"Palace of King Triton and features fanciful seashell-inspired architecture. It includes the meet-and-greet attraction ""Ariel's Grotto"", as well as the parachute jump–style ride ""Jumpin' Jellyfish"" (also present in Disney California Adventure). ""King Triton's Carousel of the Sea"" is a Carousel at Disney California Adventure that uses sea horses, flying fish, whales, dolphins, sea lions, otters and garibaldi. ""Voyage of the Little Mermaid"" is a live show attraction at Disney Hollywood Studios in Florida that features puppets and live actors. Other attractions based on the film include """", a dark ride at Disney California Adventure in Paradise Pier and the Magic"
"The Little Mermaid ""The Little Mermaid"" () is a fairy tale written by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen about a young mermaid who is willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul. The tale was first published in 1837 and has been adapted to various media, including musical theatre, anime and a Disney animated film. The Little Mermaid lives in an underwater kingdom with her widowed father (the sea king or Mer-King), her dowager grandmother, and her five older sisters, each of whom had been born one"
"Little Mermaid (comics) Little Mermaid is the name of two DC Comics superheroes. They are named after, but not related to the character in ""The Little Mermaid"" by Hans Christian Andersen. The Little Mermaid first appeared in ""Super Friends"" #9 and was created by Nicholas Pascale, E. Nelson Bridwell, and Ramona Fradon. Little Mermaid's first appearance was in the ""Super Friends"" series. She was created by longtime fan Nick Pascale who also designed her costume. Her secret identity 'Ulla Paske' as given to her by editor E. Neslon Bridwell in honor of her creator. Ulla is a teenage hero born"
"also be a sign of approaching rough weather, and some have been described as monstrous in size, up to . Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale ""The Little Mermaid"" was published in 1837. The story was adapted into a Disney film with a bowdlerized plot. In the original version, The Little Mermaid is the youngest daughter of a sea king who lives at the bottom of the sea. To pursue a prince with whom she has fallen in love, the mermaid gets a sea witch to give her legs and agrees to give up her tongue in return. Though she is"
"inspired by several different sea creatures, including manta rays and scorpion fish, before Clements finally decided to base the character on an octopus; her number of tentacles was reduced from eight to six for financial reasons. Ursula's appearance was also inspired by American actor and drag queen Divine. When ""The Little Mermaid"" was first released in 1989, Ursula was immediately embraced as one of Disney's best villains, and continues to be ranked highly among the studio's greatest by the media. Praised for being humorous and frightening, the character has garnered positive reviews from film critics, some of whom dubbed her"
"""The Little Mermaid"", inspired by Triton, as an undersea king, the father of the title character. In ""The Little Mermaid"", Triton has seven daughters for the Seven Seas, the youngest named Ariel, of whom he is very overprotective. Though, this character (and all the other ones in the Disney movie) are actually based in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale. Triton (mythology) Triton (; ""Tritōn"") is a mythological Greek god, the messenger of the sea. He is the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, god and goddess of the sea respectively, and is herald for his father. He is usually represented as"
"the film's initial release in 1989 – Yahoo! users voted """"The Little Mermaid"""" as No. 14 on the top 30 animated films of all time. Later, when Yahoo! updated the list in June of the same year, the film remained on the list but dropped six slots to end at #20. (Only three other traditionally animated Disney animated films - ""Aladdin"", ""Beauty and the Beast"", and ""The Lion King"", respectively - scored above it in the poll even after the update.) In 2011, Richard Corliss of ""TIME"" Magazine named it one of ""The 25 All-TIME Best Animated Films"". ""The Little"
"Little Mermaid"" was the first animated Disney Princess film following ""Sleeping Beauty"" from 1959. As such, Ariel's film marks a new ""Renaissance"" of Disney that created more progressive, independent princesses with higher levels of depth and complexity. However, of all of the progressive Princesses, Ariel is regarded as one of the least feminist ones depicted. She sings ""Part of Your World"" which pleads for a chance to explore her curiosity in the outside world, though critics cite that curiosity is largely driven by her desire to marry a man that she has never even spoken to. However, in direct contrast"
"Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name is a 1935 animated ""Merrie Melodies"" cartoon, starring Buddy and Cookie (as two mer-kids), and is noted to be the only Buddy cartoon in Technicolor. This is directed by Friz Freleng. Mermaids sing to the audience about mermaids and fishes at play; they and some other sea creatures dance to the song. A young merman who resembles Buddy plays tag with a mermaid resembling Cookie, but she is offended when he ""tags"" her a bit too hard. Buddy looks inside a sunken ship and drags Cookie to it."
"characters fight over. She is an object, really, and that is not feminist at all,"". Disney, on their Disney princesses website, claims Aurora to inspire young girls to ""always wonder."" Ariel is the fourth Disney Princess, as well as the title character in Disney's 28th animated feature film ""The Little Mermaid"", released in 1989. She is the youngest of King Triton's seven daughters. Ariel is a mermaid princess in the undersea kingdom Atlantica (according to later media in the franchise). Fascinated by the human world and tired of life under the sea, Ariel makes a deal with Ursula, an evil"
"Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (1975 film) The movie opens in live action Denmark. The narrator talks about Hans Christian Andersen and his authorship of the original story. After a brief shot of a live action ocean and the opening title card (with a mermaid song in the background), the scene dissolves to 2D hand-drawn anime. Princess Marina, who lives in the undersea kingdom with her father, grandmother, and five older sisters, is playing with her best friend Fritz, a dolphin. On her way home, the Sea Witch conjures a powerful storm. Marina is scolded by her sisters for"
"The Little Mermaid (franchise) The Little Mermaid is a Disney media franchise. The success of the 1989 American animated feature film ""The Little Mermaid"" led to a direct-to-video sequel, a prequel film, a spin-off television series, a musical, several video games, theme park attractions, and other merchandise. A live action remake of the film is in development. ""The Little Mermaid"" paved the way for what would become the Disney Renaissance, with the original film becoming the first film of that era. ""The Little Mermaid"" is the original film of the franchise. It was produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, and"
"Clements eventually learned that Walt Disney himself had actually attempted to adapt the fairy tale into a feature-length animated film as early as the 1930s, but the project was ultimately shelved due in part to its sad ending. Clements suggested ""The Little Mermaid"" to Katzenberg, who finally green-lit it after having first rejected it. Hardly present in Andersen's original story, the sea witch is not a prominent character and lacks a proper name. Among Clements' ideas to alter the story, the filmmaker decided to ""make the witch more of a villain"", describing Ursula as ""a fun character to develop"" into"
"The Little Mermaid (1968 film) The Little Mermaid () is a 1968 Soviet animated film based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale ""The Little Mermaid"". As the story opens, a busful of tourists are touring Copenhagen. Their guide draws their attention to the beautiful statue at Langelinie. At that, the film's focus moves below the waterline, where several fish tell the story of ... A galleon is foundering on the rough ocean. Its master, a young prince, is trying his best to keep the ship out of harm, but he fails, and eventually falls into the waves. Meanwhile, four mermaid"
"Mermaid"", ""Adventures of Pinocchio"", ""Caillou"", ""The Little Lulu Show"", ""Cat Tales"", ""The World of David the Gnome"", ""Spirou"", ""Anna Banana"", ""Diplodos"", ""Nutsberry Town"", ""Lucky Luke"", ""C.L.Y.D.E."", ""Jungle Tales"", ""The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures"", ""Pig City"", ""Wunschpunsch"", ""Sea Dogs"", ""A Miss Mallard Mystery"", ""Woofy"", ""Fred the Caveman"", ""Bob in a Bottle"", ""Jim Button"", ""The Tofus"", ""The Kids from Room 402"", ""Night Hood"", ""Flight Squad"", ""Ivanhoe"", ""Bumpety Boo"", ""Oscar and Spike"", ""Ocean Tales"", ""The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo"", ""Creepschool"", ""Mica"", ""Belphegor"", ""Zoe and Charlie"", ""Gino the Chicken"", ""Pet Pals"", ""The Twins"", Marsupilami, ""Wombat City"", ""Mona the Vampire"", Zoé Kezako,"
"married actor/singer Ray Benson in 1984. They have two children, McKinley and Delaney. Jodi Benson Jodi Marie Marzorati Benson (born October 10, 1961) is an American actress, voice actress and singer. She is best known for providing both the speaking and the singing voice of Disney's Princess Ariel in ""The Little Mermaid"" and its sequel, prequel, and television series spinoff. Benson voiced the character Barbie in the 1999 Golden Globe-winning movie ""Toy Story 2"" and its 2010 Academy Award-winning sequel ""Toy Story 3"". She also voiced Barbie in the ""Toy Story"" cartoon ""Hawaiian Vacation"". For her contributions to the Disney"
"bikini top. In the films and television series, she is the seventh-born daughter of King Triton and Queen Athena of an underwater kingdom of Merfolk called Atlantica. She is often rebellious, and in the first film, she longs to be a part of the human world. She marries Prince Eric, whom she rescued from a shipwreck, and together they have a daughter, Melody. The character is based on the title character of Hans Christian Andersen's ""The Little Mermaid"" story but was developed into a different personality for the 1989 animated film adaptation. Ariel has received a mixed reception from critics;"
"Sebastian (The Little Mermaid) Sebastian is an animated anthropomorphic crab in ""The Little Mermaid"" film series from the Caribbean island of Jamaica, and is a servant of King Triton. Apart from his role in the film trilogy, Sebastian features in the animated series, in the ""Kingdom Hearts"" series of video games, and even has music albums based on him. The character was developed solely for the film, and is not derived from the original Hans Christian Andersen story. Early on in the writing and development of ""The Little Mermaid"", the character that would later become Sebastian was originally an English-butler"
"Part of Your World ""Part of Your World"" is a song written by lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken for Walt Disney Pictures' 28th animated feature film ""The Little Mermaid"" (1989). Performed by American actress and singer Jodi Benson in the titular role as Ariel, a mermaid princess, ""Part of Your World"" is a power ballad in which the main character expresses her strong desire to become human; its lyrics use placeholder names in lieu of several human-related terms that would be unfamiliar to a mermaid. The film's theme song, ""Part of Your World"" is reprised by Ariel after"
"Jodi Benson Jodi Marie Marzorati Benson (born October 10, 1961) is an American actress, voice actress and singer. She is best known for providing both the speaking and the singing voice of Disney's Princess Ariel in ""The Little Mermaid"" and its sequel, prequel, and television series spinoff. Benson voiced the character Barbie in the 1999 Golden Globe-winning movie ""Toy Story 2"" and its 2010 Academy Award-winning sequel ""Toy Story 3"". She also voiced Barbie in the ""Toy Story"" cartoon ""Hawaiian Vacation"". For her contributions to the Disney company, Benson was named a Disney Legend in 2011. Benson was the original"
"The Little Mermaid (musical) The Little Mermaid is a stage musical produced by Disney Theatrical, based on the animated 1989 Disney film of the same name and the classic story of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen about a mermaid who dreams of the world above the sea and gives up her voice to find love. Its book is by Doug Wright, music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman (written for the film), with additional lyrics by Glenn Slater. Its underwater setting and story about aquatic characters requires unusual technical designs and strategies to create gliding movements"
"Menken had previously amassed great live musical success with their Off-Broadway production ""Little Shop of Horrors"", but the performance of Ashman's first Broadway venture ""Smile"" had been disappointing. Eager to redeem himself, Ashman agreed to work on Disney's animated film ""The Little Mermaid"" (1989), which he and Menken would famously decide to approach as though they were scoring a Broadway musical. Upon release, ""The Little Mermaid"" was a massive critical and commercial success, garnering two Academy Awards, both of them for Ashman and Menken's original music. Disney established a successful renaissance period, during which Ashman and Menken became responsible for"
"Little Mermaid will die with a broken heart and dissolve into sea foam upon the waves. After she agrees to the arrangement, the Little Mermaid swims to the surface near the prince's palace and drinks the potion. She is found by the prince, who is mesmerized by her beauty and grace, even though she is mute. Most of all, he likes to see her dance, and she dances for him despite suffering excruciating pain with every step. Soon, the Little Mermaid becomes the prince's favorite companion and accompanies him on many of his outings. When the prince's parents encourage their"
"looks up in the sky as though he knows she is deceased and looking down upon him and his bride from a sunlit sky. The Little Mermaid (1968 film) The Little Mermaid () is a 1968 Soviet animated film based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale ""The Little Mermaid"". As the story opens, a busful of tourists are touring Copenhagen. Their guide draws their attention to the beautiful statue at Langelinie. At that, the film's focus moves below the waterline, where several fish tell the story of ... A galleon is foundering on the rough ocean. Its master, a young"
"to a merman from Tritionis who had legs and a woman from Posideonis who had a fish tail, in Atlantis. Little Mermaid had the ability to turn her legs into fish fins, and breathe underwater for up to thirty hours. She also had the ability to fly. She was a member of the Global Guardians, her first mission (in ""Super Friends"" #9) was to help Aquaman dismantle a bomb in Atlantis. Later on, she helps Aquaman defeat Sinestro. She helps Superman find an ancient city that had sunk beneath the ocean. There, she assists in fighting supernatural creatures. Later, she"
"Mark Henn Mark Henn (born April 6, 1958) is a Disney supervising animator, whose contributions to animation have included several Disney leading or title characters, most notably heroines. His work includes Ariel in ""The Little Mermaid"", Belle in ""Beauty and the Beast"", Princess Jasmine in ""Aladdin"", Young Simba in ""The Lion King"" and the title character in ""Mulan"". He has also been animator of such films as 2007's ""Enchanted"" and the Goofy short ""How to Hook Up Your Home Theater"". Additionally he directed the award-winning short film ""John Henry"". Recently, he was the supervising animator of Princess Tiana in ""The"
"Carroll as Morgana, the film's new villain. In 2008, Disney released a third film in the ""Little Mermaid"" series, """", which is a prequel to the original film. Ariel and Eric celebrate the birth of their newborn daughter Melody on a ship at sea. Ariel's father King Triton presents Melody with a magic locket. The party is interrupted by Ursula's sister Morgana, who threatens to have Melody fed to her pet tiger shark, Undertow, unless Triton surrenders his trident to her. Morgana then announces her plan to use the trident to avenge Ursula and take over the ocean. Ariel and"
"found on the beach by the prince, he marries another. Told she must stab the prince in the heart to return to her sisters, she can't do it out of love for him. She then rises from the ocean and sees ethereal beings around her who explain that mermaids who do good deeds become daughters of the air, and after 300 years of good service they can earn a human soul. A world-famous statue of the Little Mermaid, based on Andersen's fairy tale, has been in Copenhagen, Denmark since August 1913, with copies in 13 other locations around the world."
"sea witch, trading her voice for the chance to experience the human world. Based on the Danish fairy tale ""The Little Mermaid"" by Hans Christian Andersen, Ariel is voiced by Jodi Benson and animated by Glen Keane and Mark Henn. The character was inspired by the protagonist in Andersen's story but was developed into a different personality for the film. Ariel is fiercely independent and a dreamer, which is notable in her collecting of human world treasures in her private grotto. She is bold and a risk-taker, distinguished by her bright red hair, purple/lavender seashell bra and green tail. ""The"
"The Little Mermaid (2018 film) The Little Mermaid is a 2018 American live-action fantasy-adventure film inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen story of the same name. It is directed and written by Blake Harris, co-directed by Chris Bouchard, and produced by Armando Gutierrez and Robert Molloy. The film was released on August 17, 2018, by Netflix and AMC Theatres. The film has grossed over $2.316 million USD on a budget of $5 million. The story begins with an old grandmother telling her two granddaughters the story of ""The Little Mermaid"". Despite their young ages, the girls don't believe in the"
"a more Broadway feel to it. Lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken, who worked on Broadway years earlier on productions such as ""Little Shop of Horrors"", became involved in the production, writing and composing the songs and score for the film. Released on November 14, 1989, ""The Little Mermaid"" was a critical and commercial success and garnered a higher weekend gross than Bluth's ""All Dogs Go to Heaven"", which opened the same weekend, eventually breaking ""The Land Before Time""s record of highest-grossing animated film. It won two Academy Awards for Best Original Song (""Under the Sea"") and for Best"
"The Little Mermaid Jr. The Little Mermaid Jr. is a stage musical produced by Disney Theatrical, based on the animated 1989 Disney film of the same name and the classic story of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen about a mermaid who dreams of the world above the sea and gives up her voice to find love. Its book is by Doug Wright, music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman (written for the film), with additional lyrics by Glenn Slater. Its underwater setting and story about aquatic characters requires unusual technical designs and strategies to create gliding"
"the 1970s and 1980s, Walt Disney Feature Animation struggled to release animated feature films that achieved the levels of success of some of the studio's earlier productions did. In 1989, Walt Disney Pictures released ""The Little Mermaid. ""An animated musical that features songs written by lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken, ""The Little Mermaid"" was both a tremendous critical and commercial success. Hoping to release a film that achieved similar success, the studio decided to adapt the fairy tale ""Beauty and the Beast"" by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont into an animated film. Prior to getting professionally involved with"