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THE LITTLE MERMAID

More harpoons!

Ready the nets, mate.

Hoist and kill her, before she comes aboard.

Let me see, let me see!

Right, right, right!

She's a fast one!

Hand me another!

Hey! Hey!

Move! Move! Get back!

What are you doing?

- It's a mermaid! - A mermaid? Use your eyes!

What were you thinking?

These are dangerous waters.

And this is a dangerous time.

Tonight's the Coral Moon.

They say it's when the Sea King calls his mermaid daughters together...

to lure men to their deaths.

- Is that what they say? - Aye!

Not even the strongest can resist their spell.

Just an old lore!

Back to work!

- See that? - See what?

Hawkins!

Crosswind gust kicked up the top, that's all!

That's the Sea King's doing!

He would've sunk her himself, if he could!

Where is Prince Eric?

Up on the bow, Sir Grimsby...

Eric!

What are you doing up there?

Get back here at once!

You ought to stop worrying so much about me, Grimsby!

Call me selfish but I don't want to tell the Queen...

that her son fell overboard, on my watch.

And on his birthday, of all days.

Looks like there is a Spanish galleon out there,

headed toward the mainland.

We could follow it to port, see what they've brought to trade.

Our ship is loaded to the gills as it is.

We've risked our necks out here for seven weeks already.

We're going home tonight.

Eric, pay attention.

I need you to be more careful.

My daughters of the seven seas,

I welcome news from all of your waters.

Tamika, Perla, it's so good to see you.

Caspia, Indira,

it fills my heart to have you all here.

Mala, Karina.

Where is Ariel?

Sebastian?

You were supposed to see to it that Ariel was here.

I tried, your Majesty. But that child, she's impossible.

I reminded her about the gathering just this morning.

What more can one crustacean do?

You can go find her.

Yes, your Majesty, right away.

Yes, your Majesty, right away, your Majesty.

How hard can it be to find a mermaid, after all?

If I'm lucky, I'll only have to search one ocean.

Where are you, child?

We're not supposed to be this far from the palace, Ariel.

Let's go back.

How does that work?

Come on, Ariel, please?

Flounder, stop being such a guppy.

I'm not a guppy.

I think we've gone far enough.

Wait, what is that?

I've never seen that one.

Come on.

Ariel, wait for me.

You know I can't swim that fast.

Oh! Look at all that.

They must have used this ship for battles or something.

Yeah, great. Now let's get out of here.

Getting cold fins?

Who me? No way!

Good! Then you can stay out here and watch for sharks.

Alright. Good.

What?

Ariel, wait!

Do you really think there might be sharks around here?

Oh, Flounder.

Look at this.

It's the smallest trident I have ever seen.

I am King Flounder, lord of the seven seas.

I wonder why a human I would need one that size.

I bet Scuttle will know.

She always does.

Will you relax?

It's just your reflection.

Calm down.

Nothing is going to happen.

Flounder, look out!

Flounder!

Are you okay Flounder?

Sure. I mean, I've seen bigger sharks, just...

You know, you can't back down.

You gotta show them who's in...

Come back, Flounder! It's just Scuttle.

Ariel! Hey, kid, how are you doing?

Don't mind me, I was just grabbing a snack.

Scuttle, we found more treasure.

Yeah, we went into this sunken ship, and it was really creepy.

Human stuff! A-ha!

Alright, alright, let me see. Let me see.

Any idea what this is?

Wow! This...

This is... Yeah.

This is very, very unusual.

What? What is it?

It's a... It's a dinglehopper.

- Dinglehopper? - Yeah. Yeah.

Humans use these babies to style their hair.

You just give it a little twirl, little... yanking,

got some pieces with it...

And you're left with an artistically pleasing conflagration of hair

that humans go nuts for.

Really? I would love to see that.

You can't.

- Flounder! - You know it's true.

Your father still won't let you go to the surface, huh?

No, it's forbidden.

He thinks all humans are... barbarians...

They're not so bad.

Unless you're a coconut.

They hate coconuts.

That's right. They get a hold of one, they'd smash it to pieces,

just like that. It's weird.

- And what's this? - Ariel!

...cross the whole ocean looking for this child...

Ariel!

Sebastian! Sorry about that.

Ariel, what are you doing up there?

Wasting your time with this loon bird...

Who can't tell swimmin' from flyin'?

Hey!

I suppose you've completely forgotten

tonight is the Coral Moon.

- Oh, no. - Oh, yes.

The gathering of King Triton's daughters.

Minus one.

My father is going to kill me. I'm sorry, Scuttle. Got to go.

Yeah, yeah. Alright, sweetie.

Me too. Gotta get some air.

Yes, hurry home, Princess.

We wouldn't want to be late for dad's gathering, now,

would we?

Perhaps I'll join them.

Wait.

What a shame!

It seems that big brother

forgot to invite Auntie Ursula to the party.

Again!

I should be the one throwing the parties.

Not waiting on an invitation.

The feasts we had

when I lived at the palace.

And now,

look at me, family pariah.

Wasting away to practically nothing,

banished and exiled,

driven halfway to madness,

in this dim little crevice for 15 long years!

While daddy and his spoiled little

merbrats celebrate the Coral Moon.

Well...

I'll give you something to celebrate.

I may have finally found

daddy's weakness.

Yes.

Red's fascination with humans might be just

the opening I've been waiting for.

It is irresponsible.

Your sisters are only here for one phase

of the Coral Moon. Can you imagine

- any one of them missing the gathering? - No.

You're right. I'm sorry.

It wasn't Ariel's fault.

We were exploring and a shark...

- chased us... - Shark?

So you went to the shipwrecks again.

Those waters are dangerous.

You don't have to worry about me.

Well, I do worry, my little one.

I do worry. This obsession with humans

- has to stop. - I just want to know

- more about them. - You know all you need to know.

I barely know anything.

You won't even let us go to the surface.

Why do you have to be so strong-minded,

- just like your mother? - I am her daughter.

Yes. Foolish enough to be taken with the human world.

If you would just try to understand...

Oh, I have tried. I have tried to understand you

long enough, but as long as you

live in my ocean, you'll obey my rules.

Do you understand that?

Children. You give them an inch,

they swim all over you.

Was I too hard on her?

Definitely not. It's like I always say...

Children got to live by their parents' rules.

You are absolutely right, Sebastian.

My Ariel needs constant supervision.

Constant.

- Someone to watch over her. - All the time,

- day and night. - And you are just

- the crab to do that. - I am just the crab to...

No, wait, that's not... what? No, see,

I serve you, your Majesty, as your honorable

majordomo.

There is no better way you can serve me, than

to make sure my little one stays out of trouble.

- But I... - Yeah.

Go.

- Go. - Yes, your Majesty.

How do i get myself into these situations?

I am an educated crustacean.

I got options. I don't need this. I should be advising

the King, not chasing after some headstrong

teenager.

Ariel?

Are you okay?

He doesn't even hear me.

I am just not like him. I don't see things the way he does.

And I...

I don't see...

how a world that makes...

such wonderful things, can be so bad.

Look at this stuff.

♪ Isn't it neat?

♪ Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?

♪ Wouldn't you think I'm the girl...

♪ the girl who has everything?

♪ Look at this trove, treasures untold

♪ How many wonders Can one cavern hold?

♪ Looking around here, you'd think...

♪ Sure, she's got everything

♪ I've got gadgets and gizmos a-plenty

♪ I've got whozits and whatzits galore

You want thingamabobs?

I've got twenty.

♪ But who cares?

♪ No big deal

♪ I want more...

♪ I want to be...

♪ Where the people are

♪ I want to see...

♪ want to see them dancing,

♪ walking around on those...

What do you call 'em?

♪ Feet...

♪ Flippin' your fins, you don't get too far

♪ Legs are required...

♪ For jumping, dancing...

♪ Strolling along down a...

What's that word again?

♪ street...

♪ Up where they walk, Up where they run,

♪ up where they stay all day in the sun...

♪ Wandering free

♪ Wish I could be...

♪ Part of that world...

♪ What would I give, if I could live out of these waters?

♪ What would I pay, to spend a day warm on the sand?

♪ Bet'cha on land, They understand that they

♪ don't reprimand their daughters

♪ Bright young women,

♪ sick of swimmin', ready to stand

♪ And, ready to know what the people know

♪ Ask them my questions and get some answers

♪ What's a fire and why does it...

What's the word?

♪ Burn...

♪ When's it my turn?

♪ Wouldn't I love, love to explore that shore up above?

♪ Out of the sea...

♪ Wish I could be part of that world

Ariel! Don't!

No, no, no. What does she think she's doing?

My God!

♪ I'll tell you a tale of the bottoms below

♪ And he's heading to starboard!

♪ Heave-ho!

♪ Look out there!

♪ The mermaid be waiting for you

♪ In mysterious bottoms below

♪ I'll sing you a Song of the king of the sea!

♪ And he's heading to starboard!

♪ Heave-ho!

♪ The ruler of all of the oceans is here

♪ In mysterious fathoms below

♪ Heave-ho! Heave-ho!

Enough!

Let's go, gentlemen.

But we want to dance!

Come on, it's his birthday!

Come on Grimsby!

What's wrong with me having a little fun?

Everyone else is.

You sire, are not everyone else.

It's time you separated yourself from the rest of the crew.

But I am one of them!

And behave in a manner more becoming of a future King.

You mean be more like my father was?

Cut off from the rest of the world?

Eric, you know what I mean.

When you came to us 21 years ago,

the King and Queen took you in

and treated you as one of their own.

Now that you've come of age...

Max...

Max!

What are you doing over there?

Come here boy!

Come on, let's go!

Go on!

Now that you've come of age,

your responsibilities are at home.

Your father would have expected that.

Yes, trapped inside that castle in isolation and fear.

I can't do it.

I believe a little fear may be advisable, sire.

Grims, you're not listening.

I'm trying to be a different kind of leader.

That's the whole reason we're on this voyage, don't you see?

We have to stay open to what's out here.

That's the only way our island can grow.

Eric, think what you risk.

I can't explain it, Grims.

It's in my blood.

Even now, I...

I feel there's something out here, calling to me.

Storm coming in fast.

Storm coming in!

All hands on deck!

All hands on deck!

Tie down the hatches and crates!

Yes sir.

Pull them up and stay on the main course!

We're on it, captain!

Move on!

Move right now!

Go downstairs!

We have made contact!

Oil lamp!

Lifeboats! Abandon ship!

Abandon ship!

Into the water boy!

Go. Now.

Jump, into the water, jump.

Get up, pull him up.

Come on!

Max.

It's okay. Come on, Max, that's it.

All right boy, don't worry, go!

Come on, boy. Max.

Come on.

Come on Max. There you go.

I got you.

Eric!

Oh, no!

Get off me, you fool.

Oh, hey. I didn't expect to find you here.

And I really didn't expect to find her here.

Hey. Hey, hey. You listen to me bird.

The King can never hear of this.

We are going to forget this ever happened.

- Are you listening to me? - Yes.

You won't tell him, I won't tell him...

And I'll stay in one piece. Ya got it?

Got it.

- Sorry, what did you say again? - I'm a dead crab.

♪ What would I give To live where you are?

♪ What would I pay to stay here, beside you?

♪ What would I do to see you smiling at me?

♪ Where would we walk

♪ Where would we run?

♪ If we could stay all day in the sun

♪ Just you and me...

♪ And I could be... Part of your world

Check the coast, men.

Check in the cove.

Eyes peeled. Over that side.

Move it lads, follow me.

Man on the sand.

Over here!

He's alive! Alert the Queen.

Let's go!

Thank you.

♪ I don't know when

♪ I don't know how

♪ But I know something's starting right now

♪ Watch and you'll see...

♪ Someday I'll be...

♪ Part of your world

No. No, it's too easy.

She's already in love of the human world,

and now she found her soul mate.

Wait until daddy finds out.

He is going to hit the surface.

That little girl is going to run straight into my tentacles.

Then I'll use her as a prawn in my little game.

And finally get to rip the power away from Triton...

That should have been mine all along.

All right.

OK.

As long as the King never finds out,

everything will be alright.

He never has to know she used that

precious siren song of hers to save a human.

I just have to find Ariel and get her back home.

No.

She was around here somewhere.

Yes, this must be it.

I just have to be firm with her,

get her to see that this is all just a passing fad,

and in time, she'll forget all about him.

Ariel!

Sebastian, how did you find me?

What is all of this?

What are you doing with that, that thing?

Isn't it beautiful?

Look at the longing in his eyes.

What do you know about longing?

What is he doing here?

It's from the shipwreck.

I found it at merman's reef.

I bet there's so much more.

No, no, Ariel!

Ariel, child, get back here!

Ariel!

You have to let go of this obsession with humans.

I'm not obsessed.

I may be crusty but I'm not blind.

I saw you the night of the shipwreck.

What?

Your father wants you to stay

as far away from them as possible.

But why?

You know why.

We don't have to be afraid of them.

I know that now.

Sebastian, if you had just seen it up there,

the ship rode on the wind.

And they filled the sky with fire.

Okay, okay, listen to me.

The human world is a mess.

Life under the sea is better

than anything they got goin' on up there.

♪ The seaweed is always greener

♪ In somebody else's lake

♪ You dream about going up there...

♪ but that is a big mistake

♪ Just look at the world around you

♪ Right here, on the ocean floor

♪ Such wonderful things things surround you

♪ What more is you looking for?

♪ Under the sea

♪ Under the sea

♪ Darlin', it's better, down where it's wetter

♪ Take it from me

♪ Up on the shore they work all day

♪ Out in the sun they slave away

♪ While we devotin' full time to floatin'

♪ Under the sea

♪ Down here all the fish is happy

♪ As off through the waves they roll

♪ The fish on the land ain't happy

♪ They sad, cause they're in their bowl

♪ But fish in the bowl is lucky

♪ They in for a worser fate

♪ One day when the boss get hungry

♪ Guess who gon' be on the plate?

No!

♪ Under the sea

♪ Under the sea

♪ Nobody beat us, fry us

♪ and eat us in fricassee

♪ We what the landfolks love to cook

♪ Under the sea we off the hook

♪ We got no troubles

♪ Life is the bubbles, under the sea

♪ Under the sea

♪ Under the sea

♪ Under the sea

♪ Yes child, Since life is sweet here

♪ We got the beat here naturally

♪ Naturally...

♪ Even the sturgeon and the ray

♪ They get the urge and start to play

♪ We got the spirit

♪ You got to hear it

♪ Under the sea

Watch this.

♪ The newt play the flute,

♪ the carp play the harp

♪ the plaice play the bass

♪ and they soundin' sharp

♪ The bass play the brass

♪ The chub play the tub

♪ The fluke is the Duke of soul

♪ Yeah, the ray he can play

♪ The lings on the strings,

♪ the trout rocking out

♪ The blackfish she sings

♪ The smelt and the sprat...

♪ They know where it's at

♪ And oh that blowfish blows!

Yeah!

- ♪ Under the sea - ♪ Under the sea

♪ When the sardine, begin the beguine it's music to me

♪ Music is to me

♪ What do they got? A lot of sand

♪ We got a hot crustacean band

♪ Each little clam here know how to jam here

♪ Under the sea

♪ Each little slug here cuttin' a rug here

♪ Under the sea

♪ Each little snail here know how to wail here

♪ That's why it's hotter under the water

♪ Ya we in luck here down in the muck here

♪ Under the Sea!

Hey, Ariel.

Somebody got to nail

that girl's fins to the floor.

Don't tell me Eric is still going on about this girl who rescued him?

I'm afraid so.

And the shipwreck, any casualties?

None, your Majesty.

Well, thank goodness lives were lost.

Indeed.

This restless nature of his,

it concerns me.

Undertaking these dangerous voyages.

Eric, sit.

Any sign of that girl yet, Grimsby?

Have some breakfast, please.

We looked, sire,

but there was no girl.

You were lucky to have made it to shore

before you passed out.

She was real.

- She saved my life. - Sit down, Eric.

- I'm not hungry, mother. - I'm worried about you.

You've not been yourself since the shipwreck.

Have you checked the neighboring islands?

- Not all of them. - Then I will.

No, you will not.

You're not leaving this castle until you're feeling better.

I'll feel better when I finds her.

Do not think you're using this girl as an excuse to run off again.

Risking your life on some trade ship, for the sheer adventure?

Sheer adventure?

I'm trying to reach out to other cultures, so we don't get left behind.

Did you know on this last trip, we traded alkane for 20 cases of quinine?

They use it in Europe to treat malaria.

And where are those 20 cases now?

At the bottom of the sea.

How many shipwrecks have there been in our waters this year, Prime Minister?

Six, your Majesty.

- Did you hear that, Eric? - Of course, I did.

Shipwrecks, hurricanes.

The sea gods are against us.

How many times do I have to...?

They are eroding our land from under us.

Stealing it back into the ocean.

They would kill us all if they could.

That's ridiculous.

Is it?

May I remind you that a deadly shipwreck first brought you to us?

And now, I almost lost you to one, the other day.

We cannot keep tempting fate like this.

- It has got to stop. - What?

What does that mean?

It means that...

that your responsibilities are here now.

So...

no more voyages.

And no more chasing after girls who don't exist.

♪ All I ever wanted was the open sea and sky,

♪ freedom from the life I always knew

♪ Now all I am is haunted, As days and hours roll by,

♪ all I ever think about is you

♪ There you are, over me, taking me with your song

♪ To wild uncharted waters, miles beyond the sea

♪ I was darkness bound, I had almost drowned,

♪ till you came around and you found me

♪ Now I am on the shoreline, but I'm still lost at sea

♪ In these wild uncharted waters

♪ Come find me, again

♪ All I do is wonder who you are and where you'll be,

♪ in my mind your melody goes on...

♪ stronger than the undertow, the night you rescued me,

♪ silhouetted by the rising dawn

♪ All over you, I cannot get over you...

♪ In wild uncharted waters, beyond where man can see

♪ When your eyes outshine the horizon line

♪ and you're finally real here beside me

♪ Now I'm right here on the shoreline, I'm right where you left me

♪ Your voice is like a siren that guides me to wild uncharted waters

♪ Alone, just you and me, and I hope you're there in the open air

♪ There's no map or compass to guide me, no

♪ Time may change the shoreline, but time will not change me

♪ If it takes my life,

♪ I will finally find you again, in uncharted waters...

♪ Come find me, again...

Ariel, could you give me a hand?

Ariel!

Oh. Yes, of course.

Do these humans have any idea how much damage their shipwrecks do?

I don't think they intended to have a shipwreck.

They're careless, Ariel.

It will take thousands of years for this coral to grow back.

And they have killed nearly all of the sea bed.

They'd kill us too if they had the chance.

No, no, they're not all like that.

How would you know? You've never even seen one.

You were just a child when mother died and father stopped us going to the surface.

I just mean we're not all the same, so why should humans be?

What about humans?

I just mean...

Look at what that shipwreck did!

They got what they deserved.

They are the most dangerous species of all.

Spoiling our waters, destroying the reefs,

having no respect over the balance of the oceans.

They're not the only ones who have no respect for balance.

Ariel, where are you...

What's going on with her?

Well, she's just at that age when she

doesn't want to hang out with her older sisters anymore.

- Exactly. You remember what I was like. - How could we forget?

Well, I wonder who the lucky merman is.

The crab, your Majesty.

Come over here, Sebastian.

Breathe, Sebastian. Remember, guilty is as guilty acts.

Don't overreact. Remain calm.

Yes... Yes, your Majesty.

Sebastian, have you noticed that Ariel has been acting peculiar lately?

Peculiar, sir?

Distracted, daydreaming, disappearing for hours. You haven't noticed?

Well I...

Actually, haven't. You know? That is to say, I didn't...

Sebastian, I know you've been keeping something from me.

Keeping something?

About Ariel.

Ariel?

Is my little one in love?

I tried to stop her, sir. I tried to stop her from going to the surface.

I told her to stay away from humans, but...

Humans!

Humans? Who said anything about humans?

Let's just drop these things off and go back.

No way.

With all that great stuff still down there?

Don't we have enough already?

Come on, Flounder. We're just getting started.

So...

You broke the rules.

You went to the above-world.

There was a shipwreck.

A man was drowning. I had to save him.

You should have let him drown. They're savages.

You don't know that.

They killed your mother.

I know.

But, one man did.

Why blame every human? Mother wouldn't...

No, enough. That's enough.

And Eric had nothing to do with it.

Eric? Eric?

Have you lost your senses completely?

If you would've just heard him, father.

He's compassionate and kind.

He is a human. You are a mermaid.

Yes, but that doesn't make us enemies.

Promise me you will never look for him again.

I can't.

Promise me, Ariel.

I can't lie to you. I won't.

I swear I will get through to you.

No! Please.

Father, stop!

This ends now.

Please! Stop it!

It's for your own good.

Father, no!

No...

No.

Never leave again.

Ariel, I...

Just go away.

Poor child.

Poor sweet child.

He can be so angry.

He thinks he knows everything.

Who are you?

You must not remember me.

I'm your auntie Ursula.

The sea witch?

The what?

What has your father told you about me?

That you like to start trouble between humans and merpeople.

Is that what he said?

I'm not half the monster he claims I am.

And I'm only here to help.

I don't need your help.

Whatever you say, darling.

- Wait! - Yes?

How can you help me?

Ariel!

where is she going with those slippery good-for-nothings?

Let's go.

Come in. Come in, child.

You mustn't lurk in passageways.

It's rude.

Forgive my aggressive garden.

I wouldn't choose to live like this. Believe me.

Daddy's been so unfair to both of us.

Controlling everything we say and do.

In a way, we're the same, you and I.

You don't seem at all like father described you.

Is that right?

We never did get along.

Squibling rivalry.

He always got what he want, and what did I get?

Nothing. Zip. Nada. Squat.

Sound familiar, hon?

I know what you're going through. Believe me.

I know why you're here.

I'm not sure I do.

Oh, please.

I've been watching you for a long time now, chérie.

And what you really want is to be up there, in the above-world.

It's always had your curiosity.

And now, it's got your heart.

What do you mean?

You're so young.

Don't you see?

You're meant for each other.

And I can't bear to see you suffer like this.

As it happens, I can help you.

How?

The problem is simple.

You can't live in that world, unless...

You become a human yourself.

Become human?

Is that even possible?

My dear.

It's what I do.

It's what I live for.

♪ I admit that in the past I've been a nasty

♪ They weren't kidding when they called me, well, a witch

♪ But you'll find that nowadays I've mended all my ways

♪ Repented, seen the light, and made a switch

♪ True?

Yes.

♪ And I fortunately know a little magic

♪ It's a talent that I always have possessed

♪ And here lately, please don't laugh,

♪ I use it on behalf of the miserable, lonely and depressed, pathetic,

♪ poor, unfortunate souls, in pain, in need

♪ This one longing to be thinner

♪ That one wants to get the girl

♪ And do I help them?

♪ Yes, indeed

♪ Those poor unfortunate souls...

♪ So sad, so true

♪ They come flocking to my cauldron...

♪ Crying spells, Ursula, please, and I help them

Yes, I do.

♪ Now, it's happened once or twice

♪ Someone couldn't pay the price

♪ And I'm afraid I had to rake 'em across the coals

♪ Yes, I've had the odd complaint

♪ But on the whole, I've been a saint

♪ To those poor unfortunate souls

The sea witch!

So here's the deal.

I'll whip up a little potion to make you human for three days.

You got that?

Three days.

Before the sun sets on the third day,

you and princie must share a kiss.

And not just any kiss.

A kiss of true love.

If you do, you will remain human permanently.

But if you don't...

you'll turn back into a mermaid...

And you belong to me.

No, Ariel!

You understand, of course,

that you'll have to give up your mermaid gifts.

You won't have this tail of yours,

hanging around, dragging you down.

You won't be able to breathe underwater.

Who needs it?

And you'll no longer have that siren song of yours.

Because that wouldn't be fair now, would it?

Don't worry.

I'll keep it safe and soundness, here with me.

We got a deal?

I don't know.

Well...

I may have just given you the premium package, kid.

Oh...

Life's full of tough choices, innit?

No.

This is bad. I can't do this.

Fine then. Forget about the world above.

Go back home to daddy.

And never leave again!

♪ Come on, you poor unfortunate soul!

♪ Go ahead!

♪ Make your choice!

♪ I'm a very busy woman, and I haven't got all day

♪ It won't cost much

Just your voice.

♪ Ya poor unfortunate soul!

♪ It's sad, but true

♪ If you want to cross a bridge, my sweet,

♪ you've got to pay the toll

♪ Get the scale from off your tail

♪ Drop a blood inside the bowl

♪ Flotsam, Jetsam, now I've got her, boys

♪ The boss is on a roll!

♪ this poor, unfortunate soul!

♪ Beluga, sevruga, come, winds of the Caspian Sea,

♪Larynxia, glossitis, et max laryngitis

♪ La voce to me!

♪ Now, sing!

Keep singing!

Yes!

Yes!

Look at her stupid little feet!

Oh, Ariel.

Well?

Come on, girl.

It's either sink or swim.

Don't worry, boys.

She doesn't stand a chance without this.

A mermaid without her voice.

And just in case, I slipped a little something extra

into that spell of mine.

No matter how hard that girl tries,

she won't remember she needs to get that kiss.

Now it's just a matter of time.

And then she's mine.

Not so easy without your tail, is it?

Keep going.

You just got to get your sea legs.

We're almost there.

Get away from here!

Lord, have mercy.

Are you all right?

Poor girl, you must be in shock.

I'm going to find something to cover you up.

Another shipwreck, Santa Maria.

Say, what's going on, kid?

I thought you weren't supposed to be up here.

Now you're taking boat rides?

That, that rotten sea witch, she stole Ariel's voice.

Hey, Flounder.

What are you talking about?

So Sebastian told Triton, that Ariel saved a human.

- And Triton got so mad. - Okay, okay.

Explanations later, man.

We got to get you out of here.

Wait, I didn't tell her about the sea witch.

Bye bye.

And don't tell anyone about the sea witch.

Something about you seems different.

Don't tell me.

It's your hairdo, right?

Because you have been using the dinglehopper, no?

I can't... I can't quite figure it out,

but I know that if I stand here for long enough...

She got legs, ya idiot.

You know, I, I... We discussed this.

I don't like it when you call me an idiot.

Why don't you tell me something nice.

"Hey, Scuttle, your feathers look good."

Here you are.

It will have to do for now.

I'll take you to the castle.

They'll know what to do with you there.

Come on, in ya go.

Hey!

♪ Look at the sun in the sky and the sand in the sea

♪ Behind me

♪ Look at me, suddenly...

♪ I am on land and I'm free

♪ Don't mind me, as I climb...

♪ for the first time

Jump!

♪ For the first time

♪ Trying to stand but this gravity's pulling me down

Open it now!

Look out!

Look out!

Get Lashana, quick!

What is all this?

What on earth?

The girl got tangled in my net.

- Is she all right? - She will survive.

But she been through enough.

Won't say a word.

I know, that happens a lot in here.

♪ Look, it's a fire

♪ It's warm and it glows and it lights

♪ This chamber

♪ Let me admire it, Ow!

♪ Get too close and it bites

♪ I came too close

♪ For the first time

♪ Burned for the first time

♪ Everything's clearer, and brighter and hotter

♪ But now that I'm here, like a fish out of water

♪ I'm trying to stand, but this gravity's pulling me down

Oh, my heavens!

Here, let me take you upstairs, get you cleaned up,

find you some clothes.

Okay, up we go.

One step at a time.

Can't speak at all?

Can you blame her, Rosa?

After all she has been through.

It's a blessing she's not worse off.

Such a far away look in her eyes.

With a soap and a scrub, she'll be good as new.

♪ Are we only food for slaughter?

♪ Is this life on land?

♪ But you were only underwater

♪ Come on, Ariel, time to stand!

There you go. Smells nice, doesn't it?

Oh, no, you poor girl, you must be starving.

Rosa, get this poor child some food.

And quick, before she tries to eat me scrub brush.

Yes, ma'am.

Right, let's get that seaweed stink off of you.

♪ Squeaks in the shoes, and the corset, it's tightened

♪ the seams are busting

♪ Some women choose this, I guess it's all right

♪ that my dream's adjusting

Hard to believe, two shipwrecks in one week.

Prince Eric's still looking for that girl who saved him.

Said he won't rest until he finds her.

Stay right there.

I'll get the Prince.

♪ As I wait for the first time

♪ Here for the first time

♪ Now for the first time

♪ He's coming through those doors

♪ Up the stairs

♪ From the shore

♪ From that moment

♪ And he'll smile, like he knows

♪ When I say...

I'm so sorry to hear what happened.

What's your name?

She doesn't speak, sire.

She ...?

Well, we're glad you made it to us.

Do you have a place to stay?

Family?

Well then, you're welcome to stay here.

For as long as you like.

Make sure she has anything she needs.

Yes, your Highness.

We should let you get some rest.

♪ Realize the price that you paid with your voice

♪ As he turns from you

♪ Those sacrifices you made

♪ for a choice that you can't

♪ Undo...

♪ Lost...

♪ For the first time

♪ Scared...

♪ For the first time

♪ Gravity feels like an undertow

♪ Pulling me...

♪ Down...

This has got to be, without a doubt...

the single, most humiliating day of my life.

I could have been fricassee'd.

And then having to climb all the way up here.

They couldn't give you a room on the ground floor?

I hope you appreciate what I go through for you, young lady.

No, don't ya turn your back on me.

What were you thinking?

Choosing to give up your mermaid gifts?

Now, if we could just get that witch to give them back,

then you could go home and just be...

And just be...

Just be miserable for the rest of your life.

Oh my, what a soft shell I am turning out to be.

All right, all right. I'll try to help you.

But we've got to be bold. Act quickly, don't forget about the kiss.

No, no, not me, the Prince! You got to kiss the prince.

Don't you remember? You only have three days to...

Hello?

Oh, no, she's put a spell on you.

You can't remember, can you?

Now what are we going to do?

Well, we got no time to lose.

We just got to find a way to get the two of you together.

You're hopeless, child, you know that?

Completely hopeless.

A buffet.

What? No nuts.

What are you doing here?

There you are, I've been looking for you.

Flounder told me the whole story.

Has Ariel killed the Prince yet?

Not "killed", "kissed", ya bird brain.

And it's worse than we thought.

The witch has placed a spell on her.

As soon as I tell her she's got to kiss him,

the thought jumps clear right out of her head.

So, now it's up to us.

To kiss the Prince?

Forget it.

Where is Ariel now?

What do you mean? She's right here.

What are you doing in here, child?

You can't just go wandering around whereever ya please.

Hide!

Who is in here?

Oh, it's you.

Nobody usually comes in here.

My little mermaid.

It's alright, it's alright.

You can look at her.

I found her on the cost of Cartageña.

Isn't she beautiful?

Oh, that's right. You...

Well, it really doesn't matter.

Most people around here use

too many words and have nothing to say.

You know, I never believed all the lore

about mermaids luring sailors to their deaths.

Here, take her.

No, really, I want you to have her.

I'm running out of space as it is.

Nearly all of these things come from my voyages.

I know it must seem silly, collecting all this stuff.

But, just look at this fossilized seastone.

Can you believe such amazing things exist down there?

No, wait!

How did you know that was in there?

All this time?

It's incredible.

- Oh, that? - Hey, girl.

That, I just picked up from the beach, here on the island.

There's loads of them in this time of year.

I had no idea you could do that.

Me?

No... really?

All right, then... And...

How do I...?

Yeah, that's it, that's it, girl.

Go get it, go get it, I see you.

Go on, come now...

Alright.

Yeah, well...

I'll work on that.

I love the people there. Their culture, their custom.

This whole region is known as the Brazilian Empire.

Then there is... Venezuela.

Colombia.

The area up here is called Mosquito Coast.

Those waters are all uncharted.

Wouldn't it be amazing to discover some place no one has ever seen before?

But this...

This was one of my favorite voyages.

I bought that Peruvian rug there,

along with six of the looms they used to make it.

Another one. All right.

This is our Island.

We're in that very castle right now.

Over here is our main village.

Our port there, was once the busiest in the region.

I'm hoping it will be again one day.

And there's a beautiful lagoon, with a little waterfall right here.

And then, all of that is rainforest.

I can show you around, if you like.

All right.

We'll go tomorrow.

But, sire...

Grimsby, good.

We'll need a horse and carriage ready for us in the morning.

May I have a quiet word, sire?

Of course.

He's a special one, isn't he?

And that moonlight...

We were going to send out all the carriages tomorrow...

to look for the girl?

The girl...

I wasn't thinking. Of course. Yes.

We must do that. Absolutely.

And I must remind you, Eric,

what your mother said yesterday about you not leaving the castle.

- Until you're feeling better. - Grimsby, I feel fine.

I feel better than ever.

Yes.

Yes, I can see that.

I suppose we could spare one carriage.

Looks like you've made a friend there.

Come on, Max.

We'll see you later.

Oh, no. You're not going without me.

I only got two days left.

I'm a crab on a mission.

Go ahead, jog.

I'm getting too old for this.

No, no, no, no.

Down, beast.

I still got it.

Who is that riding out with Prince Eric?

Is that the girl who washed up the other day?

Yes, it is, Lashana.

Didn't the Queen tell him to stay in the castle?

Yes, she did, Lashana.

Aren't you getting into trouble for fetching him a carriage?

What carriage, Lashana?

Do you want to try?

Here.

Look out! Look out!

Sorry about that.

That was close.

Whoa!

Turn!

No!

That was... fun.

Let me give you a hand.

Move, move.

Here we go.

This way, come on.

This way.

Here you go.

That's it.

Thank you, lad.

Island berry?

Like?

It's pretty.

Coconut.

Coconut.

Fresh coconut?

No? You don't want it?

Thank you, Miss.

Young lady, would you like to try some?

I think you'll be needing this.

Good day, sire.

Hat for the lady?

There you are.

No, no.

Too big, try this.

Tropical flowers?

Everybody, everybody.

Say, any kissing yet?

No, when it comes to romance, these two are slow as snails.

Hey, go find Flounder.

We got to move this thing along, and quick.

Okay, bossy.

Bring it here, bring it here, bring it here now.

Let it up, let it up, let it up.

Come on now.

I love this time of night.

Sometimes you'll see the eyes of a Screech owl, up in the tree.

Hey, hey, hey, come back with that.

Come on!

I think he went this way.

Are you alright?

Hey, give me my hat back.

All right.

I didn't want to lose this.

Move your big fat feathers bird, I can't see a thing.

Well, that worked pretty good, didn't it?

But nothing is happening.

We're running out of time, and no one has puckered up once.

I think it's time for a little vocal romantic stimulation.

Please, no.

You gotta be bow- chikka-wow-wow.

Chikka-wow!

- Wow-wow-wow. - Alright... Gosh!

- I was off, I was off on that one. - No...

Let me find it. Let me find it.

Wow...

You're finished?

Wow.

Alright, alright, listen...

Ariel can not know we are helping.

If she sees or hears us, she'll shut us down.

Nah, man. We got to be sneaky about this.

We got to work on the prince

using the power of suggestion.

Good.

How are we going to do that?

We got to blend in with the sounds of nature.

So she doesn't hear us.

Percussion.

Strings.

Winds.

Words.

♪ There, you see her

♪ Sitting there across the way

♪ She don't got a lot to say

♪ But there's something about her

♪ And you don't know why

♪ But you're dying to try, you wanna...

♪ Kiss the girl

♪ Yes, you want her

♪ Look at her, you know you do

♪ Possibly, she wants you too

♪ Use your words, boy, and ask her

Do you want to try?

♪ If the time is right

♪ And the time is tonight

♪ Go on and kiss the girl

♪ Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la

♪ My, oh, my

♪ Look like the boy too shy

♪ Ain't gonna kiss the girl

♪ Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la

♪ Ain't that sad?

♪ Ain't it a shame, too bad

♪ He's gonna miss the girl

Pull it back, Scuttle, pull it back!

What a clear night.

You can see Orion.

The sailors use the constellations to navigate.

That one is Orion, the hunter.

There's Aries, the ram.

That's Cassiopeia.

That's funny.

I still don't know your name.

Let's see.

Is it...

Diana?

No.

Or...

Catherine?

No, definitely not Catherine.

Sky...

Aries?

Aries? A...

Ari...

Arie...

Ariel...

Ariel?

Ariel.

That is a beautiful name.

Written in the stars.

♪ Now's your moment

♪ Floating in a blue lagoon

♪ Boy, you better do it soon

♪ No time will be better

♪ She don't say a word

♪ And she won't say a word

♪ Until you kiss the girl

♪ Kiss the girl

♪ Kiss the girl

♪ Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la

- ♪ Don't be scared - ♪ Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la

♪ You got the mood prepared

♪ Go on and kiss the girl

♪ Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la

♪ Don't stop now

♪ Don't try to hide it

♪ How you wanna kiss the girl

♪ Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la

♪ Float along

♪ And listen to the song

♪ The song say, kiss the girl

♪ Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la

♪ The music play

♪ Do what the music say

♪ You got to kiss the girl

♪ You've got to kiss the girl

Why don't you...

♪ Kiss the girl

♪ Come on, and kiss the girl

♪ Go on and kiss the girl

What?

What was that?

God!

That was close.

Too close.

I don't get it.

I didn't think that little barracuda

stood a chance luring him in

without a voice.

How is that even possible?!

Well, we're not gonna let that happen again.

It's time Ursula took matters into her own tentacles.

Where is it?

Come on.

Come on, it's got to be here somewhere.

No, no!

Nobody ever puts my things back!

No, where is it?

No...

No, no, no.

No!

Oh. There it is. I got it.

That prince won't know what hit him.

Only one more sunset.

And then I'll make Triton writhe.

I'll see him wriggle like a worm on a hook.

So where is she?

- We don't know, father. - She's gone.

What do you mean she's gone?

We have been looking and looking.

There's no sign of her anywhere.

She is not in these waters.

Then, look again.

Search all of the seven seas, if you have to.

- Ariel wouldn't dare go above... - Don't even think of such a thing.

It doesn't make sense.

Why would she leave?

I have no idea.

Never mind that. Just find her!

What have I done?

Everyone is asleep.

- We should probably be quiet. - ...in his room, all day?

Come on, come on, come on.

I imagine,

he is resting.

Has he been avoiding me?

No, your Majesty.

- No. - No?

No.

You seem awfully certain.

Avoiding you doesn't seem like Eric, does it?

Then where is he? He's not searching for his fantasy girl, I hope.

No, your Majesty. That, I I can say with certainty.

Thank heavens for small blessings.

It's wet.

I'll look into it. You really must get some rest yourself.

Yes, I suppose I should. Thank you, Grimsby. Good night.

Sorry about that.

I wasn't supposed to leave the castle today.

But I'm glad I did.

All these rules.

The truth is, I wasn't born into all this.

It all makes me feel a little uncom...

- Welcome back, sire. - Grimsby.

I trust you two have had a pleasane outing.

Yes, we did. Didn't we? Yes. Very nice.

You've had a long day, Miss.

I imagine we should let you get some sleep.

And perhaps dried off as well.

Yes, we took a rowboat out onto the lagoon and I'm afraid we ended up in it.

Anyway, good night.

Good night.

Ariel.

About the carriages, sire...

I'm afraid they didn't find the mystery girl.

They didn't?

May I then ask, should we continue the search?

Grimsby...

I'm just...

I feel a little...

Well if you want the advice of an old man, sire...

Don't be held back by what you think should be.

Think only of what is.

Good night, sire.

♪ Hey, wake up, wake up, wake up!

What?

- ♪ Hey, have you not heard the Scuttlebutt? - The Butt?

♪ No, the gossip, the buzz, the "who said what, who does that," yeah, the Scuttlebutt

♪ Well, I was flying over land and sea, an ear to the ground

♪ Then I came flying here for you to see and hear what I found

♪ Remember the swamp? Remember my song in the swamp

♪ When I was like, Wow-chikka-wow- wow-chikka-wow-wow

I remember.

♪ Well, ever since, the what's-his-name, the guy with the hair and the shirt

The prince.

♪ Yeah, the Prince, has been dropping hints

♪ He wants to, you know when humans dress so nice, like they're penguins

♪ Throw rice for the pigeons

♪ They're trying to blow up the pigeons

♪ But those are just urban legends

- ♪ I know a lot of really fat pigeons - So do I.

♪ Will you just listen, Sebastian? I got the Scuttlebutt

Hurry up.

♪ You'll be like "what?" when I drop that Scuttlebutt

♪ Okay now, huddle up, buttercup

♪ From the women who wash all the clothes

♪ To the hunter who arrows the bows

♪ The chatter all over the palace is that your Prince Eric is gonna propose

- What? - ♪ To somebody nobody knows

♪ They're sayin' he suddenly chose

- Who? - ♪ "Who", you sound like an owl

♪ I'll bet it's the kid with the new set of toes

- No! - ♪ Oh, yes, anything goes

♪ Who'd ever guess?

♪ Our little Ariel is marriage material

♪ Time for the rice and the dress and the what do you call it...

♪The thing with the lips, when they press,

♪ I don't have lips, I have a beak

so I guess I could give you a peck on the cheek.

I don't believe it.

Say, you're awfully quiet.

Oh, yeah...

- So, what now? - ♪ Let's go let's go, let's go

♪ Can you believe the Scuttlebutt?

Get dressed, child.

♪ You're welcome for the Scuttlebutt

We got a lot of work to do before sunset.

♪ Yes, yes, yes, yes, the Scuttlebutt, Scuttlebutt, hey

Please, let this be the day.

♪ Let's go, let's go, let's go

♪ We got it

♪ The gossip

♪ The buzz

♪ The "who said what, who does that,"

♪ Yeah, I told you so

♪ Let's go, let's go, let's go

♪ We got to go before the sun go down

♪ What, gotta get it ready for the big showdown

- Right - ♪ Go ahead and get her outta bed

♪ And get her ready for the wedding

♪ Sun is setting so we can't slow down, the Scuttlebutt...

Scuttle, you're too close.

My Goodness.

It is wonderful news isn't it, Grimsby?

Oh, yes.

I must admit I was mistaken.

It seems you've really found the girl of your dreams, after all.

Yes.

Quite the surprise, Eric.

What?

I know.

I know it must seem fast, but...

But I do owe her my life.

We will celebrate this evening.

You shall introduce your intended to the court.

We can make that happen can't we, Grimsby?

Yes.

If it's really what you want, Eric?

What I want?

It's...

It's what we both want.

Lovely.

Well, we've got our work cut out for us, have we?

Indeed.

Then let's begin preparations.

Ariel, girl... Where have you gone?

Yeah, any sign of her?

No luck. I flew over the village three times.

What? Check the castle again.

It's almost sunset.

We got to find her.

Copy that.

What's wrong with that fool prince?

Something fishy is going on here.

- I don't like the smell in the air. - Sebastian, over here.

Yes, I'm coming, I'm coming.

Hold on.

Yes. What?

I think I know where Ariel is.

What are we waiting for?

Let's go, let's go, let's go!

Ariel?

So long, Red.

Oh, no!

♪ Risking it all

♪ Only to fall back where I started

♪ Back near the shore

♪ Back to before you took my hand

♪ Bet'cha on land...

♪ They understand

♪ And they don't strand you

♪ Brokenhearted

♪ What did I give to live where you are

♪ Where do I go, with nowhere to turn to?

What are you doing, child?

You can't give up so easily.

This all has to be some sort of misunderstanding.

I've watched both of you. You're meant to be together.

There you are.

I've been looking.

And I thought that I had found you.

Because I heard.

But then I saw...

It... it wasn't you.

It was her.

But it wasn't, in the mirror.

Except she had... she had your voice.

What are you talking about?

Don't you get what I'm telling you?

- No! - The Prince has been tricked.

That lady who showed up,

is actually the sea witch in disguise.

Are you sure about this?

Of course I'm sure!

Have I ever been wrong?

I mean, like, you know, when it counts?

Well, what are we going to do?

Well, we have to do something

before prince Eric ends up with that slimy squid.

Yes, girl, go!

Flounder, go tell the Sea King what's happened.

He has to know everything.

Okay.

Well, well, wha... what do I do?

You give me a lift to the castle.

We got to find a way to stop that engagement.

Heroism is too strong a word for it,

but I suppose I did save Eric.

It's what anyone would have done.

Grimsby.

Sir?

Have you seen Ariel?

According to the servants...

she left the castle early this morning.

Left?

Can you blame her, Eric?

I don't understand, this is not like you.

I'm not sure I understand it myself.

I just wanted to...

- I thought... - Eric?

I don't really know what I wanted.

Almost there.

Now, when I give the signal,

you drop me. Got it?

- Got it. - No, you idiot!

I guess I'm on my own.

My darling...

This, belonged to my mother.

And I'd like you to have it.

Your happiness means everything to me.

Would you excuse me.

Enjoy yourself.

Oh, Eric.

It's beautiful.

The ring.

The ring, I lost it.

Has anybody seen the ring?

Have you seen the ring?

You've seen...

Get away, you filthy bird!

Help me!

I'm being attacked..

Ariel.

Ariel, I've been looking for you.

Who is that?

What are you doing?

- Let me go. - Sire!

Get away from me. She's insane!

Ariel, stop!

Ariel.

Get off!

Ariel...

Yes.

It was you all along.

I should have known.

I don't know what came over me.

She bewitched you.

Get away from her!

Eric, I want you to know...

Just kiss!

- I want you to know everything... - Nothing matters now.

No!

Oh, my God! She's a sea creature.

You're too late!

You're too late!

Stay back.

Shut up!

Eric!

Eric.

No. This is the work of the sea gods.

I warned you.

Their whole world is evil.

Eric, wait. Eric.

What are you doing? Let go of me.

Not a chance!

You made a deal, remember?

Three days, no kiss?

Yeah, is it all coming back to you?

I thought so.

Well, now you gotta live with it, toots.

Ursula!

Let her go.

Forget it big brother.

She belongs to me now.

You see?

We made a deal.

In blood.

It's unbreakable.

Even for you.

I'm sorry, father. This is all my fault.

What do you want with my daughter?

Nothing.

It's you I want.

I want to see you suffer.

Like I have suffered all these years.

And a daughter of the great Sea King...

is a very precious commodity.

Poor unfortunate soul.

Hey! Get her, boys!

No...

I wouldn't.

Shocking, isn't it?

Of course, I always was a gal

with an eye for a bargain.

What do you say to a trade?

What's your precious little Ariel worth to you?

It's mine now.

No!

Father!

You monster!

Don't be a fool, ya little brat!

You are powerless against me...

You will pay for that.

Get him!

Say goodbye to your human heartthrob.

No!

My babies!

Eric.

Get to shore. She'll kill you.

I'm not leaving you.

Yes!

Give me your hand.

Now!

Look out!

Now I rule the seas and all will be helpless

under my power!

No.

So much for true love.

So long, lover boy.

No!

You gave your life for me.

And you fought to get my life back.

I didn't fight alone, father.

Eric was with me.

All that matters now is that you are safe,

and home.

Where you belong.

Sire, please.

We need a boat.

We have to find her!

And then what?

And then what, Eric?

- Son. - You were right.

I was chasing after a fantasy girl.

No.

No, I was wrong.

She was very real.

And so were your feelings for her.

I see that now.

It's just that...

Our worlds were never meant to be together.

Sebastian!

You got to be kidding me.

Yes, your Majesty?

I have always tried to do what's best for our people.

Yes, your Majesty.

And what is best for my daughters.

Indeed, your Majesty.

And I've done everything in my power to make her happy.

Well, not quite...

She wants a different life, than I had planned for her.

She did try to tell you, your Majesty.

But I won't be able to protect her anymore.

Well, it's like I always say...

Children got to be free to lead their own lives.

Oh, is that what you always say?

Something like that, yes.

Then there's just one problem left.

And what's that, your Majesty?

How much I am going to miss my little one.

Good boy. Come on.

Again?

Max?

What's all this, Grims?

The Queen wanted the two of you to have a proper send-off, sire.

-Thank you, your Majesty. - No. Thank you.

Much as I hate farewells, we still have cause to celebrate.

Our worlds have misunderstood one another for far too long.

Your marriage marks a new beginning for us.

Yes, a beginning.

Now, get out there.

Change the world.

Or whatever it is you have to do, so we don't get left behind.

That doesn't sound like my mother.

What have you done with her?!

Off you go.

Have you decided where you're headed first?

- To uncharted waters! - Okay.

A mermaid and a man...

Whoever would've imagined.

Well, look who's here.

- We got you something, Ariel. - We sure did.

Something you almost lost.

Wha... Where is it?

You're sitting on it, bird.

My little mermaid.

Keep her for me.

I hope she causes you less trouble than I did.

I was right about the dinglehopper, wasn't I?

Yes, you were, Scuttle. You were.

You won't be gone too long, will you, Ariel?

Of course not.

I'll be back by the next Coral Moon.

Yeah, don't be late this time.

You ready?

Yes.

Yes, I'm ready.

My child.

Eric?

Thank you for hearing me.

You shouldn't have had to give up your voice to be heard.

But now I am listening.

And I will always be here for you.

We all will.

I love you, father.

The Little Mermaid (2023) A translation of TaMaBin

♪ The seaweed is always greener