The Little Mermaid is a 1989 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Based on the Danish fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid tells the story of a teenage mermaid princess named Ariel, who dreams of becoming human and falls in love with a human prince named Eric, which leads her to make a magic deal with the sea witch, Ursula, to become human and be with him. Written, directed, and produced by Ron Clements and John Musker, with music by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman (who also served as a co-producer), the film features the voices of Jodi Benson, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Pat Carroll, Samuel E. Wright, Jason Marin, Kenneth Mars, Buddy Hackett, and René Auberjonois.
The 28th film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, The Little Mermaid was released to theaters on November 17, 1989 to critical acclaim, garnering $84 million at the domestic box office during its initial release, and $211 million in total lifetime gross worldwide. After the success of the 1988 Disney/Amblin film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Little Mermaid is given credit for breathing life back into the art of Disney animated feature films after a string of critical or commercial failures produced by Disney that dated back to the early 1970s. It also marked the start of the era known as the Disney Renaissance.
A stage adaptation of the film with a book by Doug Wright and additional songs by Alan Menken and new lyricist Glenn Slater opened in Denver in July 2007 and began performances on Broadway January 10, 2008. A live action remake was released on May 26, 2023 directed by Rob Marshall.
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| Image | Character | USA | USA(Spanish) | Jap | Bra | Bra(1997) | Can(French) | Ger | Fra | Ita | Pol | Neth | Hun | Swe | Fin | Nor | Cro | Den | Den(1998) | Gree | Ukr | Cze | Bul | Ice | Rom | Russ | Spa | Por | Ger(1998) | Fra(1998) | Fin(1998) | Gree(1998) | Aust | Kor | Taiw | Thai | Isr |
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Princess Ariel | Jodi Benson | Gabriela León | Mayumi Suzuki | Marisa Leal | Violette Chauveau | Dorette Hugo | Claire Guyot | Simona Patitucci | Beata JankowskaTzimas | Laura Vlasblom | Sissel Kyrkjebø | Johanna Nurmimaa | Oszvald Marika | Sissel Kyrkjebø | Renata Sabljak | Marie Ingerslev | Krísti Stasinopoúlou | Liza Kurbanmahomedova | Jana Mařasová | Mina Kostova | Valgerður Guðnadóttir | Lara Ionescu | Svetlana Svetikova | Graciela Molina | Mila Belo | Anna Carlsson | Claire Guyot | Nina Tapio | Christína Kouloumpí | Caroline VasicekPfeifer | Kim Su-Gyeong | Shlomit Aharon | ||||
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Prince Eric | ChristopherDaniel Barnes | Demián Bichir | Kazuhiko Inoue | Garcia Júnior | Pierre Auger | Frank Schaff | Thierry Ragueneau | Vittorio De Angelis | Jacek Kopczyński | Diederik Gelderman | Zalán János | Jörgen Düberg | MattiOlavi Ranin | TrondPeter StamsøMunch | Hrvoje Klobučar | Lars Thiesgaard | Níkos Papadópoulos | Dmytro Sova | Saša Rašilov | Stanislav Dimitrov | Baldur Trausti Hreinsson | Cristian Simion | Il'ya Khvostikov | David Robles | Diogo Infante | Jan Josef Liefers | Bruno Choël | Jyri Ojaluoma | Aryíris Pavlídis | Sascha Wussow | Beak SunCheol | Yehoyachin Friedlander | ||||
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Sebastian | Samuel E. Wright | Michael Cruz | Kamijō Tsunehiko | André Filho | Ronald France | Joachim Kemmer | Henri Salvador | Ronny Grant | Emilian Kamiński | Freddy Gumbs | Vass Gábor | Per Myrberg | Tom Wentzel | Helge Jordal | Dražen Bratulić | Thomas Eje | Yiánnis Palamídas | Ihor Tymoshenko | Zdeněk Hruška | Sava Piperov | Egill Ólafsson | Valentin Teodosiu | Ismail Ziyadzade | Juan Perucho | Pedro Malagueta | Ron Williams | Christophe Peyroux | Antti Pääkkönen | Yióryos Petróhilos | Ron Williams | Kim Jun | Eli Gorenstein | ||||
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Flounder | Jason Marin | Rigoberto Jiménez | Daisuke Ōtomo | Patrick de Oliveira | Inti Chauveau | Tobias Thoma | Boris Roatta | Katia Folco | Maciej Kłos | Egbert Stoelinga | Balázs Simonyi | Samuel ElersSvensson | Arto Koskelo | Jacob L. Holmboe | David Jakovljević | Nikolaj Bohm | Jens SætterLassen | Yióryos Manolás | Oleh Aleksandrov | Jan Škvor | Georgi Nikolov | Grímur Helgi Gíslason | Nicolae Adetu | Tomas Shlekker | Nacho Aldeguer | Guilherme Duarte | Denis Reuße | Julien Bouanich | Dimitri Qvintus | Yióryos Matarágas | Alexej Solovjov | Lee Geon-Ju | Etay Barley | |||
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Scuttle | Buddy Hackett | Víctor Mares | Kaneta Kimotsuki | Mário Monjardim | Vincent Davy | Jürgen Kluckert | Emmanuel Jacomy | Marco Mete | Ryszard Nawrocki | John Kraaijkampsr. | Gyula Szombathy | Per Eggers | Mikko Kivinen | Anders Hatlo | Pero Juričić | Jess Ingerslev | Sofoklís Péppas | Pavlo Skorokhod'ko | Radovan Vaculík | Kalin Arsov | Örn Árnason | Sorin Medeleni | Aleksey Ivashchenko | Eduardo Moreno | Paulo Oom | Hartmut Neugebauer | Gérard Hernandez | Jukka Voutilainen | Zano Danias | Michael Mohapp | Jang Gwang | Eyal Bertonov | ||||
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King Triton | Kenneth Mars | Guillermo Romano | Kume Akira | Luís Motta | Yves Massicotte | Edgar Ott | Jacques Deschamps | Pino Locchi | Włodzimierz Bednarski | Huib Broos | Mádi SzabóGábor | Åke Lindström | Esa Saario | Knut Risan | Zvonimir Zoričić | Preben Neergaard | Pavlos Miliónis | Yuriy Vysotskyy | Bohumil Švarc | Georgi Georgiev | Jóhann Sigurðarson | Eusebiu Ștefănescu | Boris Klyuyev | Claudio Rodríguez | Paulo Alexandre | Jochen Striebeck | Jean Davy | Esa Saario | Kóstas Bakális | Kurt Sobotka | Jang SeungGil | Chén MíngYáng | Ariel Forman | |||
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Ursula | Pat Carroll | Serena Olvido | Kumiko Mori | Zezé Motta | Élizabeth Chouvalidzé | Beate Hasenau | Micheline Dax | Sonia Scotti | Stanisława Celińska | Nelly Frijda | Schubert Éva | Evabritt Strandberg | Ulla Tapaninen | Anne Grete Preus | Ivana VlkovWagner | Kirsten Rolffes | Déspina Kondoúdi | Tamara Yatsenko | Valérie Zawadská | Neli Monedzhikova | Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir | Corina Chiriac | Anastasiya Mintskovskaya | Matilde Conesa | Cucha Carvalheiro | Beate Hasenau | Micheline Dax | Ulla Tapaninen | Vílma Tsakíri | Beate Hasenau | Park JeongJa | Rachel Attas | ||||
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Grimsby the Valet | Ben Wright | Víctor Mares | Joji Yanami | Dário Lourenço | Michel Maillot | Helmut Heyne | René Bériard | Manlio Guardabassi | Wiesław Machowski | Ton Lutz | Rátonyi Róbert | Claes Thelander | Aarre Karén | Helge Reiss | Zorko Rajčić | Paul Hüttel | Giánnis Papaïoánnou | Valeriy Lehin | Dalimil Klapka | Vasil Dimitrov | Baldvin Halldórsson | Rudi Rosenfeld | Igor' Yasulovich | Rafael de Penagos | Pedro Pinheiro | Thomas Reiner | Jacques Herlin | Veikko Honkanen | Ntínos Doulyerákis | Erich Padalewski | Bak Tae-ho | Dov Reiser | ||||
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Carlotta the Maid | Edie McClurg | Amparo Brown | Endō Haru | Estelita Bell | Arlette Sanders | Hannelore Schüler | Claude Chantal | Ida Sansone | Janina Traczykówna | Trudy Libosan | Csala Zsuzsa | Sissela Kyle | Rauha Rentola | Anne Marit Jacobsen | Vanda VujanićŠušnjar | Lillian Tillegreen | Sofía Chánou | Lyudmyla Suslova | Jana Altmannová | Slava Racheva | Guður Rúnarsfóttir | Ruxandra Sireteanu | Svetlana Kharlap | Lola Cervantes | Luísa Salgueiro | Ursula "Uschi"Wolff | Claude Chantal | Maija-Liisa Peuhu | Christína Varzopoúlou | Kim JeongHui | Shafrira Zakai | |||||
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Louis the Chef | René Auberjonois | Demián Bichir | Anzai Yasutaka | Telmo de Avelar | Bruno Laplante | Victor von Halem | Gérard Rinaldi | Vittorio Amandola | Krzysztof Kołbasiuk | Arnold Gelderman | Balázs Péter | Hans Josefsson | Matti Ranin | Karl Sundby | Adalbert Turner | Steen Springborg | Tákis Karnátsos | Andriy Alokhin | Petr Pospíchal | Nikolay Petrov | Bergþór Pálsson | Constantin Bărbulescu | Aleksey Kolgan | MiguelÁngel Jenner | Victor Rocha | Walter von Hauff | MiguelÁngel Jenner | Matti Ranin | Άlex Panayí | Walter von Hauff | Kim Jae-Woo | Danny Litani | ||||
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Flotsam | Paddi Edwards | Alejandro Abdalah | Shūichirō Moriyama | Rodney Gomes | Éric Gaudry | Lutz Riedel | Vincent Grass | Sandro Sardone | Jacek Jarosz | Alfred Lagarde | Kautzky József | Rolf Skoglund | Eila Pehkonen | Morten Faldaas | Rakan Rushaidat | Nis Bank Mikkelsen | Mirko Musil | Nikolay Pŭrlev | Bragi þór Hinriksson | Răzvan Popa | Vasiliy Dakhnenko | Salvador Aldeguer | Carlos Freixo | Oliver Stritzel | Marc Alfos | Jukka Rasila | Theódoros Katsafádos | Oliver Stritzel | Jo Dong-Hui | Dov Reiser | ||||||
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Jetsam | Paddi Edwards | Alejandro Abdalah | Shūichirō Moriyama | Rodney Gomes | Éric Gaudry | Lutz Riedel | Vincent Grass | Sandro Sardone | Jacek Jarosz | Alfred Lagarde | Kautzky József | Rolf Skoglund | Eila Pehkonen | Morten Faldaas | Rakan Rushaidat | Nis Bank Mikkelsen | Mirko Musil | Nikolay Pŭrlev | Bragi þór Hinriksson | Răzvan Popa | Vasiliy Dakhnenko | Salvador Aldeguer | Carlos Freixo | Oliver Stritzel | Marc Alfos | Jukka Rasila | Theódoros Katsafádos | Oliver Stritzel | Kim Jun | Dov Reiser | ||||||
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Seahorse | Will Ryan | Javier Pontón | Yû Mizushima | Cleonir dos Santos | Marc Labrèche | Santiago Ziesmer | Luq Hamet | Marco Mete | Tomasz Traczyński | Arnold Gelderman | Kósa András | Charlie Elvegård | Pekka Autiovuori | Svein Tindberg | Živko Anočić | Henrik Koefoed | Ivan Jiřík | Kiril Boyadzhiev | Sigurður Sigurjónsson | Mihai Bisericanu | Dmitriy Filimonov | Alberto Closas Jr. | André Maia | Erwin Nowak | Éric Métayer | Jarkko Tamminen | Kóstas Gkíkas | Hannes Muik | Choe ByeongSang | Danny Litani | ||||||
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Max | Frank Welker | Frank Welker | Frank Welker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vanessa (Ursula) | Jodi Benson | Gabriela León | Kumiko Mori | Myriam Peracchi | Violette Chauveau | Dorette Hugo | Claire Guyot | Simona Patitucci | Beata JankowskaTzimas | Laura Vlasblom | Oszvald Marika | Maria Weisby | Johanna Nurmimaa | Sissel Kyrkjebø | Renata Sabljak | Marie Ingerslev | Maíri Stavrakéli | Liza Kurbanmahomedova | Valérie Zawadská | Mina Kostova | Valgerður Guðnadóttir | Maria Răducanu | Svetlana Svetikova | Graciela Molina | Mila Belo | Anna Carlsson | Claire Guyot | Nina Tapio | Ánna Róssi | Caroline VasicekPfeifer | Kim Su-Gyeong | Shlomit Aharon | ||||
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Adella | Sherry Lynn | Gladys Parra | Iara Riça | Élise Bertrand | Joanna Pach | Simorjay Emese | Maria Weisby | Yuliya Cherkasova | Isabel FernándezAvanthay | Paula Fonseca | Lee Jin-Hwa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrina | Kimmy Robertson | Patricia Pontón | Isis Koschdoski | Élise Bertrand | Carole Bacon | Katarzyna Łaska | Csellár Réka | Åsa Bjerkerot | Aino Seppo | Mia Krajcar | Tat'yana Vesolkina | Cecilia Santiago | Isabel Ribas | Michele Sterr | Carole Bacon | Petra Karjalainen | Lee Jin-Hwa | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sailor 1 | Jack Angel | Pietro Mário | Matti Ranin | Markku Riikonen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sailor 2 | Patrick Pinney | Jesús Brock | Ionei Silva | Antti Pääkkönen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sailor 3 | Philip L. Clarke | Jesús Brock | Pietro Mário | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Washerwoman | Anne Lockhart | Rocío Gallegos | Sônia de Moraes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Priest | Charlie Adler | Jesús Brock | Arthur Costa Filho | Andrzej Arciszewski | Nils Ole Oftebro | Antti Pääkkönen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Princess Ariel | Jodi Benson | Isela Sotelo | Mayumi Suzuki | Gabriela Ferreira | Kiara Sasso | Dominique Faure | Ute Lemper | Claire Guyot | Simona Patitucci | Beata JankowskaTzimas | Laura Vlasblom | Oszvald Marika | Sissel Kyrkjebø | Johanna Nurmimaa | Sissel Kyrkjebø | Renata Sabljak | Sissel Kyrkjebø | Krísti Stasinopoúlou | Liza Kurbanmahomedova | Jana Mařasová | Vesela Boneva | Valgerður Guðnadóttir | Maria Răducanu | Svetlana Svetikova | María Caneda | Anabela Pires | Naomi VanDooren | Marie Galey | Nina Tapio | Ánna Róssi | Caroline VasicekPfeifer | Son YoungJin | Shlomit Aharon | |||
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Sebastian | Samuel E.Wright | Michael Cruz | Kamijō Tsunehiko | André Filho | Michel Comeau | Joachim Kemmer | Henri Salvador | Ronny Grant | Emilian Kamiński | Freddy Gumbs | Vass Gábor | Per Myrberg | Tom Wentzel | Helge Jordal | Dražen Bratulić | Thomas Eje | Yiánnis Palamídas | Ihor Tymoshenko | Zdeněk Hruška | Sava Piperov | Egill Ólafsson | Valentin Teodosiu | Ismail Ziyadzade | Vicente Borland | Pedro Malagueta | Ron Williams | Christophe Peyroux | Antti Pääkkönen | Yióryos Petróhilos | Ron Williams | Kim Jun | Eli Gorenstein | ||||
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Ursula | Pat Carroll | Serena Olvido | Kumiko Mori | Zezé Motta | Élizabeth Chouvalidzé | Beate Hasenau | Micheline Dax | Sonia Scotti | Stanisława Celińska | Nelly Frijda | Schubert Éva | Evabritt Strandberg | Ulla Tapaninen | AnneGrete Preus | Ivana VlkovWagner | Kirsten Rolffes | Déspina Kondoúdi | Tamara Yatsenko | Valérie Zawadská | Neli Monedzhikova | Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir | Corina Chiriac | Anastasiya Mintskovskaya | Helen DeQuiroga | Xuxu | Beate Hasenau | Micheline Dax | Ulla Tapaninen | Manouéla Moustakopoúlou | Beate Hasenau | Park JeongJa | Rachel Attas | ||||
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Vanessa (Ursula) | Jodi Benson | Isela Sotelo | Mayumi Suzuki | Myriam Peracchi | Dominique Faure | Ute Lemper | Claire Guyot | Simona Patitucci | Beata JankowskaTzimas | Laura Vlasblom | Oszvald Marika | Sissel Kyrkjebø | Johanna Nurmimaa | Sissel Kyrkjebø | Renata Sabljak | Sissel Kyrkjebø | Krísti Stasinopoúlou | Liza Kurbanmahomedova | Jana Mařasová | Vesela Boneva | Valgerður Guðnadóttir | Maria Răducanu | Svetlana Svetikova | María Caneda | Anabela Pires | Caroline VasicekPfeifer | Marie Galey | Nina Tapio | Ánna Róssi | Caroline VasicekPfeifer | Son YoungJin | Shlomit Aharon | ||||