Continuity mistake: When Ariel is crying and Sebastian comes to comfort her, there's a vase, two planks and a small bottle behind her. When the angle changes, every object is different, even the area looks much wider.
Sacha
4th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
4th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: The first time we see Ursula, the oyster keeps changing shape in every single angle.
4th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Ariel and Flounder visit scuttle to show him the fork, the anchor swaps from laying flat on the sand, to standing-up laying a rock, and finally hanging loose resting against nothing.
4th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Ariel grabs the fork the prongs on the side are skewed. When scuttle grabs it, just the one on the right is, the rest look perfect.
4th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: While Flounder is chased by the shark, moss suddenly appears on the anchor.
4th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: While investigating the sunken ship, Ariel is about to see the fork, she swims upwards towards a hole where a broken log stands out on the left. When the angle changes, the hole is completely different and the log is gone.
4th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: The first time Ariel sees a fork it has 4 prongs. When she grabs it it has 3. (00:07:25)
4th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Ariel and Eric lay on the shore, Sebastian is sitting on a rock and his jaw falls, with Scuttle standing by his side. A frame later, Scuttle is standing meters away.
4th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Grisby shows the covered statue, the shape of the bulk underneath changes drastically between shots.
4th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Ariel and Eric exit the town on the chariot, she has her right arm down, but in the close-up it's up and holding a bouquet and some other stuff.
4th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: Eric sits on the side of the boat wishing to find his true love, between a ladder and a rope. From the opposite angle, where we see Ariel peeping, the rope is gone.
4th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: At the table with Ariel and Eric, the stuff on Grimsby's dish changes positions in every single angle, and even disappears in the final angle.
29th Mar 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: Before the maid brings the food, Grimsby puts his glass on the far left of the table. When the angle changes it's standing right in front of him.
29th Mar 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the maid scolds Louis for making noise, the blood stain on the wooden door increases between shots.
29th Mar 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Louis is chasing Sebastian, all the stuff he breaks disappears when it hits the floor.
29th Mar 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: After Ariel has saved Eric and both lay on the beach, his forehead is clear. When the angle cuts, bangs of hair are covering it.
29th Mar 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: All the sailors running around the deck disappear in the wide angle when the hurricane begins.
29th Mar 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: Eric's statue suddenly disappears from the ship's deck when the storm breaks.
26th Mar 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: Eric's statue changes between shots, notice the position of the right fist.
26th Mar 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Grimsby is presenting the statue of Eric, the huge ribbon around it disappears between shots.