Continuity mistake: When Ariel is peeping on the boat, Max licks her face and you can see that the rope next to the window disappears behind a beam. After Eric sees his statue, the rope is now really long and is laying on the deck, forming a big circle.
Sacha
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Eric's statue is about to be uncovered, the sailor behind the dog disappears.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: 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.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the movie starts, the big lamp is lit, yet when Triton arrives to light it with his magic trident, it suddenly appears unlit.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the movie begins and the dolphins surround Eric's boat it's completely empty, yet when the angle changes there are sailors everywhere.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Triton lowers his trident to change Ariel into human, Sebastian disappears, only to reappear later on.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: After Ariel marries, the rope with which Sebastian knocks out the chef suddenly appears.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Ariel marries, all the guests on the boat suddenly disappear.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the movie starts, Sebastian conducts the orchestra and his baton switches hands between shots.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: 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.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: 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.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: Between the moment when the dolphins attack Ursula and when Scuttle does, a fallen table and the mess around appear/disappear/reappear between shots.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: The bookmarks in the Minister's bible keep changing colour between shots.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: 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.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: At the lagoon, when Eric finds out Ariel's name, the oars and the outriggers disappear.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: The Minister's cape lays sideways first, and straight behind him in the immediate angle.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: 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.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: 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.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: 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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