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* LivingStatue: Some of the enemies are statues: a female archer and a male immobile ''Discobolus''.
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* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Whenever Ariel or Triton lose a life, they can continue where they left off as their health meter gets replenished until they run out of lives.


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* GameOverMan: More like Game Over Woman; the Game Over screen depicts Ursula saying "You'll never defeat me! The Seven Seas bow to my power!"


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* StationaryBoss: With the exception of the second boss, none of the bosses move from their spots.


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* AWinnerIsYou: Your reward for beating the game is a screen that says "Congratulations! You have defeated Ursula!" as Ariel, Triton, Flounder and Sebastian look up at a rainbow.
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* DemBones: Some pirate skeletons are enemies in stage 2. After defeating one, the skeleton breaks apart in parts which the player has to avoid, otherwise they will still hit the player and decrease the life meter.

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* DemBones: Some pirate skeletons are enemies in stage 2. After defeating one, the skeleton breaks their bones break apart in parts which the player has to avoid, otherwise they will still hit the player and decrease the life meter.
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Not to be confused with ''The Little Mermaid'', released in 1991 on the Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem and in 1993 on the Platform/GameBoy.

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Not to be confused with ''The Little Mermaid'', ''VideoGame/TheLittleMermaid'', released in 1991 on the Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem and in 1993 on the Platform/GameBoy.
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* PapaWolf: Even if the game does not have cutscenes to expand on the story, if the player chooses King Triton as their character, then the gameplay is about the king of the seas fighting his way through the ocean to rescue his daughter Ariel from the clutches of a powerful Sea Witch.
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* DemBones: Some pirate skeletons are enemies in stage 2. After defeating one, the skeleton breaks apart in parts which the player has to avoid, otherwise they will still hit the player and decrease the life meter.

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* {{Medusa}}: A variation appears as the boss in stage 3: a large statue head stays immobile on the ground, while its three (very living) snake hairs spit round fireballs to hit the player.



* ShipShapeShipwreck: Stage 2 is called Sunken Ship, featuring derelict ships Ariel has traverse to release the polyps and avoid sharks and skeletons.

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* ShipShapeShipwreck: Stage 2 is called Sunken Ship, Ships, featuring derelict ships Ariel has traverse to release the polyps and avoid sharks and skeletons.



* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: Stage 4 is called "The Cave". It very extensive, has the most amount of polyps to rescue, and has many types of enemies (returning are the moray eels that resemble Flotsam and Jetsam and the sharks, while the gray electric eels appear as the level's new enemies).

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* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: Stage 4 is called "The Cave". It It's very extensive, has the most amount of polyps to rescue, and has many types of enemies (returning are the moray eels that resemble Flotsam and Jetsam and the sharks, while the gray electric eels appear as the level's new enemies).
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* ThreateningShark: Sharks exist as enemy mooks in this game. A large shark also serves as the boss for stage 2, the Sunken Ship.

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* ThreateningShark: Sharks exist as enemy mooks in this game. A large shark also serves as the boss for stage 2, the Sunken Ship.Ships.



* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: Stage 4 is called "The Cave". It very extensive, has the most amount of polyps to rescue, and has many types of enemies (returning are the moray eels that resemble Flotsam and Jetsam, sharks, while the gray electric eels appear as the level's new enemies).

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* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: Stage 4 is called "The Cave". It very extensive, has the most amount of polyps to rescue, and has many types of enemies (returning are the moray eels that resemble Flotsam and Jetsam, Jetsam and the sharks, while the gray electric eels appear as the level's new enemies).
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* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: Stage 4 is called "The Cave". It very extensive, has the most amount of polyps to rescue, and has many types of enemies (returning are the moray eels that resemble Flotsam and Jetsam, sharks, while the gray electric eels appear as the level's new enemies).
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* BigBad: Sea witch Ursula is the final boss of the game.

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* OriginalGeneration: The digger fish with a shovel-like nose is an original creation for the game.

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* OriginalGeneration: The digger fish HealthyGreenHarmfulRed: Ariel/Triton starts the game with a shovel-like nose is an original creation for full green bar as their LifeMeter. Any damage they take turns the game.bar to a red colour.


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* MagmaMan: The first boss is a head of magma that lives in a volcanic cave and spews magma balls at the player.


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* OriginalGeneration: The digger fish with a shovel-like nose is an original creation for the game.
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* DamselInDistress: If the player chooses Triton, his mission is to rescue his daughter Ariel.
* DistressedDude: If the player chooses Ariel, her mission is to rescue her father Triton.

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* DamselInDistress: If the player chooses Triton, his mission is to rescue his daughter Ariel.
Ariel. Also, some of the polyp victims are mermaids.
* DistressedDude: If the player chooses Ariel, her mission is to rescue her father Triton. Also, some of the polyp victims are mermen.
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A LicensedGame based on the Creator/{{Disney}} animated movie ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989''. It was developed by Blue Sky Software and published by Creator/{{Sega}} for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis and UsefulNotes/GameGear in 1992.

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A LicensedGame based on the Creator/{{Disney}} animated movie ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989''. It was developed by Blue Sky Software and published by Creator/{{Sega}} for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Platform/SegaGenesis and UsefulNotes/GameGear Platform/GameGear in 1992.



Not to be confused with ''The Little Mermaid'', released in 1991 on the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem and in 1993 on the UsefulNotes/GameBoy.

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Not to be confused with ''The Little Mermaid'', released in 1991 on the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem and in 1993 on the UsefulNotes/GameBoy.Platform/GameBoy.
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* RuleOfThree: The player can buy icons to summon three helpers: Flounder, Sebastian, and the digger fish.
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* ShipShapeShipwreck: Stage 2 is called Sunken Ship, featuring derelict ships Ariel has traverse to release the polyps and avoid sharks and skeletons.
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* StarPower: Ariel's special attack (which is limited) is shaped like stars.
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* MorphicResonance: Their polyp forms, in Ursula's lair, reflect their normal forms: polyp Ariel has red hair, while polyp Triton has a long moustache.
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* {{Atlantis}}: Stage 3 is called such, and features underwater ruins.

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* AdaptedOut: Prince Eric, Ariel's LoveInterest in the movie, does not appear in the game at all.



* PsychoElectricEel: Some gray electric eels appears as enemies in stage 4.

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* PsychoElectricEel: Some gray electric eels appears appear as enemies in stage 4.
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* DamselInDistress: If the player chooses Triton, his mission is to rescue his daughter Ariel.
* DistressedDude: If the player chooses Ariel, her mission is to rescue her father Triton.


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* PlayingWithFire: King Triton casts small fireballs from his trident as his normal attack.
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* PsychoElectricEel: Some gray electric eels appears as enemies in stage 4.



* ShockAndAwe: Triton can cast straight thunderbolts from his trident as his special attack (which has limited use).



* UnderwaterRuins: Stage 3, Atlantis (not Atlantica, which is Ariel/Triton's home), is pictured as submerged Greek-styled columns of a goldenish colour.

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* UnderwaterRuins: Stage 3, Atlantis (not Atlantica, which is Ariel/Triton's home), is pictured as submerged Greek-styled columns of a goldenish colour.colour.
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* UnderTheSea: Naturally, considering this game is based on the TropeNamer animated film.

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* UnderTheSea: Naturally, considering this game is based on the TropeNamer animated film.film.
* UnderwaterRuins: Stage 3, Atlantis (not Atlantica, which is Ariel/Triton's home), is pictured as submerged Greek-styled columns of a goldenish colour.
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* MagicMusic: Ariel can release a normal attack that is pictured as a musical note.

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A LicensedGame based on the Creator/{{Disney}} animated movie ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989''. It was developed by Blue Sky Software and published by Creator/{{Sega}} for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis and UsefulNotes/GameGear in 1992

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A LicensedGame based on the Creator/{{Disney}} animated movie ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989''. It was developed by Blue Sky Software and published by Creator/{{Sega}} for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis and UsefulNotes/GameGear in 1992
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Ariel and Triton are a princess and a king, respectively, and both take the fight against Sea Witch Ursula and rescue their people.

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* OriginalGeneration: The digger fish with a shovel-like nose is an original creation for the game.

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* ActionGirl: Ariel is the player character and is ready to kick Ursula's ass.
* OriginalGeneration: The digger fish with a shovel-like nose is an original creation for the game.game.
* ThreateningShark: Sharks exist as enemy mooks in this game. A large shark also serves as the boss for stage 2, the Sunken Ship.
* UnderTheSea: Naturally, considering this game is based on the TropeNamer animated film.

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[[redirect:Franchise/TheLittleMermaid]]A LicensedGame based on the Creator/{{Disney}} animated movie ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989''. It was developed by Blue Sky Software and published by Creator/{{Sega}} for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis and UsefulNotes/GameGear in 1992

In the game, the player controls either mermaid princess Ariel or King Triton, in their quest to rescue merfolk throughout the oceans and face Ursula herself in her cavernous underwater lair. The player can also recruit the assistance of Sebastian, the crab, and Flounder, the fish, as well as an original piscine character, the digger fish.

Not to be confused with ''The Little Mermaid'', released in 1991 on the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem and in 1993 on the UsefulNotes/GameBoy.
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* OriginalGeneration: The digger fish with a shovel-like nose is an original creation for the game.
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