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1	[[WMG: Had Melody not run away at that exact time, her relationship with her mother would have been ruined beyond repair.]]
2	When she found out about her heritage, she was angry enought to give Morgana the ''trident,'' despite her mother's clear desperation and warnings. The only reason they were so easily reconciled was because they were facing mortal danger, and in the face of possibly losing your family to death, all previous squabbles seem trivial. However, had she not run away...
3	* Seems unlikely, as Ariel said right afterwards that she was going to tell Melody everything the next time they spoke, which would have included the reason for the ban on swimming. Also, Melody didn't know that the trident had any powers beyond being able to make her a mermaid permanently, and only gave it to Morgana for that reason.
4	* Also, by the time the two meet up again, Melody had already been manipulated by Morgana into hating her mother even more, and has found out that she's a mermaid as well.
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6	[[WMG: Only those with mermaid blood can understand sea animals.]]
7	It would explain why the kingdom's children laugh at Melody when she talks to Sebastian.
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9	[[WMG: Only men are allowed to rule in Prince Eric's kingdom.]]
10	The other children openly laugh at a ''princess.'' At best, that's no way to court royal favor. At worst, they could find themselves in a very bad place after Melody becomes queen. Unless she can never become queen. Unless she must marry and then lose any influence she has to her husband...
11	* Assuming any hypothetical husband checks out in the character department, which, considering who Melody's parents are, is sure to be the case, Melody's husband is probably not going to be too fond of anyone that has previously mocked, humiliated, or insulted his wife and not apologized or is dumb enough to do any of the previous while Melody is queen. I'm also pretty sure those kids are going to be getting the lecture of their lives when they get home. Their parents would probably have found themselves doing some serious damage control the next day had Melody not run away.
12	* Or even more damage control if she hadn't come back...
13	* Is it ever stated that those children are from the same kingdom as Melody? They could well be from neighboring kingdoms considering they seem completely unaware of the existence of merpeople, something which only Eric, Ariel, the palace staff and a few local nobles are aware of after witnessing Ariel in the first film. So they have no reason to be careful with how they treat Melody, a future queen of a foreign kingdom.
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15	[[WMG: The merboy and young man that Melody meets at her party are one and the same.]]
16	Think about it, both have blond hair, are about the same age, and may have feelings for Melody. The merboy may have seen Melody out swimming but was unable to see her face, but when he saw she had feet, he knew she was a human and had to meet her, what better place to do it than at a ball? He made a deal with some sort of magic practitioner who turned him into a human (temporarily, provided he payed the magic person with his memory of meeting her, and judging by what happened I'm sure he was happy to lose those memories hence why he didn't remember seeing Melody.) "What about his British accent" you ask, he obviously faked it. How did he know so much about human stuff, like dancing? The same way Ariel knew about it. And I know, I know "But merboy has green eyes while dance partner has blue eyes" perhaps another part of the magic person's spell.
17	* Jossed by WordOfGod: Although some fans have theorized that he may be the young man that Melody met at her birthday party due to their similarities in appearance, Alex has green eyes while the young man has blue, Alex has different hair with dark and light streaks in it, a tanner complexion, and speaks with an American accent while the young man speaks with a British accent. Despite sharing the same voice actor (Justin Schulte), there is no connection between the two.
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19	[[WMG: Alternatively, the merboy is a son or some other relative of Urchin from the TV series.]]
20	I can't be the only one who thinks those two looked alike.
21	* WordOfGod has teased that Alex (the merboy) may just be the son of Urchin and Gabriella (the cute mute Latina mermaid from the TV series).
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23	[[WMG: One of the bullies at Melody's party (specifically the short, stocky one) is the son of [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Lefou]].]]
24	After Adam's curse was broken and his kingdom was restored, Lefou, fearing reprisal from him and Belle due to his support of Gaston, fled France with one of the Bimbettes whom he had impregnated behind Gaston's back and eventually settled down in Eric's kingdom. His son and his friends openly mock Melody's "weirdness" because his father has raised him on his and Gaston's dislike of anything "odd."
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26	[[WMG: Ariel's sisters are in hiding with their own families.]]
27	[[WhatHappenedToTheMouse The absence of Ariel's sisters]] even when their niece is in danger has not gone unnoticed by viewers. Considering the time skips involved between the two movies, it's likely that Ariel's sisters have met their spouses and had children of their own, children who would be in danger from Morgana for the same reason as Melody. While Melody is safe as long as she's on land, her cousins most likely don't have that advantage[[note]]although Ariel's sisters following her example and becoming human to protect their families would be interesting[[/note]], so their mothers have taken them into hiding for protection.
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29	[[WMG: Max dies and gets replaced with a lookalike during the TimeSkip]]
30	While it’s not impossible that a sheepdog could have lived that long, it’s quite unlikely. If he did, he would have ended up severely aged, which we don’t see. It’s also implied that King Triton’s magic only works on sea creatures, so even he couldn’t have extended Max’s lifespan. So, most likely, the Max we see later on is a ReplacementGoldfish who was chosen because he reminded Eric of the original Max. It's also possible that he is Max's son or grandson.
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32	[[WMG: Triton had Eric's statue moved to the palace after repairing it]]
33	During Ariel's part in "For a Moment", we see her in her old grotto surrounded by her old human treasures, likely restored by Triton after he destroyed them all in the first movie. However, noticeably absent amongst all the human stuff is Eric's statue. After fixing up the statue, Triton probably decided that due to Eric's status not only as the vanquisher of Ursula but also as his son-in-law, the statue needed to be placed in a spot of honor in recognition of his services to Atlantica ([[DramaticIrony not knowing that Eric didn't really like the statue to begin with]]) and had it moved over to the palace.

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