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Characters from ''[[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}]]'' include:
== The Good Guys ==
=== Ariel ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Action Girl]]: At least, in the water.
* [[Be Yourself]]
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=== Prince Eric ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Brainwashed]]: This happened to Eric by "Vanessa" in the first film.
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: His piloting his ship through a hurricane in the first film.
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=== King Triton ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Arc Villain]]: He starts off as the antagonist, but since Ursula far surpasses him in depravity, Ursula ends up becoming the main villain.
* [[Badass Beard]]: He has a long beard that befits his status as the king of the ocean.
* [[Badass Grandpa]]
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: His
* [[Fatal Flaw]]: Loyalty.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Ken Mars at his best.
* [[Leitmotif]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shvwa0s20mo&feature=related Has a] [[Fanfare]].
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: In the first film, when he realizes that he was too hard on Ariel.
* [[Overprotective Dad]]: He fails to consider that humans might not be an inherently evil race, and that Eric is a good person and that Ariel wouldn't be wrong to marry him.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Deconstructed. He ends up making a mistake that causes Ariel to want to make a deal with Ursula.
* [[Physical God]]: Though he doesn't seem to be as strong as Ursula once she gets the trident.
* [[Prongs of Poseidon]]: Fitting, considering that [[Classical Mythology|it's implied Poseidon is his father.]]
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
=== Sebastian the Crab ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Badly-Battered Babysitter]]: In the second film.
* [[Butt Monkey]]
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=== Flounder the Fish ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Cowardly Sidekick]]: At the beginning of the first film
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: In the second film, it's [[Cam Clarke]] voicing Flounder as an adult.
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=== Scuttle the Seagull ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: When he stalls the wedding to buy Ariel some time in the first film.
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* [[The Other Darrin]]: Scuttle is voiced by Maurice LaMarche in the TV series.
* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]
* [[Punctuated Pounding]]/[[Punctuated!
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]
* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]: "You've got an aesthetically pleasing configuration of hair that humans go nuts over."
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=== Max the Sheepdog ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Big Friendly Dog]]
* [[Butt Biter]]: Max gets to bite Ursula/Vanessa in the butt near the end of the first film.
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=== Melody ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Deal with the Devil]]: When she trades Triton's trident to Morgana in the second movie in order to become a permanent mermaid.
* [[Determinator]]
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=== Tip and Dash ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Cowardly Sidekick]]: Dash.
* [[Everything's Better with Penguins]]: Tip.
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=== "Surfer" ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
=== Queen Athena ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Significant Green-Eyed Redhead]]
* [[Hot Mom]]
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=== Ariel's Sisters ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
=== Catfish Club Band ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
=== Urchin ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
=== Pearl ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
=== Stormy the Seahorse ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Moody Mount]]
* [[Seahorse Steed]]
=== Spot the Baby Orca ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
=== Herald the Seahorse ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
=== Sea monster ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
== The Bad Guys ==
=== Ursula ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Adaptational Villainy]]: In the fairy tale, the sea witch was a neutral character who in addition to warning the mermaid of the transformation's consequences, didn't go back on her deal with the mermaid until asked to, and never interferes directly.
* [[Ambition Is Evil]]
* [[Attack of the 50
* [[Benevolent Boss]]: An unusual example for a Disney film. Subverted in the TV series, though.
* [[Big Bad]]
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: Her human alias, "Vanessa".
* [[Brainwashed]]: "Vanessa" does this to Eric.
* [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones]]: She clearly cares about Flotsam and Jetsam, and is ''outraged'' at their deaths.
* [[Evil Eyebrows]]
* [[Evil Laugh]]
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=== Flotsam and Jetsam ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Animal Eye Spy]]: They serve as this to Ursula.
* [[Evil Minions]]
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=== Glut the Shark ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Carnivores Are Mean]]
* [[Everything's Even Worse with Sharks]]
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]/[[
* [[The Voiceless]]
=== Morgana ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]
* [[The Unfavorite]]
=== Undertow the Tiger Shark ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[The Dragon]]: To Morgana
* [[Everything's Even Worse with Sharks]]
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=== Cloak and Dagger ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Evil Minions]]
* Expy: To Flotsam and Jetsam from the first film.
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=== Marina del Ray ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
=== Benjamin the Manatee ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
=== The Evil Manta ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Affably Evil]]
* [[Badass Cape]]: His manta wings double as an effective one.
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=== Lobster Mobster and Da Shrimp ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Brooklyn Rage]]: If Mobster's accent is anything to go by.
* [[The Mafia]]: Well, as close as you're gonna get to the mob on a children's show produced by Disney,
=== Octopins ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
=== Two Alligators ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
=== Little Evil ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Identical Grandson]]: Looks almost exactly like a miniature version of his father minus the mustache.
* [[I Just Want to Have Friends]]: His motivation for befriending Ariel.
* [[Missing Mom]]: No word on what happened to Mrs. Evil Manta.
* [[Overlord, Jr.]]
=== Howling Hairfish ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: Justified, seeing as how they're underwater and all.
=== Brain Sponge ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
=== Sea serpent ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
== Other Characters ==
=== Sir Grimsby ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: In the first film, Grimsby is voiced by [[101 Dalmatians|Roger]], while in the second film, he is voiced by [[Petticoat Junction|Newt]] [[Green Acres|Kiley]].
* [[Only Sane Man]]
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=== Carlotta ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
=== Chef Louis ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[French Jerk]]
* [[Gratuitous French]]
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* [[Super-Persistent Predator]]: to Sebastian, though, to Louis, it may be more a matter of pride than simply to serve the little crab as an entrée.
=== Priest ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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