The Little Mermaid (I) (2023)

Jacob Tremblay: Flounder

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• Flounder : [as he and Ariel are about to explore a sunken shipwreck]  We aren't supposed to be this far from the palace, Ariel.

  Ariel : Getting cold fins?

• Ariel : Are you okay, Flounder?

  Flounder : Sure, we've gotta show 'em who's in...

  [he's interrupted by Scuttle, diving in to catch a guppy in her bill from a school of them who almost swim hurriedly away, as well as Flounder] 

  Ariel : [giggling]  Come back Flounder, it's just Scuttle!

• Flounder : Ariel... are you okay?

  Ariel : He doesn't even *hear* me. I'm just--not like him, and I don't see things the way he does. But I... I don't see how a world that makes--such wonderful things could be so bad.

• Flounder : [as Ariel swims to the surface to see the fireworks from Eric's ship]  Ariel... don't!

• 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.