The Little Mermaid

Continuity mistake: When Sebastian follows Ariel into the grotto where Ariel keeps her human stuff, the door swings shut. When Ariel is going to the surface to look at the ship, the stone that closed the grotto has been moved out of the way magically. She just swims right out.

Continuity mistake: In the kitchen scene the chef pins down Sebastian with a fork, leaving two holes in the table. However, the holes are there before he does this.

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.

Sacha

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.

Sacha

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

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Ariel arrives at the dining room, there are just 2 chairs and the table is almost empty. When the angle changes a chair appears together with cutlery, chandeliers and fruit bowls.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Ariel is taking a bath, look behind her - the leaves disappear and the stone fish changes appearance between shots, and the faucet disappears in the second angle.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Eric walks on the beach with his dog, who sniffles something. Right then, the barren place swaps to having plants everywhere.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Ariel's dad hugs her goodbye, from the angle in front she is above his shoulder and hair, but from the immediate opposite angle she is standing in a lower position, his hair covering her face.

Sacha

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Continuity mistake: At the start, when King Triton makes his appearance he's holding dolphin reins, and at first it's shown as two separate straps in Triton's hand as he tells Sebastian he's looking forward to the performance, but when Sebastian replies that it will be the finest concert he's ever conducted, Triton lets go of the rein and it's a single continuous strap. (00:04:15)

Super Grover

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Sebastian: Somebody's got to nail that girl's fins to the floor.

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Trivia: The two minute storm took 10 special effects artists over a year to finish.

Disney-Freak

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Question: I once heard that there's a shell somewhere in the movie that has a profanity written on it. Is this true?

Answer: Yet another Disney urban legend.

Jazetopher

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