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.
Sacha
15th Feb 2019
The Little Mermaid (1989)
16th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When we first meet Max, his front paws swap from white in the front angle, to grey in the angle shot from behind.
16th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Revealing mistake: When we first see Max, his paws are leaning on a balustrade and become transparent. Though it may seem like it's an optical effect because they're in the shadows, the next angle shows them fully lit and opaque.
10th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Ariel spies the guys on the boat, she is under an arched window. Depending on the angle, the space is made of 3 blocks of wood, or 2. This keeps changing randomly all the time.
10th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: The bowl in which the chef dips Sebastian swaps from grey coloured to blue.
10th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: The lettuce under which Sebastian later hides, wasn't on the table in the first place.
4th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: The first time Ariel sees a fork it has 4 prongs. When she grabs it it has 3. (00:07:25)
4th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: At the table with Ariel and Eric, the stuff on Grimsby's dish changes positions in every single angle, and even disappears in the final angle.
4th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: During the eels scene, when Ariel is crying, the stone she lays on is a single stone laying almost flat on the sand; then swaps to a double stone, and when she sends the eels away it is a single stone though way steeper, standing upright.
4th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Ariel is crying and Sebastian comes to comfort her, there's a vase, two planks and a small bottle behind her. When the angle changes, every object is different, even the area looks much wider.
4th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: After becoming human, Ariel swims and rest on a floating rock amidst the sea. A frame later she is laying on a rocky wall by the shore.
26th Mar 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Grimsby is presenting the statue of Eric, the huge ribbon around it disappears between shots.
26th Mar 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: Eric's statue changes between shots, notice the position of the right fist.
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