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DAY 17: FLOTSAM & JETSAM
Flotsam & Jetsam are Ursula’s moray eel henchmen, who have the ability to spy on whatever or whoever, but instead of reporting it, they can use their eyes like video cameras & project whatever they see to Ursula’s cauldron. They’re mostly silent, since they’re spy-like, but they’re still enjoyably creepy. They have only one scene of dialogue, where they convince Ariel to go to Ursula, & since they share the same voice as Gozer from Ghostbusters , the creepiness just adds on. There’s no real distinction to who’s Flotsam and who’s Jetsam, but I guess it really doesn’t matter. & they’re also the first Disney villain sidekicks to officially die; the poor little poopsies.
In the TV series, it does seem strange they were made much more stupid, but I guess they gained more intelligence leading up to the film. They also got a song in the Broadway show , but making them electric eels seems kinda pointless. Still, they’re pretty creepy, in a good way, villains.
Flotsam & Jetsam (c) Disney