Princess Ariel is the titular protagonist of Disney 's 1989 animated feature film The Little Mermaid. She is the seventh and youngest daughter of King Triton and Queen Athena, rulers of the undersea kingdom of Atlantica.
She is the fourth Disney Princess, the first Disney Princess to be developed during the Disney Renaissance, and the first Disney Princess since Aurora. The character is based on the title character of Hans Christian Andersen 's 1837 fairy tale "The Little Mermaid" but was developed into a different personality for the 1989 animated film adaptation.
Ariel is the main protagonist of Walt Disney's 1989 animated feature film The Little Mermaid and its 2008 direct-to-video prequel, Ariel's Beginning, and the deuteragonist of the 2000 direct-to-video sequel, Return to the Sea.
Nov 17, 1989 · In Disney's beguiling animated romp, rebellious 16-year-old mermaid Ariel is fascinated with life on land. On one of her visits to the surface, which are forbidden by her controlling father, King Triton, she falls for a human prince.
Ariel is the titular protagonist of the 1989 Disney animated film The Little Mermaid. She has vivid flowing red hair and aqua blue eyes. When she was a mermaid she had green fins and a lavender seashell bra. She is voiced by Jodi Benson. She is the fourth official Disney Princess and the first to be developed during the Disney Renaissance.
Ariel is a fictional character and the title character of Walt Disney Pictures' 28th animated film The Little Mermaid (1989). She subsequently appears in the film's prequel television series, direct-to-video sequel The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (where her daughter takes over as the...