Continuity mistake: In the beginning when Ariel is watching the sailors dance on the ship the dog comes over and licks her face, but she wipes off the wrong cheek. (00:19:00)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Plot summary
Directed by: John Musker, Ron Clements
Starring: Rene Auberjonois, Buddy Hackett, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Kenneth Mars, Samuel E. Wright, Pat Carroll, Jodi Benson, Jason Marin
In the tale of a headstrong young mermaid who yearns to "spend a day, warm on the sand," Ariel trades her voice to Ursula, the Sea Witch, for a pair of legs. Ariel can only succeed if she receives true love's kiss in a few day's time and she needs all the help she can from a singing crab named Sebastian, a loudmouth seagull, and a flounder.
More mistakes in The Little Mermaid
Sebastian: Somebody's got to nail that girl's fins to the floor.
More trivia for The Little Mermaid
Question: I once heard that there's a shell somewhere in the movie that has a profanity written on it. Is this true?
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Answer: Yet another Disney urban legend.
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