# The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea is a 2000 American-Danish Disney animated feature film and direct-to-video sequel based on Walt Disney's The Little Mermaid. Directed by Jim Kammerud and Brian Smith, the story takes place over a decade after the original film, and focuses on Ariel's and Eric's daughter Melody, a human princess who longs to swim in the ocean despite her parents' law that the sea is forbidden to her. This sequel stars the voices of Jodi Benson as Ariel, Tara Strong as Melody and Pat Carroll as Morgana, the film's new villain.

## Melody

* [after finding out that Ariel is a mermaid] All this time, and... you never told me?
* [before handing Morgana the trident] Too late, Mom. [Ariel: Melody, no!]
* [to Morgana] You tricked me.
* Grandfather, I think this belongs to you. [throws Triton the trident] [Triton: Never again will you or yours threaten my family! There will be no escape for you ever!]

## Ariel

* Don’t worry Daddy, Prince Eric is right, I couldn’t have known why I'm not keeping Melody from the sea, it's a part of her and a part of me.

## King Triton

* Release my daughter, surrender my granddaughter, and I shall spare you!
* [Melody: Grandfather, I think this belongs to you.] [Before using his trident to encase Morgana in a block of ice] Never again will you or yours threaten my family! There will be no escape for you... EVER!

## Morgana

* One minute you're on top, the next you're sushi. [turns to Grimsby] Now is that fair, Gramps, I ask you?
* You'll never find me! But I'll find you and your precious granddaughter!
* Hungry? Afraid all I have is a cold plate.
* [to Melody] You're not the only one with a mother who doesn't understand you. BELIEVE me.
* Oh, wishes do come true. [to sky] SEE THAT, MA?! WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE NOW?!

## Sebastian

* Come back here! You're just like... like your mother.
* (In another chase with Louis) [Louis: You're going in the bouillabaisse!] COME ON, NOW! NO, LOUIS! YOU DON'T WANNA DO THIS, MAN! I'M old, I'm not tender anymore!
* You know, when I was a teenager, you couldn't get me out of my shell for nothing. I had this HIGH SQUEAKY VOICE and these itty-bitty liddle pinchers! Then one day, BOOM! I sound like Caruso, and these WHOPPERS pop out!
* All right, Sebastian. You must remain calm. This is not your fault. All you have to do is go in there and calmly explain that Melody has run away. No reason to lose your head. Whatever you do, you absolutely, positively, must not panic. [Hears Ariel call Melody] AAAAH!!! MELODY'S GONE, MELODY'S GONE, MELODY'S GONE!!!!
* I'm too old for this!

## Prince Eric

* Where's Melody?! What have you done with her?!

## Tip

* [Repeated line] Another plan perfectly executed.
* A fork? We're risking our tails for a fork?
* Oh, sure, that's it. Take your time. Kick back. Relax. Let's all just LINGER HERE AND DIE!

## Undertow

* MAKE WAY, LITTLE MERSHRIMP! I'M COMIN' THROUGH!
* [After being shrunk] WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME?! LOOK AT ME! I'M AN ANCHOVY!!
* [Confronting Tip and Dash] Going somewhere, boys?

## Chef Louis

* DEATH TO THE CRAB!!! [Carlotta: Oh, Louie.]

## Dialogue

    Triton: We couldn’t rest until that mad woman is vanquished. FIND HER!!! FIND HER!!!
    [Triton fires lightning into the sky as an order and Morgana is nowhere to be found. Flounder and Sebastian are with Triton at the castle about Morgana's disappearance with terrible news]
    Triton: [gravely to Eric and Ariel] I'm sorry. There is no sign of her, she's vanished. [Ariel is worried and Melody crawls to the sea] We'll keep trying, we'll–
    Ariel: Sweetie, no. [pulls Melody out of the water] We need to keep Melody away from her until we find Morgana, it’s because Melody can't go to the sea and neither can i.
    Flounder: But, Ariel...
    Ariel: I'm sorry, Flounder, but if Morgana is anything like Ursula, she'll never give up. [Melody chews on her locket] This is the only way; [takes the locket from her] Melody can't know about Merpeople or Atlantica, or even you, Daddy. [gives it back to Triton]
    Triton: [defeated] Don't worry Ariel, i don't know why you're absolutely right. [turns to Sebastian] Sebastian, you need to have her, you’d better watch over Ariel’s daughter.
    Sebastian: Me? [fainting] Aww!
    Melody: Good morning Scuttle, good morning Sebastian, listen to me, my name is Melody. What's kickin'?
    Scuttle: Uh, what's kickin'? Hmm...let me see. [knocks himself on the head] Don't rush me.
    Sebastian: Ha! You know perfectly well what's kicking.
    Sebastian: Melody, child, how many times do i have to tell you?
    Melody and Sebastian: It is expressly forbidden for you to be swimming beyond the safety of the sea wall.
    Melody: [continuing to imitate him] Any such swimmin' is a reckless disregard of da rules. Don't ya know?
    [They are silent for a moment]
    Sebastian: ...Stop dat.
    Melody: Oh, Sebastian, I can't help it. I just love the sea! [splashes on Sebastian as she swims off]
    Sebastian: Hey! [sputters] Come back here! [into the water] You're just like- [stops and remembers] like your mother.
    [Morgana messes around with a spell for Undertow while Cloak and Dagger watch]
    Morgana: Ooh-Ooh-Hoo-Hoo, Trust me. This time, I'm sure I've got it right.
    Undertow: Yeah, that's what you said last time, and I was sore for a week.
    Morgana: Oh stop your carping and stand still.
    Undertow: [whimpering] Oh, this is gonna hurt.
    [Morgana casts the spell and a green lightning bolt hits Undertow. He starts getting bigger]
    Morgana: Yes. Yes! YES!
    Undertow: Uh-Oh. [the spell backfires, making Undertow small again, as a shrimp] Uh.
    Morgana: [trustrated] Huh. [throws another bottle into the cauldron and Undertow is turned into an unidentifiable gray fish].
    Undertow: Uh. [Morgana gets frustrated and and throws in more bottles, turning Undertow into something weird each time until he's back to being small] Ulp.
    [Cloak and Dagger laugh and snicker at Undertow]
    Morgana: Oh. It's just no use. The power of the trident is just too strong for me to overcome.
    Undertow: [under his breath] I bet Ursula could've done it.
    Morgana: What, was that, you said?
    Undertow: Nothing, I'm just saying.
    Morgana: [throws a vial at him, but misses] STOP, CRITICIZING ME! That's all my mother ever did was criticize me. It was always "Ursula this" or, "Ursula that" or "Morgana, why can't you be more like your sister URSULA?!" [hurls a starfish like a dart at a picture of Ursula]
    Undertow: Well, it's not Ursula's fault I got miniturized. IT'S YOURS!
    Morgana: It's not.
    Undertow: Your fault we had to hide out here for TWELVE FROST-BITTEN YEARS!
    Morgana: IT'S NOT!
    Undertow: YOUR FAULT WE CAN NEVER SHOW OUR FACES IN POLITE SOCIETY AGAIN!
    Morgana: You're really pushing it, Small-Fry.
    Eric: So we're having a bad hair day, huh?
    Ariel: If we were, you wouldn't be helping, would you?
    Eric: Well i'm just here to let you know, there are a lot of people downstairs.
    Ariel: Oh we'll be right down. Give us two minutes.
    Eric: Right, two minutes...Where have I heard that before?
    Ariel: Oh, sweetheart. I'm so sorry.
    Melody: [crying] What's wrong with me?
    Ariel: Oh, nothing's wrong with you.
    Melody: Mom, I'm the princess of disaster!
    Ariel: Being a teenager is hard, and, uh, all kids your age feel...awkward, and...
    Melody: [looking at her locket] "Melody"? What is this? My name is on here. [opens the locket and a lullaby plays] That song. Where have I heard it? It's Atlantica, with merpeople and everything. Mother, you always said it was just an old fish tale.
    Ariel: [snaps the locket shut] Where did you get this?
    Melody: I - I found it.
    Ariel: [upset] You went over the wall, didn't you?
    Melody: Actually, i went under it. I hate that stupid wall.
    Ariel: Melody, you know you're not allowed in the sea!
    Melody: But why, and why does that necklace have my name on it?
    Ariel: Melody, listen to me.
    Melody: You're hiding something from me.
    Ariel: [looks wide-eyed. She closes her eyes tightly and grits her teeth angrily] You deliberately disobeyed me! I never want you going out there again. Do you hear me? It's dangerous in the sea!
    Melody: How would you know?! You've never even been in it! [rushes out in tears, while crying and taking the necklace back]
    Ariel: M-Melody, I... [Eric comes in but steps aside as his daughter Melody runs off in tears] [sighs] Oh, no.
    Eric: Ariel, darling, we knew this day would come.
    Ariel: Oh, Eric. You're right. It's time I trusted her with the truth.
    Melody: Hi. I'm Melody.
    Dash: This here's Tip, and I'm Dash.
    Tip: Excuse me, Mr. I-Spill-My-Guts-To-Total-Strangers. You just blew our cover!
    Dash: I was just trying to be friendly.
    Melody: Guys, I really have to get going, so if you could...
    Dash: Aww, see? Now she's gonna leave, and it's all your fault.
    Tip: MY FAULT?! She's...She's probably allergic to blubber!
    Dash: Oh yeah? Well...maybe she doesn't like BIRDS THAT CAN'T FLY!
    [Tip gasps dramatically]
    Melody: Guys...
    Tip: Well, you can't fly, either!
    Dash: And...you walk funny.
    Melody: Guys!
    Tip: OH, YEAH?! Well...um...YOU CAN'T FLY EITHER!
    Melody: 'GUYS! [the bickering duo finally stop] Do either of you know how to get to Atlantica? I don't have much time.
    Dash: Why do you want to go to Atlantica?
    Melody: I have to get something that was stolen from a friend. [shows them her tail] If not...I'll turn back into a...
    Dash: A what? Turn back into a what?
    Melody: A human.
    Tip: [startled gasp] I knew there was something UN-fishy about you! [turns to leave] Tough break, sister. Drop us a line. Let us know how it all turns out.
    Dash: [stops Tip with a fore-flipper and turns him around] We'll take you!
    Melody: You will?
    Tip: We will?!
    Dash: She's a damsel in distress. It's our big chance.
    Ariel: [sees the young fish, who looks like Flounder] Flounder! [hugs him]
    Flounder's Son: [struggles and swims away] DADDY!!!
    Flounder: [offscreen] Now what? [appears as an adult, with his son who's behind him]
    Ariel: Sorry.
    Flounder: Ariel?
    Ariel: Flounder?
    Flounder: Ariel!!
    Ariel: [hugs her old friend] Oh, I've missed you! Boy, you're sure not a guppy anymore.
    Flounder: You can say that again.
    Flounder: Children, what did I say about playing "kick the clam" on the reef?
    Flounder's Son: Sorry, Dad.
    Flounder: Uh, kids. I'm sorry about Melody.
    Ariel: Flounder, I really need your help.
    Flounder: Wild sea horses couldn't stop me.
    Tip: C'mon, Miss Popularity. We have a previous engagement, remember? [drags Melody away]
    Merboy: Was that a...penguin?
    [Ariel tries to stop Melody from giving Morgana Triton's trident]
    Ariel: Melody, don't!
    Melody: Mom!
    Ariel: Don't listen to her, and–!
    [Both Melody and Ariel are surprised to see each other as mermaids]
    Ariel and Melody: You're a mermaid?
    Morgana: Ariel, how nice of you to come, and you've brought Flopper with you.
    Flounder: My name is Flounder.
    Undertow: Grrr!
    Flounder: "Grrr" yourself, pipsqueak!
    Undertow: Get that thing and hit me. One bite, and he's shrimp toast.
    Tip: We're guppies, man. Jellyfish.
    Dash: The great Tip and Dash: cowards-slash-losers.
    Tip: [has an idea] Okay, on the one hand, we can live a long, healthy life; albeit as disgusting, pathetic, cowardly...uh...
    Dash: Worms?
    Tip: That's good! Good. Cowardly worms. On the other hand, we could gather our courage, if we had any, and storm the fortress and be heroes!
    Dash: Yeah. Until they hack us up into fishbait!
    Tip: You're right.
    [Strange green lights begin to flash from Morgana's iceberg lair]
    Dash: [gasps] Melody's in there. She might be in big trouble! She might really need our help!
    Tip: So what's it gonna be? A lifetime as worms...or two minutes as heroes?

## Cast

* Tara Strong — Меlody
* Jodi Benson — Ariel
* Samuel E. Wright — Sebastian
* Tress MacNeille — Cleo
* Pat Carroll — Morgana
* Buddy Hackett — Scuttle
* Kenneth Mars — King Triton
* Stephen Furst — Dash
* Max Casella — Tip
* Rob Paulsen — Eric
* Clancy Brown — Undertow
* Cameron A. Clarke — Flounder
* René Auberjonois — Chef Louis
* Kay Kuter — Grimsby
* Edie McClurg — Carlotta
* Frank Welker — Max the Sheepdog

## External links

* The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea quotes at the Internet Movie Database
* The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea at Rotten Tomatoes