The Little Mermaid (1989 film) Quotes

The Little Mermaid (1989 film) is a TV program that appeared on TV in 1970 . The Little Mermaid stopped airing in 1970.

It features John Musker, and Howard Ashman as producer, and Alan Menken in charge of musical score.

The Little Mermaid (1989 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Little Mermaid (1989 film) is 83 minutes long. The Little Mermaid (1989 film) is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

The cast includes: Jodi Benson as Ariel, Buddy Hackett as Scuttle, Ben Wright as Grimsby, Christopher Daniel Barnes as Prince Eric, Samuel E. Wright as Sebastian, Jason Marin as Flounder, Kenneth Mars as Triton, Pat Carroll as Ursula, :* Jodi Benson as Vanessa, René Auberjonois as Louis, and Kimmy Robertson as Andrina.

The Little Mermaid (1989 film) Quotes

Jodi Benson as Ariel

• (Jodi Benson) "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."

• (Jodi Benson) "It looks just like him. It even has his eyes. "Why, Eric, run away with you? This is all so so sudden.""

• (Jodi Benson) "What would I give if I could live out of the water. What would I pay to spend a day warm on the sand. Bet'cha on land they understand that they don't reprimand their daughters. Bright young woman, 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."

• (Jodi Benson) "I love you, Daddy."

• (Jodi Benson) "I've never seen a human this close before. Oh he's very handsome, isn't he?"
• (Buddy Hackett) "I don't know, he looks kind of hairy and slobbery to me."
• (Jodi Benson) "No, not that one. The one playing the snarfblatt."

• (Jodi Benson) "But without my voice, how can I."
• (Pat Carroll) "You'll have your looks. Your pretty face and don't underestimate the importance of "body language." Ha."
• (Pat Carroll) "The men up there don't like a lot of blabber / They think a girl who gossips is a bore / Yes, on land it's much prefered / for ladies not to say a word / After all, dear, what is idle prattle for? / Come on, they're not all that impressed with conversation / True gentlemen avoid it when they can / But they dote and swoon and fawn / On a lady who's withdrawn / It's she who holds her tongue who gets her man."

• (Jodi Benson) "Flounder, you really are a guppy."
• (Jason Marin) "I am not."

• (Jodi Benson) "I wanna be where the people are, I wanna see, wanna see 'em dancing, walking around on those --"
• (Jodi Benson) "What do you call 'em? Oh -- feet."
• (Jodi Benson) "Flippin' your fins, you don't get too far, legs are required for jumping, dancing. Strolling along down a --"
• (Jodi Benson) "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."

• (Jodi Benson) "Flounder, don't be such a guppy."
• (Jason Marin) "I'm not a guppy."

• (Jodi Benson) "All right, I'm going inside. You can just stay here and watch for sharks."
• (Jason Marin) "Okay. Yeah, you go. I'll just stay and What? Sharks? Ariel."

• (Jodi Benson) "You're not getting cold fins now, are you?"

René Auberjonois as Louis

• (René Auberjonois) "Les Poissons, Les Poissons / How I love Les Poissons / Love to chop and to serve little fish / First I cut off their heads, then I pull out their bones / Ah, mais oui ça c'est toujours delish / Les poissons, les poissons, Hee-hee-hee, ho-ho-ho. / With the cleaver I hack them in two / I pull out what's inside, and I serve it up fried / 'Cause I love little fishes, don't you? / Here's something for tempting the palate / Prepared in the classic technique / First you pound the fish flat with the mallet / Then you slash through the skin, give the belly a slice / Then you rub some salt in, 'cause that makes it taste nice."
• (René Auberjonois) "Zut alors. I have missed one."
• (René Auberjonois) "Sacrebleu. What is this? / How on earth could I miss / Such a sweet, little succulent crab / Quel dommage, what a loss. / Here we go, in the sauce / Now some flour, I think just a dab / Now I'll stuff you with bread. / It don't hurt, 'cause you're dead / And you're certainly lucky you are / 'Cause it's gonna be hot in my big silver pot / Toodle-oo, mon poisson, au revoir."

Samuel E. Wright as Sebastian

• (Samuel E. Wright) "Ariel, listen to me. The human world is a mess. Life under the sea is better than anything they got up there."
• (Samuel E. Wright) "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 around you / What more is you lookin' for? / Under the sea / Under the sea / Darlin', 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 floating / Under the sea."

• (Samuel E. Wright) "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."
• (Unnamed) "Yeah."
• (Samuel E. Wright) "The ray he can play / The ling's on the strings / The trout's rocking out / The blackfish she sings / The smelt and the sprat / They know where it's at / And oh, that blowfish blow. Ha ha."

• (Samuel E. Wright) "Like I always say, Your Majesty, "children have got to be free to lead their own lives.""
• (Kenneth Mars) "You always say that, Sebastian?"
• (Samuel E. Wright) "Tee-hee."
• (Kenneth Mars) "Well I guess there's one problem left."
• (Samuel E. Wright) "And what's that, Your Majesty?"
• (Kenneth Mars) "How much I'm going to miss her."

• (Samuel E. Wright) "Somebody's got to nail that girl's fins to the floor."

• (Samuel E. Wright) "Ariel, you're under a lot of pressure down here. Come with me, I'll take you home and get you something warm to drink."

• (Samuel E. Wright) "Ariel, where are you going?"
• (Samuel E. Wright) "Ariel, what are you doing here with this riffraff?"
• (Jodi Benson) "I'm going to see Ursula."
• (Samuel E. Wright) "Ariel, no. No."
• (Samuel E. Wright) "She's a demon. She's a monster."
• (Jodi Benson) "Why don't you go tell my father? You're good at that."

• (Samuel E. Wright) "Are you sure about this?"
• (Buddy Hackett) "Have I ever been wrong? I mean when it's important."

• (Samuel E. Wright) "This has got to be, without a doubt, the single most humiliating day of my life."
• (Samuel E. Wright) "I hope that you appreciate what I go through for you, young lady. Now, we got to make a plan to get that boy to kiss you. Tomorrow, when he takes you for that ride, you gotta look your best. You gotta bat your eyes, like this."
• (Samuel E. Wright) "You gotta pucker up your lips, like this --"
• (Samuel E. Wright) "You are hopeless, child. You know that. Completely hopeless."

• (Samuel E. Wright) "Jeez, mon, I'm surrounded by amateurs. You want something done, you've got to do it yourself."
• (Samuel E. Wright) "First, we've to create the mood."
• (Samuel E. Wright) "Percussion. Strings. Winds. Words."
• (Samuel E. Wright) "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."

• (Samuel E. Wright) "Ariel, please. Will you get your head out of the clouds and back in the water where it belongs?"

• (Samuel E. Wright) "Down here all the fish is happy / As off to the waves they roll / The fish on the land ain't happy / They sad 'cause they in the bowl / But fish in the bowl is lucky / They in for a worser fate / One day when the boss get hungry."
• (Unnamed) "Guess who gonna be on the plate?"

• (Samuel E. Wright) "Just look at her. On legs. On human legs."
• (Samuel E. Wright) "My nerves are shot. This is a catastrophe. What would her father say? I'll tell you what her father'd say. He'd say he's gonna kill himself a crab, that's what her father'd say. I'm gonna march meself home and tell him right this minute"
• (Samuel E. Wright) "And don't you shake your head at me, young lady. Maybe there's still time. If we could get that witch to give you back your voice, you could go home with all the normal fish and just be."
• (Samuel E. Wright) "Just be. Just be miserable for the rest of your life."
• (Samuel E. Wright) "Alright, alright, I'll try to help you find that prince."
• (Samuel E. Wright) "Boy. What a softshell I'm turning out to be."

Kenneth Mars as Triton

• (Kenneth Mars) "Any sign of them?"
• (Seahorse) "No, Your Majesty. We searched everywhere. We've found no trace of your daughter or Sebastian."
• (Kenneth Mars) "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) "Yes, sire."
• (Kenneth Mars) "Oh, what have I done? What have I done?"

• (Kenneth Mars) "I'm really looking forward to this performance, Sebastian."
• (Samuel E. Wright) "Your Majesty. This will be the finest concert I have ever conducted. Your daughters, they will be spectacular."
• (Kenneth Mars) "Yes, and especially my little Ariel."
• (Samuel E. Wright) "Yes, yes. She has the most beautiful voice. Hmm?"
• (Samuel E. Wright) "If only she'd show up for rehearsals once in a while."

• (Kenneth Mars) "Let's see, now. Oh, who could the lucky merman be?"
• (Kenneth Mars) "Come in, Sebastian."

• (Kenneth Mars) "Do you think I was too hard on her?"
• (Samuel E. Wright) "Definitely not. Why, if Ariel was my daughter, I'd show her who was boss. None of this flitting to the surface and other such nonsense. No, sir. I'd keep her under tight control."
• (Kenneth Mars) "You're absolutely right, Sebastian."
• (Samuel E. Wright) "Of course."
• (Kenneth Mars) "Ariel needs constant supervision."
• (Samuel E. Wright) "Constant."
• (Kenneth Mars) "Someone to watch over her, to keep her out of trouble."
• (Samuel E. Wright) "All the time."
• (Kenneth Mars) "And you are just the crab to do it."

• (Kenneth Mars) "Sebastian, I'm concerned about Ariel. Have you noticed she's been acting peculiar lately?"
• (Samuel E. Wright) "Oh. Uh, peculiar?"
• (Kenneth Mars) "You know, mooning about, daydreaming, singing to herself. You haven't noticed, hmm?"
• (Samuel E. Wright) "Oh, well I."
• (Kenneth Mars) "Sebastian."
• (Samuel E. Wright) "Hmm?"
• (Kenneth Mars) "I know you've been keeping something from me."
• (Samuel E. Wright) "Keeping something?"
• (Kenneth Mars) "About Ariel?"
• (Samuel E. Wright) "Ariel?"
• (Kenneth Mars) "In love? Hmm?"
• (Samuel E. Wright) "I tried to stop her, sir. She wouldn't listen. I told her to stay away from humans. They are bad. They are trouble. They are."
• (Kenneth Mars) "Humans? What about humans?"
• (Samuel E. Wright) "Humans?"
• (Samuel E. Wright) "Who said anything about humans?"

• (Kenneth Mars) "I just don't know what we're going to do with you, young lady."
• (Jodi Benson) "Daddy, I'm sorry, I just forgot, I."
• (Kenneth Mars) "As a result of your careless behavior."
• (Samuel E. Wright) "Careless and reckless behavior."
• (Kenneth Mars) "The entire celebration was, er."
• (Samuel E. Wright) "Well, it was ruined. That's all, completely destroyed. This concert was to be the pinnacle of my distinguished career. Now thanks to you, I am the laughingstock of the entire kingdom."
• (Jason Marin) "But it wasn't her fault. Ah well first, ahh, this shark chased us yeah yeah. And we tried to but we couldn't and then grr and and we whoa. Ah, and then we were safe. But then this seagull came, and it was this is this, and that is that, and."
• (Kenneth Mars) "Seagull?"
• (Kenneth Mars) "What? Oh you went up to the surface again, didn't you? Didn't you?"
• (Jodi Benson) "Nothing happened."
• (Kenneth Mars) "Ariel, How many times must we go through this? You could've been seen by one of those barbarians by by one of those humans."
• (Jodi Benson) "Daddy, they're not barbarians."
• (Kenneth Mars) "They're dangerous; do you think I would want to see my youngest daughter snared by some fish eater's hook?"
• (Jodi Benson) "I'm sixteen years old. I'm not a child anymore."
• (Kenneth Mars) "Don't you take that tone of voice with me, young lady. As long as you live under my ocean, you'll obey my rules."
• (Jodi Benson) "But if you would just listen."
• (Kenneth Mars) "Not another word. And I am never, never to hear of you going to the surface again. Is that clear?"

• (Kenneth Mars) "I consider myself a reasonable merman. I set certain rules, and I expect those rules to be obeyed."
• (Jodi Benson) "But Daddy."
• (Kenneth Mars) "Is it true you rescued a human from drowning?"
• (Jodi Benson) "Daddy, I had to."
• (Kenneth Mars) "Contact between the human world and the mer world is strictly forbidden. Ariel, you know that. Everyone knows that."
• (Jodi Benson) "He would have died."
• (Kenneth Mars) "One less human to worry about."
• (Jodi Benson) "You don't even know him."
• (Kenneth Mars) "Know him? I don't have to know him, they're all the same. Spineless, savage, harpooning fish eaters, incapable of any feeling of."
• (Jodi Benson) "Daddy, I love him."
• (Kenneth Mars) "No. Have you lost your senses completely? He's a human, you're a mermaid."
• (Jodi Benson) "I don't care."
• (Kenneth Mars) "So help me, Ariel, I am going to get through to you; and if this is the only way, so be it."

Ben Wright as Grimsby

• (Ben Wright) "Eric? -- If I may say -- far better than any dream girl is one of flesh and blood. One warm, and caring, and right before your eyes."

• (Ben Wright) "Happy Birthday, Eric."
• (Christopher Daniel Barnes) "Uh, gee Grim. It's it's really something."
• (Ben Wright) "Yes, I commissioned it myself."

Pat Carroll as Ursula

• (Pat Carroll) "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."
• (Pat Carroll) "Pathetic."
• (Pat Carroll) "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?"
• (Pat Carroll) "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."
• (Pat Carroll) "Yes I have had my share of complaints but on the whole I've been a saint --. to those Poor Unfortunate Sou-uls."

• (Pat Carroll) "Oh, no, no, no, no, no. I can't stand it. It's too easy. The child is in love with a human. And not just any human. A prince."
• (Pat Carroll) "Her daddy'll love that. King Triton's headstrong, lovesick girl would make a charming addition to my little garden."

• (Pat Carroll) "Now I am the ruler of all the ocean. The waves obey my every whim."

• (Pat Carroll) "Nice work boys. That was a close one too close. The little tramp."
• (Pat Carroll) "Well, she's better than I thought. At this rate, he'll be kissing her by sunset for sure."
• (Pat Carroll) "Well, it's time Ursula took matters into her own tentacles."
• (Pat Carroll) "Triton's daughter will be mine and then I'll make him writhe. I'll see him wriggle like a worm on a hook."

• (Pat Carroll) "Yes, hurry home, princess. We wouldn't want to miss old Daddy's celebration, now, would we? Huh. Celebration indeed."
• (Pat Carroll) "Bah. In my day, we had fantastical feasts when I lived in the palace. And now, look at me; wasted away to practically nothing; banished, and exiled, and practically starving, while he and his flimsy fish-folk celebrate. Well, I'll give 'em something to celebrate soon enough. Flotsam. Jetsam. I want you to keep an extra close watch on this pretty little daughter of his. She may be the key to Triton's undoing --"

• (Pat Carroll) "Come in. Come in, my child. We mustn't lurk in doorways. It's rude. One might question your upbringing."

• (Pat Carroll) "Oh, and there is one more thing. We haven't discussed the subject of payment. You can't get something for nothing, you know."
• (Jodi Benson) "But I don't have any."
• (Pat Carroll) "I'm not asking much. Just a token really, a trifle. You'll never even miss it. What I want from you is your voice."
• (Jodi Benson) "My voice?"
• (Pat Carroll) "You got it, sweetcakes. No more talking, singing, zip."

• (Pat Carroll) "What a lovely little bride I'll make / my dear, I look divine / Things are working out according to my ultimate design."
• (Pat Carroll) "Soon I'll have that little mermaid / And the ocean will be mine."
• (Buddy Hackett) "The Sea Witch. Oh, she's what the? I gotta."
• (Buddy Hackett) "Ariel."

• (Pat Carroll) "Babies. My poor little poopsies."

• (Pat Carroll) "Now, here's the deal. I will make you a potion that will turn you into a human for three days. Got that? Three days. Now listen, this is important. Before the sun sets on the third day, you've got to get dear ol' princey to fall in love with you. That is, he's got to kiss you. Not just any kiss the kiss of true love. If he does kiss you before the sun sets on the third day, you'll remain human, permanently, but if he doesn't, you turn back into a mermaid, and you belong to me."

• (Pat Carroll) "So much for true love."

• (Pat Carroll) "Well, angelfish, the solution to your problem is simple. The only way to get what you want is to become a human yourself."
• (Jodi Benson) "Can you do that?"
• (Pat Carroll) "My dear, sweet child. That's what I do. It's what I live for, to help unfortunate merfolk, like yourself, poor souls with no one else to turn to."

Buddy Hackett as Scuttle

• (Buddy Hackett) "I was flyin', I of course I was flyin' and I saw that the watch the witch, was watchin' in a mirror and she was singin' with a stolen set of pipes. Do you hear what I'm tellin' you?"
• (Buddy Hackett) "The prince is marryin' the sea witch in disguise."

• (Buddy Hackett) "It's a dinglehopper. Humans use these little babies to straighten their hair out. See? Just a little twirl here and a yank there and voila. You've got an aesthetically pleasing configuration of hair that humans go nuts over."

• (:* Jodi Benson) "What a lovely little bride I'll make/ My dear I'll look divine."
• (:* Jodi Benson) "Things are working out according/ To my ultimate design"
• (:* Jodi Benson) "Soon I'll have that little mermaid/ And the ocean will be mine."
• (Buddy Hackett) "The Sea Witch. Oh no. She's gonna. I gotta."
• (Buddy Hackett) "Ariel."

• (Buddy Hackett) "You see the snarfblatt dates back to pre-hysterical times when humans would sit around and stare at each other all day."
• (Buddy Hackett) "got very boring. So they invented this snarfblatt to make fine music, allow me."
• (Jodi Benson) "Music?"
• (Buddy Hackett) "It's stuck."
• (Jodi Benson) "Oh, the concert. Oh my gosh my father's gonna kill me."
• (Jason Marin) "The concert was today?"

• (Buddy Hackett) "Whoa. Mermaid off the port bow. Ariel. How you doin', kid?"
• (Buddy Hackett) "Whoa, what a swim."

• (Buddy Hackett) "Wa wa wa, wa wa."
• (Christopher Daniel Barnes) "Wow. Somebody should find that poor animal and put it out of its misery."

• (Buddy Hackett) "Well, look at what the catfish dragged in."
• (Buddy Hackett) "Look at ya. Look at ya. There's something different. Don't tell me. I got it. It's your hairdo, right? You've been using the dinglehopper, right?"
• (Buddy Hackett) "No? No, huh? Well, let me see. New seashells? No new seashells. I gotta admit, I can't put my foot on it right now, but if I just stand here long enough, I should --"
• (Samuel E. Wright) "She's got legs, you idiot. She traded her voice to the sea witch and got legs. Geez, mon."
• (Buddy Hackett) "I knew that."
• (Jason Marin) "Ariel's been turned into a human. She'll have to make the prince fall in love with her, and he's gotta he's gotta kiss her."
• (Samuel E. Wright) "And she's only got three days."

• (Buddy Hackett) "We're out to discover."

• (Buddy Hackett) "I haven't seen this in years, this is wonderful."
• (Jodi Benson) "What is it?"
• (Buddy Hackett) "A banded, bulbous snarfblatt."
• (Jason Marin) "Oh."

Kimmy Robertson as Andrina

• (Kimmy Robertson) "Ariel, dear, time to come out. You've been in there all morning."
• (Unnamed) "What is with her lately?"
• (Jodi Benson) "Morning, Daddy."
• (Unnamed) "Oh, she's got it bad."
• (Kenneth Mars) "What? What has she got?"
• (Kimmy Robertson) "Isn't it obvious, Daddy? Ariel's in love."
• (Kenneth Mars) "Ariel?"
• (Kenneth Mars) "In love?"

Christopher Daniel Barnes as Prince Eric

• (Christopher Daniel Barnes) "Gee, you must have really been through something."

• (Christopher Daniel Barnes) "You know, I feel really bad not knowing your name. Maybe I can guess. Is it, uh Mildred?"
• (Christopher Daniel Barnes) "Okay, no. How about Diana? Rachel?"
• (Samuel E. Wright) "Ariel. Her name's Ariel."
• (Christopher Daniel Barnes) "Ariel?"
• (Christopher Daniel Barnes) "Ariel? Oh. That's kind of pretty. Okay, Ariel."

• (Christopher Daniel Barnes) "Isn't this great? The salty sea air, the wind blowing in your face. Aaah, the perfect day to be at sea."
• (Ben Wright) "Oh, yes urp delightful."

• (Christopher Daniel Barnes) "Believe me, Grim, when I find the right girl, I'll know. Without a doubt, it'll just bam hit me. Like lightening."

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