Top 10 Things Only Adults Notice in The Little Mermaid 

I liked the scene where Ariel was naked after her transformation, that scene was my sexual awakening. I wished she stayed that way the whole movie only wearing her bra and the movie still getting a G or PG rating. She looks better naked. That look where she is nude only wearing her bra should be a signature outfit. Growing up I always wished I was with her and we be both naked together.

Where are Eric’s parents?

@@forrestdupre87 Dead

@@forrestdupre87 ikr.

It's actually "Don't ever underestimate the importance of body language!" 😉

@@AngelWhisper_7 I was referring to “their list of things” when I said “don’t forget.” I should have worded it better but I randomly thought about her saying it after watching this video and I had a good laugh, Ursula was something else! lol 😂

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It was always my fave as a kid!

Lion king and Mulan for me too

Yeah, the ship WAS sailing right above Ariel's grotto.

Mine, too.

Same here.

It's one of my 2 favorite Disney movies 🎬

@@arielle8010 What's the other one? Beauty and the Beast? The Lion King?

@@jonnyboy4289 my TOP 2 Disney movies are Aladdin and the Little Mermaid!

Oh yeah! I absolutely forgot she did Vanessa! I’m shocked I never even realized it was her either yet was shocked when I first learned that it was her! Lol

@@andreasmeelie1889 yeah me too and then it made sense bc Ursula took Ariel’s voice 😄

Do you think it was intentional or a coincidence that the only other disney vanessa (the one from phineas and ferb) has a similar hair colour😂

@@chheinrich8486 Ngl, I noticed too a while ago and was wondering the same thing 😄

I agree with you about Ursula's backstory. I would love to see that in the live-action movie. As for Ariel calling flounder a guppy, that's just friendly banter. Friends often tease each other and do things to annoy each other for fun.

That's awful actually.

I mean she is after all 16!

Yeah, like the Atlantic Halibut; those things weigh up to 390+ lbs.

She looks better nude and wished she stayed that way the whole movie.

Well it makes sense since she has Ariel's voice in the seashell necklace she's wearing.

I couldn't agree more. That's why I'm not going to see the remake. Plus, I'm burnt out by Disney's lackluster live action remakes from Lion King to Pinocchio.

@ryan jones What about Ariel having more girl power and female empowerment and won't be defined by needing a man/a man's love in response to Ariel being a helpless damsel in distress? The writers did confirm that (despite Ariel outswimming a shark, destroying Ursula's eels in the climax, and saving Prince Eric 2 times) Ariel will have more girl power and female empowerment and won't be defined by needing a man/a man's love in the upcoming live action remake. I'm not making it up.

@ryan jones Ariel will still have red hair and a purple top. It may not be a purple seashell bra, but it’s not a shirt either.

@@jonnyboy4289 MAYBE when the writers said “Ariel won’t be defined by a man”, they meant that Ariel will be focused on exploring the human world, since that part got glossed over due to Ariel having to get a kiss from Eric within 3 days. Ariel never got to ask have her questions about the human world answered. Furthermore, in Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of the same name, the little mermaid had to learn the hard way that she didn’t need a man to make her dreams come true, since she can’t force the prince to love her back and she was instead able to obtain an immortal soul by becoming an air spirit. Contrast the fairy tale “The Little Mermaid” with the story of “Undine” in which the titular water nymph successfully married a human knight in order to gain an immortal soul.

@ryan jones ​Also, race swapping Ariel is nothing new. Auli’i Cravalho, who is of Native Hawaiian, Puerto Rican, Portuguese, Chinese, and Irish descent, played Ariel in ABC’s “The Little Mermaid Live”. Not to mention that Diana Huey, who is of Japanese descent, played Ariel in the 5th Avenue Theatre production of “The Little Mermaid” in Downtown Seattle. Although Diana and Auli’i are not natural redheads, they were still able to play Ariel because red wigs exist.

I agree. I love MsMojo, but sometimes they take cartoons and Disney movies way too seriously. I feel like too many people nitpick at these ridiculous details. What people forget is, it's make believe. It's not real, and it doesn't have to be realistic. Also, I'm with you on number one. I never saw Ariel as a bad friend, even as an adult. I feel like the best of friends can tease and insult each other relentlessly just for the fun of it. That's how I am with my friends, and that's how they are with me. We're just trying to make each other laugh.

Same,

A wizard did it! 😂

Try telling that to The Little Mermaid 1989 haters.

Ironic because the fairy tale wasn’t sheer fun due to how the mermaid turned into sea foam because she couldn’t win the prince’s heart. But hey, if you play stupid games like giving up your voice, mutilating your body, and leaving your family for a guy you barely know, then you win stupid prizes like heartbreak and sea foam. At least the mermaid gets to redeem herself by reincarnating as an air spirit who can obtain an immortal soul through performing 300 years of good deeds, therefore, her destiny is in HER HANDS, instead of the hands of her prince, whom she’s better off without since he treated her like a pet, as evidenced by having her sleep on a velvet cushion outside of his door, because apparently he couldn’t give her a nice bed to sleep on.

@@jonnyboy4289 God forbid some people don’t like Disney’s “The Little Mermaid”. Do you get mad when people criticize “Aladdin” or “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” because you think that those criticisms will lead to their cancellation, even though no such thing ever happened to those films?

Flounder actually didn't face any consequences. It was only Ariel that was getting chewed out by her father.

She thanks him like he did it though

Well, he's the court's music composer, so I'm guessing Johann Sebastián Bach?

@@kariebossa4851 True, although I thought he was named after Sebastian from Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”.

@@beethovensfidelio personally, I think MsMojo was going a little too heavy on comparing Disney's Little Mermaid to The Tempest, just because they used the name Ariel. It's more a combo of HCA's original tale and maybe Romeo and Juliet, but only because Triton didn't want his daughter to have anything to do with humans. So I lean more towards them naming Sebastián after the music composer, since he played the role of the composer.

Chill with trying to be first! It’s a nonsensical game that I don’t understand why some people love playing, especially you.

Ironic since the fairytale that it’s based on is a lot darker and depressing.

Ariel is a terrible role model because she’s a graverobbing anthropologist who fetishizes a culture she knows nothing about, and she never takes responsibility for the messes she made, since she only apologized to her father because she got CAUGHT signing a bad contract and she relies on her father AND Eric to risk their lives to confront Ursula on Ariel’s behalf. Despite all the trouble she caused, Ariel still got rewarded with a pair of legs and a marriage to Eric. Contrast all that with the fairy tale where the mermaid turned into sea foam after the prince married someone else. I know that sounds harsh, but fairy tales aren’t meant to be pleasant. 😂 If you play stupid games like giving up your voice and home for a boy you barely know, then you’ll win stupid prizes like turning into sea foam. (Then again, it helps that the mermaid reincarnated as an air spirit who could obtain an immortal soul by performing 300 years of good deeds)

I’ll admit I’m biased because my favorite movie mermaid is Madison from “Splash”, which was released under Disney’s adult facing label “Touchstone Pictures”. It’s weird how “Splash” PREDATES Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” by five years because “Splash” feels like a response to the criticisms of “The Little Mermaid”. 😂 Madison is more headstrong than Ariel, since she pursues her human boyfriend Allen ON HER OWN VOLITION, unlike Ariel who only went to Ursula due to being traumatized by her father King Triton destroying her collection of human artifacts since it’s clear that her love for Prince Eric and obsession with human culture would never be tolerated under the sea. Madison is more resourceful and self-reliant on land than Ariel, as evidenced by *the mute Madison teaching herself English by watching TV for six hours so she can communicate with Allen; Madison being able to skate in one try despite never being exposed to ice;* and *Madison convincing the male construction workers that in exchange for her necklace, the male construction workers will bring the mermaid fountain up to Allen’s apartment because Madison knows how much the fountain means to Allen* (either Madison has really good negotiation skills or that necklace is worth as much Rose’s “Heart Of the Ocean” necklace from “Titanic” 😂). Madison is physically stronger than Ariel in terms of *rescuing Allen from drowning no less than THREE times throughout the movie; swimming hundreds of miles from Cape Cod to Liberty Island, so she can be with Allen; and fending herself from military divers in the finale (e.g. Madison uses her fish tail to hit the divers in the face and crotch; Madison rips off the divers’ masks, presumably drowning them; and Madison rapidly swims in a circle in order to disorient the divers with her bubbles).* Madison not only seems to be more in charge of her own sexuality than Ariel, but also Madison can kiss Allen as if it’s the most natural thing in the world to her; contrast that with Ariel who doesn’t bother trying to seduce Eric, let alone get a kiss from him (at least not without Sebastian teaching her how to kiss and flap her eyelashes; and not without the musical intervention of Ariel’s animal friends). And that’s not getting into how Ursula slut-shamed Ariel by calling Ariel “the little tramp”. 😬 It also helps that unlike Ariel who spied on Eric from afar and was convinced that Eric was the one for her despite knowing nothing about him, Madison had already met Allen when they were LITTLE KIDS, and even though the two never shared a verbal conversation, obviously due to being underwater, the young Madison could still sense the young Allen’s KIND, LOVING NATURE towards her as evidenced by *Allen reaching out his hand for Madison to grab and Allen staring happily into Madison’s eyes.* Yes, the prologue in “Splash” is very much a “love at first sight” scenario, but it’s meant to show that Allen and Madison were destined to be together, as they both waited 20 years to reunite as adults and consummate their love. Lastly, unlike Ariel, Madison doesn’t give up her world to be with Allen on land, but rather ALLEN gives up his world to be with Madison 🎶under the sea🎶.

Besides if the dolphins were supposedly slaves that makes Santa Claus a slave owner too because of the reindee

If it makes you feel better, the fairy tale had the mermaid turn into sea foam after she couldn’t win the prince. Yeah, that’s harsh, but if you play stupid games like giving up everything for a guy you barely know, then you win stupid prizes like turning into sea foam. 😂 Then again, the little mermaid gets to redeem herself by becoming an air spirit who can obtain an immortal soul through 300 years of good deeds.

@@beethovensfidelio moral of the original story... don't put yourself in a life threatening situation and expect your crush to like you back. Most importantly, don't be an idiot because luck is not always on your side.

@@rockstarknight4331 While I don’t despise Ariel, she’s not my favorite movie mermaid, since that honor goes to Madison from “Splash”, which was released under Disney’s adult facing label “Touchstone Pictures”. It’s weird how “Splash” PREDATES Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” by five years because “Splash” feels like a response to the criticisms of “The Little Mermaid”. 😂 Madison is more headstrong than Ariel, since she pursues her human boyfriend Allen ON HER OWN VOLITION, unlike Ariel who only went to Ursula due to being traumatized by her father King Triton destroying her collection of human artifacts since it’s clear that her love for Prince Eric and obsession with human culture would never be tolerated under the sea. Madison is more resourceful and self-reliant on land than Ariel, as evidenced by *the mute Madison teaching herself English by watching TV for six hours so she can communicate with Allen; Madison being able to skate in one try despite never being exposed to ice;* and *Madison convincing the male construction workers that in exchange for her necklace, the male construction workers will bring the mermaid fountain up to Allen’s apartment because Madison knows how much the fountain means to Allen* (either Madison has really good negotiation skills or that necklace is worth as much Rose’s “Heart Of the Ocean” necklace from “Titanic” 😂). Madison is physically stronger than Ariel in terms of *rescuing Allen from drowning no less than THREE times throughout the movie; swimming hundreds of miles from Cape Cod to Liberty Island, so she can be with Allen; and fending herself from military divers in the finale (e.g. Madison uses her fish tail to hit the divers in the face and crotch; Madison rips off the divers’ masks, presumably drowning them; and Madison rapidly swims in a circle in order to disorient the divers with her bubbles).* Madison not only seems to be more in charge of her own sexuality than Ariel, but also Madison can kiss Allen as if it’s the most natural thing in the world to her; contrast that with Ariel who doesn’t bother trying to seduce Eric, let alone get a kiss from him (at least not without Sebastian teaching her how to kiss and flap her eyelashes; and not without the musical intervention of Ariel’s animal friends). And that’s not getting into how Ursula slut-shamed Ariel by calling Ariel “the little tramp”. 😬 It also helps that unlike Ariel who spied on Eric from afar and was convinced that Eric was the one for her despite knowing nothing about him, Madison had already met Allen when they were LITTLE KIDS, and even though the two never shared a verbal conversation, obviously due to being underwater, the young Madison could still sense the young Allen’s KIND, LOVING NATURE towards her as evidenced by *Allen reaching out his hand for Madison to grab and Allen staring happily into Madison’s eyes.* Yes, the prologue in “Splash” is very much a “love at first sight” scenario, but it’s meant to show that Allen and Madison were destined to be together, as they both waited 20 years to reunite as adults and consummate their love. Lastly, unlike Ariel, Madison doesn’t give up her world to be with Allen on land, but rather ALLEN gives up his world to be with Madison 🎶under the sea🎶.

A protagonist with no arc is actually more common than people think, it's not even a flaw. Indiana Jones and Marty McFly are examples of characters with no arc.

Maybe Ariel will get an arc in the remake. I know Ariel got one in the Broadway show where she defeats Ursula and then apologizes to her father by saying “I’ve caused you so much trouble. Can you ever forgive me?”. Triton forgives her and tells her that she’s all grown up, thus he supports her choice to marry Eric.

@@beethovensfidelio Ariel doesn't really need an arc. The point of the character is to follow her heart and take a chance. Triton is the one who has to realize how abusive he's been and he's the one who owes Ariel an apology. In fact, there are hardly any Disney princesses that go through an arc except Mulan, Anna and Moana. The reason is because most Disney princesses are designed to be likable and passionate, not complex.