ACT 1 SCENE 1
song
Prince Eric: Steady as she goes! Windward, ho!
A ship!
Pilot&Sailors: MYSTERIOUS FATHOMS BELOW
Why, it's beautiful!
Flounder: Hey Ariel! There you are!
Flounder!
Flounder: Woah. Freaky.
What's the matter? Haven't you been to the surface before?
Flounder: Yeah. Sure. Me and the other fish in my school, we come up here all the time.
Is that so?
FLOUNDER: Sure! We're not scared of sharks. Or boats. Or fishermen. What's a "chum bucket"? Are those for real?
You are afraid, aren't you?
Flounder: No, I'm not! I'm here now, aren't I? With you.
Hey guess what I found today! It was floating in the wake of a giant ship!
Flounder: Treasure?
I'll say! Look!...Have you ever seen anything so amazing in your entire life?
Flounder: Cool! What is it?
I don't know...
Scuttle: Airspeed, check!
Altitude, check!
Landing gear, check!
CLEAR THE RUNWAY! AWK!
Hello, Ariel!
...but I know just who to ask! Scuttle, look what we found!
Scuttle: Oh, this is rare, ridonkulously rare. And in Sistine condition!
What? What is it?
Scuttle: It's a dinglehopper!
A dinglehopper?
Scuttle: Commonly used in saloons, yes, of the beauty variety. Humans they like to wear their hair in tails, pony or pig or duck, it's all the same to them. A primp here and a twirl there and- voila! A Pompadour-able. And all thanks to-
The dinglehopper!
Scuttle: Give ya two sand dollars for it.
Scuttle, no-
Scuttle: I'm tellin' ya kid, on the open sea, ya won't get more than a few clams. But I'm prepared to offer-
I'm not selling it Scuttle! I'm saving it for my collection!
Scuttle: How about a swap? I got soemthing stupelicious! Museum quality really. A banded, bulbous....snarftblatt
Oooh
Scuttle: Sure thing, kid. I ain't just blowin' smoke. Why, it makes music so fantabulous- so absolutely marvica-
Music? Oh no! The concert! Oh my gosh, my father's going to kill me!
Flounder: The concert was today?
I completely forgot! Come on, Flounder. Thank you, Scuttle.
Aquata: Well, look what the catfish dragged in!
Daddy, forgive me, I'm so sorry-
King Triton- Ariel, young lady-
I just forgot, that's all
King Triton: DO YOU MIND? Ariel please. You've been given such a gift...
I know my mother's voice.
King: Triton: It's a wondrous talent, one that demands stewardship and care. So please. Ariel.... For the sake of her memory-
I will Daddy, I promise.
King Triton: Seagull? Seagull! You went up to the surface again?
Nothing happened...
King Triton: You could've been seen by on of those barbarians! One of those humans!
Daddy, they are no barbarians!
KING TRITON
They're dangerous -- traps and harpoons!
Like it or not, Ariel, you're my youngest. My baby! And so I worry about you the most--
But I'm old enough to look after myself-
King Triton: As long as you live under my reef, you'll obey my rules!
If you'd just listen to me for once-
King Triton: That's the last time you're ever swimming to the surface! Understood?
You're so unfair!
SCENE 4: Flounder: Ariel!
He doesn't understand me! He doesn't even try. I've never felt at home here.
Flounder: Home's with your family isn't it?
What if home isn't the place where you are born? What if it's a place you have to discover for yourself-
Flounder: I'd miss you if you were gone.
You would?
Flounder: who could I swim with? Everyone else is such a guppy
Thanks Flounder
Uh I got to go
you're very sweet. Daddy's never even met a human, but he still thinks the worse of them. I just don't see how a world that makes such wonderful things could be so bad. (sing!)
Sebastian: Tell me, child. You got trouble in da mind?
Sebastian!
What is all this?
Er...ah...just a few knick knacks I've collected, that's all.
Sebastian: You ought to be ashamed of yourself! If your poor father knew about dis place, he'd-
You're not going to tell him, are you? Oh, please, Sebastian! He'd never understand.
Sebastian: Listen to me Ariel...From now on you'll have voice lessons everyday, and perhaps you can take up an instrument...somethin' ladylike...the harp...maybe...
A ship!
Scuttle: Well, whaddaya know-
Scuttle, be quiet! They'll hear you!
Grimsby: Perhaps you're not looking hard enough.
I've never seen a human this close before.
Scuttle: Me neither!
I thought you were an expert.
Scuttle: On their stuff sure! But egads-the sight of 'em! Horrible! That square jaw. Those broad shoulders. And two eyeballs the same color...no variety
I dunno. I think he's really handsome.
Scuttle: Whoa! The atmospherical's goin' haywire!
Careful, Scuttle! Watch out!
GRIMSBY:
Eric!
Was I too late?
Scuttle: It's hard to say. Oh, I- I can't make out a heartbeat.
No, look! He's breathing! Oh, Scuttle...just look at him. He's so beautiful. (sings)
Grimsby: Prince Eric!
AH-AH-AH-AH...
Grimsby: Yes. Oh course she was. As real as a siren! As real as a mermaid on the rocks...
sing (I don't know when I don't know how..)
Sebastian: Child! 'Dere you are! A human? You fell in love with a human-?
I didn't choose it! It just happened...
Sebastian: Oh, child-
I thought maybe...just maybe you'd be happy for me?
Sebastian: Happy for you? Happy? 'Cuz ya gone plumb crazy now? Child, you got to get your head outta the clouds and back in da water where it belongs.
But I don't belong here. I never did. I don't fit in, as hard as I try- If only I could be "up there" instead! Walking on the very same ground he is breathing the very same air
Sebastian: Down HERE is your home! The human world- it's a mess. Life under the sea is better than anything they got up there-
You're wrong, I swear-
SCENE NINE
To think this belonged to him once; he held this in his own two hands.
King Triton: ARIEL-! Ariel! Tell the truth! Did you save a human from drowning?
Who told-? Which one of you-?
King Triton: THAT'S ENOUGH...so did you?
I had to rescue the Prince-
King Triton: You had to?
Without me, he would've perished!
KING TRITON
He's a human -- you're a mermaid.
I can't hate him just because he's different. Perhaps you can, but it's just not in me-
King Triton: "Different"? They catch us with their hooks, they spear us with their blades-
They're not all like that!
King Triton: Have you forgotten what they did to your mother?
We don't know that for certain-
King Triton: Can there be any doubt? She slips out one morning for an innocent swim and never returns-!
You can't prove-
King Triton: I know it in my heart, and that's enough. Murderers, all of them!
You can't blame all humans for a few wicked ones-
King Triton: I won't have you build a shrine to them! Worshipping their rubbish! The debris that sullies our waters-
Daddy, no-
King Triton: The totems of their decadence!
Don't! Please!
Sebastian: Ariel
He ruined all my things, my human stuff! If he really and truly loved me, then he'd never-
Sebastian: Oh, child, it's BECAUSE he loves you-
Well, he sure has a funny way of showing it! He can break every single treasure I own... but he can't break me!
Sebastian: Yeah, well you just might break his heart-
And you! Some friend you turned out to be! Bringing him here- to my secret place-
Sebastian: For your own good....dangerous waters
sing (if only he would)
Jetsam- ...we could do.
Who are you two? (song! some lines in it)
Flotsam: Oh, Mistress of the Deep! You've a visitor...
I'm not so sure
Ursula: Don't be shy, Ariel darling! It's me- your Auntie Ursula!
I shouldn't be here
Ursula: Nonsense! We're family.
Father says you're wicked and hateful
Ursula: Mmm, yes! But he says the same thing of humans, doesn't he, snookums? And we both know that's not true, don't we?
Why did he banish you?
Ursula: The ocean wasn't big enough for the both of us. And now he's driven you away too...
He doesn't understand me.
Ursula: Oh, but I do, dumpling. We're so very alike, you and I- gals with ambition! Nothing scares a man more, does it?
Now tell dear old Auntie everything.
I'm in love with someone. A human.
Ursula: Mmm...yes-this Prince fellow. He's quite a catch. The answer is simple! You've got to become human yourself!
Can you help me?
Ursula: Here's my best offer, babykins. I know a spell that will turn you into a human.......if you do you'll stay human forever.
And if I don't?
Ursula: Nothing drastic darling, I'm sure...Don't you just love 'em? Of course, there is one more thing...my fee
But I don't have anything!
Ursula: I'm not asking for much. Only... your voice.
Ariel: My voice?
Ursula: Don't worry. I have the perfect place for it. Your grandpappy Poseidon gave his magic trident to your father... but THIS was his gift pour moi.
Your magic shell!
Ursula: You've heard about it?
Father says it's the source of all your witchcraft!
Ursula: Nonsense, darling!
He says you'd die without it-
Ursula: Die? Oh, please! It's a bauble! A vessel for your voice! Trust me, darling- your vibrato, your legato, even your belt- they'll all be safe'n'sound in here.
If I give away my voice, how can I ever-
Ursula: So how's about it, cupcake?
If I become human, I'll never see my family again. My sisters... even my father-
Ursula: Now do you want princey-poo or not? Five, four, three, two-
Yes! Yes, I'll do it! Where do I sign?
Sing!
AH AHA AHA AH SWIMMM
Ursula: Well... look who has my black magic now.
My voice... The spell is broken!
Ursula: Give me back my shell.
If it breaks, you die-
Ursula: You told her the world above was hideous, and what was it instead?
Beautiful. Beautiful beyond compare...
Ursula: He'd say anything to turn you against the Prince and his kind. Why, he's shameless! He'd even say that they murdered your mother-
Wait a minute! If humans didn't kill her, then who did?
Ursula: Who? Moi? Why, I couldn't hurt a minnow-!
Liar-!
King Triton: Ariel!
Daddy! Can you ever forgive me? I've caused you such terrible worry, thinking only myself, not you, not my sisters, not this place- the only place I've ever truly called my home
KING TRITON
I'm the one who's at fault, Ariel. Cursing humans, when all along--
There's goodness in people, Daddy. I know. I've seen it.
King Triton- You belong to his world now.
Thank you, Daddy. Thanks you so much.
Prince Eric: Ariel!
Oh, Eric.
Prince Eric: Could it be? It's been your voice all along, hasn't it! Who are you?
This is my father.
KING TRITON
My permission? Ariel can speak for herself.
Yes, Eric. Oh, yes.