And you knew that Sebastian was supposed to be an Englishman!
1. Appearing in 1989, the mermaid Ariel has become both external and internal prototype of the actress Alicia Milano. At that time, Milano was the star of the series "Who is the boss?".
2. Jody Benson, articulating Ariel, sang the song "Part of Your World" in the dark to get a sense of the underwater grotto.
3. In the first scene, when King Triton arrived in the arena, you can catch a glimpse of Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Donald Duck in a crowd of natives.
4. Initially it was planned that Sebastian will have an English accent instead of Jamaican!
5. Animators drew the image of Ursula from actress Bea Arthur, who in turn refused to participate in the project, as she was busy with the television series Golden Girls.
6. Ariel's hair movement was modeled after Sally Reid's hair was photographed in space.
7. Ariel stands barefoot when Scuttle breaks Ursula's necklace at her feet and releases Ariel's voice. However, on the next frame Ariel is already shown in full height and in shoes on his legs.
8. Charlotte has exactly the same dress as Cinderella, only a headscarf is added.
9. Ursula's spell on Ariel contains Latin phrases about "throat", "voice" and "fish."
10. Christopher Daniel Barnes was only 17 years old when he recorded Prince Eric's voice for the cartoon. His voice was mature enough, and he was approved for voice over a more age-related role. He also, in the future, voiced Prince Charming in the second and third part of the cartoon "Cinderella".
11. According to the DVD-commentary, the shark, which pursues Ariel and Flounder at the very beginning, was called Glat. It was planned that she would again appear on the rematch with Flaunder later.
12. A number of plans used during the performance of the song Kiss the Girl, was borrowed from an earlier Disney cartoon "Rescuers."
13. During the wedding scene in the background, you can see the Duke and the King from Cinderella.
14. In DVD comments of 2006, Ursula was mentioned as Sister Triton, which her aunt Ariel is doing. Later, this idea was abandoned.
15. The image of Ursula was borrowed from the dragon queen Devine.
16. Patrick Stewart was originally selected for the sound of Triton, but he had to give up the role because of the busy schedule on the set of the film "Star Trek".
17. In the final scene, the colors of the rainbow are shown in reverse order.