The Little Mermaid (1989 film)

"Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh! Have you ever seen anything so wonderful in your entire life?"

"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"

"I've never seen a human this close before. Oh- He's very handsome, isn't he?"

"[furious] You... YOU MONSTER!!!"

"Eric, you've got to get away from here!"

"[softly] Just go away."

"A girl rescued me. She was singing. She had the most beautiful voice."

"I'm telling you, Grim, she was real. I'm gonna find that girl... and I'm gonna marry her."

"Grim, I lost her once! I'm not gonna lose her again!"

"No, I won't leave you!"

"Teenagers. They think they know everything. You give them an inch, they swim all over you."

"[as Ariel sleeps] You are hopeless, child. You know that? Completely hopeless."

"I tried to stop her, sire! She wouldn't listen! I told her to stay away from humans! They are bad! They are trouble! They—!"

"There you see her / Sitting there across the way / She don't got a lot to say / But there's something about her / And you don't know why / But you're dyin' to try / You wanna kiss the girl."

"Well, it's like I always say, Your Majesty: Children got to be free to lead their own lives."

"You know I can't swim that fast."

"[screams in terror] ARIEL!"

"Ariel, I was flying. I was- Of course I was flying. And I saw the watch- the witch was watchin' the mirror, and she was singin' with a stolen set of pipes! [picks up Sebastian and slams him down on every word] DO YOU HEAR WHAT I'M TELLIN' YOU?! THE PRINCE IS MARRYING THE SEA WITCH IN DISGUISE!"

"I consider myself a reasonable merman. I set certain rules, and I expect those rules to be obeyed!"

"[angry] So help me, Ariel, I am going to get through to you! And if this is the only way, so be it."

"[watching Ariel quickly swim home from her lair; first lines] Yes, hurry home, Princess. We wouldn't want to miss old Daddy's celebration, now, would we? Ha! Celebration, indeed. Oh, bah! In my day, we had fantastical feasts when I lived in the palace. Now look at me, wasted away to practically nothing. Banished and exiled and practically starving, while he and his flimsy fish folk celebrate. Well, I'll give 'em something to celebrate soon enough. Flotsam! Jetsam! I want you to keep an extra close watch on this pretty little daughter of his. She may be the key to Triton's undoing."

"Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. I can't stand it. It's too easy. The child is in love with a human. And not just any human. A prince! [Chuckles] Her daddy will love that. King Triton's headstrong, lovesick girl would make a charming addition to my little garden. [Cackles]"

"Come in. Come in, my child. We mustn’t lurk in our doorways. It’s rude."

"Nice work, boys. That was a close one. Too close. The little tramp! Ah, she's better than I thought. At this rate, he'll be kissing her by sunset for sure! Well, it's time Ursula took matters into her own tentacles! Triton's daughter will be mine, and then I'll make him writhe. I'll see wriggle like a worm on a hook!"

"Not a chance, Triton! She's mine now!"

"You pitiful, insignificant fools! Now I am the ruler of all the ocean! The waves obey my every whim. The sea and all its spoils bow to my power!"

"[last words before her demise] So much for true love!"

"Eric! Get away from her!"

"Eric, if I may say, far better than any dream girl is one of flesh and blood, one warm and caring and right before your eyes."

"Come out, you little pipsqueak, and FIGHT LIKE A MAN!!! [Carlotta: LOUIS! What are you doing?!] Well, I was just... I'm sorry, madame."

"Why, Eric, that's the first time I've seen you smile in weeks."

"Isn't it obvious, Daddy? Ariel's in love. [King Triton: Ariel? In love?]"

"Jodi Benson — Sea Princess Ariel"

"Christopher Daniel Barnes — Prince Captain Eric"

"Kenneth Mars — Sea King Triton"

"Pat Carroll — Sea Professor Ursula the Sea Witch/Princess Vanessa"

"Samuel E. Wright — Maestro Horatio Thelonius Ignacius Crustaceus Sebastian Crab"

"Patricia Parris — Cleo"

"Buddy Hackett — Scuttle Seagull"

"Jason Marin — Vice Maestro Flounder"

"Ben Wright — Sir Grimsby"

"René Auberjonois — Chef Louis"

"Edie McClurg — Madame Carlotta"

"Kimmy Robertson — Sea Princess Alana, Sea Princess Adella, Sea Princess Arista, Sea Princess Andrina"

"Caroline Vasicek — Sea Princess Attina, Sea Princess Aquata"

"Paddi Edwards — Flotsam and Jetsam Eel"

"Somewhere under the sea and beyond your imagination is an adventure in fantasy."

"Love has no boundaries."

"When we first proposed it, we knew that it was going to be really, really challenging. I mean, for a lot of reasons. But one of the big reasons is two-thirds of the movie takes place underwater. All that requires a lot of animation in this animated films. We have character animation. The artist who animate the characters. They’re kind of like actors. We always felt they are actors with a pencil. Glen Keane and Mark Henn who did Ariel. That’s what they do. Then, we have effects animators. Effects animators do the non-character stuff that moves which is like water waves or bubbles. Or fire or smoke or light effects, if there’s anything that moves that isn’t the character. This probably had more character animation than any Disney movie project since “Fantasia.” This really had a lot of effects, even with the character stuff — like whenever Ariel is underwater, her hair has to move all the time. Hair moving underwater is tricky. We had a lot of meetings about hair. One of the extras in the video is some of the live action footage that we shot for reference to see the hair floating."

"You see at the heart of it, “The Little Mermaid” is the father-daughter story. It’s an overprotective father. There’s a daughter who is kind of adventurous and rebellious and wanting to see a new world. How do they resolve that? That story is still in place today."