Continuity: When King Triton destroys the stone statue of Prince Eric, you can clearly see that the statue's face explodes and breaks into pieces as well as the rest of the body. However, at the point a few minutes later when Arielle decides to meet the seawitch Ursula, she caresses the statue's face as a whole again.
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Quotes
Ursula: Come in. Come in, my child. We mustn't lurk in doorways. It's rude. One might question your upbringing.
Mistakes
When Ursula turns King Triton into a seaweed thing, his crown is a normal crown design. When Ursula then picks it up it has turned into a tiara and stays like that for the rest of the film. See more...
Trivia
When King Triton enters the concert hall and passes over the audience, you can see Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Donald Duck sitting among the audience. See more...
The Little Mermaid (1989)
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.
The Little Mermaid mistakes
Continuity: In the beginning when Ariel is watching the sailors dance on the ship the dog comes over and licks her face, but she wipes off the wrong cheek.
Continuity: When the wedding is taking place, the priest's cross turns upside down for one frame.
The Little Mermaid trivia
The two minute storm took 10 special effects artists over a year to finish.
When King Triton enters the concert hall and passes over the audience, you can see Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Donald Duck sitting among the audience.
The studio first considered making The Little Mermaid in the late 1930s, and illustrator Kay Nielsen prepared story sketches in pastels and watercolors. Her work was studied by the film's modern-day animators, and Nielsen received a "visual development" credit on the film.
The Little Mermaid quotes
Scuttle: I haven't seen this in years, this is wonderful.
Ariel: What is it?
Scuttle: A banded, bulbous snarfblatt.
Ariel, Flounder: Ooooooh.
Scuttle: Now the snarfblatt dates back to prehysterical times when humans used to sit around and stare at each other all day. Got very boring. So they invented this snarfblatt to make fine music.
Sebastian: Are you sure about this?
Scuttle: Have I ever been wrong? I mean when it's important.
Sebastian: Ariel, will you get your head out of the clouds and back in the water where it belongs?
The Little Mermaid easter eggs
This is found on disc. 2 of the Platinum Edition DVD, in Backstage Disney in Treasures Untold: The Making of the Little Mermaid. You have to click to the right on Act V: A Mermaid Sings which reveals an anchor. If you select this you will see The Little Mermaid handshake performed by the co-directors.
This is found on disc. 2 of the Platinum Edition DVD, in Backstage Disney in Treasures Untold: The Making of the Little Mermaid. Click to the left of Act I: Renaissance Men which reveals a fork (Dinglehopper). If you select this, you will see John Musker & Ron Clements drawing each other.
This is found on disc. 2 of the Platinum Edition DVD, in Backstage Disney in Treasures Untold: The Making of the Little Mermaid. Click to the right of Act IV: Setting Sail which reveals a pipe (Snarfblatt). If you select this, you will see a small section on the live action references used in the making of the film.