The Little Mermaid (1989 film)/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Action Girl]]: At least, in the water.

* [[Be Yourself]]

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]

* [[Collector of the Strange]]: Her hobby of [[Mundane Object Amazement|collecting human things]].

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard|Hoist by Her Own Petard]]: She decides that it's best for Melody's safety to keep Melody ignorant of her true origins and heritage. But Melody's ignorance (and Ariel's unwillingness to be truthful when she finds the locket) is exactly what causes her to run away and go against her mother until Morgana reveals her true colors.

* [[Hot Mom]]: In the sequel.

* [[Leitmotif]]: "Part Of Your World". "Ahh, ahh, ahh..."

* [[Princesses Prefer Pink]]

* [[Rebellious Princess]]

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: His insight of humans.

* [[Fatal Flaw]]: Loyalty.

* [[Leitmotif]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shvwa0s20mo&feature=related Has a] [[Fanfare]].

* [[Overprotective Dad]]

* [[Papa Wolf]]

{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' Samuel E. Wright}}

 

* [[Butt Monkey]]

* [[The Chew Toy]]

 

* [[Cowardly Sidekick]]: At the beginning of the first film

* [[Informed Species]]: Flounder does not look anything like an actual flounder, though he might be named after the verb instead of the fish.

* [[The Other Darrin]]: In the TV series, the second film, and the third film.

 

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]

* [[Did You Get a New Haircut]]: In the first film, when he meets up with Ariel after she became human.

* [[Feather Fingers]]

* [[Ink Suit Actor]]: Scuttle bears a strong resemblance to his voice actor, the late Buddy Hackett.

* [[The Klutz]]: Scuttle seems to have a habit of occasionally running into things while flying.

* [[Leitmotif]]: His playful theme can be heard at the beginning of "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zY_3flXIhc&feature=related Wedding Announcement]" and was [[With Lyrics|rewritten]] as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkC8ltjRl7s "Beyond My Wildest Dreams"] in the Broadway Show.

* [[The Other Darrin]]: Scuttle is voiced by Maurice LaMarche in the TV series.

* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]

* [[Punctuated Pounding]]/[[Punctuated for Emphasis]]: From the first film, "The prince! Is marrying! The sea witch! In disguise!"

* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]: "You've got an aesthetically pleasing configuration of hair that humans go nuts over."

* [[Toothy Bird]]

* [[Butt Biter]]: Max gets to bite Ursula/Vanessa in the butt near the end of the first film.

* [[Even the Dog Is Ashamed]]

* [[They Have the Scent]]: From the first film, when he finds Ariel after she became human.

 

 

* [[Cowardly Sidekick]]: Dash.

* [[Expy]]: Tip and Dash are basically sea creature versions of [[The Lion King|Timon and Pumbaa]].

* [[Fat and Skinny]]

* [[Miles Gloriosus]]: Tip again.

* [[Those Two Guys]]

{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' Lorelei Hill Butters (speaking) and Andrea Robinson (singing)}}

 

* [[Hot Mom]]

* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: She looks almost exactly like Ariel, except her eyes are green.

* [[Evil Laugh]]

* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]

* [[Glamour Failure]]: When "Vanessa" looks in the mirror, her true identity is revealed.

* [[Impaled With Extreme Prejudice]]: In the climax, when Eric stabs her with the bow of the ship.

* [[Ink Suit Actor]]: Subversion; Ursula was actually based on the drag queen Divine, who was originally supposed to voice her, but died before he could even record the voice, so the role went to Pat Carroll instead.

* [[Villain Song]]: "Poor Unfortunate Souls".

* [[Wicked Witch]]

 

=== Flotsam and Jetsam ===

* [[Animal Eye Spy]]: They serve as this to Ursula.

* [[Evil Minions]]

* [[Leitmotif]]: If you listen carefully, they have a sub-theme inside of Ursula's own leitmotif.

* [[Meaningful Name]]

 

* [[Carnivores Are Mean]]

* [[The Voiceless]]

 

 

* [[The Dragon]]: To Morgana

 

=== Cloak and Dagger ===

* [[I Just Want to Have Friends]]: His motivation for befriending Ariel.

* [[Missing Mom]]: No word on what happened to Mrs. Evil Manta.

 

=== Howling Hairfish ===

{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' Ben Wright (1st film), Kay E. Kuter (2nd film)}}

 

* [[Only Sane Man]]

* [[The Renfield]]: To Eric.