History WesternAnimation / TheLittleMermaid1992

* FreakyFridayFlip: Between Flounder and Sebastian in one episode.
* FriendshipSong: "In Harmony" in one episode.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Specifically, defrosted aquatic dinosaurs.

'''Ariel:''' I can't have fun! I can't play with my friends! I can't enjoy ''anything''! You've ruined my life! So there's only one thing for me to do: laugh about it.

* SinisterStingrays: The most recurring villain is The Evil Manta, a demonic manta ray merman.

A SaturdayMorningCartoon by Creator/{{Disney}}, based on their 1989 [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 film of the same name]], which ran on Creator/{{CBS}} from September 11, 1992 to November 26, 1994. It was the second (after ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'') in Disney's [[TheNineties 90's-era]] series of TV {{spinoff}}s of their more popular movies.[[note]] Later entries include TV spinoffs of ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'', and ''[[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians 101 Dalmatians]]''.[[/note]] Unlike ''Tale Spin'' (but like later entries), however, this cartoon typically keeps continuity with its theatrical source, and acts as something of an ExpandedUniverse, giving backstories to many characters, fleshing out relationships, and allowing them to go on new adventures. It is a direct {{prequel}} to the movie, being set before Ariel met Prince Eric (but after the subsequent DirectToVideo movie ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIIArielsBeginning'', which {{retcon}}s some elements introduced in this cartoon, notably how Ariel met Flounder).

After three seasons totalling 31 episodes, it went into reruns on the Creator/DisneyChannel. It later ran on Creator/ToonDisney and Disney Junior. In 2018, the entire series was released on iTunes and Amazon Video, remastered in 16x9 HD. The series is also available on Creator/DisneyPlus.

* AdultFear: One example in "Charmed". A monster sucks Ariel into the deepest part of the ocean, which resembles a bad neighborhood. The worst part is for Triton, who had argued with Ariel earlier and Ariel hadn't returned from another of her adventures.
** "Double Bubble" also has two infant mer-twins lured away by The Lobster Mobster and held for ransom.

'''Character tropes go on the [[Characters/TheLittleMermaid series' character page]]'''.

'''Ariel:''' I can't have fun. I can't play with my friends. I can't enjoy anything. You've ruined my life, so there's only one thing for me to do: laugh about it.

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!!List of tropes relating to ''The Little Mermaid'' series:

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Hans Christian Andersen ventured deep into the ocean to verify the existence of Ariel's species using a primitive submarine he invented.

A SaturdayMorningCartoon by Creator/{{Disney}}, based on their 1989 [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 film of the same name]], which ran on Creator/{{CBS}} from 1992-1994. It was the second (after ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'') in Disney's [[TheNineties 90's-era]] series of TV {{spinoff}}s of their more popular movies.[[note]] Later entries include TV spinoffs of ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'', and ''[[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians 101 Dalmatians]]''.[[/note]] Unlike ''Tale Spin'' (but like later entries), however, this cartoon typically keeps continuity with its theatrical source, and acts as something of an ExpandedUniverse, giving backstories to many characters, fleshing out relationships, and allowing them to go on new adventures. It is a direct {{prequel}} to the movie, being set before Ariel met Prince Eric (but after the subsequent DirectToVideo movie ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIIArielsBeginning'', which {{retcon}}s some elements introduced in this cartoon, notably how Ariel met Flounder).

(To see the character page go [[Characters/TheLittleMermaid here]]).

After three seasons totalling 31 episodes, it went into reruns on the Creator/DisneyChannel. It later ran on Creator/ToonDisney and Disney Junior. In 2018, the entire series was released on iTunes and Amazon Video, remastered in 16x9 HD.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The Lobster Mobster and Da Shrimp, plus several others that appeared only in one episode.

* MythologyGag: In the Episode, "The Metal Fish", after Ariel rescues Hans Christian Andersen, inspiring to write his version of the Little Mermaid Story, Ariel can be seen sitting on a rock, in a very similar manner to the Little Mermaid Statue, in Copenhagen, Denmark?

* TitleDrop: Towards the end of "Evil Manta" when his scheme is foiled:

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Ariel gets a little one in "A Little Evil" when she sets Evil Manta's own brain sponge on him.

* CardCarryingVillain: Evil Manta.

* ArtShift: The differences between the first half by Creator/WaltDisneyAnimationJapan and their subcontractors[[labelnote:list]]Creator/AnimalYa, Creator/TamaProduction and one-offs Creator/MagicBus and Creator/JCStaff[[/labelnote]] and the second half of the series by Creator/WangFilmProductions is stark, to put it lightly. The main differences include muddier colors and some less than fluid animations at points.