History Characters / TheLittleMermaid

* InformedSpecies: Flounder does not look anything like an actual flounder, though he might be named after the verb instead not the fish.

* InformedSpecies: Flounder does not look anything like an actual flounder, though it might actually just be his name.

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: When Eric stabs her with the ship's bowline. Strangely enough, her death looks very similar to [[{{Disney/Aladdin}} Jafar's.]]

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: When Eric stabs her with the ship's bowline.

* {{Everything's Even Worse With Sharks}}

* {{Cowardly Sidekicks}}: Dash

!!Baby Orca

!!Undertow, Cloak, and Dagger

* MismatchedEyes

* HeyItsThatVoice: After this film, Ariel's voice actor would later go on to voice Barbie in the ''ToyStory'' films.

-> Voiced by: Jodi Benson

-> Voiced by: Christopher Daniel Barnes (1st film), Rob Paulsen (2nd film)

* MarryForLove: In the first film

-> Voiced by: Kenneth Mars

-> Voiced by: Samuel E. Wright

-> Voiced by: Jason Marin (1st film), Edan Gross & Bradley Pierce (TV series), CamClarke (2nd film), Parker Goris (3rd film)

-> Voiced by: Buddy Hackett (1st and 2nd films), Maurice [=LaMarche=] (TV series)

-> Voiced by: Pat Carroll

* VillainSong: "Poor Unfortunate Souls"

-> Voiced by: Paddi Edwards

* MismatchedEyes

* Brainwashed: "Vanessa" does this to Eric.

* RedHeadedHeroine

* {{Action Girl}}: At least, in the water.
* {{Be Yourself}}
* {{Buffy Speak}}: Ariel uses this when referring to the human things she collected.
* {{Cloud Cuckoolander}}
* {{Collector Of The Strange}}: Her hobby of collecting human things.
* {{Curtain Clothing}}: In the first film
* {{Cute Mute}}: After she loses her voice in the first film.
* {{Deal With The Devil}}: How Ariel loses her voice to Ursula.

* {{Drives Like Crazy}}: During the scene in the first film, when Eric shows her around his kingdom.
* {{Eighties Hair}}
* {{Fish Out Of Water}}: A near-literal example of the trope.
* {{Hey Its That Voice}}: After this film, Ariel's voice actor would later go on to voice Barbie in the {{Toy Story}} films.
* {{I Want Song}}: "Part Of Your World"
* {{Rebellious Princess}}
* {{Red Headed Heroine}}

* {{Chekhovs Skill}}: His piloting his ship through a hurricane in the first film.
* {{Foot Focus}}: Used when Scuttle tried looking for his heartbeat.
* {{Heroes Love Dogs}}
* {{I Will Find You}}: His intention to find Ariel after she was taken by Ursula.
* {{Marry For Love}}: In the first film
* {{Meaningful Name}}
* {{The Other Darrin}}: He is voiced by Rob Paulsen in the second film.
* {{Rebel Prince}}
* {{Royals Who Actually Do Something}}

* {{Fantastic Racism}}: His insight of humans.
* {{Hey Its That Voice}}: Ken Mars at his best.
* {{My God What Have I Done}}: In the first film, when he realizes that he was too hard on Ariel.
* {{Overprotective Dad}}
* {{Royals Who Actually Do Something}}
* {{Papa Wolf}}

* {{Badly Battered Babysitter}}: In the second film.
* {{Butt Monkey}}
* {{The Chew Toy}}
* {{The Renfield}}: To King Triton.

-> Voiced by: Jason Marin (1st film), Edan Gross & Bradley Pierce (TV series), {{Cam Clarke}} (2nd film), Parker Goris (3rd film)

* {{Cowardly Sidekick}}: At the beginning of the first film
* {{Hey Its That Voice}}: In the second film, it's {{Cam Clarke}} voicing Flounder as an adult.
* {{Informed Species}}: Flounder does not look anything like an actual flounder, though it might actually just be his name.
* {{The Other Darrin}}: In the TV series, the second film, and the third film.

-> Voiced by: Buddy Hackett (1st and 2nd films), Maurice LaMarche (TV series)

* {{Cloud Cuckoolander}}
* {{Did You Get A New Haircut}}: In the first film, when he meets up with Ariel after she became human.
* {{Feather Fingers}}
* {{Hey Its That Voice}}: Who would've thought that [[{{The Love Bug}} Tennessee Steinmetz]] was a seagull?
* {{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.
* {{Know Nothing Know It All}}: His knowledge about human things is anything but accurate.
* {{The Other Darrin}}: Scuttle is voiced by Maurice LaMarche in the TV series.
* {{Plucky Comic Relief}}
* {{Punctuated Pounding}}/{{This Is Sparta}}: From the first film, "The prince! Is marrying! The sea witch! In disguise!"
* {{Ted Baxter}}

* {{Big Friendly Dog}}
* {{Butt Biter}}: Max gets to bite Ursula/Vanessa in the butt near the end of the first film.
* {{Even The Dog Is Ashamed}}
* {{Evil Detecting Dog}}: Taken to the extreme in the first film.
* {{They Have The Scent}}: From the first film, when he finds Ariel after she became human.

* {{Ambition Is Evil}}
* {{Attack Of The 50 Foot Whatever}}: In the climax of the first film.
* {{Benevolent Boss}}: An unusual example for a Disney film.
* {{Big Bad}}
* {{Bitch In Sheeps Clothing}}: Her human alias, "Vanessa".
* {{Brainwashed}}: "Vanessa" does this to Eric.
* {{Evil Eyebrows}}
* {{Evil Laugh}}
* {{Family Unfriendly Death}}: When Eric stabs her with the ship's bowline.
* {{Glamour Failure}}: When "Vanessa" looks in the mirror, her true identity is revealed.
* {{Hey Its That Voice}}: Ursula is [[{{Garfield}} Grandma Arbuckle]].
* {{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.
* {{Kick The Dog}}: A literal example in her human form.
* [[{{Make My Monster Grow}} Make My Self Grow]]: In the climax.
* {{Mama Bear}}: Ursula did not take kindly to Flotsam and Jetsam getting blasted by the trident.
* {{Oh Crap}}: "Vanessa" does one when she sees the whole flock of birds flying towards her.
* {{Power Hair}}
* {{Sanity Slippage}}
* {{Slasher Smile}}
* {{Unscaled Merfolk}}
* {{Villainous Breakdown}}: Near the end.
* {{Villainous Glutton}}
* {{Villain Song}}: "Poor Unfortunate Souls"
* {{Wicked Witch}}
* {{X Ray Sparks}}: During her death scene.

* {{Animal Eye Spy}}: They serve as this to Ursula.
* {{Family Unfriendly Death}}: They end up getting blasted to smithereens from a misfire from the trident.
* {{Hey Its That Voice}}: It's both chilling and amazing at the same time to think that [[{{Ghostbusters}} Gozer the Gozerian]] is a pair of evil eels.
* {{Meaningful Name}}
* {{Mismatched Eyes}}

* {{Make My Self Grow}}: In the climax.

* {{Make Myself Grow}}: In the climax.

* {{Dogs Are Badass}}

* {{Cowardly Sidekick)): At the beginning of the first film