The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
The Little Mermaid 2 - Return to the Sea in 2000 is the sequel to the Disney film The Little Mermaid. The cartoon was animated only for the video sales.
Content
The former Mermaid Ariel now lives as a man with Prince Eric in his castle. The two have a daughter named Melody. At a ceremony to Ursula's evil sister Morgana their baptism wants to kidnap the girl to avenge her dead sister, and finally to be the queen of the seas. With the help of Triton and the other sea creatures, however, manages to save the girl. Morgana swears revenge. Triton's entourage tried to find Morgana. However, when the search is unsuccessful, summarizes Arielle a decision: Both Melody and they are not allowed in the sea, before Morgana is found. Also, Melody can know about the Sea People and Atlantica anything, even from her grandfather, King Triton, not. The medallion, which he has given to Melody, she can not keep, since they provide the underwater city of Atlantica and its inhabitants are seen. Disappointed throws Triton Melody's golden shell -shaped locket with her name is, into the sea.
12 years later: Melody loves the sea and immersed secretly built under the front of the castle wall beyond. In the water she is guarded by Ariel's former babysitter Sebastian, the crab. One day, she confesses to him that she sometimes dreams of it to have fins. After she has disgraced himself at her birthday party at the youthful nobility, as she has spoken to Sebastian, she retreats to her room where she hid a bag of shells. She takes a golden shell on a chain out, a few algae and recognizes her name. As Arielle comes into the room, Melody works on the medallion. You can see the underwater city of Atlantica and several sea people. Arielle asks Melody to reveal where she got it and is furious when her Melody admits that she has swum in the sea. They have a row and Melody runs away. You paddle a boat out to sea to learn the meaning of the medallion and is brought to Morgana.
Arriving at Morgana, these Melody into a mermaid, thus gaining their trust. Even in the sea she quickly finds friends: Tip and Top, a penguin and a walrus. Morgana gives her the order to get her the mighty trident Triton, Triton because you stole him supposedly, and it can provide only using the trident that Melody forever remain a mermaid. Since Melody knows nothing of her grandfather, she agrees and sets off with her friends to Atlantica. Soon after they reach the underwater city.
Meanwhile, try Ariel and Eric everything to find out where Melody has fled. Arielle decides to seek itself Melody, as they very regretted the failure to have the girl never said anything about their origin. So it is transformed by Triton again in a Mermaid and begins with her father, Sebastian and her now adult friend Fabius to look everywhere for her daughter. Meanwhile, Melody, Tip and Top Tritons Palace have achieved and hide there. Melody is uncertain whether it is right to steal the trident as their Triton does not occur as a thief. Eventually, she steals the trident but; while she loses her locket, but can not get it back because Triton returns at this moment. Arielle and her father react dismayed because no one can take the trident from its holder except Triton and his relatives. As Arielle Melody's place medallion is clear who is the thief. Along with Fabius it follows gorge and Heimlich, Morgana's manta rays and thus finds the whereabouts of the witch. There Melody would just hand over the trident, come as Arielle and Fabius. Arielle and her daughter are surprised that each is the other a mermaid. Arielle asks Melody to give her the trident, but Morgana can convince Melody gets the trident, conjuring up an ice palace. Triton, the palace guards and Eric come. With the trident Morgana manages to subdue the sea creatures. Melody climbs onto the ice palace and takes Morgana the trident from. She throws him to the Triton. This freezes Morgana in a block of ice. Then the ice palace begins to collapse. Melody falls down, but lands softly on the top walrus.
When Morgana is defeated, Triton Melody provides a choice: Either it remains a mermaid and lives in Atlantica, or it will return to the people and lives with her parents in the country. But she decides to leave the wall that separates the inhabitants of the castle from the sea disappear. Then a great feast is celebrated in the sea people, and people can get to know each other.
Reviews
- According to the lexicon of international film, the film offers " entertainment for the whole family, even if the problems of adolescent Mermaid daughter have moved into the center. "
- Cinema said: "On the magic of the first film adaptation Arielle [ ... ] the video premiere does not reach. But the almost identical story is told briskly and Melody's fearful, chaotic helper penguin and walrus Tip Top are always good for a laugh. "
Awards
- Nomination for Best Direct-to- DVD release, best Musikschneidung in the United States at the Annie Awards 2001