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King Triton - Liam Neeson
Father to seven daughters and ruler of the underwater kingdom, Atlantica. He struggles with keeping his youngest daughter’s head “out of clouds”.
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Ursula/Vanessa - Mila Kunis
Ursula, furious at being banished from the kingdom, takes advantage of Ariel’s lovesick naivety. And when Ariel and Eric start getting too close transforms herself into a beautiful woman with Ariel’s voice to fool the prince into loving her.
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Alana - Leighton Meester
In the prequel film, she has blue eyes. According to the DVD game, Alana is seen as “glamorous”, and makes her own beauty products. Her name is the femanine version of Alan Menken’s first name.
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Adella - Vanessa Anne Hudgens
In the TV series and second film, she is shown to be slightly heavier than her sisters, however in both the original and prequel films, she has the exact same figure as her sisters. In the prequel film, Adella is “boy-crazy”, and is by two years the elder to Ariel. Short for Adelaide, her name is German meaning ‘NOBLE’.
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Arista - Olivia Wilde
She is given a distinct personality in the television series, where she is shown as having a conflict of ideals with the adventurous Ariel. Arista confesses that she always secretly envied Ariel’s adventurous lifestyle. In the prequel film, she doesn’t have such a difficult relationship with Ariel but with Aquata, whose belongings she keeps borrowing. Her name comes from the Greek word meaning ‘BEST’ as in ARISTocracy.
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Andrina - Kristen Bell
In extension media released from 1989 onwards, she is the second daughter of King Triton. In the prequel film, she is one year older than Ariel, and is most notable for her dry wit, slightly sarcastic one-liners. Her name comes from Italian origins meaning ‘HAPPINESS’. Some argue it means ‘SWORD’.
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Aquata - Anne Hathaway
In extension media released from 1989 onwards, she is the eldest daughter of King Triton. However, in Ariel’s Beginning, she is not the eldest sister, but at the middle age, and her main characteristic seems to be a slight aggressiveness towards Arista, who borrows her stuff without asking, and a lack of grace. Her name is a variant of the Latin base Aqua meaning ‘WATER’ and is also a shade of blue.
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Attina - Emily Blunt
She is described by her sisters as being bossy but has often displayed being the most responsible. According to Ariel’s Beginning, Attina is the eldest (and is likely the next-in-line to the Atlantican throne). There is speculation that her name is a Jamaican pronunciation of her mother’s name, Athena. Although her name was most likey taken from Alan Menken’s rock opera “Atina, Evil Queen of the Galaxy.”
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Eric - Zachary Levi
Ariel - Amy Adams
Ariel, a headstrong lovesick mermaid falls in love with a human prince, Eric. She trades her voice to be with him on land with the promise that he’ll kiss her before the sun sets on the third day.
