Ariel's first appearance.
Ariel explores with Flounder.
"You're not getting cold fins now, are you?"
Ariel keeping her grip on Flounder's tail.
Ariel annoyed with Flounder's excuses.
"You can just stay here and watch for sharks."
Ariel laughing when Flounder gets stuck in the ship's porthole.
Ariel pulling Flounder out of the porthole.
Ariel seeing Flounder swim into her after getting scared by a skeleton.
Ariel asking Flounder if he's okay.
Ariel and Flounder about to swim up to the second floor of the ship.
"Oh my gosh! Have you ever seen anything so wonderful in your entire life?"
Ariel fascinated with a fork.
"I wonder what this one is..."
Ariel suddenly seeing Flounder getting attacked by a shark named Glut.
Ariel and Flounder collided into a wall.
Ariel, holding Flounder, swims to evade Glut's attacks.
Ariel seeing Glut nearly eating Flounder.
Ariel and Flounder swimming away from Glut.
Ariel noticing her pink shoulder bag got caught some broken pieces of wood.
Ariel recovering her shoulder bag just before Glut can eat her.
Ariel and Flounder swimming to escape the sunken ship.
Ariel pushing Flounder through the ship's porthole.
Ariel having pushed Flounder out of the porthole.
Ariel noticing Flounder falling down to the ocean floor after he swam into a pole.
Ariel catching the dazed Flounder.
Ariel and Flounder about to trick Glut in getting stuck in an anchor.
After trapping Glut, Ariel retrieves her shoulder bag.
After escaping from Glut, Ariel and Flounder meet with their friend,
Scuttle up above the surface.
Ariel having helped Scuttle realize he was looking through his telescope the wrong way.
"Scuttle, look what we found!"
Ariel and Flounder watching Scuttle go through her bag.
Ariel and Flounder listening to Scuttle discuss what a "dinglehopper" is used for.
Ariel learning how "dinglehoppers" are used by humans to brush their hair.
Ariel fascinated with the "dinglehopper".
Ariel and Flounder when Scuttle introduces the "snarfblatt".
Ariel and Flounder listening to Scuttle lecture what humans did during prehistoric times.
Ariel and Scuttle face-to-face.
Ariel and Flounder listening to Scuttle explain how the "snarfblatt" was invented to play music.
"Oh, the concert! Oh, my gosh! My father's gonna kill me!"
Ariel and Flounder bidding Scuttle goodbye and thanking him for his help.
Ariel and Flounder swimming to get back to the kingdom of Atlantica.
Returning to Atlantica, Ariel is scolded by her father for missing the concert.
"Daddy, I'm sorry I just forgot."
Ariel crossing her arms as the royal court composer,
Sebastian tells her how her absence ruined the concert.
Ariel being blamed by Sebastian for turning him into a laughingstock.
Ariel glaring at Flounder when he accidentally reveals to her father that they were up at the surface.
Ariel and Flounder being reminded by King Triton that a human could have seen them.
"Daddy, they're not barbarians!"-Ariel defending humanity.
Ariel hearing her father remind her that humans are dangerous.
Ariel's chin being held by her concerned father.
"I'm 16 years old! I'm not a child!"
Ariel being told by her father to watch her tone.
Ariel being told by her father to start obeying his laws of not going to the surface.
"But if you would just listen..."
Ariel being forbidden by her father to go up to the surface again.
Ariel about to swim away in sadness.
Later, Ariel has Flounder get her her shoulder bag.
Ariel and Flounder checking to see if anyone's watching them before they leave the palace.
Ariel and Flounder swimming through the ocean.
Ariel checking to see if anyone's watching before she and Flounder enter her secret grotto.
"If only I could make him understand. I just don't see things the way he does. I don't see how a world that makes such wonderful things could be bad."
"Wouldn't you think I'm the girl, the girl who has everything?"
"Look at this trove, treasures untold. How many wonders can one cavern hold? Looking around here, you'd think..."
"Sure, she's got everything."
"I've got gadgets and gizmos a-plenty."
"But who cares? No big deal."
"I wanna be where the people are."
Ariel dreaming of living amongst humans.
Ariel dancing with Flounder.
"Up where they stay all day in the sun wnaderin' free. Wish I could be part of that world!"
"What would I pay to spend a day warm on the sand?"
"Bright young women sick of swimmin', ready to stand!"
Ariel looking at a book with Flounder.
"What's a fire and why does it...What's the word? Burn?"
"Wouldn't I love, love to explore that shore up above?"
"Wish I could be, part of that world."
Ariel and Flounder looking up at the ocean sky.
Ariel surprised to see Sebastian in her grotto after he causes a commotion.
(Sebastian: "Ariel - what, are you mad? How could you - what is all this?") "It, err, it's just my - collection."
Ariel begging Sebastian to not tell her father about her grotto or her collection.
Before Sebastian can escort her home, Ariel spots a dark shadow looming over grotto, prompting her to go investigate.
Once she heads back up to the surface, Ariel finds a ship sailing as its sailors launch fireworks.
Ariel and Flounder watching the fireworks in amazement.
Having swam to the ship, Ariel climbs up on it.
Ariel secretly watching the sailors dance and play music just to get a closer at them.
Ariel amazed to see humans up close.
Ariel scared when
Max smells her scent and gets close to her location.
Ariel face-to-face with Max.
Ariel being licked by Max.
Ariel rubbing her cheek after being licked by Max.
Ariel falling in love with Eric.
When Scuttle suddenly flies up to her, Ariel urges him to be quiet.
Ariel hearing Scuttle exclaim loudly before she shushes him.
"I've never seen a human this close before."
"He's very handsome, isn't he?"
(laughs) "Not that one! The one playing the snarfblatt."
Ariel and Scuttle watching Eric get close to where they're hiding.
Ariel hiding as she eavesdrops on Eric's conversation with his advisor, Grimsby.
Scuttle and Ariel hiding below the ship's deck.
Hearing Eric wishing to marry for love, Ariel smiles at this sentiment.
When the ship sails into a storm, Ariel tries to hold onto to something before she is blown into the sea.
A horrified Ariel witnessing a lightning bolt strike the ship causing it to catch on fire.
Ariel horrified when the ship explodes with Eric still onboard.
Ariel looking for Eric through the floating wreckage of the ship.
Ariel spotting an unconscious Eric floating in the sea.
Ariel swimming to save Eric from drowning.
After saving Eric, Ariel carries Eric to safety.
When morning arises, Ariel and Scuttle check to see if Eric is still alive.
Ariel worried about Eric.
"No, look! He's breathing! He's so beautiful."
Ariel singing to an unconscious Eric.
"What would I do to see you smiling at me?"
Ariel, as seen by Eric when he starts to regain his consciousness.
Ariel quickly jumping back into the water when Max arrives.
Ariel hiding next to a rock as she, Sebastian, and Flounder watch Eric leave with his butler.
"I don't known when. I don't know how."
"But I know something's starting right now. Watch and you'll see."
"Someday I'll be... Part of Your World."
Ariel continuing to watch Eric, unaware that she's being spied on by Ursula the Sea Witch's eels, Flotsam and Jetsam.
Later, Ariel comes out of her room, humming to herself.
Ariel sitting at her vanity.
Ariel not paying attention her mirror as Attina, Andrina, and Adella notice her lovesick behavior.
Ariel holding a sea flower.
Ariel smelling the flower.
Ariel bumping into her father.
"He loves me...He loves me not...He loves me!"
"I gotta see him again! Tonight! Scuttle knows where he lives!"
Ariel excitedly making plans to see Eric again.
Ariel being interrupted by Sebastian.
Ariel hearing Sebastian proclaim life under the sea is better than the human world.
Ariel raising her eyebrows at Sebastian.
Ariel as fish swim around her.
Ariel listening to Sebastian warn her about the human world through the song "Under the Sea".
Ariel taking pity on a fish trapped in a bubble.
Ariel daydreaming as she touches some flowers.
Ariel with some seahorses.
Ariel hearing Flounder whisper something in her ear, which causes the two of them to leave.
Ariel and Flounder arriving at her grotto.
Ariel amazed to see a statue of Eric inside her grotto.
"Flounder, you're the best!"-Ariel hugging and thanking Flounder for the gift.
"Why, Eric. Run away with you? This is all so..so sudden."
Ariel shocked to see her father at her grotto.
Ariel being confronted by her father.
Ariel realizing her father knows she disobeyed his orders.
When Triton asks if she rescued a human, Ariel tries to explain she had to save Eric from drowning.
Ariel being scolded by her father for getting in contact with Eric as merfolk are forbidden to contact with humans.
Ariel saying Eric would have died if she hadn't saved him.
When Triton shows no concern for Eric's life, Ariel argues with her father, saying he doesn't know what kind of individual Eric truly is.
When her father starts rambling on how bad humans are, Ariel accidentally blurts out her love for Eric.
Ariel hiding behind Eric's statue as her father angrily reminds she's a mermaid and Eric is a human.
Ariel seeing her father beginning to lose his temper.
Ariel horrified when her father begins destroying her treasures in a fit of rage.
Ariel begging her father to stop.
Ariel taking cover as her father destroys Eric's statue.
Ariel seeing the statue is completely destroyed.
Ariel breaking down in tears.
Ariel crying as Sebastian attempts to apologize for exposing her secret.
Ariel crying alone in her destroyed grotto.
Ariel stops crying when she hears two voices.
Ariel being met with two eels, Flotsam and Jetsam.
Ariel listening to Flotsam and Jetsam tell her there's a way for her dreams to come true.
When the eels mention Ursula, Ariel realizes they are talking about the sea witch.
"No! Get away out of here! Leave me alone!"
Ariel noticing a piece of Eric's statue that has his face.
Stopping the eels from leaving, Ariel tells them she'll go with them to see Ursula.
Ariel swimming away with Flotsam and Jetsam.
When Sebastian asks where she's going, Ariel says she's going to see Ursula.
"Why don't you go tell my father?! You're good at that!"-Ariel coldly shrugging off Sebastian.
Ariel hesitating when she arrives at Ursula's lair.
Ariel trying to be brave before she enters Ursula's lair.
Entering the lair, Ariel is horrified at the sight of a garden full of polyps.
Ariel scared when one polyp manages to grab her wrist.
Ariel about to break free from the polyp's grasp.
Ariel hearing Ursula's voice beckoning her to come inside the lair.
Ariel hearing Ursula tell her that she can become a human to make her dreams come true.
(gasps) "Can you do that?"
Ariel being promised by Ursula that she helps unfortunate merfolk like herself.
Ariel suspicious of Ursula.
Ariel face-to-face with Ursula.
Ariel hearing Ursula promise that she'll brew her a potion that will turn her into a human for three days.
Ariel being told by Ursula to pay attention.
Ariel learning she needs to get Eric to fall in love with her during the three-day timespan.
Ariel learning she and Eric need to share a true love's kiss.
Ariel seeing if she succeeds in kissing Eric, she'll become a human permanently.
Ariel seeing if she fails to kiss Eric, she'll turn back into a mermaid and become Ursula's property.
Ariel being manipulated by
Ursula.
"If I become human, I'll never be with my father or sisters again."
Ariel uncomfortable with Ursula's snickering.
Ariel hearing Ursula say she has to pay her first before becoming a human.
Ariel being silenced by Ursula.
Ariel being told by Ursula she wants her voice if she wants to be a human.
Ariel looking at Ursula's potion ingredients.
Ariel gasping as she watches Ursula brew her cauldron.
Ariel watching Ursula sing "Poor Unfortunate Souls".
Ariel being told by Ursula to make a decision.
Ariel being tempted with an image of Eric.
Ariel gasping as she watches Ursula add more ingredients into her cauldron.
Ariel watching Ursula work her magic.
Ariel being further manipulated by Ursula.
Ariel being given a contract to sign in order to do her bargain with Ursula.
Ariel debating whether to do the deal with Ursula or not.
Ariel deciding to give up her voice in order to become human.
Ariel signing Ursula's contract.
Ariel watching Ursula begin to cast her spell.
Ariel's voice getting taken.
Ariel shocked to see her voice getting taken.
Ariel's transformation from mermaid to human.
Ariel completely transformed into a human.
Ariel at the risk of drowning as she doesn't know how to swim with her new legs.
Ariel being saved by Flounder.
Ariel, Flounder, and Sebastian swimming up to the surface as fast as they can.
Ariel breathing air once she reaches the surface.
Ariel swimming to shore with the help of her friends.
After arriving at a beach coast, Ariel goes to check out her new legs.
Ariel amazed with her human feet.
Ariel, Sebastian, and Flounder seeing Scuttle fly by.
Ariel hearing Scuttle notice something different about her.
Ariel shaking her head no when Scuttle guesses if she changed her hair.
Ariel waiting for Scuttle to notice her new legs.
Ariel grinning when Scuttle incorrectly guesses if she has new seashells.
Ariel moving her leg to help Scuttle before Sebastian blurts it out for him.
Ariel getting up as Flounder and Sebastian explain her deal with the sea witch to Scuttle.
Ariel trying to stand up for the first time before she falls back into the water.
Ariel noticing Sebastian about to head back to Atlantica to inform her father about her deal with Ursula.
Ariel holding Sebastian as she tries to ask him not to tell her father.
Ariel giving Sebastian a sad look as he realizes she'll only be miserable if she turned back into a mermaid.
Ariel giving Sebastian a kiss after he agrees to help her look for Eric as a way to make amends for his earlier actions.
Ariel wearing an handmade dress made out of sails.
Ariel being chased by Eric's dog, Max.
Ariel on a rock to evade Max.
Ariel being given another kiss from Max.
Ariel hearing Eric's voice as he's looking for Max.
Ariel touching her hair as Eric approaches him.
Ariel smiling as Eric apologizes for Max scaring her.
Ariel smiling as Eric notices something familiar about her.
Ariel being asked by Eric what her name is when he correctly guesses she's the girl who rescued him.
When she tries to introduce herself, Ariel quickly and sadly remembers she doesn't have her voice anymore.
Ariel touching her throat to let Eric she can't speak.
Ariel annoyed when Eric doesn't recognize her.
Ariel using sign language to communicate with Eric, but he doesn't understand her.
Ariel being caught by Eric when she falls off the rock.
Ariel and Eric gazing into each other's eyes.
When Eric decides to take her back to his castle, Ariel smiles at Flounder and Scuttle.
At Eric's castle, Ariel is given a bath by one of the castle maids, Carlotta.
After getting cleaned up, Ariel enters the castle dining room, wearing a pink dress.
Ariel approaching Eric in the castle dining room.
Ariel smiling when Eric gives her a compliment.
Ariel being escorted by Eric's butler,
Grimsby.
Ariel being seated and scooched up to the dining table by Eric and Grimsby.
Ariel noticing a fork, thinking its a dinglehopper.
Ariel brushing her hair with the fork.
Ariel stops brushing when she notices Eric and Grimsby staring at her in confusion.
Ariel having put the fork back on the table.
Ariel noticing Grimsby smoking a pipe.
Ariel about to blow into Grimsby's pipe, thinking its a snarfblatt.
Ariel happy to see she got Eric to smile.
Ariel sitting with Eric and Grimsby.
Ariel noticing Sebastian on Grimsby's dinner plate.
Ariel guiding Sebastian to hide in her dish before he is spotted by Eric and Grimsby.
Ariel being invited by Eric to see his kingdom tomorrow.
Ariel accepting Eric's invitation.
After dinner, Ariel watches Eric and Max play together in the castle courtyard.
Ariel awkwardly waving at Eric when he waves at her.
Ariel combing her hair with a fork.
Ariel sitting on her new bed.
Ariel lying down on her new bed.
Ariel having fallen asleep.
The next day, Ariel and Eric leave the castle to explore the kingdom.
Ariel looking underneath the carriage.
Ariel amazed with all of the new sights she's seeing.
Ariel and Eric sharing a waltz.
Later, Ariel is asked by Eric if she wants to steer the carriage, which she happily accepts.
Ariel making the carriage's horse go at a high speed.
Ariel and Eric after they jumped over a gorge.
Later, Ariel goes on a boat ride with Eric.
Ariel cringing when Scuttle squawks horribly in an attempt to create a romantic mood between her and Eric.
Ariel looking around her surroundings before she notices Sebastian singing a romantic song.
Ariel shrugging if Eric asks if she heard something.
Ariel and Eric being shy around each other.
Ariel and Eric in a kissing position before Eric bashfully breaks away.
Ariel holding her chin as Eric rows the boat again.
Ariel hearing Eric wanting to guess her name.
Ariel disgusted with the name "Mildred".
Ariel not happy with Eric's guesses.
Ariel nodding her head after Eric says her name as Sebastian had whispered it to him.
Ariel and Eric holding hands after he learns her name.
Ariel and Eric having a romantic moment.
Ariel smiling lovingly at Eric.
Ariel and Eric during "Kiss the Girl".
Ariel and Eric locking eyes as they hold each other's hands.
Ariel and Eric leaning to share a kiss.
Ariel and Eric about to share a kiss before they fall into the water.
Later, back at the castle, Ariel gets ready for bed.
Ariel sleeping in her bed.
Ariel and Sebastian being woken up by Scuttle the next morning.
Ariel and Sebastian confused with Scuttle's excitement.
Ariel hearing from Scuttle that Eric is planning to get married today.
Ariel's face being held by Scuttle.
Ariel excited, thinking Eric is planning to propose to her.
Ariel holding Sebastian in excitement.
Ariel fixing up her hair before she runs to meet Eric.
Ariel shocked to see Eric with a maiden named Vanessa.
Ariel spying on Eric, learning he is actually marrying Vanessa today, believing she is his rescuer.
Ariel about to cry, upon realizing that Eric is in love with Vanessa (who is really Ursula in disguise).
Ariel running off in tears.
Ariel after watching a boat take off into the sea to celebrate Eric and Vanessa's wedding.
Ariel breaking down in tears.
Ariel crying, heartbroken over Eric marrying someone else.
Ariel and Sebastian see Scuttle arrive after flying in such a hurry.
Ariel shocked to hear from Scuttle that Eric's "bride" is actually Ursula in disguise!
Ariel getting up to look at the wedding boat after learning Ursula is breaking her deal with her.
Ariel deciding to save Eric from Ursula.
Ariel struggling to swim.
Ariel holding a barrel so Flounder can help her swim to the wedding boat.
Ariel holding onto the barrel as Flounder drags it across the sea.
Ariel and Flounder arriving at the wedding boat.
Ariel reaching the boat's deck where she witnesses Scuttle and various sea animals attacking the disguised Ursula.
Ariel getting her voice back after Ursula's magic shell necklace breaks.
"Eric!"-Ariel speaking for the first time after getting her voice back.
Ariel taking Eric's hands as he finally realizes she is the one who rescued him.
Ariel and Eric happy as they hold each other's hands.
"Eric, I wanted to tell you."
Ariel and Eric almost kiss.
Ariel collapsing in Eric's arms before she can kiss him.
After the sun sets, Ariel turns back into a mermaid seconds before she can kiss Eric.
Ariel being grabbed by Ursula after the sea witch turns back into her true form.
Ariel being taken hostage by Ursula.
Ariel being dragged down into the sea by Ursula.
Ariel being held firmly by Ursula as the sea witch is confronted by King Triton.
"Daddy, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to!"-Ariel apologizing to her father.
Ariel starting to turn into a polyp.
Ariel slowly turning into a polyp.
Ariel turning back to a mermaid after her father agrees to take her place.
Ariel watching her father turn into a polyp in horror.
"Daddy."-Ariel horrified to see her father as a polyp.
Ariel about to attack Ursula in a fit of rage for deceiving her and what she did to her father.
Ariel being threatened by Ursula.
Ariel saved when Eric throws a harpoon at Ursula.
Ariel being taunted by Ursula to say "goodbye" to Eric.
Ariel seeing Ursula about to kill Eric.
Ariel pulling Ursula's hair, redirecting her killing blast meant for Eric.
Ariel reuniting with Eric as she orders him to leave, fearing for his safety.
Ariel and Eric hearing the ground shake beneath them.
Ariel about to jump back into the ocean when they're one top of a giant Ursula's crown.
Ariel and Eric horrified to see Ursula is now a giant.
Ariel and Eric seeing one of Ursula's tentacles coming down towards them.
Ariel separated from Eric when Ursula conjures up a storm.
Ariel against a rock as Ursula conjures a whirlpool and summoning sunken ships.
"Eric!"-Ariel seeing Eric at the risk of drowning.
Ariel hanging onto to the rock as she's close to the whirlpool.
Ariel about to be attacked by Ursula.
Ariel falling down into the whirlpool.
Ariel at the bottom of the whirlpool.
Ariel dodging blasts from Ursula.
Ariel cornered by the Sea Witch.
Ariel about to be killed by Ursula before Eric saves her by impaling the sea witch with the bow of a ship, thus killing her.
After Ursula's death, Ariel finds an exhausted Eric laying down on a beach.
Ariel sadly looking at Eric, thinking she'll never be with him again as she is now a mermaid.
Just as she is about to resign herself to her seemingly sad fate, Ariel surprised and overjoyed when her father turns her back into a human so she can be with Eric after realizing he was wrong about humans.
Ariel going to reunite with Eric.
Ariel once again transformed into a human.
Ariel and Eric gazing into each other's eyes.
Ariel and Eric finally sharing their first kiss.
The scene where Ariel and Eric kiss at last fades into their kiss in their wedding day.
Ariel and Eric having been licked by Max during their wedding.
Ariel with Scuttle and Flounder.
Ariel going to meet her father.
"I love you, Daddy." - Ariel reconciles with her father.
Ariel smiling lovingly at her father.
Ariel sending a goodbye kiss to her father.
Ariel and Eric at their wedding, waving goodbye as they depart away.
Ariel and Eric living happily ever after.