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PART 11
EXT. SIDE OF SHIP
(Everyone looks in the direction Grimsby’s pointing. They all gasp & then a hush comes over the crowd. Ariel has FINALLY managed to climb onto the deck. She’s soaked, bedraggled & on the verge to collapse.)
ERIC: (amazed to see her again) Ariel!
(She starts to faint, but Eric rushes over to her.)
VANESSA: (shouting) Eric! No, Eric, stop!
(Eric embraces Ariel & cradles her in his arms.)
VANESSA: (cont.) No! (in Ursula’s voice) Get away from her!
(Everyone reacts in shock as Vanessa’s youthful voice changes to the LOW CROAKY voice of the Sea Witch. She quickly covers her mouth with a reaction that says, “Did that come out of me?”)
(Eric looks deeply into Ariel’s eyes. The emotions well up inside of him. He slowly leans forward, about to kiss her.)
VANESSA: (in Ursula’s voice, screaming) NO… !!!
(The last rays of sunlight DISAPPEAR over the horizon. The reflection of the light on the water disappears. Ariel can feel her body starting to change. She gets a panicked look on her face & pulls away from Eric.)
ERIC: What’s wrong?
VANESSA: (in Ursula’s voice, cackling) You’re too late! YOU’RE TOO LATE!!!
(Ariel frantically breaks away from Eric & DIVES into the water, just as the lower-half of her body glows magically & changes back into her mermaid fin. Eric observes this transformation in wide-eyed disbelief. The witch’s off-screen voice is CACKLING victoriously. Everyone turns to look back in the direction of Vanessa, becoming horrified as she TRANSFORMS back into the Sea Witch & dives into the sea.)
URSULA: (to Eric, before diving) So long, lover-boy!
PART 13
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Little Mermaid movie & original transcript (c) Disney
False TLM cast & this interpretation (c) me