Cameron Bonomolo (September 10, 2021). "Disney's Live-Action The Little Mermaid Swims to 2023 Release Date". Comicbook.com . Retrieved September 10, 2021. Navarez, Martin. "[RECAP] Anime Expo 2018: Day 2". Archived from the original on April 19, 2019 . Retrieved November 9, 2018. Coffey, Kelly (September 5, 2019). "Disney Princesses return to the big screen". Inside the Magic . Retrieved September 6, 2019. Dr. Michael Landis, a history teacher at State University of New York, Ulster, writing for Smithsonian Magazine in 2019, says the film "sent important messages about identity to its young audiences," including topics of gay rights (the central character, Ariel, "feels constrained by her patriarchal society" and is " in the closet"), gender fluidity, and body image issues. [101] Ariel turns to "the only strong female in the entire film and thus Ariel's only female role model," the villain Ursula (who was based on famous drag queen Divine, herself closely associated with gay filmmaker John Waters). Landis invokes Laura Sells and her argument that, "Ariel learns [from Ursula that] gender [is not]...a natural category, but...a performed construct." He adds:

Smith, Russell W. (September 8, 1995). "Sex Seen (by Some) in Films by Disney". Austin American-Statesman. pp.d1.

Rumor has it a disgruntled Disney artist sought revenge on the company by drawing a castle spire in the shape of a male sex organ.

Deb, Sopan (December 3, 2018). "Princeton Singers Abandon a 'Little Mermaid' Song Over Kissing Concerns". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved January 8, 2023. The Little Mermaid (U)". British Board of Film Classification. December 28, 1989. Archived from the original on April 16, 2016 . Retrieved April 2, 2016. But below you will see a comparison image of the 8 releases listed above, of Ariel, Flounder and Scuttle. Now I'd like to know, what screencapture do you think looks best color-wise? And which one do you think looks the worst? And which screencapture do you think is the most faithful? I don't know if any of you have the Read-Along Book of the movie or maybe the Art of The Little Mermaid book? Or maybe you can look up a production cel for this image?

Thank you guys I'm glad that you all like the comparison screencaps I made I does take a long time, but it's totally worth it in the end, both for myself, as I enjoy to make them but also for me to be able to share them with other Disney Fans around the world.

Gans, Andrew (May 18, 2019). "Lea Michele and Harvey Fierstein Head Cast of Hollywood Bowl's Immersive The Little Mermaid". Playbill. Archived from the original on December 9, 2020 . Retrieved November 20, 2020. The artist himself didn't notice the resemblance until a member of his youth church group heard about the controversy on talk radio and called him at his studio with the news. The alleged "phallic symbol" in The Little Mermaid's artwork went undetected by the general public for about a year while the film was in the theatrical release. Shortly after Entertainment Weekly ran a story about the offending artwork in mid-1990, the rumor became widespread when Machelle Couch of Mesa, Arizona, complained to Disney and a Phoenix supermarket chain (Bashas') about the phallus on the cover of The Little Mermaid. Bashas' pulled the videos from their shelves (but returned them less than 24 hours later), and the story of the "penis" cover was soon widely disseminated by the media.

Jaafer, Ali (May 25, 2016). "Disney Mulling Live-Action Version Of 'The Little Mermaid' ". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 22, 2017 . Retrieved March 4, 2017. Smith, Grady (October 4, 2011). " 'Beauty and the Beast,' 'The Little Mermaid,' 'Finding Nemo,' 'Monsters, Inc.' get 3-D re-releases". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on March 26, 2015 . Retrieved October 27, 2011.a b Neuwirth, Allan (2003). Makin' Toons: Inside the Most Popular Animated TV Shows and Movies. Allworth Communications, Inc. pp. 46–47. ISBN 1-58115-269-8. Euro Disney Resort Paris (Open in Spring 1992) [announced by Brian Cummings] Eurodisney near Paris opening in the spring of 1992 immediately after the movie you're invited to watch a special sneak preview of the incredible new Euro Disney Resort near Paris Don't miss this exciting fantasy ride through the most magical kingdom on Earth right after the Little Mermaid

In 2022, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". [14] Accolades Kenneth Mars as King Triton, Ariel's strict and overprotective father and the ruler of Atlantica who is prejudiced towards humans. [16]Levin, Gary (August 3, 2017). "ABC drops plans for 'Little Mermaid' musical". USA Today. Archived from the original on October 17, 2019 . Retrieved August 4, 2017. Golden Globe Awards To 'Born on 4th of July' ". The New York Times. Associated Press. January 22, 1990. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013 . Retrieved May 16, 2014. Sequel: Melody • Tip and Dash • Alex • Morgana • Cloak and Dagger • Undertow • Hammerhead Shark • Flounder's Guppies • Baby Penguin • Ursula and Morgana's Mother