The Little Mermaid (2023) Movie Script

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(WATER RUMBLING)
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUSIC TEMPO INCREASES)
(CAPTIVATING MUSIC PLAYING)
(MEN CLAMORING)
Watch it!
(MEN GROANING)
More harpoons!
Ready the nets, men!
I say kill her 'afore
she comes aboard!
Where is she? Let me see!
Wait. Wait. Wait.
(GRUNTS)
(ALL GROAN)
She's a fast one.
Hand me another!
HAWKINS:
She's getting away!
MULLIGAN: I think
she's smilin' at you.
(WATER SPLASHES)
(MEN GROAN)
MAN 1: I missed her.
Another one.
MAN 2: Come on,
another one!
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Move! Move! Get back!
What are you doing?
It's a mermaid!
A mermaid?
Use your eyes!
What were you thinking?
These are
dangerous waters.
And this
is a dangerous time.
Tonight's the Coral Moon.
They say this is
when the Sea King calls
his mermaid
daughters together
to lure men
to their deaths.
Is that
what they say?
Aye.
Not even the strongest
can resist their spell.
It's just
an old lore.
(MEN GRUNT)
Back to work!
MAN 3: Come on, lads.
You see there?
See what, Hawkins?
Crosswind gust kicked up
the chop, that's all.
That's the
Sea King's doing.
Give me a hand, mate.
He'd pull us
under himself
if he could.
MAN 4: Sail faster!
MAN 5: Raising the main!
MAN 6: This line's tight.
Where's Prince Eric?
Up at the bow,
Sir Grimsby.
(SIGHS IN ANNOYANCE)
Whoo!
Eric!
(ERIC CHUCKLES)
What are you
doing out there?
Get back here at once!
You ought to stop worrying
so much about me, Grimsby.
(CHUCKLES)
GRIMSBY: Call me selfish,
but I do not want
to tell the Queen
that her son fell
overboard on my watch.
And on his birthday,
of all days.
Looks like there's
a Spanish galleon out there
headed toward the mainland.
We could
follow it to port,
see what
they've brought
to trade.
Our ship is loaded
to the gills as it is.
We've risked
our necks out here
for seven
weeks already.
We're going
home tonight.
Eric.
Pay attention.
(CHUCKLES)
I need you
to be more careful.
(GRIMSBY GASPS)
(CHUCKLING)
ERIC: Careful, Grimsby!
(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUSIC INTENSIFYING)
(CAPTIVATING MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUSIC SOFTENS)
(MUSIC TEMPO INCREASING)
(RUMBLING)
(MUSIC CRESCENDOING)
(MUSIC SUBSIDES)
My Daughters
of the Seven Seas,
I welcome news
from all of your waters.
Tamika, Perla,
it's so good
to see you.
Caspia, Indira,
it fills my heart
to have you all here.
Mala,
Karina...
Where is Ariel?
(FOOTSTEPS TAPPING)
Sebastian?
(SEBASTIAN GRUNTS)
You were supposed
to see to it
that Ariel was here.
(GROANS)
I tried,
Your Majesty,
but that child,
she is impossible.
(INHALES SHARPLY)
I reminded her
about the gathering
just this mornin'.
What more can
one crustacean do?
You can go find her.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Yes.
Right away.
(MOCKINGLY)
"Yes, Your Majesty.
"Right away,
Your Majesty."
How hard can it be
to find a mermaid,
after all?
If I'm lucky,
I'll only have
to search one ocean.
(SIGHS) Where are you, child?
(CAPTIVATING MUSIC PLAYING)
(VOCALIZING MELODY)
(GASPS)
We aren't supposed
to be this far
from the palace, Ariel.
Let's go back.
ARIEL: Oh!
How does that work?
Come on, Ariel.
Please?
Oh, Flounder,
stop being such a guppy!
I'm not a guppy.
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS)
(FLOUNDER BREATHING HEAVILY)
I think
we've gone
far enough.
ARIEL: Wait.
What is that?
I've never seen that one.
Come on.
Ariel! Wait for me!
You know
I can't swim
that fast.
(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
Whoa. Look at all that.
They must have used
the ship for battles
or something.
Yeah, great.
Now let's get
out of here.
Getting cold fins?
Who, me?
No way.
Good.
Then you can stay out here
and watch for sharks.
All right, good.
What?
Ariel, wait!
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
Do you really think
there might be
sharks around here?
Oh, Flounder.
Look at this.
Whoa.
It's the smallest trident
I've ever seen.
(IN DEEP VOICE)
I'm King Flounder,
Lord of the Seven Seas!
(CHUCKLES)
I wonder why
a human would
need one that size.
I bet Scuttle will know.
She always does.
(GASPS)
Will you relax?
It's just
your reflection.
Whew.
ARIEL: Calm down.
Nothing is going to happen.
Flounder, look out!
(FLOUNDER SHOUTS)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(ARIEL GASPS)
(FLOUNDER SHOUTS)
(FLOUNDER GRUNTING)
(GASPS)
Flounder!
(GRUNTS)
(GASPING)
(PANTING)
(FLOUNDER PANTING)
You okay,
Flounder?
Uh, sure.
I mean, (PANTS)
I've seen bigger sharks.
Just, you know,
you can't back down.
You gotta show 'em
who's in... (SHOUTS)
(ARIEL LAUGHS)
Come back, Flounder.
It's just Scuttle.
(PLAYFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
Ariel. Hey, kid,
how ya doin'?
Don't mind me,
I was just
grabbin' a snack.
Scuttle, we found
more treasure.
Yeah. We went
into this sunken ship,
and it was
really creepy.
Human stuff. A-ha.
All right,
all right,
let me see.
Let... Let...
Let me see.
Any idea what this is?
Oh. Oh, oh, oh!
Wow.
This...
This is... Yeah.
This is very,
very unusual.
What? What is it?
It's a...
(CLEARS THROAT)
It's a dinglehopper.
A dinglehopper.
Yeah. Yeah.
Humans use these babies
to style their hair.
You just give it
a little twirl,
a little yank,
you might get
some pieces with it,
and you're left with
an artistically pleasing
conflagration of hair
that humans go nuts for.
Really?
I would love
to see that.
Can't.
Flounder.
You know it's true.
Your father still won't let
you go to the surface, huh?
No, it's forbidden.
He thinks all humans
are barbarians.
Oh, they're not so bad.
Unless you're a coconut.
They hate coconuts.
I swear, they get
a hold of one,
they smash it to pieces,
just like that. It's weird.
And what's this?
SEBASTIAN: Ariel!
(ARIEL GASPS)
Swam half across
a whole ocean lookin'
for this child. Ariel!
Ow!
ARIEL: Sebastian!
Sorry about that!
SEBASTIAN: Ariel!
What are you
doin' up there?
Wasting your time
with this
know-nothing bird
that can't tell
swimmin' from flyin'?
Hey!
I suppose you've completely
forgotten tonight's
the Coral Moon?
Oh, no!
(MOCKINGLY) Oh, yes!
The gatherin'
of King Triton's daughters,
minus one.
(SHUDDERS)
My father's gonna kill me!
Sorry, Scuttle,
gotta go!
Yeah, yeah.
All right, sweetie.
Me too.
Gotta get some air.
(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)
(LOW SNARLING AND CHITTERING)
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYS)
WOMAN: Yes,
hurry home, Princess.
We wouldn't want to be late
for Daddy's gathering,
now, would we?
Perhaps I'll join them.
Oh, wait, what a shame.
It seems that
Big Brother forgot
to invite Auntie Ursula
to the party.
Again.
Oh, I should be the one
throwing the parties,
not waiting
on an invitation.
(SCREECHING)
Oh, the feasts we had
when I lived in the palace!
(SLURPING)
(CHUCKLES, SPITS)
And now look at me,
the family pariah.
Wasting away
to practically nothing.
Banished and exiled,
driven halfway to madness
in this dim little crevice
for 15 long years.
While Daddy
and his spoiled
little mer-brats
celebrate the Coral Moon.
Well, I'll give them
something to celebrate.
I may have finally found
Daddy's weakness.
Yes.
Red's fascination with humans
might be just the opening
I've been waiting for.
TRITON: It is irresponsible.
Your sisters are only here
for one phase
of the Coral Moon.
Can you imagine
any one of them
missing the gathering?
ARIEL: No. You're right.
I'm sorry.
It wasn't Ariel's fault.
We... We...
We were exploring,
and a shark
chased us and...
Shark?
So, you went
to the shipwrecks again?
Those waters
are dangerous.
You don't have
to worry about me.
Well, I do worry,
my little one.
I do worry.
This obsession
with humans
has to stop.
I just want
to know more
about them.
You know all
you need to know.
I barely know anything.
You won't even
let us go
to the surface.
Why do you have
to be so strong-minded?
Just like
your mother. It...
I am her daughter.
Yes, foolish enough
to be taken
with the human world.
If you would just try
to understand...
Well, I have tried.
I have tried
to understand you
long enough.
But as long
as you live
in my ocean,
you'll obey my rules.
Do you understand that?
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
Children,
you give them
an inch,
they swim
all over you.
(SIGHS)
Was I too hard on her?
Definitely not.
It's like I always say,
"Children got to live
by their parent's rules."
You're absolutely
right, Sebastian.
SEBASTIAN: Hmm.
My Ariel needs
constant supervision.
Constant.
Someone to watch over her.
All the time,
day and night.
And you're just the crab
to do it.
I am just the crab to...
No, wait,
that's not... What?
No, see, I serve you,
Your Majesty,
as your honored majordomo.
There is no better way
you can serve me
than to make sure
my little one
stays out of trouble.
But I...
TRITON: Yes?
Go.
Go.
Yes, Your Majesty.
How do I get myself
into these situations?
I'm an educated crustacean.
I got options.
I don't need this.
I should be
advising the King,
not chasing after
some headstrong teenager.
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
Ariel,
are you okay?
He doesn't even
hear me.
I'm just
not like him.
I don't see things
the way he does.
And I...
I don't see
how a world
that makes
such wonderful things
could be so bad.
(SINGING)
Look at this stuff
Isn't it neat?
Wouldn't you think
My collection's complete?
Wouldn't you think
I'm the girl
The girl who has ev'rything?
Look at this trove
Treasures untold
How many wonders
Can one cavern hold?
Looking around here
You'd think
Sure, she's got ev'rything
I've got gadgets
And gizmos aplenty
I've got "who's its"
And "what's its" galore
You want thingamabobs?
I got 20
But who cares?
No big deal
I want more
I wanna be
Where the people are
I wanna see
Wanna see 'em dancing
Walkin' around on those...
What do you call 'em?
Oh! Feet!
Flippin' your fins
You don't get too far
Legs are required
For jumpin', dancin'
Strollin' along down a...
What's that word again?
Street
Up where they walk
Up where they run
Up where
They stay all day
In the sun
Wanderin' free
Wish I could be
Part of that world
What would I give
If I could live
Out of these waters?
What would I pay
To spend a day
Warm on the sand?
Bet ya on land
They understand
Bet they don't
Reprimand their daughters
Bright young women
Sick of swimmin'
Ready to stand
And ready to know
What the people know
Ask 'em my questions
And get some answers
What's a fire
And why does it...
What's the word?
Burn?
When's it my turn?
Wouldn't I love
Love to explore
That shore up above
Out of the sea
Wish I could be
Part of that world
(MUSIC FADING)
(MUFFLED EXPLOSIONS
IN DISTANCE)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
Ariel!
Don't!
(GASPS)
Oh, no, no, no!
What does she think
she doin'?
(GASPS, BREATHING HEAVILY)
(EXPLOSIONS CONTINUE)
(FANFARE PLAYING)
(MEN SHOUTING)
(MEN LAUGHING)
(PLAYING LIVELY MUSIC)
(MEN CHATTERING)
(LAUGHTER)
MEN: Oh!
ERIC: Oh!
(SINGING)
I'll tell you a tale
Of the bottomless blue
And it's hey
To the starboard
Heave ho! Heave ho!
Look out, lad, a mermaid
Be waitin' for you
In mysterious fathoms below
(MEN SHOUTING AND LAUGHING)
(LIVELY MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MEN CHEERING)
MAN 1: Who's an old man?
(SINGING)
I'll sing you a song
Of the King of the Sea!
And it's hey
To the starboard
Heave ho! Heave ho!
The ruler of all
Of the oceans and seas
In mysterious fathoms below
Heave ho!
Heave ho!
Heave ho!
GRIMSBY: Enough!
Heave ho!
Heave ho!
Thank you, gentlemen.
MAN 2: Oh, let's have
a dance, aye.
MAN 3: Oh, come on.
It's his birthday.
(MEN CHUCKLE)
Oh, come on, Grimsby.
What's wrong with me
having a little fun?
Everyone else is.
You, sire,
are not everyone else.
It's time
you separated yourself
from the rest
of the crew.
Oh, but
I'm one of them.
And behave in a manner
more becoming
of a future king.
You mean, be more
like my father was?
Cut off from the rest
of the world.
GRIMSBY: Oh, Eric,
you know what I mean.
When you came to us
21 years ago,
the King and Queen
took you in
and treated you
as one of their own.
Now that
you've come of age...
ERIC: Max.
(DOG SNIFFING)
Max!
What are you
doing over there?
Come here, boy!
Come on. Come on.
Go on.
GRIMSBY: And now
that you have come of age,
your responsibilities
are at home.
Your father would
have expected that.
Yes, trapped inside
that castle
in isolation and fear.
I can't do it.
GRIMSBY: I believe a little
fear may be advisable, sire.
Grimsby,
you're not listening.
I want to be
a different kind of leader.
That's the whole reason
we're on this voyage,
don't you see?
We have to stay open
to what's out here.
That's the only way
our island can grow.
GRIMSBY: Eric,
think what you risk.
I can't explain it, Grims.
It's in my blood.
Even now...
I feel there's something
out here calling to me.
(RAIN PATTERING)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
Storm coming in fast.
(MEN CONTINUE CHATTERING)
Squall coming in!
MAN 4: Squall!
ERIC: All hands on deck!
All hands on deck!
Batten down the hatches
and crates!
MAN 5: Yes, sir!
HAWKINS: Tie 'em down!
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
MAN 6: Get the ropes in!
Tie her down!
MAN 7: Man the pumps!
Man the pumps!
HAWKINS:
Pull the main sail!
(ERIC GRUNTING)
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
ERIC: Clew up
and stow the main course!
We're over-canvassed!
MULLIGAN: Brail up
the foresail!
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(GRUNTS)
HAWKINS:
Stow all of the sails!
Clew that!
(MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
(ERIC GRUNTING)
Drop it down.
Open up!
(GRUNTING)
(ERIC PANTING)
(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)
(CREAKING)
(MEN SHOUTING)
(GRUNTS)
MAN 8: Oi, lads!
MAN 9: Fire!
(MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
MAN 6: Grab the port side!
(PANTING)
(GASPING)
Lifeboats!
Abandon ship!
Abandon ship!
ERIC: Abandon ship!
MULLIGAN:
Into the water, boy!
Go! Now!
MAN 10: Jump!
Get in. Get in!
MAN 10: Jump!
(GRUNTS)
(YELPS)
(MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
(GRUNTS)
MULLIGAN: Give me
your hand, boy.
Come on, get up.
Hold on!
Boy! In here.
All right?
(MAX BARKING)
Max.
(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)
(GRUNTS)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(GRUNTING)
That's it. That's it, boy.
Come on, boy. That's it.
(ERIC PANTING)
All right, boy.
Go on. Go on.
Come here, boy!
Max! Come on!
BOY: Good boy!
(STRAINING)
Come on.
Come on, Max.
There you go.
I got ya.
Eric!
(YELPS)
(GASPING)
(GASPING)
(HEART BEATING SLOWLY)
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
(GASPS)
(COUGHING)
(SEBASTIAN GASPS)
Oh, no.
Ahh! Get off me,
you fool!
Oh, hey.
Didn't expect
to find you here.
And I really
didn't expect
to find her here.
Uh-uh. Hey.
You listen to me, bird.
The King can never
hear of this.
We are going to forget
this ever happened.
Ow!
Are you
listenin' to me?
Yes.
You won't tell him,
I won't tell him,
and I will stay
in one piece.
You got it?
Got it. Sorry,
what'd you say again?
I'm a dead crab.
(ARIEL VOCALIZING MELODY)
(SINGING)
What would I give
To live where you are?
What would I pay
To stay here beside you?
What would I do
To see you smiling at me?
Where would we walk?
Where would we run
If we could stay all day
In the sun?
Just you and me
And I could be
Part of your world?
MAN 1: Check the cove, men.
MAN 2: Checking the cove!
MAN 3: Eyes peeled!
MAN 4: On the other side!
MAN 3: Move it, lads.
Follow me.
(SHUDDERS)
Down on the sand!
MAN 1: Over here!
MAN 3: This way.
Is he breathing?
He's alive.
Alert the Queen!
You lead, mate.
MAN 5: Go quickly, lads.
MAN 3: Back to the castle.
MAN 5: Go ahead.
MAN 6: Go, let's go!
MAN 3: Let's go.
(SINGING)
I don't know 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
URSULA: No.
No, it's too easy.
(LAUGHS)
She's already in love
with the human world
and now she found
her soulmate.
Ugh.
Oh, wait until
Daddy finds out.
He's gonna
hit the surface.
(CHUCKLES)
That little girl's
gonna run straight
into my tentacles.
(CHUCKLES)
Then I'll use her
as a prawn
in my little game
and finally get to rip
the power away from Triton
that should've been
mine all along.
SEBASTIAN:
(PANTING)
All right.
Okay.
As long as the King
never finds out,
everything will be
all right.
He never has
to know she used
that precious siren song
of hers to save a human.
I just have to find Ariel
and get her back home.
Now, uh,
she was around
here somewhere.
Uh-huh. Ah, yeah,
this must be it.
I just have to be
firm with her,
get her to see that
this is all just
a passing fad
and in time, she'll forget
all about him. (GASPS)
Ariel!
Sebastian,
how did you find me?
What is all of this?
What are you doin'
with that...
that thing?
Isn't it beautiful?
Look at the longing
in his eyes.
What you know
about longin'?
What is he doin' here?
It's from the shipwreck.
I found him
at Merman's Reef.
And I'll bet
there's so much more.
No, no! Ariel!
Child, get back here.
Ariel!
You have to let go
of this obsession
with humans.
(CHUCKLES)
I'm not obsessed.
I may be crusty,
but I'm not blind.
I saw you the night
of the shipwreck.
What?
Your father
wants you to stay
as far away
from them
as possible!
But why?
You know why.
We don't have to be afraid
of them, I know that now.
Sebastian, if you had
just seen it up there.
The ship rode on the wind,
and they filled
the sky with fire.
Okay, okay.
Listen to me.
The human world
is a mess.
Life under the sea
is better
than anything
they got goin' on up there.
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
(SINGING)
The seaweed
Is always greener
In somebody else's lake
You dream about
Going up there
But that is a big mistake
Just look at the world
Around you
Right here
On the ocean floor
Such wonderful things
Surround you
What more
Is you lookin' for?
Under the sea
Under the sea
Darling, it's better
Down where it's wetter
Take it from me
Up on the shore
They work all day
Out in the sun
They slave away
While we devotin'
Full time to floatin'
Under the sea
(GROANS)
Down here
All the fish is happy
As off through the waves
They roll
The fish on the land
Ain't happy
They sad 'cause
They in they bowl
But fish in the bowl
Is lucky
They in for a worser fate
One day when the boss
Get hungry
Guess who's gon' be
On the plate
Oh, no
Under the sea
Under the sea
Nobody beat us
Fry us and eat us
In fricassee
(SEBASTIAN CHUCKLES)
We what the land folks
Love to cook
Under the sea
We off the hook
We got no troubles
(ARIEL GIGGLES)
Life is the bubbles
Under the sea, hey
Under the sea
Under the sea
Yes, child
Under the sea
Since life is sweet here
We got the beat here
Naturally
Naturally
Even the sturgeon
An' the ray
They get the urge
'N' start to play
We got the spirit
You got to hear it
Under the sea
(ARIEL GASPS)
(UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES)
SEBASTIAN: Watch this.
(ARIEL GRUNTS)
The newt play the flute
The carp play the harp
The plaice play the bass
And they soundin' sharp
The bass play the brass
The chub play the tub
The fluke
Is the duke of soul
Yeah! The ray he can play
The lings on the strings
The trout rockin' out
The blackfish she sings
The smelt and the sprat
They know where it's at
And oh, that blowfish blow!
(INSTRUMENTAL INTERLUDE)
(ARIEL GRUNTS)
(ARIEL GIGGLES)
Yeah! Under the sea
Under the sea
Under the sea
Under the sea
When the sardine
Begin the beguine
It's music to me
Music is to me
What do they got?
A lot of sand
A lot of sand
We got
A hot crustacean band
Yeah!
Each little clam here
Know how to jam here
Under the sea
Under the sea
Each little slug here
Cutting a rug here
Under the sea
Under the sea
Each little snail here
Know how to wail here
That's why it's hotter
Under the water
Yeah, we in luck here
Down in the muck here
Under the sea
Sea
Yes
(END CHORD PLAYS)
(SEBASTIAN PANTING)
SEBASTIAN:
Hey, Ariel?
Somebody got to nail
that girl's fins to the floor.
(END CHORD REPEATS)
(STIRRING MUSIC PLAYING)
THE QUEEN:
Oh, don't tell me
Eric is still going on
about this girl
who rescued him.
GRIMSBY: I'm afraid so.
THE QUEEN:
And the shipwreck.
Any casualties?
GRIMSBY: None,
Your Majesty.
Well, thank goodness
no lives were lost.
Indeed.
This restless
nature of his,
it concerns me.
Undertaking these
dangerous voyages.
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
Oh, Eric, sit.
Any sign
of that girl yet,
Grimsby?
THE QUEEN:
Have some
breakfast, please.
Uh, we looked, sire.
There was no girl.
You were lucky
to have made it to shore
before you passed out.
She was real.
She saved my life.
THE QUEEN:
Sit down, Eric.
I'm not hungry, Mother.
I'm worried about you.
You've not been yourself
since the shipwreck.
Have you checked
the neighboring islands?
Not all of them, but...
Then I will.
No, you will not.
You're not leaving this castle
until you're feeling better.
I'll feel better
when I find her.
THE QUEEN:
Do not think
you're using
this girl as an excuse
to run off again,
risking your life
on some trade ship
for the sheer adventure.
"Sheer adventure"?
I'm trying to reach out
to other cultures,
so we don't
get left behind.
Did you know
on this last trip
we traded our cane
for 20 cases of quinine?
They use it in Europe
to treat malaria.
And where are
those 20 cases now?
At the bottom of the sea.
How many shipwrecks
have there been
in our waters this year,
Prime Minister?
Uh, six, Your Majesty.
Did you hear that, Eric?
Of course, I did.
Shipwrecks, hurricanes,
the sea gods
are against us.
How many times
do I have to...
They are eroding
our land
from under us,
stealing it back
into the ocean.
They would kill us all
if they could.
That's ridiculous.
Is it?
May I remind you,
that a deadly shipwreck
first brought you to us.
And now,
I almost lost you
to one the other day.
We cannot keep
tempting fate like this.
It has got to stop.
Well, what does
that mean?
It means that...
(SIGHS)
that your responsibilities
are here now.
So, no more voyages
and no more chasing
after girls who don't exist.
(SIGHS)
(DISTRESSING MUSIC PLAYING)
(ARIEL VOCALIZING SIREN SONG
IN DISTANCE)
ERIC: (SINGING)
All I ever wanted
Was the open sea and sky
Freedom from the life
I always knew
Now, all I am is haunted
As days and hours roll by
All I ever think
About is you
There you are
(ARIEL VOCALIZING)
Over me
Taking me with your song
To wild uncharted waters
Miles beyond the sea
I was darkness bound
I had almost drowned
Till you came around
And you found me
Now I am on the shoreline
But I'm still lost at sea
In these wild
Uncharted waters
Come find me
Again
All I do is wonder
Who you are
And where you'll be
In my mind
Your melody goes on
Stronger than the undertow
The night you rescued me
Silhouetted
By the rising dawn
Oh, oh-oh
(ARIEL VOCALIZING)
Over you
I cannot get over you
In wild uncharted waters
Beyond where man can see
When your eyes outshine
The horizon line
And you're finally real
Here beside me
Now I'm right here
On the shoreline
I'm right where you left me
And your voice is like
A siren that guides me
To wild uncharted waters
Alone, just you and me
And I hope you're there
In the open air
There's no map or compass
To guide me, no
Time may change
The shoreline
But time will not change me
If it takes my life
I will finally
Find you again
In uncharted waters
Come find me
Again
(MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
(ARIEL VOCALIZING SIREN SONG)
MALA: Ariel, could you
give me a hand?
(CONTINUES VOCALIZING)
Ariel!
Oh. Yes, of course.
CASPIA: How do
we untangle this?
Do these humans
have any idea
how much damage
their shipwrecks do?
I don't think
they intended
to have a shipwreck.
CASPIA:
They are careless,
Ariel.
It will take
thousands of years
for this coral
to grow back.
And they've killed
nearly all
of the sea fern.
They'd kill us too,
if they had the chance.
No, no.
They're not
all like that.
PERLA: Oh?
How would you know?
You've never
even seen one.
You were just a child
when Mother died,
and Father stopped us going
to the surface.
I just mean,
we're not all the same,
so why should humans be?
TRITON:
What about humans?
I... I just meant...
Look at what
their shipwreck did.
They got
what they deserved.
They are the most
dangerous species of all.
Spoiling our waters,
destroying the reefs,
having no respect
for the balance
of the oceans.
They're not
the only ones
who have no respect
for balance.
Ariel,
where are you...
What's going on with her?
Oh, she's just
at that age
when she doesn't want
to hang out
with her older sisters
anymore.
Exactly. You remember
what I was like.
(SISTERS LAUGH)
PERLA:
How could we forget?
INDIRA: Well, I wonder
who the lucky merman is.
(SISTERS LAUGHING
AND CHATTERING)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
The crab, Your Majesty.
(GRUNTS)
TRITON:
Come over here,
Sebastian.
(MISCHIEVOUS MUSIC PLAYS)
(SEBASTIAN SIGHS)
Breathe, Sebastian.
Remember,
guilty is as guilty acts.
Don't overreact,
remain calm.
(IN HIGH-PITCHED VOICE) Yes?
(CLEARS THROAT)
(IN NORMAL VOICE)
Yes, Your Majesty?
Sebastian,
have you noticed
that Ariel has been
acting peculiar lately?
Peculiar, sir?
Mm-hmm.
Distracted, daydreaming,
disappearing for hours.
You haven't noticed?
Oh... Well, I, um...
(DRAMATIC CHORD PLAYS)
Uh...
Uh, I actually haven't,
you know, um...
that is to say,
I didn't, um...
(SHUSHING)
Sebastian...
Eh?
I know you've been keeping
something from me.
Keepin' somethin'?
Mm-hmm.
About Ariel.
Ariel?
Is my little one in love?
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS)
Oh, I tried
to stop her, sir!
I tried to stop her
from going to the surface!
I told her to stay away
from humans!
Humans?
When I saw her
with that statue, I...
Humans?
Who said anything
about humans?
(PLEASANT MUSIC PLAYING)
ARIEL: Let's just drop
these things off and go back.
FLOUNDER: No way!
ARIEL: With all that great
stuff still down there?
FLOUNDER: Don't we have
enough already?
ARIEL: (SCOFFS)
Come on, Flounder.
We're just getting started.
TRITON: So...
(ARIEL GASPS)
(OBJECT CLATTERS)
You broke the rules?
You went
to the above world.
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
There was a shipwreck.
A man was drowning.
I had to save him.
You should have
let him drown.
They're savages.
You don't know that.
They killed your mother.
I know.
But...
one man did.
Why blame every human?
Mother wouldn't.
No!
Enough. That's enough.
ARIEL: And Eric
had nothing
to do with it.
Eric?
Eric?
Have you lost
your senses completely?
If you would have
just heard him, Father.
He's compassionate
and kind and...
He's a human!
You're a mermaid!
Yes.
But that doesn't
make us enemies.
Promise me
you will never look
for him again.
I can't.
Promise me, Ariel!
I can't lie to you.
I won't.
I swear,
I will get
through to you!
No!
Please!
Father, stop.
This ends now!
Please, stop it!
It's for your own good.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
Father, no!
(ARIEL WHIMPERING)
(CRYING)
Never leave again.
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING)
(CRYING SOFTLY)
SEBASTIAN: Ariel.
I'm...
Just go away.
(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(ARIEL CONTINUES CRYING)
(LOW CHITTERING)
URSULA: Poor child.
Poor sweet child.
He can be so angry.
He thinks
he knows everything.
Who are you?
URSULA: Oh.
You must not remember me.
I'm your Auntie Ursula.
The Sea Witch?
The what? (SCOFFS)
What has your father
told you about me?
That...
That you like
to stir up trouble
between humans
and merpeople.
URSULA: Oh.
Is that what he said?
I'm not half the monster
he claims I am.
And I'm only here to help.
I don't need your help.
Whatever you say, darling.
(EERIE HISSING)
Wait.
Yes?
How can you help me?
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(SEBASTIAN SIGHS)
(ELECTRICITY BUZZING)
SEBASTIAN: Ariel?
Where is she going
with those slippery
good-for-nothin's?
Let's go.
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS)
(GASPS)
(ELECTRICITY BUZZING)
(CREATURES SQUEAKING)
(GASPS)
(YELPS, GRUNTING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(CREATURES SQUEAKING)
URSULA: Come in.
Come in, child.
We mustn't lurk
in passageways.
It's rude.
Forgive my aggressive garden.
I wouldn't choose
to live like this,
believe me.
Daddy's been so unfair
to both of us,
controlling everything
we say and do.
In a way,
we're the same,
you and I.
You don't seem at all
like Father described you.
Is that right?
Mmm. We never did get along.
Squidling rivalry.
He always got what he wanted,
and what did I get? Nothin'.
Zip, nada, squat.
Sound familiar, hon?
(CHUCKLES)
Oh, I know what you're
going through, believe me,
and I know
why you're here.
I'm not sure I do.
Oh, please.
(GASPS)
I've been watching you
for a long time now, dearie.
What you really want
is to be up there
in the above world.
It's always
had your curiosity,
and now
it's got your heart.
What do you mean?
(URSULA CHUCKLES)
URSULA:
You're so young.
Don't you see?
You're meant
for each other.
And I can't bear
to see you
suffer like this.
As it happens,
I can help you.
How?
Mmm, the problem
is simple.
You can't live
in that world,
unless...
you become
a human yourself.
Become human?
Is that even possible?
Oh, my dear.
(CHUCKLES)
It's what I do.
(POPS LIPS)
It's what I live for.
(PLAYFUL JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)
(SINGING)
I admit that in the past
I've been a nasty
They weren't kidding
When they called me
Well, a witch
But you'll find
That nowadays
I've mended all my ways
Repented, seen the light
And made a switch
True? Yes
And I fortunately know
A little magic
It's a talent
That I always
Have possessed
And here lately
Please don't laugh
I use it on behalf
Of the miserable, lonely
And depressed
Pathetic
Poor unfortunate souls
In pain, in need
This one longing
To be thinner
That one wants
To get the girl
And do I help them?
Yes, indeed
Those poor unfortunate souls
So sad, so true
They come flocking
To my cauldron
Crying
"Spells, Ursula, please!"
And I help them?
Yes, I do
Now, it's happened
Once or twice
Someone couldn't
Pay the price
And I'm afraid I had
To rake 'em 'cross the coals
Yes, I've had
The odd complaint
But on the whole
I've been a saint
To those poor
Unfortunate souls
The Sea Witch!
Shh.
So, here's the deal.
I'll whip up
a little potion
to make you human
for three days.
Got that?
Three days.
Before the sun sets
on the third day,
you and Princey
must share a kiss.
And not just any kiss.
The kiss of true love.
(MOANS)
If you do,
you will remain
human permanently.
But if you don't,
you'll turn back
into a mermaid,
and you belong to me.
No, Ariel!
Shh.
(BOTH HISS)
URSULA:
You understand,
of course,
that you'll have
to give up
your mermaid gifts.
You won't have
this tail of yours,
hangin' around,
draggin' you down.
You won't be able
to breathe underwater,
who needs it?
And you'll no longer have
that siren song of yours,
because that
wouldn't be fair,
now would it?
Don't worry.
I'll keep it safe
and soundless here with me.
We got a deal?
(DRAMATIC CHORD PLAYS)
I don't know.
Well...
I mean, I just gave you
the premium package, kid.
Well...
life's full
of tough choices,
idn't?
No.
This is wrong.
I can't do this.
Fine then,
forget about
the world above.
Go back home
to Daddy
and "Never leave again!"
(GASPS)
(SINGING) Come on
You poor unfortunate soul!
Go ahead
Make your choice
I'm a very busy woman
And I haven't got all day
It won't cost much
Just your voice
You poor unfortunate soul
It's sad, but true
If you want to cross
The bridge, my sweet
You've got to pay the toll
Pluck a scale
From off your tail
A drop of blood
Inside the bowl!
Flotsam, Jetsam
Now I've got her, boys
For boss is on a roll!
This poor unfortunate...
(GRUNTS)
Soul!
(INHALES SHARPLY)
(BOTH GASP)
Beluga! Sevruga!
Come winds of the Caspian Sea!
Amnesia, glossitis
Et max laryngitis
La voce to me!
Now sing!
(VOCALIZING SIREN SONG)
Keep singing!
(CONTINUES VOCALIZING)
(SHOUTS)
(LAUGHING)
FLOUNDER: Whoa!
(CONTINUES LAUGHING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
Yes!
Yes! (LAUGHING)
Look at her stupid
little feet!
(GASPS)
(PANTING HEAVILY)
SEBASTIAN:
Oh, Ariel.
Well,
come on, gal.
It's either sink
or swim.
(EELS SNARLING AND CHITTERING)
Don't worry, boys.
She doesn't stand
a chance without this.
A mermaid
without her voice?
(LAUGHS)
And just in case,
I slipped a little somethin'
extra into that spell of mine.
No matter how hard
that girl tries,
she won't remember
she needs to get that kiss.
Now it's just
a matter of time.
And then she's mine.
(SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS)
Hmm.
SEBASTIAN: Not so easy
without your tail, is it?
Keep going.
You just got
to get your sea legs.
We're almost there.
(ARIEL GASPS)
(SCUTTLE SQUAWKING)
JOSHUA:
Get away from here!
Lord have mercy.
Are you all right?
Ah, poor girl.
You must be in shock.
I'll go find something
to cover you up.
Another shipwreck.
Santa Maria.
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(GRUNTS)
(THUD)
Say, what's goin' on, kid?
I thought
you weren't supposed
to be up here,
now you're taking
boat rides?
FLOUNDER: That... That...
That rotten Sea Witch,
she stole Ariel's voice.
SCUTTLE: Hey, Flounder.
What... What are you
talkin' about?
So, Sebastian told Triton
that Ariel saved a human
and Triton got so mad.
Okay, okay, okay.
And then... Wait!
Explanations later, man.
We've gotta get you
out of here.
Wait! I didn't tell you
about the Sea Witch!
Bye-bye.
And don't tell anyone
about the Sea Witch!
Something about you
seems different.
Don't tell me.
It's your hairdo, right?
'Cause you've been using
the dinglehopper? No?
I can't... I can't
quite figure it out,
but I know that if I stand
here for long enough...
She got legs,
ya idiot!
You know,
we've discussed this.
I don't like it
when you call me an idiot.
Why don't you tell me
somethin' nice?
"Hey, Scuttle.
"Your feathers look good."
JOSHUA: Shoo!
(SCUTTLE SQUAWKS)
Here you are.
It'll have to do
for now.
I'll take you
to the castle.
They'll know what
to do with you there.
Come on, in ya go.
(GRUNTS)
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
WOMAN 1: Good catch today.
JOSHUA: It looks good, though.
It looks raw.
(CHUCKLES)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
You're not done yet?
His looks so good!
I must say a parrie fish.
Got plenty of fish
for two weeks.
(CHATTER CONTINUES)
WOMAN 2: Hey!
ARIEL: (SINGING)
Look at the sun and the sky
And the sand
And the sea
Behind me
Look at me, suddenly I am
On land and I'm free
Don't mind me as I climb
For the first time
Jump for the first time
Trying to stand
But this gravity's
Pulling me down
(JOSHUA URGING HORSE)
Walk on, Emile.
Trot on!
Trot on!
Get Lashana, quick!
MAN: Right-o!
LASHANA:
What is all this?
What on Earth?
The girl got tangled
in the net.
She all right?
She'll survive.
But she's been
through it, though.
Won't say a word.
I wonder what happened
to her out there.
ARIEL: (SINGING)
Look, it's a fire
It's warm and it glows
And it lights this chamber
Let me admire it
Ow!
Get too close and it bites
I came too close
For the first time
Burned for the first time
Everything's clearer
And brighter and hotter
But now that I'm here
Like a fish out of water
I'm trying to stand
But this gravity's
Pulling me down
LASHANA:
Oh, my! Heavens.
Here, let me
take you upstairs,
get you cleaned up,
find you some clothes.
Okay, up we go,
one step at a time.
(ARIEL GASPS)
She can't speak at all?
Can you blame her, Rosa?
After all
she's been through,
it's a blessing
she's not worse off.
Such a faraway look
in her eye.
Bit of a soap and a scrub,
she'll be good as new.
ARIEL: (SINGING)
Are we only
Food for slaughter?
Is this life on land?
LASHANA: Child,
the blue dress
that's in your room.
ARIEL:
Well, you were lonely
Under water
Come on, Ariel
Time to stand
(GASPING)
LASHANA: There you go.
Smells nice, doesn't it?
Oh, no, you poor girl.
You must be starvin'.
Rosa, get this
poor child some food.
And quick,
before she tries
to eat the scrub brush.
Yes, ma'am.
Right.
Let's get that
seaweed stink
off you, girl.
Yes.
(AMUSING MUSIC PLAYING)
ARIEL: (SINGING)
Squeeze in the shoes
And the corset, it's tight
And the seams are busting
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Some women choose this
I guess it's all right
Are my dreams adjusting
LASHANA:
Hard to believe,
two shipwrecks
in one week.
Prince Eric's still
looking for that girl
who saved him.
Said he won't rest
until he finds her.
Stay right there.
I'll get the Prince.
ARIEL: (SINGING)
As I wait for the first time
Here for the first time
Now, for the first time
He's coming
Through those doors
Up the stairs
From the shore
From that moment
And he'll smile
Like he knows
When I say
ERIC: I'm so sorry
to hear what happened.
What's your name?
She doesn't
speak, sire.
She...
Oh.
Well, we're glad
you've made it to us.
Do you have
a place to stay?
Family?
Well, then you're welcome
to stay here.
For as long as you like.
Make sure
she has anything
she needs.
LASHANA:
Yes, Your Highness.
(BREATH TREMBLES)
We should let you
get some rest.
(DOOR CLOSES)
ARIEL: (SINGING) Realize
The price that you paid
With your voice
As he turns from you
Those sacrifices you made
Were a choice
That you can't undo
Lost
For the first time
Scared
For the first time
Gravity feels like
An undertow
Pulling me
Down
SEBASTIAN:
This has got to be,
without a doubt,
the single
most humiliating
day of my life!
I could have
been fricasseed,
and then, having to climb
all the way up here.
They couldn't
give you a room
on the ground floor?
(SEBASTIAN GRUNTS, PANTING)
I hope you appreciate
what I go through
for you, young lady.
Eh, no.
Don't ya turn
your back on me.
What were you thinkin',
choosin' to give up
your mermaid gifts?
Now, if we could
just get that witch
to give them back,
then you could
go home
and just be...
uh, well,
and just be...
just be miserable
for the rest of your life.
Oh, my, what a soft shell
I am turnin' out to be.
All right.
All right.
I'll try to help you.
But we've got
to be bold,
act quickly.
Don't forget
about the kiss.
Ah, no, no, not me,
the Prince!
You gotta kiss
the Prince.
Don't you remember?
You only have
three days to...
Hello?
Oh, no!
She's put
a spell on you.
(YAWNS)
You can't remember,
can you?
(SIGHS) Now,
what are we gonna do?
Well, we got
no time to lose.
We just got
to find a way
to get the two
of you together.
(SIGHS)
You are hopeless, child.
You know that?
Completely hopeless.
(ROUSING MUSIC PLAYING)
(GRUNTING)
Ooh. A buffet.
(MUNCHING)
What? No nuts?
What are you
doin' here?
Oh, there you are.
I've been lookin' for you.
Flounder told me
the whole story.
Has Ariel killed
the Prince yet?
No, not "killed."
"Kissed," ya bird brain.
And it's worse
than we thought.
The witch has placed
a spell on her.
Soon as I tell her
she's got to kiss him,
the thought jumps clear
right out of her head.
So, now it's up to us.
To kiss the Prince?
(SIGHS) Forget it.
Where's Ariel now?
What do ya mean?
She's right...
Oh.
(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
(GASPS)
(DOOR OPENS, CREAKS)
(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(STRUMS)
(GASPS)
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
SEBASTIAN:
What are you doin'
in here, child?
You can't just go wanderin'
around wherever you please.
Hide!
ERIC: Who's in here?
Oh, it's you.
Nobody usually
comes in here.
My little mermaid.
(GASPS)
It's all right,
it's all right.
You can look at it.
I found her
on the coast
of Cartagena.
Isn't she beautiful?
Oh, that's right. You...
Well, it really
doesn't matter.
Most people around here
use too many words
and have nothing to say.
You know,
I never believed
all that lore
about mermaids luring
sailors to their deaths.
Here, take her.
No, really.
I want you to have her.
I'm running
out of space
as it is.
Nearly all of these things
come from my voyages.
I know it must seem silly,
collecting all this stuff,
but just look
at this fossilized
sea stone.
Can you believe
that such amazing things
exist down there?
No, wait!
How did you know
that was in there...
all this time?
That's incredible.
Well, that.
SEBASTIAN: Hey, girl.
That I just picked up
from the beach
here on the island.
(GRUNTS)
There's loads of them
at this time of year.
(ARIEL BLOWING CONCH)
I had no idea
you could do that.
Oh, me?
No... Oh.
Really?
All right, hand...
How do I...
Yeah, that's it.
That's it, girl.
Go get it,
go get it.
(BLOWS)
I see ya.
Go on, come now...
(GROANS)
(BLOWING RASPBERRY)
(CHUCKLES) Sorry.
Yeah, well...
I'll work on that.
I love the people there.
Their culture,
their custom.
This whole region is known
as the Brazilian Empire.
Then there's Venezuela,
uh, Colombia...
Oh, the area up here
is called Mosquito Coast.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
Those waters
are all uncharted.
Wouldn't it be amazing
to discover someplace
no one's ever seen before?
Ah. Well, this...
this was one
of my favorite voyages.
I bought
that Peruvian rug there,
along with six of the looms
they used to make it.
Oh.
Another one.
(CHUCKLES) All right.
Ah. This is our island.
We're in that very castle
right now.
Over here's
our main village.
Now, our port there
was once the busiest
in the region.
I'm hoping
it will be again
one day.
And there's a beautiful lagoon
with a little waterfall
right here.
And then all of that
is rainforest.
I could show you around,
if you like.
All right.
We'll go tomorrow.
GRIMSBY: But, sire...
ERIC: Oh, Grimsby, good.
We'll need a horse
and carriage
ready for us
in the morning.
May I have
a quiet word, sire?
Of course.
He's a special one,
isn't he?
And that moonlight. Ah...
We were going to send out
all the carriages tomorrow
to look for the girl.
The girl!
I wasn't thinking.
Of course, yes,
we must do that. Absolutely.
And I must
remind you, Eric,
what your mother
said yesterday
about you not leaving
the castle
until you're
feeling better.
Grimsby, I feel fine.
I feel better
than ever.
Yes.
Yes, I can see that.
I suppose
we could spare
one carriage.
(STIRRING MUSIC PLAYING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(MAX BARKS)
ERIC: (CHUCKLES)
Looks like you made
a friend there.
Come on, Max.
We'll see you later.
SEBASTIAN: Oh, no.
You're not goin'
without me.
I only got
two days left.
I'm a crab
on a mission.
(CLICKS TONGUE)
Trot on, King.
(SEBASTIAN PANTING)
I'm getting
too old for this.
(MAX BARKING)
Oh, no, no, no!
Down, beast!
(GRUNTS, GROANS)
Whoa!
(GRUNTS)
(CHUCKLES)
I still got it.
Who is that ridin' out
with Prince Eric?
Is that the girl
who washed up
the other day?
Yes, it is, Lashana.
Didn't the Queen tell him
to stay in the castle?
Yes, she did, Lashana.
Aren't you going
to get into trouble
for fetching him
a carriage?
What carriage, Lashana?
(STIRRING MUSIC CONTINUES)
(CHUCKLES)
Oh.
Do you wanna try?
Here.
Oh!
(YELPS)
Um...
(GRUNTS, SIGHS)
Look out! Look out!
Come on!
Move, move, move!
(HORSE WHINNIES)
(GRUNTS)
Sorry about that!
That was close.
(CHUCKLES)
Whoa!
WOMAN: Hey, guys!
Get out the way!
(SCREAMING)
Turn!
WOMAN: Quickly!
ERIC: Wait, wait, wait!
ERIC: Careful!
(ERIC GRUNTING)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(ERIC CHUCKLES, GRUNTS)
(GOATS BLEATING)
(ERIC GRUNTS)
(HORSE SHRIEKS)
Oh!
That was...
fun.
Here, I'll...
(GOATS BLEATING)
Let me give you a hand.
Move, move 'em.
Here we go.
This way.
Come on.
This way.
(CHUCKLING)
Here we go.
Go on. That's it.
MAN: Thank you, lad.
(PANTING)
(PEOPLE LAUGHING IN DISTANCE)
(JOYFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(HEARTY CHATTER)
Island berry?
How is it? Pretty?
Whoa!
MAN 1: Coconut!
WOMAN 1: Breadfruit!
MAN 1: Coconut!
Fresh coconut?
No? You don't want it?
Get some water in ya.
MAN 2: Thank you, Miss.
WOMAN 2: Young lady,
would you like
to try some?
Oh!
I think you'll be
needing this.
WOMAN 3: Hey,
can I have some salt?
MAN 3: Good day, sire.
WOMAN 4: How ripe the mango?
Hat for the lady?
Oh. (CHUCKLES)
There you are.
Oh. (CHUCKLES)
No, no. Too big.
Try this.
WOMAN 5: Tropical flowers?
(GASPS)
(JOYFUL MUSIC CONTINUES)
(CROWD CHEERING AND LAUGHING)
MAN 4: Hey!
Everybody, everybody!
(RHYTHMIC HANDCLAPS)
Hey, hey, hey!
ALL: Hey!
(CHILD LAUGHING)
Say, any kissing yet?
No. When it comes
to romance,
these two
are slow as snails.
Hey, go find Flounder.
We got to move
this thing along,
and quick.
Okay, bossy.
(PEOPLE LAUGHING AND CHEERING)
MAN 4: Hey!
(RHYTHMIC CLAPPING)
ALL: Hey!
(ERIC CHUCKLES)
Bring it here,
bring it here,
bring it here now!
Back it up,
back it up,
back it up!
(DRUM ROLL)
(ERIC GRUNTS)
Come on, now!
(END CHORD PLAYS)
(ALL LAUGHING)
(SERENE MUSIC PLAYING)
I love this
time of night.
Sometimes you'll see
the eyes of a screech owl,
up in the tree...
Hey! Hey!
(SCUTTLE SQUAWKING)
Hey, come back
with that!
Come on.
(CHUCKLES)
Watch out.
I think
it went this way.
You all right?
(CHUCKLES) Hey!
Give me my hat back!
(PLAYFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(SQUAWKING)
Oh. All right then.
(CHUCKLES)
(GRUNTS)
(PANTING)
I didn't want
to lose this.
(PLEASANT MUSIC PLAYING)
SEBASTIAN:
(BLOWS) Move your big
fat feathers, bird.
I can't see a thing.
Well, that worked
pretty good,
didn't it?
But nothing's happening.
(SCUTTLE GRUNTS)
We're running out of time,
and no one's puckered up once.
I think it's time
for a little
vocal romantic
stimulation.
(SCUTTLE CLEARS THROAT)
SEBASTIAN: Please, no.
Scuttle?
You got to be...
(SINGING) Me, me, me
Womp chicka womp womp
(SEBASTIAN GROANS)
Chicka womp womp
SEBASTIAN: Shh!
Chicka womp
(SQUAWKING)
Womp womp
All right. Gosh.
Womp
I was off.
I was off on that one.
No.
Womp
Let me find it.
Let me find it.
Womp
Ya finish?
Womp
All right,
all right.
Listen.
Ariel cannot know
we're helpin'.
If she sees or hears us,
she'll shut us down.
Nah, man.
We got to be
sneaky about this.
We got to work
on the Prince
using the power
of suggestion.
FLOUNDER: Good.
How are we gonna do that?
We got to blend in
with the sounds of nature,
so she doesn't hear us.
Percussion.
(STALKS TAPPING RHYTHMICALLY)
Strings.
(WINGS TRILLING)
Winds.
(WIND WHISTLING)
(DULCET MUSIC PLAYING)
Words.
(SINGING)
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 dying to try
You wanna
Kiss the girl
Yes, you want her
Look at her
You know you do
Possible she wants you, too
Use your words, boy
And ask her
Do you want to try?
SEBASTIAN:
If the time is right
Then the time is tonight
Go on and kiss the girl
(WATER SPLASHES)
Sha la la la la la
My oh, my
Look like
The boy too shy
Ain't gonna kiss the girl
Sha la la la la la
Ain't that sad
Ain't it a shame, too bad
He's gonna miss the girl
(SCUTTLE SINGS LOUDER)
SEBASTIAN:
Hey, pull it back.
Scuttle, pull it back.
(FLOUNDER CHUCKLES)
What a clear night.
(MUSIC SOFTENS)
You can see Orion.
Oh, the... The sailors
use the constellations
to navigate.
That one's Orion,
the hunter.
There's Aries,
the ram.
That's Cassiopeia.
That's funny.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
I still don't know
your name.
Let's see.
Is it...
Diana?
No?
Or...
Katherine?
No, definitely
not Katherine.
(CHUCKLES)
How...
Sky...
Uh...
Aries?
Aries.
Arie...
Ari-el.
Ariel?
Ari-el?
(CHUCKLES) Ariel.
That's a beautiful name.
Written in the stars.
(DULCET MUSIC RESUMES)
SEBASTIAN: (SINGING)
Now's your moment
Ooh, ooh-ooh
Floating in a blue lagoon
Ooh-ooh, boy, do it soon
Boy, you better do it soon
No time will be better
She don't say a word
And she won't
Say a word
Until you
SEBASTIAN:
Kiss the girl
SCUTTLE:
Kiss the girl
FLOUNDER:
Kiss the girl
(MUSIC TEMPO INCREASES)
GROUP: Sha la la la la
Don't be scared
You got the mood prepared
Go on and kiss the girl
Kiss the girl
Wow, wow
Sha la la la la la
Don't stop now
Don't try to hide it
How you wanna
Kiss the girl
Sha la la la la la
Float along
And listen to the song
The song say
"Kiss the girl"
Sha la la la la la
The music play
Do what the music say
Oh!
You gotta
Kiss the girl
(ERIC CHUCKLES)
You gotta
Kiss the girl
Why don't you
Kiss the girl
Come on and
Kiss the girl
Go on and
Kiss the girl
(ERIC GRUNTS)
(MUSIC ENDS)
(ERIC GASPS)
ERIC: (LAUGHS) What...
What was that?
(ELECTRICITY BUZZING)
(ERIC LAUGHING AND PANTING)
(EELS CHITTER)
That was close.
Too close.
I don't get it.
I didn't think that little
barracuda stood a chance
luring him in
without her voice.
How's that
even possible?
Well, we're not gonna
let that happen again.
It's time Ursula
took matters
into her own tentacles.
Where is it?
Come on, come on.
It's gotta be
here somewhere.
No! No! (EXCLAIMS)
Nobody ever puts
my things back!
No! Where is it?
(SHOUTING IN FRUSTRATION)
(GRUNTS) No, no, no!
(SCREAMING) No!
Oh, there it is.
I got it.
(CHUCKLES DRYLY)
That Prince won't know
what hit him. (CHUCKLES)
Only one more sunset
and then I'll make
Triton writhe.
(CONCOCTION SPLASHES, BUBBLES)
I'll see him wriggle
like a worm on a hook.
(SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS)
(DISQUIETING MUSIC PLAYING)
TRITON:
So where is she?
KARINA:
We don't know, Father.
PERLA: She's gone.
TRITON:
What do you mean,
she's gone?
PERLA: We've been
looking and looking.
There's no sign
of her anywhere.
She's not
in these waters.
Then look again.
Search all
of the Seven Seas
if you have to.
Ariel wouldn't dare
go above again.
PERLA:
Don't even think
such a thing.
MALA: Doesn't make sense.
Why would she leave?
PERLA: I...
I have no idea.
Never mind that.
Just find her.
(WISTFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(SIGHS)
(GRUNTS QUIETLY)
What have I done?
(TENDER MUSIC PLAYING)
(ERIC CHUCKLES)
ERIC: (WHISPERING)
Everyone's asleep.
We should
probably be quiet.
THE QUEEN: In his room,
all day?
ERIC: Wait.
Go. Oh, no.
I haven't seen him once.
Go, go.
Go in there.
Go. Careful.
I imagine
he's just resting.
Has he been
avoiding me?
No, Your Majesty.
No?
No.
No?
No.
THE QUEEN: You seem
awfully certain.
GRIMSBY: Avoiding you?
Doesn't seem like Eric,
does it?
THE QUEEN:
Then where is he?
Oh, he's not searching
for that fantasy girl,
I hope.
No,
Your Majesty.
That I can say
with certainty.
THE QUEEN:
Thank heavens
for small blessings.
(YELPS) Oh!
(GRIMSBY GRUNTS)
It's wet.
I will look
into it.
You really must get
some rest yourself.
THE QUEEN: Yes,
I suppose I should.
Thank you, Grimsby.
Good night.
GRIMSBY: Ma'am.
Sorry about that.
I wasn't supposed
to leave the castle today.
But I'm glad I did.
All these rules...
The truth is,
I wasn't born
to all this,
and it all
makes me feel
a little uneasy...
Welcome back, sire.
Oh, Grimsby.
Uh...
(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)
(CLEARS THROAT)
Uh...
I trust you two had
a pleasant outing.
Uh, yes, we did.
Didn't we?
Yes.
Very nice.
You've had
a long day, Miss.
I imagine we should
let you get some sleep.
And perhaps
dried off as well.
Oh, uh... Yes.
We... We took
a rowboat out
onto the lagoon,
and I'm afraid
we ended up in it.
(ERIC AND GRIMSBY CHUCKLE)
Anyway,
good night.
Oh.
Good night...
Ariel.
About the carriages, sire,
I'm afraid they, uh,
didn't find
the mystery girl.
They didn't?
Oh.
(CHUCKLES DRYLY)
May I then ask,
should we continue
the search?
Grimsby, um...
I just...
I feel a little...
Well, if you
want the advice
of an old man, sire,
don't be held back
by what you think
should be.
Think only of what is.
Good night, sire.
(SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(SIGHS)
(MUSIC INTENSIFYING)
(ERIC PANTING)
(ARIEL VOCALIZING SIREN SONG)
(ARIEL CONTINUES VOCALIZING)
(INTENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)
(VOCALIZING STOPS)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(UPTEMPO MUSIC PLAYING)
Hey! Wake up!
Wake up! Wake up!
What?
(SINGING) Hey, have you
Not heard the scuttlebutt?
Your butt?
No, the gossip, the buzz
The who-said-what-
who-does-that
Yeah, the scuttlebutt
Well, I was flying
Over land and sea
An ear to the ground
Then I came flying here
For you to see
And hear what I found
Remember the swamp?
Remember my song
In the swamp
When I was like
"Womp chicka womp womp
Chicka womp womp"
I remember.
Well, ever since
The what's his name?
The guy with the hair
And the shirt
The Prince.
Yeah, the Prince
Has been dropping hints
He wants to
You know when humans
Dress all nice
Like they're penguins?
Throw rice for the pigeons?
They're trying to blow up
The pigeons
But those are
Just urban legends
I know a lot
Of really fat pigeons
Scuttle...
Will you Just listen,
Sebastian?
I got the scuttlebutt
Hurry up.
You'll be like, "What?"
When I drop that scuttlebutt
Okay, now
Huddle up, buttercup
From the women
Who wash all the clothes
To the hunter
Who arrows the bows
The chatter
All over the palace
Is that your Prince Eric
Is gonna propose
SEBASTIAN: What?
To somebody nobody knows
They're saying
He suddenly chose
Who?
Who?
You sound like an owl
I'll bet it's the kid
With the new set of toes
No!
Oh, yes, anything goes
Who'd ever guess
Our little Ariel's
Marriage material?
Time for the rice
And the dress
And the what
Do you call it?
The thing with the lips
When they press
I don't have lips
I have a beak
So I guess
I could give you
A peck on the cheek
I don't believe it.
Say,
you're awfully quiet.
Oh, yeah.
So, uh, what now?
Let's go!
Let's go!
Let's go!
SCUTTLE:
Can you believe
The scuttlebutt?
Get dressed, child.
SCUTTLE:
You're welcome
For the scuttlebutt
SEBASTIAN: We got
a lot of work to do
before sundown.
The s-s-s-s-scuttlebutt
Scuttlebutt, hey!
Oh, please
let this be the day.
Let's go,
let's go, let's go
Let's go
We got it, the gossip
The buzz
The who-said-what-
who-does-that
Yeah, I told you so
Let's go, let's go, let's go
We gotta go
Before the sun goes down
What? Got to get her ready
For the big showdown
Right
Go ahead and get her
Out of bed
And get her ready
For the wedding
Sun is setting
So we can't slow down
The scuttlebutt
SEBASTIAN: Scuttle,
you're too close.
(ROUSING MUSIC PLAYING)
Oh!
THE QUEEN: My goodness,
it is wonderful news.
Isn't it, Grimsby?
GRIMSBY: Oh, yes.
THE QUEEN:
I must admit,
I was mistaken.
It seems you really
have found
the girl of your dreams
after all.
Yes.
Quite the surprise,
Eric.
What?
Oh. Uh, I know.
I know
it must seem fast,
but...
but I do owe her
my life.
THE QUEEN:
We will celebrate.
This evening.
You shall introduce
your intended to the court.
We can make that happen,
can't we, Grimsby?
GRIMSBY: Yes.
If it's really
what you want, Eric.
What I... want?
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
WOMAN: It's...
It's what we both want.
THE QUEEN: Lovely.
Well,
we've got our work
cut out for us.
GRIMSBY:
Mm-hmm. Indeed.
THE QUEEN: Then let's
begin preparations.
Grimsby...
(UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING)
SEBASTIAN:
Oh, Ariel, girl.
Where have you gone?
(SCUTTLE PANTS)
Yeah.
Any sign of her?
No luck.
I flew over the village
three times.
Well, check
the castle again!
It's almost sunset.
We got to find her.
Copy that.
What's wrong
with that fool Prince?
Something fishy
going on here.
I don't like
the smell of it...
FLOUNDER: Sebastian!
Over here.
Yeah, what?
I coming,
I coming. Hold on.
Yes, what?
I think I know
where Ariel is.
Well, what are
we waiting for?
Let's go!
Let's go!
Let's go!
(ARIEL VOCALIZING SIREN SONG)
(GASPS) Ariel?
(VOCALIZING CONTINUES)
(WOMAN VOCALIZING)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(CONTINUES VOCALIZING)
(VOICE TURNS DEEPER)
(IN URSULA'S VOICE)
So long, Red.
(LAUGHING EVILLY)
(GASPS) Oh, no!
(WISTFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
ARIEL: (SINGING)
Risking it all
Only to fall
Back where I started
Back near the shore
Back to before
You took my hand
Bet ya on land
They understand
And they don't
Strand you brokenhearted
What did I give to live
Where you are?
Where do I go
With nowhere to turn to?
SEBASTIAN: Hey,
what are you doin', child?
You can't give up
so easily.
This all has to be
some sort
of misunderstanding.
I watched
both of you.
You're meant
to be together.
SCUTTLE: There you are.
I've been lookin'.
And I... And I thought
I found you,
'cause I heard.
But... But then
I saw it wasn't you.
It... It was her!
But...
But it wasn't...
In the mirror,
except she had...
She had your voice!
What are you
talkin' about?
Don't you get
what I'm tellin' you?
No!
The Prince
has been tricked.
That lady
who showed up
is actually
the Sea Witch
in disguise.
SEBASTIAN:
Are you sure
about this?
Of course I'm sure!
Have I ever
been wrong?
I mean, like,
you know,
when it counts?
Well, what are we
gonna do?
Well, we have
to do something
before Prince Eric ends up
with that slimy squid.
Yes, girl, go!
Flounder,
go tell the Sea King
what's happened.
He has
to know everything.
Okay.
SCUTTLE: Oh...
What do I... What...
What do I do?
You give me a lift
to the castle.
We got to find a way
to stall that engagement.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(GENTLE HARP MUSIC PLAYING)
URSULA: (AS VANESSA)
Really is very special.
Heroism's too strong
a word for it,
but I suppose
I did save Eric.
That's what
anyone would do.
WOMAN 2: Of course.
Grimsby.
GRIMSBY: Sire.
Have you seen Ariel?
According to the servants,
she left the castle
early this morning.
Left?
Can you
blame her, Eric?
I don't understand.
This is not like you.
I'm not sure
I understand it myself.
I just wanted to...
I thought if...
THE QUEEN: Eric.
Thank you.
I don't really know
what I wanted.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
SEBASTIAN:
Almost there!
Now, when I give
the signal,
you drop me!
Got it?
Got it.
SEBASTIAN:
No, you idiot...
Guess I'm on my own.
(SQUAWKING)
THE QUEEN:
My darling,
this belonged
to my mother.
And I'd like you
to have it.
Your happiness means
everything to me.
VANESSA:
You're very sweet, um...
Uh, would you excuse me?
(SUSPICIOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
Enjoy yourself.
Oh, Eric.
It's beautiful.
(SCUTTLE SQUAWKING)
(GUESTS EXCLAIM)
(WOMAN GASPS)
What in the...
The ring.
The ring. I lost...
Has anybody
seen the ring?
Have you seen
the ring?
Have you seen it?
(SQUAWKING)
Get off me,
you filthy bird!
(BARKING)
(GASPING)
Help me!
I'm being attacked!
(ALARMED CHATTER)
Ariel! Ariel,
I've been
looking for you.
THE QUEEN:
Who is that?
(GRUNTS)
(IN DEEPER VOICE)
What are you doing?
(VANESSA GRUNTS)
Grimsby,
let me go!
Sire!
VANESSA: Get her
away from me!
She's insane!
THE QUEEN:
What's going on?
ERIC: Ariel, stop!
(GRUNTS)
Get off!
(GUESTS GASP)
(ARIEL VOCALIZING SIREN SONG
OVER LOCKET)
(SEBASTIAN PANTING)
(GASPS)
(VOCALIZING CONTINUES)
(GASPS)
(VOCALIZING STOPS)
Ariel.
Yes.
It was you all along.
I should've known.
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
I don't know
what came over me.
She bewitched you.
(IN URSULA'S VOICE)
Get away from her!
Eric, I want you
to know I...
Oh, just kiss!
I want you
to know everything.
Nothing matters now.
No!
(BONES CRACKING)
(ARIEL GASPING)
(GUESTS GASP)
(CHUCKLES)
(ARIEL WHIMPERS)
(URSULA CACKLING)
(GUESTS EXCLAIMING)
(GUESTS GASP)
Oh, good Lord.
She's a sea creature.
URSULA:
You're too late!
You're too late!
(LAUGHS)
(GUESTS SCREAMING, GRUNTING)
Stay back!
Shut up!
(ERIC GRUNTS)
ARIEL: Eric!
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(PANTING)
Eric, no.
This is the work
of the sea gods.
I warned you.
Their whole
world is evil.
Eric, wait! Eric!
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
ARIEL:
What are you doing?
Let go of me!
Not a chance.
You made a deal,
remember?
Three days, no kiss.
Yeah,
is it all comin'
back to ya?
(CHUCKLES)
I thought so.
Well, now
you gotta live
with it, toots.
TRITON: Ursula!
(ECHOING)
Let her go.
URSULA: Forget it,
Big Brother.
She belongs
to me now.
(URSULA CHUCKLES)
Oh, you see?
We made a deal.
In blood.
It's unbreakable,
even for you.
I'm sorry, Father.
This is all my fault.
What do you want
with my daughter?
Oh.
Nothing.
It's you I want.
I want to see
you suffer,
like I've suffered
all these years.
And the daughter
of the great Sea King
is a very
precious commodity.
Oh, poor,
unfortunate soul.
Hey!
Get her, boys!
(EELS SNARLING)
(YELPING, GROANING)
(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)
Uh-uh.
I wouldn't.
(ARIEL WHIMPERING)
Shocking,
isn't it?
Of course,
I always was a gal
with an eye
for a bargain.
What do you say
to a trade, hmm?
What's your precious
little Ariel worth to ya?
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(CRACKLING CONTINUES)
(GRUNTS)
(URSULA CACKLES)
It's mine now.
(URSULA CHUCKLES)
(TRITON GRUNTING)
(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)
(LAUGHING WICKEDLY)
No!
(CRACKLING CONTINUES)
(GROANS)
Father!
(TRITON GASPS)
(EXHALES)
(SHUDDERING)
ARIEL: You...
(EXHALES)
You monster!
(ARIEL GRUNTS)
Don't be a fool,
you little brat!
You are powerless against...
(YELPS)
You're gonna
pay for that.
Get him!
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(ELECTRICITY BUZZING)
(GRUNTING)
(YELPS)
(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)
Say goodbye
to your human heartthrob.
Don't!
(URSULA GRUNTS)
URSULA: Ahh!
My babies!
(GASPS TEARFULLY)
(GRUNTS)
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(GASPING)
ARIEL: Eric!
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Get to shore.
She'll kill you!
I'm not leaving you!
(WATER BUBBLING)
(DISTORTED ROAR)
(DISTORTED LAUGH)
URSULA: Yes!
Give me your hand!
(URSULA LAUGHING)
Now!
(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)
(GASPS)
(ERIC GRUNTS)
Look out!
URSULA:
Now I rule the seas
and all will be helpless
under my power!
(ERIC PANTING)
ARIEL: No!
(ERIC SHOUTS)
So much for true love.
(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)
(HULL CREAKING)
(GRUNTING AND PANTING)
(GRUNTING)
So long, lover boy.
(GRUNTS)
(YELPS)
(URSULA LAUGHS WICKEDLY)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTING)
(GRUNTING AND PANTING)
(CONTINUES GRUNTING)
(GRUNTS, PANTING)
(ARIEL GRUNTS)
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(GASPS)
(GROANS)
(HOWLS)
(GRUNTS)
(GROANS)
(GASPING)
(DISQUIETING MUSIC PLAYING)
(ERIC GASPING)
(METALLIC HUM)
(CRACKLING)
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
(GASPS SOFTLY)
(GASPS SOFTLY)
(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYING)
You gave
your life for me.
And you fought
to get my life back.
I didn't fight
alone, Father.
Eric was with me.
All that matters now
is that you're safe
and home.
Where you belong.
(SOLEMN MUSIC CONTINUES)
(ERIC GRUNTING AND PANTING)
(GASPS)
GRIMSBY:
Sire, please!
We need a boat.
Grimsby,
we have
to find her!
THE QUEEN:
And then what?
(ERIC BREATHING HEAVILY)
And then
what, Eric?
Darling.
You were right.
I was chasing
after a fantasy girl.
No. No,
I was wrong.
She was very real.
And so were
your feelings for her,
I see that now.
It's just that...
our worlds
were never meant
to be together.
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
(PLEASANT MUSIC PLAYING)
TRITON: Sebastian!
(GRUNTING)
(GROANS)
You gotta be
kidding me.
(WISTFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
Yes,
Your Majesty.
I have always tried to do
what's best for our people.
Yes,
Your Majesty.
And what's best
for my daughters.
Indeed,
Your Majesty.
And I've done everything
in my power
to make her happy.
Well, not quite.
(WISTFUL MUSIC CONTINUES)
TRITON: She wants
a different life
than I had
planned for her.
SEBASTIAN: She did try
to tell you, Your Majesty.
But I won't be able
to protect her anymore.
Well, it's like
I always say,
children got to be free
to lead their own lives.
Oh, is that what
you always say?
Somethin' like that.
Yeah.
Then there's just
one problem left.
SEBASTIAN:
And what's that,
Your Majesty?
How much I'm going
to miss my little one.
(WISTFUL MUSIC CONTINUES)
(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)
(CHUCKLES)
Good boy.
Go on.
(MAX WHIMPERS)
Again?
(SIGHS)
Max?
(MUSIC BUILDING UP)
(SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(LIGHT MUSIC INTRO PLAYING)
(PEOPLE CHEERING)
(JOYFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(ARIEL AND ERIC LAUGHING)
MAN: Blessings
to you both.
WOMAN: Magical news, yeah.
Oh, what's all this,
Grims?
Oh, the Queen wanted
the two of you
to have
a proper
send-off, sire.
Thank you,
Your Majesty.
No. Thank you.
Much as
I hate farewells,
we still have cause
to celebrate.
Our worlds have
misunderstood one another
for far too long.
Your marriage marks
a new beginning for us.
Yes. A beginning.
THE QUEEN: Now,
get out there
and change the world,
or whatever it is
you have to do,
so we don't
get left behind.
That doesn't sound
like my mother.
What have you
done with her?
Oh!
(LAUGHTER)
THE QUEEN: Off you go.
Have you decided
where you're
headed first?
Uncharted waters.
(ERIC CHUCKLES)
LASHANA: Okay!
THE QUEEN:
A mermaid and a man.
Whoever would
have imagined?
(SCUTTLE SQUAWKING)
Well, look who's here.
We got you
something, Ariel.
FLOUNDER: Sure did.
Something
you almost lost.
Where...
Where is it?
You're sittin'
on it, bird.
(GRUNTS) Ow!
My little mermaid.
Keep her for me.
I hope she causes you
less trouble than I did.
I was right about
the dinglehopper,
wasn't I?
Yes, you were, Scuttle.
You were.
FLOUNDER: You won't
be gone too long,
will you, Ariel?
ARIEL: Of course not.
I'll be back
by the next Coral Moon.
(FLOUNDER GIGGLES)
Yeah, don't be
late this time.
(CHUCKLES)
(TENDER MUSIC PLAYING)
You ready?
Yes.
Yes, I'm ready.
(SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUSIC FADING)
My child.
Eric.
Thank you
for hearing me.
You shouldn't have had
to give up your voice
to be heard.
But now I am listening.
And I will always
be here for you.
We all will.
(MUSIC BUILDING UP)
(GASPS TEARFULLY)
(CAPTIVATING MUSIC PLAYING)
I love you, Father.
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(UNDER THE SEA PLAYING)
The seaweed
Is always greener
In somebody else's lake
You dream about
Going up there
But that is a big mistake
Just look at the world
Around you
Right here
On the ocean floor
Such wonderful things
Surround you
What more
Is you lookin' for?
Under the sea
Under the sea
Darling, it's better
Down where it's wetter
Take it from me
Up on the shore
They work all day
Out in the sun
They slave away
While we devotin'
Full time to floatin'
Under the sea
Down here
All the fish is happy
As off through the waves
They roll
The fish on the land
Ain't happy
They sad 'cause
They in they bowl
But fish in the bowl
Is lucky
They in for a worser fate
One day when the boss
Get hungry
Guess who gon' be
On the plate?
Oh, no
Under the sea
Under the sea
Nobody beat us
Fry us and eat us
In fricassee
We what the land folks
Love to cook
Under the sea
We off the hook
We got no troubles
Life is the bubbles
Under the sea
Under the sea
Under the sea
Under the sea
Yes, child.
Since life is sweet here
We got the beat here
Naturally
Naturally
Even the sturgeon
An' the ray
They get the urge
'N' start to play
We got the spirit
You got to hear it
Under the sea
Watch this.
The newt play the flute
The carp play the harp
The plaice play the bass
And they soundin' sharp
The bass play the brass
The chub play the tub
The fluke
Is the duke of soul
Yeah! The ray he can play
The lings on the strings
The trout rockin' out
The blackfish she sings
The smelt and the sprat
They know where it's at
And oh, that blowfish blow!
Yeah! Under the sea
Under the sea
Under the sea
Under the sea
When the sardine
Begin the beguine
It's music to me
Music is to me
What do they got?
A lot of sand
We got a hot
crustacean band
Yeah!
Each little clam here
Know how to jam here
Under the sea
Each little slug here
Cutting a rug here
Under the sea
Each little snail here
Know how to wail here
That's why it's hotter
Under the water
Yeah, we in luck here
Down in the muck here
Under the sea
Yes
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)