The Little Mermaid (I) (2023)
Halle Bailey: Ariel
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Quotes
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Ariel : [as she and Eric are about to depart for uncharted waters after their wedding] Thank you for hearing me.
King Triton : You shouldn't have had to give up your voice to be heard.
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Ariel : [from teaser trailer; singing] Out of the sea, wish I could be, part of that world.
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Ariel : [singing] I don't know when, I don't know how, / But I know something's starting right now / Watch and you'll see, / Someday I'll be, / Part of your world!
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King Triton : [from official trailer] He's a human; you're a mermaid.
Ariel : That doesn't make us enemies.
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King Triton : [from official trailer] You broke the rules. You went to the above world.
Ariel : A man was drowning; I had to save him.
King Triton : This obsession with humans has to stop.
Ariel : I just want to know more about them.
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Prince Eric : Ariel?
Ariel : Yes?
Prince Eric : It was you all along; I don't know what came over me.
Ariel : She bewitched you.
Vanessa : Get away from her!
Ariel : Eric, I need to tell you everything.
Sebastian : Come on.
Prince Eric : None of that matters now.
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Ariel : [seeing Eric trying to climb aboard a risen ship from the bottom of the ocean] Eric, look out!
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Ariel : [as she sees a shark about to break a sunken ship window to try to eat Flounder; quickly] Flounder, look out!
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Ariel : Dont' be such a guppy
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King Triton : [as Ariel has just come home late] It is irresponsible. Your sisters are only here for one phase of the Coral Moon. Can you imagine any one of them missing the gathering?
Ariel : No. You're right. I'm sorry.
Flounder : It wasn't Ariel's fault. We... We... We were exploring, and a shark chased us and...
King Triton : Shark?
[Flounder backs away, having accidentally ratted out Ariel]
King Triton : So, you went to the shipwrecks again? Those waters are dangerous.
Ariel : You don't have to worry about me.
King Triton : Well, I do worry, my little one. I do worry. This obsession with humans has to stop.
Ariel : I just want to know more about them.
King Triton : You know all you need to know.
Ariel : I barely know anything. You won't even let us go to the surface.
King Triton : Why do you have to be so strong-minded? Just like your mother.
Ariel : I am her daughter.
King Triton : Yes, foolish enough to be taken with the human world.
Ariel : If you would just try to understand...
King Triton : Well, I have tried. I have tried to understand you long enough. But as long as you live in my ocean, you'll obey my rules. Do you understand that?
[Ariel sadly swims away]
Sebastian : [about Ariel's antics] Children, you give them an inch, they swim all over you.
King Triton : Was I too hard on her?
Sebastian : [agreeing with everything Triton says] Definitely not. It's like I always say, "Children got to live by their parent's rules."
King Triton : You're absolutely right, Sebastian. My Ariel needs constant supervision.
Sebastian : Constant.
King Triton : Someone to watch over her.
Sebastian : All the time, day and night.
King Triton : And you're just the crab to do it.
Sebastian : I am just the crab to... No, wait, that's not... What? No, see, I serve you, Your Majesty, as your honored majordomo.
King Triton : There is no better way you can serve me than to make sure my little one stays out of trouble.
Sebastian : But I...
King Triton : Yes? Go. Go.
Sebastian : Yes, Your Majesty.
[reluctantly swims after Ariel]
Sebastian : How do I get myself into these situations? I'm an educated crustacean. I got options. I don't need this. I should be advising the King, not chasing after some headstrong teenager.
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King Triton : [having discovered Ariel's grotto, which now houses the Eric statue, as Sebastian has just ratted her out] So... You broke the rules? You went to the above world.
Ariel : There was a shipwreck. A man was drowning. I had to save him.
King Triton : You should have let him drown. They're savages.
Ariel : You don't know that.
King Triton : They killed your mother.
Ariel : I know. But... one man did. Why blame every human? Mother wouldn't.
King Triton : No! Enough. That's enough.
Ariel : And Eric had nothing to do with it.
King Triton : Eric? Eric? Have you lost your senses completely?
Ariel : If you would have just heard him, Father. He's compassionate and kind and...
King Triton : [oblivious to her description] He's a human! You're a mermaid!
Ariel : Yes. But that doesn't make us enemies.
King Triton : Promise me you will never look for him again.
Ariel : I can't.
King Triton : Promise me, Ariel!
Ariel : I can't lie to you. I won't.
King Triton : [fed up with her daughter's rebellious nature] I swear, I will get through to you!
[starts destroying the treasures with his trident]
Ariel : No! Please! Father, stop.
King Triton : This ends now!
Ariel : [clinging onto the trident] Please, stop it!
King Triton : [thrusts her off] It's for your own good.
[takes aim at the Eric statue]
Ariel : Father, no!
[he obliterates the statue, and Ariel starts to mourn her boyfriend's shattered likeness]
King Triton : Never leave again.