Ariel

### Relatives

King Triton, Queen Athena, Attina, Alana, Adella, Aquata, Arista, Andrina, Prince Eric, Melody

### Affiliation

Disney Princess, Princess of Atlantica, Princess of Prince Eric's kingdom

## Physical description

### Eye color

Blue

Ariel is the main protagonist of the Disney film: The Little Mermaid and Ariel's Beginning, and the secondary protagonist of The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea..

## Physical Appearance

When Ariel becomes a human, the only article of clothing she wore was her seashell bra, but wears an old sail from a shipwreck with some rope to keep it closed, fashioned by her friend, Scuttle. Being prepared for dinner, she wears a pink and white gown, silver barrettes in her hair, and pearl white earrings. Getting ready for bedtime, she wears a pink nightgown. After being taken in by Prince Eric, she wears a dress with light blue long sleeves, a dark blue bodice, and a blue (sometimes white) shirt. She also wears a big royal blue bow in her hair and black heels. After she's turned into a human once again, she wears a light blue glittering dress. After she kisses Eric, during their wedding, she wears a white wedding dress with a sparkling golden tiara on her veil. During and after her daughter Melody's christening, she wears a gold and white dress and a low ponytail decorated with a white bow. She also wears a periwinkle gown with an up-do decorated with a golden tiara with green and white gems on her necklace and earrings during Melody's 12th birthday party, with her hair being shorter due to it being adjusted. She still wears the same up-do with a green peasant dress when she's on Eric's ship and a blue and white dress with light blue earrings in the song "Here on the Land and Sea" in the second movie. In one of the video games, she wears an aqua-colored gown with a matching flower on the side of her hair.

## Ariel's Transformation (The Little Mermaid)

Mermaid to human (first transformation)

In order for Ariel to become a human, she goes to see Ursula, the sea witch. Ursula suggests a proposition that would turn Ariel into a human being for three days. In exchange for her voice, her fish-tail would become human legs and feet, giving her the ability to walk. Before the three days are over, Ariel must kiss Prince Eric (not just any kiss. a kiss of true love), otherwise, she will turn back into her mermaid form and belong to Ursula. When Ariel signs the contract, the sea witch takes her voice with magic and puts it in her shell necklace leaving Ariel mute. As Ursula cackles, a giant bubble erupts from her cauldron and swallows Ariel. She begins to writhe in pain, showing the transformation is beginning. She gasps, and her tail starts splitting in half. As it splits further, she has a look of extreme pain on her face until she has two leg-like fins. A flash of light swallows the first fin, transforming it into a foot and the tail becomes a leg. This repeats with the other, meaning she has two human legs. She gasps, lifts upwards, and crouches into a small ball, and busts her bubble. Now as a human, Ariel cannot breathe or swim so she flaps her arms and holds her breath before Sebastian and Flounder come to her aid. Together, they manage to surface and Ariel breathes air for the first time as a human being. This whole time Ariel only has her seashell bra on, and is naked from the waist down. Ariel's butt, and the area between her legs can briefly be seen as she makes her way to the surface.

Human to mermaid (first transformation)

Before the sun sets on the third day, she gets on the boat to stop Eric marrying Vanessa who is really just Ursula in disguise. Ariel is soaked and wet from having to swim from the mainland. With help from Scuttle, Sebastian, Max and other creatures, the shell necklace smashes in front of Ariel and she gets her voice back. She and Eric were about to kiss but the sun sets, triggering Ariel's transformation. Ariel is shown to be in a lot of pain. She rises up in Eric's arms, then slowly falls to the ground as her transformation begins. Her small feet begin to lengthen and grow, bursting her high heels off as they turn into giant fish fins, green scales spreading down her legs as they fuse together and rip her underwear off. Now in front of Eric as a mermaid, she only has a few moments on the ship before she is immediately grabbed by Ursula and dragged to the sea.

For some reason, when Ariel is going deeper and deeper underwater, her dress is gone even though it was on when she was dragged underwater. It could've fallen off when they were swimming or Ursula could have removed it, but that doesn't explain why she has her sea-shell bra on despite possibly wearing human undergarments before the transformation. Although, she could have worn her seashell bra under her dress.

Mermaid to human (second transformation)

The morning after Ursula's downfall, Ariel is perched on a rock keeping an eye on Eric laying on the beach. King Triton and Sebastian are watching her nearby. Seeing how Ariel was desperate to be human and be beside Prince Eric, it prompted Triton to place his magic Trident in the water. A light travelled across the water before eventually reaching Ariel and lighting up her tail. It was not shown, however, this transformation was brief and painless, morphing Ariel's fishtail into human legs. When Ariel walked onto the beach in front of Eric, she was wearing a sparkling, purple dress that trailed behind her.

## Ariel Transformation (Return To The sea)

Human to mermaid (second transformation)

Midway through the second movie, Ariel's daughter, Melody has run away to find out more about her origins. So in order to find her in the sea, Eric and Triton suggest that Ariel has to become a mermaid again. Once she agrees, she gets to the top of the ship where she and Eric were on, raising her arms and head up with her eyes closed. With his Trident, Triton uses his magic Trident which causes Ariel to glow causing a light to swirl around her. Ariel is lifted into the air as she begins to glow brighter and brighter. Her transformation is once again painless as she is shown smiling throughout.

Her hair which was tied begins to undo itself and swirls around in the air. When the hair falls past her ear, her earrings are shown to have disappeared, then her hair passes in front of her dress before that disappears too and changing into her seashell bra. The glowing disappears and Ariel opens her eyes to see she is in her mermaid form again. Her legs and shoes were replaced with her fishtail. She was able to leap from the boat and into the water without falling.

## Trivia/Goofs

* Before Ariel gets her voice back she is barefoot, but when she gets it back she has shoes on.
* When Ariels transforms back into a mermaid, she has her dress on but when she's dragged back into the ocean by Ursula it's gone and she has her shell bra on somehow.
* Just like her Daughter when they transform back into there original forms they go through intense pain.
* When Ariel turns back into a woman, her eyes are green instead of blue
* Before Ariel crashes the wedding her dress sleeves are white, but when she gets on board her sleeves are blue.
* In the first film, she is shown to be able to write but she doesn't write anything when she's human to communicate with Eric or the other humans.
* In the second film, when Ariel is transforming from a woman into a mermaid, her clothes disappear. It is unknown where her clothes go or if they come back when she turned back into a woman.
* As soon as Ariel becomes human for the first time, it is apparent that she is unable to breathe underwater. and she cannot swim properly showing that she has lost all traits of her fish form. However, the pressure from being deep underwater could have crushed her, but it didn't.

## Gallery

Ursula begins the transformation as ariel who can't talk looks nervous.A giant bubble comes out of the cauldron and consoles Ariel.Ariel begins to transform as a green swirl appears around Ariel's tail.Ariel's begins to feel the pain.Ariel tries to talk to Eric but can't without her voice. She clenches her neck realizing she has lost her voice.Ariel about to kiss Eric.The sun sets so Ariel starts to turn back into a mermaid.Ariel lunges up in extreme pain.Ariel's legs are morphing back into a fishtail. Since is no longer supported by solid human legs, she slowly falls to the ground.Ariel still with her dress on but now with a mermaid tail, leaving Eric confused.Ariel now a mermaid is now forcefully trapped by Ursula and is taken into the ocean again.Ariel about to get grabbed by Ursula.Ariel with her eyes closed. She is shining gold and begins to lift in the air.Ariel now in the air and her arms lifted. Golden particles floating around her.Ariel now with particles all over the place. She is very high is about to transform.Ariel Transformed into a polyp by Ursula's contract