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Liz11685
05/21/09

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Going to see this movie in the theatre is one of my earliest memories. I was a little over 3 and a half at the time. I thought I was at least 4 when this movie came out, with the popularity it held over the girls in my Kindergarten class- a full year later.

I also had a kickass Ariel costume.
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applejuice
05/21/09

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Wow, I was 11 when I saw this film and I LOVED it. And so did my friends. We didn't even think we were old for it or anything.

Would 11 year olds today even watch a movie like this? They all seem to be about way more "grown up" style things.
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hfree
05/21/09

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Yesterday was my 29th birthday. Empire Strikes Back came out the day I was born (give or take a few hours). Now knowing that Ariel is 20 is just making me feel beyond ancient.
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applejuice
05/21/09

@hfree: Today is my 31st! Happy be-lated b-day. :)
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birminghamdrunk
05/21/09

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20 years and i still can't find a goofy plastic version of those purple seashells to tie together and wear over my boobs.

in the privacy of my own home, of course.
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Lazy Line Painter Jane
05/21/09

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I went to Disney World with my boyfriend last week and while waiting in line for something there was a steel drum band that started playing "Under the Sea" and I started grinning and dancing around and cheering. My boyfriend told me I was embarrassing him! I think it is a perfectly fine way to act!
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jigglyball
05/21/09

@Lazy Line Painter Jane: Ha! I finally went to Disney World for the first time when I was 17, and you better believe I sat on Ariel's lap.
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brinkswomanship
05/21/09

@Lazy Line Painter Jane: I gave Mickey such a big hug at Disney World a few months ago that I squished his face in! Then after I had my picture taken and tried to leave he held my arm and pulled me back for another hug! I LOVE MICKEY! I LOVE DISNEY! I am eternally 6 years old.
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Triana Orpheus
05/21/09

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I used to spend hours in the bathtub recreating that infamous scene on the rocks where she dips in the water and then pulls up and all the water splashes around her.
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inabook
05/21/09

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Little mermaid is 20 years old? I am totally shocked... because I can actually remember going to see it with my mom and the neighbor girl. I would have been four, then... wow.
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Kivrin
05/21/09

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This movie actually caused my nine year-old self to have a minor nervous breakdown, because the end of the movie taught me that daughter growing up and getting married = daddy crying, and that freaked me out. I did not want to be responsible for my father crying, so I decided I didn't want to grow up.

Of course I eventually did grow up and realized that fathers aren't perfect, and sometimes crying is okay, etc., etc. But at the time...messed me up.
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jigglyball
05/21/09

@Kivrin: I first saw this movie (AND LOVED IT FOREVER) right around the time my dad moved out. I was five/sixish then, but to this day, I am an absolute wrech when Ariel says goodbye to her dad.
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jigglyball
05/21/09

@jigglyball: Or, you know, wreck. Mrs. Doubtfire also kills me, for the same reasons. I saw that in the theater with my dad, and he wept like a child.
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jigglyball
05/21/09

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FUCK ME I'M OLD.

Also, happy birthday, Ariel. Here's how I think the past 20 years went with our favorite little mermaid:

Year 1: Congratulations, newlyweds! Ariel and Eric set up shop in the castle, with Scuttle and Flounder taking up residence there, as well (salt water tank for the fish, of course).

Years 2-4: Bumps in the road. Ariel's concerned about the possible fishtails on her future royal children, while Eric is increasingly distant, going on long and frequent sailing trips with "the guys".

Years 5-7: Ariel finally fires the chef for excessive French laughter and being far too fond of seafood; hires a young continential chef who specializes in beef, lamb and veal. Flounder goes belly-up, get royal funeral (Scuttle has long since flown the coop, his drinking having become a problem at several state dinners).

Years 8-10: Children! Ariel has twins (because what's a fairy tale without a multiple birth?), one be-finned, one with working legs.

Years 11-14: With the heir and the spare growing up strong and healthy (if half flippered), Eric runs away with the chef, never to be seen again.

Years 15-18: Ariel grieves; Arial drinks; Ariel slashes the sails on Erics favorite ships. With two children to raise, Ariel drunk-shops on Amazon for many and sundry self-help books.

Years 19-20: After finishing Eat, Pray, Love, Ariel remembers that she's a queen with a royal fortune and a hell of a voice; using her considerable wealth, Ariel secures a spot on Britain's got Talent, digs the shell bra out of storage, gives spectacular performance.

Today: Ariel is the head of her own record label, and spends her days scouting new talent in underwater caverns, shiepwrecks, and sham marriages.
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tomatoheart
05/21/09

@jigglyball: COTD!!!!!!!!
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emily_rose
05/21/09

@jigglyball: Bahahaha! hearted for this!
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jigglyball
05/21/09

@emily_rose: Thanks, hearted right back!
@tomatoheart: I've already hearted you for the MPH love :)
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cerebration
05/21/09

@jigglyball: Man, I should totally have been fired for excessive French laughter by this point in my life.
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jigglyball
05/21/09

@cerebration: I still break into, "Hee hee hee, hanh hanh hannh!" pretty frequently. My friends do not like it.
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sympathyforthebasementcat
05/21/09

@jigglyball: Friended. VH1 should totally start a gritty series called "After Happily Ever After." Let's see the hard-knock lives that our heroes/heroines really lived.
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Joyce Carol Hall and Oates
05/21/09

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A friend of mine first realized he was gay when he was inexplicably attracted to Prince Eric.
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jigglyball
05/21/09

@Joyce Carol Hall and Oates: Well, Eric was pretty gay himself.
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tomatoheart
05/21/09

@Joyce Carol Hall and Oates: that's awesome :)
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Triphena
05/21/09

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No. I refuse to accept this. You're a lying liar, Sadie.
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Aesop's Foibles. YES.
05/21/09

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JESUS CHRIST!!! TWENTY years???? Oh, God. Oh my God.

*sobs, looks into AARP membership*
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i dream of gene shalit
05/21/09

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I had Little Mermaid EVERYTHING! It came out on VHS when I had the chicken pox, so I remember watching it on repeat for weeks, under my Little Mermaid sleeping bag, wearing my Little Mermaid watch. I then brushed my teeth with my Little Mermaid battery toothbrush. And when I was better, I rocked Little Mermaid leggings, matching T shirt, and barettes!!
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Ipomoea
05/21/09

@i dream of gene shalit: I still have my Little Mermaid earrings that I got on my first and only trip to Disneyland the next year. They were worn incessantly with my glittery rainbow TLM oversized t-shirt.
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lucystrawberry: Tier 2 is the new black
05/21/09

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My mind just fell apart. thanks, jezebel, FOR BREAKING MY MIND.
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hippichx sez PEACE PLEASE
05/21/09

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this is the same feeling i got when the little girl i used to babysit invited me to her twenty first birthday bar crawl. can't we just let her be an ageless cartoon, and leave us to our ageless delusions of ourselves?
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Kivrin
05/21/09

@hippichx sez PEACE PLEASE: A few kids I used to babysat just graduated from college. In my mind they are eternally 7 years old, so this is really freaking me out.
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Kivrin
05/21/09

@Kivrin: *used to babysit, sorry
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