With the help of a sea witch, she trades her voice for legs. Andersen's mermaid must obtain true love's first kiss or the deal will result in her death. She attempts to enchant the prince with her dancing, despite the fact that it feels as though she is stepping on knives. He marries the human princess, whom he thinks saved him from a ship wreck though, the little mermaid is truly the one responsible for his rescue. She is given the option to murder him in exchange for becoming a mermaid again.
Clements came up with the name Ariel and reworked Andersen's ending for a "gong show" in January The name "gong show" came from a process Michael Eisner pulled from Paramount: story writers and directors would pitch a series of ideas, and the bad ones would get gonged. Can you have the star of your movie actually lose their voice for a significant amount of time? It turns out the story of "The Little Mermaid" who lived happily ever with her prince got gonged at first.
Disney was working on a sequel to "Splash" at the time, and they thought it was too similar. Although, a few days later, Clements got a call from the studio, saying they'd like to hear his ideas again. Weeks later, "The Little Mermaid" was green lit. Clements teamed up with John Musker, with whom he'd worked with on "The Great Mouse Detective," and the two got to work envisioning the film that would pave the way for the Disney renaissance.
Clements and Musker were willing to rework much of Andersen's story. Although, there were certain elements they felt they couldn't leave behind: the idea of love at first sight and Ariel's loss of voice. That was a big part of this idea of two people who really have not met each other, but are destined to be together. With slightest bit of interaction, they just know. Interestingly enough, in making this disturbing fairy tale kid-friendly, one of the biggest changes they made was creating a more forcefully evil sea witch.
In Andersen's story she acts as an enabler, but Clements and Musker knew that Ursula was their chance to create a classic Disney villain. Once they made that choice, a lot of possible inspiration popped up. That took quite a bit of brainstorming to come together, and the octopus part was only added in animation. He had Bea Arthur in mind for the part. Even though they never got a chance to sit down with her due to her "Golden Girls" schedule and possibly the fact that she did not want to play a witch , Musker kept her sardonic wit in mind throughout creation.
Divine's name popped up when Musker and Clements presented the character to producer and head of the music department Howard Ashman.
The two are spies under the employ of Ursula the Sea Witch , a member of King Triton's court before being banished. Ursula hates Triton with a passion for his atrocities towards her, and constantly schemes of ways to exact revenge. The moment Ariel caught her eye, Ursula commanded her cronies to watch her, hoping to use her to get to the king. The film then moves to the royal palace, where Triton and Sebastian are scorning Ariel for missing the concert.
But Flounder moves in to defend her, accidentally letting slip the encounter with Scuttle, which quickly angers Triton. The law of his kingdom forbids going to the surface world for fears of merfolk being caught by humans.
But Ariel believes humans not to be all that bad, which angers Triton to the point of telling her that as long as she is living under his ocean, she'll do what he says and what she does not want. And this sends Ariel away crying, with Flounder following after. When they've left, Triton asks Sebastian if he was too hard on Ariel, to which Sebastian replies, "definitely not. Sebastian complies with the King's demands but feels dissatisfied with the idea of, "tagging along some headstrong teenager.
He is led to a hidden grotto where he discovers a variety of human objects gathered together. Still hurt by her father's words and not trusting him, Ariel sings of her collection of human objects, and how she desires to visit the world of humans, despite what her father had to say of them.
Ariel attempts to reason with him, but before anything could be resolved in the conflict, a large object is seen floating overhead blocking moonlight from the grotto roof. Ariel, being ever curious, swims to the surface to figure out what this massive object was. The object proves to be a human ship, shooting fireworks into the night sky.
Ariel swims towards the vessel, in spite of Sebastian's protests, and climbs aboard to behold dancing seamen. Ariel learns that the humans aboard are celebrating the birthday of their prince; one creature that catches her eye is Max, the sheepdog who takes a liking to Ariel. But Ariel is left enamored when she sees the dog's master, Prince Eric, who receives a large statue of himself as a birthday present, from Grimsby, who sourly proclaims that he hoped it would be a wedding present.
Eric protests that he just had not found the right girl yet, but insists that when he does it will hit him, like lightning. It was then, that the sounds of thunder echoed in the distance, followed by an ever-growing gust of wind. Without warning, a hurricane blows in, sweeping up both ship and crew violently in a volley of wind and water. Ariel is thrown off the vessel but manages to catch sight of the ship being struck by lightning, setting the ship on fire. When the ship crashes into a gaggle of rocks, the crew is sent overboard, along with the statue of Eric.
Though they all make it to the lifeboats, Eric discovers that Max is still on the burning vessel and goes off to rescue him. Unfortunately, while Eric manages to get Max to safety, he cannot save himself when he gets blown away by a massive explosion and lands into the ocean below underwater.
While she sees this and rushes towards his aid, Ariel rescues Eric and takes him back to shore. Once at the shore, Ariel sings of her desire to join Eric's world before fleeing at the sounds of Grimsby and Max approaching.
While Ariel sings, Eric only manages to catch a glimpse of her before she leaves; but as Grimsby raises him up, Eric vividly remembers a girl who had saved him and is determined to find her. As Ariel watches them from a nearby rock, Sebastian tells her that the situation must be kept secret from her father, but Ariel does not pay attention. Instead, with vigor and determination, Ariel makes a bold proclamation that she will be a part of Eric's world.
However, what Ariel does not realize, is that she's being watched by Ursula's eels. Ursula is gleeful of the situation and eerily looks to a gaggle of polyps in her lair, all former dreamers who came to her power. She then mutters about Ariel becoming a charming addition to the group. A few days later, Ariel spends her time daydreaming of Eric, which piques the curiosity of her father, who believes Ariel to be in love with another merman.
All the while, Sebastian is a nervous wreck trying to keep the secret from being found out. Ariel then decides that she wants to visit Eric, but Sebastian is having none of that. He attempts to bring her down to earth with a musical number about how the sea is better than the land " Under the Sea ".
Sebastian manages to bring many fish together to sing along, but as this party is happening, Flounder shows up and manages to slip Ariel away unnoticed. By the time the song ends, Ariel is nowhere to be seen, and Sebastian is left alone to grumble about her.
Suddenly, the royal herald calls for Sebastian to report to the King about Ariel. Sebastian, afraid that Triton figured out what has happened, accidentally slips the truth during the meeting and is forced to tell the King everything, much to his fury.
Back at Ariel's grotto, Flounder reveals that he had saved the statue of Eric from the wreck, much to Ariel's delight. However, the pleasantries are interrupted by Triton being led to the grotto by Sebastian.
After a short argument, Ariel confronts Triton and tells him that she rescued Eric from drowning to death, and she loves him. Horrified by her words, Triton confronts Ariel and blasts all the secret treasures in her grotto and reduces them to a junk pile with his trident.
When Triton even blasted the statue of Eric into pieces, Ariel broke down sobbing. After a now remorseful Triton leaves, feeling extremely guilty over what he had done, a weeping Ariel tells Sebastian and Flounder to leave her alone to grieve, not allowing them to comfort her.
However, unbeknownst to her, Flotsam and Jetsam enter the grotto and sweet talk Ariel into going to Ursula to achieve her dreams of being with Eric. As they leave, Flounder and Sebastian follow after Ariel all the way to Ursula's lair.
Ursula comforts Ariel and explains that she can grant Ariel's wish to be human for three days, but she must give Eric the kiss of true love before the sunset on the third day, or she belongs to Ursula. In exchange for legs, though, she must give away her voice. Ariel agrees to these terms and signs the contract, trapping her voice in a necklace Ursula wears, and giving her human legs. Once Ariel has been transformed into a human, Sebastian and Flounder escape Flotsam and Jetsam's grasps and take her to the surface, where the group meets up with Scuttle on a beach near Eric's castle.
Sebastian threatens to tell King Triton about the deal Ariel made with Ursula, but Ariel manages to convince him to help the group. Scuttle then tells Ariel about how to blend in with humans, and the first step is to dress like them. Next, Scuttle takes a portion of a sail for Ariel to wear, just as Prince Eric arrives at their location.
Though Eric does not know she's the girl who saved his life, he is willing to bring her to his castle to be taken care of, with Sebastian tagging along in a pocket in Ariel's sailcloth. Later, inside the palace, while Ariel is taking a bath, Sebastian is sent, through a series of unfortunate events, to the castle kitchen.
It's there that Sebastian encounters a seafood-obsessed chef who attempts to cook him. Later that night, Sebastian discusses plans to get Eric to kiss Ariel, though Ariel does not listen, being too enamored in the human world's splendors. Nevertheless, the duo agreed to sign on as long as they had complete artistic control and the freedom to explore taboo topics.
In the original story, the mermaid does not get the prince. Instead, she faces a variety of antagonists and ends up committing suicide. Ashman got right to work, transforming the depressing 19th-century yarn into a dynamic Broadway spectacle.
In classic Disney animated features of old, plot was advanced through dialogue, and songs were incidental. Ashman, like young Walt Disney, oversaw every aspect of the creative process. He invented the characters, defined their personalities, and coached the voice actors on their performances. She yearns for another world, apart from her own, where she can be free from the limits of her rigid culture and conservative family.
Her body is under the water, but her heart and mind are on land with people. She leads a double life. When Ariel ventures to tell her friends and family about her secret identity, they chastise her and tell her she must conform. Her father, King Triton, even has her followed by a court official.
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