The Little Mermaid
Is The Little Mermaid your favourite film? Here you can find out amazing facts about the film.
1. The Little Mermaid film was released in 1989.
2. This film is based on the 1837 fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen.
3. In the opening scene of the film there are several familiar characters these are Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Kermit the Frog.
4. The Little Mermaid was the last Disney film to use the traditional hand-painted cel animation.
5. There were more than one million bubbles in the film which were all hand-drawn.
6. In the film, Ariel is 16 years old.
7. Ariel has six sisters. (Their names are Attina, Alana, Andrina, Aquata, Arista and Adella).
8. Ariel's hair was originally going to be blonde. (It was changed to red as it contrasted better in the dark underwater scenes and her green tail).
9. Jodi Benson played Ariel in the original film.
10. The Disney animators made a blue/green colour for Ariel's tail and named it "Ariel Green" to honour Ariel.
11. Although Ursula is called an Octopus, to save on Animation costs, Ursuala only has six tentacles and two arms.
12. The two minute chaotic storm seen where Ariel saves Eric, took a whoe year to animate using ten people.
13. Ursula's look was heavily inspired by a drag queen called Divine.
14. Sebastian was originally going to be called Clarence.
15. Christopher Daniel Barnes played Eric in the original film.
There you have fifteen incredible facts about The LittleMermaid. Which one are you most surprised by, let me know in the comments or on social media.
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