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Ursula Is Not an Octopus
Obviously, she’s half human and part tentacled creature. But what kind of tentacled creature? Most people will tell you “octopus,” but if you actually count the tentacles, Ursula only has six. There were originally going to be eight, but that many tentacles on such a major character was a giant pain to animate. So Ursula lost two tentacles, making her more of a squid.
Pat Carroll Was Not the First Choice to Voice Ursula
Or the second, for that matter. The part was initially offered to ‘Golden Girls’ actress Bea Arthur. After Arthur declined, the role went to stage and screen actress Elaine Stritch. Stritch had problems working with Howard Ashman and was eventually replaced by Pat Carroll.
Of course, Ursula’s look is famously based on ‘Pink Flamingos’ star Divine, who died in 1988 and was never considered for the vocal role.
Ben Wright, Voice of Grimsby, Was a Disney Veteran
Eric’s elderly manservant Grimsby was voiced by actor Ben Wright, who was known for his roles in many radio, television, and film productions, including ‘The Sound of Music’ where he played the lead Nazi Herr Zeller.
But Wright was also a Disney voice actor, having played Mowgli’s wolf father in ‘The Jungle Book’ and Pongo’s owner Roger Radcliff in ‘One Hundred and One Dalmatians.’ Sadly, Wright passed away shortly after completing work on ‘Mermaid.’
‘Part Of Your World’ Was Nearly Cut
Hard as it is to imagine ‘The Little Mermaid’ without Ariel’s big song, it almost happened.
After young children in a test audience became restless during the scene, Katzenberg wanted to shorten or even cut the song entirely. The film’s directors and Glen Keane, the lead animator of the scene, convinced Katzenberg to hold off until a later test screening with a more complete version of ‘Part Of Your World.’ Katzenberg agreed, the new test audience liked the song, and ‘Part Of Your World’ was spared.
It was the Last Cel Animated Disney Film
‘The Little Mermaid’ was the last Disney film to use the cel animation process. Part of Disney animation since before ‘Snow White,’ cel animation required animator’s drawings to be copied onto clear sheets of plastic, painted on the opposite side and laid over the hand painted backgrounds.
The old method was replaced with a computer version called CAPS (Computer Animation Production System), which Pixar developed to allow drawings to be scanned, colored and composited digitally. The final shot of ‘Mermaid’ was finished using CAPS. wario plush
Ariel, a sixteen-year-old mermaid princess, is dissatisfied with underwater life in the kingdom of Atlantica and is fascinated by the human world. With her best friend Flounder, Ariel collects human artifacts in her grotto and often goes to the surface of the ocean to visit Scuttle, a seagull who offers very inaccurate knowledge of human culture. She ignores the warnings of her father King Triton, the ruler of Atlantica, and Sebastian, a crab who serves as Triton’s adviser and court composer, that contact between merpeople and humans is forbidden.
One night, Ariel, Flounder, and an unwilling Sebastian travel to the ocean surface to watch a celebration for Prince Eric’s birthday on a ship. Ariel instantly falls in love with Eric. Shortly afterward, a violent storm arrives, which wrecks the ship and tosses Eric overboard. Ariel rescues him and brings him to shore. She sings to him, but immediately leaves just as he regains consciousness to avoid being discovered. Fascinated by the memory of her voice, Eric vows to find the girl who saved and sang to him, and Ariel vows to find a way to join him and his world. Noticing a change in Ariel’s behavior, Triton questions Sebastian about her behavior and learns of her love for Eric. Triton confronts Ariel in her grotto, and destroys the artifacts she collected with his trident. After Triton leaves, two eels named Flotsam and Jetsam convince Ariel to visit Ursula the sea witch.
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