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%%* CatsAreMean: ''Jemmy''.
* CoolOldLady: Marina's grandma.
* CoolOldLady: Marina's grandma.
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* CoolOldLady: Marina's
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* KarmaHoudini: **The Sea Witch never is punished by all the destruction her sea storms cause, or the humans she kills by sinking ships to drink some "human blood".
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* KarmaHoudini: KarmaHoudini:
**The Sea Witch never is punished by all the destruction her sea storms cause, or the humans she kills by sinking ships to drink some "human blood".
**The Sea Witch never is punished by all the destruction her sea storms cause, or the humans she kills by sinking ships to drink some "human blood".
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** Both the King and Queen don't receive any comeuppance for locking up Marina and forcing their son to marry the princess they chose. It's true they didn't know that would kill Marina, but still, they are responsible for her death and probably wouldn't care if they knew the truth.
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** Both the King and Queen don't receive any comeuppance for locking up Marina and forcing their son to marry the princess they chose. It's true they didn't know that would kill Marina, but still, they are responsible for caused her death and probably wouldn't care if they knew the truth.
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*KarmaHoudini: **The Sea Witch never is punished by all the destruction her sea storms cause, or the humans she kills by sinking ships to drink some "human blood".
**Jemmy goes unpunished from summoning a pack of wolves to kill Marina.
**Both the King and Queen don't receive any comeuppance for locking up Marina and forcing their son to marry the princess they chose. It's true they didn't know that would kill Marina, but still, they are responsible for her death and probably wouldn't care if they knew the truth.
**Jemmy goes unpunished from summoning a pack of wolves to kill Marina.
**Both the King and Queen don't receive any comeuppance for locking up Marina and forcing their son to marry the princess they chose. It's true they didn't know that would kill Marina, but still, they are responsible for her death and probably wouldn't care if they knew the truth.
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* HypnotizeThePrincess: Jemmy convinces the Prince's parents that Marina bewitched him.
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[[caption-width-right:320:Fawning over the Prince's statue.]]
[[caption-width-right:320:Fawning over the Prince's statue.]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:Fawning over the Prince's statue.]]
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* AbusiveParents: The king and queen lie to their son that his mother is sick, then reveal to him that they're on the way to meet the princess they have picked for him. They also forcefully separate their son and Marina so he can marry the other girl instead.
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* AbusiveParents: The king King and queen Queen lie to their son that his mother is sick, then reveal to him that they're on the way to meet the princess they have picked for him. They also forcefully separate their son and Marina so he can marry the other girl instead.
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* AbusiveParents: The King and Queen. They lied to their son that his mother was sick, then revealed to him that they were on to meet the Princess they picked for him. They also forcefully separated their son and Marine so he could married the other girl instead.
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* AbusiveParents: The King king and Queen. They lied queen lie to their son that his mother was is sick, then revealed reveal to him that they were they're on the way to meet the Princess princess they have picked for him. They also forcefully separated separate their son and Marine Marina so he could married can marry the other girl instead.
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* CatsAreMean: ''Jemmy''.
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* NiceToTheWaiter: Marina offers the pearl in her hair (that her family gave her as a RiteOfPassage) to the head maid since she was admiring it.
** While it seems to be a nice gesture, she is actually showing that she has a passport for the world above...
* NonHumanSidekick: Fritz.
** While it seems to be a nice gesture, she is actually showing that she has a passport for the world above...
* NonHumanSidekick: Fritz.
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** While it seems to be a nice gesture, she is actually showing that she has a passport for the world above...
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* RebelliousPrincess: Marina, who visits the surface before she's allowed to.
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* RebelliousPrincess: Marina, who Marina visits the surface before she's allowed to.
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It has some elements that [[WesternAnimationTheLittleMermaid1989 Disney would later use]], such as an animal companion for the mermaid (Fritz the Dolphin) and an antagonistic force seeking to hurt the mermaid on land (Jemmy the cat). The plot follows the original story more closely than the Disney version, keeping the sad ending.
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It has some elements that [[WesternAnimationTheLittleMermaid1989 [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Disney would later use]], such as an animal companion for the mermaid (Fritz the Dolphin) and an antagonistic force seeking to hurt the mermaid on land (Jemmy the cat). The plot follows the original story more closely than the Disney version, keeping the sad ending.
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The plot follows [[Creator/HansChristianAndersen Andersen]]'s original story much more closely than [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 the Disney version]], keeping the sad ending.
It also has some elements that Disney would later use, such as an animal companion for the mermaid (Fritz the Dolphin) and an antagonistic force seeking to hurt the mermaid on land (Jemmy the cat).
It also has some elements that Disney would later use, such as an animal companion for the mermaid (Fritz the Dolphin) and an antagonistic force seeking to hurt the mermaid on land (Jemmy the cat).
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* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: The absolute ''best'' thing that can be said about the ending is that Marina gains a soul from her refusal to kill the prince ''and'' goes straight to Heaven rather than being stuck in limbo for 300 years.
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* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: The absolute ''best'' thing that can be said about the ending is that Marina gains a soul from her refusal to kill the prince ''and'' goes straight to Heaven rather than being stuck in limbo for 300 years.
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* DownerEnding: The prince realizes his mistake ''just'' after it's too late, and Fritz tearfully chases the bubbles that were Marina. The ''only'' consolation is that Marina [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence gets a soul and goes to Heaven.]]
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* DownerEnding: The prince realizes his mistake ''just'' after it's too late, and Fritz tearfully chases the bubbles that were Marina. The ''only'' consolation is that Marina [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence gets a soul and goes to Heaven.]]
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* ItsAllAboutMe: The Prince confesses to Marina that he wants to marry the girl who found him after he washed up on the beach, but since he can't find her, he wants to marry her instead. This gives the lovesick Marina a brief HopeSpot, even after his parents [[ParentalMarriageVeto forbid the union]] and insist he enter an Arranged Marriage. When the princess his parents choose for him [[PerfectlyArrangedMarriage turns out to be the girl who found him]], the Prince excitedly tells Marina the good news. It never seems to occur to him that she might feel disappointed or heartbroken that he cast her aside after finding [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter someone better.]]
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* ItsAllAboutMe: The Prince confesses to Marina that he wants to marry the girl who found him after he washed up on the beach, but since he can't find her, he wants to marry her instead. This gives the lovesick Marina a brief HopeSpot, even after his parents [[ParentalMarriageVeto forbid the union]] and insist he enter an Arranged Marriage. When the princess his parents choose for him [[PerfectlyArrangedMarriage turns out to be the girl who found him]], the Prince excitedly tells Marina the good news. It never seems to occur to him that she might feel disappointed or heartbroken that he cast her aside after finding [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter someone better.]]better]].
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* NamedByTheAdaptation: None of the characters had names in the original fairy tale. Here, the mermaid is Marina, and the prince is named Prince Fjord. Additionally, the human princess was unnamed in the original Japanese dub, but the English dub calls her Princess Cecilia.
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* NamedByTheAdaptation: None of the characters had names in the original fairy tale. Here, the mermaid is Marina, and the prince is named Prince Fjord. Additionally, the human princess was unnamed in the original Japanese dub, Japanese, but the English dub calls her Princess Cecilia.
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* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Seems to be the case after the two meet and learn who the other really is. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, she is not really the one that rescued the Prince. She only found him after his real rescuer and desired bride, Marina, had to leave. The Prince realizes this [[DownerEnding after it's too late.]]]]
* PetTheDog: In the english dub, the sea-witch warns Marina before making her sacrifice to consider the possibility that her love may simply be unrequited.
* PetTheDog: In the english dub, the sea-witch warns Marina before making her sacrifice to consider the possibility that her love may simply be unrequited.
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* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Seems to be the case after the two meet and learn who the other really is. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, she is not really the one that rescued the Prince. She only found him after his real rescuer and desired bride, Marina, had to leave. The Prince realizes this [[DownerEnding after it's too late.]]]]
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* PetTheDog: In theenglish English dub, the sea-witch warns Marina before making her sacrifice to consider the possibility that her love may simply be unrequited.
* PetTheDog: In the
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** PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Seems to be the case after the two meet and learn who the other really is. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, she is not really the one that rescued the Prince. She only found him after his real rescuer and desired bride, Marina, had to leave. The Prince realizes this [[DownerEnding after it's too late.]]]]
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* GodivaHair: Marina, both underwater and when she first gains her legs.
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* GodivaHair: GodivaHair:
** Marina, both underwater and when she first gains her legs.
** Marina, both underwater and when she first gains her legs.
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* [[HypnotizeThePrincess Hypnotize The Prince]]: Jemmy convinces the Prince's parents that Marina bewitched him.
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* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Seems to be the case after the two meet and learn who the other really is. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, she is not really the one that rescued the Prince. She only found him after his real rescuer and desired bride, Marina, had to leave. The Prince realizes this [[DownerEnding after it's too late.]]]]
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The plot follows [[Creator/HansChristianAndersen Andersen]]'s original story much more closely than [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid the Disney version]], keeping the sad ending.
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The plot follows [[Creator/HansChristianAndersen Andersen]]'s original story much more closely than [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 the Disney version]], keeping the sad ending.
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* {{Bowdlerize}}: Later VHS and DVD releases liberally cut seconds out of any scene where Marina or her sisters hair blows away from their breasts and reveals a nipple. The Sea Witch's potion making scene is also cut due to Sea Witch boobage.
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* {{Bowdlerize}}: {{Bowdlerise}}: Later VHS and DVD releases liberally cut seconds out of any scene where Marina or her sisters hair blows away from their breasts and reveals a nipple. The Sea Witch's potion making scene is also cut due to Sea Witch boobage.
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* AbusiveParents: The King and Queen. They lied to their son that his mother was sick, then revealed to him that they were on to meet the Princess they picked for him. They also forcefully separated their son and Marine so he could married the other girl instead.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Very slight case with the Prince's parents, who in the original made their preference for a daughter-in-law clear, but stopped short of forcing their son into a marriage he didn't want. Here, they do exactly that. In both versions, he ends up preferring the choice they made for him, so the change is ultimately moot.
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* CanonForeigner: Fritz the Dolphin and Jemmy the Cat are original to this version.
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* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: The full title is ''Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid''
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* NamedByTheAdaptation: None of the characters had names in the original fairy tale. Here, the mermaid is Marina, and the prince is named Prince Fjord. Additionally, the human princess was unnamed in the original Japanese dub, but the English dub calls her Princess Cecilia.
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* PetTheDog: In the english dub, the sea-witch warns Marina to consider before making her sacrifice that her love may simply be unrequited.
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* PetTheDog: In the english dub, the sea-witch warns Marina to consider before making her sacrifice to consider the possibility that her love may simply be unrequited.
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* PetTheDog: In the english dub, the sea-witch warns Marina to consider before making her sacrifice that her love may simply be unrequited.
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''The Little Mermaid'' (aka ''Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid'') is an {{anime}} adaptation of "Literature/TheLittleMermaid" produced by ToeiAnimation. It was released in 1975 in Japan and was dubbed into English in 1978.
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''The Little Mermaid'' (aka ''Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid'') is an {{anime}} adaptation of "Literature/TheLittleMermaid" produced by ToeiAnimation.Creator/ToeiAnimation. It was released in 1975 in Japan and was dubbed into English in 1978.
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* ParentalMarriageVeto: The King and Queen are NOT pleased to learn how close their son is becoming with the girl he found, and forcibly separate them after he asserts he wants to marry her over the princess they choose for him.
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* ParentalMarriageVeto: The King and Queen are NOT pleased to learn how close their son is becoming with the girl he found, and forcibly separate them after he asserts he wants to marry her over [[ArrangedMarriage the princess they choose for him.him]].
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Marina's sisters all have impossible hair colors. Except one of the sisters has orange/red hair, which is a possible hair color. In the VHS version uploaded on youtube, the quality of the video makes one of Marina's sisters' hair look brown as opposed to its actual color purple.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Marina's sisters all have impossible hair colors. Except one of the sisters has orange/red hair, which is a possible hair color. In the VHS version uploaded on youtube, Website/YouTube, the quality of the video makes one of Marina's sisters' hair look brown as opposed to its actual color purple.
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* SparedByAdaptation: FromACertainPointOfView, at any rate. In the final ending of the original story (it went through ''many'' revisions), the titular mermaid's newly created soul is stuck in limbo and will have to perform at least a century of good deeds before she can go to Heaven. In this version, Marina gets a soul and goes to Heaven ''immediately'' after she dies.
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AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: The absolute ''best'' thing that can be said about the ending is that Marina gains a soul from her refusal to kill the prince ''and'' goes straight to Heaven rather than being stuck in limbo for 300 years.
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* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: The absolute ''best'' thing that can be said about the ending is that Marina gains a soul from her refusal to kill the prince ''and'' goes straight to Heaven rather than being stuck in limbo for 300 years.
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AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: The absolute ''best'' thing that can be said about the ending is that Marina gains a soul from her refusal to kill the prince ''and'' goes straight to Heaven rather than being stuck in limbo for 300 years.
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* DownerEnding: The prince realizes his mistake ''just'' after it's too late, and Fritz tearfully chases the bubbles that were Marina.
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* DownerEnding: The prince realizes his mistake ''just'' after it's too late, and Fritz tearfully chases the bubbles that were Marina. The ''only'' consolation is that Marina [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence gets a soul and goes to Heaven.]]
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Discotek Media bought the rights to the original film and is selling the master copy on their website, with English and Japanese audio, and English subtitles. For those interested in seeing the original film, uncut and in its original widescreen.
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* ActingForTwo: The English dub has the same actress portray the Sea Witch and Jemmy the cat. This has often led to viewers believing the cat is the witch in disguise.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Marina's sisters all have impossible hair colors. Except one of the sisters has orange/red hair, which is a possible hair color. In the VHS version uploaded on youtube, the quality of the video makes one of Marina's sisters' hair look brown as opposed to it's actual color purple.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Marina's sisters all have impossible hair colors. Except one of the sisters has orange/red hair, which is a possible hair color. In the VHS version uploaded on youtube, the quality of the video makes one of Marina's sisters' hair look brown as opposed to it's its actual color purple.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Marina's sisters all have impossible hair colors.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Marina's sisters all have impossible hair colors. Except one of the sisters has orange/red hair, which is a possible hair color. In the VHS version uploaded on youtube, the quality of the video makes one of Marina's sisters' hair look brown as opposed to it's actual color purple.
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* ActingForTwo: The English dub has the same actress portray the Sea Witch and Jemmy the cat.
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** While it seems to be a nice gesture, she is actually showing that she has a passport for the world above...
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Sweet Polly Oliver is when a woman intentionally passes herself as male in pursuit of a goal she would not be allowed to accomplish as a woman. Just wearing male clothes does not count.
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* SweetPollyOliver: Marina is dressed in the Prince's clothes for a short time after being found on the shore, they fit her perfectly.
