Sebastian (Disney)

Horatio Thelonious Ignacious Crustaceous Sebastian, or simply known as Sebastian, is the tritagonist of franchise. He is the "distinguished" court composer for King Triton, and is regularly tasked with watching over Ariel.
In the first three films, he was voiced by the late , who also voices Kron in 's , and played Mufasa in the Broadway version of The Lion King.
Since 2007, he is currently voiced by .
==Biography==
===The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning===
Sebastian is the attaché of King Triton. He and King Triton keep an eye out for any music in Atlantica after Triton banned it following the death of his wife, Queen Athena. Though he agrees with King Triton, Sebastian usually is seen playing music in the Catfish Club Band. He and the band members are arrested by Triton's guards and placed in jail. After being arrested, Sebastian and the band members start a prison riot and escape to bring music back to Atlantica. 
He and Ariel's friends stand up against Marina Del Rey, who replaced Sebastian as Triton's attaché. Sebastian later listens to King Triton's misunderstanding and becomes the royal court composer after Triton lifts the ban on music.
===Television series===
Sebastian appears in almost every episode of the prequel television series. Sebastian is shown as being a good friend of Ariel and Flounder. He is sometimes strict and often critical of Ariel's adventurous ways, but often ends up going on her adventures with her. Throughout the series, Sebastian's character is further developed via dialogue and entire episodes dedicated to him. In the episode "Tail of Two Crabs", Sebastian has a rivalry with a crab named Zeus, and they both try to one-up the other. According to dialogue in this episode, Sebastian was born in Jamaica and went to Music Academy in Trinidad prior to joining King Triton's staff; in "Eel-Ectric City" he also reveals he had the stage name "Dizzy Crustace".
===The Little Mermaid===
Sebastian is presented along with King Triton. He is forced to keep a watch on Ariel. Sebastian has heard about Ariel falling in love with a human man named Prince Eric. Later, he convinces Ariel that the human world is too dangerous for her, so it is better to stay under the sea. 
After King Triton destroys Ariel's treasures, Sebastian is remorseful as he had told Triton about Ariel being in love with Eric. Sebastian disapproves of Ariel going with Flotsam and Jetsam to see the sea witch, Ursula. After Ursula turns Ariel into a human, Sebastian along with Ariel's best friend, Flounder take her to the surface, where she is found by Eric, who takes her to his palace.
Sebastian later plays another signature song about Eric and Ariel falling in love as humans. He dislikes marine animals which are cooked, so he avoids Chef Louis. During the wedding of Eric and Vanessa (really Ursula in disguise), Sebastian orders Flounder to swim Ariel to the wedding boat and orders Scuttle to disrupt the wedding while he himself goes to get King Triton for help after Ursula is discovered by Scuttle. Sebastian is later seen during the wedding of Prince Eric and Princess Ariel.
===The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea===
Sebastian is tasked by King Triton to watch over Ariel's daughter, Melody after Ariel decides to withhold knowledge of the sea from Melody in order to protect her from Ursula's younger sister, Morgana. 12 years later, Sebastian disapproves of Melody's obsession over the sea, knowing the dangers that lie within, but the headstrong princess fails to listen.
One evening, during a ball for Melody's birthday, Sebastian accidentally finds himself in the ballroom, amongst the crowd of royals, and more importantly, Chef Louis, who tries to murder the crab out of spite. Sebastian manages to escape, but unintentionally embarrasses Melody in the process, reinforcing her fear of being an outcast amongst her fellow royals. 
Later that night, Sebastian tries to cheer up the child, but it results in her leaving into the sea. Sebastian quickly informs Ariel and Eric, and a search breaks through. King Triton is informed of this and, after turning Ariel back into a mermaid, the team takes the search into the waters. Eventually, the family finds themselves battling Morgana at the sea witch's lair. She soon meets her defeat at the hands of King Triton, and with her out of the way, peace is restored between land and sea.
==Other Media==
===Marsupilami===
Sebastain is also the main protagonist of his segments from the series Marsupilami.
===Kingdom Hearts===
Sebastian made an appearance in three titles of the Kingdom Hearts series of video games, voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson in the English version
===Broadway musicals===
In the Broadway stage musical adaption, Sebastian's role is similar but modified from that in the film. He is not in the scene where Ariel saves Prince Eric, and his song "Under the Sea" is moved to after Triton destroys Ariel's treasures instead of before it. Sebastian also provides vocals for the new song "If Only". The role was originated by Tituss Burgess, and has also been performed by Alan Mingo Jr. and Rodgelio Douglas Jr..
==Trivia==
*Originally, Sebastian was to have an English and American accent.
*Sebastian made a small cameo in the 1992 Disney film, Aladdin where Genie searches for a recipe to make Aladdin a prince.
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