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2	* ActingForTwo: Creator/DeeBradleyBaker provided Cloak and Dagger's vocal effects.
3	* BTeamSequel:
4	** This film was produced by Creator/DisneyTelevisionAnimation, rather than Creator/WaltDisneyAnimationStudios.
5	** Alan Menken didn't return as the film's composer, so his frequent orchestrator Danny Troob wrote the music.
6	* CelebrityVoiceActor: In the Japanese dub, Morgana is played by comedian Masami Hisamoto.
7	* CreatorCouple:
8	** Songwriters Michael and Patty Silversher were husband and wife at the time of the film's production.
9	** Creator/JodiBenson voices Ariel and her husband Ray is one of the chorus singers.
10	** Cony Madera and Creator/HumbertoVelez, the Latin American Spanish actors for Ariel and Sebastian, were married at the time of the film's release. They have since divorced.
11	* CreatorsFavorite: Tara Strong has stated Melody is one of her favorite roles.
12	* CutSong: Morgana's song, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdvuDPx1ulo "Gonna Get My Wish"]], was originally going to be included, but was cut from the final release. It was eventually included on a special edition DVD.
13	* DawsonCasting: Melody's voice actress Creator/TaraStrong was 27 years old at the time of the film's release.
14	* InternationalCoproduction: The film was produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, while the actual animation was handled by Character Builders (USA), Walt Disney Animation Australia (Sydney), Walt Disney Animation Canada (Toronto and Vancouver), and Wang Film Productions (Taipei).
15	* KidsMealToy: UsefulNotes/McDonalds had different Happy Meal toys depending on the region:
16	** In the US, toys of Melody, Flounder, and Tip were released in the 2000 holiday season as part of the "Disney Stars" Happy meal, which also had toys based on ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'', ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePoohSeasonsOfGiving'', ''WesternAnimation/MickeysOnceUponAChristmas'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}}''.
17	** In Europe, a set of eight toys was released. These consisted of Ariel, Tip, Dash, Melody, King Triton, Sebastian, Undertow, and Morgana.
18	** In Asia, a set of four toys was released. These consisted of Melody, Sebastian, Morgana, and Tip and Dash together.
19	** In Australia, a set of four beach toys was released. These consisted of a Sebastian sand moulder, a Morgana bucket, an Ariel spade, and a Melody sand rake.
20	* LateExportForYou: The film was released in Japan in 2006, six years after its initial US release.
21	* TheOriginalDarrin: After being replaced by Creator/MauriceLaMarche for the 1992 TV series, Creator/BuddyHackett returns to play Scuttle for the film.
22	* TheOtherDarrin:
23	** Creator/RobPaulsen becomes the third actor to voice Eric, after Creator/ChristopherDanielBarnes (who voiced him in the first film) and Creator/JeffBennett (who voiced him in the TV series).
24	** Flounder is voiced by Creator/CamClarke instead of Jason Marin due to the character's aging. This is carried over to some of the foreign dubs, with Creator/NobutoshiCanna replacing Daisuke Endo as Flounder in the Japanese dub and Ernesto Lezama taking over for Rigoberto Jiménez in the Latin American Spanish dub.
25	** In the Latin American Spanish dub, everyone besides Guillermo Romano (King Triton), Víctor Mares (Scuttle and Grimsby) and Isela Sotelo (Ariel's singing voice) was recast, given the first movie was dubbed at Intersound in Los Angeles while the second was dubbed at Creator/IyunoSDIGroupMexico in Mexico City instead.
26	** In the Japanese dub, Creator/KoichiYamadera, Taro Ishida and Tetsuo Goto respectively voice Sebastian, King Triton and Scuttle instead of Tsunehiko Kamijo, Akira Kume and Kaneta Kimotsuki.
27	** In the Norwegian and Swedish dubs, Ariel is respectively voiced by Guri Schanke and Myrra Malmberg instead of Sissel Kyrkjebø, who played the character in [[MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor both dubs of the first film]].
28	** In the Italian dub, Valerio Ruggeri voices Grimsby instead of the late Manlio Guardabassi (who died in 1993), while Renata Fusco sings for Ariel instead of Tanaquilla Leonardi (who provided her singing voice for the TV series).
29	* PermanentPlaceholder: Creator/TaraStrong's voice for Melody was to give a potential CelebrityVoiceActor an idea of what the character should sound like. Strong did the role herself after Disney liked her performance so much.
30	* PromotedFangirl: Creator/TaraStrong claims she was a huge fan of the first film, and she lists Melody as her favorite role.
31	* RealLifeRelative: In the German dub, Ariel and Melody's singing voices are provided by sisters Naomi and Debby van Dooren.
32	* RoleReprise:
33	** Returning from ''The Little Mermaid'' are Creator/JodiBenson as Ariel, Samuel E. Wright as Sebastian, Creator/BuddyHackett as Scuttle, Creator/ReneAuberjonois as Chef Louis, Edie [=McClurg=] as Carlotta, and Kenneth Mars as King Triton. For Hackett, it would be the final time he voiced Scuttle before his 2003 death.
34	** Kay E. Kuter reprises his role as Grimsby from the 1992 TV series.
35	** In the Latin American Spanish dub, Guillermo Romano (King Triton) and Víctor Mares (Scuttle and Grimsby) reprise their roles, while Isela Sotelo once again sings for Ariel.
36	** The Japanese dub brings back Mayumi Suzuki as Ariel, Creator/KazuhikoInoue as Eric and Creator/JojiYanami as Grimsby from the first film, as well as Creator/TaroIshida as Triton from the 1992 TV series.
37	** In the Italian dub, Vittorio De Angelis, Ronny Grant, Marco Mete, Ida Sansone and Vitorrio Amandola reprise their respective roles as Eric, Sebastian, Scuttle, Carlotta and Chef Louis from the first film, while Paola Valentini, Bruno Alessandro and Davide Perino respectively return as Ariel, Triton and Flounder from the TV series.
38	* SequelGap: Released about eleven years after the first movie and takes place around twelve years later in-universe.
39	* StarMakingRole: For the Brazilian Portuguese dub, Disney opted to hold a contest to pick a newcomer to voice Melody, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExuvytTZJW0 the five finalists (including eventual winner Larissa Cardoso) appearing on local children's TV show Disney Cruj]].
40	* SwanSong: ''Return to the Sea'' was the last time Creator/BuddyHackett reprised his role as Scuttle, as well as his final film role.
41	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
42	** Melody was originally going to have a CelebrityVoiceActor, but Disney was impressed with Creator/TaraStrong's performance that they retained her as the character's actress.
43	** During production, storyboard artist Dino Athanassiou [[https://www.dinoathanassiou.co.uk/Little-Mermaid-2 produced]] a scene where Ariel encounters the transformed Melody and Morgana, only for Morgana to trap them with their powers. In the final product, Morgana traps Melody along with Flounder.
44	* YouSoundFamiliar:
45	** Creator/PatCarroll, Morgana's voice actress, previously voiced Ursula in the first film and the spin-off TV series.
46	** Undertow is voiced by Creator/ClancyBrown, who had a minor role as the Octopin Leader in the 1992 TV series episode "Heroes".
47	** The same as Pat Carroll in French, with Creator/MichelineDax having voiced both Ursula and Morgana.

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