King Triton

King Triton is a major character who first appeared in the Disney animated movie The Little Mermaid. He was voiced by the late Kenneth Mars in the first two films and by Jim Cummings in the third film. His character is somewhat similar to the Greek Mythology sea god Poseidon.

Triton is the king of the underwater Kingdom of Atlantica. He is a huge merman, husband of Queen Athena and the father of seven daughters: Aquata, Andrina, Arista, Attina, Adella, Alana and Ariel.

He is also the father-in-law of Prince Eric and the grandfather of Ariel and Eric's daughter Melody. As King of Atlantica, he has in his possession a powerful magical trident which appears to be made of gold, it emits a glowing light and typical sound when in use. Furthermore he has a crown and two arm bracelets, which also appear to be made out of gold.

His arch-enemy was Ursula, the old sea-witch who was once a senior member of the Court of King Triton. She has for many years been seeking a way to exact her revenge upon King Triton for banishing her from the kingdom.

Trivia

 * He is very similar to Dracula from Hotel Transylvania, like both lost their wives by humans (Dracula to Martha, Triton to Queen Athena), both hate humans to began with until realize that all humans are not bad (Dracula to Jonathan, Triton to Eric), both want to protect their daughters after the death of their wives (Dracula to Mavis, Triton to Ariel), both realize that their daughters are in love with male humans, both doesn't want their daughters to follow their dreams at first until they realize that they're old enough to follow their dreams, both are the grandfathers and both came back for the sequel.