"The Little Mermaid" (1992) TV series 1992-1994

Writer:

Hans Christian Andersen (characters)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

11 September 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family

Plot:

The 1989 animated feature adapted by Disney for TV in a prequel that leads up to the events of the film.

Plot Keywords:

Little Mermaid

Awards:

3 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Nov. 12	4:30 AM	DISN	The Great Sebastian	#1.2
Fri. Nov. 13	4:30 AM	DISN	Stormy	#1.3

Cast

Jodi Benson	...	Ariel (31 episodes, 1992-1994)
Samuel E. Wright	...	Sebastian (31 episodes, 1992-1994)
Edan Gross	...	Flounder (29 episodes, 1992-1994)
Kenneth Mars	...	Triton / ... (27 episodes, 1992-1994)
Jim Cummings	...	Additional Voices / ... (13 episodes, 1992-1994)

Runtime:

30 min (31 episodes) | Germany:25 min (31 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:TV-Y | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Walt Disney Television

Trivia:

The opening theme to the show is a combination of the songs "Part of Your World", "Under the Sea", and "Kiss the Girl". The overture for the upcoming stage musical of The Little Mermaid will be similar to this.

Movie Connections:

Version of Rusalka (1986) (TV)

Prehaps one of the best kids TV series ever?

I watched this program quite a bit a few weeks back until they started playing repeats. I haven't seen them all but they are all very good. All I'm missing is the third season and the first episode which they unfortunately don't play down here yet. It seems just like shorter versions of the movie with different stories. It's very well done with most of the episodes with very original plots. There are some great new characters which is a pity that they weren't included in the movie. The series like the movie also features songs (although they aren't in every episode) which are very good and seem as if they are written by the same people. All the cast from the movie has returned to do the series except for Flounder but you would have never noticed if you hadn't read this. In the series you find out a lot of question that was never answered in the movie like things about Ariel's mother, there are other kingdoms besides Atlantica & other creatures that live down there. The animation, backgrounds and voice acting is just as amazing as in the movie. The series is also very educational like another review said. I'm sixteen and going on seventeen in a few more days and I've learnt a few things from this series. That something I hadn't expected. The series also guest stars Tim Curry who is best known for The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It also has Nancy Cartwright who is best known as Bart in The Simpsons and Danny Cooksey who played the part of John's friend, Tim in Terminator 2. The series is quite additive too. After seeing a few episodes, I started watching the 3:30AM airing of it too. Well if you could rate this I would give this series a 10/10 and not many cartoons deserve that rating these days. I recommend anyone who saw the movie to watch this series too. It's a pity that there weren't many episodes thought. I think that this series is better then the Aladdin series but just by a small bit.