What's the Difference between The Little Mermaid the Book and The Little Mermaid the Movie?
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
the Little Mermaid
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Ariel
Portrayed by: Jodi Benson
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the Grandmother
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This Character does not appear.
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the Sea King
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King Triton
Portrayed by: Kenneth Mars
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the Sea Witch
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Ursula
Portrayed by: Pat Carrol
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the Prince
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Eric
Portrayed by: Christopher Barnes
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This Character does not appear.
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Sebastian
Portrayed by: Samual Wright
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This Character does not appear.
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Flounder
Portrayed by: Jason Marin
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This Character does not appear.
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Scuttle
Portrayed by: Buddy Hackett
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The Little Mermaid Book vs Movie
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
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The Little Mermaid wants to marry a human to gain an immortal soul. Otherwise she will live 300 years and turn to sea foam upon her death. |
Ariel falls in love with Eric when seeing him on the ship for the first time. |
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The Sea Witch lives in a hut on the bottom of the sea made from the bones of drowned sailors. She merely facilitates the Little Mermaid's fate and is not evil |
Ursula has the form of an octopus and is evil. She actively interferes with Ariel's quest.
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The Little Mermaid is 15 when she first goes to the surface. |
Ariel is 16 in the movie. |
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The Grandmother explains how a mermaid might gain an immortal soul (through marriage to a human) but tells her that she will be happier in the sea. |
Ursula (the witch) tells Ariel how she can win the prince's heart and marry him.
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The Little Mermaid has long hair adorned with white lilies and eight oysters painfully attached to her tail. She is unclothed. |
Ariel has long red hair and wears shells over her breasts. |