Javier Bardem explains why he didn't go shirtless as King Triton in The Little Mermaid. Javier Bardem has joked it would have been “very distracting” if he went shirtless for his role as King Triton in The Little Mermaid.
In the animated version of The Little Mermaid, Ariel literally signed the deal with Ursula, as the sea witch gave her a contract. Thanks to that, Ariel voluntarily gave her voice to Ursula in exchange for legs, leaving her completely mute.
In this novel, Ursula is King Triton's younger sister who was betrayed by him as a child for choosing a tentacled form instead of a mermaid's tail, and grew up as a human in the town of Ipswich with an adoptive human father.
King Triton. King Triton is the ruler of Atlantica who has white hair, a white beard, and a white mustache (in the prologue of prequel film he has auburn brown), husband of Queen Athena, the father of Ariel and her sisters and grandfather of Melody.
Considering Ursula and Triton are indeed siblings in The Little Mermaid live-action — and in other iterations of the story, a concept that was dropped from the animated film — it stands to reason that the Sea Witch would be the one to choose her tentacles, morphing from a mermaid into a half-human, half-tentacled ...
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What happened to Ariel's mom?
Ariel's Mother Had a Brutal Disney Death
Athena took too long to try and escape (going back for a music box she'd gotten for her husband as a gift), and she ends up crushed between the pirate ship and the rocks of the cove. Ariel's mother is far from the only material figure in Disney Animation to die.
Over the years, fans have pointed out that, in Greek mythology, Ariel's father, Triton, is Poseidon's son, and Poseidon is Zeus' brother, and Zeus is Hercules' father.
Triton and Ursula were meant to rule over the oceans together, but Ursula's greed began to grow, and she tried to use dark magic to usurp Triton. In the stage version, that was the planned reason for Triton banishing her.
But in a desire to re-market these ladies to a chic clientele, it appears that they decided to shave more than a few pounds off of Ursula the Sea Witch and Alice in Wonderland's Queen of Hearts. Because in order to be fashionable, you must be thin. The fact is, Ursula was fashionable.
Ariel appears as an adult in Return to the Sea and gives birth to a daughter named Melody, becoming the first, and currently, only, Disney princess to become a mother.
Ariel was offered by Ursula to become a human for three days and would become human permanently if she shares a kiss of true love with Eric, but will turn back into a mermaid and be bound to Ursula for eternity if she fails to kiss Eric.
In the movie The Little Mermaid (Clements & Musker, 1989), Ariel displays symptoms of disposophobia, which is defined as the fear of getting rid of things.
King Triton, along with Ariel's mother, Athena, had Ariel and her seven sisters. That makes Triton and Hercules first cousins, and therefore Ariel, a second cousin to Hercules.
Poseidon is the father of King Triton, and therefore the paternal grandfather of Ariel and her sisters. He is, presumably, the son of Triton's Grandpa Neptune.
I was just randomly thinking about how Ariel is the daughter of Triton and then I realized that Triton is the son of Poseidon so therefore, Ariel is the granddaughter of Poseidon. So basically, Percy is Ariel's uncle.
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.
Who was the prettiest Disney princess? The most prettiest Disney princess is Aurora of the "Sleeping Beauty" (voiced by Mary Costa). Her classic beauty, graceful demeanor, and the enchanting story that surrounds her enhance her appeal.
Who is the only Disney princess to kiss a villain?
Pin for Later: 40 Disney Princess Secrets You Never Knew Growing Up Jasmine is the only Disney princess to kiss a villain. At least it was for a good cause?
Betrayed and developing great hate against the human and her father, Ursula decided she no longer wanted to be a mermaid and used her father's trident to transform her fishtail into tentacles, becoming the Sea Witch.
The Seven Princesses of Atlantica (commonly referred to as the Daughters of Triton or Ariel's Sisters) are the seven daughters of King Triton and Queen Athena, debuting in Disney's 1989 animated feature film The Little Mermaid.
