The Little Mermaid Quotes

Triton: I'm really looking forward to this performance, Sebastian.
Sebastian: Your Majesty. This will be the finest concert I have ever conducted. Your daughters, they will be spectacular!
Triton: Yes, and especially my little Ariel.
Sebastian: Yes, yes. She has the most beautiful voice. Hmm?
[to

himself]
Sebastian: If only she'd show up for rehearsals once in a while.

Triton: Sebastian, I'm concerned about Ariel. Have you noticed she's been acting peculiar lately?
Sebastian: [pretending to act confused] Oh! Uh, peculiar?
Triton: You know, mooning about, daydreaming, singing to herself. You haven't noticed, hmm?
Sebastian: [slowly] Oh, well I.
Triton:

[suspicious] Sebastian.
Sebastian: [looks up] Hmm?
Triton: [suspicious] I know you've been keeping something from me.
Sebastian: [nervously] Keeping something?
Triton: About Ariel?
Sebastian: [very nervously stops his knees from shaking] Ariel?
Triton:

[points his trident at Sebastian] In love?
Sebastian: [protesting] I tried to stop her, sir! She wouldn't listen! I told her to stay away from you and stay above the up treble...!
Triton: Humans? WHAT ABOUT HUMANS?
Sebastian: Humans?
[chuckles nerviously]
Sebastian: Who said anything about

humans?
[Sebastian moves away but King Triton grabs him]

Ursula: [Scuttle hums the wedding march and hears Vanessa singing] What a lovely little bride I'll make / my dear, I look divine / Things are working out according to my ultimate design.
[throws pin at angel vanity]
Ursula: Soon I'll have that little mermaid / And the ocean will be mine!
[looks into mirror and sees Ursula's reflection]

Scuttle: [sees whats going on in the ship] The Sea Witch! Oh, she's what the...? I gotta...
[crashes into ship with a loud ding]
Scuttle: Ariel!

Ursula: [singing] I admit that in the past I've been nasty/They weren't kidding when they called me, well a witch/But you'll find that now-a-days/I've mended all my ways, repented, seen the light and took a switch/true? Yes. And I fortunately know a little magic/It's a talent that I always have possessed, but now dear lately, please don't laugh/I use it on behalf, of the

miserable, lonely and depressed!
[conjures a fat mermaid and a skinny merman]
Ursula: [to Flotsam & Jetsam] Pathetic!
Ursula: [Continues singing] Poor, unfortunate souls! So sad, so true! This one longing to be thinner, that one wants to get the girl and do I help them?
[snaps fingers and the pair become fit and hug each other]

Ursula: Yes, indeed! Now it's happened once or twice/someone couldn't pay the price/and I'm afraid I have to rake them across the coals!
[turns them into seaweed people]
Ursula: Yes I have had my share of complaints but on the whole I've been a saint!... to those Poor Unfortunate Sou-uls!

Ariel: [singing] I wanna be where the people are, I wanna see, wanna see 'em dancing, walking around on those...
[turns to Flounder]
Ariel: What do you call 'em? Oh... feet!
[Ariel playfully tugs on Flounder's fins]
Ariel: [continues singing] Flippin' your fins, you don't get too far, legs are required for jumping,

dancing! Strolling along down a...
[pause]
Ariel: What's that word again? Street! Up where they walk, up where they run, up where they stay all day in the sun, wandering free, wish I could be part of that world!

Triton: Any sign of them?
Seahorse: No, Your Majesty. We searched everywhere. We've found no trace of your daughter or Sebastian.
Triton: Well, keep looking. Leave no shell unturned, no coral unexplored, and let no one in this kingdom sleep until she's safe at home.
Seahorse: [bows his head] Yes, sire.

[leaves]
Triton: [in shame] Oh, what have I done? What have I done?

Prince Eric: You know, I feel really bad not knowing your name. Maybe I can guess. Is it, uh Mildred?
[Ariel looks disgusted]
Prince Eric: Okay, no. How about Diana? Rachel?
Sebastian: [Whispering] Ariel. Her name's Ariel.
Prince Eric: Ariel?
[Ariel nods]
Prince Eric:

Ariel? Oh. That's kind of pretty. Okay, Ariel.