The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea is a 2000 American animated direct-to-video film produced and released by Walt Disney Home Video realsed on September 19, 2000, and a sequel to Disney's 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid. Directed by Jim Kammerud and Brian Smith, the story takes place over a decade after the original film, and focuses on Ariel's and Eric's daughter Melody, a human princess who longs to swim in the ocean despite her parents' law that the sea is forbidden to her. This sequel stars the voices of Jodi Benson as Ariel, Tara Strong as Melody and Pat Carroll as Morgana, the film's new villain. Melody [after finding out that Ariel is a mermaid] All this time, and you never told me? [before handing Morgana the trident] Too late, Mom. [Ariel: Melody, no!] [to Morgana] You tricked me. Grandfather, I think this belongs to you. [throws Triton the trident] [Triton: Never again will you or yours threaten my family! There will be no escape for you ever!] How would you know?! You've never even been in it! [rushes out in tears, while crying and snatching the necklace back] Ariel Eric's right, Daddy. I should have known I couldn't keep Melody from the sea. It's a part of her. And a part of me. I have to go. King Triton Release my daughter, surrender my granddaughter, and I shall spare you! [Melody: Grandfather, I think this belongs to you.] [Before using his trident to encase Morgana in a blocks of ice] Never again will you or yours threaten my family! There will be no escape for you, EVER! [freezes her] Morgana One minute you're on top, the next you're sushi. [turns to Grimsby] Now is that fair, Gramps, I ask you? You'll never find me! But I'll find you and your precious granddaughter! Hungry? Afraid all I have is a cold plate. [to Melody] You're not the only one with a mother who doesn't understand you. Believe me. Oh, wishes do come true. [to sky] SEE THAT, MA?! WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE NOW?! [latestness words before to her icy bolcks] [King Triton: Never again will you or yours threaten my family! There will be no escape for you ever!] Mommy... Sebastian Come back here! You're just like... like your mother. (In another chase with Louis) [Louis: You're going in the bouillabaisse!] Come on, now! No, Louis! You don't wanna do this, man! I'm old, I'm not tender anymore! You know, when I was a teenager, you couldn't get me out of my shell for nothing. I had this high, squeaky voice and these itty-bitty liddle pinchers! Then one day, BOOM! I sound like Caruso, and these whoppers pop out! All right, Sebastian. You must remain calm. This is not your fault. All you have to do is go in there and calmly explain that Melody has run away. No reason to lose your head. Whatever you do, you absolutely, positively, must not panic. [Hears Ariel call Melody] AAAAH!!! MELODY'S GONE, MELODY'S GONE, MELODY'S GONE!!!! I'm too old for this! Prince Eric Where's Melody?! What have you done with her?! Tip [Repeated line] Another plan perfectly executed. A fork? We're risking our tails for a fork? Oh, sure, that's it. Take your time. Kick back. Relax. Let's all just LINGER HERE AND DIE! Undertow MAKE WAY, LITTLE MERSHRIMP! I'M COMING THROUGH! [After being shrunk] WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME?! LOOK AT ME! I'M AN ANCHOVY!!! [Confronting Tip and Dash; last words] Going somewhere, boys? Chef Louis DEATH TO THE CRAB!!! [Carlotta: [throws a bucket of water at Louis to snap him out of it] Oh, Louis.] Dialogue Triton: My precious Melody... I'm giving you this locket so that you will never forget that part of your heart... will always belong to the sea. [opens the locket to reveal Atlantica with merpeople swimming around as Melody coos happy] [Ariel smiles to her father and Triton was happy that Melody liked his gift as he closes it and prepares to give it to her. Suddenly, a tentacle comes out of the water and grabs Melody out of Ariel's hand]Ariel: Melody! [Then a being who snatched Melody came out of the water to reveal another sea witch]Morgana: [first words, cackles] A party!Sebastian: [gasps in shock] Ursula's crazy sister!Morgana: I didn't miss the cake and ice cream, did I? [evil laugh]Triton: [shocked] Morgana! [and also losing control of his rage with his magic trident at full power] Surrender the baby, or I'll...Morgana: Uh-uh-uh. [She gives Melody a kiss on the cheek, while Triton can't blasts her while she's got Melody as a hostage] Ursula would have simply loved to have come... but something came up. Now-Now, what was it? Oh, yes. You all SHISH-KEBABBED HER! One minute you're on top, the next you're sushi. [turns to Grimsby] Now, is that fair, gramps? I ask you. But then, whoever said we had to play fair? [chuckles] Oh, Undertow! [Then a big shark named Undertow rose up from the water]Undertow: MAKE WAY, LITTLE MERSHRIMP! [the merfolks swam out of the way in fear] I'M COMING THROUGH! [swam towards the ship with a grin]Ariel: [gasps] [Morgana lowers Melody close to Undertow as he opens his mouth wide open]Morgana: [to King Triton] Now hand over the trident, or your precious granddaughter... will be shark chow!Triton: You can have anything you want. Just don't harm little Melody.Morgana: [to Ariel and Eric] Well, well. I get the trident... avenge poor, unfortunate Ursula... and gain all the powers of the ocean! And it's not even ten o'clock. [chuckles] Not a bad morning. [But then Ariel takes Eric's sword and cut the line rope holding a wooden support]Eric: Hit the deck! [Morgana gets hit while flinging Melody and Morgana bumped to the rope ladder to her two pet rays, who screaming. Melody was falling down as Eric ran to her, Undertow and Meowth jumped up, as Melody was still falling down, Eric grabs onto a rope and swings to her, Undertow opened his mouth wide and prepares to attack. But then Triton fires his Trident at Undertow and shrunk him down to the size of a mini-shark, while Eric catches Melody just in time and landed on board]Ariel: Melody!Undertow: [fell to the water] WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME?! LOOK AT ME! I'M AN ANCHOVY!!! [gasps in horrified]Morgana: This isn't the end, Triton! It's just the beginning!Triton: After her! King Triton's guards swam after Morgana and her minions. Morgana laughs evilly as she creates a cloud of ink while spinning]Morgana: You'll never find me! But I'll find you... [as she and her minions disappeared as King Triton's guards along who is too late to catch them] ...and your precious granddaughter! [evil laugh]Triton: We shall not rest until that mad woman is vanquished! FIND HER!!! FIND HER!!! [fires lightning into the sky as an order and Morgana is nowhere to be found. Flounder and Sebastian are with Triton at the castle about Morgana's disappearance with terrible news]Triton: [gravely to Eric and Ariel] I'm sorry. There is no sign of her, she's vanished. [Ariel is worried and Melody crawls to the sea] We'll keep trying, we'll-Ariel: Sweetie, no. [pulls Melody out of the water] We need to keep Melody away from her until we find Morgana, it’s because Melody can't go to the sea...and neither can i.Flounder: But, Ariel...Ariel: I'm sorry, Flounder, but if Morgana is anything like Ursula, she'll never give up. [Melody taps on her magic wand] This is the only way; [takes the necklace from from Melody's neck] Melody can't know about Merpeople or Atlantica, or even you, Daddy. [gives it back to Triton]Triton: [sighs defeated] Very well, Ariel. You're right. [turns to Sebastian] Sebastian you will watch over her.Sebastian: Me? [fainting] Aww! [King Triton gives one last sad look to his daughter and her husband before dropping his gift for Melody down to the water and left with Flounder while Ariel, Eric and Melody left for Eric's Castle]Melody: Hey, Scuttle. Hey, Sebastian. What's kickin'?Scuttle: Uh, what's kickin'? Hmm...let me see. [knocks himself on the head] Don't rush me.Sebastian: Ha! You know perfectly well what's kicking. Now, come along. You gonna be late for the... [But then gets splashed when Melody jumps back into the water, and then Sebastian coughs and spits out of the water]Melody: [giggling Sorry, Sebastian. [swims to him]Sebastian: Melody, child, how many times do i have to tell you?Melody and Sebastian: It is expressly forbidden for you to be swimming beyond the safety of the sea wall.Melody: [continuing to imitate him] Any such swimmin' is a reckless disregard of da rules. Don't ya know? [They are silent for a moment]Sebastian: ...Stop dat.Melody: Oh, Sebastian, I can't help it. I just love the sea! [splashes on Sebastian as she swims off]Sebastian: Hey! [sputters] Come back here! [into the water] You're just like- [stops and remembers] like your mother. [Morgana messes around with a spell for Undertow while Cloak and Dagger watch]Morgana: Ooh-Ooh-Hoo-Hoo, Trust me. This time, I'm sure I've got it right.Undertow: Yeah, that's what you said last time, and I was sore for a week.Morgana: Oh stop your carping and stand still.Undertow: [whimpering] Oh, this is gonna hurt. [Morgana casts the spell and a green lightning bolt hits Undertow. He starts getting bigger]Morgana: Yes. Yes! YES!Undertow: Uh-Oh. [the spell backfires, making Undertow small again, as a shrimp] Uh.Morgana: [trustrated] Huh. [throws another bottle into the cauldron and Undertow is turned into an unidentifiable gray fish].Undertow: Uh. [Morgana gets frustrated and and throws in more bottles, turning Undertow into something weird each time until he's back to being small] Ulp. [Cloak and Dagger laugh and snicker at Undertow]Morgana: Oh. It's just no use. The power of the trident is just too strong for me to overcome.Undertow: [under his breath] I bet Ursula could've done it.Morgana: [gets angry at Undertow] What, was that, you said?!Undertow: Nothing, I'm just saying.Morgana: [angrily throws a vial at him, but misses] STOP, CRITICIZING ME! That's all my mother ever did was criticize me. It was always "Ursula this" and, "Ursula that" and "Morgana, why can't you be more like your sister URSULA?!" [hurls a starfish like a dart at a picture of Ursula]Undertow: Well, it's not Ursula's fault I got miniturized. It's yours!Morgana: It's not!Undertow: Your fault we had to hide out here for TWELVE FROST-BITTEN YEARS!Morgana: IT'S NOT!Undertow: YOUR FAULT WE CAN NEVER SHOW OUR FACES IN POLITE SOCIETY AGAIN!Morgana: You're really pushing it, Small-Fry. [But a light glowed, Morgana and Undertow checked the cauldron shell to notice Melody notices something in her hands and they discovered it was the locket and they gasps]Morgana and Undertow: It's the locket!Morgana: Ooh-ha-ha! This is just the kind of break in the ice we've been waiting for. When Ariel's innocent little daughter uncovers the secret of that locket, she's going to have lots of questions. And who'll be right there with all the answers?Undertow: [chuckles] We will.Morgana: Exactly! She'll be the perfect tool for Triton's undoing.Undertow: And I'll get to be big again.Morgana: Finally, I'll succeed at the one thing my sister never could.Undertow: Really, really big again!Morgana: Total domination of the seas! [cackling]Undertow: [laughing] I'll be huge!Morgana: [evil laugh]Eric: So we're having a bad hair day, huh?Ariel: If we were, you wouldn't be helping, would you?Eric: Well i'm just here to let you know, there are a lot of people downstairs.Ariel: Oh we'll be right down. Give us two minutes.Eric: Right, two minutes...Where have I heard that before?Ariel: [came in her room] Oh, sweetheart. I'm so sorryMelody: [crying] What's wrong with me?Ariel: Oh, nothing's wrong with you.Melody: Mom, I'm the princess of disaster!Ariel: Being a teenager is hard, and, uh, all kids your age feel...awkward, and...Melody: [looking at her locket] "Melody"? What is this? My name's on here. [opens the locket and a lullaby plays] That song. Where have I heard it? It's Atlantica, with merpeople and everything. Mother, you always said it was just an old fish tale.Ariel: [snaps the locket shut] Where did you get this?Melody: I - I found it.Ariel: [upset] You went over the wall, didn't you?Melody: Actually, I went under it. I hate that stupid wall.Ariel: Melody, you know you're not allowed in the sea!Melody: But why, and why does that necklace have my name on it?Ariel: Melody, listen to me.Melody: You're hiding something from me.Ariel: [as she shocked at what Melody said and angrily] You deliberately disobeyed me! I never want you going out there again. Do you hear me? It's dangerous in the sea!Melody: How would you know?! You've never even been in it! [rushes out in tears, while crying and taking the necklace back]Ariel: M-Melody, I... [Eric comes in but steps aside as his daughter Melody runs off in tears] [sighs] Oh, no.Eric: Ariel, darling, we knew this day would come.Ariel: Oh, Eric. You're right. It's time I trusted her with the truth.Melody: Hi. I'm Melody.Dash: This here's Tip, and I'm Dash.Tip: Excuse me, Mr. I-Spill-My-Guts-To-Total-Strangers. You just blew our cover!Dash: I was just trying to be friendly.Melody: Guys, I really have to get going, so if you could...Dash: Aww, see? Now she's gonna leave, and it's all your fault.Tip: MY FAULT?! She's...She's probably allergic to blubber!Dash: Oh yeah? Well...maybe she doesn't like BIRDS THAT CAN'T FLY![Tip gasps dramatically]Melody: Guys...Tip: Well, you can't fly, either!Dash: And...you walk funny.Melody: Guys!Tip: OH, YEAH?! Well...um...YOU CAN'T FLY EITHER!Melody: GUYS! [the bickering duo finally stop] Do either of you know how to get to Atlantica? I don't have much time.Dash: Why do you want to go to Atlantica?Melody: I have to get something that was stolen from a friend. [shows them her tail] If not...I'll turn back into a...Dash: A what? Turn back into a what?Melody: A human.Tip: [startled gasp] I knew there was something UN-fishy about you! [turns to leave] Tough break, sister. Drop us a line. Let us know how it all turns out.Dash: [stops Tip with a fore-flipper and turns him around] We'll take you!Melody: You will?Tip: We will?!Dash: She's a damsel in distress. It's our big chance.Ariel: [sees the young fish, who looks like Flounder] Flounder! [hugs him]Flounder's Son: [struggles and swims away] DADDY!!!Flounder: [offscreen] Now what? [appears as an adult, with his son who's behind him]Ariel: Sorry.Flounder: Ariel?Ariel: Flounder?Flounder: Ariel!Ariel: [hugs her old friend] Oh, I've missed you! Boy, you're sure not a guppy anymore.Flounder: You can say that again.Flounder: Children, what did I say about playing "kick the clam" on the reef?Flounder's Son: Sorry, Dad.Flounder: Uh, kids. [to Ariel] I'm sorry about Melody.Ariel: Flounder, I really need your help.Flounder: Wild sea horses couldn't stop me.Tip: C'mon, Miss Popularity. We have a previous engagement, remember? [drags Melody away]Merboy: Was that a...penguin?Morgana: Oh, there you are, darling! [as Melody arrives the trident] Oh, I was so worried about you. And look! You've brought back my trident. Clever girl.Undertow: Give it! Give it! Give it! [Morgana angrily snatches him with one of her tentacles and go back to her chair] Hey! [and covers his mouth from Morgana with one of her tentacles]Morgana: Forgive him, dear. He's got a little size issue. Now, if you'll just hand over the...Ariel: [as she arrives with Flounder and tries to stop Melody from giving Morgana Triton's trident] Melody, don't! Melody: Mom!Ariel: Don't listen to her, and–! [Both Melody and Ariel are surprised to see each other as mermaids]Ariel and Melody: You're a mermaid?Morgana: Ariel, how nice of you to come, and you've brought Flopper with you.Flounder: The name's Flounder.Undertow: Grrr!Flounder: "Grrr" yourself, pipsqueak!Undertow: Get that thing and hit me. One bite, and he's shrimp toast.Morgana: Sweetheart, hand me my trident now.Melody: All this time, and you never told me?Morgana: Kept the most important secret in her whole life from her own daughter.Ariel: Please, give it to me, Melody.Morgana: No. Hand it to me. It's for your own good.Ariel: She's lying!Morgana: I've given you what you've always wanted. She's the one who lied to you all these years.Ariel: I was trying to protect you.Melody: By fencing me in? You knew how much I loved the sea. Why did you keep the truth from me?Ariel: Melody, listen to me. If there was one thing in my life that I could do over, l...Melody: [turns her back on her mother before handing Morgana the trident] Too late, Mom. Ariel: Melody, no!Morgana: [giving the trident, who builds power into her body from Melody, who turns against her and evil laugh] All the power of the seven seas at my command!Undertow: Hello! Can we get with the program? It's still a small world down here! [Morgana then snatches Ariel with one of her tentacles]Melody: Mom!Morgana: Your mommy was only trying to protect you from moi! What she did, she did out of...love. Little Melody's been a very naughty girl...stealing from her own grandfather.Melody: My...my grandfather?Morgana: King Triton, ruler of Atlantica...commander in chief of all of the oceans! Or at least he was, until a certain little thief came along.Melody: You tricked me.Morgana: You've got no one to blame but yourself. Tell me, Melody. Is being a mermaid everything you dreamed? Was it worth it? [evil laugh as she flings Melody into an ice cave]Flounder: Melody!Morgana: [traps Melody and Flounder into the cave with the trident's power, but not leaving a small hole] Oh, and by the way... your time as a mermaid has just about expired. [closes it up] Catch you later. I've got bigger fish to fry!Undertow: Bigger fish! Now, there's an idea! [Melody and Flounder struggle to get out of the ice cave]Flounder: [grunts] We gotta keep trying.Melody and Flounder: [grunts]Melody: It's no use. It's too thick. [crying] Oh, Flounder. I've ruined everything.Tip: We're guppies, man. Jellyfish.Dash: The great Tip and Dash: cowards-slash-losers.Tip: [has an idea] Okay, on the one hand, we can live a long, healthy life; albeit as disgusting, pathetic, cowardly...uh...Dash: Worms?Tip: That's good! Good. Cowardly worms. On the other hand, we could gather our courage, if we had any, and storm the fortress and be heroes!Dash: Yeah. Until they hack us up into fishbait!Tip: You're right. [Strange green lights begin to flash from Morgana's iceberg lair]Dash: [gasps] Melody's in there. She might be in big trouble! She might really need our help!Tip: So what's it gonna be? A lifetime as worms... or two minutes as heroes? [After Morgana is gone, Melody waking up in her father, Eric's arms]Melody: Dad?Eric: Oh, Melody. I was so afraid we'd lost you. [puts her down next to her mother as she hugs her sorrowful]Melody: I'm sorry, Mother.Ariel: Oh, no, sweetie. We're sorry. We should have told you the truth.Melody: I didn't mean to hurt anyone. I just hoped I'd be a better mermaid than a girl.Ariel: Oh, Melody, sweetie, it doesn't matter if you have fins or feet. We love you for who you are on the inside: Our very brave little girl.Triton: Just like your mother.Melody: Oh, Grandfather!Triton: Melody, I don't blame you for wanting to join us merfolk. And because you're my granddaughter... I'm giving you a most precious gift: A choice. You can come to Atlantica with me... or you can return to your home on land. It's up to you.Melody''': [thinks it over for a bit]'' I have a better idea. Cast Tara Strong — Меlody Jodi Benson — Ariel, Melody's body (uncredited) Samuel E. Wright — Sebastian Tress MacNeille — Cleo Pat Carroll — Morgana Buddy Hackett — Scuttle Kenneth Mars — King Triton Stephen Furst — Dash Max Casella — Tip Rob Paulsen — Eric Clancy Brown — Undertow Cameron A. Clarke — Flounder René Auberjonois — Chef Louis Kay Kuter — Grimsby Edie McClurg — Carlotta Frank Welker — Max the Sheepdog External links 0240684 The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea little_mermaid_ii_the_return_to_the_sea The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea Category:The Little Mermaid (franchise) Category:2000 American animated films Category:Traditionally animated films Category:American children's animated adventure films Category:American children's animated fantasy films Category:American children's animated musical films Category:Films about mermaids Category:American sequel films Category:Animated films about revenge Category:Animated films about princesses Category:Films set in a fictional country Category:Animated films about mother–daughter relationships Category:The Walt Disney Company Category:Animated films about fish Category:Works about women Category:Animated films about shapeshifting Category:Animated films set on oceans Category:Films directed by Jim Kammerud