What's the Difference between The Little Mermaid the Book and The Little Mermaid the Movie?
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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
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In the Movie |
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The Little Mermaid's garden has red flowers and a weeping willow tree along with a white stone statue of a handsome boy she found in a sunken shipwreck. |
Ariel has a collection of human artifacts she found or was given. Eric's statue was given to her by Flounder after Eric's ship sunk. |
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When mermaids turn 15 they are allowed to explore the surface of the sea and inland rivers. |
Ariel against her father's orders goes to the surface to explore and watch human activity.
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The Little Mermaid's sisters go to the surface to explore but prefer the sea bottom. Occasionally her five sisters would swim arm in arm to the surface and sing to the sailors they saw. Sailors thought the songs were the wind and feared the sound. |
Ariel's sisters are never shown going to the surface of the ocean. |
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The Little Mermaid's sisters show her where the Prince's castle is located so she can continue to watch him after she rescues him from the shipwreck. |
Ariel observes the prince alone after saving him.
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The Little Mermaid decides to go to the witch for help obtaining an immortal soul. |
King Triton destroys Ariel's collection of human treasure and the statue after she tells her father she loves the prince. Ariel then goes to Ursula for help in marrying the prince. |