action flounder though

2:34 "Let's talk again in two years!" I love that line

Ursula never stated Ariel would get her voice back if she managed her to kiss Eric her voice was a payment for turning her human Ursula just said she would become human permanently if she & Eric shared true love kiss so therefore, while she be human she would remain mute

Remember, the story was originally written when girls would marry as early as possible, 14 was common back then. If Disney REALLY wanted to modernize the fairy tales they adapt they should bump up the character ages a bit

I don't think her being 16 would've been too much of a problem in whatever time period this movie takes place in. (My guess is probably some time around 1600s-1800s or something like that)

"How was I supposed to know she could write!" "Because she signed the contract." The scales fall from one's eyes.... over 30 years later.

“How was I supposed to know she could write?” “When she signed the contract” I remember reading in regards to this that that back then it was normal for royals like to only know how to sign their name for documents and such, didn't need to learn anything else since they had people for that

I should have known you guys were gonna make this! I was still happily surprised. The writing bit was brilliant!

I'm really happy that we've now gotten HISHEs for all the major films from the early years of the Disney Renaissance. It just goes to show how much of an impact they've had on people over the years.

Loving the Vector Quality vid!

0:12 - Flounder says "Ariel, I don't think this is such a good idea.".

2:57 the jaw shark

Ursula: What? No!! How was I supposed to know she could write?! Flotsam/Jetsam: *When she signed the contract* 😂😂😂😂😂!!

Great Jodi Benson impression! Funnily enough, though Jodi Benson was in her twenties, the guy who voiced Eric, Christopher Daniel Barnes, actually was 16 when he played the character. It just always makes me laugh when people bring up potential age issues.

Ursula: You see? The contract is legal, binding and completely unbreakable even for you! Triton: Hmmm hey Ursula what's that? Ursula: Huh? (turns away) (Triton blasts Ursula killing her and her eels thus freeing Arial) Arial: Oh Daddy thank you! Triton: Arial are you ok? Arial: Yes, good shot by the way! Triton: Well yeah I figured her contract is unbreakable but she isn't! THE END! XD

Yeah that’s the biggest issue I have with the movie, why didn’t she use the trident from the start???

2:27 but isn't eric 18 years old? So he's a little young too isn't he?

I haven’t watched one of these videos in a while and it feels like everything has just really improved, both the animation and the voice work. It seemed a lot more fluid and less rigid

0:34 it's called AI generated humans

I think you should do other Disney Renaissance animated movies you haven't done yet that got botched up by a live-action reimagining of it like : "Sleeping Beauty," "Mulan," "Peter Pan," "Dumbo," or "Pinocchio"

The fact that this is much better than Disney's live action

1:36 this is exactly why the movie said “not just any kiss, THE KISS OF TRUE LOVE”

In the live action version, Ursula's spell also included a partial memory wipe of Ariel.

This is the best!! I remember a Toei Animations' older adaptation of the Little Mermaid where the prince actually asks her to write who she is but there she has the excuse of NOT being able to write. In the Disney version, she CAN! So half of the movie has a big plot hole. I mean, couldn't they just watch the previous adaptations? Like TOEI'S ??

Wish you guys would do a HISHE Monkey Island games. Seems like your humor and art style go hand in hand

16 is legal in Scandinavia. Scriptwriters should try doing some research instead of assuming everyone has the same laws as California

Enjoyed it a ton, but watching this after Film Theory's newest video on The Little Mermaid, I would have loved a scene where the moment Areal gets her voice backs and speaks, Eric's eardrums burst due to the high decibels.

Ursala: "How was I supposed to know she could write?" Minons: "When she signed the contract" x2

The most unbelievable part is him bailing after finding out her age

Hans Christian Anderson (OG author of Little mermaid who made it tragic tale, also OG author of Little match girl and Thumbelina): *rolls in grave*

This was great. Please do Hercules next!!

So, there’s actually no reason she’d get the voice back. It was the payment for the spell. The kiss is what would make or break the spell. On another note, it’s been suggested that since mermaids are known to lure sailors to their deaths by singing to them, Ariel’s singing wasn’t actually what attracted Eric in the first place, but instead the enchantment behind it.

I do want to point out, though, that the contract says "I hereby grant unto Ursula, the Witch of the Sea...one voice...........for all eternity. Signed, Ariel" Nowhere in the explanation or the song or the contract do we see or hear anything which indicates that Ariel will get her voice back upon receiving a kiss from Prince Eric. It is simply agreed that she will not return to being a mermaid if she can get him to kiss her.

All these years and "ok i'm gonna eat ya now" is still this channels best line

Awesome Video!

"I have currently lost my voice, but I will get it back after we kiss." No, she wouldn't. Ariel's voice was payment for the potion/spell that turned her into a human. Getting a refund was not part of the contract.