Flounder. Flounder is a yellow and blue tropical fish (despite the name, he is not an actual flounder) and Ariel's best friend, voiced by Jason Marin in the 1989 film, who also provided vocals in-character for the tie-in music album Sebastian from The Little Mermaid.
Flounder is one of the most important characters in The Little Mermaid, as Ariel's best friend and closest companion. Any animal companion to a Disney princess lives in the hearts of fans forever.
Flounder is Ariel's best friend, but what fish species Disney were using as inspiration for him in 1989 is not particularly clear. One thing's certain, Flounder is not a flounder.
While Ariel and her search for terrestrial love gets most of the attention, the film's MVP might be Flounder, the precocious fish sidekick of seemingly indeterminate species.
Ariel falls in love with a human prince named Prince Eric after saving him from drowning, and visits the sea witch, Ursula, who agrees to turn her into a human in exchange for her voice.
However, towards the bottom of the chart are some very young couples, including The Little Mermaid's, Ariel and Eric, who are just 16 and 18, and the youngest, other that Snow White, being Aladdin's Jasmine who is only 15-year-old, who is with 18-year-old Aladdin.
The backstory of Ariel and Eric's daughter. Let's break. down the tale of a princess who was half human and. half mermaid: the adventurous, kind, and brave.
Queen Athena is shown to be a stunningly beautiful and attractive mermaid with long, red hair tied in a partial ponytail, green eyes, and an aqua tail. Of all her daughters, her youngest, Ariel, resembles her the most.
Also, it's not because I didn't want to, it's because (director Rob Marshall) had a different idea… It is very distracting to have somebody like that the whole (time). It makes sense that he's covered by a great, beautiful shell,” he explained. “The armour was heavy.
While some of Sebastian's features resemble a lobster, Sebastian is definitely a crab, as is stated in The Little Mermaid itself a few times. This includes the scene where the obsessed Chef Louis refers to Sebastian as a crab, and since he's a professional, he really should know.
Arabella is one of the granddaughters of King Triton and a niece of Ariel. She invited Ben, Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos to attend the annual Seaside Festival, a daylong celebration held among the Merfolks. She was at her grandfather's party when the storm appeared in Auradon.
Sebastian is shown as being a good friend of Ariel and Flounder, as well as Urchin, a new character unique to the television series. He is sometimes strict and often critical of Ariel's adventurous ways but often ends up going on her adventures with her.
Attina, Alana, Adella, Aquata, Arista, and Andrina first appear in the original film, introduced during the "Daughters of Triton" sequence. They perform in the concert that Sebastian is putting on that will be the musical debut of their youngest sister, Ariel.
Actress Noma Dumezweni is a confirmed cast member of the 2023 live-action remake of The Little Mermaid, but the part she will be playing remains a mystery. All that has been revealed is that her character is new to the remake and wasn't part of the original 1989 animated film.
And who else is on that family tree? None other than Hercules's father Zeus, who is the brother of Poseidon. This makes Hercules and Ariel's father first cousins, and Ariel and Hercules first cousins once removed.
Triton received the trident while Ursula received the magic Nautilus shell. Though the two were meant to rule the seas together, Ursula's greed and use of dark magic to usurp Triton led to her being banished. The desire for revenge and power is her motivation for the show.
One theory is that each of Ariel's sisters represents different oceans that are home to various cultures and ethnicities. It's pretty problematic to have mermaids who all look the same representing such an expansive underwater world.
Rather, Ursula's appearance is radically different from her family, and she sports tentacles that look like a permanent black dress. It's possible Ursula is not a mermaid in appearance because she and Triton did not have the same mother or father. If they're half siblings, Ursula's tentacles make more sense.
As Melody explores her newfound abilities as a mermaid, Morgana warns her that the spell is only temporary and that she needs Triton's magic trident to make it permanent. Unaware that Triton is her grandfather and deceived by Morgana into thinking that he stole the trident, Melody sets off to Atlantica to retrieve it.
Morgana is a villainess who appears in The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea. She is the infamous younger sister of Ursula and the older sister of Ulyana, but Ursula is worse than Morgana.
The decision to fix Ariel's age at 16 years old was also likely to appeal to the target audience of Disney's version of The Little Mermaid. Her age makes sense to the narrative of the story as it's driven by her curiosity about the world and her identity crisis; relatable themes for many at the same stage of life.
In the first Frozen movie, Elsa's age was 21, while Anna was 18. Considering Frozen revolved around Elsa's coronation, it's refreshing to see that Arendelle waited until she was a more appropriate age to receive the queen title. Frozen II occurred after a 3-year time jump, with Elsa now 24 and Anna 21.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs came out in 1937, debuting the very first Disney princess with Snow White herself. Voiced by Adriana Caselotti, she's incredibly of her time (i.e. dated af).
