Introduction

The Little Mermaid and its TV spinoff gives us a number of characters. This document gives you a basic who's who. If you see any problems, e-mail me. If you would like to help with pictures or the biographies, please e-mail me as well. Steve Liu (admiral@access.digex.net)

Notes: This file is only updated to the second season of DTLM. There are also many episodes from the first and third seasons missing from my collection so any help would be appreciated.

Index

This index is organized by season of first appearance. The characters are ordered by the order I remembered them. There are no pictures for any of the TV characters.

Movie Characters

  1. Ariel
  2. Eric
  3. Triton
  4. Flounder
  5. Sebastian
  6. Scuttle
  7. Ursula
  8. Louis
  9. Carlotta
  10. Grimsby
  11. Max
  12. Seahorse Herald
  13. Flotsam and Jetsam
  14. The Daughters of Triton

The First Season

  • Spot
  • Urchin
  • Stormy
  • Pearl
  • Dudley
  • The Lobster Mobster and Da Shrimp
  • Simon
  • Sea Biscuit
  • The Sea-clops
  • Sharkanians
  • Clambakersfield Family
  • The Evil Manta
  • Glowfish

    • The Second Season

  • Lucky
  • Moray
  • Gabriella and Ollie
  • The Crab Scouts
  • Mr. Andersen and Penny
  • Archimedes
  • Sorcerer Blowfish

    • Ariel

    Full Name: Princess Ariel of Atlantica
    Father: King Triton of Atlantica
    Voice Actor: Jodi Benson
    Featured Episodes: The Little Mermaid and the TV Series
    Bio: The red-headed star of TLM, Ariel is the youngest of seven daughters. She, of course, has a wonderful voice and great beauty. Ariel is very interested in human things, to the annoyance of her father. Despite being very popular, Ariel's only real friend is Flounder; although Sebastian and Urchin are also her friends in the TV series. In TLM, Ariel falls in love with, and marries, Prince Eric, giving up her mermaid form.

    Eric

    Full Name: Prince Eric
    Voice Actor: Christopher Barnes
    Featured Episodes: The Little Mermaid, Scuttle
    Bio: Prince of a seaside kingdom, Eric had been searching for his true love before an accident led to his rescue by Ariel. Haunted by her voice, he vowed to marry the girl the voice belonged to. His search is fruitless and he only manages to find a pretty girl who can't speak. After much excitement, he discovers that she is the one he was searching for, Ariel.

    Someone who looks an awful like Eric is in the TV episode "Thingamajigger".

    Triton

    Full Name: King Triton of Atlantica
    Grandfather: Neptune (Not THE Neptune, mind you.)
    Voice Actor: Kenneth Mars
    Featured Episodes: The Little Mermaid and the TV Series
    Bio: As King of Atlantica, Triton commands much respect from everyone in the seas. He also is the only one who can fully use the Trident that he carries. Despite this, he has trouble convincing his youngest of seven daughters to obey his laws about humans. He often loses his temper whenever Ariel and humans are mentioned in the same sentence. His favorite instrument is the sea calliope, something everyone else hates.

    Flounder

    Full Name: Guppy Number 35, aka Flounder
    Voice Actor: Jason Marin(movie), Edan Gross (TV series season 1)
    Featured Episodes: The Little Mermaid and the TV Series
    Bio: Since childhood, Flounder's best friend has been Ariel. He is very timid and prefers to live the carefree life and not muck about humans. Flounder also gets very caught up when talking, often landing him in trouble.

    Sebastian

    Full Name: Horatio Ignatius Crustaceous Sebastian
    Voice Actor: Samuel Wright
    Featured Episodes: The Little Mermaid and the TV series
    Bio: Hailing from Jamaica, Sebastian is brought to be the court composer and tutor to Ariel. In the TV series he also is Triton's main adviser. When not working, he is usually found with Ariel, keeping an eye on her. Like Flounder he is also very timid when it comes to adventures. Sebastian also tries to kiss up to Triton whenever possible. He swims slower than the others and is usually hanging onto Flounder's tail.

    Ursula

    Full Name: Ursula the Sea Witch
    Voice Actor: Pat Carroll
    Featured Episodes: The Little Mermaid, Against the Tide, Heroes, Ariel's Treasures
    Bio: Ursula is a cross between an octopus and a human, she has arms and tentacles. Once a member of Triton's court, Ursula was banished from Atlantica and spends her time devising plans to get back at him. She possesses great magic and the occassional merfolk come to her to get help. She helps them for a price that is usually too high. Then she keeps them as eel-type things stuck in her abode. She tries to spoil Ariel's attempt to woo Eric by using Ariel's voice to enchant Eric and change herself to a human named Vanessa.

    Flotsam and Jetsam

    Voice Actor: Paddi Edwards
    Featured Episodes: The Little Mermaid, Against the Tide, Heroes, Ariel's Treasures
    Bio: Two eels who work for Ursula. They are the eyes of Ursula and carry out her spying orders. They are send to bring Ariel to Ursula in the movie. They also get zapped to pieces by Ursula with the trident.

    Scuttle

    Voice Actor: Buddy Hackett
    Featured Episodes: The Little Mermaid, Scuttle
    Bio: A seagull whom Ariel turns for (incorrect) knowledge on the human things she finds. Scuttle definitely has trouble cutting to the chase when talking.

    The Daughters of Triton

    Full Names: Princesses Aquata, Andrina, Arista, Atina, Adella, Allana and Ariel of Atlantica. Father: King Triton of Atlantica
    Voice Actors: Shelby Daniel, Angie Jaree, Janis Liebhart, *Aleta Braxton, *Kath Souci, *Susie Stevens, Jodi Benson (Ariel)
    Featured Episodes: (not including Ariel) The Little Mermaid, A Whale of a Tail, Trident True, Calliope Dreams, Against the Tide (Arista), Save the Whale, Eel-ectric City, Beached, Stormy the Giant Seahorse
    Bio: The Seven Daughters of Triton are all very talented singers. Ariel, the youngest, often is apart from her sisters, who are not interested in humans or the games Ariel plays. The sisters never have individual credits, so we never know who played who. Actresses with a "*" did the voices only for the Songs from the Sea CD. Arista (the pale blond one) is the sister most often seen in the TV series.

    Louis

    Full Name: Chef Louis (pronounced "Louie")
    Voice Actor: Rene Auberjonois
    Featured Episodes: The Little Mermaid
    Bio: The French cook of Eric's castle. Sings "Les Poissons" and tries to kill Sebastian.

    Carlotta

    Voice Actor: Edie McClurg
    Featured Episodes: The Little Mermaid
    Bio: One of the servants in Eric's castle. She gets assigned the task of getting Ariel "properly" dressed.

    Grimsby

    Voice Actor: Ben Wright
    Featured Episodes: The Little Mermaid, Scuttle
    Bio: One of Eric's advisors. He gets put in charge of preparing Eric's wedding ship and takes Eric to meet prospective brides.

    Max

    Featured Episodes: The Little Mermaid
    Bio: Eric's dog, who recognized Ariel for who she was. Someone who looks a lot like Max along with someone who looks a lot like Eric is in the TV episode "Thingamajigger".

    Seahorse Herald

    Voice Actor: Will Ryan
    Featured Episodes: The Little Mermaid, Double Bubble, Calliope Dreams?
    Bio: One of Triton's heralds. Not sure if the heralds in the TV series are supposed to be the same person.

    Spot

    Full Name: Spot the Killer Whale
    Featured Episodes: A Whale of a Tale, Save the Whale
    Bio: A young killer whale who is befriended by Ariel. Ariel tries to keep him as a pet hidden in her room but he is attracted to the music from a concert and pretty much destroys the concert hall. Ariel reluctantly lets him go. Later he comes back and he performs tricks for everyone. He winds up captured by Pete Pettigrew for his Penguin Park. Ariel names him Spot for the white spot on his back.

    He considers Ariel as his mother, Flounder as his older brother and Sebastian as his uncle.

    Stormy

    Full Name: Stormy the Giant Seahorse
    Featured Episodes: Stormy the Giant Seahorse
    Bio: Ariel discovers Stormy in the royal stables. He's tied up because he's untamed and very wild. Ariel is determined to ride him and sneaks off with Stormy. He runs to the Wilderness where some seahorse rustlers try to capture him. Eventually Ariel lets him go.

    Sea Biscuit

    Featured Episodes: Stormy the Giant Seahorse, Against the Tide
    Bio: After releasing Stormy, Triton gives Ariel a tamer giant seahorse, Sea Biscuit. Ariel rides him often to say "Good Morning!" to every creature in the seven seas.

    Urchin

    Featured Episodes: Urchin, Trident True, T'ank You For Dat Ariel, The Evil Manta, Red
    Bio: An orphan, Urchin struggled on his own before meeting the Lobster Mobster. Persuaded to live a life of crime, he steals food from a palace banquet. Ariel convinces him that the Lobster Mobster is no good and he's unofficially adopted by Triton. He then becomes a friend to Ariel.

    Dudley

    Full Name: Dudley the Turtle
    Featured Episodes: Resigned to It, Calliope Dreams
    Bio: Another of Triton's advisers, mostly does calculations.

    The Evil Manta

    Featured Episodes: The Evil Manta (In Harmony), Thingamajigger, Trident True
    Bio: A evil being whom the Merpeople once locked in a volcano, Ariel accidently lets him loose. He spreads strife and hatred among the people of Atlantica before Ariel stops him. Later he tries to take over the seas several times, but is thwarted by Ariel.

    The Lobster Mobster and Da Shrimp

    Voice Actors: Joe Alaskey (Lobster Mobster), David Lander (Da Shrimp)
    Featured Episodes: Urchin, Thingamajigger, Double Bubble
    Bio: A small time mobster who tries to acquire wealth at Triton's expense. Has a sidekick named Da Shrimp who imitates his boss and gets whacked by his snail hat.

    The Sea-clops

    Featured Episodes: Calliope Dreams
    Bio: An ancient monster who sleeps for a hundred years and really hates to be woken up. He often destroys sea calliopes. The harp can put him to sleep.

    Lucky

    Featured Episodes: Against the Tide
    Bio: A bad-luck creature, that is pursued and hurt by Ursula. Ariel befriends the creature and debunks the myth that it brings bad luck. Lucky is a female member of her species and gives birth to several little bad-luck creatures. They now live in the palace.

    Pearl

    Featured Episodes: Red, Eel-ectric City
    Bio: One of the popular teenage mermaids in Atlantica.

    Gabriella and Ollie

    Featured Episodes: Wish Upon a Starfish
    Bio: Gabriella is a mute mermaid and Ollie is her octopus friend and interpreter. They team up with Ariel, Flounder and Sebastian in search of the land of the giant starfish to be granted wishes. Gabriella wants to be able to speak.

    Simon

    Full Name: Simon the Sea Monster
    Voice Actor: Brian Cummings
    Featured Episodes: Message in a Bottle
    Bio: Simon is an annoying sea monster who is lonely. Putting a message in a bottle to attact friends, he meets Ariel. She invites him to visit the palace. While there, he manages to annoy Triton and stop an invasion.

    Glowfish

    Featured Episodes: Red
    Bio: Once was the treasurer of Triton. Obsessed with getting wealth, he enlists the help of a sorceress who gives him a stone and magic flute to enchant Triton.

    Sorcerer Blowfish

    Featured Episodes: Giggles
    Bio: Sorcerer Blowfish live in the mountains of Abracadablo where they blow various spells on unsuspecting victims. Breaking their laws means being sentenced to work in the Bubble Mines.

    Archimedes

    Full Name: Archimedes the Humanologist
    Featured Episodes: Metal Fish
    Bio: Like Ariel, Archimedes is fascinated with the human world and often corrects Ariel's names for things. He lives apart from the other merfolk in a sunken ship.

    The Crab Scouts

    Featured Episodes: Metal Fish
    Bio: Young crabs who follow their Crab Scout Leader, Sebastian, on various trips in the sea. I can't remember their names.

    Moray

    Full Name: Moray the Eel
    Featured Episodes: T'ank You For Dat Ariel, Trident True
    Bio: A sneaky merchant specializing in junk and maps. Usually he tries selling maps to Ariel.

    Mr. Andersen and Penny

    Full Names: Hans Christian Andersen and Penny
    Featured Episodes: Metal Fish
    Bio: Mr. Andersen invents a metal, fish-shaped submarine and explores the seas. The submarine develops a leak and Ariel convinces her father to save him. Penny is his cat. Later, he writes a story inspired by his experience.

    Sharkanians

    Featured Episodes: The Great Sebastian, King Crab
    Bio: Enemies of Atlantica, they seem to be intelligent sharks.

    Clambakersfield Family

    Names: The Count and Countess of Clambakersfield and their mer-twins
    Featured episodes: Double Bubble
    Bio: The Count and Countess are old friends of Triton's. They visit Atlantica and Ariel offers to babysit their mer-twins before their Rite of Passage. The twins get into mischief and get kidnapped by the Lobster Mobster.

    Last updated: June 8, 1996
    Contributors:
    Phillip Mak, Neil Collins (DTLM Episode Guide), and Tim Pickett (Cast & Crew Lists)

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