The Little Mermaid

Ron Clements, John Musker · 1989 CE · Film · Modern / American · Contemporary

The youngest daughter of the sea king hoards human objects in a grotto against her father's orders and surfaces to watch a passing ship, and after pulling a prince out of the water she signs her voice away to a sea witch in exchange for three days with legs. On land she has to win him without a word to work with. Disney's return to the fairy tale with Broadway songwriting began the studio's commercial revival.

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• adapts ↑ The Little Mermaid
  Hans Christian Andersen · c. 1837 CE · Folktale

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Closest analogues

• The Little Mermaid
  Hans Christian Andersen · c. 1837 CE · Folktale

  60% · 11 shared
  FantasyRomanceForbidden LoveTransformationHeroineSorceressDual WorldThe SeaThe Ship / Boatvs SupernaturalRomantic
• Urvashi Won by Valor
  Kalidasa · c. 400 CE · Play

  49% · 8 shared
  FantasyRomanceForbidden LoveTransformationFreedom vs FateRuler / KingSeparation and ReunionRomantic
• Splash
  Ron Howard · 1984 CE · Film

  48% · 12 shared
  FilmFantasyRomanceForbidden LoveContemporaryDual WorldSeparation and ReunionThe Seavs PersonRomanticComicModern / American
• The Shape of Water
  Guillermo del Toro · 2017 CE · Film

  45% · 10 shared
  FilmFantasyRomanceForbidden LoveTransformationContemporaryDual WorldThe Seavs SupernaturalModern / American
• Shakuntala
  Kalidasa · c. 400 CE · Play

  44% · 8 shared
  FantasyRomanceFreedom vs FateHeroineRuler / KingSeparation and ReunionThe Oath / BargainRomantic
• Argonautica
  Apollonius of Rhodes · c. 250 BCE · Poem

  44% · 8 shared
  RomanceAdventureFreedom vs FateSorceressThe SeaThe Ship / BoatThe Oath / BargainRomantic