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  • Ariel fighting Vanessa in order to break the necklace and get her voice back.
  • One for Halle Bailey and Melissa McCarthy's performances of "Part of Your World" and "Poor Unfortunate Souls." Both are magnificent new covers that remain true to the spirit of the original.
  • While Queen Selina told Eric that she warned him about the mermaids after Ariel transforms back into a mermaid, along with Ursula revealing her true self, Eric decides to go after Ariel because he loves her so much, whether she's a human or mermaid.
  • Ariel isn't afraid to speak her mind when she points out that mermaids have no respect for balance either and that makes them just as prejudice as humans.
  • During the climax, after Ariel is washed onto one of the shipwrecks, she looks up and sees the damaged, but still working, steering wheel of the ship. Realizing what she can do to save Eric and stop Ursula, despite being a mermaid again, she is able to somehow claw and drag her mermaid body forward until grabbing a rope to pull herself the rest of the way to the wheel. Then grabbing two of the remaining opposing handles on the wheel, she gives it a spin with all her strength as she falls back onto the deck, but put enough momentum into the wheel to turn the ship towards Ursula and get her Impaled with Extreme Prejudice by the bowsprit.
    • Ursula tries to pull a Taking You with Me, but Ariel manages to leap off the ship and safely back into the water, leaving her aunt to her fate.

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