Original subtitles

??

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

SLOW DOWN, ARIEL.

RRAAH!

RRAAH!

DID I SAY SLOW DOWN? I MEANT HURRY UP!

OH, FLOUNDER, DON'T BE SUCH A SCAREDY-CATFISH.

BUT, ARIEL, THIS IS A WILDERNESS.

ANYBODY WHO COMES HERE IS REALLY, REALLY FOOLISH.

? HI-HO! WHERE ARE WE GOING? ?

? NOBODY KNOWS, BUT WE'RE RARIN' TO GO ?

? HI-HO, WHERE HAVE WE BEEN? ?

? NOBODY KNOWS, 'CAUSE WE'RE FOLLOWIN' HIM ?

[GIGGLING]

CUT THAT OUT!

OOF!

WE ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE,

'CAUSE WE'RE ALREADY HERE.

AH, YES...

THIS IS WHERE WE'LL MAKE CAMP, MY LITTLE CRAB SCOUTS.

-WOW! -ALL RIGHT!

CAMP!

-YAY! -YES!

LAST ONE TO BUILD A CRAB SCOUT SHELTER

IS A ROTTEN TURTLE EGG!

[TRILLS]

CRAB SCOUTS!

THAT IS NOT THE PROPER PROCEDURE!

YOU MUST GO BY THE CRAB SCOUT MANUAL.

LET'S SEE, "BEFORE MAKING CAMP, A CRAB SCOUT MUST RECITE

THE CRAB SCOUT OATH."

"CRAB SCOUTS, CRAB SCOUTS,

"CRUSTACEAN EXPLORERS ARE WE.

"WE LEND A HELPING CLAW

TO EVERYONE UNDER THE SEA."

[CLICK CLICK]

CHOKES ME UP EVERY TIME.

THAT'S WHERE ARCHIMEDES LIVES?

YEAH. SEE? I TOLD YOU IT WASN'T FAR.

THEN WHY ARE MY FINS SO TIRED?

I CAN'T WAIT TO GIVE ARCHIMEDES

THIS BIGGERMAJIGGER FOR HIS COLLECTION.

SAY, UH, ARIEL?

LET ME TAKE A PEEK.

RRAAH!

AAH!

WHY DOES ARCHIMEDES LIVE WAY OUT HERE, ARIEL?

I'M THE ONLY FRIEND ARCHIMEDES HAS, FLOUNDER.

MERPEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BE AROUND HIM.

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH ARCHIMEDES?

MERPEOPLE DON'T LIKE ARCHIMEDES

BECAUSE HE'S LIKE ME.

HE WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT HUMANS.

ARCHIMEDES KNOWS MORE ABOUT HUMANS

THAN ANYBODY UNDER THE SEA.

I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS.

DROP ANCHOR!

FURL THE SAIL, MATES!

TIE OFF THAT BOON!

LOOK ALIVE!

THERE SHE IS, PENNY.

WE'LL DISCOVER A WHOLE NEW WORLD UNDER THE SEA.

I'VE HEARD TALES OF FANTASTIC CREATURES

WHO LIVE DOWN THERE.

THE QUESTION IS, ARE THEY ONLY A MYTH

OR DO THEY REALLY EXIST?

IF THEY DO, IMAGINE THE STORIES WE'LL TELL!

AH, ARIEL, WHAT A NICE SURPRISE.

HI, ARCHIMEDES.

WELL, WELL... ANOTHER SURPRISE.

WELL, THIS IS MY FRIEND FLOUNDER.

HI.

I BROUGHT YOU SOMETHING--

A BIGGERMAJIGGER!

HMM... A HUMAN'S TELESCOPE.

TELE-WHAT?

HOW DOES HE KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT BIGGERMAJIGGERS?

UHH...NEVER MIND.

SOME THINGS I KNOW THE HUMAN WORD FOR.

THOSE ARE STATUES...

THOSE ARE POTTERIES...

AND THOSE ARE CALLED ANCHORS.

GEE, I ALWAYS THOUGHT THEY WERE FISHING HOOKS

FOR REALLY BIG FISH.

SOME THINGS, THOUGH, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO CALL.

THIS, FOR EXAMPLE.

IT'S A STORAGE DEVICE HUMANS USE

TO HOLD WHAT THEY CALL "COINS."

COINS?

YES. HUMANS CARRY COINS AROUND SO THEY CAN JINGLE EVERYWHERE THEY GO.

HMM.

[QUACK]

HAVE YOU EVER ACTUALLY...

MET A HUMAN?

YES.

ONCE I BROUGHT FOOD TO SOME SHIPWRECKED HUMANS.

WHAT WERE THEY LIKE?

WELL, THEY KEPT RUBBING THEIR EYES OVER AND OVER

AND STARING AT ME STRANGELY.

WHY?

THEY THINK MERPEOPLE ARE A MYTH.

A MYTH?

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THEY THINK

WE ONLY EXIST IN THEIR IMAGINATIONS.

OH. IF ONLY WE COULD SHOW THEM ATLANTICA!

OH, YEAH!

KING TRITON WOULD LOVE THAT IDEA!

DADDY IS SO STUBBORN.

WELL, HE BELIEVES HUMANS WOULD DESTROY OUR WORLD, ARIEL.

YOU AND I HAVE A BIT MORE FAITH IN HUMANS,

BUT EVEN IF KING TRITON ALLOWED THEM TO VISIT,

WELL, HUMANS CAN'T LIVE UNDER THE SEA.

BUT THEY SURE DO LEAVE A LOT OF THEIR STUFF DOWN HERE.

TELL YOU WHAT.

LET'S GO TO THE SURFACE AND TRY OUT YOUR BIGGERMAJIGGER.

THE SURFACE?

I-I'LL JUST WAIT HERE.

YIKES!

OH!

ALL RIGHT FOR YOU!

HA HA HA HA!

HEY, STOP!

YOU'RE GONNA GET IT NOW!

OW!

AAH! STOP!

STOP!

-UH-OH. -UH-OH.

HEY, YOU DON'T USE MUD TO BUILD A CRAB SCOUT SHELTER!

WHY NOT? IT'S GOOD CLEAN MUD.

AND IT HOLDS THE ROCKS TOGETHER.

I DON'T CARE.

AND MUDDY PUTTY IS HIGHLY ADHESIVE.

SEE?

THE IDEA! MUDDY PUTTY.

MUDDY PUTTY?

THE CRAB SCOUT MANUAL SAYS NOTHING ABOUT THIS!

PFFT! MUDDY PUTTY!

WE MUST GO BY THE BOOK.

HERE! I'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO BUILD

A PROPER CRAB SCOUT SHELTER.

NOW LET ME SEE...

"SLIDE STONE 'A' ONTO STONE 'B'

AS SHOWN IN FIGURE 'C.'"

LOOKS LIKE HE DOESN'T NEED OUR HELP.

YEAH.

-HEY, LOOK! -LEPIDOPTERA OSTEICHTHYES!

THAT'S "BUTTERFLY FISH" TO THE AVERAGE CRAB.

YEAH? WELL, LET US SEE-ETH WHERE IT IS GOING-ETH.

HMM...

"SEE APPENDIX "B,"

PARAGRAPH "Q."

HMM. AHA!

HOO HOO HOO!

AND THAT, MY LITTLE CRAB SCOUTS,

IS HOW IT'S DONE--

BY THE BOOK,

AND WITHOUT THE USE OF MUDDY PUTTY.

AAH! THEY'RE GONE!

COME ALONG, PENNY.

A HUMAN, RIDING ON A METAL FISH!

WHAT DID YOU SEE?

OHH, SOMETHING WONDERFUL!

ADVENTURESOME, ISN'T SHE?

IS WATER WET?

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!

THE FISH FLY LIKE BIRDS!

THE PLANTS ARE DANCING,

AND LOOK, PENNY... THE SUN!

DOWN HERE, IT'S BLUE AS A CORNFLOWER.

[REOW]

ARIEL, BE CAREFUL!

MEOW?

FLOUNDER, YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS.

THAT'S THE HAIRIEST HUMAN I'VE EVER SEEN.

THAT'S NOT THE HUMAN.

HE MUST BE UP HERE.

[MEOW]

[REOW]

[BLOWS WHISTLE]

CRAB SCOUTS!

OH, MON!

I NEVER SHOULD HAVE TURNED ME BACK ON THOSE LITTLE SNIPPER-SNAPPERS!

NOW THEY'RE LOST, AND SO AM I!

WAA!

CRAB SCOUTS!

CRAB SCOUTS!

WHERE ARE YOU?

-[CRACK] -OOH. AAH!

HERE THEY COME.

AAH! A HERD OF TINY SHARKS!

AAH! AAH!

WAAH!

YIEEE! B-B-B-AAH!

I HURT ME CLAW!

I CAN'T SWIM UP.

THERE MUST BE SOMETHING ABOUT THIS IN THE CRAB SCOUT MANUAL.

OH, YES.

I REMEMBER.

HELP!

HELP!

COME ON, CRAB SCOUT LEADER SEBASTIAN, GRAB HOLD!

THE THREE OF US ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO PULL YOU UP, SIR.

AS LONG AS THE ROPE DOESN'T BREAK.

THEN YOU'D FALL INTO THE CANYON AND SMASH LIKE A MELON.

YEAH!

THANK YOU FOR THAT, DUFFY.

COME ON, CRAB SCOUTS, PULL TOGETHER!

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTING]

UHH!

WHEW! OHH!

DON'T WORRY, KIDS,

THE CRAB SCOUT MANUAL IS ALL RIGHT.

[CRAB SCOUTS GROANING]

BUT I DO SEEM TO HAVE BROKEN ME CLAW.

CRAB SCOUT RULE NUMBER 396--

"DON'T EVER WANDER AWAY FROM THE CRAB SCOUT LEADER."

AAH! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

THE CRAB SCOUT MANUAL TOLD US HOW TO MEND A BROKEN CLAW.

WE DIDN'T HAVE EXACTLY WHAT IT CALLED FOR.

SO WE USED MUDDY PUTTY.

HMPH! THIS IS THE MOST RIDICULOUS--

OHH!

OOH!

THAT'S RIGHT, LITTLE CRAB SCOUTS, WE MUST TELL THE KING!

[REOW]

ARIEL!

IF WE CAN FIND WHERE THE METAL FISH FELL,

WE'LL FIND ARIEL.

THERE IT IS!

AND THERE'S ARIEL.

I TELL YOU, YOUR MAJESTY...

IT WAS A U.S.O.!

AN UNIDENTIFIED SINKING OBJECT.

THIS COULD ONLY BE THE WORK OF HUMANS.

AHH! HUMANS.

IT'S MY WORST NIGHTMARE!

NEXT TO THE NIGHTMARE

WHERE YOU'RE YELLING AT ME.

HMM.

OH, YOUR MAJESTY, I SHUDDER TO THINK

WHAT MIGHT'VE HAPPENED IF THAT HUMAN THING

HAD LANDED ON MY LITTLE CRAB SCOUTS,

NOT TO MENTION ON MY LITTLE ME.

WE MUST TAKE ACTION.

BUT WHAT ACTION, YOUR MA--AAH!

THEY MUST BE STOPPED!

NO, YOUR MAJESTY.

I'LL GET THE LITTLE SNIPPER-SNAPPERS.

HA HA HA! HA HA HA!

I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE HUMANS.

WHOO!

WHOA-OH! YEAH!

SORRY, YOUR MAJESTY.

MY LITTLE CRAB SCOUTS ARE HARD TO CONTROL SOMETIMES.

YES, WELL, HUMANS ARE ALWAYS HARD TO CONTROL.

? HI-HO, WHERE ARE WE GOING? ?

? NONE OF US KNOWS, BUT WE'RE RARIN' TO GO ?

FORGIVE ME, PENNY.

MY ADVENTURE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A GREAT FOLLY.

[REOW]

HUH?

OHH!

DID YOU SEE HER, PENNY?

WAS IT MY IMAGINATION?

AM I LOSING TOO MUCH AIR?

NO.

I SAW HER.

IT WAS...

A MERMAID!

WH-WHAT'S THE MATTER?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

THE HUMANS NEED THOSE BUBBLES TO BREATHE.

IT'S WHAT THE HUMANS CALL "AIR,"

AND IT'S RUNNING OUT.

"BREATHE"? "AIR"?

IT'S HOW THEY...LIVE.

HANG ON, HUMAN, HANG ON!

ARCHIMEDES, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

-TRITON. -DADDY.

GOOD IDEA. WE'LL TELL DADDY!

TELL THE KING? YOU KNOW WHAT HE'D SAY.

[IMITATING TRITON] ARIEL, I'VE TOLD YOU OVER AND OVER...

STAY AWAY FROM HUMANS!

AAH!

AHEM. ARIEL AND HUMANS...

WE MIGHT HAVE KNOWN, SIRE.

DADDY, YOU'VE GOT TO HELP THE HUMAN.

NEVER!

HEY! UGH.

[CRAB SCOUTS GIGGLING]

CRAB SCOUTS, RULE NUMBER ONE--

STAY AWAY FROM HUMANS!

BUT, SEBASTIAN...

WHAT ABOUT THE CRAB SCOUT OATH?

"LEND A HELPING CLAW TO EVERYONE UNDER THE SEA."

AND THAT GUY'S TOTALLY UNDER THE SEA.

YOU'RE RIGHT, MY LITTLE CRAB SCOUTS.

CONTACT WITH HUMANS IS FORBIDDEN, ARIEL.

TRITON, THINK OF THE OPPORTUNITY.

ARCHIMEDES-- THE HUMANOLOGIST.

-CAN'T YOU SEE? -SEE WHAT?

SEE THE HUMANS DESTROY OUR WORLD?

THE HUMAN IS AN EXPLORER, LIKE ARCHIMEDES,

AN ADVENTURER, LIKE ME.

BUT YOU ARE NOT A HUMAN, ARIEL.

MAYBE I'M NOT ALL HUMAN, BUT I'M PART HUMAN,

AND SO ARE YOU, DADDY.

IT IS THE TRUTH, SIRE.

WE ARE ALL MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY--

THE FAMILY OF LIFE.

WE HAVE TO SAVE THE HUMAN.

AND HIS HAIRY FRIEND.

PENNY, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO HELP US.

WE HAVE TO STOP THOSE BUBBLES FROM COMING OUT.

THE CRAB SCOUT MANUAL SAY ANYTHING ABOUT SAVING HUMANS?

OF COURSE NOT, DUFFY!

WE'LL JUST HAVE TO--

THINK FOR OURSELVES.

WE CAN MAKE FACES AT HIM, SO HE'LL SWIM AWAY.

WE COULD BLOW MORE BUBBLES FOR HIM.

AH! MUDDY PUTTY.

-MUDDY PUTTY? -MUDDY PUTTY?

THAT'S IT!

TO THE MUD!

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

IS THIS GOING TO BE LIKE BUILDING CRAB SCOUT SHELTERS,

OR CAN WE ALL HELP?

OH, MY LITTLE CRAB SCOUTS,

WE'RE ALL GONNA DO THIS TOGETHER.

ALL RIGHT, CRAB SCOUTS,

KEEP THAT MUDDY PUTTY COMING, MON!

THAT'S IT, FLOUNDER, TAP IT IN THERE REAL GOOD.

THERE...

I THINK WE DID IT.

YES! WE STOPPED THE BUBBLES FROM GETTING AWAY!

YES, INDEEDY! AAH!

IT'S ONLY TEMPORARY.

HE'LL STILL RUN OUT OF AIR EVENTUALLY.

OHH.

HMM...

OH...

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT!

GRRR...

SOMEDAY, ARCHIMEDES.

BUT NOT TODAY, ARIEL.

A HUMAN IN THE SEA IS LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER.

YEAH, A FISH...

OR A MERMAID.

GOODBYE, METAL FISH.

GOODBYE, HUMAN.

[RREOW]

OHH... WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL LIVE TO TELL THE TALE AFTER ALL.

[MEOW]

THANKS TO... HER.

AHOY! MATEY!

HEY, IT'S MR. ANDERSEN.

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN?

-THAT'S ME. -WHAT ARE YOU WRITING?

A STORY I'M CALLING... THE LITTLE MERMAID.

OH, MR. ANDERSEN, PLEASE READ IT TO US.

ALL RIGHT. GATHER 'ROUND.

"FAR, FAR FROM LAND,

"WHERE THE WATERS ARE AS BLUE AS THE PETALS OF A CORNFLOWER

"AND AS CLEAR AS GLASS,

"THERE, WHERE NO ANCHOR CAN REACH THE BOTTOM,

LIVE THE MERPEOPLE."

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN

WROTE THE STORY OF THE LITTLE MERMAID

AND MANY OTHER CLASSIC FAIRY TALES.

YOU CAN FIND HIS BOOKS AT YOUR LIBRARY.