The Little Mermaid Movie Quotes
Ariel
[as she and Eric are about to depart for uncharted waters after their wedding]
Thank you for hearing me.
King Triton
You shouldn't have had to give up your voice to be heard.
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Sir Grimsby
Don't be held back by what you think should be. Think of only what is.
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Ariel
[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!
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Sebastian
She got *legs*, ya idiot!
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Ariel
That doesn't make us enemies.
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Flounder
[as he and Ariel are about to explore a sunken shipwreck]
We aren't supposed to be this far from the palace, Ariel.
Ariel
Getting cold fins?
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Flounder
Ariel... are you okay?
Ariel
He doesn't even *hear* me. I'm just--not like him, and I don't see things the way he does. But I... I don't see how a world that makes--such wonderful things could be so bad.
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Ariel
A man was drowning; I had to save him.
King Triton
This obsession with humans has to stop.
Ariel
I just want to know more about them.
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Scuttle
[describing the "dinglehopper" inaccurately to Ariel and Flounder]
Humans use these babies to style their hair. You just give it a little twirl, a little--*yank*, and ya might get some pieces with it.
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Prince Eric
I still don't know your name, though. Is it Diane? Okay, how about Catherine? Definitely not Catherine.
[as Ariel identifies Aries as a constellation, then rubs Eric's lips up and down with her finger]
Prince Eric
Aries, Aries. Ari-el Ari-el. Ariel. Ariel... that's a beautiful name written in the stars.
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Prince Eric
Ariel?
Ariel
Yes?
Prince Eric
It was you all along; I don't know what came over me.
Ariel
She bewitched you.
Vanessa
Get away from her!
Ariel
Eric, I need to tell you everything.
Sebastian
Come on.
Prince Eric
None of that matters now.
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Prince Eric
I'm trying to reach out to new cultures so we don't fall behind!
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Various Palace Guards
Check the cove, men! Over here!
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Ariel
[seeing Eric trying to climb aboard a risen ship from the bottom of the ocean]
Eric, look out!
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Ariel
[as she sees a shark about to break a sunken ship window to try to eat Flounder; quickly]
Flounder, look out!
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Ariel
Are you okay, Flounder?
Flounder
Sure, we've gotta show 'em who's in...
[he's interrupted by Scuttle, diving in to catch a guppy in her bill from a school of them who almost swim hurriedly away, as well as Flounder]
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Prince Eric
My little mermaid, isn't she beautiful. I got her off one of my trips to Colgana. Here take her. No go on, take her, honestly. Besides, I have to make room for more stuff.
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Scuttle
[She finds Ariel on a rock. She is breathless and panicked almost]
There you are! I-I thought it was you, but then I heard... but it wasn't you! It was her! In-in the mirror, she had your voice!
Scuttle
The Prince has been tricked! That lady that showed up is actually the Sea Witch in disguise!
Scuttle
[She's desperate and irritated]
Of course I'm sure! Have I ever been wrong? You know, when it counts?
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Scuttle
You're welcome for the Scuttlebutt!
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King Triton
[as Ariel has just come home late]
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.
Flounder
It wasn't Ariel's fault. We... We... We were exploring, and a shark chased us and...
King Triton
Shark?
[Flounder backs away, having accidentally ratted out Ariel]
King Triton
So, you went to the shipwrecks again? Those waters are dangerous.
Ariel
You don't have to worry about me.
King Triton
Well, I do worry, my little one. I do worry. This obsession with humans has to stop.
Ariel
I just want to know more about them.
King Triton
You know all you need to know.
Ariel
I barely know anything. You won't even let us go to the surface.
King Triton
Why do you have to be so strong-minded? Just like your mother.
Ariel
I am her daughter.
King Triton
Yes, foolish enough to be taken with the human world.
Ariel
If you would just try to understand...
King Triton
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?
[Ariel sadly swims away]
King Triton
Was I too hard on her?
Sebastian
[agreeing with everything Triton says]
Definitely not. It's like I always say, "Children got to live by their parent's rules."
King Triton
You're absolutely right, Sebastian. My Ariel needs constant supervision.
Sebastian
Constant.
King Triton
Someone to watch over her.
Sebastian
All the time, day and night.
King Triton
And you're just the crab to do it.
Sebastian
I am just the crab to... No, wait, that's not... What? No, see, I serve you, Your Majesty, as your honored majordomo.
King Triton
There is no better way you can serve me than to make sure my little one stays out of trouble.
Sebastian
But I...
King Triton
Yes? Go. Go.
Sebastian
Yes, Your Majesty.
[reluctantly swims after Ariel]
Sebastian
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.
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Sir Grimsby
Don't be held back by how you think it should be, just think about how it is
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Ariel
Dont' be such a guppy
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King Triton
[having discovered Ariel's grotto, which now houses the Eric statue, as Sebastian has just ratted her out]
So... You broke the rules? You went to the above world.
Ariel
There was a shipwreck. A man was drowning. I had to save him.
King Triton
You should have let him drown. They're savages.
Ariel
You don't know that.
King Triton
They killed your mother.
Ariel
I know. But... one man did. Why blame every human? Mother wouldn't.
King Triton
No! Enough. That's enough.
Ariel
And Eric had nothing to do with it.
King Triton
Eric? Eric? Have you lost your senses completely?
Ariel
If you would have just heard him, Father. He's compassionate and kind and...
Ariel
Yes. But that doesn't make us enemies.
King Triton
Promise me you will never look for him again.
Ariel
I can't.
King Triton
Promise me, Ariel!
Ariel
I can't lie to you. I won't.
[starts destroying the treasures with his trident]
Ariel
No! Please! Father, stop.
King Triton
This ends now!
[takes aim at the Eric statue]
Ariel
Father, no!
[he obliterates the statue, and Ariel starts to mourn her boyfriend's shattered likeness]
King Triton
Never leave again.
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Ariel
[as she and Eric are about to leave for uncharted waters, she and Triton embrace; last line] I love you, Father.
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Triton Guard #1
The crab, Your Majesty
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Mala
Do these humans have any idea how much damage their shipwrecks do?
Ariel
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.
Indira
And they've killed almost all of the sea fern.
Karina
They'd kill us, too, if they had the chance.
Ariel
No. No, they're not all like that!
Perla
And 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.
Ariel
I just mean... We're not all the same, so why should humans be?
King Triton
What about humans?
Tamika
Look at what their shipwreck did!
King Triton
They got what they deserved. They're the most dangerous species of all. Spoiling our waters, destroying the reefs, having no respect for the balance of the oceans!
Ariel
They're not the only ones who have no respect for balance.
Mala
What's going on with her?
Perla
Oh, she's just at that age when she doesn't want to hang out with her older sisters anymore.
Caspia
Exactly. Remember what I was like?
Perla
How could we forget? Well, I wonder who the lucky man is?...
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