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[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

[SEBASTIAN] AND THIS IS THE GREAT CRAB POET

PERCY SOFT SHELLEY.

AND THIS IS THE FAMOUS CRAB MATHEMATICIAN

PROFESSOR BUSTER CRUSTYDOODLE.

[GIGGLES]

ARIEL!

NO LAUGHING IN CLASS.

OH, SORRY, SEBASTIAN.

MAY WE CONTINUE WITH NO FURTHER INTERRUPTIONS?

-[FLOUNDER] HI, ARIEL! -SHH!

QUIET, FLOUNDER.

ARIEL, WHEN YOU ARE IN SCHOOL,

YOU MUST CONDUCT YOURSELF WITH PROPER MANNERS.

[SEBASTIAN] UH, WITH GRACE.

[SEBASTIAN] WITH DIGNITY.

PLEASE, ARIEL...

FOLLOW MY EXAMPLE.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP THERE?

GET DOWN FROM THERE!

OH!

[CRASH]

OH, MON!

WHAT'S THE USE?

CLASS DISMISSED.

OH, GREAT!

LET'S HAVE SOME FUN.

[SEBASTIAN] FUN AND GAMES AND LAUGHING.

ARIEL, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO LEARN TO BE MORE SERIOUS?

FLOUNDER AND I ARE GOING TO PLAY HIDE-AND-SEEK.

HIDE...

AND SEEK?

W-WAIT A MINUTE.

WAIT FOR ME.

HI.

HOW YOU DOIN'?

FISH ARE NOSY. SQUID DON'T GET IT.

OCTOPI ARE NEVER WITH IT.

FROWNS AND SCOWLS ARE WHAT I'M AFTER,

'CAUSE MOST OF ALL, I HATE LAUGHTER!

GEE! I'M SORRY I ASKED.

[ARIEL GIGGLING]

OH!

HIDE-AND-SEEK IS FOR BABIES.

I KNOW, BUT IT'S SEBASTIAN'S FAVORITE GAME.

YEAH, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE QUIET AND HE DOESN'T.

[SEBASTIAN] 85, 90,

95, 100!

READY OR NOT, HERE I COME, MON!

[GIGGLING]

OH, PLEASE DELIVER ME.

WHERE ARE YOU?

I'M GOING TO FIND YOU.

HEE HEE HEE HEE!

[SEBASTIAN] I SEE YOU, FLOUNDER!

AHA!

[GULP]

AAH!

AAH!

[GIGGLING]

WHOA!

AAH!

SEBASTIAN, WHAT GAME ARE YOU PLAYING?

[GIGGLING]

WHY DID YOU DO THAT?

DO WHAT?

LAUGH. GIGGLE.

SNICKER. GUFFAW.

CHUCKLE AND CHORTLE

AND HA HA HA!

UM, IT WAS...

FUNNY?

WHAT'S FUNNY TO YOU ISN'T FUNNY TO ME.

HENCEFORTH,

ANY LAUGHTER, AND SORRY YOU'LL BE!

THE SEABED WILL QUAKE!

THE MOUNTAINS WILL TOPPLE!

IT'LL ALL BE YOUR FAULT!

OH, YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL AWFUL.

WHOA!

YEOW!

[GIGGLES]

[RUMBLING]

[CREAKING]

WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! WHOA!

[RUMBLING STOPS]

WHY WOULD YOU DO SUCH A HORRIBLE THING TO ME?

NO ONE LAUGHS AT ME.

NOT A SINGLE TEE-HEE-HEE.

[FLOUNDER] ARIEL, YOU ALL RIGHT?

YES! OVER HERE!

I HAVE TO WARN FLOUNDER AND SEBASTIAN NOT TO MAKE ME LAUGH.

THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR SPELL.

THE SEAQUAKES HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY

IF YOU TELL.

DON'T LAUGH, DON'T GIGGLE,

DON'T SMILE OR GUFFAW.

AND YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY AT ALL.

TA-TA.

WHOA, WHAT A SEAQUAKE!

SEBASTIAN BOUNCED HIMSELF SILLY.

[SEBASTIAN] YEAH, YEAH.

YOOH! WHOA!

[GIGGLES]

[FLOUNDER] ARIEL?

[SEBASTIAN] I TELL YOU, YOUR MAJESTY,

ARIEL HASN'T LAUGHED FOR SEVEN TIDES.

AND I'VE EVEN BEEN FUNNIER THAN USUAL.

YOU WANTED TO SEE ME, DADDY?

YES, DEAR.

SEBASTIAN HAS BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION

THAT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN VERY, UM,

HAPPY LATELY.

HAPPY?

WELL, SURE, I'M-- I'M HAPPY.

SHE IS MOST CERTAINLY NOT HAPPY.

THE GIRL'S BEEN MOPIN' AROUND LIKE A SORRY SEA SLUG.

SHE HASN'T LAUGHED ALL WEEK.

WATCH! NAME THAT CRAB.

UM...

PROFESSOR BUSTER CRUSTYDOODLE.

AHA!

WHOOPS!

WHOA! YEOW!

WHOOPS!

WHOA!

[GURGLES AND GASPS]

SEE, YOUR MAJESTY?

NOT EVEN A GIGGLE.

NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, I HAVE MISSED

THAT WONDERFUL LAUGH OF YOURS, ARIEL.

OH, DADDY, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG.

I'M JUST...TRYING TO BE MORE SERIOUS.

[GASPS] [GULP]

YOU SHOULD HAVE NEVER TOLD HER

TO BE SERIOUS, SEBASTIAN.

SEBASTIAN, I THINK YOU SHOULD TELL ARIEL YOU WERE WRONG.

-BUT-- -YEAH.

BEING TOO SERIOUS IS NOT REALLY HER NATURE.

-BUT-- -YEAH.

AND YOU, FLOUNDER?

UH, YEAH?

UH, HELP SEBASTIAN, UH... CHEER HER UP.

YEAH.

YES, YOUR HIGHNITY--

UH, YOUR MAJESNESS--

UH, SIR.

I WANT TO HEAR MY ARIEL LAUGHING AGAIN.

DON'T YOU WORRY, SIRE.

JOKES ARE US.

[SEBASTIAN LAUGHS]

I'M THE FUNNIEST CRAB IN THE SEA!

AND WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING FUNNY-LOOKIN'.

MON, I'M GLAD WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE HIM LAUGH.

ME, TOO.

[SEBASTIAN] ARIEL!

ARIEL, WE HAVE TO TALK.

BEING SERIOUS HAS ITS PLACE,

LIKE IN THE CLASSROOM,

BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T STILL HAVE FUN.

OH! WELL, I LIKE BEING SERIOUS.

REALLY?

HMM.

-NO MORE FUN AND GAMES? -NO.

-NO MORE FOOLING AROUND IN CLASS? -NO.

NO MORE LAUGHING YOUR HEAD OFF AT POOR OLD, SILLY, GOOFY SEBASTIAN?

NO.

I WON'T STAND FOR IT!

? ARIEL, I'M SO CONFUSED ?

? I TELL JOKE, YOU'RE NOT AMUSED ?

? GIVEN THE CHOICE, I KNOW YOU'D CHOOSE ?

? THE SOUND OF LAUGHTER ?

? ALL THE CREATURES IN THE SEA ?

? FISH BY FISH, THEY ALL AGREE ?

? 'TIS NO SWEETER HARMONY ?

? THAN THE SOUND OF LAUGHTER ?

? 'CAUSE THE TICKLE AND THE CHUCKLE AND THE HA HA HA ?

? ONLY MAKE THE FUN COME FASTER ?

? AND THE TICKLE AND THE CHUCKLE AND THE HA HA HA ?

? 'TIS A PHRASE ANY MERMAID CAN MASTER ?

? AH, THE SOUND OF LAUGHTER ?

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LAUGHTER.

COME ON!

AH, GIRL...

LISTEN TO THIS, NOW.

? LIKE THE POUNDING OCEAN BEAT ?

? IT'S THE COMMON TONGUE WE SPEAK ?

? 'TIS THE RHYTHM THAT MAKES LIFE COMPLETE ?

? OH! THE SOUND OF LAUGHTER ?

? STOP THE QUIET AND THE PEACE ?

? THIS SERIOUS STUFF SHALL NOW CEASE ?

? WITH THE WONDERFUL RELEASE ?

? OF THE SOUND OF LAUGHTER ?

? 'CAUSE THE TICKLE AND THE CHUCKLE AND THE HA HA HA ?

? ONLY MAKES THE FUN COME FASTER ?

? YEAH, THE TICKLE AND THE CHUCKLE AND THE HA HA HA ?

? IS A PHRASE ANY MERMAID CAN MASTER ?

? AH, THE SOUND OF LAUGHTER ?

? 'CAUSE THE TICKLE AND THE CHUCKLE AND THE HA HA HA ?

? ONLY MAKES THE FUN COME FASTER ?

? YEAH, THE TICKLE AND THE CHUCKLE AND THE HA HA HA ?

? 'TIS A PHRASE ANY MERMAID CAN MASTER ?

? ONCE IT'S FOUND YOU, IT SURROUNDS YOU ?

? SHAKES THE FLOUNDER ALL AROUND YOU ?

? AH, THE SOUND OF LAUGHTER ?

HA HA HA HA!

THAT'S WHAT I MEAN!

COME ON!

YEAH, MON!

THAT'S THE SOUND OF LAUGHTER.

[EVERYONE LAUGHING]

[RUMBLING]

[SCREAMING]

[GIRL] OH! IT'S FALLING!

LOOK OUT!

[SCREAMS]

WE'D BETTER BEGIN REPAIRS IMMEDIATELY.

ANOTHER JOLT LIKE THAT,

THEN THE WHOLE PALACE MIGHT COME DOWN.

THAT SETTLES IT.

I HAVE TO LEAVE.

ARIEL, WAIT!

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

I JUST WANT TO BE ALONE.

CAN'T YOU BE ALONE WITH US?

NO. I HAVE TO GO AWAY.

I HAVE SOMETHING VERY SERIOUS TO THINK ABOUT.

THERE YOU GO BEING SERIOUS AGAIN.

PLEASE...

JUST TRUST ME, OKAY?

[GULP]

SHE'S REALLY GOING... WITHOUT US.

HMM. "TRUST ME," SHE SAYS.

WHAT KIND OF FRIEND WOULD WE BE IF WE DID THAT?

COME ON.

WHERE DO YOU THINK SHE'S GOING?

I DON'T KNOW, MON, BUT WHEREVER IT IS,

WE'RE GONNA STICK TO HER

LIKE BARNACLES STICK TO WHALE BOTTOMS.

[CHILDREN'S VOICES AND SINGING]

THEY'RE SURE HAVIN' FUN.

WITH THIS SPELL ON ME, I'LL NEVER LAUGH WITH MY FRIENDS AGAIN.

[LAUGHING]

WAIT! WHAT AM I THINKING?

I CAN'T GIVE UP.

WHAT IF SHE NEVER COMES BACK?

THEN, FLOUNDER, NEITHER WILL WE.

[GULP]

THE PLACE YOU WANT IS ABLOWCADABLOW.

SWIM TO THE TWIN MOUNTAINS AND TAKE A LEFT.

THIS IS MORE SERIOUS THAN JUST BEING SERIOUS!

THIS PLACE ARIEL IS GOING--

WELL, I DON'T WANT TO WORRY YOU, FLOUNDER,

BUT ABLOWCADABLOW IS FULL OF NASTY FISH

THAT CAST SCARY MAGIC SPELLS

ON ANYONE WHO GOES THERE.

THANKS FOR NOT WORRYING ME.

[EERIE WAILING]

THIS IS THE SPOOKY LAND OF ABLOWCADABLOW.

I KIND OF SUSPECTED THE SPOOKY PART.

KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE SORCERER FISH, FLOUNDER.

THEY LOOK FOR ANY EXCUSE

TO PUT SOME KIND OF SPELL ON YOU.

HA HA HA! NEWCOMERS!

WELL, WELL, WELL!

I CERTAINLY HOPE THEY STAY FOR A SPELL.

HA HA HA HA!

WHAT KIND OF SPELLS DO THEY USE?

SCARY ONES.

AAH! YOU'RE TELLIN' ME!

YOU'RE NOT GONNA EAT ME, ARE YOU?

OH! NOT IF YOU DON'T EAT ME!

AAH!

OH! WHAT AM I NOW?

AAH! NO! DON'T TELL ME!

[SORCERER FISH LAUGH]

[GASPS]

AAH!

WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT?

OH, MON...YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW.

[BOTH LAUGH]

[FLOUNDER] WHAT ARE WE NOW? I'M AFRAID TO LOOK.

[SEBASTIAN] I THINK WE'RE OKAY

-WHOO! -OHHH.

[SEBASTIAN'S VOICE] HOW DO YOU FEEL, MON?

[FLOUNDER'S VOICE] WELL, MY CLAWS ARE A LITTLE ITCHY.

CLAWS?

[BOTH] AAH!

OKAY, OKAY, SO YOU'RE IN MY BODY,

AND I'M IN YOURS.

LET'S STAY CALM AND THINK THIS OVER, MON.

THAT'S EASY FOR ME TO SAY.

WHAT DO WE DO WHEN WE'RE REALLY IN TROUBLE

AND HAVE NO HOPE OF EVER ESCAPING IT?

[BOTH] ARIEL!

[BOTH LAUGH]

I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU.

GO AWAY. DON'T STAY, OKAY?

I'M NOT LEAVING UNTIL YOU TAKE THIS SEAQUAKE SPELL OFF ME.

SO YOU CAN LAUGH AND GIGGLE AGAIN?

I'D RATHER BE HOOKED BY A FISHERMAN.

LOOK, ARE YOU GONNA HELP ME OR NOT?

I'D RATHER DOUBT IT.

WHY? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

I CAN'T HAVE FUN. I CAN'T PLAY WITH MY FRIENDS. I CAN'T ENJOY ANYTHING!

YOU'VE RUINED MY LIFE! SO THERE'S ONLY ONE THING FOR ME TO DO--

LAUGH ABOUT IT.

HA HA HA!

HA HA HA HA HA!

HA HA HA HA HA!

HA HA!

HA HA HA HA HA!

OH! HELP! HELP!

GRAB ONTO SOME KELP!

[RUMBLING]

SO. WANT ME TO LAUGH AGAIN?

OR DON'T YOU FIND YOUR SPELL FUNNY ANYMORE?

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, OKAY.

I SHALL TAKE THE SPELL AWAY.

AHHHH...

I CAN'T EVEN OUTDO

A LITTLE MERMAID LIKE YOU.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

BUT WHY OUTDO ANYBODY?

OH, IT'S THE OTHER BLOWFISH.

THEY MAKE ME FEEL SO OAFISH.

THEIR WIZARDRY MAKES A FOOL OUT OF ME.

YOU MEAN YOU FEEL YOUR MAGIC ISN'T AS GOOD

AS THE OTHER BLOWFISH OF ABLOWCADABLOW?

THEY'RE SUPERIOR.

I'M INFERIOR.

SO YOU SEE, I COULDN'T BE

DREARIER.

[FLOUNDER'S VOICE] ARIEL!

[GULP]

ARIEL!

[ARIEL] FLOUNDER!

SEBASTIAN!

YOU FOLLOWED ME.

YES, BUT SOME NASTY SORCERER BLOWFISH SWITCHED US AROUND!

WE WERE SWIMMING ALONG WHEN-- BL-L-L-L.

THESE BUBBLES HIT US!

FIRST SEBASTIAN TURNED INTO A SHARK. GRRR!

THEN I WAS A KILLER WHALE. RAWR!

THEN WE BECAME A GIANT SQUID! HISS!

AND THEN A HUMPBACK WHALE! THEN EACH OTHER!

NOW I'M A SILLY FISH,

AND HE-- WELL, HE'S A MERE SHELL OF HIS FORMER SELF.

THAT'S TERRIBLE.

WORST OF ALL...

MY NOSE ITCHES,

AND THESE FINS ARE TOO SHORT TO SCRATCH IT.

OH...

OH...

THANKS, FLOUNDER.

IF ONLY I KNEW A MAGICIAN POWERFUL ENOUGH

TO REMOVE THOSE SPELLS FROM MY FRIENDS?

DON'T LOOK AT ME. I'M SECOND-RATE... MAGICALLY.

YOU NEVER KNOW UNLESS YOU TRY.

OKIE... DOKIE.

AHHHH...

ARE YOU...

YOU?

THEN I MUST BE ME! HA HA HA HA!

OH, MON! I'M SO GLAD I'M NOT YOU!

[BOTH LAUGHING]

-[SEBASTIAN] YES! -[FLOUNDER] ME, TOO!

[LAUGHING]

OH, COME ON, CHEER UP! WHY ARE YOU SUCH A GROUCH?

I GET FEROCIOUSLY MAD

AT ANYONE WHO'S GLAD.

-HA HA-- -HA HA--

UH, ME, TOO.

[LAUGHS]

YOU KNOW...

AH, IT SURE FEELS GOOD TO LAUGH.

SOUNDS GOOD TO US, TOO, ARIEL.

YES. MUSIC TO OUR EARS, GIRL.

[LAUGHS] IT'S WRONG TO TAKE OFF ANOTHER'S SPELL,

AND AGAINST THE LAW AS WELL.

I DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT.

THEY TALKED ME INTO IT.

THE PENALTY FOR SUCH HEINOUS CRIMES

IS IMPRISONMENT IN THE BUBBLE MINES!

BUBBLE...

-MINES? -BUBBLE MINES?

I DON'T INTEND TO SPEND MY LIFE MINING BUBBLES.

AT LEAST THEY AREN'T VERY HEAVY.

OH! WE GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE!

BUT IF WE TRY TO ESCAPE, WON'T THOSE SORCERER BLOWFISH USE MAGIC ON US?

YES, BUT WE HAVE A SORCERER BLOWFISH ON OUR SIDE, TOO.

YOUR MAGIC WILL HAVE TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO RESIST THEIR MAGIC.

TO TRUST MY MAGIC MIGHT PROVE TRAGIC.

YOU'RE GOOD AND YOU KNOW IT!

I KNOW THAT I'LL BLOW IT.

OH, STOP YOUR WHINING. IT'S ALL IN THE TIMING.

OH, NO. NOW I'M RHYMING.

LOOK. THE OTHER SORCERER BLOWFISH ARE ALWAYS CHEERFUL.

MAYBE THAT'S WHAT MAKES THEIR SPELLS SO... SO POWERFUL.

THEY ENJOY IT.

DO YOU MEAN... IF I WAS HAPPIER,

MY MAGIC MIGHT BE ZAPPIER?

[GASPS]

FOR GOODNESS SAKE!

IT'S A MINE SNAKE!

WE'RE IN FOR IT! SWIM FOR IT!

WAIT A BUBBLE. WE'RE NOT IN TROUBLE.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TURN

THAT GREAT BIG SNAKE INTO A TINY WORM.

AHHHH... AHHHH...

TRY AGAIN, MY BUBBLY FRIEND.

[COUGH]

[WHEEZE]

[ROAR]

OH! I'M THROUGH. HOW 'BOUT YOU?

HA HA HA HA HA!

THAT'S THE MOST FUN I'VE HAD

SINCE I WAS A BLOWFISH LAD.

I TOLD YOU IT WOULD WORK.

[LAUGHS] DID YOU SEE THEM GO?

[ALL LAUGHING]

DOESN'T IT FEEL GREAT TO LAUGH?

AHHH... IT SURE DOES.

-SORRY I WAS... -[SEBASTIAN] SO GROUCHY?

[LAUGHS]

WELL, IT'S LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, MON--

WHEN YOU'RE IN A GOOD MOOD,

YOU CAN REALLY MAKE MAGIC!

AH!

? LIKE THE POUNDING OCEAN BEAT, OOH ?

? IT'S THE COMMON TONGUE WE SPEAK ?

? IT IS THE RHYTHM THAT MAKES LIFE COMPLETE ?

? OH, THE SOUND OF LAUGHTER ?

HA HA HA HA!