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The Best Episodes of The Little Mermaid

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Disney's The Little Mermaid is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation based on the 1989 Disney film of the same name. It features the adventures of Ariel as a mermaid

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Little Mermaid Season 2 Episode 8 - Metal Fish
    8.2/10(80 votes)

    #1 - Metal Fish

    S2:E8

    Ariel wants to learn more about humans, so she goes to a humanalogist who makes her day when he tells her that a human is coming under the sea in a metal submarine shaped like a fish.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron

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  2. The Little Mermaid Season 1 Episode 7 - Charmed
    8.1/10(101 votes)

    #2 - Charmed

    S1:E7

    Ariel finds a beautiful human bracelet, and when she wears it she can't take it off. Knowing that her father hates human things she decides not to go home until she finds the key to take it off.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron, James A. Markovich

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  3. The Little Mermaid Season 2 Episode 6 - Wish Upon a Starfish
    8.1/10(102 votes)

    #3 - Wish Upon a Starfish

    S2:E6

    Ariel wants legs so she can dance but no one believe's in her dream. She gets discouraged until she meets another mermaid called Gabriella who wants to sing so they go to a magical starfish who can make their dreams come true.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron

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  4. The Little Mermaid Season 1 Episode 9 - The Evil Manta
    8.0/10(106 votes)

    #4 - The Evil Manta

    S1:E9

    The city of Atlantica is a wonderful place to live in, but when Ariel releases an evil manta from imprisonment he spreads the path of prejudice for the creatures of Atlantica. Everybody separates from each, but Ariel and Flounder stay together and work things out in Atlantica.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Tony Marino, Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron

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  5. The Little Mermaid Season 1 Episode 11 - Red
    7.9/10(92 votes)

    #5 - Red

    S1:E11

    After Ariel's party King Triton feels that he's too old, so his glowing glowfish gets Triton a magical age stone that turns Triton into a little boy called Red. Later on Ariel and Sebastian find out and they trace the jewel to a magic sorcess who only old King Triton can beat.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Emily Dwass

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  6. The Little Mermaid Season 1 Episode 1 - Whale of a Tale
    7.8/10(113 votes)

    #6 - Whale of a Tale

    S1:E1

    Ariel finds an abanded baby whale, and decides to take care of it and be it's Mother. She names him Spot, but when Spot causes mass destruction around the kingdom Ariel decides to teach it how to survive in the wild.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Peter S. Beagle

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  7. The Little Mermaid Season 1 Episode 3 - Stormy
    7.8/10(115 votes)

    #7 - Stormy

    S1:E3

    Ariel wants to ride a wild seahorse called Stormy but her father dosen't so she sneaks off and rides off with him in the wild.

    Director:Mircea Mantta
    Writers:Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron

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  8. The Little Mermaid Season 1 Episode 10 - Thingamajigger
    7.8/10(83 votes)

    #8 - Thingamajigger

    S1:E10

    Prince Eric drops one of his boots down to the sea, and when Ariel finds it she thinks its a wonderful human thingamajigger, but Triton thinks its dangerous. Soon terrible things start to happen and every sea creature thinks that the thingamajigger is the cause, so every bad guy wants it to take over Triton's kingdom, but Ariel goes to the surface and finds out what they really do.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Chuck Menville

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  9. The Little Mermaid Season 3 Episode 5 - Heroes
    7.8/10(78 votes)

    #9 - Heroes

    S3:E5

    King Triton, and the other residents from Atlantica are very happy to know that their hero Apollo is returning to Atlantica. Ariel and Flounder ask Triton who he is, and Triton explains. 20 years ago Atlantica was in a battle between the Octipins who contained a triton that was more magically than King Triton's triton. Apollo, in the vines snuck up on them and broke it. After the story Apollo appears. He and Ariel go on an adventure, but Ariel and Flounder soon find out that his victory over the Atlanticans was an accident. Ursula revives the Octipins and gives them 8 magic tritons, and now Apollo becomes a hero for real.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron

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  10. The Little Mermaid Season 3 Episode 7 - Ariel's Treasures
    7.8/10(83 votes)

    #10 - Ariel's Treasures

    S3:E7

    Ariel treasures her items from the humans of above. She shows her items to Gabriella and she loves them too, but someone else saw Ariel's treasures to. Ursula, and now she's using her evil spells to take control over Ariel's treasure's so they can destroy Atlantica.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Emily Dwass

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  11. The Little Mermaid Season 2 Episode 4 - Against the Tide
    7.7/10(82 votes)

    #11 - Against the Tide

    S2:E4

    Ursula's evil spells haven't been working lately because of a bad luck creature. Ariel finds the creature and brings him home, but Ursula still wants to destroy the bad luck creature and whoever owns him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron

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  12. The Little Mermaid Season 2 Episode 7 - Tail of Two Crabs
    7.7/10(78 votes)

    #12 - Tail of Two Crabs

    S2:E7

    Sebastian's old perfect friend from his childhood comes to town. When Sebastian gets angry because he's so perfect, Sebastian becomes a pawn in Ursula's plan to take over the kingdom.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron

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  13. The Little Mermaid Season 3 Episode 3 - Island of Fear
    7.7/10(70 votes)

    #13 - Island of Fear

    S3:E3

    Once again Sebastian gets kidnapped, but this time a mad scientist kidnaps Sebastian for his crab experiments.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron

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  14. The Little Mermaid Season 3 Episode 4 - Land of the Dinosaurs
    7.7/10(72 votes)

    #14 - Land of the Dinosaurs

    S3:E4

    Ariel suggests that her family takes a trip up to the frozen north, but something else lies beneth the ice. Dinosaurs, and Ariel thinks that they're adorable so she free's them with her father's triton, but they seem more harmful than adorable. Later on King Triton stops them and after that he uses his triton to destroy all the ice and discover the dinosaurs' home. Now the dinosaur's can roam the land freely thanks to Ariel's curiosity.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron

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  15. The Little Mermaid Season 1 Episode 6 - Message in a Bottle
    7.6/10(92 votes)

    #15 - Message in a Bottle

    S1:E6

    A lonely dragon writes a message in a bottle. Ariel finds it and visits him, he decides to come to Ariel's house but King Triton won't allow it until he saves them from some evil sea creatures.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lynn Lefler

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  16. The Little Mermaid Season 1 Episode 12 - Beached
    7.6/10(84 votes)

    #16 - Beached

    S1:E12

    Ariel and her big sister Arista get into a big arguement, so they can't go to the carnival. Everything gets all out of hand but when some gators try to rob the kingdom Ariel and Arista learn the true value of sisterhood and teamwork.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Alicia Marie Schudt

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  17. The Little Mermaid Season 1 Episode 13 - Trident True
    7.6/10(86 votes)

    #17 - Trident True

    S1:E13

    Ariel and her little sea friends get King Triton gifts for Father's day. She goes to a cave to get a glowing seashell and they get trapped in by an octupus so Urchin uses the triton to beat him but loses it in the process.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tony Marino

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  18. The Little Mermaid Season 2 Episode 1 - Resigned to It
    7.6/10(78 votes)

    #18 - Resigned to It

    S2:E1

    After overhearing King Triton talk about him Sebastian thinks that he got fired as the King's trusted advisor. He searches for a new job but gets rehired in the end.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron

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  19. The Little Mermaid Season 2 Episode 3 - Save the Whale
    7.6/10(74 votes)

    #19 - Save the Whale

    S2:E3

    Spot the whale returns and before Ariel and the others can rejoice the circus people take him away to join the act with all the other abused animals.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Laraine Arkow, Dev Ross

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  20. The Little Mermaid Season 2 Episode 5 - Giggles
    7.6/10(82 votes)

    #20 - Giggles

    S2:E5

    Ariel laughs at everything, even things serious so a sorceror blowfish cast a spell on Ariel so when she laugh's seaquakes will rise.She gets sick of it so when she meets up with thisblowfish she teaches him the power of laughter.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron

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  21. The Little Mermaid Season 3 Episode 6 - The Beast Within
    7.6/10(65 votes)

    #21 - The Beast Within

    S3:E6

    On one of Ariel's adventures makes Flounder turn into a howling hairfish. They go to a magical fish and she tells them that the cure its to be srowded in silver. There's no such thing as silver under the sea, so Ariel uses silverfish instead.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron

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  22. The Little Mermaid Season 1 Episode 4 - Urchin
    7.5/10(95 votes)

    #22 - Urchin

    S1:E4

    A poor merboy named Urchin tries to make friends in Atlantica, but when he meets the wrong friends( The Lobster Mobster Squad) it takes a good friend like Ariel to set him right.

    Director:Mircea Mantta
    Writers:Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron

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  23. The Little Mermaid Season 1 Episode 14 - Eel-Ectric City
    7.5/10(81 votes)

    #23 - Eel-Ectric City

    S1:E14

    Ariel's friend Pearl comes to town, and takes Ariel to Eeel-Ectric city. Triton ofcourse dosen't want her to go. so Pearl lie's and says they're going to have a slumber party. They go to the place anyway but when a terrible storm comes Triton finds out the truth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Chuck Menville

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  24. The Little Mermaid Season 2 Episode 2 - Calliope Dreams
    7.5/10(78 votes)

    #24 - Calliope Dreams

    S2:E2

    King Triton wants Ariel to learn how to play the calliope, but Ariel wants to learn how to play the harp. She tries to learn the calliope and her bad playing wakes up an old ancient evil sea monster.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron

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  25. The Little Mermaid Season 2 Episode 9 - T'ank You for Dat, Ariel
    7.5/10(73 votes)

    #25 - T'ank You for Dat, Ariel

    S2:E9

    Sebastian is sad because he's a little crab, so Ariel goes to a cave where she becomes a sea witch. She puts a spell on Sebastian that makes him big, but the bigger Sebastian gets the less room their is for everyone in the sea.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron

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Best Episodes Summary

"Metal Fish" is the best rated episode of "The Little Mermaid". It scored 8.2/10 based on 80 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron, it aired on 11/6/1993. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Charmed".