The Little Mermaid (GoodTimes) - Phelous

This is probably Goodtimes/Golden Films most blatant Disney rip off as far as the plots in these cash in flicks go.
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[@MinmoKitty]

Why would a dolphin hate the surface? He...needs...air...

[@ilikethecokev2]

Maybe the kingdom is full of Sonic air bubbles

[@jonathanward513]

But those hardly appear....so, he'd drown eventually.

[@theinternalkiller]

He's airphobic Every trip to the surface is a nightmare for him

[@vivimariefedorov7374]

And dolphins are very intelligent creatures! 🐬

[@flufflewarrior]

Minmo Kitty maybe he has a really tragic and deep backstory that would explain his scary nature and fear of the surface.. Or the writers were drunk again... Not sure :3

[@Cherrysama]

The movie paints Cassandra as this evil sea witch, but in reality she gave Lina everything she asked for, and kept her end of the bargain. Sure she evilly laughs at random, but she's actually really nice if you think about it.

[@Chocobo0Scribe]

Maybe she's still going to evil training?

[@Cherrysama]

Chocobo0Scribe If she is, she should probably consider a different occupation. XD

[@StarlightPrism]

And despite having some elements of being an Ursula rip-off, her design isn't half-bad. If nothing else, she stands out from the usual generic GoodTimes designs.

[@lizzychrome7630]

That's what the witch in the original story was, basically.

[@Cherrysama]

Lizzy Chrome Yeah, but the original story didn't try to make her evil and then have her do nothing to prove she's evil. :P

[@stephenbrown4698]

Old Man couldn't have shown up because he didn't want to become completely useless now.

[@goldenrose4384]

LOL😂

[@bleeduntildeath]

no he didn't show up because everyone was wet, therefore this whole movie was completely useless now

[@redvelvetunderground]

"HE BETTER MARRY YOU!!!" makes me lose it every time lmfao

[@disneyfan809]

Shannihilator lol same

[@dancepiglover]

For me it's Phelous saying "under-the-sea voice."

[@Tareltonlives]

I love that running gag

[@jaygooese4242]

Sounds like Fat Albert's voice 13:17

[@jewel9117]

For me it's "Sir, where are your nipples??" XD

[@bojangledorlyp527]

HER HEAD JUST KEEPS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY BIGGER?

[@EagleTimberWolf]

Thanks to your icon, I couldn't NOT read this comment in Aku's voice inside my head X'D

[@dancepiglover]

It's the inverse of her intelligence.

[@koshavinka2995]

Like Dib from Invader Zim

[@rogue7723]

That sounds like a horrible medical condition.

[@Kirio_Dorito]

The potion's after-effect

[@moondancekid1]

"He's the most handsome creature I've ever seen" "I can't wait to eat him!" I almost pissed myself laughing at that.

[@Dreigonix]

Eat him in what way? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Maybe both ways. .__.

[@disneyfan809]

moondancekid1 ѕαmє 😂

[@RolandTemplar]

@@Dreigonix yeah, sirens have oviduct, u can fertilize her eggs as a bipedian woman

[@alicebthegachaweirdo8378]

Same

[@Gfrog1000]

"HE'D BETTER MARRY YOU!"

[@hopemueller2658]

This is why Ursula's plan was superior. She actually made an effort for that not to happen for her own evil benefits

[@PurpleStreak]

The little Mersexual abuser was sentenced to ten years prison today. She was quoted as saying "This is fun" as they took her away. Truly a cold hearted criminal who didn't think

[@xFlareLeon]

Her Official Royal Pet declined to comment.

[@PrincessButterflySadie]

in the original little mermaid, she didn't know at first a storm is dangerous. she thought it was fun until she saw the sailors and the prince in danger.

[@jamestagge3429]

I think you can think……

[@aidincmpbell9073]

Did Dingo ever do a Little Mermaid movie? just imagine them trying water physics...

[@valen9835]

OH SWEET ARCEUS NO!

[@foxymetroid]

Dingo!Ariel: I want to go to the surface to marry a human. Dingo!Sea King: No. It is not done.

[@AllyGatorAnimator]

As the OFFICIAL ROYAL DINGO FILMS WATCHER, I haven't seen one. However, they did make an Atlantis movie, and it's as abysmal as you'd expect.

[@Palmieres]

My question is, how are they going to fit a racoon hopping and freakishly curling its toes in an underwater setting.

[@ilikethecokev2]

Triton: Ariel wants to go to the surface! MY GOD! Sebastian: (laughs for no reason)

[@burntcinnamon1735]

I was at Walmart and they had a boxset of the goodtimes Disney ripoffs for five dollars. I bought it so me and my friends could have a good laugh

[@megadrivesonic]

I got one of those too from Michael's, mine got 20 of em. not sure if all of em are made by good times though.

[@StarlightPrism]

I saw a bunch of these GoodTimes movies (including this one) on the clearance shelf at Half Price Books. It made me think of Phelous and I was kind of tempted to buy some, ha ha.

[@megadrivesonic]

+StarlightPrism wonder what ones you saw their, I'm guessing beauty and the beast was one of em.

[@bul13ts]

So what you're saying is, you and friends all had... good times?

[@StarlightPrism]

They had the recently reviewed Cinderella one and I think one of the Beauty and the Beast films, among others.

[@charlesm7215]

I think this thing borrowed its water physics from Spongebob Squarepants.

[@Gasoline85]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@Phantomsangel]

That's what I thought lol XD

[@Nionivek]

Ok well... a few ones. One is that liquids underwater can work so long as the liquid is dense enough and doesn't immediately dissolve in water. Two is that SpongeBob Squarepant's situation is two fold... One it is "Goo Lagoon" and two the situation where there is a sea/Lake underwater? Yep real.

[@Nionivek]

redloiyu654jay Mind you that is as far as things go really. Everything else, yeah is pretty wrong.

[@sarahcook2818]

Goodtimes Little Mermaid came out before SpongeBob; so that would mean SpongeBob SquarePants borrowed from them. lol

[@breaksystembse]

"Won't anyone help me?" *drown* "This is FUN!" IM DYIN

[@Zarastro54]

Lol that captain is an idiot. He had them unfurl the sails in a storm!? You're supposed to put them up so they don't rip off or cause the ship to capsize or any number of different disasters!

[@valen9835]

maybe he is a suicide assassin sent to take out the prince? or it's just a failure of logic and writing

[@incognitoburrito7458]

It’s good times, everyone’s an idiot and they never question logic. HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH!

[@thomasjenkins7506]

yeah, violent wind catching sails = capsized = sails filling with water = davey jones' locker.

[@Swiftbow]

He's also standing on the rapidly pitching deck with his sword unsheathed (and pointed towards the helmsman). Idiot indeed.

[@JB-ms4su]

Wabuu: Most of the humans in this movie are so stupid. Hehehehehe

[@UndeadHavoc1]

So in this version, the sea witch was actually a good person just trying to help out a little, and the villain was... was... uhr... run-time, I guess.

[@valen9835]

no, goodtimes is the real villain. or maybe it is run time whichever works for you

[@AntiFaGoat]

In the original story the villain is the mermaid's stupidity. So here it's just stupidity all around.

[@Grey_Warden_Invasion]

With that she is actually closer to the witch from Andersen's tale than Ursula.

[@andreasnickmann370]

Vink was the villain. He killed the audience's patience because he's annoying

[@puppymolly123]

Just watched the much older anime adaptation. It's about a blonde mermaid with a pet dolphin. I think this movie ripped off more than just the Disney version...

[@FrenchPaul1988]

Yeah, that seems more like this old Japanese animated film - which BTW (and spoilers) has the mermaid bitting it in the end, just like the original tale does. I had it on VHS when I was a kid but somehow must have watched it like once and all I remember is my mom mentionning how it messed me up when I saw it and this tape sitting there and never being watched.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

Seems like a mix of both.

[@Abbysfaco]

French Paul 1988 hmmmmm suspicious

[@TheGenomario]

@@FrenchPaul1988 what's it called?

[@puppymolly123]

@@b.w.7588 Yes! And I completely agree with you.

[@andreasnickmann370]

Ursula sings (in the stage musical): "I want the good times back." Phelous says "o.k." and gives her GoodTimes' "The Little Mermaid" Ursula: "The OTHER GoodTimes!"

[@andreasnickmann370]

She wants GoodTimes' "Beauty and the Beast"😁

[@Nionivek]

I find it REALLY weird that the movie still treats Bland-Ursula as a villain. Even though in this version she basically did the high villainy that was a business deal... I mean sure one could say your voice is a unfair price, but I think becoming mute isn't such a tall price to pay for having reality bent over a knee and spanked until it coughs up legs for you.

[@DanielQuan97]

"Lena, come torture the lower life forms with us" I... I can't, I'm fucking dying xDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@aidincmpbell9073]

Prince Not Eric's assistant sounds like the weird Tim Curry soundalike who pisses himself in Food Fight.

[@Andromeda14161]

I believe it's the same voice actor, Jeff Bennett. He's far too talented to have been in either movie 🤣

[@MadDemon64]

I just did a bit of googling and I think I can say with certainty that Ursula is based off an octopus. She might have six tentacles, but her two arms brings the total number of limbs up to eight, while squids have a total of ten. Also there's the little matter of her being the completely wrong shape to be based off a squid. No, that's not a fat joke.

[@cheezdoodle96]

H.C. Andersen's name is misspelled in the opening credits. He's Danish, not Swedish. Way to go, GoodTimes. Thankssssss.

[@yumamukami6091]

do you really think they care?

[@cheezdoodle96]

Sebastian Michaelis Touché.

[@ExplorerDS6789]

Actual Lee, Tobe Fair, Disney misspelled Lewis Carroll's name in their animated Alice in Wonderland, so it happens.

[@ClaudetteVioletta]

@AT Productions IKR!?

[@rassilontdavros3004]

How... how old is Lena supposed to be again? She looks 9. Prince Knockoff looks 19. There's... something wrong here.

[@emilychristian7844]

RassilonTDavros This comment made me laugh because its true

[@gRinchY-op5vr]

RassilonTDavros I'm not sure they even state it, least disney covered their tracks by having it mentioned she's 16 😂

[@anikmonette2140]

RassilonTDavros Yup, sure I wasn't the only one thinking that! 😉

[@valen9835]

maybe she is considered "legal" in this world. or the prince has committed a felony and post movie he is arrested

[@vivimariefedorov7374]

None of the mermen suitors weren't sexy enough compared to Prince eri--I mean Stephan. 🧜‍♂️🧜🏻‍♂️🧜🏼‍♂️🧜🏽‍♂️🧜🏾‍♂️🧜🏿‍♂️🤴🏻🧜🏻‍♀️

[@thomasfredrickson6298]

I love how the Dolphin can Survive Breathing Under the Water when, in reality, that Dolphin would've Drowned by the time this movie Begins! You realize Dolphins are Mammals, so congrats Good Times: treating kids like they're idiots! Good one!

[@Vherstinae]

Good one? Don't you mean "Good Times?"

[@ColetheAero]

14:03- I think this grammatical nightmare of a sentence was suppose to imply that he does hold his breath underwater . . . I think.

[@gRinchY-op5vr]

ironically the dolphin coming up for air often would be a good explanation for a friendship with a seagull than in the Disney version where we got none

[@lizzychrome7630]

It would also be a good setup for a friendship with the mermaid, who herself could be treated as a creature that has to go to the surface for air now and then like a dolphin.

[@starwarsnerd100]

Why are you Capitalizing Random Words?

[@MontyPythonFanatic2]

Stefan went on to become Not-Gaston in another GoodTimes production, telling Beauty to "let him die!" Cosgrove became a general for Brand X, putting his Tim Curry impression to good use and soliciting Cheasel T. Weasel for a felching. The Sea King left the ocean and traveled to Balloon Land, where he met up with young children (and going into further detail on his activities would get me banned on every corner of the Internet). The Old Man sued Phelous for breach of contract, citing his clause to appear in any GoodTimes review from here on out. Phelous forced the Old Man to read more creepypastas. Finally, the Cheap Cash-In Coaster derailed, killing all aboard.

[@evanbarth7173]

But don’t you know? Half of the movie takes place under water. Old Man would be completely useless now.

[@Crowley9]

This video got me on a bit of a reading binge about Disney's The Little Mermaid. It's well known Ursula's character was greatly inspired by the drag queen Divine, but some of the stuff I came across seems to suggest that he might have actually ended up voicing the character had he not died while the film was early in production.

[@Tareltonlives]

Too bad. Pat Carrol stole the show but Divine would have been a lot of fun

[@gracekim1998]

Who’s Divine? 2018

[@ExplorerDS6789]

Well, I've heard of Disney princesses, but a Disney queen?

[@jaxking904]

That would’ve been dope

[@gracekim1998]

@@James76sManyFaces oh ok

[@pringlebatch]

Who else comes back to these videos every couple months or so and watches them to death?

[@Tareltonlives]

(raises hand)

[@andreasnickmann370]

@@Tareltonlives (raises hand too)

[@aandersson9181]

Arr!

[@gracekim1998]

Yes😂 I’m addicted

[@realafah]

10:36 Okay. The face of the guy at the bottom-middle of the screen had me laughing for about 5 minutes. This face needs to be a meme or something because honestly it's so ridiculous that I can't believe I haven't seen someone bring it up yet.

[@emilychristian7844]

Realafah I CANT BREATHE IM GONNA PEE MYSELF THATS SO FUNNY

[@ForcedHandleName]

I remember being so betrayed when my friend played this during a sleepover. I was expecting the Disney film, but didn't say anything because I thought I was wrong. XD

[@andreasnickmann370]

@rach3092 Robin: I dunno. I think we should be enemies

[@mevnie-enn]

15:40 The "What is love?" joke made me laugh a little harder than I probably should have. 99999/10, will watch again.

[@StarWarriorCentral]

It's probably my favorite Phelous joke that's not Old Man! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@CJCroen1393]

You know a "Little Mermaid" adaptation is a rip off of the Disney version when they make the Sea Witch a villain--she wasn't evil at all in the original story, in fact she never shows up again after the initial deal with the Mermaid.

[@kingofthegundam7974]

Why did she want the voice in the original?

[@CJCroen1393]

She didn't, actually. What she took from the Mermaid in the original was her tongue, which rendered her unable to speak. She went on to make it so that upon transforming the human Mermaid's every step was extremely painful. I know that sounds like prime villain material, but after that she never appears again and doesn't affect the plot much further beyond the Mermaid's sisters making a deal with her to help the Mermaid. For some reason, though, all her sisters had to pay up with was some locks of their hair, which seems a teeny bit unfair of the Sea Witch. Seriously, why do they get a painless haircut when the poor Mermaid has to rip out her own tongue??

[@kingofthegundam7974]

'Cause the plot said so? Or the witch was being a jerk that day?

[@CJCroen1393]

Both of those sound about right.

[@ManOutofTime913]

Perhaps to prove a point about how stupid and juvenile she was for making a such a life changing decision on such shaky reasoning. Kind of the whole point of the story which is lost in the Disney version by giving her what she wants. Fairy Tales did originally exist to teach lessons to children rather than just placating them before bedtime. Gotta get it in their heads early that reality is a nightmare which must be endured.

[@StarlightPrism]

It's possible that merpeople reproduce similar to marine mammals, though not many stories about merpeople go into such details. The King's lack of nipples could be a hint, I mean, if they reproduce like fish, nipples would be unnecessary. I should stop thinking about this. I love when these types of movies go the extra mile to rip off the Disney version. (though it's not as fun as when they just go completely off the rails with new ideas) I wonder what GoodTimes movie Phelous will review next? Apparently they did a version of Ben-Hur, with Charlton Heston actually doing the voice. I'm especially hoping to see Pocahontas or Hercules soon.

[@Nionivek]

At least when men don't have nipples in fiction it is something that actually happens (Some men remove their nipples to look attractive. Doesn't require surgery)

[@burntgrahamcracker2866]

Then why do they have bras?

[@Nionivek]

jack brearley They can remove nipples without surgery. Not breasts.

[@burntgrahamcracker2866]

+Nionivek my point was why have breasts if you aren't a mammal I.e don't make milk

[@MforMovesets]

Is it just me or shouldn't the 10 year old looking mermaid marry or screw anyway?!

[@GFHGGDJHJHJ]

I'm guessing Old Man's not here despite being a GoodTimes review because of it being underwater. It would be completely useless now.

[@lotus-prince]

"Do you think I'd give you this priceless brew for nothing?" "Well, what do you want?" *puts a price on it*

[@mastermarkus5307]

Why would Ursula being half squid or octopus be "debated"? I always figured she was part octopus because _less_ tentacles and none of them are those weird club-shaped ones.

[@sillygrl23]

I have heard more discussions about her being inspired after Divine from "Pink Flamingos" than anyone debating whether or not she was a squid or a octopus. Besides, they have only to count the tentacles to find out anyway.

[@MrXemnas1992]

Pat Carrol, her voice actress, insists she's a squid because of the six tentacles.

[@mastermarkus5307]

MrXemnas1992 Well that doesn't make any sense.

[@StarlightPrism]

Ursula appears to be a mythical creature known as a cecaelia. If that's the intent, then she's a different species altogether, rather than a half octopus half human, or half squid half human.

[@Thane3999]

+StarlightPrism Well, aren't you a knowledgable one when it comes to mythical sea creatures :D

[@ToddTheTolerable]

Sweet. Everyone's talking about Suicide Squad and I'm just wondering when the next GoodTimes review is coming.

[@gRinchY-op5vr]

I'm always looking out for these AND talking about Suicide Squad, I'm clearly an abomination

[@Tareltonlives]

Same here Todd!

[@SpeedyEric1]

The films of the DC Extended Universe are far better than anything Goodtimes shits out.

[@ViscountAlexOfTheHorsePeople]

SpeedyEric1 Your reply didn't age well did it?

[@Tareltonlives]

I prefer the more obscure bad movies.

[@ashcashgamer5770]

Fun fact: There was once an anime adaptation of The Little Mermaid in the 1970's. (a few years before the 1989 Disney film) The mermaid in that version also had long blonde hair so seeing the Golden Entertainment's Blariel (It's just Ariel with blone hair instead of red because this was one of the more shameless bootlegs) makes me think that blonde is a popular hair color for mermaids. (Also, I may be talking about the comedy film Splash since that mermaid also has blonde hair)

[@0deadx21]

After Ariel, the titular little mermaid in animated adaptations is in variety of hair colors except red. The closest they've done is orange.

[@JenamDrag0n]

It does seem to be that way. According to an interview I heard with John Musker, him and Ron had always imagine Ariel as a redhead, but apparently Jefferey Katzenberg had thought she would be blonde and was confused when he started seeing color images because, in his words "Everyone knows mermaids are blonde".

[@iKadaj]

"I'm the damn king and I don't get a name!?" - Thranduil in The Hobbit.

[@michaelbeaudoin1518]

HE'D BETTER MARRY YOU!!!!

[@disneyfan809]

Michael Beaudoin lol

[@999haunted]

Does anybody think that fake-Ariel in this version looks like shes 13 years old? That's just disturbing Good Times!

[@ser6Ijvolk]

Most of the Disney princesses are 14-16 in the source material. But don't tell me you only surmised that from her breast size - that's discrimination against flat girls! Are you an Australian or something?

[@999haunted]

You're one of those people that loves to look for things that offends them are you? It's not her flat chest that makes her look 13, it's the fact that her head is just gigantic and her body in general is smaller than the other characters, including her sisters and the fake human Ursula lady. With Disney's version, Ariel looks a lot older than this crappy knock off movie

[@gRinchY-op5vr]

Disney princesses are anywhere between 14-19. and yeah in this she does look about 14 due to how she's drawn and the voice used.

[@mastermarkus5307]

The fuck does that have to do with Australians.

[@ser6Ijvolk]

Master Markus Australians have a history of discrimination against young looking people with small breasts in a certain branch of the film industry. Makes sense if they had the same problem with them in animation as well.

[@Basicslag]

“he’s the most handsome creature I’ve ever seen” said the girl who’s never seen Tim Curry

[@steveharvey2102]

Never thought I'd hear a "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" reference in a "Little mermaid" review. Nice one! Hilarious review too :)

[@WxIxLxLxIxAxMxS]

Saying "the little mermaid died at the end" is misleading. In the original story, mermaids dont have souls and that was the little mermaid's motivation to marry the prince, because thru holy matrimony she would gain an immortal soul. Anyway, they don't get married and she dissolves into seafoam, but then wakes up as a "daughter of the air" (a semi-spirit thing) and she's given a second chance to earn an immortal soul. So its actually a bittersweet ending, not depressing "boo hoo, she died, the end" like so many people say.

[@GeneralJerrard101]

Official Royal Pet... Official Royal Pet... ... Official Royal Pet... Oh Fish-al Royal Pet... If that was the joke, someone needs to be taken out... hard.

[@user-jc8by2wj8g]

Coec_15324 yeah

[@adamholland-gresock3522]

The last time I had a title crammed down my throat, it was "Camp Champ"!

[@Tareltonlives]

I can't wait for the Britannica version- "Do you believe in Official Royal Pets?"

[@Tareltonlives]

Things called Bing or Bink or Binks are always completely useless

[@andreasnickmann370]

​...especially when they're living under the sea HUEEEEEEEEEE

[@takumifujiwara8762]

Realized why I like Phelous so much. He’s kinda like the real life version of Comic Book Guy.

[@andreasnickmann370]

Worst. Comment. Ever (just kidding. I'm able to write worse comments)

[@Uncle-Jay]

The wide hips that you see on most mermaids also points at certain anatomical features. If mermaids were completely fish, then they would not have a pelvic girdle. This also suggests that the tail of a mermaid starts not at the base of the pelvis, but rather where the legs meet the knees, so they got a virginia, it's just hidden.

[@FrenkTheJoy]

"so they got a virginia" good for all the kentuckying they'll be doing.

[@Jesse-ej6jo]

"sir where are your nipples?" Ah, if I had a dollar for every time I've said that.. I could buy an icepack for the black eye it's gotten me

[@herschalshep]

...oh my god. That has to be the same voice actor as the pervy Brand X guy from Food Fight playing prince genEric's assistant.

[@alabzam]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@herschalshep]

alabzam I can't figure out which one he was though. I mean the brand X soldiers were Jerry Stiller and Jeff Bennett.

[@StarlightPrism]

Wasn't Tim Curry the pervy one?

[@herschalshep]

StarlightPrism No. Contrary to what NC thought, Tim Curry was not in Food Fight.

[@alabzam]

It was Jeff Bennett not Tim Curry. Also it does look like that Jeff Bennett was in this because he's the only actor listed for this on Imdb.

[@WeirdWonderful]

A Goodtimes version of a movie taking place largely under water ? So everything's all wet then ? .....

[@MediumRareOpinions]

Hmm, underwater huh, that seems like a good place to hide Diamonds...

[@Moromom22]

This movie's completely useless now.

[@thetemminator2432]

nah, this movie was completely useless before it got wet

[@lordvoldemort9440]

+ChaosSandwhich mah god

[@ThePreciseClimber]

+Rococo Royalty We don't like sheep people around here...

[@flightlesschicken7769]

While you can't boil a liquid quite like that under another liquid, you can drink a liquid underwater. Assuming that the liquid you are drinking is sufficiently dense and not soluble in water.

[@ThePreciseClimber]

How dense? Mercury dense?

[@flightlesschicken7769]

Short anwser is yes, mercury would work. Long answer: it doesn't need to be nearly that dense. Really anything that has a specific gravity (density) greater than 1.0 g/ml it should work. To err on the side of caution I'd say go with 1.2 or greater as there is natural variation in water based on temperature and what is desolved in the water. A good example is Tetrachloroethylene, better known as dry cleaning fluid which is 1.7 g/ml.

[@salm0n0]

+Jorgen tacetta NERD

[@flightlesschicken7769]

Think of it as the reverse. Oil is less dense than water so when you put water in oil the water goes to the bottom. If you had a cup in that pool of oil you could scoop up the water at the bottom and drink it.

[@flightlesschicken7769]

+Madison quartz Mmmm, yes. Indeed.

[@AmishParadise27]

Wait, Prince Not-Eric was going to marry Princess Anna? Did Frozen rip this movie off?

[@munromister777]

nah, Frozen ripped off Lion King.

[@AmishParadise27]

Sounds about right.

[@Ultrabalor]

The Lion King took inspirations from William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and Frozen's based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen."

[@SuperMarkerComicBro]

Man, can't wait for the Good Times crossover between The Little Mermaid and The Snow Queen.

[@kimifw58]

Must have. Anna is such a rare name in the western world.

[@lingaustin2854]

This version steals almost as much from the Toei Animation (anime) adaptation as it does from the Disney one. Blond mermaid protagonist? Check Dolphin sidekick? Check Pearls in hair as a coming-of-age ritual? Check Extended action sequence whilst approaching the witch’s house? Check King and queen obsessed with their son getting married? Check Animals on land that can talk? Check This is basically the Toei version with a discount Disney art style.

[@phoebevaughan5095]

And the Disney ending - minus Leena getting her voice back which is odd.

[@Gardiken]

I bet they kept saying "O-FISH-al royal pet" so they could hit a stupid fish pun quota.

[@incognitoburrito7458]

Wait, so when Lena said "he's the most handsome creature I ever seen." Added with her deep fascination of the human world and her wanting to become human, really raises a few questions. If Lana finds humans both fascinating to the point of being one and also finds them sexually attractive; that must mean that she is a furry compared to her fish species. Only, furries refer to humans wanting to be an animal of fur. So if humans aren't technically covered in fur, that can only mean they are covered in skin so we can conclude that Lana is officially a "skinny."

[@ShayLaLaLooHoo]

I feel like a (technically) more accurate, but more horrifying alternative, would be a "fleshy."

[@JesterNil]

1:59 Even the fucking fish are terrified of the music!

[@teedup8995]

Lol!

[@atotalfiasco4213]

I'm with the fish

[@Ratciclefan]

xD

[@kingandrewcecil348]

More like the fish are terrified of this terrible mockbuster 😂😂

[@CloverSchilling]

There was an anime version of the little mermaid made in 1975, that I feel this film also borrows from; Lena sounds like Marina, she's also blonde, also has a dolphin side-kick, and the protag has to get past a trap to get to the sea witch. Of course, it's much more visually striking (the sea witch and her lair are fantastic) because actual effort and emotion was put into it. Golden Film ripping off two movies would not surprise me. I highly recommend it (it's on YT), but it's a fair bit more melancholy than either the GF or Disney versions.

[@andreasnickmann370]

Sea King tries to kill Lena in a shipwreck FATHER OF THE YEAR!

[@RocketJo86]

The terrified look on the fishs in the opening as they try to flee from that music *lol*

[@Alucard-A-La-Carte]

I don't know why, but King Triton Wannabe shouting, "ARE YOU SHITTING ME?!" at an octopus soldier is EXACTLY the laugh I needed tonight.

[@JohnSmith-ns8si]

wow their company is actually called Jetlag Productions! I thought you were making that up! What the heck kind of a company name is "Jetlag"? Should've called it "Diabetes"! I would TOTALLY watch movies made by Diabetes!

[@realitywarper936]

Would Wilford Brimley be involved?

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

Diabeetus

[@ssfinch4761]

John Smith I feel like I already got diabetes watching this rip off.

[@daredrogers3884]

Diabetes is to busy making bootleg fast food commercials like KFC Obama.

[@burntgrahamcracker2866]

That green fire stuff is real though it's a kind of plasma created during a thunderstorm, it's called St Elmo's fire.

[@mastermarkus5307]

Does it actively _burn_ stuff like that? I thought it just showed up as light.

[@burntgrahamcracker2866]

Can't really say but if it's plasma then I'd hazard to say yes as the heat required to create plasma is pretty high

[@RomrotMechanikos]

Um, no, not really fire and plasma be different things mate. Green fire comes from burning Copper Sulfate or Boric Acid. You don't get green fire from burning wood no matter what the source of the heat was.

[@atotalfiasco4213]

Oh my god, the name has me dying of laughter XD

[@scitechian]

It's not burning anything, it's static electricity gathering around the ends of pointy objects and ionizing the air around it.

[@legionbeast]

6:14 Biologist here. The horizontal tail fluke and breasts on the females imply mammalian reproduction, which would basically mean their lower half is more like a Dolphin. It's also important to know that around the time the tale of Mermaids were invented, the word "fish" literally meant "anything that lives in the sea", which is why sea stars have the erroneous name of Star Fish.

[@Your_Future_Overlord]

6:20 "I'll take a tail any day." *proceeds to present* ... The dolphin's gay, I knew it.

[@CMW1995]

The rip off Triton kinda sorta gave the rip off Prince Eric a shotgun wedding....

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

*I HOPE THIS ISN'T THE ONLY PEARL NECKLACE I GET TONIGHT!*

[@vernyulkisasszony4708]

"Oh, my Gosh! She is not wearing clothes!" There is any particular reason why does an animal cares?

[@MrWill9002]

1:56 Flounder: "I don't like this alternate reality! Get me out of here!!!!"

[@masterof4elements826]

i refuse to believe that Prince Generic grew up in a seaside castle and didn't learn how to swim

[@Tareltonlives]

Meanwhile Prince Eric swam to a SUNKEN ship and PILOTED it singlehandedly

[@SuperFloxes]

I have watched too much SpongeBob to notice the watery potions underwater. I literally only cared when you pointed it out.

[@OnDavidsBrain]

I think this is the first time covering a Goodtimes movie were you didn't include Old Man. I guess since he just did a Creepypasta the stupidity of School-bus extortions was too much for him.

[@MrXemnas1992]

He was absent from the Goodtimes' Hunchback review too.

[@jackmcslay]

Old man gave up because they've all got wet from the sea, they're completely useless now

[@TheRoflcer]

That was 'Golden Films' hunchback. Phelous hasn't reviewed the Goodtimes one yet (I think, I'm not a patreon supporter)

[@MrXemnas1992]

Well, technically that one is by Jetlag...

[@LchanOtakudom]

Guys, don't worry, Old Man was absent from this review because he was on vacation in TaHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEti.

[@docdave15]

Well... at least this film didn't have Cosgrove be the butt of a bunch of lazy fat person eating jokes. Also, is he voiced by the same guy who played the perverted Brand X general?

[@Dreigonix]

It feels rather nice.

[@thenumberquelve158]

12:30 Okay, so Belle from Beauty and the Beast is friends with a crossdressing man and Zarbon from Dragonball Z? ............... 10/10. Best adaptation.

[@tbonevideos23]

I didn't expect a "pearl necklace" joke... But it's such a great opportunity

[@Remythechef]

Lena: Maybe if I don’t see him again, I’ll die of sadness. Beast: Get in line lady.

[@AngelLittleMerman]

....... "HE BETTER MARRY YOU!!!" 😁

[@TeamNutshell]

I'm actually eagerly anticipating if a review of the GoodTimes Snow White that I remember my neighbors had when I was a kid. The one where the prince and his horse refuse to talk to Snow White cause they think she's a bad cook and she might try to serve them something. If I recall his reaction to waking her up at the end was "oh her..." TRUE LOVE!!!

[@emilychristian7844]

Kaitie I REMEMBER THIS JESEESUS C HRIST IM PEEING MYSELF

[@unseenmarauder]

When Disney was designing Ariel, they based her face off of Alyssa Milano. Lena here makes me think of Pia Zadora.

[@alexandragutierrez393]

Phelous is definitely the prettiest mermaid, merman, whatever of them all. Can't really bring myself to hate this version. It was the first one I saw and it led to me watching the differents versions. By the by, are you gonna take a look at Golden Films Aladdin? Please? I hear the ending's super hardcore.

[@BagOfMagicFood]

Not the first one I saw, but the first one I owned on video because who has time to wait for the Disney Vault to open again?

[@steelfairygaming]

This is the review I have been waiting for. Sadly, I had this movie as a child, and I had to suffer through it. When I saw Phelous was a reviewer of the Goodtimes movies, I had hoped that he would one day get to this one. This video makes me so happy

[@lukassrensen4788]

The hand plants were in the book

[@lukassrensen4788]

Weren't explained there either.

[@metamorpheus9573]

The mermaid looks even younger than Maria in the Beauty and the Beast anime. 0_0

[@mel87kel]

The whole 'never been to the surface world' thing doesn't really work when your pet is an animal that needs to breathe air to live.

[@autobotproductions1244]

21:02 so a girl coming out of the water with no clothes on IMMEDIATELY means a mermaid becoming human? Do people not go skinny dipping in this universe?

[@lizzychrome7630]

I posted a video YESTERDAY where I predicted you reviewing this! Oh my god, THANK YOU PHELOUS! I also like the mention to the stabbing/seafoam choice in the original, and how you properly credited Hans Christian Andersen rather than saying "In the Grimm version" like so many dunderheads do. For some reason this is one fairy tale even supposed fairy-tale buffs are depressingly ignorant about.

[@Xanegoh]

well technically "The Little Mermaid" originally had a happy ending. But it was later changed because critics pointed out how the narrative lead to a tragic ending.

[@ghoulchan7525]

??? Never heard of that

[@debymello4756]

​@@ghoulchan7525the mermaid, after throwing herself into the sea ready to become foam and vanish into nothingness, gained due to her goodness a second chance for an immortal soul (you know, the thing she wanted so badly she hopped into her crush thinking it would be a "win-win" but got unlucky) by becoming a wind spirit, so it's actually more a "hopeful" than "happy" ending, but still less tragic than the "cut short" version

[@ghoulchan7525]

@@debymello4756 oh yeah. that ending. didn't know they wanted that bit of the ending gone...

[@debymello4756]

@@ghoulchan7525 some critics are little bitches that can't take a hopeful ending, that's nothing new

[@mmamackela284]

Must be nice to have a royal pet that has to leave your castle every 10 minutes or so to get some air.

[@backupacc470]

Gotta Hand it to those root things, they're more Handy then the root things from the Little Mermaid, they got a more Hands on aproach

[@LchanOtakudom]

Too punny, 10/10!

[@CthulhuianBunny]

Why are they using "Ride of the Valkyries" when presenting Cassandra's home? It's a song about psychopomps descending from the sky to lead the noble dead to Valhalla, what the hell is so threatening about that?! I know they have "In the Hall of the Mountain King" and "Night on Bald Mountain" in their library of public domain music that they toss about, just use one of those! They're pretty much COMPOSED to build tension!

[@MetisRose95]

Thank you! This was one of about 5 animated movies my grandmother owned so I ended up watching it a lot at her house. So happy to see you finally review it!! It was awful, but at least it was short.

[@AndrewsMagicandMore]

Disney did have a Little Mermaid TV show that was airing around the time Goodtimes released this animated video based on the Little Mermaid story

[@ToroFox]

You better not tell me that fucking Dolphin is voiced by Jeff Bennett.

[@ToroFox]

FUCK HE IS! JEFF FIND YOURSELF A NEW AGENT! THIS AND FOOD FIGHT WAS STABBING YOUR CAREER IN THE ASS! Now you're stuck doing shitty Scooby Doo cash cows that don't work!

[@MrGMoney1944]

+Toro Hey he needed an extra $50 for a new coffee maker.

[@mashitandsmashit]

The greatest casting of a talented voice actor since Rob Paulsen's breakthrough performance as Bubsy the Bobcat...

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

Repentance for him can be VA in a live action movie of Gargoyles. Come on directors and writers, chop chop!

[@ToroFox]

But which one will he play? Magus, Owen, or Brooklyn.

[@SmartassX1]

Not all liquids have the same density and mass.

[@phelous]

Ok you go to the ocean floor with a glass of liquid that has a different density and mass and see how well it stays in your glass.

[@SmartassX1]

If it's like mercury, I would imagine it'll stay there pretty well.

[@DoliusTheWolf]

Old Man: Ohhh delicious mercury. *eats mercury* Now I'm completely useless again.

[@Saieras]

This comment raises so many questions, none of which the movie is smart enough to answer.

[@NodDisciple1]

Yup, water expands while freezing while most others shrink.

[@Flowerbarrel]

“Looks like dolphin-based tuna is back on the menu, girls!!” *Orcs bellowing enthusiastically*

[@carrastealth]

22:48 AND THAT CONNECTS FROZEN TO THE LITTLE MERMAID!! HE'S GOING TO THE GET TOGETHER THAT ANNA IS SINGING ABOUT IN THE FIRST TIME IN FOREVER AND THUS CONNECTING THE LITTLE MERMAID AND FROZEN AND ADDING LEGITIMACY TO THE CLAIM THAT THE BOAT ARIEL FOUND WAS INDEED ANNA AND ELSA'S PARENTS... YEARS LATER.... Hey this movie is such a rip off of the Disney one it may as well fit into the Disney theory at this point. That means that Prince Eric would have been at the get together where Anna met Hans.. what if she'd met Prince Eric instead.. what a story that would have been....

[@lorenadavila5580]

Ursula is more evil than Cassandra. Hell, even the name Ursula fits the character soooo well and even sounds evil.

[@kinghoodofmousekind2906]

When Ride of the Valkyries came on, I was expecting the Sea King to come to the rescue with an underwater chopper...

[@hampshirenutjob6746]

Fun fact: I actually saw GoodTimes Little Mermaid before I saw the Disney version, when I was 8-ish (It was around 2004 BTW) my teacher at school said that were were gonna watch the Little Mermaid and when she showed us the VHS cover I was thinking "Why is Ariel a blonde?" and when she put it on I soon realized that this wasn't the Disney movie lmao

[@Batfan103]

What’s weird is that for every story beat this movie copies from the Disney version, there’s another taken from the original story. For example, Lena leaving the prince on the beach so that the Vanessa knockoff could find him-taken straight out of the original fairy tale. Same with the “evil root things” near the witch’s house (though Disney’s explanation for what they were definitely influenced the Golden guys here).

[@magicalpasta5462]

This mostly copied the 70's anime version, which the Disney one copied too

[@loneshewolf74]

Ursula only has six tentacles? That would make her a hextopus. Hey, she's a sea witch, and witches cast "hexes", so that actually makes sense.

[@kaylakay768]

i had this version on vhs as a child with some other public domain cartoons and i loved it!