Ash's Adventures of The Little Mermaid
Ash's Adventures of The Little Mermaid is another Pokémon/Little Mermaid crossover film by Daniel Esposito. It is a sequel to Ash's Adventures of The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning. It will appear on Odysee in the near future.
Plot[edit | edit source]
Ariel is a 16-year-old mermaid princess dissatisfied with underwater life in the underwater kingdom of Atlantica. She is fascinated by the human world, wanting desperately to become a human and live on the land. With her best friend Flounder, Ariel collects and keeps random human artifacts in her grotto and consults a seagull named Scuttle for inaccurate knowledge about human culture and the items she finds. Ariel's father, King Triton, and a crab who serves as his advisor/court composer named Sebastian, constantly warn her against humans and tell her that contact between merpeople and humans is forbidden.
One night, Ariel, Flounder, and an unwilling Sebastian travel to the ocean surface to watch a celebration for Prince Eric's birthday on a ship. Ariel falls in love with the prince instantly. Soon a violent storm arrives, wrecking the ship completely. Ariel rescues Eric from drowning and brings him to shore. She sings to him, but returns to the sea just as he regains consciousness to avoid being discovered. Fascinated by the memory of her mesmerizing voice, Eric vows to find and marry the girl who saved his life, and Ariel vows to find a way to join him as a human being. Noticing a sudden change in Ariel's behavior, Triton questions Sebastian, who accidentally exposes that Ariel has come in contact with humans and fallen in love with prince Eric. The angry king confronts Ariel, uncovers her grotto, and destroys her beloved collection. After Triton leaves, two eels named Flotsam and Jetsam convince the devastated young princess to visit Ursula, the evil sea witch.
Ursula makes a deal with Ariel to transform her into a human for three days in exchange for Ariel's voice, which Ursula puts in a nautilus shell she keeps around her neck. Within these three days, Ariel must cause the prince to fall in love with her and give her the "kiss of true love". If Ariel gets Eric to kiss her, she will remain human permanently. If she fails, Ariel will become a miserable polyp and belong to Ursula. Ariel accepts and is then given human legs and taken to the surface by Flounder and Sebastian. Eric finds Ariel alone on the beach and takes her to his castle, but is still unaware that she is the one who saved him before due to her muteness. Ariel spends time with Eric, and at the end of the second day, they almost kiss but are thwarted by Flotsam and Jetsam. That night, to ensure Ariel's failure, Ursula disguises herself as a beautiful young woman named Vanessa and appears on the shore in front of Eric's castle, singing with Ariel's voice. Eric of course recognizes the song immediately, and the incognito Ursula casts an enchantment on Eric which causes him to forget Ariel.
The next morning, Ariel discovers that Eric will be married to Vanessa later in the day and is heartbroken. Scuttle then discovers Vanessa's true identity and informs Ariel, who immediately pursues the wedding barge upon receiving the news. Sebastian informs Triton what's happened, and Scuttle is sent to sabotage the wedding. In the chaos, the nautilus shell around Ursula's neck is destroyed, and Ariel's voice is returned, breaking the enchantment Ursula has placed over Eric. Realizing that Ariel is the girl who saved him from the shipwreck, Eric rushes to embrace her, but the sun sets and she transforms back into a mermaid. Ursula takes her true form as a terrifying sea witch and drags Ariel into the ocean with her. Triton confronts Ursula and demands that she release his daughter, but the deal is inviolable, even against the king. When Ursula offers to free Ariel in exchange for his trident, Triton agrees to take her place and is transformed into a polyp, losing his authority over Atlantica. Ariel is then released, and Ursula declares herself the new ruler. But before she can use the trident, Eric stops her with a harpoon. She tries to kill Eric, but when Ariel intervenes, Ursula inadvertently kills Flotsam and Jetsam; this enrages Ursula and she uses the trident to grow to a monstrous size.
Ariel and Eric reunite on the surface just before Ursula emerges from the water, towering over them. She then creates a vicious storm and pulls huge, sunken ships at the bottom of the ocean to the surface. Just as she is about to kill Ariel, Eric steers one of the wrecked ships towards Ursula and impales her with its splintered bowsprit, killing her once and for all. With Ursula finally dead, Triton and the other polyps in Ursula's garden revert to their original state. Realizing that Ariel truly loves Eric, Triton willingly changes her from a mermaid into a human permanently and approves their marriage. Ariel and Eric marry on a ship and depart.
Pokémon used in the movie[edit | edit source]
Ash's Pokémon[edit | edit source]
Misty's Pokémon[edit | edit source]
Brock's Pokémon[edit | edit source]
Team Rocket's Pokémon[edit | edit source]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Kronk, Zhane, Korra, Mako, Bolin, Asami Sato, Jack Skellington, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Team Rocket (Jessie, James, and Meowth), Oogie Boogie, and The Crime Empire are guest starring in this film.
- Team Rocket, Oogie Boogie, and The Crime Empire work for Ursula in this film.
- Squidward Tentacles is mentioned in this film.
- Ash's Charizard will come to help fight Ursula in the final battle and see Ariel and Eric's wedding in the end of the film.
- Like Pooh's Adventures of The Little Mermaid, this is an NTSC film with NTSC bits from the Pokémon films, The Emperor's New Groove, Kronk's New Groove, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.
- Also like in Pooh's Adventures of The Little Mermaid, Ash and his friends have known Scuttle since Ash's Adventures of The Little Mermaid (TV series).
- Unlike Pooh's Adventures of The Little Mermaid, this film will use the Diamond Edition version of The Little Mermaid.
- Both Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and The Little Mermaid were first released on DVD in 1999, the same year that Pokémon: The First Movie was released in theaters in the US and Canada.
- Ash and his friends first faced Ursula before in Pooh's Adventures of 101 Dalmatians (1961), Pooh and Ash's Adventures of Scooby-Doo and the Headless Horseman of Halloween, and Ash's Adventures of The Little Mermaid (TV series).
- The storylines continue in Ash's Adventures of The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea.
- Pokémon was released on TV in Japan in 1997, the same year The Little Mermaid was re-released in theaters.
- The Emperor's New Groove, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Darkwing Duck and The Little Mermaid were all made by Disney.
Transcript[edit | edit source]
- Main article: Ash's Adventures of The Little Mermaid/Transcript
- Spin-off films
- Action/Adventure films
- Fantasy-Adventure films
- Comedy-drama films
- Travel Films
- Musical Films
- Ash's Adventures Series films
- Pokémon/Disney Crossovers
- DisneyDaniel93
- Ocean Adventure Films
- Sequel films
- Magical films
- Films dedicated to Kenneth Mars
- Princess films
- Films dedicated to Samuel E. Wright
- Films dedicated to Will Ryan
- Films dedicated to Pat Carroll
- Films dedicated to René Auberjonois
- Films dedicated to Ben Wright
- Films dedicated to Howard Ashman
- Films dedicated to Paddi Edwards
- Films dedicated to Buddy Hackett
- Underwater films