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* AdultFear:
** Triton's daughter never came home after wandering away, and when he finally finds her, she's in such a state that he has to leave her with her adoptive family.
** Tony's first meeting with Ariel? He barely rescues the little girl from drowning, and is unable to find her parents afterwards.
** Triton's daughter never came home after wandering away, and when he finally finds her, she's in such a state that he has to leave her with her adoptive family.
** Tony's first meeting with Ariel? He barely rescues the little girl from drowning, and is unable to find her parents afterwards.
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* DramaticIrony: Triton expresses doubt that the modern world is capable of creating the kind of situations that would require a hero of Hercules's caliber, ignorant that Ariel's adopted father will become part of a great legacy of heroes.
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* RealityEnsues:
** While Ariel and other mermaids can talk to fish, only a few are depicted as being sentient enough to talk back to the mermaids in turn, such as Flounder and Sebastian.
** While the mermaids were shown to have no trouble communicating with humans in the films (once the issue of Ariel's 'stolen' voice was resolved), here Ariel has to learn how to talk to Tony and Pepper after she's taken in (the language of the mer-people is described as a mixture of Danish with other languages), and Triton has to cast a spell with the trident to facilitate later communication between Ariel's sea and land families.
** While Ariel and other mermaids can talk to fish, only a few are depicted as being sentient enough to talk back to the mermaids in turn, such as Flounder and Sebastian.
** While the mermaids were shown to have no trouble communicating with humans in the films (once the issue of Ariel's 'stolen' voice was resolved), here Ariel has to learn how to talk to Tony and Pepper after she's taken in (the language of the mer-people is described as a mixture of Danish with other languages), and Triton has to cast a spell with the trident to facilitate later communication between Ariel's sea and land families.
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* RealityEnsues:
** While Ariel and other mermaids can talk to fish, only a few are depicted as being sentient enough to talk back to the mermaids in turn, such as Flounder and Sebastian.
**LanguageBarrier: While the mermaids were shown to have no trouble communicating with humans in the films (once the issue of Ariel's 'stolen' voice was resolved), here Ariel has to learn how to talk to Tony and Pepper after she's taken in (the language of the mer-people is described as a mixture of Danish with other languages), and Triton has to cast a spell with the trident to facilitate later communication between Ariel's sea and land families.
** While Ariel and other mermaids can talk to fish, only a few are depicted as being sentient enough to talk back to the mermaids in turn, such as Flounder and Sebastian.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: From a mermaid viewpoint, Ariel ''was'' mutilated and forever banished away from her homeland and country just because she wandered into grounds she didn't know were private property. Even worse, she's a little girl so she couldn't be expected to not be a little foolish.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: DisproportionateRetribution: From a mermaid any viewpoint, Ariel ''was'' mutilated and she was forever banished away from her homeland homeland, country, and country family just because she wandered into grounds she didn't know were private property.property. From a mermaid viewpoint, Ariel was also ''mutilated''. Even worse, she's a little girl so she couldn't be expected to not be a little foolish.
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* ShoutOut: When Ariel is initially speaking on land, JARVIS describes it as Danish with hints of other languages, as a homage to the original writer of the ''Little Mermaid'' tale, Creator/HansChristenAndersen.
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* ShoutOut: When Ariel is initially speaking on land, JARVIS describes it as Danish with hints of other languages, as a homage to the original writer of the ''Little Mermaid'' tale, Creator/HansChristenAndersen.Creator/HansChristianAndersen.
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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Triton is clearly established as the child of Poseidon, which makes Ariel and Heracles distant cousins.
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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Triton is clearly established as the child of Poseidon, which makes Ariel and Heracles [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Heracles]] distant cousins.
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* ShoutOut: When Ariel is initially speaking on land, JARVIS describes it as Danish with hints of other languages, as a homage to the original writer of the Little Mermaid tale, Hans Christen Andersen.
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* ShoutOut: When Ariel is initially speaking on land, JARVIS describes it as Danish with hints of other languages, as a homage to the original writer of the Little Mermaid ''Little Mermaid'' tale, Hans Christen Andersen.Creator/HansChristenAndersen.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9979473/1/The-Little-Stark The Little Stark]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2280160/Moon-Witch-96 Moon Witch '96]] is a crossover between the Disney films and the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', with a particular focus on ''Film/IronMan'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989''.
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This fic can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9979473/1/The-Little-Stark here]] and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/12033813/chapters/27242835 here]].
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* {{Adorkable}}: Played with; Ariel is relatively inexperienced with the human world, but as she's eight she has only limited opportunities to 'embarrass' herself while Tony acts as her guardian.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9979473/1/The-Little-Stark The Little Stark]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2280160/Moon-Witch-96 Moon Witch '96]] is a crossover between the Disney films and the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', with a particular focus on ''Film/IronMan'' and ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9979473/1/The-Little-Stark The Little Stark]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2280160/Moon-Witch-96 Moon Witch '96]] is a crossover between the Disney films and the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', with a particular focus on ''Film/IronMan'' and ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''.
''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989''.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9979473/1/The-Little-Stark The Little Stark]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2280160/Moon-Witch-96 Moon Witch ‘96]] is a crossover between the Disney films and the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, with a particular focus on ''Film/IronMan'' and ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''. Relocating the kingdom of Atlantia to the present day, the film opens when an eight-year-old Ariel wanders into Ursula’s domain by accident, resulting in Ursula turning Ariel into a human as a punishment rather than as a ‘gift’, with Ariel only just getting to the surface before she drowns. Ariel is subsequently rescued by Tony Stark (pre-Iron Man), who swiftly forms such a close bond with her that he arranges to become her legal guardian even before he learns the full details about her true history, and the storyline continues to explore Ariel’s impact on Tony in particular.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9979473/1/The-Little-Stark The Little Stark]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2280160/Moon-Witch-96 Moon Witch ‘96]] '96]] is a crossover between the Disney films and the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', with a particular focus on ''Film/IronMan'' and ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''. ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''.
Relocating the kingdom of Atlantia to the present day, the film opens when an eight-year-old Ariel wanders intoUrsula’s Ursula's domain by accident, resulting in Ursula turning Ariel into a human as a punishment rather than as a ‘gift’, 'gift', with Ariel only just getting to the surface before she drowns. Ariel is subsequently rescued by Tony Stark (pre-Iron Man), who swiftly forms such a close bond with her that he arranges to become her legal guardian even before he learns the full details about her true history, and the storyline continues to explore Ariel’s impact on Tony in particular. \n
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* {{Adorkable}}: Played with; Ariel is relatively inexperienced with the human world, but as she’s eight she has only limited opportunities to ‘embarrass’ herself while Tony acts as her guardian.
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* AirVentPassageway: Ariel spends some time sneaking around the vents in Tony’s house; justified as she’s only eight and hence fits into them rather neatly
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* AirVentPassageway: Ariel spends some time sneaking around the vents in Tony’s Tony's house; justified as she’s she's only eight and hence fits into them rather neatly
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: Ariel’s family expands from just her father and six sisters to include Tony, Pepper, Rhodey and Happy on land, to the point that she admits that she considers Tony’s house a home after less than a year on the surface.
* BodyHorror: From the perspective of Triton, at least; he explicitly thinks of Ariel as ‘mutilated’ when he sees her human form for the first time.
* BodyHorror: From the perspective of Triton, at least; he explicitly thinks of Ariel as ‘mutilated’ when he sees her human form for the first time.
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: Ariel’s Ariel's family expands from just her father and six sisters to include Tony, Pepper, Rhodey and Happy on land, to the point that she admits that she considers Tony’s Tony's house a home after less than a year on the surface.
* BodyHorror: From the perspective of Triton, at least; he explicitly thinks of Ariel as‘mutilated’ 'mutilated' when he sees her human form for the first time. time.
* BodyHorror: From the perspective of Triton, at least; he explicitly thinks of Ariel as
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* DemotedToExtra: Flounder might be Ariel’s best friend in the original film, but he has barely appeared in the story so far, even if he saved her life by getting her to the surface after Ursula changed her into a human before she drowned.
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* DemotedToExtra: Flounder might be Ariel’s Ariel's best friend in the original film, but he has barely appeared in the story so far, even if he saved her life by getting her to the surface after Ursula changed her into a human before she drowned.
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* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: It takes some times for Tony and Pepper to learn that Ariel was a mermaid, initially assuming that she is ‘just’ a mutant who can talk to fish.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Downplayed; despite Tony’s relative ‘immaturity’ prior to him becoming Iron Man in canon, here he swiftly adjusts to having Ariel in his life, ranging from giving up fish in his diet to making other necessary adjustments to accommodate an eight-year-old girl.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Downplayed; despite Tony’s relative ‘immaturity’ prior to him becoming Iron Man in canon, here he swiftly adjusts to having Ariel in his life, ranging from giving up fish in his diet to making other necessary adjustments to accommodate an eight-year-old girl.
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* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: It takes some times for Tony and Pepper to learn that Ariel was a mermaid, initially assuming that she is ‘just’ 'just' a mutant who can talk to fish.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Downplayed; despiteTony’s Tony's relative ‘immaturity’ 'immaturity' prior to him becoming Iron Man in canon, here he swiftly adjusts to having Ariel in his life, ranging from giving up fish in his diet to making other necessary adjustments to accommodate an eight-year-old girl.
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** While the mermaids were shown to have no trouble communicating with humans in the films (once the issue of Ariel’s ‘stolen’ Ariel's 'stolen' voice was resolved), here Ariel has to learn how to talk to Tony and Pepper after she’s she's taken in (the language of the mer-people is described as a mixture of Danish with other languages), and Triton has to cast a spell with the trident to facilitate later communication between Ariel’s Ariel's sea and land families.
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* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: Everything starts because Ariel impulsively decides to take a sneak look at Ursula’s cave, which results in her being turned into a human with the intention of drowning her.
* {{Unishment}}: In a sense; Ariel didn’t exactly ask to be human or express any prior interest in being changed, but her interest in humanity probably made her better-suited to such a change than any of her sisters might have been.
* {{Unishment}}: In a sense; Ariel didn’t exactly ask to be human or express any prior interest in being changed, but her interest in humanity probably made her better-suited to such a change than any of her sisters might have been.
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* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: Everything starts because Ariel impulsively decides to take a sneak look at Ursula’s Ursula's cave, which results in her being turned into a human with the intention of drowning her.
* {{Unishment}}: In a sense; Arieldidn’t didn't exactly ask to be human or express any prior interest in being changed, but her interest in humanity probably made her better-suited to such a change than any of her sisters might have been.
* {{Unishment}}: In a sense; Ariel
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* YourMagicsNoGoodHere: All but explicitly stated, as Ursula’s magic is so different and powerful that [[spoiler:Triton and the Ancient One]] cannot return Ariel to normal
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* YourMagicsNoGoodHere: All but explicitly stated, as Ursula’s Ursula's magic is so different and powerful that [[spoiler:Triton and the Ancient One]] cannot return Ariel to normalnormal.
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* AdultFear: Triton's daughter never came home after wandering away, and when he finally finds her, she's in such a state that he has to leave her with her adoptive family.
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* AdultFear: AdultFear:
** Triton's daughter never came home after wandering away, and when he finally finds her, she's in such a state that he has to leave her with her adoptive family.
** Triton's daughter never came home after wandering away, and when he finally finds her, she's in such a state that he has to leave her with her adoptive family.
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* RealityEnsues: A few examples;
** While Ariel and other mermaids can talk to fish, only a few are depicted as being sentient enough to talk back to the mermaids in turn, such as Flounder and Sebastian
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* RealityEnsues: A few examples;
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** While Ariel and other mermaids can talk to fish, only a few are depicted as being sentient enough to talk back to the mermaids in turn, such as Flounder andSebastianSebastian.
** While Ariel and other mermaids can talk to fish, only a few are depicted as being sentient enough to talk back to the mermaids in turn, such as Flounder and
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* VillainHasAPoint: The reason why Triton can't legally punish Ursula for what she did to his daughter was the fact that Ariel ''did'' trepass on her grounds, and Ursula is allowed to deal with intruders as she sees fit.
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* VillainHasAPoint: The reason why Triton can't legally punish Ursula for what she did to his daughter was the fact that Ariel ''did'' trepass trespass on her grounds, and Ursula is allowed to deal with intruders as she sees fit.
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* DemotedToExtra: Flounder might be Ariel’s best friend in the original film, but he has barely appeared in the story so far, even if he saved her life by getting her to the surface after Ursula changed her into a human before she drowned
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* DemotedToExtra: Flounder might be Ariel’s best friend in the original film, but he has barely appeared in the story so far, even if he saved her life by getting her to the surface after Ursula changed her into a human before she drowneddrowned.
* DisproportionateRetribution: From a mermaid viewpoint, Ariel ''was'' mutilated and forever banished away from her homeland and country just because she wandered into grounds she didn't know were private property. Even worse, she's a little girl so she couldn't be expected to not be a little foolish.
* DisproportionateRetribution: From a mermaid viewpoint, Ariel ''was'' mutilated and forever banished away from her homeland and country just because she wandered into grounds she didn't know were private property. Even worse, she's a little girl so she couldn't be expected to not be a little foolish.
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* VillainHasAPoint: The reason why Triton can't legally punish Ursula for what she did to his daughter was the fact that Ariel ''did'' trepass on her grounds, and Ursula is allowed to deal with intruders as she sees fit.
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* AdultFear: Triton's daughter never came home after wandering away, and when he finally finds her, she's in such a state that he has to leave her with her adoptive family.
** Tony's first meeting with Ariel? He barely rescues the little girl from drowning, and is unable to find her parents afterwards.
** Tony's first meeting with Ariel? He barely rescues the little girl from drowning, and is unable to find her parents afterwards.
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* YouRemindMeOfX: Phil comments on the fact Ariel lives through the same crisis as Herakles -- she too is a ChildOfTwoWorlds.
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* {{Adorkable)): Played with; Ariel is relatively inexperienced with the human world, but as she’s eight she has only limited opportunities to ‘embarrass’ herself while Tony acts as her guardian.
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* {{Adorkable)): {{Adorkable}}: Played with; Ariel is relatively inexperienced with the human world, but as she’s eight she has only limited opportunities to ‘embarrass’ herself while Tony acts as her guardian.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9979473/1/The-Little-Stark The Little Stark]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2280160/Moon-Witch-96 Moon Witch ‘96]] is a crossover between the Disney films and the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, with a particular focus on ''Film/IronMan'' and ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''. Relocating the kingdom of Atlantia to the present day, the film opens when an eight-year-old Ariel wanders into Ursula’s domain by accident, resulting in Ursula turning Ariel into a human as a punishment rather than as a ‘gift’, with Ariel only just getting to the surface before she drowns. Ariel is subsequently rescued by Tony Stark (pre-Iron Man), who swiftly forms such a close bond with her that he arranges to become her legal guardian even before he learns the full details about her true history, and the storyline continues to explore Ariel’s impact on Tony in particular.
!!''The Little Stark'' contains examples of:
*{{Adorkable)): Played with; Ariel is relatively inexperienced with the human world, but as she’s eight she has only limited opportunities to ‘embarrass’ herself while Tony acts as her guardian.
*AirVentPassageway: Ariel spends some time sneaking around the vents in Tony’s house; justified as she’s only eight and hence fits into them rather neatly
*TheBabyOfTheBunch: As always for Ariel, to the point that Tony wonders if her parents had one child a year after their first daughter was born.
*BigScrewedUpFamily: Ariel’s family expands from just her father and six sisters to include Tony, Pepper, Rhodey and Happy on land, to the point that she admits that she considers Tony’s house a home after less than a year on the surface.
*BodyHorror: From the perspective of Triton, at least; he explicitly thinks of Ariel as ‘mutilated’ when he sees her human form for the first time.
*CanonWelding: As well as bringing together the MCU and the Disney universe, reference is made to the Film/XMenFilmSeries, with Tony referencing the recent crisis at the Statue of Liberty when he initially assumes that Ariel is a mutant who can talk to fish.
*DaddysGirl: Ariel is attached to Triton, but also comes to be very fond of Tony, to the point that Pepper notes that one thing she can trust Tony to do is take care of Ariel.
*DemotedToExtra: Flounder might be Ariel’s best friend in the original film, but he has barely appeared in the story so far, even if he saved her life by getting her to the surface after Ursula changed her into a human before she drowned
*FantasticRacism: Downplayed; Triton is concerned about Ariel when he learns that she has been turned into a human, but when he finds that Ariel has been kept safe by Tony and the others, he is immediately grateful to them.
*HappilyAdopted: Despite the obvious culture gap as Ariel adjusts to life on land, after less than a year living with Tony, she admits to him that she would find it hard to return to her biological family as Tony has come to be a parent to her as well.
*HeartbrokenBadass: Comes up for Triton on various occasions, due to the loss of his wife and his favourite daughter.
*IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: It takes some times for Tony and Pepper to learn that Ariel was a mermaid, initially assuming that she is ‘just’ a mutant who can talk to fish.
*JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Downplayed; despite Tony’s relative ‘immaturity’ prior to him becoming Iron Man in canon, here he swiftly adjusts to having Ariel in his life, ranging from giving up fish in his diet to making other necessary adjustments to accommodate an eight-year-old girl.
*RealityEnsues: A few examples;
** While Ariel and other mermaids can talk to fish, only a few are depicted as being sentient enough to talk back to the mermaids in turn, such as Flounder and Sebastian
** While the mermaids were shown to have no trouble communicating with humans in the films (once the issue of Ariel’s ‘stolen’ voice was resolved), here Ariel has to learn how to talk to Tony and Pepper after she’s taken in (the language of the mer-people is described as a mixture of Danish with other languages), and Triton has to cast a spell with the trident to facilitate later communication between Ariel’s sea and land families.
*RelatedInTheAdaptation: Triton is clearly established as the child of Poseidon, which makes Ariel and Heracles distant cousins.
*RescueRomance: A platonic version, as Tony is inspired to adopt Ariel after saving her from drowning.
* ShoutOut: When Ariel is initially speaking on land, JARVIS describes it as Danish with hints of other languages, as a homage to the original writer of the Little Mermaid tale, Hans Christen Andersen.
*ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: Everything starts because Ariel impulsively decides to take a sneak look at Ursula’s cave, which results in her being turned into a human with the intention of drowning her.
*{{Unishment}}: In a sense; Ariel didn’t exactly ask to be human or express any prior interest in being changed, but her interest in humanity probably made her better-suited to such a change than any of her sisters might have been.
* YourMagicsNoGoodHere: All but explicitly stated, as Ursula’s magic is so different and powerful that [[spoiler:Triton and the Ancient One]] cannot return Ariel to normal
!!''The Little Stark'' contains examples of:
*{{Adorkable)): Played with; Ariel is relatively inexperienced with the human world, but as she’s eight she has only limited opportunities to ‘embarrass’ herself while Tony acts as her guardian.
*AirVentPassageway: Ariel spends some time sneaking around the vents in Tony’s house; justified as she’s only eight and hence fits into them rather neatly
*TheBabyOfTheBunch: As always for Ariel, to the point that Tony wonders if her parents had one child a year after their first daughter was born.
*BigScrewedUpFamily: Ariel’s family expands from just her father and six sisters to include Tony, Pepper, Rhodey and Happy on land, to the point that she admits that she considers Tony’s house a home after less than a year on the surface.
*BodyHorror: From the perspective of Triton, at least; he explicitly thinks of Ariel as ‘mutilated’ when he sees her human form for the first time.
*CanonWelding: As well as bringing together the MCU and the Disney universe, reference is made to the Film/XMenFilmSeries, with Tony referencing the recent crisis at the Statue of Liberty when he initially assumes that Ariel is a mutant who can talk to fish.
*DaddysGirl: Ariel is attached to Triton, but also comes to be very fond of Tony, to the point that Pepper notes that one thing she can trust Tony to do is take care of Ariel.
*DemotedToExtra: Flounder might be Ariel’s best friend in the original film, but he has barely appeared in the story so far, even if he saved her life by getting her to the surface after Ursula changed her into a human before she drowned
*FantasticRacism: Downplayed; Triton is concerned about Ariel when he learns that she has been turned into a human, but when he finds that Ariel has been kept safe by Tony and the others, he is immediately grateful to them.
*HappilyAdopted: Despite the obvious culture gap as Ariel adjusts to life on land, after less than a year living with Tony, she admits to him that she would find it hard to return to her biological family as Tony has come to be a parent to her as well.
*HeartbrokenBadass: Comes up for Triton on various occasions, due to the loss of his wife and his favourite daughter.
*IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: It takes some times for Tony and Pepper to learn that Ariel was a mermaid, initially assuming that she is ‘just’ a mutant who can talk to fish.
*JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Downplayed; despite Tony’s relative ‘immaturity’ prior to him becoming Iron Man in canon, here he swiftly adjusts to having Ariel in his life, ranging from giving up fish in his diet to making other necessary adjustments to accommodate an eight-year-old girl.
*RealityEnsues: A few examples;
** While Ariel and other mermaids can talk to fish, only a few are depicted as being sentient enough to talk back to the mermaids in turn, such as Flounder and Sebastian
** While the mermaids were shown to have no trouble communicating with humans in the films (once the issue of Ariel’s ‘stolen’ voice was resolved), here Ariel has to learn how to talk to Tony and Pepper after she’s taken in (the language of the mer-people is described as a mixture of Danish with other languages), and Triton has to cast a spell with the trident to facilitate later communication between Ariel’s sea and land families.
*RelatedInTheAdaptation: Triton is clearly established as the child of Poseidon, which makes Ariel and Heracles distant cousins.
*RescueRomance: A platonic version, as Tony is inspired to adopt Ariel after saving her from drowning.
* ShoutOut: When Ariel is initially speaking on land, JARVIS describes it as Danish with hints of other languages, as a homage to the original writer of the Little Mermaid tale, Hans Christen Andersen.
*ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: Everything starts because Ariel impulsively decides to take a sneak look at Ursula’s cave, which results in her being turned into a human with the intention of drowning her.
*{{Unishment}}: In a sense; Ariel didn’t exactly ask to be human or express any prior interest in being changed, but her interest in humanity probably made her better-suited to such a change than any of her sisters might have been.
* YourMagicsNoGoodHere: All but explicitly stated, as Ursula’s magic is so different and powerful that [[spoiler:Triton and the Ancient One]] cannot return Ariel to normal
