Carlotta

Voice Actor: Edie McClurg

Featured Episodes: The Little Mermaid

Bio: One of the servants in Eric's castle. She gets assigned the task of getting Ariel "properly" dressed.

Carlotta works in Prince Eric's castle in a role suggested to be similar to a housekeeper, though it is not stated outright. She reappears in the sequel, apparently continuing her role in the castle after Eric and Ariel are married and have a daughter of their own. She gets mad at the crazed Chef Louis who tries to kill Sebastian (first for food, then for revenge for the mayhem in the kitchen, even though Louis made much of the mess himself while chasing Sebastian). She is voiced by Edie McClurg.

In the 2007 stage musical, Carlotta develops an affectionate maternal relationship with Ariel, whom she grows fond of. Carlotta sings in the musical number "Beyond My Wildest Dreams", where Carlotta berates the other servants who gossip about Ariel. Near the end of the musical there is a contest where the princesses of the land are to sing for Eric, in the hope that one of them will have the voice of the girl who saved his life (i.e. Ariel). Carlotta is the one who encourages Ariel to step forward and dance for him in order to show her love for him.

Grimsby

Voice Actor: Ben Wright

Featured Episodes: The Little Mermaid, Scuttle

Bio: One of Eric's advisors. He gets put in charge of preparing Eric's wedding ship and takes Eric to meet prospective brides.

Grimsby is Prince Eric's manservant and confidant, voiced by Ben Wright (in his final role) in the original film. In the opening scene, Grimsby is shown as not having the stomach for the sea, and dismisses the sailors' stories about merpeople living under the sea. Through dialogue, Grimsby reveals that he worries for Eric, and has been hoping that the prince will settle down with the right girl. For Eric's birthday, Grimsby presents a statue he had commissioned of Eric in a dramatic pose. Though Eric and Max disapprove of the statue, Grimsby is apparently proud of it. Later, when Ariel has become human, Grimsby grows fond of the girl and encourages Eric to give up his dream girl for one "of flesh and blood" (which, unknown to him and Eric, are one and the same). Grimsby appears briefly in the sequel, in which he is voiced by Kay E. Kuter.

Scuttle

Voice Actor: Buddy Hackett

Featured Episodes: The Little Mermaid, Scuttle

Bio: A seagull whom Ariel turns for (incorrect) knowledge on the human things she finds. Scuttle definitely has trouble cutting to the chase when talking.
A seagull whom Ariel turns for (incorrect) knowledge on the human things she finds. Scuttle definitely has trouble cutting to the chase when talking.

Scuttle is a seagull and friend of Ariel. He appears in the film as an expert on human objects with whom Ariel consults about items she salvages, though his identifications consist of nonsense. He wrongly names a fork a "dinglehopper" and says that it is used as a comb, and a smoking pipe a "snarfblatt" while claiming it works like a trumpet. Scuttle is the only one of Ariel's friends capable of flight and as such is very useful in getting help.

King Triton

Full Name: King Triton of Atlantica

Grandfather: Neptune (Not THE Neptune, mind you.)

Voice Actor: Kenneth Mars

Featured Episodes: The Little Mermaid and the TV Series

Bio: As King of Atlantica, Triton commands much respect from everyone in the seas. He also is the only one who can fully use the Trident that he carries. Despite this, he has trouble convincing his youngest of seven daughters to obey his laws about humans. He often loses his temper whenever Ariel and humans are mentioned in the same sentence. His favorite instrument is the sea calliope, something everyone else hates.

King Triton is the Sea King and Ariel's father. He is voiced by the late Kenneth Mars in all the above animated material, with the exception of the prequel film, in which he is voiced by Jim Cummings. The reason for his constant clashes with Ariel, according to the film's directors Ron Clements and John Musker, is that both he and Ariel are strong-willed and independent. Triton wields a powerful trident, which is the source of his apparently unlimited power.

Ursula

Full Name: Ursula the Sea Witch

Voice Actor: Pat Carroll

Featured Episodes: The Little Mermaid, Against the Tide, Heroes, Ariel's Treasures

Bio: Ursula is a cross between an octopus and a human, she has arms and tentacles. Once a member of Triton's court, Ursula was banished from Atlantica and spends her time devising plans to get back at him. She possesses great magic and the occassional merfolk come to her to get help. She helps them for a price that is usually too high. Then she keeps them as eel-type things stuck in her abode. She tries to spoil Ariel's attempt to woo Eric by using Ariel's voice to enchant Eric and change herself to a human named Vanessa.

Ursula is the main antagonist of the 1989 film. She is voiced by Pat Carroll in the film. Ursula is based on the "sea witch/sorceress" character in Hans Christian Andersen's story "The Little Mermaid". In the original story the sea witch is a neutral enabler, but for Disney's animated adaptation, the character was modified into a full-fledged antagonist and plays a larger role in the overall story. Ursula is a part-octopus sea witch who "helps" unfortunate merfolk to achieve her own goals. Ursula frequently turns them into polyps and imprisons them. Her appearance is of an obese purple-skinned, white-haired female human with a facial mole, but from the waist down she has six black tentacles. Her overall design is based on the drag queen Divine

Flounder

Full Name: Guppy Number 35, aka Flounder


Voice Actor: Jason Marin(movie), Edan Gross (TV series season 1)

Featured Episodes: The Little Mermaid and the TV Series

Bio: Since childhood, Flounder's best friend has been Ariel. He is very timid and prefers to live the carefree life and not muck about humans. Flounder also gets very caught up when talking, often landing him in trouble.

Flounder, Ariel's best friend, is a bright yellow and golden blue colored tropical fish despite the name, he is not a flounder, but is a juvenile atlantic blue tang. He is the secondary tritagonist of the film. In all appearances, he is seen to be younger.

Flounder scares easily, and is prone to panicking under stressful situations like a single shark breaching the sunken ship, but when Ariel is in trouble, he comes through for her without hesitation. In the film he is the only character to give unconditional support for Ariel's fascination with human things, and at one point gives Ariel a statue of Eric as a gift. He is voiced by Jason Marin in the 1989 film and the album called Sebastian From The Little Mermaid.

Sebastian

Full Name: Horatio Ignatius Crustaceous Sebastian

Voice Actor: Samuel Wright

Featured Episodes: The Little Mermaid and the TV series

Bio: Hailing from Jamaica, Sebastian is brought to be the court composer and tutor to Ariel. In the TV series he also is Triton's main adviser. When not working, he is usually found with Ariel, keeping an eye on her. Like Flounder he is also very timid when it comes to adventures. Sebastian also tries to kiss up to Triton whenever possible. He swims slower than the others and is usually hanging onto Flounder's tail.

Sebastian is a crab, the servant of King Triton and the film's primary tritagonist. The character was developed solely for the film, and is not derived from the original Hans Christian Andersen story. Aside from being a crab, Sebastian is also known for his Caribbean accent. In his appearances in film and television, Sebastian is voiced by Samuel E. Wright. When the film opens, Sebastian is announced as being the "royal court composer", and conducts a concert that King Triton's seven daughters are supposed to perform. Ariel, the youngest daughter, fails to show up for the concert, and later Sebastian joins King Triton in scolding her, blaming her for his humiliation. King Triton, worried about Ariel, tasks Sebastian with following Ariel and keeping her out of trouble. Sebastian tries to do the job given to him, and is horrified when Ariel saves the life of and falls in love with a human. Sebastian accidentally lets this information slip to King Triton, who confronts Ariel. Feeling guilty for having "betrayed" Ariel, Sebastian follows Ariel when she visits Ursula the sea witch for help, and later becomes an adviser in her quest to win Prince Eric's affections. After Ursula disguises herself as a human and wins over Prince Eric, Sebastian goes down to inform King Triton, and later becomes instrumental in helping Ariel and Prince Eric defeat Ursula.