Continuity mistake: When Triton is turned into a seaweed, the crown has prongs all around it. When Ursula picks it up, the number of prongs has disappeared and the crown is now a diadem.
Sacha
1st Apr 2021
The Little Mermaid (1989)
31st Mar 2021
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: The cake where Ursula comes out-of disappears from the boat's deck between shots.
15th Feb 2019
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: Before Eric is given his statue he sits on a barrel. After he stands up and walks towards the statue the barrel disappears.
15th Feb 2019
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: The right side of the rock where Sebastian places the music sheet is noticeably raised to allow for him to place it there, but swaps to flat in the wide angle.
15th Feb 2019
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: The first time we see Eric's ship the lanterns have a quadrant pattern. In the following shots they swap to three parallel lines.
15th Feb 2019
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: After Ursula eats the shrimp, when the angle changes the rest of the shrimps in the shell become some sort of white beans.
14th Jun 2013
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the chariot with Eric and Ariel jumps over the cliff, they both disappear in the angle shot from below.
11th Jul 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Ursula's wedding ship sets sail, pink and blue pennants suddenly appear on the pier's columns.
11th Jul 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Ariel enters the area where Eric's statue is, the weeds on the upper left part of the entrance disappear in further shots.
11th Jul 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Flounder guides Ariel to the sunken statue of Eric, the statue's visage and position change drastically at least 3 times during the scene.
15th Jun 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Scuttle arrives to the dock to tell Ariel about Ursula's plan, a bunch of flowers laying on the wooden planks behind appear/disappear randomly between shots.
25th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: The first time we see Eric's boat, the number of lamps on the stern decreases between shots.
25th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the storm breaks, the ship's look-out appears/ disappears randomly between shots.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Factual error: When Louis the chef starts to sing he mentions typical French things like "Maurice Chevalier", a french actor who became very famous as of the 1920's. Though the movie is timeless, the clothes and lifestyle (pirates, ships, horse carriages) set it long before the 20th and even the 19th century.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Ariel peeps in the boat, the end of the boat is a couple of meters to her right. However, after Eric sees the statue and walks towards the hole where she hides, the distance has increased to over 10 meters.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Ariel is peeping on the boat, Max licks her face and you can see that the rope next to the window disappears behind a beam. After Eric sees his statue, the rope is now really long and is laying on the deck, forming a big circle.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Eric's statue is about to be uncovered, the sailor behind the dog disappears.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Eric's statue is uncovered, the dog crouches next to it and growls. A frame later, the dog stands far away, standing, and totally calm.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the movie starts, the big lamp is lit, yet when Triton arrives to light it with his magic trident, it suddenly appears unlit.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the movie begins and the dolphins surround Eric's boat it's completely empty, yet when the angle changes there are sailors everywhere.
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