• Air date: 18 Sep '93 9 episodes
      Disney's The Little Mermaid is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation based on the 1989 Disney film of the same name. It features the adventures of Ariel as a mermaid prior to the events of the film. This series is the first Disney television series to be spun off from a major animated film. Some of the voice actors of the film reprise their roles in the series, among them Jodi Benson as Ariel, Samuel E. Wright as Sebastian, Kenneth Mars as King Triton, and Pat Carroll as Ursula. The Little Mermaid premiered in the fall of 1992 with the animated prime time special called "A Whale of a Tale," then moved to Saturday mornings. This series originally appeared on CBS, with an original run from 1992 to 1994. It was later shown in reruns on the Disney Channel until 2008. Some of the episodes contain musical segments, featuring original songs written for the series. The opening theme to the show is an instrumental combination of the songs "Part of Your World...
  • List of Episodes (9)
    • 1. Resigned to It

      18 Sep '93
      After overhearing King Triton talk about him Sebastian thinks that he got fired as the King's trusted advisor. He searches for a new job but gets rehired in the end.
    • 2. Calliope Dreams

      25 Sep '93
      King Triton wants Ariel to learn how to play the calliope, but Ariel wants to learn how to play the harp. She tries to learn the calliope and her bad playing wakes up an old ancient evil sea monster.
    • 3. Save the Whale

      02 Oct '93
      Spot the whale returns and before Ariel and the others can rejoice the circus people take him away to join the act with all the other abused animals.
    • 4. Against the Tide

      09 Oct '93
      Ursula's evil spells haven't been working lately because of a bad luck creature. Ariel finds the creature and brings him home, but Ursula still wants to destroy the bad luck creature and whoever owns him.
    • 5. Giggles

      16 Oct '93
      Ariel laughs at everything, even things serious so a sorceror blowfish cast a spell on Ariel so when she laugh's seaquakes will rise.She gets sick of it so when she meets up with thisblowfish she teaches him the power of laughter.
    • 6. Wish upon a Starfish

      23 Oct '93
      Ariel wants legs so she can dance but no one believe's in her dream. She gets discouraged until she meets another mermaid called Gabriella who wants to sing so they go to a magical starfish who can make their dreams come true.
    • 7. Tail of Two Crabs

      30 Oct '93
      Sebastian's old perfect friend from his childhood comes to town. When Sebastian gets angry because he's so perfect, Sebastian becomes a pawn in Ursula's plan to take over the kingdom.
    • 8. Metal Fish

      06 Nov '93
      Ariel wants to learn more about humans, so she goes to a humanalogist who makes her day when he tells her that a human is coming under the sea in a metal submarine shaped like a fish.
    • 9. T'ank You for Dat, Ariel

      11 Dec '93
      Sebastian is sad because he's a little crab, so Ariel goes to a cave where she becomes a sea witch. She puts a spell on Sebastian that makes him big, but the bigger Sebastian gets the less room their is for everyone in the sea.