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This article is about the franchise. For the statue, see The Little Mermaid (statue). For the book, see The Little Mermaid (book).

The Little Mermaid is a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, which was adapted into a 1989 animated feature film by the Walt Disney Company. The story and film have been referenced several times in The Simpsons.

References to The Little Mermaid in The Simpsons

Episodes

Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
3	47	"I Married Marge"	Lisa wants to name Homer and Marge's possible baby Ariel. This is the name of the protagonist in Disney's The Little Mermaid.
6	112	"Homer Badman"	Homer wants to hide from all the negative media attention by start a new life "under the sea". His fantasy sequence, Underwater Wonderland, is a parody of the "Under the Sea" musical number from Disney's "The Little Mermaid", only here Homer eats all the fish and other sea creatures.
10	219	"Make Room for Lisa"	Homer asks Lisa what her favorite movie is? She answers: "'The Little Mermaid', until you taped over it."
14	299	"The Dad Who Knew Too Little"	At the hotel Lisa says her name is: "Lady Penelope Ariel Ponyweather".
23	492	"The Book Job"	Lisa thinks up a plot for a novel only to get outraged it's just the premise to The Little Mermaid again. She also has a poster of the film hanging in her room.
29	638	"Throw Grampa from the Dane"	The Simpsons visit Copenhagen in Denmark and go see the Little Mermaid statue. Bart is amazed that the story wasn't thought up by Disney, but Hans Christian Andersen. Homer then mentions the crab was the only good thing about the movie.
36	786	"Yellow Planet"	Ursula is seen deep under the ocean. She is then eaten by Blubbo and Narwhal Marge.

Specials

Picture	Special name	Reference
	Plusaversary	Sebastian is seen drinking Buzz Cola at the party.
	Welcome to the Club	Lisa Simpson has adventures with Ursula the Sea Witch from Disney's version of The Little Mermaid.
	Prince Eric

Comics

Picture	Comic issue	Story name	Reference
	Simpsons Comics #148	Hans Across America	Lisa started to read The Little Mermaid to Rod and Todd after Ned Flanders wanted to burn his collection of books by Hans Christian Andersen.
	Simpsons Winter Wingding #10	The Winter of Our Discount Tent	Homer dreams he falls into a party under the sea which also has Ariel.

Common cast and crew

Cast

Name	Role in The Little Mermaid	Role on The Simpsons
Awkwafina	Voiced Scuttle in the live-action remake.	Voiced Carmen in the season 30 episode "Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy" and Dr. Chang in the season 30 episode "D'oh Canada".
Nancy Cartwright	Additional voices	Main voice cast
Melissa McCarthy	Played Ursula in the live-action remake.	Voiced Calvin in the season 34 episode "Step Brother from the Same Planet".
Kevin Michael Richardson	Voiced Cheeks and Ray-Ray in the prequel The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning.	Voiced various characters.
Frank Welker	Voiced Max in the sequel The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea and the animated TV series.	Voiced Santa's Little Helper, Snowball II and various animals.

Crew

Picture	Name	Role in The Little Mermaid	Role on The Simpsons
	James Dooley	Composed the music for The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning.	Composed additional music for The Simpsons Movie, The Simpsons Movie: The Music and The Longest Daycare and served as a composer for The Simpsons Game and The Simpsons Ride.

External links

The Little Mermaid at Wikipedia

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