Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Re: Observations regarding TLM
From: jtinkle@sparc1.sparc1.csubak.edu (j. tinkle )
Date: 9 Jan 93 23:11:43 PST
Organization: California State University, Bakersfield

In article <1993Jan5.012910.23048@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> quetzal@yoyo.cc.monas
h.edu.au (Quetzal) writes:
>
>I for one do.  In fact, here is a list of all the questions I can think
>of that remain unanswered by the film.
> . . .
>3.  Just how many feathers does Scuttle lose in the entire film?  And
>howcome he can still fly even minus these feathers?  Or is this somthing
>like the bumblebee which isn't supposed to be able to fly either?
What bumblebee?

>6.  What *is* it that Grimsby says to Eric just before Eric says "A girl
>rescued me"?
"Oh, Eric I do think you delight in these strains on my blood pressure."
Or something very much like that.

>7.  For that matter, what is it that Sebastian says between "He'd say
>he's gonna kill himself a crab, that's what her father'd say!  I'm gonna
>march myself straight . . . . . "  and " . . . . and don't you shake
>your head at me, young lady . . ."?  
I think that's "in their" or "up to him" and then "and tell him everything".
But I haven't seen it in a while.

>16. Why does everyone persist in this idea that mermaids are *fish?*
>There is quite a lot of evidence to suggest that they are mammals:
There is quite a lot of evidence to suggest they WERE fiction.

>firstly, the word "mammal" - it's derived from a word that has quite a
>lot to do with a certain pair of seashells that appear to be a
>particularly popular topic in another discussion currently on the group.
>In short, only mammals have, or *need*, breasts.  Secondly, the tail.
Exactly.  To nurse their young.

>*All* species of mermaid I have seen, including the TLM variety, the
>Peter Pan variety, the Splash variety, etc., have *horizontal* tails.
>Now, dolphins and whales (mammals, note) have horizontal tails; fish
>have vertical tails.  Thirdly, the belly button.  Mermaids certainly
>have navels, which suggests to me that not only are they mammals, but
>*placental* mammals (i.e., that rules out marsupials and monotremes).
>That'll do for the moment.  Questions about mermaid anatomy that extend
>to the presence or location of other major body parts that are not
>covered under a "G" rating will cheerfully be ignored.
Lovely disclaimer!  According to Splash, mermaid reproduction is possible.

>19. Did Scuttle *really* not notice Ariel's newly-acquired legs, or was
>it just a show?  I think not.
It was a show.

>21. MILDRED????
Yeah!  Like when did this name enter the Western world?  Certainly after
`king'doms.

>22. Did Vanessa/Ursula really need to "hypnotise" Eric after he threw
>the recorder into the sea?  Or was this just a little bit of insurance?
>After all, Vanessa was just what he had been looking for. . . .
Insurance.

>24. Where did that dress Ariel wears as she walks out of the shallows
>into Eric's arms at the end come from?
It was magic that let her walk out of the waves, I suppose it could clothe
her too.

>Tim Pickett

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