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Ariel: All right, I'm going inside. You can just stay here and watch for sharks.

Flounder: Okay. Yeah, you go. I'll just stay and... What? Sharks? Ariel!

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When Flounder spills the beans about the shark and going to the surface, when he starts talking about the shark for about two or three frames he resembles a shark and then when he starts talking about Scuttle his face resembles Scuttle for about two or three frames. See more...

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The Little Mermaid (1989) - 161 mistakes

starring Buddy Hackett, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Jason Marin, Jodi Benson, Kenneth Mars, Pat Carroll, Samuel E. Wright (add more)

Genres: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance

Two popular misconceptions: The priest at the end does NOT get... aroused. Follow this link for the visual evidence that it's his knee: http://www.snopes2.com/disney/films/minister.htm. Secondly, on the cover of the box, in the middle of the castle, one of the towers looks like a certain male organ. Apparently it was accidental. Follow this link for the picture: http://www.snopes2.com/disney/films/mermaid.htm.

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Continuity: When Eric's statue is about to be uncovered, the sailor behind the dog disappears.

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Continuity: When Eric's statue is uncovered, the dog crouches next to it and growls. A frame later, the dog stands far away, standing, and totally calm.

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Continuity: When the movie begins and the dolphins surround Eric's boat it's completely empty, yet when the angle changes there are sailors everywhere.

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Continuity: When Triton lowers his trident to change Ariel into human, Sebastian disappears, only to reappear later on.

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Continuity: After Ariel marries, the rope with which Sebastian knocks out the chef suddenly appears.

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Continuity: When Ariel marries, all the guests on the boat suddenly disappear.

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Continuity: When the movie starts, Sebastian conducts the orchestra and his baton switches hands between shots.

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Continuity: During Eric and Ursula's wedding, the carpet swaps from being plain violet colour when they walk towards the Minister, to having flowers painted on it when Vanessa transforms back into Ursula.

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Continuity: On the boat, when Ariel goes back to being a mermaid and Ursula cries "Too late!", the whole decoration behind (ribbons, laces, bouquets, book stand, etc.) disappear.

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Continuity: Between the moment when the dolphins attack Ursula and when Scuttle does, a fallen table and the mess around appear/disappear/reappear between shots.

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Continuity: The bookmarks in the Minister's bible keep changing colour between shots.

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Continuity: When Eric and Ursula are about to marry they stand inches away from the Minister. When the birds attack her, the ground-level shot shows nothing two meters ahead of them, therefore the Minister and his book stand have disappeared.

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Continuity: At the lagoon, when Eric finds out Ariel's name, the oars and the outriggers disappear.

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Continuity: When Ursula's necklace breaks and Eric runs to Ariel, the stool on which the Minister stood on disappears.

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Continuity: The Minister's cape lays sideways first, and straight behind him in the immediate angle.

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Continuity: When Eric's boat leaves with Ursula in, there are ribbons and a long piece of fabric decorating the side of the boat by the 2 portholes, which disappear in later shots.

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Continuity: The barrels that Sebastian uses for Ariel to float and swim to Eric's boat weren't there in any previous shots, and simply pop-out of nowhere.

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Continuity: At the pond, Scuttle jumps on a branch that ends in 2 branches, plus a third one cut. When the angle changes, that third branch is fully grown and filled with leaves.

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Continuity: After Scuttle finds out that the girl is Ursula, he flies to tell Ariel. From the aerial angle she, Sebastian and Flounder are gone from the pier, only to reappear a frame later in a closer angle.

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Continuity: When Ursula stabs her bobby pin on the mirror it falls backwards. When the angle changes it's straight, then she steps on the make up cabinet and it's back to tilted backwards.

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