"Grimsby: Merpeople! Eric, pay no attention to this nautical nonsense."
"Flounder: Who, me? No way. It's just, . . . it looks(thinks for a moment) damp in there.
Yeah. And I think I may be coming down with something. Yeah, I've got this cough. (Flounder coughs)
Ariel: All right. I'm going inside. You can just stay here and watch for sharks."
"Ariel: Flounder, don't be such a guppy."
"Scuttle: It's a dinglehopper! Humans use these little babies to straighten their hair out. See - just a little twirl here an' a yank there and - whalla! You got an aesthetically pleasing configuration of hair that humans go nuts over!"
"Scuttle: Now, the snarfblat dates back to prehistorical times, when humans used to sit around, and stare at each other all day. Got very boring. So, they invented the snarfblat to make fine music."
"Ursula: Flotsam! Jetsam! I want you to keep an extra close watch on this pretty little daughter of his. She may be the key to Triton's undoing"
"Ariel: I'm sixteen years old; I'm not a child anymore"
"Sebastian: Hmph! Teenagers. . . . They think they know everything. You give them an inch, they swim all over you."
"Sebastian: Ariel. You're under a lot of pressure down here. Come with me, I'll take you home and get you something warm to drink."
"Scuttle: Ooh, I gotcha, I gotcha. We're being intrepidatious. WE'RE OUT TO DISCOVER!"
"Eric: It'll just ...bam! Hit me!....like lightning."
"Sebastian: Ariel, please. Will you get your head out of the clouds and back in the water where it belongs?"
"Triton: Contact between the human world and the mer-world is strictly forbidden. Ariel, you know that! Everyone knows that!"
"Ursula: Life's full of tough choices, isn't?"
"Ursula: And don't underestimate the importance of body language!"
"Grimsby: Nice young ladies just don't - swim around rescuing people in the middle of the ocean and then - flutter off into oblivion"
"Ursula: The little tramp!"
"Sebastian: Children got to be free to lead their own lives."
The Second Movie: Return from the sea
"Morgana: One minute you're on top, the next you're sushi. "
"Sebastian: 'Sebastian, you watch over her,' he said. I'M TOO OLD FOR THIS! A crab my age should be retired! Getting a tan! Playing sea golf! SIPPING A TUNA COLADA!! Not babysitting another teenager."
"Melody: Hey, Scuttle! Hey, Sebastian! What's kickin'?
Scuttle: Uh, what's kickin'? Hmm... let me see. [he knocks on his head] Don't rush me!
Sebastian: Ha! You know perfectly well what's kicking!"
"Melody: Oh, Sebastian, I can't help it. I just love the sea!"
"Ariel: We'll be right down. Just give us two minutes.
Eric: Right, two... Now, where have I heard that line before?"
"Melody: 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... "
"Ariel: Y-you deliberately disobeyed me! I never want you going out there again, do you hear me? It's dangerous in the sea!"
"Morgana: STOP CRITICIZING ME! That's all my mother ever did was critize me. It was always Ursula this or Ursula that, or 'Morgana, why can't you be more like your sister... URSULA!!'"