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== [[Fridge Horror]] == |
== [[Fridge Horror]] == |
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* When Sebastian sees the stuffed crabs in the palace kitchen. It's [[Played for Laughs]], but how would you feel if you encountered [[Nausea Fuel|roasted human corpses]] [[Nightmare Fuel|torn open and stuffed with herbs and breadcrumbs?]] |
* When Sebastian sees the stuffed crabs in the palace kitchen. It's [[Played for Laughs]], but how would you feel if you encountered [[Nausea Fuel|roasted human corpses]] [[Nightmare Fuel|torn open and stuffed with herbs and breadcrumbs?]] |
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* In Disney's ''[[ |
* In Disney's ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'', Ursula's first appearance has her lamenting that she's "wasted away into nothing," and "practically starving." At first, you laugh at it, seeing how, er--big, she still is. But wait... if she genuinely believes she's wasted away and feels starved...''how big was she beforehand???'' Oh God, please don't tell me her [[One-Winged Angel]] form was her previous true form, oh [[Nightmare Fuel|God, please...]] |
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** It could be taken metaphorically - when she lived in the palace she was wealthy and powerful and respected - probably the equivalent of the court magician - and now she's become a nobody. |
** It could be taken metaphorically - when she lived in the palace she was wealthy and powerful and respected - probably the equivalent of the court magician - and now she's become a nobody. |
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* Ariel signing that contract is effectively her signing away her ''soul''. And without your sould you become a polyp. When I was young, I always figured that was what people look like without souls. When I heard about the sad ending of the original where the Little Mermaid dissolved into foam at the end because mermaids apparently don't have souls, it just made even more sense. |
* Ariel signing that contract is effectively her signing away her ''soul''. And without your sould you become a polyp. When I was young, I always figured that was what people look like without souls. When I heard about the sad ending of the original where the Little Mermaid dissolved into foam at the end because mermaids apparently don't have souls, it just made even more sense. |
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== [[Fridge Logic]] == |
== [[Fridge Logic]] == |
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* A conversation of the creepy things Disney gets away with in kids movies brought me to the sudden realization that the Little Mermaid is, at heart, a watered down version of Faust. Both protaganists feel they've reached the heights of their current lives, both make a [[Deal |
* A conversation of the creepy things Disney gets away with in kids movies brought me to the sudden realization that the Little Mermaid is, at heart, a watered down version of Faust. Both protaganists feel they've reached the heights of their current lives, both make a [[Deal with the Devil]] to pursue a life they believe will bring them more happiness, both fixiate on a love interest which leads to them messing up royally, ruining the lives (permanently or temporarily) of a bunch of people, both end up being redeemed at the end. The original Hans Christian Anderson version of the Little Mermaid even more strongly parallels this, as much of the mermaid's motivation was to receive a soul, and at the end of the story she did, sort of. After [[Earn Your Happy Ending|suffering and dying]], instead of just being dead, she is made into a spirit and given the chance of eventually earning a soul. Faust's soul (in later versions) is eventually redeemed after he goes to great lengths to make up for the guilt of ruining Gretchen. In fact, Anderson could have drawn from elements of Faust, as he was well educated, and the legend of Faust predated him by at least 200 years. |
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