"The Little Mermaid" Trident True (1992)

Director:

Jamie Mitchell

Writers:

Hans Christian Andersen (characters) and
Tony Marino (writer)

TV Series:

"The Little Mermaid" (1992)

Original Air Date:

28 November 1992 (Season 1, Episode 13)

Genre:

Animation | Family

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

19th Century | Crab | Underwater | Little Mermaid | 1830s

Cast

Jodi Benson	...	Ariel (voice)
Edan Gross	...	Flounder (voice)
Samuel E. Wright	...	Sebastian (voice)
Kenneth Mars	...	Triton (voice)
Danny Cooksey	...	Urchin (voice)
Tim Curry	...	The Evil Manta (voice)
Kath Soucie	...	Atina (voice)
Dave Coulier	...	Moray the Eel (voice)
Mary Kay Bergman	...	Arista (voice)

Directed by
Jamie Mitchell

Writing credits
Hans Christian Andersen		(characters)
Tony Marino		writer

Produced by
Tedd Anasti	....	co-producer
Patsy Cameron	....	co-producer
Traci Tolman Mars	....	assistant producer (as Traci M. Tolman)
Jamie Mitchell	....	producer

Original Music by
Dan Foliart

Art Direction by
Ron Dias
Ed Ghertner

Production Management
Cheryl Murphy	....	post-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mircea Mantta	....	associate director

Art Department
Krista Bunn	....	supervisor: production art services
Paul A. Felix	....	key layout designer
John Fox	....	storyboard revisions
Tom Foxmarnick	....	prop designer
John Hall	....	art coordinator
Frank Nissen	....	storyboard artist
Karen Silva	....	art coordinator
Robert Souza	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Timothy J. Borquez	....	adr editor (as Timothy Borquez)
Timothy J. Borquez	....	post-production sound supervisor
Rick Freeman	....	dialogue editor
Timothy J. Garrity	....	sound editor
Michael Geisler	....	sound editor
Theresa Gilroy-Nielsen	....	track reader
Michael Gollom	....	sound editor
Sam Horta	....	supervising sound editor
Tom Jaeger	....	sound editor (as Thomas Jaeger)
Christopher Keith	....	sound dubbing supervisor
John O. Robinson III	....	supervising sound editor

Animation Department
Marie Boughamer	....	cel painter
Brooks Campbell	....	key background artist
Hye Coh	....	key background stylist
Barbara Dourmashkin	....	timing director (as Barbara Dourmashkin-Case)
Marta Glodkowska	....	color key stylist (as Marta Skwara)
Yuri Handa	....	animator: Japan
Saburo Hashimoto	....	director: Japan
Jinzaburo Kaiho	....	background artist: Japan
Bob Kirk	....	timing director
Masaki Kudô	....	animator: Japan (as Masaaki Kudo)
Marsh Lamore	....	animation director
Yoshiaki Matsuda	....	animator: Japan
Satoshi Matsudaira	....	background artist: Japan
Russ Mooney	....	animation director (as Russell E. Mooney)
Hirofumi Nakata	....	animator: Japan
Masumi Nose	....	background artist: Japan
Brian Ray	....	timing director
Len Smith	....	character designer
Shinichi Suzuki	....	animation director: Japan
Heihachiro Tanaka	....	animator: Japan
Takashi Ui	....	director: Japan
Shigeru Yamamoto	....	animation supervisor: Japan
Madoka Yasue	....	animation director: Japan

Editorial Department
Nanci Battelle	....	post-production assistant
Sam Horta	....	supervising editor
Tim Mertens	....	picture editor
John Royer	....	post-production coordinator
Kevin Spears	....	picture editor (as Kevin D. Spears)
Steve Werner	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Brian F. Mars	....	music editor
Alan Menken	....	composer: theme
Bambi Moé	....	associate music producer
Alex Wilkinson	....	music editor
Bryan Pezzone	....	musician: piano (uncredited)

Other crew
Tedd Anasti	....	story editor
Vonnie Batson	....	continuity coordinator
Johanne Beaudoin	....	production assistant
Patsy Cameron	....	story editor
Paul C. Fabela	....	production assistant (as Paul Fabela)
Pamela Kincheloe	....	script coordinator
Meg McSweeney	....	dialogue director
Craig Simpson	....	shipping coordinator
Myoung Smith	....	continuity coordinator
Jamie Thomason	....	dialogue director
Katherine Victor	....	continuity coordinator (as Kathrin Victor)

Bradley Pierce

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Flounder (voice)

Sound Department
Roy Braverman	....	sound effects editor
Eileen Horta	....	supervising sound editor

Animation Department
Roy Sato	....	assistant animator

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	score coordinator
Brian Benison	....	music editor

The Evil Manta's Third Appearance

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

I really like this episode. The animation is lovely, and the music is just beautiful. There is also some nice dialogue. If anything, I would have liked to have seen a little more of Sebastian, otherwise the episode is perfect, and just about right in length. The basic plot is about Ariel being tricked by Moray the Eel into getting a glow shell for her father, and Urchin has to get the trident to save her and Flounder from an octopus. But Moray steals it, and it falls into the hands of the Evil Manta. Can Ariel and Urchin get it back in time? The voice acting is exceptional, Jodi Benson we know is a talented voice actress, and Tim Curry is a joy to behold as the Evil Manta. Speaking of the characters, I like the fact Ariel is more sympathetic here, and Moray is fairly entertaining even if you don't trust him at all. Just to warn you, the last minute or so is very funny, I won't spoil it for you, other than to say it's to do with a squid pen. 9/10 Bethany Cox