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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: The mermaid choose to spare the prince and is finally fine that he's happy with another woman.
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* CessationOfExistence: Mermaids live longer than human but don't have afterlife.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Unlike the villainous Ursula from the Disney movie, the sea witch in the original tale was TrueNeutral. She had no ulterior motivations, her demand of the price was simply payment, and she gladly helped the mermaid's sisters in saving her, in addition to warning the mermaid of the deal's consequences.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Unlike the villainous Ursula from the Disney movie, the sea witch in the original tale was TrueNeutral.a neutral character. She had no ulterior motivations, her demand of the price was simply payment, and she gladly helped the mermaid's sisters in saving her, in addition to warning the mermaid of the deal's consequences.
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* RapunzelHair: Of course.
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That\'s fridge logic, not this trope.
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* IdiotBall: One wonders why the hell the mermaid didn't learn to write.
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added a bit about the soul which i think is important and one of the biggest themes of the story
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* BecomeARealBoy: Mermaids live for five hundred years and then dissolve into sea foam, having no afterlife of any kind. The protagonist's ongoing wish, even prior to her falling in love with the prince, is to become a human and acquire an immortal soul though in many adaptations this is completely ignored in favor of emphasizing the love story.
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* TheSoulless: Mermaids have no soul.
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simply changed some erroneous entries so that it is more in line with the original text by Hans Christan Andersen. 1. prince did not love whoever rescued him, he states that he was in love with the temple maiden 2 the prince never knew she was a mermaid (or any of her story)
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The prince she loves finds her and, charmed by her grace, takes her in and makes her a sort of pet, but he loves only the woman who saved him from the sea, and she cannot tell him the truth.
Then he is betrothed, and his intended bride turns out to be the first human he met after his rescue. As the mermaid mourns, her sisters appear to her with a LastSecondChance -- she can kill the prince with the enchanted knife they give her and live out her centuries as a mermaid -- or she will die at dawn. Unable to murder the man she loves, the mermaid throws herself into the sea.
Then he is betrothed, and his intended bride turns out to be the first human he met after his rescue. As the mermaid mourns, her sisters appear to her with a LastSecondChance -- she can kill the prince with the enchanted knife they give her and live out her centuries as a mermaid -- or she will die at dawn. Unable to murder the man she loves, the mermaid throws herself into the sea.
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The prince she loves finds her and, charmed by her grace, takes her in and makes her a sort of pet, but he loves only the woman who saved him from the sea, and she cannot tell him the truth.
pet.
Then he is betrothed, and his intended bride turns out to be the temple maiden he fell in love with at firsthuman he met sight when she found him on the shore after his rescue.the little mermaid rescued him from drowning. As the mermaid mourns, her sisters appear to her with a LastSecondChance -- she can kill the prince with the enchanted knife they give her and live out her centuries as a mermaid -- or she will die at dawn. Unable to murder the man she loves, the mermaid throws herself into the sea.
Then he is betrothed, and his intended bride turns out to be the temple maiden he fell in love with at first
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* DownerEnding: The mermaid is given a choice to kill the prince and return home or not and turn to sea foam. She chooses the latter and soon after, the prince realizes she was the girl who saved him.
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* DownerEnding: The mermaid is given a choice to kill the prince and return home or not and turn to sea foam. She chooses the latter and soon after, the prince realizes she was the girl who saved him.latter.
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* DownerEnding: The original ending had the Little Mermaid throw herself into the sea, turn into foam, and that was it.
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* DownerEnding: The original ending had mermaid is given a choice to kill the Little Mermaid throw herself into the sea, prince and return home or not and turn into foam, to sea foam. She chooses the latter and that soon after, the prince realizes she was it.the girl who saved him.
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* LoveRedeems: The reason why the mermaid chose to die rather than kill the prince.
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* AndIMustScream: You have sold your tongue and you feel like walking on blades everytime you set a foot on ground without being able to complaining about the pain. ''And the mermaid was said to be a gifted dancer. ''
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* LikeBrotherAndSister: the prince's feelings towards the mermaid.
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* LikeBrotherAndSister: the The prince's feelings towards the mermaid.
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* RapunzelHair: Of course.
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* IdiotBall: One wonders why the hell the mermaid didn't learn to write.
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* LoveAtFirstSight: The mermaid towards the prince. [[AllTheLOveIsUnrequited The prince towards another girl.]]
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* LoveAtFirstSight: The mermaid towards the prince. [[AllTheLOveIsUnrequited [[AllLoveIsUnrequited The prince towards another girl.]]
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* AuthorAvatar: The story was written around the time a man Andersen loved romantically was getting married. There are claims that at the time, Andersen was writing desperate letters that he didn't dare send, saying "I want to tell my love, but I cannot speak." Sound familiar?
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* AuthorAvatar: The story was written around the time a man Andersen loved romantically was getting married. There are claims that at the time, [[TearJerker Andersen was writing desperate letters that he didn't dare send, saying "I want to tell my love, but I cannot speak." "]] Sound familiar?
* CuteMute: The mermaid as a human.
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* LastSecondChance: If she wants her life spared, the mermaid has to kill the prince, or she will turn into foam.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: the prince's feelings towards the mermaid.
* LoveAtFirstSight: The mermaid towards the prince. [[AllTheLOveIsUnrequited The prince towards another girl.]]
* LikeBrotherAndSister: the prince's feelings towards the mermaid.
* LoveAtFirstSight: The mermaid towards the prince. [[AllTheLOveIsUnrequited The prince towards another girl.]]
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The story has been adapted several times, from ballets, to musicals, to the the 1989 hit DisneyAnimatedCanon film, ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''. The Disney version changed the ending to a HappilyEverAfter one, and several [[Main/FollowTheLeader subsequent adaptations]] have followed suit.
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The story has been adapted several times, from ballets, to musicals, to the the 1989 hit DisneyAnimatedCanon film, ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''. The Disney version changed the ending to a HappilyEverAfter one, and several [[Main/FollowTheLeader [[LostInImitation subsequent adaptations]] have followed suit.
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* LoveAtFirstSight: The Mermaid to the prince.
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* LoveAtFirstSight: The Mermaid to mermaid towards the prince.
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* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Although the Little Mermaid accidentally helps that along.
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* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Although the Little Mermaid accidentally helps that along.along, the prince and the girl from the temple fall in love when it turns out she's a princess from a neighboring kingdom.
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* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: The titular mermaid, who ultimately chooses the prince's happiness over her own life and turns into sea foam. In some versions, she is rewarded for her sacrifice with becoming an air sprite.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Unlike the villainous Ursula from the Disney movie, the sea witch in the original tale was TrueNeutral. She had no ulterior motivations, her demand of the price was simply payment, and she gladly helped the mermaid's sisters in saving her.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Unlike the villainous Ursula from the Disney movie, the sea witch in the original tale was TrueNeutral. She had no ulterior motivations, her demand of the price was simply payment, and she gladly helped the mermaid's sisters in saving her.her, in addition to warning the mermaid of the deal's consequences.
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In this tale, mermaids can come to the surface when they turn 15, and the eponymous Little Mermaid is fascinated by the tales her older sisters tell her. When the day comes for her, she rescues a human prince from a storm, and falls in love with him. She then makes a deal with the Sea Witch to become human, but at extreme costs (she trades her tongue and beautiful voice, and she would always feel as though she was walking on swords). She does meet the prince when she is human, but...
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In this tale, mermaids can come live for centuries but have no afterlife. The youngest mermaid of the royal family is allowed to go up to the surface when they turn once she turns 15, and the eponymous Little Mermaid is fascinated by for several years in a row she longingly drinks in the tales her older sisters tell her. her of what it is like up there. When the day comes for her, her time comes, she rescues a human prince from a storm, storm and falls in love with him. him.
She then makes a deal with the Sea Witch to become human, but atextreme costs (she trades heavy cost. The Sea Witch grants her legs and inhuman grace, but it will feel painful to walk, as if she is always stepping on swords. The mermaid also gives her tongue as payment. If she can make the Prince fall in love with her and beautiful voice, marry her, she can gain a share in his soul and be human all her life, but if he marries another, she will die at the next dawn after his wedding day.
The prince she loves finds her and, charmed by her grace, takes her in and makes her a sort of pet, but he loves only the woman who saved him from the sea, and shewould always feel as though cannot tell him the truth.
Then he is betrothed, and his intended bride turns out to be the first human he met after his rescue. As the mermaid mourns, her sisters appear to her with a LastSecondChance -- shewas walking on swords). She does meet can kill the prince when with the enchanted knife they give her and live out her centuries as a mermaid -- or she is human, but...
will die at dawn. Unable to murder the man she loves, the mermaid throws herself into the sea.
She then makes a deal with the Sea Witch to become human, but at
The prince she loves finds her and, charmed by her grace, takes her in and makes her a sort of pet, but he loves only the woman who saved him from the sea, and she
Then he is betrothed, and his intended bride turns out to be the first human he met after his rescue. As the mermaid mourns, her sisters appear to her with a LastSecondChance -- she
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: The Little Mermaid, her sisters, and the girl who helped the price after the Little Mermaid saves him.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: The Little Mermaid, her sisters, and the girl who helped the price prince after the Little Mermaid saves him.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Unlike the villainous Ursula from the Disney movie, the sea witch inthe original tale was TrueNeutral. She had no ulterior motivations, her demand of the price was simply payment, and she gladly helped the mermaid's sisters in saving her.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Unlike the villainous Ursula from the Disney movie, the sea witch inthe in the original tale was TrueNeutral. She had no ulterior motivations, her demand of the price was simply payment, and she gladly helped the mermaid's sisters in saving her.
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* TongueTrauma: The Little Mermaid trades her as part of the deal.
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* TongueTrauma: The Little Mermaid trades her tongue as part of the deal.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Unlike the villainous Ursula from the Disney movie, the sea witch inthe original tale was TrueNeutral. She had no ulterior motivations, her demand of the price was simply payment, and she gladly helped the mermaid's sisters in saving her.
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The story has been adapted several times, from ballets, to musicals, to the the 1989 hit DisneyAnimatedCanon film, ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''.
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The story has been adapted several times, from ballets, to musicals, to the the 1989 hit DisneyAnimatedCanon film, ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''.
''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''. The Disney version changed the ending to a HappilyEverAfter one, and several [[Main/FollowTheLeader subsequent adaptations]] have followed suit.
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* AuthorAvatar: The story was written around the time a man Andersen loved romantically was getting married. There are claims that at the time, Andersen was writing desperate letters that he didn't dare send, saying "I want to tell my love, but I cannot speak." Sound familiar?
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* {{Aesop}}: The latest ending makes the good deeds time adjust depending on whether children are being good or bad, with more time off for good behavior than time added for bad behavior.
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* NamelessNarrative: Almost no one is referred to by name, just their titles.
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* NoNameGiven: Almost no one is referred to by name, just their titles.
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Salvaged this link from another page where I swapped it against a wick to this page.
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It can be read online [[http://www.bygosh.com/hca/mermaid.htm here]].
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The story has been adapted several times, from ballets, to musicals, to the ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', the hit DisneyAnimatedCanon film.
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The story has been adapted several times, from ballets, to musicals, to the ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', the 1989 hit DisneyAnimatedCanon film.film, ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''.
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* ((Aesop)): The latest ending makes the good deeds time adjust depending on whether children are being good or bad, with more time off for good behavior than time added for bad behavior.
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* ((Aesop)): {{Aesop}}: The latest ending makes the good deeds time adjust depending on whether children are being good or bad, with more time off for good behavior than time added for bad behavior.
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* DownerEnding: The original ending had the Little Mermaid throw herself into the sea, and that was it.
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* DownerEnding: The original ending had the Little Mermaid throw herself into the sea, turn into foam, and that was it.it.
* EveryoneHasStandards: The Little Mermaid's sisters trade their hair for a knife that The Little Mermaid can use to kill the prince and use his blood to return herself to mermaid form. She cannot bring herself to do this (although it does help get her the chance to earn an immortal soul).
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: The Little Mermaid, her sisters, and the girl who helped the price after the Little Mermaid saves him.
* {{Irony}}: The Little Mermaid saved the prince, but left before he could see her. He actually fell in love with a girl at a nearby temple who helped him, who later turned out to be a princess from a neighboring kingdom.
* LoveAtFirstSight: The Mermaid to the prince.
* NoAntagonist: The tale is a tragedy, but doesn't have a real villain.
* NoNameGiven: Almost no one is referred to by name, just their titles.
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: They can go to the surface when they are old enough, and lack immortal souls.
* OurSoulsAreDifferent: Mermaids lack one, humans have one, and daughters of the air can gain one.
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Although the Little Mermaid accidentally helps that along.
* RescueRomance: Although with tragic consequences.
* TongueTrauma: The Little Mermaid trades her as part of the deal.
* EveryoneHasStandards: The Little Mermaid's sisters trade their hair for a knife that The Little Mermaid can use to kill the prince and use his blood to return herself to mermaid form. She cannot bring herself to do this (although it does help get her the chance to earn an immortal soul).
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: The Little Mermaid, her sisters, and the girl who helped the price after the Little Mermaid saves him.
* {{Irony}}: The Little Mermaid saved the prince, but left before he could see her. He actually fell in love with a girl at a nearby temple who helped him, who later turned out to be a princess from a neighboring kingdom.
* LoveAtFirstSight: The Mermaid to the prince.
* NoAntagonist: The tale is a tragedy, but doesn't have a real villain.
* NoNameGiven: Almost no one is referred to by name, just their titles.
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: They can go to the surface when they are old enough, and lack immortal souls.
* OurSoulsAreDifferent: Mermaids lack one, humans have one, and daughters of the air can gain one.
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Although the Little Mermaid accidentally helps that along.
* RescueRomance: Although with tragic consequences.
* TongueTrauma: The Little Mermaid trades her as part of the deal.
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This is a classic FairyTale written by Creator/HansChristianAndersen, about a mermaid who seeks to become human.
In this tale, mermaids can come to the surface when they turn 15, and the eponymous Little Mermaid is fascinated by the tales her older sisters tell her. When the day comes for her, she rescues a human prince from a storm, and falls in love with him. She then makes a deal with the Sea Witch to become human, but at extreme costs (she trades her tongue and beautiful voice, and she would always feel as though she was walking on swords). She does meet the prince when she is human, but...
Andersen revised the tale twice, first to change the sad ending to a bittersweet one ([[WordOfGod which he said he intended from the beginning]]), and then to make the ending have more of a moral to it.
The story has been adapted several times, from ballets, to musicals, to the ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', the hit DisneyAnimatedCanon film.
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* ((Aesop)): The latest ending makes the good deeds time adjust depending on whether children are being good or bad, with more time off for good behavior than time added for bad behavior.
* AgonyOfTheFeet: The Little Mermaid always feels like she is walking on blades, while she is human.
* BittersweetEnding: The Little Mermaid can gain an immortal soul after doing about 300 years of good deeds.
* DownerEnding: The original ending had the Little Mermaid throw herself into the sea, and that was it.
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In this tale, mermaids can come to the surface when they turn 15, and the eponymous Little Mermaid is fascinated by the tales her older sisters tell her. When the day comes for her, she rescues a human prince from a storm, and falls in love with him. She then makes a deal with the Sea Witch to become human, but at extreme costs (she trades her tongue and beautiful voice, and she would always feel as though she was walking on swords). She does meet the prince when she is human, but...
Andersen revised the tale twice, first to change the sad ending to a bittersweet one ([[WordOfGod which he said he intended from the beginning]]), and then to make the ending have more of a moral to it.
The story has been adapted several times, from ballets, to musicals, to the ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', the hit DisneyAnimatedCanon film.
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!!Provides Examples Of
* ((Aesop)): The latest ending makes the good deeds time adjust depending on whether children are being good or bad, with more time off for good behavior than time added for bad behavior.
* AgonyOfTheFeet: The Little Mermaid always feels like she is walking on blades, while she is human.
* BittersweetEnding: The Little Mermaid can gain an immortal soul after doing about 300 years of good deeds.
* DownerEnding: The original ending had the Little Mermaid throw herself into the sea, and that was it.
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