Does the dog die?
185 supporters
The Little Mermaid
Movie • 1989 • Animation
ReportThis colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Memorable songs and characters -- including the villainous sea witch Ursula.
This movie contains 34 potentially triggering events.
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Anonymous
No DOG was killed during the movie. While yes there are dead FISH being shown no DOG died.
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Unanswered Triggers
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
22 supporters
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Anonymous
Father says he will disown her.
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Abuse
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cassandrasaurus
Triton doesn’t strike Ariel but he is physically threatening and destroys her prized possessions in anger.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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cassandrasaurus
Arguable but a father’s behavior towards his teenage daughter might be considered controlling, manipulative and threatening.
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Addiction
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Animal
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cassandrasaurus
Near the beginning of the film, Ursula eats a struggling, terrified shrimp alive. Disturbed me as a child. Later, her pets (two sentient eels) are killed.
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Are animals abused?
109 supporters
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zement
Ursula also kicks a dog in the face
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Is there a dead animal?
59 supporters
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LauraMcG
Lots of dead fish and other sea creatures in the Les Poissons scene
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Does a pet die?
85 supporters
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Draczard
Ursula’s pet eels are killed
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Are there snakes?
12 supporters
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cassandrasaurus
Eels
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Are there sharks?
6 supporters
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SiRenfield
Ariel and Flounder are chased by one near the start of the movie
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Assault
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Is someone held under water?
10 supporters
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Blondebeauty23
Eric gets dragged under water by Ursula’s eels and is held there by the eels but he frees himself
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
17 supporters
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br14rr0s3
Ursula is grazed on the arm by a spear from which Eric throws at her. What is presumed to be blood appears from the cut on her arm, though it is black and inky.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
1 supporters
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LauraMcG
A couple of scenes of people struggling underwater, but they all end up fine.
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Is there decapitation?
14 supporters
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RoyalLouds
A dead fish gets it’s head chopped off by a chef. No blood is shown.
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Is there cannibalism?
22 supporters
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
Sebastian the crab witnesses a chef butchering and cooking other sea creatures, including crabs. He is disturbed and sickened by it.
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Is there amputation?
12 supporters
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LauraMcG
There's chopped up fish shown during Les Poissons, which in the context of the film is gruesome, but it's not exactly amputation in the normal sense. Viewer's interpretation.
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Are any teeth damaged?
23 supporters
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cassandrasaurus
In a cartoonish way. An unlikeable character is hit in the face with a frying pan and some teeth fall out. Not graphic, done for comedy.
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Is someone stabbed?
5 supporters
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Draczard
Ursula is impaled and killed by a ship
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Children
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Is a minor sexualized?
58 supporters
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Anonymous
Ariel is young.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does a non-human character die?
15 supporters
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A villain
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Does someone die?
9 supporters
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The villain
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
5 supporters
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runasoul
Several plant looking creatures (later revealed to be merpeople) and the main character (temporarily) are captured by the villain.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
14 supporters
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cassandrasaurus
Teenage main character’s father destroys her prized possessions.
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Does a family member die?
10 supporters
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Not on screen, but the prequel confirms that Ariel’s mother died
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Fear
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Is someone possessed?
8 supporters
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cassandrasaurus
Ursula takes on a human form but there is no indication she possessed an existing human.
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Is there a shower scene?
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EthanColes
There's a bath scene
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Gross
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Does someone vomit?
56 supporters
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The butler guy gets seasick in the opening scene and retches over the boat (no visual or audio).
Sebastian also gags when he sees the chef cooking crab.
Sebastian also gags when he sees the chef cooking crab.
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Is someone eaten?
18 supporters
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
No people are eaten, but we see shots of a kitchen where fish (who have only been anthropomorphic characters thus far) are being cut up and cooked. It sickens the crab who sees them.
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Is there audio gore?
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LauraMcG
During Les Poissons, we can hear the fish being chopped and squished and deboned.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Objects treated as priceless artifacts to the owner, but not to broader society
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Medical
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Mental Health
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there body dysmorphia?
17 supporters
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cassandrasaurus
A mermaid wants to be human and identifies strongly with humans.
Later, she willingly turns into a human and has some trouble getting used to her new body at first.
Later, she willingly turns into a human and has some trouble getting used to her new body at first.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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LauraMcG
Flounder gets stuck in a shipwreck porthole, while a shark stalks him. He gets unstuck in time.
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Noxious
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Are there flashing lights or images?
23 supporters
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JessieFoster
There are flashing lights during a storm around 22min, at around 35 min, in poor unfortunate soul- I don't know why people have said no
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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Fayy
No, just comments done by Ursula about her own body. But nothing negative.
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Is there hate speech?
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LauraMcG
Triton makes generalizations about humans that could be considered racism(speciesism), but he changes his mind with education.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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-1
The main villain of the movie is modeled after a drag queen. So arguably she could be considered a homophobic stereotype like most Disney villains.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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cassandrasaurus
Ursula is modeled after the drag queen Divine and is somewhat queer-coded. My guess is that is what the “yes” vote is about. But no explicitly queer characters die in this film.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
25 supporters
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cassandrasaurus
Some comments/attitudes might be considered ableist towards the hearing and/or speech impaired.
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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Anonymous
A kiss.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
23 supporters
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Anonymous
Specifically in the song by Ursula.
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Are there nude scenes?
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Ariel is naked from the waist down when she is given legs, but we only ever see her silhouette
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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cassandrasaurus
Shipwreck is the closest thing.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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LauraMcG
No, but a villain is impaled by a boat.
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
30 supporters
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LauraMcG
no blood, but we do see a lot of chopped up seafood, which in the context of the film is pretty horrific. Also, Ursula gets impaled, but it is not graphic at all.
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Does someone drown?
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cassandrasaurus
No drowning deaths are shown but a ship does capsize and we don’t know if there are other survivors besides Eric.
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