Knockoff Little Mermaid Review

Let's have some GOOD TIMES as we check out the OTHER Little Mermaid.
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[@ZorroPlateado0]

This teaches kids that it's okay to be someone's second choice :(

[@caitlynvoice5129]

and that is

[@olivialovessnow880]

So true Zorro!

[@caitlynv.2934]

ikr

[@i_am_a_crybaby_and_i_am_pr2882]

Yeah

[@milenartmeire2588]

that is sad

[@RossOriginals]

- Vink is a dolphin. - Dolphins need air. - Vink has never seen the surface before. HOW?!

[@NoThankUBeQuiet]

He looks the wrong way

[@gracekim25]

He’s been dead the whole time 😂

[@erainmartinez8175]

well sh##

[@furiscafynn6275]

He ditched the first woman who he said he would marry (repeatedly, to her face) to get with the second and then got ditched himself and came crawling back to the first? Nice. Real nice xD

[@SaraS-jq1ln]

Furisca Fynn I guess for Lena it was marry the jerk Prince who threw her aside or turn to seafoam... hard choice

[@frannyc7248]

I'm pretty sure he was forced to marry the other girl

[@candygirl4958]

@@SaraS-jq1ln hi

[@JL-qq7qv]

It’s Golden indeed

[@dragoniraflameblade]

This version is a little closer to Hans Anderson's version. The sea foam and the lack of the sea witch interfering... That's about it.

[@Mermain123]

wow if i were lina i wouldn't marry that guy! he swears he'll marry her to her face several times and yet the moment another pretty women comes along he says he'll marry her instead and only marries lina because the other women ended up with somone else

[@laz4259]

But Lina can't voice her opinion she never got it back

[@Mermain123]

Taylor Saunders true but i'm sure there are other ways to tell him screw you

[@gefelice]

even if he's a douche, she has to marry him otherwise he'll marry someone else and she'll turn into foam. Kind of a crappy deal she made with the witch when you think about it

[@Mermain123]

this is the most lovless marriage ever. how many times will he cheat n the poor girl

[@Mermain123]

Panthera Andy Leo fair enough but man does she deserve better

[@Sharkalien10]

Oh man, I've actually had this on DVD for _years_. I decided to watch it for the first time about two months ago I then threw out my DVD player

[@rubyoise796]

lol

[@InvaderTak176]

lol!

[@juliannel3264]

Sameee

[@butterflystickers]

Same LOL

[@igotflover2215]

omg lol

[@whzizlspzajzi9283]

when he said" its the kind that children love" I shook my head viciously non stop

[@YourUncleBenis]

Some say that you're still shaking your head to this day.

[@Mawfet]

Some say you're still shaking your head three years later

[@llamawalrushybrid]

@@Mawfet And three years after that

[@anapaulapedro7025]

And she still married him. Wow I mean, after what he did I would leave him on that ship

[@the-nina-beans88]

True but she would become sea foam if she did. So ether marry the ass or become sea foam...

[@anapaulapedro7025]

***** She would become a sea foam if she married someone else

[@keegster7167]

that's what KrispinaTheDerp2 said...?

[@the-nina-beans88]

King Keegster no i said she would become sea foam if she didn't marry the one she fell in love with... Anna Paula Pedro said she would turn into sea faom if she ended up marry some one besides the prince..... altho it did not mention if she could do that or not but oh well

[@shanryder]

when I was 7 years old, I first watched The Little Mermaid... not this one, not that one. the anime one. It was disturbing. She actually becomes sea foam because the other option was stabbing the prince in the heart. Accurate to the original content? pretty close. Will I show it to any other 7 year old? HELL NO!

[@GirtheAlienGoldfish]

Disney wasn't accurate to the original at all. Do you want a smart kid or an optimistic one?

[@shanryder]

GirtheAlienGoldfish not one that considers murder the prime reaction to regection.

[@Mini-Toast_]

+GirtheAlienGoldfish of course it isn't going to be totally accurate. after all it is a retelling that both adults and kids can enjoy.

[@lpswaves4408]

+Shan Ryder Murder wasn't her other option because she chose it to be. The Se Witch told her that she didn't have to be her slave if she was able to kill the prince and have his blood drop on her legs. That would turn her back to a mermaid. She said no though, and she turned into sea foam instead of becoming her slave. She went to a type of heaven because she chose to die rather than kill, and that's it. I don't understand why everyone is always flipping over the original??

[@shanryder]

LPS Waves that's the original, yes. In the anime though, she traded her most valuable possession (her voice) in exchange for this, she would either get the Prince to love her or she would become foam on the water. On the day of the Prince's wedding to another girl, she was crying and looking out to sea when her sisters swam up to her. They had gone to the sea witch and made a trade as well. In echange for their most valuable possessions (their hair), they were given a knife and if Marina (the little mermaid) stabbed the Prince in the heart at sunset and covered her legs is his blood it would be transformed into a tail and she could return home. (Close the original) what made this worse than the original is that she knew the sacrifice her sisters made for her and her father was apparently sick. But instead of returning to them, she committed suicide by plunging the knife into her own heart and falling into the water to become sea foam in front of her sisters and best friend. The Prince awoke at the splash and ran out to find a knife on the deck, and the comb that she wore. He looks out at the ocean wave caped with foam and the story fades to the simple phrase, "And then Marina ascended into heaven." the end.

[@magicspyglassakachloe3277]

is it just me, or do the sea horse guards with hair look a lot like Donald trump?

[@cassinopia2001]

no I see it too

[@magicspyglassakachloe3277]

yay :D

[@catemoran6878]

XDXDXD

[@WerberDoogyBoogi]

+Alice Browne (Dollface) XDXDXDXDXDXXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXXDXDXDXDXDXDXXDXXDXDXDXDXDDDDDDXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXDXDXDXXDXXDXDXDXDXDDDDXXDXDXXDXDXXDXDXDXDXDXDXDDDDDX.XXDX

[@magicspyglassakachloe3277]

XD

[@rassilontdavros3004]

She looks _ten_ . He looks 25, and she looks _ten_ .

[@aleliraguti3815]

Coincidence? I think not!

[@gracekim25]

Oh hello

[@robertgronewold3326]

Of course, in the book her tongue was cut out and the prince did marry the other princess, leaving her to turn into sea form.

[@ArbitraryDoom]

But in the book she only turned into sea foam after she killed herself.

[@GothEmoBoy1]

She didn't kill herself she chose not tho kill the prince and when the sun rose jumped out of the boat and turned to seafoam. Her sisters had traded their hair for a special dagger that would reverse the curse if she had killed the prince, but because she loved him so much she didn't do it.

[@robertgronewold3326]

Exactly. It was a tragic love. Then she turned into an air spirit.

[@lorettabes4553]

That is how *this* film ended but the dub version censored it and she got to marry the price. In the original japanse dub (Which I saw first) she died.

[@bowtiefox]

something about the name "good times" makes me think im going to have a bad time

[@ultrastrike1797]

*Megalovania intensifies*

[@bowtiefox]

Ultrastrike17 xD

[@RainingBluebellEmphenia]

DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUUN you feel your sans crawling on your back

[@swashbuckler9640]

It's a beautiful day outside.

[@RainingBluebellEmphenia]

+Sasha Draws ITS DAYS LIKE THESE THAT KIDS LIKE YOU....

[@kashsmith6181]

Strangely, it's closer to the original than the Disney version, except the ending.

[@fantasyfiction101]

yea I noticed that too. Minus the sea foam of course.

[@daninmills]

I think they meant that it was inaccurate in the sense that she was never *actually* turned into sea foam.

[@woolyshep]

It is pretty dark. The little mermaid dies when she was turned into seafoam. Truly the version kids love.

[@klah9967]

But the disney version is better xD

[@brandonlyon730]

There's actually an anime version of the little mermaid that came 15 years before the Disney version that is very accurate to the story, and includes the sad ending,

[@lovelifegirl96]

Aww, I remember this movie. Looking back it is kinda a little bit sloppy, but its still cute

[@jazzlinebarragan767]

I still remember this lol

[@aylayzrianne]

yeah same

[@DiscreetHobo]

Lovelifegirl same here I remember watching this when I was 9 and my box tv was hanging from the corner of my room I'm disappointed in myself that I actually saw this movie and thought it was good oh well I guess alot of us make mistakes

[@callistoan-p4263]

Lovelifegirl i watched this all the time when i was like 4-5

[@thalieC0]

Unfazed Wolf I also remember thinking it was good.... :| but then again I also remember her turning into sea foam, I think I got little mermaid versions confused....

[@raquel_sza]

WHO ELSE ONLY WATCHED THIS MOVIE WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE OMFG MY MOM THOUGHT IT WAS THE ARIEL VERSION

[@TheBlackfoxy]

either someone got your grandma well or she had to troll you. lol

[@owowhatsbliss]

Nope. I've never even seen the Disney version xD

[@jomppuvd2058]

ME

[@endieisded]

MEE OMG

[@beatrizloris4700]

BrazilianCupquake SAME AND THE WORST IS THAT I ACTUALLY LIKED THE MOVIE WHEN I WAS A KID

[@DonaldFromKingdomHearts]

I wonder if he is aware that the little mermaid is an actual tale and not invented by Disney and that it is normal that they have similar storylines. However, I don't say that they did copy stuff from Disney or not.

[@LewToons]

I do know that - but the point of this review is that the Goodtimes version actually copies mostly off of the disney version and not the source material :D

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

Well there were some things from the source material like the witch not being the big bad really.

[@byakuyatogami2905]

And, you know, the mermaid dying and becoming sea foam

[@DonaldFromKingdomHearts]

Kikinara Kitty That't why it's the version that children love, I guess

[@byakuyatogami2905]

The little mermaid is so metal

[@134340hann]

FACT: There is actually a version that came out in 1975! Her name in that one is Marina, and is a whole lot closer to the Hans Christian Anderson. I have that one. The 1992 version is actually a lot closer to the 1975 version. LewToons! You should review that one!

[@SooyeonIdle]

That's the Japanese version

[@134340hann]

+Qυεεη “Mσησ” Rυмι It was still made before the Disney one.

[@wdbisl]

I was hoping he would review that one.

[@GiordanDiodato]

isn't the 1975 version an anime movie?

[@MysticalChicken]

YES. I had that one on VHS as a kid, it's my favorite version. It's on KZbin now and if I watch it I will be a weeping mess during the entire last fifteen minutes. I want it on DVD, but the only one I can seem to find is a censored/"cut" version. (Version I had as a kid was uncensored) edit: GOOD NEWS there is now an uncensored DVD of the 1975 version on Amazon! I bought it and it's the same as it was from when I was a kid, and includes both the original Japanese and the English dub (which I grew up with). Anyway, it's here: www.amazon.com/Hans-Christian-Andersens-Little-Mermaid/dp/B013D10GLA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478392674&sr=8-1&keywords=the+little+mermaid+anime (the one from Sep 29, 2015 is the correct one).

[@williamromig3812]

Wait... didn't Cosgrove die and then suddenly come back to life later in the movie?

[@underwhelmingcuriosity501]

"I'll never let go" titanic conversation should've played in the background in 5:49

[@DrHaydentheFunny]

That couldn’t happen. This came out in 1992. Titanic was released in 1997.

[@gracekim25]

@@DrHaydentheFunny TIME PARADOX XD

[@snapmyneck8818]

Stephen and Cosgrove. Better love story than Stephen and Lena.

[@ellielovegood6307]

Stephen and Cosgrove reminds me of Jack and Rose in titanic in a way

[@amiyamarshall7148]

Stephen and Lena. Still a better love story than twilight

[@karl_is_loading]

Stephen and princess rando. Still a better love story than twilight

[@Rezkeshdadesh]

Princess Rando looks like a Belle from Beauty and the Beast knock-off and the second prince who rescues her could pass for knock-off Gaston.

[@africantasia6353]

lol

[@babytom3380]

As I lay in my bed, reading the Diary of Anne Frank and celebrating America's victory, I smile and change my twitter profile picture to a picture of Cosgrove.

[@rachdiva]

I LOVE That book 📚 😍

[@magpiegreen5127]

You should do more disney knockoffs!

[@princeorii7815]

there's soooo many. Walmart even has a knock-off dvd collection

[@magpiegreen5127]

JaKoB Martin REALLY?!

[@princeorii7815]

+Magpie Green yes. its like a 10 pack it even has pocahontas & mulan

[@magpiegreen5127]

JaKoB Martin DANG!

[@dianavaynbrand3242]

Bacon

[@Casey-df3hg]

this review for a horrible movie is amazing 😂

[@taracat1235]

It is so beautiful I like wooow

[@theraddestbaddestbarneyaro7564]

Notice me, Honey-Senpai! ;-;

[@lps5351]

Lol, at first I thought to meant the review was horrible but the movie was great I was like: what gear in your mind broke?

[@supergirlysofia3054]

HONEY SENPAII (your profile picture)

[@dallasmarie9325]

I love seeing fellow Ouran fans!!!

[@jackcusick9501]

Can we pretend this is a controversial comment and start a huge argument here?

[@olivialovessnow880]

HOW DARE YOU

[@SummonerGoogzooks]

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS

[@Gothhippo]

How dare you say that. That is so uncalled for. Extremely offensive to [insert whatever here]. You should be ashamed of yourself.

[@dorkychica10]

YOU SOULESS HUMAN BEING

[@cgalsaccount829]

I agree with jack

[@shogako]

bruh, I used to watch the Thumbelina movie omg

[@mccraezee]

It was a good movie

[@tiffanyheartsu7271]

I love that movie

[@purplefox8317]

my sister was obsessed with it a few years back. We were on holidays at the time and we had a portable dvd player. Our mum would let us watch a movie before bed. Basically this is how it went Mum: what do u want to watch? Me: Can we- Sister: THUMBELINA Me: (wake me up inside)

[@jungkookthebabycoconut9365]

baby doll same I watched it everyday when I was young. xD it was my favorite movie

[@ElectricHelloKitty]

The classic tale about a narcoleptic fairy🧚‍♀️ Not gonna lie i loved thumbelina as a kid. I found it odd though. Still liked it

[@user-us1yu8gx9s]

tbh I like the simplistic art style and color palette in the ripoff

[@serenasmith7369]

Anytime I hear Skellingbones's voice, I can only think of the Joker.

[@LewToons]

His voice is My bad attempt at Mark Hamil's joker haha - that's how it got created!

[@Kqvic]

+LewToons Do u agree that lina looks 8? then hits puberty when she gets legs?

[@Dim4323]

+LewToons actually she died at the end

[@BeezyBub_]

i just think of papyrus :D

[@Davidwash3r3]

Am I the only one that thinks that Ariel looks a lot like Sabrina from the animated cartoon series?

[@marz8882]

For real xD

[@inkpen6356]

Her name is Lena. Or Lina.

[@kingandrewcecil348]

No you're not alone here, because I thought so - Lena does look a lot like Sabrina Spellman from the 1999 DIC cartoon series, even though this knock-off was created seven years before that 1999 Sabrina cartoon.

[@misseli1]

7:00 (sarcasm) I can't believe Prince Eric and Princess Anna were engaged to each other at one point! The Disney crossover theories were right all along!

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

aah, goodtimes, the most forgettable part of my childhood. Also, One Piece soundtrack in he beggining xD

[@equillajones9827]

Someone tell me this.....How is the mermaids makeup still on fleek

[@equillajones9827]

even THE little mermaid Ariel's lipstick is still on fleek

[@Iamme112233445566]

Waterproof Makeup!

[@GoddoDoggo]

Dude. Permanent makeup.

[@PuertoRicanGlow2010]

+Phangirl!At the Pity Party i think i have seen you before but i didnt reply to any of your comment

[@Iamme112233445566]

+Skittlez The cat what video?

[@MDWolfe-ks5fu]

I had another request for another Knock-off review, Beauty and the Beast in honor of the disney's film 25th anniversary.

[@lightyearpig12]

Which one?

[@MDWolfe-ks5fu]

(Giving you 'Are you serious?' look) Beauty and the Beast, The Good Times version. That's my request in honor of the Disney version's 25th anniversary.

[@stormwolf3252]

HEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! It had to be done.

[@lwanco1018]

Linda got wet in the water, she's completely useless now.

[@MDWolfe-ks5fu]

lightyearpig12 (Discovering Phelous) Oh my gosh, there are two rip-off?! No wonder why you asked that. I am so sorry.

[@melly259]

I can't believe this was the version I saw when I was a kid! Now everytime I watch the little mermaid I constantly get confused and I'm always like "wait I don't remember it happening like this" and it's all because I have specific scenes embedded into my mind from this movie 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@myvideoshaveterriblequalit4299]

I ship Stephan and Cossgrove

[@Kenry26]

2:00 It's not adapted, it's based on... The little mermaid commits suicide in the original tale.

[@Kenry26]

Plus, they misspelled Andersen's name...

[@emmaalbertinehenningsen735]

+Kenry26 FINALLY somebody mentions it!

[@Ultrabalor]

It's not really suicide. The mermaid's told if the prince doesn't fall in love with her, she'll turn into sea foam.

[@brandonlyon730]

Well she did have the choice to kill him and turn back to a mermaid, but refused to and fell off to the ocean to die, it's pretty close to it.

[@SquishyMain]

All of Disney movies are based on the Grim Tails.

[@emperorqin2130]

Answer me this how can this version be a knock off when the story is in public domain? You can call it a reinterpretation, a retelling and new take but never a knock off. If this is a knock off then Disney's version is a knock off as well as it is base on another original work. A work of Hans Christian Andersen.

[@theprincessblog]

I find it kind of interesting that a lot of the things that people point out don't make sense in these knock-offs are exactly the same as the original fairy tales. The sea witch really did never show up again after taking the little mermaid's voice, and the prince did say he was in love with the little mermaid until he met the woman he thought had saved him. Granted, the ending in this version was definitely missed up, and these knock-offs always have awful animation and acting, but it's interesting how much the parts of the stories that are left intact get scrutinized. It just goes to show that sometimes change can be a good thing since Disney's changes almost always enhance the plot and character development even if they don't stay completely true to the fairy tale.

[@yilingjade7052]

I just realized I own this knockoff- xD

[@lenajones6141]

I actually loved it growing up lol I enjoyed and still enjoy both versions today lol

[@thatonedude9269]

Same....

[@SammyJ_Studios]

I remember seeing a different knockoff of the little mermaid, only it stayed more true to the real story with the whole "if you kill the prince you won't turn into sea foam, but she doesn't kill him and does die" part. And I remember it scared me.

[@AshBash798]

That's actually the original Hans Christian Anderson story.

[@Artiecuteypie]

I remember that for this film I swear it had this cover and everything. Mine even came with the doll.

[@laz4259]

That's the original.

[@brandonlyon730]

That one came 15 years before the Disney version in 1975 so technically it's not a knock off, It's referred as Hans Christan Andersens The Little mermaid or little mermaid 1975, you can easily find the full movie on KZbin if you're curious.

[@OsnosisBones]

Wasnt that the 1975 anime movie?

[@Chikadulce10]

As soon as I saw the thumbnail I knew I had to drop everything and watch it xD I had this movie as a kid and I sadly admit I watched it more often than the Disney version :( Legions inferior of course, but I guess there was just something about it I somehow loved xD

[@eleanormiller9242]

Same here XD

[@megabyte1302]

So did I, I also had that weird bug-Mulan movie.

[@briannamsp5515]

Yea, I watch this version more than the Disney version 😂

[@beethovensfidelio]

For those who call Lina “Blonde Ariel”: Well, we could have got a blonde Ariel (see Buzzfeed link below) had Disney not already released a mermaid picture called “Splash” (1984), which starred a blonde Daryl Hannah. After all, “The Little Mermaid” (1989) was initially rejected by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Michael Eisner out of concern that it was *too similar to “Splash”,* so giving Ariel red hair was a smart decision; otherwise “The Little Mermaid” would have turned into an *animated remake of “Splash”.* 😂 www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo/take-a-magical-look-at-the-concept-art-used-to-make-the

[@TaterTatiana]

OMG I remember watching this almost every night when I was like four or five years old. I also owned a Thumbellina one. Aw memories :)

[@darkforest1165]

As soon as it said 'knock off', I screamed and clicked on this video 😂 One of my favorite Lewtoons episodes is the Aladdin knock off!

[@LewToons]

more Knockoff stuff to come!

[@amesstarline5482]

+LewToons Yay more knock-offs!

[@2doot]

Stephen (idek how tf to spell it) so... Stephen×Cosgrove4evr

[@PuertoRicanGlow2010]

where the fanart

[@2doot]

Skittlez The cat idk it shall be made though

[@PuertoRicanGlow2010]

+Siena H make it on devantart or something

[@XTCYDVL]

LITERALLY CRYING

[@luciewhale]

There is a real person named Stephen Cosgrove. (I googled for StephenXCosgrove and he came up)

[@sofiaflick3541]

How old is she turning? 12? She looks very young!

[@zelicca]

That is what I would like to know Peggy... this movie had left me confused

[@whenurstomachhurtsbutursti2911]

Being honest she looks more normal than any 12 year old I've seen

[@h193013]

She certainly is a little mermaid

[@ifloridawarriorcatfan9918]

In the book she’s 16

[@gracekim25]

People can look younger than they actually are🤣

[@dayfiremystic]

.... they're both "knock offs" of the book XD

[@rawritsgrace1814]

Yep

[@frannyc7248]

At least one was better

[@chickenpermission9833]

I know he used this One Piece song before but I fangirl every time. ;)

[@pokeypurple1603]

Me too!

[@joonant1]

I do too. I'm like "I wanna Go on an adventure with my nakama Luffy!!"

[@spookypumpkininok1639]

Yes!! One Piece!!!😆

[@mckennamaloney9681]

Yes! Love One Piece!

[@pepesilvia8033]

This brings me back to my real Weeb days

[@rosecoloredchloe]

When I heard 'Cassandra' all I could think of was 'Moisturize Me' because I am Whovian trash.

[@KatelynSparks]

YOU ARE NOT ALONE

[@Lab-Gr0wn-Lambs]

"It's better to die than live like you; a bitchy trampoline." -Rose Tyler, 2005

[@TheSonNamedSet]

+Katelyn Sparks (Archergirl) love your icon

[@KatelynSparks]

amirah taylor Thanks!

[@androzani]

…or that loud mouth in the 1965 episode "The Myth Makers" that thought Vicki would be the death of them all as the Greeks invade Troy. She was fun… over the top… laughable fun.

[@_Lucary]

Am I the only one that thinks Lina looks like she is 12 or something? lol

[@lomischke]

I remember watching this as a child because my Grandpa was too cheap to buy the real one.

[@Yipper64]

i forgive this movie immediately because IT HAS A FIPPIN DOLPHIN!

[@Korokorokorokoro4662]

LOL

[@chapniak7977]

xD

[@johntiseo7052]

This is an intervention Lew, after Aladdin you almost died. You need to stop this before you destroy yourself. Just punch that skeleton in the face.

[@mebrob]

stephen x cosgrove is my otp

[@BobsCookie4]

mebrob kebab Hey, hook me up with some fanart/fics! xD

[@aribear1029]

Oh my goodness!! I had the one movie with the blonde mermaids and the dolphin

[@aribear1029]

Also had the snow white one too

[@aribear1029]

And the Cinderella one too

[@Bopperann]

I want to see him review all of those.

[@aribear1029]

That would be nostalgia overload lol. I literally looked up the Cinderella one yesterday and watched it. I think I also had the jungle book one. Yeah I did. The movies are by Jetlag Productions

[@abigailgonzalez1823]

Omg I remember this movie. My mom got me this movie when I was little and I was so pissed that I didn't get the Disney version and instead got this knockoff XD

[@youtuebruels6648]

My mom bought me a knock off cinderella and this too XD I didn't even know any of the original disney characters best parents ever lel

[@abigailgonzalez1823]

+Youtueb Ruels lol at least I wasn't the only one XD

[@ciarraannis7887]

It's an adaption of it, and also why are you so mad about a kids movie please relax sir. (RE: KoolKat who doesn't seem to be very Kool anyways)

[@abigailgonzalez1823]

+TheMamaPajama KoolKat I don't know why you're so pissed about but okay. Someone's a little edgy today

[@CaityRaindrop]

+alexandra galici is that the version where her family become instruments? Only other animated version of it I know, I liked it though xD

[@snikerz5886]

If you think this is bad you should watch Hans Christian Anderson's version. Its friggen dark man. Like killing the main character dark.

[@laz4259]

I liked it actually

[@joonant1]

that's actually the original version. and personally I love it.

[@emmaalbertinehenningsen735]

*Andersen not Anderson

[@notanamericankid6924]

That's the reason i liked it. It is because it's so old, but the fact he had the balls to make his childrens stories to dark is pretty admirable.

[@ZimVader-0017]

I love that man. I enjoy all of his stories, except for "The Little Match Girl". Even though it's such a short story, it destroyed me. So sad :(

[@DavidFletcher08]

Prince.. Stefan.. Malificent ain't gonna like it

[@mcwyman7928]

I actually like the Sea King's character design.

[@sunbrn2433]

*"It was important that they have hair"* Lmfao.

[@MCvideos11]

I love how the moral of the story in this The Little Mermaid is basically "being second choice isn't that bad" haha

[@lynnemcsherry1082]

When I was a really young, I used to watch this a lot even though we had the Disney version, just because I liked the satisfying way the pearls fell on her head and it was shorter and easier to put on than the Disney version. I still preferred the Disney version but this just took less time, lol.

[@PurenergyIV]

I love it when I start my day and KZbin recommends me a new channel with some really entertaining videos. Subscribed!

[@Zinervawyrm]

My friend had an anime version of The Little Mermaid, and the mermaid in that one had hair that just permanently stood straight up and ugly. She actually died in the end of that one.

[@olivialovessnow880]

Zinervawyrm was it the grim's fairy tale collection?

[@Zinervawyrm]

Olivia Loves Snow No idea, but it had a very retro anime style, and the mermaid's hair just stood straight up like she was going super saiyan.

[@Zinervawyrm]

On second thought, why would it be apart of the grim's anything collection, when its not even a grim fairytale?

[@OpalSpring]

8D That would be based on the actual story from Hans Christian Andersen. Though I don't think she dies so much as becomes sea foam in the story.

[@olivialovessnow880]

Zinervawyrm The Grims fairy tale anime series also did Beauty and the Beast, and it wasn't at all by the Brothers Grim. So XD

[@CallMeFreakFujiko]

Wow. The prince is a dick! Though there's two things that I like about this one. 1. Leena is blonde. They were going to make Ariel blonde but they decided against it because of another (live-action) Disney movie featuring a blonde mermaid... I think it was called "Splash'?" 2. I don't recall them mentioning the seafoam thing in the Disney version... Maybe they did. I just remembered that in the book she turns into seafoam. I'm pretty sure the thing is that when mermaid's hearts are broken, they turn into seafoam.

[@myteath]

Disney likes to make movies more child from so it makes sense they left off the die and become sea fom. they do this with alot of their princess moves.

[@Otakugatothequeen]

They didn't mention the sea foam, or that every step would feel like she was walking on glass. Disney took out a lot details and fluffed it all up with the mermaid regaining her voice and marrying the prince. Good Times was a little more faithful to the source material. In the tale, the mermaid has no name or companion and doesn't even get described- hence why different film adaptations portray her with different physical appearances. I've seen about fourteen animated versions and three live-action films, including a Russian twist called "Roulska." It is a female water sprite in Russian folklore. In that version, the mermaid starts out with greenish hair and then goes full blonde as a human. The prince realises that he's married the wrong woman at the end, but it's obviously too late seeing as how he's already married which means that the mermaid is now dead.

[@SheilaDeBonis]

Andersen's original story is kinda confusing at the end. The seawitch does threaten the mermaid about becoming sea foam, but I don't think she actually did. She was about to, but these...angels (or something) greet her and say because she was such a good person she can become a sky spirit and bless children with good dreams, like a sandman. She'd be able to rejoin the earth (be it with humans or merfolk, Andersen doesn't say) when she'd filled a certain quota if good dreams...she doesn't explicitly die. The ending almost seems like a completely different story.

[@oliviatouba9313]

Oh my gosh this had me laughing so hard!! xD The commentary was great! I watched this video as a kid, and last night was my first time seeing a live performance of The Little Mermaid musical.

[@haileylomeli1731]

I was in my high school's verion of the Broadway Little Mermaid so the "World Above" reference had me SCREAMING 😂

[@stormwolf3252]

"Oh boy! Goodtimes Entertainment is back! I know this is the crap we've all been waiting for..." 2:57 - Well actually Chad, those are manes... because horse logic. 6:33 - Hold On! Did her mouth briefly disappear? 6:45 - Oh Chad. XD 7:00 - It's a conspiracy. 7:59 - What? No "RIP Sea Witch"? 9:23 - We shall hold a funeral for Lina's voice. 10:22 - Oh Chad. You done darn it.

[@kayleighbrown459]

Please tell me I wasn't the only one that had to stop myself grooving to song in the beginning.

[@darkundereyes3600]

Kayleigh Brown ummm..... yeah

[@whatdoyousuppose]

Omfg I love everything about this! I noticed the thing with The World Above in TLM musical and was so glad you mentioned it! Also, can we work this into the Disney theory with that Princess Anna mention?... 😂😂😂

[@Ototsu-Yume.]

Theres a 1975 and a 1979 version of the little mermaid too, so this is only a knockoff of a knockoff.

[@TeachHiddenInTheLeaves]

I spit my drink out when the XFiles music kicked in.

[@rosesweet2853]

Omg ! When I was younger every movie we had was by goodtimes 😂

[@hornedheresy]

I saw the thumbnail and instantly realized you were going to talk about a movie that I watched over and over again when I was 5, which was in a BOX SET WITH 3 OTHER KNOCKOFF DISNEY MOVIES.

[@nerdyplaysmagic8270]

I have no idea why i haven't subbed yet! I've watched so many of your amazing vids... I'm subbing now~

[@MrJWTH]

How did it compare to the Aladdin knockoff?

[@LewToons]

it's not as bad - plus it's like half the runtime which is very very important

[@seamusdonnelly1882]

+LewToons hi

[@shannonbrown4833]

+LewToons hi

[@mr.chicken8183]

+LewToons where did you get that skull mask?

[@skootergirl22]

i just do not know why people say a "ripoff" Disney film those were once books and folk tales before everything relates to Disney owning all the brothers grimm or Anderson books or even legends so basically ALL THOSE STORIES BELONG TO EVERYONE NOT JUST DISNEY!!!

[@emperorqin2130]

Because Disney has already supplanted the original with their bastardized versions. Only very little of the newer generations will know of the original works. And by how this video goes Disney has already succeeded! Disney practically stole works of other people gave little to none credits to the original and profit. LewToons have just proven all that by naming another version as Disney knock off

[@milktoast1655]

I'm pretty sure this movie was closer to the Disney version then the original.

[@olive5979]

In the Brother Grim version, Ariel dies. And Disney did something very different than that plot. So that proves it's a rip off movie. It basically follows the exact same plotline... If they did this today, they would probably get sued though.

[@sergeantarcticwolf4851]

+Oliveshine in ThunderClan Hams Christian Anderson, not brothers Grimm. I also get them mixed up :).

[@sergeantarcticwolf4851]

+Gabriel Geeks Out Hams xD Hans not Hams

[@user-qx2tp7nu1i]

This movie was my childhood and I’ve just now remembered about it..

[@PokeDude011]

Princess Brando? "You thought I was a princess, but it was I: DIO!"

[@genosauce_colada]

Watch the Goodtimes version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. It's a fucking disgrace.

[@dianavaynbrand3242]

You should review ratatoing........ Its great

[@stormwolf3252]

Precisely!

[@acecat2798]

Fun fact, I grew up with this before I ever saw the Disney version. I think my grandma also fell victim to the 'confusion in the movie isle' thing. So it's obviously dumb, but also super nostalgic for me.

[@living5678]

XD princess anna * illumanati song plays and pictures of anna come up* priceless

[@nemir3182]

in soviet russia, disney steals knockoff company ideas

[@cryptic_sunflower]

Are you still gonna do Disney month?

[@LewToons]

Yep! September :D

[@luigigoomba6526]

+LewToons Hey what's the name of the one piece song u used?

[@gazebo3496]

+LewToons that opening though

[@_suri_6347]

+Luigi Goomba Wanna be- spice girls

[@MaddieDeux]

I died at the "two miniature sailor dancers" XD

[@terminallychaotic]

I actually remember watching this. As a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure I still have the VHS of it lying around somewhere...

[@shadowprincessnami3412]

Can I just say that the use of One Piece OSTs was a wonderful idea?

[@Kaylee-rl8lc]

Did you get the gravity falls journal 3 book that came out on July 26th?

[@dobson.]

no but mine will be here in a few days

[@auggiecunningham]

Alex Hirsch blocked me on Twitter

[@dobson.]

Auggie Cunningham ok?

[@shahiranzaman2259]

+Auggie Cunningham damn, what did you do?

[@youinanalternateuniverse]

I got it on the release day

[@raedabdulrahman6556]

Omg that part where that prince was talking about princess Anna from frozen with the x files theme cracked me up man! 😂😂😂

[@gracekim25]

Love the spice girls bit at the start🤣 I forgot that you covered this and I thought I had seen your review of it but this should be fun. We’ll miss ya dude✌️ 13.9.22

[@franciscopartida4167]

Stop treating Disney like they're the original. There were PLENTY of fairy tale adaptations made prior to the Disney versions. Disney did their own and that's about it. You can compare them side by side but acting like Disney is the original is just dumb.

[@luna5645]

Leena looks like a little kid.

[@zoroveemew2043]

My sister wanted a movie collection of a bunch of the old Disney movies (ie., The Little Mermaid) for her birthday, and she got a collection of these movies. Oh my god I still remember the look on her face when she realized it wasn't Disney.

[@abigailcampbell7448]

Still a better love story than twilight

[@KingofFeralImps]

Two miniature sailor dancers!

[@vwzm27]

omg i was looking for this movie for ages, i vaguely remember watching it as a child

[@oromac]

I've actually seen this and the Aladdin one - in the UK, free copies were given out at some point with a newspaper and my grandad had loads of them 😂

[@rayanrahal2944]

I thought he killed Skellingbones...

[@LewToons]

He's a Shinigami

[@tristenray8457]

OM G LEW TOONS AND POTATOES I LOVE DEATH NOTE

[@endieisded]

+Potatoes are good and I like videogames IDK either That ref tho