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| 9 | This index is for works that focus on [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent merfolk]], [[SirensAreMermaids aquatic sirens]] and {{fish people}}. A work just having a mermaid does not qualify. The mermaid must be one of the main characters, the main threat, or otherwise central to the plot. Such works will invariably include one or more MerTropes, and there's a strong chance of at least ''some'' inspiration being taken from ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'' or one of its ''many'' adaptations. |
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| 11 | Also see the related indexes DragonWorks, ElfWorks, FairyFiction, GenieWorks, GoblinWorks, LeprechaunFiction, and UnicornWorks. |
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| 14 | !!Works: |
| 15 | [[index]] |
| 16 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 17 | |
| 18 | [[folder:Multimedia Franchises]] |
| 19 | * ''Franchise/TheLittleMermaid'' |
| 20 | [[/folder]] |
| 21 | |
| 22 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 23 | * ''Anime/BermudaTriangleColorfulPastrale'' |
| 24 | * ''Anime/CoralReefLegendElfieOfTheBlueSeas'': Protagonist Elfie is an ApparentlyHumanMerfolk ''and'' the [[LastOfTheirKind last of her kind]]. |
| 25 | * ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasGreatBattleOfTheMermaidKing'': The gang encounter mermaids and battles an evil merman overlord seeking a magic sword to enslave entire oceans. |
| 26 | * ''Anime/TheLittleMermaid'' |
| 27 | * ''Anime/LuOverTheWall'' |
| 28 | * ''Anime/MahouNoMakoChan'': Loosely based on ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'', the story's protagonist is a mermaid princess named Mako who's turned into a human but retains some magical powers in the human world. |
| 29 | * ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' |
| 30 | * ''Manga/TheMermaidPrincesssGuiltyMeal'' |
| 31 | * ''Manga/MermaidRhapsody'': A one-shot by Creator/TatsumiFujimoto about a boy bonding with a mermaid whom he gives piano lessons to. |
| 32 | * ''Manga/MermaidSaga'' |
| 33 | * ''Manga/MermanInMyTub'' |
| 34 | * ''Manga/MonsterMusume'': One of the main characters is a mermaid named Meroune. |
| 35 | * ''Manga/MuromiSan'': Most of the main characters are mermaids. |
| 36 | * ''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid'' |
| 37 | * ''Anime/NagiAsuALullInTheSea'': A [[ComingOfAgeStory coming-of-age]] and [[LoveDodecahedron love]] story involving Apparently Human Merfolk. |
| 38 | * ''Manga/NagisaNoSharkMaid'' |
| 39 | * ''Manga/PeachMermaid'' |
| 40 | * ''Anime/PonyoOnTheCliffByTheSea'': Is ''very'', '''very''' loosely based on ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid''. Ponyo and her sisters resemble the traditional depictions of ningyo (mermaids) from Japanese folklore. Unlike European mermaids, they're basically fish with human faces (although the folkloric ones tend to be far more grotesque and monstrous). |
| 41 | * ''Manga/SchoolMermaid'' |
| 42 | * ''Manga/SeaPrincessAzuri'' |
| 43 | * ''Manga/ShinkaigyoNoAnkoSan'': The story takes place in a town where merpeople have been integrating with humans, using a medicine that temporarily splits their tail into a pair of legs so they can live together with them. |
| 44 | * ''Manga/ASinnerOfTheDeepSea'': A story about a society of merfolk that live at the bottom of the sea, including a mermaid protagonist. |
| 45 | * ''Manga/{{Splatoon}}'': The Inklings are anthropomorphic squids who can switch between human and squid forms at will. |
| 46 | * ''Manga/SplatoonSquidKidsComedyShow'': The Inklings are anthropomorphic squids who can switch between human and squid forms at will. |
| 47 | * ''Manga/ThisMonsterWantsToEatMe'' |
| 48 | * ''Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure'': One of the protagonists is a mermaid. |
| 49 | * ''Manga/TropicOfTheSea'' |
| 50 | * ''Anime/UmiMonogatari'': Two of the three main characters are mermaid sisters named Marin and Urin. |
| 51 | [[/folder]] |
| 52 | |
| 53 | [[folder:Art]] |
| 54 | * ''Art/BeastFables'' |
| 55 | * ''Art/WaterSerpentsI'', by Creator/GustavKlimt |
| 56 | [[/folder]] |
| 57 | |
| 58 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 59 | * ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'': The eponymous character and other Atlanteans are ApparentlyHumanMerfolk. There are also more traditional mermaids and beings who are animal/sea life mixtures. |
| 60 | * ''ComicBook/{{Dyesebel}}'' |
| 61 | * ''ComicBook/{{Fathom}}'': About a race of beings who can turn into water or use it as a weapon, among other things. |
| 62 | * ''ComicBook/GrimmFairyTalesPresentsTheLittleMermaid'' |
| 63 | * ''ComicBook/{{Neonomicon}}'': Prominently features the race of FishPeople called the Deep Ones. |
| 64 | * ''ComicBook/SubMariner'': The title character and other Atlanteans are ApparentlyHumanMerfolk. |
| 65 | * ''ComicBook/ThirstyMermaids'' |
| 66 | [[/folder]] |
| 67 | |
| 68 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 69 | * ''ComicStrip/SafeHavens'': Remora, one of the main characters, is a mermaid, though after an event at the end of the Mars trip storyline, she's permanently become half-octopus instead of half-fish, and can travel on land without taking human form. Her son is also a merman who can transform at will, and her husband, although human, can also take merman form. |
| 70 | [[/folder]] |
| 71 | |
| 72 | [[folder:Eastern European Animation]] |
| 73 | * ''Animation/TheLittleMermaid1968'' |
| 74 | * ''Animation/{{Mermaid}}'' |
| 75 | [[/folder]] |
| 76 | |
| 77 | [[folder:Fairy Tales]] |
| 78 | * "Literature/TheLittleMermaid" by Creator/HansChristianAndersen |
| 79 | ** [[DerivativeWorks/TheLittleMermaid Adaptations and derivative works]] based on ''The Little Mermaid''. |
| 80 | * "Literature/TheNixInTheMillPond" |
| 81 | * "Literature/TheSingingMermaid" |
| 82 | * "Literature/TheStoryOfTheYara" |
| 83 | [[/folder]] |
| 84 | |
| 85 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 86 | * ''Fanfic/AnAnthemForShelteredBays'': An ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' fanfic where Eren is a merman who marries Levi. |
| 87 | * ''Fanfic/ByTheSea'': A ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' "merfolk AU" where Commander Cody (plus several other Clone Troopers, the Togruta, and a few others) are Disney-style merfolk, complete with their own established marine societies and politics. The plot focuses on Cody's courtship and romance of the human Obi-Wan Kenobi. |
| 88 | * ''Fanfic/CreaturesThatDefyLogic'': A ''Film/TheThirteenthYear'' fanfic that picks up where the movie left off. It follows the main characters Jess, Cody, and Sam through high school while Cody spends his summers as a merman. |
| 89 | * ''Fanfic/GuppyLove'': A ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' AU fic where Rarity is a mermaid. |
| 90 | * ''Fanfic/JustAddWaterAkelaVictoire'': An ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'' fanfic where Mirabel spontaneously gains a gift that turns her into a mermaid when she touches water. |
| 91 | * ''Fanfic/StrangeScales'': In this ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' AU, Bella is kidnapped and transformed into a mermaid by a group of mermaids. |
| 92 | * ''Fanfic/WhatTheWaterGaveMe'': A ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' fanfic in which [[spoiler:Hiccup, Astrid, and Valka]] are turned into merfolk by mermaids. |
| 93 | * ''[[Fanfic/ThirteenSentinelsWhatTheWaterGaveMe What the Water Gave Me]]'': A ''VideoGame/ThirteenSentinelsAegisRim'' fanfic in which Natsuno is a mermaid and mutually [[InterspeciesRomance falls in love]] with Keitaro. |
| 94 | [[/folder]] |
| 95 | |
| 96 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 97 | * ''WesternAnimation/BarbieFairytopia'': Specifically the second film, ''Mermaidia'', which heavily involves merfolk (including the main character turning into a mermaid) and saving the merfolk realm. |
| 98 | * ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInAMermaidTale'' |
| 99 | ** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInAMermaidTale2'' |
| 100 | * ''WesternAnimation/BarbieThePearlPrincess'': Barbie stars as Lumina, a mermaid girl with the power to [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower manipulate pearls with her mind]]. |
| 101 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' |
| 102 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIReturnToTheSea'' |
| 103 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidArielsBeginning'' |
| 104 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Luca}}'': The protagonists are humanoid sea creatures who turn into humans on dry land. |
| 105 | * ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'': One of the main characters is [[FishPeople fish man]] Link. |
| 106 | * ''WesternAnimation/RubyGillmanTeenageKraken'': The trailer sets up a conflict between shapeshifting Krakens and Merfolk. |
| 107 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'': A large part of the plot revolves around Spongebob and Patrick trying the retrieve the stolen crown of King Neptune, the merman ruler of the sea; his mermaid daughter Princess Mindy aids them in their quest. |
| 108 | * ''WesternAnimation/SweetSea'' |
| 109 | [[/folder]] |
| 110 | |
| 111 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 112 | * ''Film/Aquaman2018'': As in the comics it's based on, the eponymous character and other Atlanteans are ApparentlyHumanMerfolk. There are also kingdoms of FishPeople and crab people. |
| 113 | ** ''Film/AquamanAndTheLostKingdom'' |
| 114 | * ''Film/{{Aquamarine}}'': The eponymous character is a mermaid. |
| 115 | * ''Film/ArwahKuntilanakDuyung'' |
| 116 | * ''Film/BlueMyMind'': A 15-year-old girl named Mia has a SlowTransformation into a Mermaid, PlayedForDrama and BodyHorror. |
| 117 | * ''Film/ColdSkin'': A colony of FishPeople get into a feud with a lighthouse keeper. |
| 118 | * ''Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'': The title character is a {{Fish Pe|ople}}rson. |
| 119 | ** ''Film/RevengeOfTheCreature'': The first sequel to the above film. |
| 120 | ** ''Film/TheCreatureWalksAmongUs'': The second, and last, sequel to the above-mentioned film. |
| 121 | * ''Film/{{Cthulhu}}'': The villains are a cult of HalfHumanHybrid FishPeople. |
| 122 | * ''Film/{{Dagon}}'': The monsters are a village of FishPeople and {{Cthulhumanoid}}s. |
| 123 | * ''Film/DeadtimeStoriesVolume1'': The segment "Wet" features an evil mermaid with a taste for men's flesh. |
| 124 | * ''Film/EmpiresOfTheDeep'' (2011): A human falls in love with a mermaid in a fantasy world. |
| 125 | * ''Film/Evolution2015'': The monsters are some kind of mutated or hyper-evolved sea creature (implied to be starfish) that mimic human form. |
| 126 | * ''Film/TheHorrorOfPartyBeach'': The monsters are human corpses infested with microscopic sea life, looking like FishPeople. |
| 127 | * ''Film/HumanoidsFromTheDeep'': The title creatures are FishPeople. |
| 128 | * ''Film/IslandOfTheFishmen'': The titular Fishmen are gigantic bipedal human-fish creatures. |
| 129 | * ''Film/LegendOfSudsakorn'' |
| 130 | * ''Film/TheLegendOfMermaid'' |
| 131 | * ''Film/TheLittleMermaid2023'': A live-action remake of the 1989 animated film. |
| 132 | * ''Film/TheLure'': Two carnivorous mermaids begin working as nightclub performers in 1980s Warsaw. |
| 133 | * ''Film/MagicIsland'': Lily, a young mermaid, befriends a group of buccaneers and joins them on their quest for Blackbeard's treasure. |
| 134 | * ''Film/MaidensOfTheSea'' (2014): A lonely sailor discovers an island full of mermaids. |
| 135 | * ''Film/TheMermaid1904'' |
| 136 | * ''Film/TheMermaid'': A romantic comedy directed by Creator/StephenChow about a Chinese mermaid named Shan-shan sent to assassinate a land developer named Liu, who is oblivious that his deep-sea construction project is disrupting a civilization of merfolk who live under the ocean. However, Shan-shan ends up falling in love with Liu... |
| 137 | * ''Film/TheMermaid2021'' |
| 138 | * ''[[Film/TheMermaidsCurse The Mermaid's Curse]]'' |
| 139 | * ''Film/MermaidDown'' (2019) |
| 140 | * ''Film/AMermaidForChristmas'' |
| 141 | * ''Film/MermaidGotMarried'' (1994) |
| 142 | * ''Film/AMermaidInParis'' (2020) |
| 143 | * ''Film/MermaidInTheManhole'' (1988) |
| 144 | * ''Film/MermaidIsle'' |
| 145 | * ''Mermaids2003'': The mermaids shown turn human when on dry land with an added complication: the protagonists also turn into mermaids at low tide every night. Additionally, they're bound by some kind of natural law to grant wishes for humans. If a human says "I wish" within their presence, they're forced to grant it. |
| 146 | * ''Film/MermaidsTheBodyFound'': A [[FoundFootageFilms found footage]] {{Mockumentary}} by Creator/AnimalPlanet about a GovernmentConspiracy to hide their research into an underwater sonic weapon, and to hide the existence of mermaids, which would have ended the testing prematurely had their existence been revealed. |
| 147 | ** ''Mermaids: The New Evidence'': A sequel to the above. |
| 148 | * ''[[Film/MermaidTheLakeOfTheDead Mermaid: The Lake of the Dead]]'' |
| 149 | * ''Film/TheMermaidsOfTiburon'' (1962) |
| 150 | * ''Film/Miranda1948'' |
| 151 | * ''Film/MrPeabodyAndTheMermaid'' |
| 152 | * ''Film/MyFairyTailLoveStory'' |
| 153 | * ''Neptune's Daughter'' (1914): In both this film and its below-listed sequels, Annette Kellerman stars as a mermaid. |
| 154 | ** ''A Daughter of the Gods'' (1916) |
| 155 | ** ''Queen of the Sea'' (1918) |
| 156 | ** ''Venus of the South Seas'' (1924) |
| 157 | * ''Film/NightTide'': A young sailor on shore leave becomes enamored with a mysterious woman who he suspects is a murderous mermaid. |
| 158 | * ''Film/{{Nymph}}'' (2014)[[note]]American title: ''Killer Mermaid''[[/note]]: A villainous mermaid is the monster. |
| 159 | * ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'': The mermaid Syrena is essential to the plot. She and the other mermaids shown have fangs and are spooky, man-killing rapists. |
| 160 | * ''Film/Princess2008'': In this MadeForTVMovie, Shileen Paton stars as a mermaid named Cala, who lives under a pond. |
| 161 | * ''Film/ScalesMermaidsAreReal'' |
| 162 | * ''Film/TheShapeOfWater'': One of the two main characters is a male {{Fish Pe|ople}}rson. [[spoiler:The other main character is magically given gills in the end and it's implied she [[AmbiguouslyHuman may not be entirely human]] herself]]. |
| 163 | * ''Film/SheCreature'': A carnival barker named Angus discovers a mermaid held captive in a tank by a disturbed old man. Angus steals the mermaid and loads her on a ship headed for America. When the mermaid is discovered, Angus's lover Lily begins to suspect that the mermaid is more dangerous than she first seemed. |
| 164 | * ''[[Film/ShesFromAnotherPlanet She's from Another Planet]]'' (2016) |
| 165 | * ''Film/TheSheCreature'': The titular She-Creature is a primordial ocean-dwelling humanoid. |
| 166 | * ''Film/SirenOfTheSea'' (1911) |
| 167 | * ''Film/{{Splash}}'': Revolves around the fairytale romance between human Allen Bauer and mermaid Madison. |
| 168 | ** ''Film/SplashToo'': A [[MadeForTVMovie made-for-TV sequel]] to the above that recast all but one of the parts. |
| 169 | * ''Film/{{Sweetheart}}'': The monster is a SharkMan. |
| 170 | * ''Film/TheThirteenthYear'': A TV film about a boy who discovers he's actually a merman, occurring when he turns 13. |
| 171 | * ''Film/{{Undine}}'' |
| 172 | * ''Film/TheWaterPhoenix'' (2017): In this ShortFilm, an imprisoned mermaid is betrayed by her caretaker and must find a way to escape the aquarium alone. |
| 173 | * ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'': The Mariner, played by Creator/KevinCostner, is an example of ApparentlyHumanMerfolk. |
| 174 | [[/folder]] |
| 175 | |
| 176 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 177 | * ''Literature/AndThenITurnedIntoAMermaid'' A series of children's drama books focusing on Molly Seabrook a young girl who discovers she's half mermaid and has to navigate the difficulties of secrets, school, friendships, and a crazy family. |
| 178 | * ''Literature/{{Aquamarine}}'': Centers around a mermaid named Aquamarine who is stranded in a swimming pool after a storm. |
| 179 | * ''Literature/BadMermaids'' |
| 180 | * ''Literature/{{Chlorine}}'' |
| 181 | * "Literature/{{Dagon}}": Centers on a SeaMonster and the FishPeople who worship it. |
| 182 | * ''Literature/TheDeep2019'' is about a society of merfolk descended from pregnant women thrown off of slave ships. |
| 183 | * ''Literature/DeepTrouble'': Much of the plot revolves around the protagonists befriending a mermaid and trying to protect her from scientists who want exploit her. |
| 184 | * ''Literature/DreamGirl'': The main character is a mermaid named Aine, who seduces rapists and murderers by sneaking into their rooms at night and hypnotically singing to them. Then, she "accidentally" bumps into them on the street and causes them to fall in love with her and her "[[ManicPixieDreamGirl quirky]]" ways. Finally, she kills them and drinks their blood. |
| 185 | * ''Literature/EmilyWindsnap'': This series of children's fantasy novels follows the adventures of thirteen-year-old Emily Windsnap after she discovers she is half-mermaid. |
| 186 | * "Literature/TheFigurehead": One of the two main characters is a mermaid who's the daughter of Davy Jones. |
| 187 | * ''Literature/{{Fins}}'': A young adult novel series about a teen girl named Lily Sanderson who discovers she's a half-mermaid princess. |
| 188 | ** ''Forgive My Fins'': The first book, in which Lily first finds out she's both half-merfolk ''and'' royalty. |
| 189 | ** ''Fins Are Forever'': The second book, in which Lily has to keep her human-hating cousin Dosinia (a new exile from the mer kingdom of Thalassinia) in line. |
| 190 | ** ''Just For Fins'': The third and last book, in which Lily has to both help her childhood friend Tellin's kingdom against oceanic climate change and face an ancient mer law that could separate her from her new human boyfriend Quince. |
| 191 | * ''Literature/ForbiddenSea'': A girl, living on Windwaithe Island, tries to protect her sister from a mermaid that is living in the surrounding waters. |
| 192 | * ''Fortune's Fool'', the third book in the ''Literature/TalesOfTheFiveHundredKingdoms'', features a mermaid protagonist named Katya. She and her sisters are the daughters of the Sea King, but they have siren ancestry to give them legs instead of tails (which neatly averts the MermaidProblem). Only Katya and her father are comfortable on land, however. |
| 193 | * ''Literature/FredTheMermaid'' by [=MaryJanice=] Davidson. |
| 194 | * "Gills", a short story by David J. Schow, features {{Fish Pe|ople}}rson Manphibian. |
| 195 | * ''Literature/TheInnsmouthLegacy'': Centers on the Deep Ones, a fishlike HumanSubspecies. |
| 196 | * ''Literature/IntoTheDrowningDeep'': Mermaids are featured as a unique species of predatory amphibians with eel-like tails, [[BioluminescenceIsCool bioluminescent hair]], [[VoiceChangeling the ability to perfectly mimic any sound they hear]], and [[spoiler:sexual dimorphism similar to anglerfish]]. |
| 197 | * ''Literature/IslandOfTheAunts'': A family of merfolk are among the major characters. |
| 198 | * The ''Literature/JuniperSawfeather'' trilogy |
| 199 | * ''Literature/TheLastMermaid'' by Brendan Connell |
| 200 | * ''Literature/LiesBeneath'', by Anne Greenwood Brown, centers around a merman named Calder White and the rest of his murderous, man-eating family. |
| 201 | ** ''Deep Betrayal'': A sequel to the above that still revolves around Calder and his mermaid family. |
| 202 | * ''Literature/LillyAndFinAMermaidsTale'' by Cornelia Funke. |
| 203 | * ''Literature/LostVoices'' by Sarah Porter: The main characters are basically humans turned into mermaids. They are given magical voices like the sirens, which they use to lure humans to their deaths. These mermaids/sirens are all formerly human girls who were abused or neglected, and they take vengeance on humanity for the mistreatment in their previous lives by sinking ships and drowning people. |
| 204 | * ''Literature/MagicByTheLake'' by Edgar Eagar: The children go on an adventure with a mermaid who "sings down a ship." Martha chastises her for luring men to their deaths. |
| 205 | * ''Literature/MeleTheMermaid'' by Justin Alexander Cecil. |
| 206 | * ''Literature/TheMer'': A young woman about to embark on her "perfect" post-college life faces an unexpected and fatal twist during a beach vacation. She is offered a choice between death as a human or immortality as one of the mysterious Mer. The Mer are a race of mermaid-like creatures that are all former humans. Choosing the name Val for herself, she soon finds herself embroiled in a mystery and a love-triangle. |
| 207 | * ''Literature/Mermaid2011'' by Carolyn Turgeon. |
| 208 | * ''Literature/TheMermaid'' |
| 209 | * ''Literature/TheMermaidChronicles'' |
| 210 | * ''Literature/TheMermaidInTheMillpond'' |
| 211 | * ''Literature/MermaidMoon'' |
| 212 | * ''Literature/TheMermaidOfBlackConch'' |
| 213 | * The ''Literature/Mermaids2001'' trilogy. |
| 214 | * ''Literature/TheMermaidsDaughter'' |
| 215 | * ''Literature/TheMermaidsMadness'', the second novel in ''Literature/ThePrincessSeries''. |
| 216 | * ''Literature/TheMermaidsMirror'' by L.K. Madigan. |
| 217 | * ''Literature/MermaidsOfErianaKwai'' by Tiana Warner. |
| 218 | * ''Literature/TheMermaidsSister'' |
| 219 | * ''Literature/MermaidsSong'' by Alida Van Gores. |
| 220 | * ''Literature/TheMermaidSummer'' by Mollie Hunter. |
| 221 | * ''Literature/TheMermaidVariations'' by Rhys Hughes: A series of connected stories about the adventures of a mermaid in a wide variety of locations. |
| 222 | * ''Literature/TheMermansChildren'' by Creator/PoulAnderson. |
| 223 | * ''Literature/TheMoonAndTheSun'' by Creator/VondaNMcIntyre: Yves and Marie-Josèphe de la Croix are siblings and natural scientists who capture and bring a mermaid to the court of Louis XIV. |
| 224 | * ''National Geographic on Assignment: Mermaids of the Old West'' |
| 225 | * ''Literature/NotQuiteAMermaid'' |
| 226 | * ''Literature/{{Oona}}'' |
| 227 | * ''Literature/OurBloodyPearl'' |
| 228 | * ''Princesses on the Broken Sea'', the eighth story in the ''Literature/PrincessesOfThePizzaParlor'' series, features both Sally Slickskin (who has an octopoid lower body) and the Isurri [[SharkMan shark-men]]. |
| 229 | * The ''Literature/RealMermaids'' series by Hélène Boudreau. |
| 230 | * "Literature/SaltWine," a short story written by Creator/PeterSBeagle, is about a merman who rewards a sailor who rescued him by giving him the recipe for salt wine. It makes the sailor rich, but then it turns out [[spoiler:a small number of those who drink it become transformed into mer-creatures themselves]]. |
| 231 | * ''Literature/TheSeaFairies'' by Creator/LFrankBaum: A novel about merfolk. |
| 232 | * ''Literature/TheSeaLady'': The titular sea lady is an evil mermaid trying to acclimate to human society. |
| 233 | * ''Literature/TheSearchForDelicious'' by Natalie Zane Babbitt: A mermaid child named Ardis helps a boy save his kingdom. |
| 234 | * ''Literature/TheSecretOfMoonLake'' by Creator/GloriaTesch (as "Sofia Nova"). |
| 235 | * "Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth": Centers on the Deep Ones, a species of FishPeople, and their HalfHumanHybrid kin. |
| 236 | * ''Literature/SirenNovels'' by Tricia Rayburn. |
| 237 | * ''Literature/{{Sirena}}'' by Donna Jo Napoli: A siren falls in love with a shipwrecked sailor, but is unsure if he loves her or her magical singing. |
| 238 | * ''Literature/SkinOfTheSea'' |
| 239 | * ''Literature/TheStormSwimmer'' has the sea people, a subspecies that diverged from humanity many thousands of years ago. Among other adaptations, they can hold their breaths for superhuman lengths of time, and their legs are shaped so that they can swim faster than humans but can't walk on land. |
| 240 | * ''Literature/StrawberryMoon'' |
| 241 | * ''Syren'', the fifth book in the ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'' series, has the eponymous syren described as a mermaid, and she uses her song for malicious purposes. |
| 242 | * ''Literature/TheSyrenaLegacy'' |
| 243 | * ''Literature/Tempest2011'' |
| 244 | * The ''Literature/{{Thora}}'' series is about a ten-year-old half-mermaid girl. |
| 245 | * ''Literature/ToKillAKingdom'' by Alexandra Christio: A loose adaptation of ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'' where the mermaid is a siren and the prince a siren hunter. |
| 246 | * ''Literature/UnderneathAMerfolkTale'' |
| 247 | * ''Literature/UndertowTrilogy'': Centers on a species of violent aquatic humanoids. |
| 248 | * ''Literature/{{Undine}}'': An 1811 German fairytale novella about a water spirit who marries a human knight in order to gain an immortal soul. |
| 249 | * ''Literature/TheVazulaChronicles'' |
| 250 | * ''Literature/VillageOfTheMermaids'' |
| 251 | * ''Literature/VoyageOfTheBasset'': Mermaids play a key role by using their hauntingly beautiful voices to get their pet sea serpent to save ships from crashing on rocks. |
| 252 | * In ''Literature/TheWaterBabies'', abused and neglected children are transformed after death into tiny people who have both lungs and gills and can live in rivers or the ocean. |
| 253 | * ''Literature/TheWaterfireSaga'': Revolves around six mermaids' quest to destroy Abbadon, the beast that sank Atlantis. Most of the heroines are from oceanic kingdoms, but a few are from inland rivers like the Amazon or the Mississippi. |
| 254 | * ''Literature/{{Watersong}}'': Lexi, Penn, and Thea, the three main villains, are mermaid-like sirens. |
| 255 | * ''Literature/WetMagic'' by Creator/ENesbit: Four children hear that a mermaid has been captured by a circus and rescue her. Their reward is to visit the hidden kingdom of the mermaids. |
| 256 | * "When Water Sang Fire", one of the short stories from ''Literature/TheLanguageOfThorns'', is about a mermaid with magic singing powers who gets caught in the political games of the mermaids' royal family. |
| 257 | [[/folder]] |
| 258 | |
| 259 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 260 | * ''Series/DannyAndTheMermaid'': A pilot episode for a series that didn't get picked up. |
| 261 | * ''Series/H2OJustAddWater'': Is about three girls who turn into mermaids after swimming in a magical pool during the full moon. |
| 262 | ** ''Series/MakoMermaidsAnH2OAdventure'': A SpinOff of the above, it follows the lives of three mermaids and a teenage boy turned into a merman. |
| 263 | * ''Series/TheIdleMermaid'': A [=tvN=] romantic comedy-drama series. |
| 264 | * ''Series/TheLegendOfTheBlueSea'': An [=SBS=] drama series about a fisherman who catches but then releases a mermaid. |
| 265 | * ''Series/LittleMermaidsIsland'': A failed live-action spin-off series that was cancelled during development. |
| 266 | * ''Series/TheManFromAtlantis'': The eponymous character is an ApparentlyHumanMerfolk. |
| 267 | * ''Series/OceanGirl'': The titular heroine is an ApparentlyHumanMerfolk. |
| 268 | * ''Series/TheRulesOfLove'': The main character is a merman named Yang Luo Tian who slowly becomes a mermaid after saving Lie Heng Yu from drowning. |
| 269 | * ''Series/Siren2018'': One of the main characters is a young adult mermaid named Ryn Fisher, and the series' setting of Bristol Cove is known in legends as being a former home to merfolk. |
| 270 | * ''Series/TidelandsNetflix'': The plot revolves around a small town conspiracy involving sirens. |
| 271 | [[/folder]] |
| 272 | |
| 273 | [[folder:Music]][[/index]] |
| 274 | * ''Courtship of the Mermaid'' by Music/NinjaSexParty. |
| 275 | * Music/{{Madonna}}'s music video ''Cherish'' features a trio of mermen leaping out of the waves as the singer frolics on the beach, as well as a young mer-child who becomes a human at the end of the song. The song is later used in her live performance of ''Blond Ambition Tour'', where three of her backup dancers emerge from beneath the stage dressed as mermen. |
| 276 | * "FT Nesli - Mermaid" (2008) by Turkish singer Neslihan Evruz from the album ''Mermaid''. |
| 277 | * Jarrod and the Mermaids, a recently-formed high school band from New Zealand. |
| 278 | * "The Keeper of the Eddystone Light," a song by American folk music quartet The Weavers, is about the singer's father falling in love with, marrying, and having children with a mermaid. One of said kids is the singer himself. |
| 279 | * Music/SasakureUK's "Little Cry of the Abyss''. |
| 280 | * "Mermaid" (2011) by Japanese group Aldious. The PV had one of the girls of the band dress as a mermaid. |
| 281 | * ''Mermaid'' (2001): An album released by Danish bubblegum singer Ni-Ni (a.k.a. Nynne Qvortup), which includes the song "A Mermaid's Tale." |
| 282 | * "Mermaid" (2012) by American pop rock band Train from their album ''California 37''. |
| 283 | * The Music/ReginaSpektor song "Mermaid." |
| 284 | * Creator/ShelSilverstein's BawdySong "The Mermaid." |
| 285 | * "Mermaid" (2007) by the Japanese pop group SMAP. |
| 286 | * "Mermaid Motel" (2010) by Lana Del Rey. |
| 287 | * "Mermaid Sashimi" by Mexican singer Juan Son. |
| 288 | * The music video for the 2018 song "Only You" by Cheat Codes ft. Little Mix features an LGBT narrative with a mermaid and a lonely girl. |
| 289 | * "Turn Loose the Mermaids" (2011) by Finnish symphonic power metal band Nightwish from their album ''Imaginaerum''. |
| 290 | * Russian band Music/OtavaYo's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqfrljOcUIo video]] for their song "What Songs" shows a young man who, while travelling by bus, frequently sees a girl whose beauty drives him mad with a need to get nearer to her. He is thwarted at every turn by people and things that block him, until at the end of the song he pursues her by night into a dark forest. Coming to a lake at the first light of day, he hears a splash and sees the floral garland she was wearing floating on the water. Then a hand rises out of the lake and pulls the garland underwater, and the realization sets in - she wasn't fully human, but a ''rusalka'', a freshwater mermaid from Russian folklore. |
| 291 | [[/folder]][[index]] |
| 292 | |
| 293 | [[folder:Myths and Religion]] |
| 294 | * Myth/NauticalFolklore |
| 295 | [[/folder]] |
| 296 | |
| 297 | [[folder:Pinball]] |
| 298 | * ''Pinball/{{Barracora}}'': The eponymous character is an alien mermaid with predatory fish coming out of her hair. |
| 299 | * ''Pinball/{{Fathom}}'': The villains are deadly, evil mermaids. |
| 300 | * ''Pinball/{{Seawitch}}'' prominently features several mermaids watching the titular sea witches do battle. |
| 301 | [[/folder]] |
| 302 | |
| 303 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 304 | * ''TabletopGame/MermaidsAfterTheEnd'' |
| 305 | [[/folder]] |
| 306 | |
| 307 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 308 | * ''Theatre/TheLittleMermaid'' |
| 309 | [[/folder]] |
| 310 | |
| 311 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 312 | * ''Toys/MermaidHigh'' |
| 313 | [[/folder]] |
| 314 | |
| 315 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 316 | * ''VideoGame/{{Aquaria}}'': The heroine is a combination of ApparentlyHumanMerfolk and FishPeople. |
| 317 | * ''VideoGame/AtNightInAPartyTheWhisperOfTheSea'': [[spoiler:The titular Whisper of the Sea came from a magical, redheaded mermaid named Rittie, as she was was trapped deep inside the shipwreck. If you take the time to pick her up, she triples Karin's OxygenMeter and insures that the player receives the GoldenEnding by preventing her from drowning when she successfully escapes the sunken ship.]] |
| 318 | * ''VideoGame/CoralIsland'' |
| 319 | * ''VideoGame/{{Insaniquarium}}'': A mermaid named Meryl appears as the hostess of the game. She also appears as a pet, and her ability is that she sings, which makes the guppies drop more money. |
| 320 | * ''VideoGame/KhimeraDestroyAllMonsterGirls'': One of the members of the Sea Spiders pirate crew is a mermaid, and the PlayerCharacter is a part-mermaid HeinzHybrid. |
| 321 | * ''VideoGame/TheLittleMermaid'' |
| 322 | ** ''VideoGame/ArielTheLittleMermaid'' |
| 323 | ** ''The Little Mermaid II: Pinball Frenzy'' |
| 324 | ** ''The Little Mermaid: Magic in Two Kingdoms'' |
| 325 | ** ''Disney's The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure'' |
| 326 | ** ''Ariel's Musical Surprise'' |
| 327 | ** ''The Little Mermaid: Undersea Treasures'' |
| 328 | * ''VideoGame/LoneSiren'': The titular siren of this free exploration game is actually a mermaid. |
| 329 | * ''VideoGame/MermaidSwamp'': Heavily inspired by mermaids of Japanese folklore (ningyo); it takes place in a swamp believed to be cursed by a mermaid's ghost. [[spoiler:It is revealed that the 'mermaid' wasn't a real mermaid, though mermaids still feature prominently in the game's story]]. |
| 330 | * ''VideoGame/{{Ningyo no Rakuin}}'' (lit. ''Mark of the Mermaid'') have the players exploring the mermaid myth in a mysterious island, only to find themselves knee-deep in Lovecraftian horror. |
| 331 | * ''VideoGame/PerfectWorld'': With the ''Rising Tide'' expansion introducing a playable race of Merfolk called the Tideborn. |
| 332 | * ''VideoGame/PrincessPeachShowtime'': Mermaid Peach is one of the forms Peach can take, and she can command fish by singing. |
| 333 | * ''VideoGame/ShinkaiDensetsuMeremanoid'': The player takes the role of a mermaid trying to find the secrets of her race. |
| 334 | * ''VideoGame/TheSims'' |
| 335 | ** ''VideoGame/TheSims3'''': Island Paradise'' |
| 336 | ** ''VideoGame/TheSims4'''': Island Living'' |
| 337 | * ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'': The Inklings and Octolings are anthropomorphic cephalopods who can switch between human and aquatic forms at will. Various other aquatic species are represented by [=NPCs=], such as Spyke the sea urchin and Sheldon the horseshoe crab. Later entries introduces literal fish people (at least outside of the background in-universe bands) in the form of the Salmonids, aggressive mutant salmon who are the main antagonists of the "Salmon Run" mode. |
| 338 | [[/folder]] |
| 339 | |
| 340 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 341 | * ''VisualNovel/LovestruckShorts'': ''My Siren Crush'' is a human/mermaid romance. |
| 342 | * ''VisualNovel/MyGirlfriendIsAMermaid'' |
| 343 | [[/folder]] |
| 344 | |
| 345 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 346 | * ''WebAnimation/TheLovers2023'': A sapphic, romantic thriller between a human seafood chef and a mermaid. |
| 347 | [[/folder]] |
| 348 | |
| 349 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 350 | * ''Webcomic/BailinAndLiYun'' is about a researcher and an Arctic mermaid who're trying to find their places in the world, with some InterspeciesRomance splashed about. |
| 351 | * ''Webcomic/BubblyParfait'' |
| 352 | * ''Webcomic/CastleSwimmer'': The main character was created to fulfill the prophecies of every mer kingdom in the sea by the enigmatic God of the Surface. |
| 353 | * ''Webcomic/KaitenMutenmaru'': One of the main characters in Season 2 is the princess of the mermaids. |
| 354 | * ''Webcomic/TheLittleTrashmaid'': The main character Tidy is a mermaid and it focuses on how she interacts with the widespread pollution of the ocean. |
| 355 | * ''Pearls of Mer'' is about a mermaid who gains legs when on dry land. |
| 356 | * ''Webcomic/{{Selkie}}'': Title character Selkie is a Sarnothi, an amphibious, cold-blooded humanoid. |
| 357 | * ''Webcomic/SirensLament'': Main character Lyra is transformed into a mermaid by the kiss of a merman who saves her from drowning. |
| 358 | * ''Webcomic/TheSweetnessOfSalt'': A sapphic love tale between a human witch and a mermaid. |
| 359 | [[/folder]] |
| 360 | |
| 361 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 362 | * ''Literature/LoomingGaia'': Alaine, one of the Freelance Good Guys, is a human who was turned into a mermaid. Other merfolk also appear, such as sirene and cecaelia. |
| 363 | * ''Mermaid Miracles'' |
| 364 | * ''WebOriginal/ThreeLittleFishAndABird'': The "three little fish" in the title are a trio of merman brothers. |
| 365 | * ''Literature/XanaduStoryverse'': Several stories focus on a group of people turned into Mermaids (and the occasional Merman) as a result of the eponymous event. One POV character, a girl named Hannah, was turned into a [[Franchise/StarTrek Vulcan]]-[[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Mermaid hybrid]] as a result of switching between costumes when the event occurred. |
| 366 | [[/folder]] |
| 367 | |
| 368 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 369 | * ''WebVideo/MermaidMemories'' |
| 370 | * ''WebVideo/OceanheartMermaids'' |
| 371 | * ''WebVideo/TheSecretLifeOfAMermaid'' |
| 372 | [[/folder]] |
| 373 | |
| 374 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 375 | * ''WesternAnimation/Ariel2024'' |
| 376 | * ''WesternAnimation/BubbleGuppies'': All six of the main characters are merfolk. |
| 377 | * ''WesternAnimation/H2OMermaidAdventures'' |
| 378 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1992'' |
| 379 | * ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens2013'': Link, one of the main characters, is an example of FishPeople. |
| 380 | * ''WesternAnimation/SabansAdventuresOfTheLittleMermaid'' |
| 381 | * ''WesternAnimation/SantiagoOfTheSeas'': Lorelai, one of the main characters, is a [[OlderThanTheyLook 150-year-old]] mermaid who can switch between her mermaid form and that of a young human girl thanks to a magic pearl bracelet. |
| 382 | * ''WesternAnimation/SeaPrincesses'' |
| 383 | * ''WesternAnimation/ZigAndSharko'': One of the main characters is Marina the mermaid. |
| 384 | [[/folder]] |
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