| 1 | [[WMG:[[center:''Characters/TheLittleMermaid'' [[Characters/TheLittleMermaid franchise character index]]\ |
| 2 | [-[[Characters/TheLittleMermaidTitularProtagonists Titular Protagonists]] | [[Characters/TheLittleMermaidAtlanticaRoyaltyAndAssociates Atlantica Royalty and Associates]] | [[Characters/TheLittleMermaidOtherResidentsOfAtlantica Other Residents of Atlantica]] | '''Residents of Prince Eric's Castle''' | [[Characters/TheLittleMermaidAllies Allies]] | [[Characters/TheLittleMermaidAntagonists Antagonists]]-]]]]] |
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| 5 | [[folder:Prince Eric]] |
| 6 | [[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Ericpic1.png]] |
| 7 | [[caption-width-right:280:''"A girl rescued me. She was singing. She had the most beautiful voice."'']] |
| 8 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChristopherDanielBarnes (first film, ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', ''VideoGame/DisneyDreamlightValley'', ''VideoGame/DisneySpeedstorm''), Creator/JeffBennett (TV series), Creator/RobPaulsen (second film) [[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]] '''European French''': Creator/BrunoChoel (two first films, second dub) | '''Japanese''': Creator/KazuhikoInoue | '''Latin American Spanish''': Creator/DemianBichir (''The Little Mermaid''), Creator/SergioGutierrezCoto (''Return to the Sea''), Víctor Mares Jr. (TV series), Antonio Benavides (''Return to the Sea'', singing voice) | '''Hebrew''': Yehoyachin Friedlander [[/labelnote]] |
| 9 | ->'''Facial Model:''' Joshua Finkel |
| 10 | |
| 11 | Prince Eric is the deuteragonist of the ''The Little Mermaid'' and LoveInterest for Ariel. |
| 12 | ---- |
| 13 | * ActionDad: In the sequel, when he becomes a father to his and Ariel's only child, Melody. Eric will still take on anything that threatens him or his family. |
| 14 | * ActionHero: Becomes this in the climax of the first film. |
| 15 | * AdaptationalBadass: Compared to the prince of the original story, Eric is ''far'' more involved in the plot. He has to be rescued early, yes, but once he realizes Ariel is the girl who saved him he jumps right into the thick of it and uses his wits and sailing expertise to ''kill'' Ursula while she is distracted with Ariel. |
| 16 | * AdaptationalDyeJob: Has blue eyes instead of coal black eyes like his counterpart in the original story. |
| 17 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: Downplayed, but he's nicer to Ariel than the prince in the original story was to the mermaid. While the 1837 prince did generously take the mermaid in, he still treated her more like a favored pet, even having her sleep on a cushion outside his door. |
| 18 | * AllThereInTheManual: |
| 19 | ** The novelization says he's eighteen--two years older than Ariel. |
| 20 | ** Disney has [[https://youtu.be/uIVPIgiWDUQ stated]] that his castle is located somewhere in Italy. |
| 21 | * BabiesEverAfter: He and Ariel have a daughter, Melody, in ''Return to the Sea''. |
| 22 | * BadassInDistress: As in the original story, he nearly drowns in a shipwreck and is saved by the little mermaid. Unlike the story, however, he is knocked unconscious because he went back to save his dog Max, and he goes on to rescue Ariel in turn. |
| 23 | * BadassNormal: This guy does ''not'' [[{{Determinator}} give up]]. EVER. Sky-high {{Physical God}}dess sea witches be damned, you do ''not'' mess with his girl. |
| 24 | * BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Eric looks ''very'' good for someone who was very close to an exploding barrel of gunpowder. |
| 25 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Eric is one of the nicest characters in ''The Little Mermaid'' franchise. He has also threatened or outright ''killed'' those who harmed his loved ones. |
| 26 | * BirdsOfAFeather: He wanted to escape his landlocked life to go out to sea. Ariel wanted to escape her underwater life to live above ground. |
| 27 | * BigOlEyebrows: Big, dark eyebrows. |
| 28 | * {{Brainwashed}}: "Vanessa" does this to him in the first film, using Ariel's stolen voice to cast a spell over him that basically turns him into an emotionless zombie. He doesn't even react to the massive animal brawl that breaks out at his wedding until the necklace is broken. |
| 29 | * CarFu: A ship example. He defeats Ursula by expertly sailing a ship through her trident-controlled storm. He then uses the pointed end of the broken mast to impale her. |
| 30 | * ChekhovsSkill: His piloting his ship through a hurricane in the first film. |
| 31 | * ChickMagnet: Immediately wins the affections of [[FieryRedhead Ariel]] and at least lots of compliments from [[BigBad Ursula]]. His status as this trope is further confirmed at the beginning when Grimsby makes a sarcastic complaint to Eric about denying ''another'' proposal from a neighboring princess. |
| 32 | * ClothingDamage: While Ariel saves him from drowning, his boots comes off and his pants get torn. The same thing happens after he defeats Ursula. After he swims back to shore, his pants are ripped, and he's barefoot again. |
| 33 | * ComicBookFantasyCasting: In the facial structure, he resembles Creator/KirkDouglas, despite his facial model having been Joshua Finkel. |
| 34 | * DeadpanSnarker: Shows some reserved and lighthearted talent for snarking in the second movie, regarding the length of time it takes for his wife and daughter to prepare themselves for special occasions. |
| 35 | -->'''Eric:''' So, we're having a bad hair day?\ |
| 36 | '''Ariel:''' If we were you wouldn’t be helping, would you?\ |
| 37 | '''Eric:''' Well, I'm just here to let you know that there are a lot of people downstairs...\ |
| 38 | '''Ariel:''' Oh, we'll be right down. Just give us two minutes.\ |
| 39 | '''Eric:''' Right, two... Now, where have I heard that before? |
| 40 | * DemotedToExtra: He has a recurring role in the TV series, is a supporting character in the second film, and makes no appearance in the prequel. Justified for the first and third since he has not yet met Ariel at that point. |
| 41 | * {{Determinator}}: To the same extent as Ariel, as nothing will stop him from saving a loved one (i.e., Max, Ariel, Melody, etc). |
| 42 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: In the first film, with Ariel being obviously a PrincessProtagonist. |
| 43 | * FirstGuyWins: The first human Ariel meets, and the one she ends up marrying. |
| 44 | * ForgottenFirstMeeting: Twice with Ariel. |
| 45 | ** In the movie, he does meet Ariel after she saves him, but only remembers her voice. |
| 46 | ** In the TV series episode "Scuttle", Eric catches a brief glimpse of Ariel, but is convinced by Grimsby that it was just his imagination. |
| 47 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: He helps free a dolphin from a net in the TV series. Unbeknownst to him, his future wife, Ariel watches him save the dolphin. While she doesn't see his full face, Eric's selfless action is the catalyst that helps Ariel believe that not all humans are evil. Then, there's his brotherly and close relationship with Max his sheep dog. |
| 48 | * GoodIsNotSoft: Eric is genuinely a NiceGuy to everyone, but that doesn't stop him from ''killing'' Ursula. |
| 49 | * GoodParents: He may have made a mistake or two with Melody, but the way Melody grew up into a respectful and good-hearted young lady proves he and Ariel raised their daughter right. |
| 50 | * HappilyMarried: To Ariel in the sequel; they prove to have an incredibly stable marriage whether there is or isn't danger. |
| 51 | * HelloSailor: An accomplished mariner, and not bad looking. |
| 52 | * HeroesLoveDogs: His best friend is his dog, Max. |
| 53 | * HiddenDepths: This skilled mariner turns out to be an expert on the flute. |
| 54 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: With Ariel. When she's in her human form, it becomes quite notable how petite she is in comparison to Eric's tall and broad physique. Some examples that show Ariel's shortness are when she is at [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_20190525_032540_980.jpg dinner]] during her first night at Eric's castle, when they [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_20190525_032329_945.jpg dance]], and when his hypnotism has been worn off on the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_20190525_033132_078.jpg third day]]. The fact that Ariel is wearing heels in all of these pictures ''really'' shows how petite' she is. At the end of the movie when they finally kiss, Ariel has to ''[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_20190525_032949_526.jpg stand on her tiptoes while barefoot in order to reach his lips]]'' |
| 55 | * HumbleHero: He's a prince, but he's quite modest and not at all vain or condescending. When Grim unveils the large, ostentatious statue of him as a birthday gift, Eric is noticeably taken aback. |
| 56 | * InnocentBlueEyes: Blue eyes, kind and heroic personality. |
| 57 | * InterspeciesRomance: Eric, a human, falls in love with and marries Ariel, a mermaid, though technically she's half-human. |
| 58 | * IOweYouMyLife: Upon being rescued by a girl, Eric resolves to find that girl and [[MarryForLove marry her by appealing to her heart]]. And upon learning that Ariel was the girl who rescued him, he returns the favor by rescuing her from Ursula. |
| 59 | * IWillFindYou: His intention to find Ariel after she's taken by Ursula. |
| 60 | * {{Leitmotif}}: Has a short love motif heard at the beginnings of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UQsECA7RZU&feature=related Bedtime]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC12EVZGSK4&feature=related Eric to the Rescue]]". |
| 61 | * LikeParentLikeSpouse: Like Triton, he is normally portrayed as a benevolent but easily distracted monarch and as loyal to his subjects as they are to him. And they are ''[[PapaWolf fiercely]]'' protective of their families. Their similarities are specially apparent in the television series. |
| 62 | * LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: Happens to Eric twice in the first film. First time, when Ariel rescues Eric from drowning, he still has his boots on, but in the next scene, after Ariel has brought Eric to shore, he is barefoot, implying his boots came off at some point in the ocean. The 2nd time is after Eric defeats Ursula, and swims back to shore, his boots get lost again leaving him barefoot once more. |
| 63 | * LoveAtFirstNote: While he does see Ariel for a couple of seconds, due to complications involved with him being half-unconscious, he doesn't remember what she looks like, which leads to him falling in love with her voice. |
| 64 | * LoveAtFirstSight: Played with, as said first sight was marred by him being barely conscious and with the sun in his eyes, but Eric immediately feels like him and Ariel have met based only on how she looks very familiar to him. His first reaction is actually him correctly guessing she saved him, but her current muteness makes him doubt it. He still finds himself smitten with her right from the beginning and it doesn't take long for him find himself fully falling in love with her. |
| 65 | * MadeOfIron: He was very close to an exploding keg of gunpowder and was merely knocked unconcious. |
| 66 | * MarryForLove: In the first film, he tells Grimsby that the girl for him exists out there, but until then he won't marry someone because it's customary for him to do so. |
| 67 | * MeaningfulName: "Eric" is Old Norse for "eternal ruler", alluding to his status as the prince, later king, of his kingdom. |
| 68 | * ModestRoyalty: Except for formal occasions, he prefers very simple clothing. |
| 69 | * NamedByTheAdaptation: He's only ever referred to as "the prince" in the original Creator/HansChristianAndersen story. He is only the second Disney Prince to be given a proper name (i.e. not "Charming"), after [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Prince Philip]]. |
| 70 | * NiceGuy: Heroic, brave, fun loving, kind, selfless, polite, and down to earth. |
| 71 | * NiceToTheWaiter: He's happy to join the sailors in their hornpipe. He even pulls out a flute and plays with them. |
| 72 | * NonIdleRich: Despite being a prince, Eric enjoys sailing the seas and doesn't hesitate to get into action if he needs to. |
| 73 | * NotAllowedToGrowOld: He still looks the same after Melody is born and even after she turns 12. |
| 74 | * OneHeadTaller: Than Ariel. |
| 75 | * PapaWolf: Towards Melody. He ''angrily'' asks Morgana (who now has the powerful trident in her hands) what she has done to Melody while brandishing his sword. |
| 76 | * PrimaryColorChampion: His IconicOutfit consists of a white, long-sleeved collared shirt, red sash, and dark-blue pants. |
| 77 | * PrincessesRule: Gender-inverted. He is referred to as the ruler of a kingdom in the first film, but is referred to as "Prince Eric" rather than "King Eric" and there is no presence of his parents or a regent. |
| 78 | * RaceLift: The prince of the original tale was described as having coal black eyes, dancing slave girls in gold and silk and has been interpreted as Middle Eastern. Eric, on the other hand, is pretty damn European. |
| 79 | * RammingAlwaysWorks: During the final showdown, he commandeers one of the old shipwrecks that Ursula's whirlpool lifts from the ocean's bottom and uses the prow as a giant harpoon to skewer her. |
| 80 | * RankScalesWithAsskicking: The Prince (later King) of his kingdom and ''defeated'' [[BigBad Ursula]]. |
| 81 | * RebelPrince: Given how cheerful he is with the sailors, it can be assumed that Eric craves more than just royal customs. |
| 82 | * RescueRomance: His relationship with Ariel grows after they save each other. |
| 83 | ** Ariel saves Eric from drowning. |
| 84 | ** He, in turn, saves her (and the rest of the ocean) from Ursula at the end of the movie. |
| 85 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Prince Eric is a competent sailor. |
| 86 | * SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: The down-to-earth Savvy Guy to Ariel's spunky, rambunctious Energetic Girl. |
| 87 | * ShrinkingViolet: Apparently, Eric is so shy his reluctance to kiss Ariel warranted Sebastian, Flounder, and all the other animals in the lagoon singing an entire song to get him in the mood to "kiss the girl" and see if she likes him too. Eric does muster up the courage eventually, but it's too late as Flostam and Jetsam purposefully tip the boat over by order of Ursula and thus ruin the moment. "He gonna miss the girl", indeed. |
| 88 | * SingleTargetSexuality: Grimsby mentions that Eric wasn't remotely romantically interested in any of the women who wanted to be his bride. Ariel is the only woman he has shown an interest in. |
| 89 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: {{Zigzagged|Trope}}. While Eric is an important character in the franchise, he gets DemotedToExtra in the sequel, prequel, and the TV series -- however, the last one reveals that ''he'' was the one to show Ariel that not all humans are cruel beings when he rescued a trapped dolphin. |
| 90 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: He's a head taller than Ariel, has raven hair, and is a ChickMagnet (Ariel certainly thinks so, as she fell for him [[LoveAtFirstSight at first sight]]). |
| 91 | * {{Tuckerization}}: He was named after Eric Larson, one of Creator/DisneysNineOldMen who died the year before the film was released. |
| 92 | * ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: {{Gender Inverted|Trope}}. He ''impales'' Ursula to save Ariel. |
| 93 | * WhatBeautifulEyes: He has ''vivid'' blue eyes that get a lot of camera attention. |
| 94 | * WhiteSheep: Unlike Grimsby and the rest of the royal court, it is implied that Eric would rather be a sailor than a prince and the musical expands on this. |
| 95 | * WouldHitAGirl: He ''kills'' Ursula and threatens Morgana; both moments in the defense of his (future) wife and daughter, respectively. |
| 96 | [[/folder]] |
| 97 | |
| 98 | [[folder:Grimsby]] |
| 99 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grimsby_transparent.png]] |
| 100 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Oh, Eric, it isn't me alone. The entire kingdom wants to see you, happily settled down with the right girl."'']] |
| 101 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BenWright (1st film), Creator/KayEKuter (2nd film, series) [[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]] '''European French''': Jacques Herlin (two first films) | '''Japanese''': Creator/JojiYanami | '''Latin American Spanish''': Víctor Mares (first two films), Francisco López (''Return to the Sea'', singing voice) | '''Hebrew''': Dov Raizer [[/labelnote]] |
| 102 | |
| 103 | Grimsby is Eric's manservant and confidant. |
| 104 | ---- |
| 105 | * AffectionateNickname: Eric nicknames him "Grim". |
| 106 | * BritishStuffiness: Grimsby is a reserved man with a thick British accent. |
| 107 | * TheConfidant: To Eric. He offers the young Prince advice when it appears needed. |
| 108 | * CoolOldGuy: Grimsby gave Eric good advice on not chasing after a fantasy girl and focus on the real one. |
| 109 | * DeadpanSnarker: Some of his dialogue has a level of wit. |
| 110 | * DemotedToExtra: He only has three scenes in the sequel. |
| 111 | * NiceGuy: He may be no-nonsense and witty, but not to an extent he would be considered mean. In actuality, he's gentle, friendly, and helpful. |
| 112 | * NotSoStoic: An unmoved person, sure, but as his loyal manservant, he will react with fear or concern to whatever dangerous situation Eric is in, whether it be drowning or risking himself to save Ariel. |
| 113 | * ParentalSubstitute: {{Implied}} in his interactions with Eric in the first film that show Grimsby acting as a sort of father figure. The Broadway adaptation does indeed specify that he became Eric's guardian after his parents died. |
| 114 | * ServileSnarker: He's technically a servant to Prince Eric, but isn't above sending some snark his way. |
| 115 | * ShipperOnDeck: As time goes on, Grimsby notices that Eric is falling for Ariel. He councils him to forget his dream girl (he wished to marry the one who saved him, not realizing it was Ariel), and to accept the real one he has. |
| 116 | [[/folder]] |
| 117 | |
| 118 | [[folder:Carlotta]] |
| 119 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/littlemermaid_616.jpg]] |
| 120 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Why, Eric, that's the first time I've seen you smile in weeks."'']] |
| 121 | -> Voiced by: Creator/EdieMcClurg [[labelnote:Foreign voice actresses]] '''European French''': Creator/ClaudeChantal (two first films) | '''Japanese''': Haruka Endo (''The Little Mermaid''), Creator/MamiHorikoshi (''Return to the Sea'') | '''Latin American Spanish''': Amparo Brown (''The Little Mermaid''), Ada Morales (''Return to the Sea'') | '''Hebrew''': Shafraira Zakai [[/labelnote]] |
| 122 | |
| 123 | Carlotta is the sweet and kind maid of Prince Eric; she's also one of his most loyal friends. |
| 124 | ---- |
| 125 | * BerserkButton: {{Downplayed}}. She doesn't go berserk, but she shows great annoyance at Chef Louis making a mess. |
| 126 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: A kindly woman who can strike terror in Chef Louis' heart when she's angry enough. |
| 127 | * GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Throws a bucket of water on Louis' head when he indirectly ruins Melody's birthday party. |
| 128 | * NiceGirl: Carlotta is kind, gentle, sweet, helpful, loyal, hardworking, and lighthearted. |
| 129 | * ParentalSubstitute: {{Implied|Trope}} in some of her actions with Eric. Like Grimsby, she seems to take on a sort of surrogate mother role for Eric, worrying about his emotional well-being as well as his physical state. After Eric laughs at Ariel blowing soot in Grimsby's face, Carlotta notes that that's the first time she's seen Eric smile in weeks. |
| 130 | * ShipperOnDeck: Implied to be one for Ariel and Eric, as she pleasingly notes on how Ariel made Eric smile for the first time in weeks and how she cried TearsOfJoy at their wedding. |
| 131 | * ShipTease: Some with Chef Louis in the sequel. In the first movie there is the slight implication that they are married. |
| 132 | * TearsOfJoy: Gets emotional at Eric and Ariel' s wedding. |
| 133 | * {{Tsundere}}: Type 2. The "tsun" part is mostly seen when Louis acts up. |
| 134 | [[/folder]] |
| 135 | |
| 136 | [[folder:Chef Louis]] |
| 137 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jl232b.jpg]] |
| 138 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ReneAuberjonois [[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]] '''European French''': Creator/MiguelAngelJenner (first film), Creator/MarcAlfos (second film) | '''Japanese''': Yasutaka Anzai (''The Little Mermaid''), Hiroshi Iwasaki (''Return to the Sea'') | '''Latin American Spanish''': Creator/DemianBichir (''The Little Mermaid'''), Alejandro Mayén (''Return to the Sea'') | '''Hebrew''': Dani Litani[[/labelnote]] |
| 139 | |
| 140 | Chef Louis is a chef who is infamous for trying to cook Sebastian. He apparently loves his job, possibly to an almost unhealthy extent. |
| 141 | ---- |
| 142 | * AccentAdaptation: He has an Italian accent in the first European French dub and a Spanish accent in the second European French dub. |
| 143 | * AngryChef: The palace chef to Prince Eric, and seems no worse than eccentric as he sings "Les Poissons" while preparing stuffed crab as an entree. However, once Sebastian fights for his life, all of Louis's sanity goes out the window and he obliterates the palace kitchen in a fit of UnstoppableRage. |
| 144 | * AntiVillain: While Louis may not harbor any malice, we the viewers are aware he was preparing possibly ''sentient'' sea life. This is especially apparent whenever he and Sebastian face off. Though in his case, it may be more just a matter of pride than to actually serve the little crab up on a platter. |
| 145 | * ArchEnemy: To Sebastian. Whenever he sees the crab, he goes into a rampage and wrecks the immediate area trying to kill him. |
| 146 | * AxCrazy: Although he's fine elsewhere, in the kitchen, Louis isn't exactly the most... ''balanced'' of individuals. He's just a little too disturbingly jovial when preparing his meals and his response to Sebastian trying to escape is to ''chop a table in half and destroy the entire kitchen'' with UnstoppableRage. |
| 147 | * BigBad: Serves as this in the ''Sebastian'' segments of the TV series ''{{WesternAnimation/Marsupilami}}'', as most of his plots involve catching and cooking Sebastian. |
| 148 | * ButtMonkey: He takes quite a bit of abuse, being an {{Ineffectual Sympathetic|Villain}} AntiVillain at the wrong side of the board. |
| 149 | * CruellaToAnimals: Even for a French chef, he’s a little too enthusiastic about cooking sea creatures. |
| 150 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Just read some of these lyrics out-of-context and, ignoring for a moment that it's about fish, ask yourself if they don't sound a little... Hannibal Lecter-esque? |
| 151 | -->'''Louis:''' With a cleaver I HACK them in two\ |
| 152 | I PULL OUT what's '''inside'''\ |
| 153 | And I serve it up '''fried'''... |
| 154 | ** Also given to his loving desire of cooking up sea creatures, you might say that Louis might be a literal example of King Triton's belief that humans are 'spineless, savage, harpooning fish-eaters'. Sure, while Triton's prejudice towards humans may be a little overboard (even Triton himself starts to regret it), it is not without merit when it comes to Louis' case. |
| 155 | * EvilChef: As far as sea animals are concerned, yes. He even provides the trope image. |
| 156 | %%* FrenchCuisineIsHaughty |
| 157 | * FrenchJerk: He has shades of this - including the obnoxious, nasal "french laugh": [[MauriceChevalierAccent Hee hee hee, hon hon hon]]! He also sings about cutting up and serving fish for dinner, which seems almost sadistic from the point of view of Sebastian. |
| 158 | * GayParee: To hammer it home that he's French (or more exactly, to display enough Hollywood Parisian clichés to show that he's French), he's introduced with [[FrenchAccordion accordion music]] on the soundtrack, talks about his cuisine as "Nouvelle Cuisine des Champs-Élysées" (the Champs-Élysées is the most famous avenue of Paris) and name-drops Maurice Chevalier for the sake of it. If that wasn't enough, a sped up version of StandardSnippet/TheCancanSong plays when he furiously chases after Sebastian and destroys the kitchen doing so. |
| 159 | * GratuitousFrench: Random French words are sprinkled among his sentences like garnish. |
| 160 | -->'''Louis:''' Zut alors, I have missed one!\ |
| 161 | Sacrebleu, what is this? |
| 162 | ** Nothing screams more "gratuitous" than name-dropping early 20th century French singer Creator/MauriceChevalier while [[AnachronismStew the movie is clearly set in the early 19th century at best]]. |
| 163 | * HotBlooded: Sebastian pinching his nose quickly gets him so angry that he throws knives at the little crab, goes after him with a cleaver, and then ''destroys the entire kitchen'' trying to catch him. |
| 164 | * IneffectualSympatheticVillain: After he chases Sebastian all over the kitchen in the first film. |
| 165 | * LargeHam: This guy sure loves his job, a little ''[[AxCrazy too much]]''. |
| 166 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Does this several times. In the first film, he makes a mess in the kitchen chasing Sebastian, only to be berated by an angry Carlotta for this, prompting him to apologize for the incident. In the second film, he angrily chases Sebastian for ruining Melody's birthday cake, only to get splashed with water by Carlotta, who berates him for humiliating Melody, much to his complete guilt. |
| 167 | * ObliviouslyEvil: While one could argue he's a little too... passionate when having to cut fishes, he doesn't know that fishes are sentient. |
| 168 | * PsychoForHire: Downplayed. He ''is'' a professional chef, so it is his job to chop up, season, and cook little sea critters for dinner. That said, he seems to enjoy the "cut up" part of his job ''way'' more than he should... |
| 169 | -->'''Louis:''' First you POUND the fish flat with a mallet\ |
| 170 | Then you SLASH through the '''skin'''\ |
| 171 | Give the '''belly''' a SLICE\ |
| 172 | Then you '''rub some salt in'''\ |
| 173 | 'Cause that makes it taste '''nice...''' |
| 174 | * ShipTease: With Carlotta, especially in the sequel. In the first movie, there is the slight implication they are married. |
| 175 | * SkewedPriorities: If he sees Sebastian, he will stop at nothing to hunt him down. Even if he's in the middle of an elaborate birthday party with a large table of dishes in his way and numerous people watching. |
| 176 | * SuperPersistentPredator: To Sebastian, though, to Louis, it may be more a matter of pride than simply to serve the little crab as an entrée. |
| 177 | * SupremeChef: Despite his...[[AxCrazy temper problem,]] he is a rather skilled chef. He appears in the sequel, making an enormous and very fancy cake for Melody's birthday. |
| 178 | * WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: His pseudo-VillainSong, "Les Poissons", is {{played for laughs}} since he gleefully sings about how much he '''loves''' ''cutting off'' and ''chopping up'' and ''pulling out'' little fish parts, not people. |
| 179 | [[/folder]] |
| 180 | |
| 181 | [[folder:Max]] |
| 182 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/max-the-little-mermaid-33989036-400-225.jpg]] |
| 183 | ->''"I dunno, he looks kinda hairy and slobbery to me."'' |
| 184 | -->-- '''Scuttle mistaking Max for Prince Eric''' |
| 185 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrankWelker |
| 186 | |
| 187 | Max is Prince Eric's loyal Old English Sheepdog. |
| 188 | ---- |
| 189 | * AnimalCompanion: Max the ''Sheepdog'' follows Eric almost anywhere. |
| 190 | * BigFriendlyDog: He's Prince Eric's dog, and is fond of jumping around and licking Eric and Ariel's faces on various occasions. |
| 191 | * ButtBiter: Max bites Ursula/Vanessa in the butt to save Scuttle in the first film's climax. |
| 192 | * DemotedToExtra: He has minor roles in the sequel and TV series. He makes no appearance in the prequel. |
| 193 | * TheDogBitesBack: "Vanessa" kicks him in the face for growling at her. Less than a minute later when Scuttle's menagerie crashes the wedding, he bites her in the butt, allowing the seagull to pull the shell necklace off her and unraveling her disguise. |
| 194 | * EmpathyPet: Upon Prince Eric's cluelessness over whether or not the now mute Ariel is the one he's been looking for, his dog Max rolls his eyes and blows hair out of his own face in annoyance, which Ariel mimics. |
| 195 | * EvilDetectingDog: During the wedding, he snarls angrily at "Vanessa" as she walks down the aisle with Eric. He also assists Scuttle in exposing her plan. |
| 196 | * EyesOutOfSight: Has very long fur covering the face and eyes. |
| 197 | * TheNoseKnows: Which is how Max is able to recognize Ariel when she's human. |
| 198 | * PreciousPuppy: The TV series is set when he's a playful puppy, and Eric is shown doting on him. |
| 199 | * ShipperOnDeck: Max plays a big role in getting Eric and Ariel together and is overjoyed when they are married. |
| 200 | * TheyHaveTheScent: From the first film, when he finds Ariel after she became human. |
| 201 | [[/folder]] |
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