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In the Movie |
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The 1989 cartoon is animated. |
The 2023 film is live action and computer animation. |
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Ariel is 16 years old, pale skin with long red hair, a green tail and bright red hair. She wears seashells over her breasts.
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Ariel has dark skin and long reddish brown braided hair. Her breasts are covered with material that resembles her tail.
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Ariel's sisters have white skin and variously colored tails like Triton and Ariel.
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Ariel and her sisters all have different skin tones as their mothers are of different races. |
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The film starts with the ship's crew telling stories about mermaids. Grimsby says the stories are foolish.
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The film starts with the ship's crew actively trying to harpoon what they think is a mermaid. Eric stops them from harpooning a dolphin.
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Erik does not work as part of the ship's crew. Nothing about why they are out to sea. Grimsby is a part of Eric's staff and minder.
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Eric takes risks while working the ship's rigging. The ship has been out so sea for seven weeks and is heading home with a full load of cargo. Eric sees a Spanish ship and wants to follow it into port to see what they have brought back, Grimsby (the Prime Minister) insists they head home. |
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Scuttle is a seagull, he only interacts with her on the surface.
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Scuttle is a northern gannet. She dives down under the surface to converse with Ariel at times.
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Founder is a fat tropical fish.
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Flounder is a slender pintano. |
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Triton is worried that Ariel could be harpooned by a fish eating human.
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Ariel's mother was killed by a human, one of the reasons Triton forbids her to go to the surface.
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Nothing on Eric's background.
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Grimsby lectures Eric about behaving more like royalty and separating himself from the crew. He speaks of his parents taking him in as a child 21 years ago and raising him as they own. |
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Nothing about Eric's parents.
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Eric's adoptive mother, the queen, is alive. Her husband the king is deceased.
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This is not in the film.
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Eric insists that something is out in the ocean calling to him. |
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The dog makes it to the lifeboat on his own after Eric rescues it from the fire on the ship.
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Ariel helps Eric's dog, while under water, make it to the lifeboat after it is thrown overboard.
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This does not happen.
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The queen forbids Eric to run off and look for the girl who rescued him until he is healed up from his injuries. He is also forbidden to go back out to sea on any voyages. |
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This does not happen.
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Ariel's sisters bitterly complain about the damage Eric's ship caused to the reef and how humans killed Ariel's mother. The sisters have various negative opinions about Ariel.
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No details on this.
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Ursula tells Ariel that she is her aunt. Ariel says that Ursula starts trouble between humans and mer-people. |
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Ursula only takes Ariel's voice after signing the contract.
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In addition to taking her voice, Ursula robs Ariel of her memory that she must get Eric to kiss her to stay human. A contract in blood is made when Ariel plucks a scale from her tail which Ursula puts in her caldron.
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Sebastian and Founder help Ariel to the surface where she swims to shore. She interacts with Scuttle for a while until she covers herself in old canvas.
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Ariel is captured in a fisherman's net and brought aboard a boat where Scuttle talks to her. |
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This does not happen.
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The fisherman brings Ariel to a fishing village after finding her some cloth to cover herself. Villagers bathe Ariel and give her nice clothes. Ariel tries to eat the soap.
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Ariel is found by Eric but sees that Ariel could not have been his rescuer after he realizes that she cannot speak.
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The villagers get Eric so he can meet her as they believe she might be his rescuer. After realizing Ariel cannot speak, he directs the villagers to care for her.
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Ariel knows she needs to kiss the prince within three days.
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Sebastian tells Ariel she needs to kiss the prince, but Ariel does not understand.
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Ariel stays in one of the palace rooms after being brought to the castle.
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Ariel explores the castle and examines various objects she sees. Eric meets her again and has a pleasant conversation with her about the things he collects from his voyages. Ariel crushes a piece of coral and reveals to Eric a beautiful stone that was hidden in it. He is impressed. They bond while he shows her various maps of his voyages. She tries to teach him how to blow a conch shell; he fails. |
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Ariel and Eric go for a carriage ride. Where Ariel almost causes an accident.
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Grimsby watches Eric and Ariel discussing a trip around the island. Eric wants a carriage to give Ariel a tour, but Grimsby says most of the carriages are out looking for the girl that saved Eric. They later go for a wild carriage ride.
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She does not.
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Ariel explores the open market and dances with some of the villagers.
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Eric takes Ariel for a ride in a rowboat. |
Scuttle steals Eric's hat; Ariel and Eric give chase. Eric takes her for a rowboat ride in the lagoon.
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Sebastian is almost cooked for dinner by the crazy chef Louie.
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This scene is not in the film. |
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Ariel knows Sebastian is trying to help her win over the prince.
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Sebastian says they can't let Ariel know they are helping set the mood on the boat ride with music and lyrics.
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The moray eels Floatsome and Jetsome, overturn the rowboat as they lean in for a kiss.
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Eric moves in to kiss Ariel while on the rowboat, but she moves away. Moments later as they lean in for a kiss, the eels overturn the boat and interrupt them. |
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Triton ends various sea creature minions to find Ariel.
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Triton sends his daughters to find Ariel.
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This does not happen.
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The Prime Minister assures the queen that Eric is not searching for his “fantasy rescuer”. |
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Eric remains completely under Ursula's spell and does nothing.
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Eric is looking for Ariel during a party to celebrate his upcoming wedding.
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While on the wedding barge, Scuttle and other anmals interrupt the wedding ceremony. But as the sun sets, Ursula returns to her octopus form while Ariel regains her mermaid form. She returns Ariel to the sea where Triton tries to take her back.
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The queen gives Eric a ring that belonged to her mother. Scuttle interrupts the wedding party by stealing the ring. Ariel shows up and fights Ursula and breaks the shell containing her voice and reveals herself to Eric as his rescuer. Ursula resumes her octopus form and brings Ariel back to the ocean as the sun sets. |
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Triton turns into a pitiful small creature after he agrees to trades places with Ariel to save her.
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Ursula's eels electrocute Triton after he surrenders his trident to Ursula and he appears to die.
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A giant Ursula stirs up a storm to battle Eric and Ariel. Eric boards one of the ships that Ursula raised and steers it into Ursula, killing her.
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Ariel is the one that boards the ship and steers into Ursula to destroy her.
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After Ursula's death, all of the enslaved mer-people return to their original form, as does Triton.
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After Ursula dies, Triton returns to life, Ariel gives him his trident.
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Eric waits on shore for Ariel and longs for her.
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Eric insists upon searching for Ariel. His mother encourages him to search for her after he has doubts. |
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Triton gives Ariel her legs back, she walks on the water to Eric, they get married. Eric bows to King Triton from his wedding ship.
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Ariel approaches Eric at the castle. They get married. The queen encourages Ariel to help form a connection between humans and mer-people. Ariel and Eric set off on their honeymoon to “uncharted waters”. While on the way to the ship, Triton and other mer-people say they will always be there for her.
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