Ariel Ruled Cinderella's Kingdom | Disney Theory: Discovering Disney
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Today Isaac is going to show how we know Ariel actually ruled Cinderella’s kingdom.
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The years were not kind to poor Eric.
That's for sure. He was on an all fish diet until he met Ariel. Red meat did not serve him well. Thanks for watching.
Wotso Videos I'm literally crying! XD
tori vega are you from Victorious? Hey how's cat? XD
I´ve always had a thing for Eric! If he were human he would be my type jejej
Freya Stuart yeah he just glosses over the fact that Eric is an old guy and Ariel was still young I mean he could have at least said something like merpeople don't age as fast or something
While I like this theory, I have another one. Prince Eric is the son of Cinderella and Charming. He went to the so called vacation home for a trip for his birthday but to also find a possible suitor. While not being attracted or fond of the main land girls he meets Ariel who like Cinderella can only be with him for a certain amount of time. In the end his grandfather comes and sees that he is wed and who knows maybe his family was there but we just didn't get a chance to see them
I like this one! Makes more sense to me as I couldn't get past the fact that Eric, if he were the king from Cinderella, would have had to have shrunk to half his height in his old age.
KZ Má yeah maybe it is true great one!
But didn't the movie sort of confirmed that his parents were Aurora and Prince Philip? Regardless, his genes were bound to make him a stunner. I like this theory too. Plus Charming and Eric were voiced by the same actor.
Jennifer Brigitte I didn't know that but that's interesting
KZ Má I love your theory as well. Ella and Charming being Eric's parents is beautiful. The King and Duke went to see their grandson and heir wed only to see the monster of Ursula. The were probably thinking why are my boys so damn cursed, damn it! Eric and Ella both exhibited the sweet nurtured humility which is probably why Eric hated his statue. I can see Ella hate that gaudy thing too. Eric loves and saves his dog Max the way his mom, Ella loves and protects Bruno.
Or Eric and the prince from Cinderella are brothers. Eric is the younger sibling.
When Hans in Frozen said he had 13 brothers I immediately thought Eric was another low ranking son which is why he had a naval commission and way too much freedom.
He says he's the only son so that wouldn't work
That's a great point.
Actually no
@@OzziePerez1988 uhm no he actually has 13 brothers
maybe great grandmother at best ( as in closest ) if Prince Charming is Ariel's descendant, unless we ready to say that Melody is Charming's sister, but it could be interesting if the Mother of Charming ended up being one of Ariel's sisters, as the hair of Charming's mom is brownish while Ariel is completely red red, it is possibly Attina? as it is stated In a Disney Princess Magazine, she becomes married to a prince from a far-away kingdom.
Are you sure? Chances are, that magazine most likely isn't canon. Plus the only time we really even relate to Ariel's sisters is in the prequel and tv series. Though I also don't think the tv show is canon either. Even if it's true, it isn't likely to be Eric since he only has eyes for Ariel and has a daughter. For him to have an affair with any of her sisters, he'd be dead.
wow eric did not age well then
Yeah, and boy did he shrink! By about a foot and a half! LOL Fun to think about these strange possibilities, but I have to say there are way too any things that don't fit for this to be plausible (not the least of which is the King's height difference with Eric).
I agree
+Thomas Richards
I agree
Hideyoshi omg thats so FUNNY
Hideyoshi I gave the 301st like😀
or Maybe Eric is the cousin of prince charming. That's why the dad is at his wedding
Pat rice that wouldve made way more sense
That would make sense the both have similar looks, could they be brothers?
Andrea _Panic!attheLongUA-camUsername haha it does right? LifeInPink999 probably brothers or related in some way, they wear the same white uniforms too.
Then please explaint he Duke.. is that what that lanky dude with monocle is called.. I mean his title? I do not remember and my english ain't that good. xD
yeah the lanky dude with the monocle is called The Duke
But why would they raise melody in a vacation home?
My best explanation is that the vacation home is used for special occasions. When are they first there with Melody? To celebrate her birth. The next time we see Melody, they return for her birthday. Thanks for watching!
Especially if it was dangerous enough to build a wall
They were coming to visit
@@littlemermaid412 then why build a wall to a place your only visiting, just don't go there anymore. Which proves they lived there permanently
Wotso Videos but they built a wall around It
Why would they do this to a vacation home
Also why did the guards let Eric in
Also how did everyone know Eric’s name
Also why did he stir in the kings seat at the table
You should do more reasurch next time
This makes no sence
I totally agree with you you're so right images total sense plus prince charming looks like young Eric makes sense
Prince Eric would be the prince of Denmark. Which would match the style of the village and where the Author is from.
And Prince Charming would be French . The Disney version of Cinderella was based on the French version of the tale by Charles Perrault, Cinderella written in 1697 in Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passé.
So it would be more likely that Prince Charming and Prince Eric would be Cousins. With their fathers likely to be cousins as well. Royal families tended to do that a lot in order to maintain alliances and open trade.
They even use the rock in The Little Mermaid where the statue is in Denmark which came long before the movie.
Sam Liz not ture
dania jackson xzurly_dania Except it is.
Not buying it!!
Sam Liz I agree- Prince Eric is definitely from Denmark not France
I agree so much. As a Dane, the fact that Eric and Ariel are Danes is a big deal to me XD He is difinatly not French!
In Little Mermaid 2, Ariel, Eric and Melody still lived in the palace by the sea that the built a giant wall around. Also, the king at the wedding was not Eric's father but Prince Charming's you can see his right hand man with the monocle beside him. Eric and Prince Charming are likely cousins and lived during the same time period the same way Rapunzel, Elsa and Anna live in the same time period and are related.
Sarah Cayer I agree.
Except Rapunzel, Elsa and Anna aren't necessery related...
Maybe they lived partially in the palace before becoming king and queen because that is where they met and they loved it so much
Eh, no. In The Little Mermaid 2 Melody clearly lives there. They built a wall around the castle to keep her in/Morgana out. She barley is allowed to leave the castle, let alone the town. They probably revealed the statue at that time because they were on their way home and close to shore so they presented it then instead of after docking.
Lydia Ann they brought down the wall at the end of the movie
do you remember them getting rid of the wall at the end of that movie???
Also they reveal it before arriving because it was supposed to be a wedding gift but not wedding so no need to wait... :)
*For me, Prince Eric from "The Little Mermaid" and Prince Charming/Prince Kit from "Cinderella" are cousins ;P*
I mean, this is well presented, but so much of this just doesn't make sense and doesn't add up, and ignores a number of other facts we know to be true. The character designs just don't look enough alike. If you want to have a connection between the two, there's actually a lot more to point to the opposite relationship. Eric could possibly Cinderella and her Prince's son.
First off, character designs. Eric and the King don't look a lot alike: hight, build, features, I don't old age could make that big of a difference. He does however bear a strong resemblance to the Prince, as well as Cinderella. Hair color, build, face shape, jaw, eye shape, nose resemble the Prince, while eye color, smile, hair line, and brow resemble Cinderella. You could also argue that Grimsby is the Duke but older.
Personality wise its similar. The Prince was outgoing and adventurous and didn't want to stop going on those adventures to settle down, till he met the love of his life and did, which is very similar to what Eric's father made him do. Eric also has a great love of animals like Cinderella does, as shown by how he'll do anything for Max, as well as an affinity for music and dance that Cinderella does, and a genuine kindness and want to help people. Like the Prince, Eric is also very bad at recognizing the person he's vowed to marry after she runs away from him.
Let's not forget time period. Mind you, not when the movies came out, or original stories were written/took place. The context clues hidden in the fashions (when you remove bias of when the movies were made) that tell you when they took place. When it comes to fashion history, The Little Mermaid and Cinderella are two of the most difficult to place. When you factor in different variables (how fashionable was Cinderella's mother and how old was that dress, how fashion conscious was Fairy Godmother with that crinoline, how fashion forward were the step family, did Eric happen to have the hight of fashion sitting around in Ariel's size, ect), Cinderella seems to take place in the mid 1800s (around 1850-1860s), and The Little Mermaid seems to be late 1800s (1880-1890s). Just so happens there would be enough time in between the settings of the two movies that it would be possible.
Let's assume for a moment that Eric is Cinderella and her Prince's son, the grandson of the King and his red haired, ocean loving, bad dancing Queen. Eric would have grown up hearing stories about that Grandmother, but never had met her, he may have picked up preferences to goofy red heads from heading stories from his grandfather and father about her. He could have even inherited his love of the ocean and sailing from her. Eric takes Ariel dancing, and is very persistent about, not stopping when she stumbles but helping her through it, while having an amazing time, just joyful. It seems dancing is important to Eric, and something he greatly enjoys and is talented at. In the musical for The Little Mermaid, Eric even has an entire song he sings to Ariel about how amazing dancing is while teaching her how to, how its magical, that "dancing is a language that has felt instead of heard" and that "every single step is one step closer to talking loud and clear". Where would he have picked up on this mindset? Perhaps the well known tale of how his parents, the King and Queen, met at a ball and danced the night away and fell in love?
I don't personally believe there is a connection between the two, but if there was, I think its much more likely that Eric is Cinderella and Prince Charming's son, rather than the other way around.
Amazing
actually I study fashion and... a lot of cinderella's clothing in the movie are 100% medieval inspo
if you look at Cinderellas dress and what everyone else wears ... absolutely almost nothing to do with mid 19 century
MariaThePotterNut I think that theory makes more sense than the one in this video
@@anaseymour4556 Cinderella's ball gown is a mismatch of all kinds of things. The sleeves are late 19th century, the gown silhouette seems late 18th century, the swags over her hips aren't really from anywhere, and her hair is from the 1940s lol
@@SneezyReviews
yes, the ball gowns are really 18 century alike but have u seen her maid outfit? i got middle ages books with paintings of women (mostly women from the court ) and even the thing she wears at her hair was extremly common back in the MI
Disney never chooses a CLEAR century to represent everything but a lot of cinderella's 1950 scenerio is middle ages alike
and so is Snow White and Belle
Cool idea. But I refuse to believe it because I want Eric to look like George Clooney not a potato when he is older 😂
Omg, I am so mind blown! Really need to check out the rest of your channel :)
I'm glad I was able to blow your mind!! Thanks for watching!
This theory is a little far stretched for my taste!! I mean the man standing by "Eric's father" looks exactly like the prince's aid in the first movie, but I'm going to assume that you chose to ignore that to string together this mess of a theory! interesting concept though!!
That's exactly why I shared it. I just thought this was too interesting of idea to not share! Thanks for watching!
Hayley Ripple No he doesn't if you were paying attention he has brown hair
@@twogsplaygames7622 ok, so we're just going to think that twin kings have twin aids too, except one has hair a few shades lighter than the other :P
Actually the grand duke in little mermaid has brown hair while Cinderellas grand duke has black hair.
Eric sure got short. The years were brutal on him
The only reason I don't like this theory is because that means ARIEL DIES!!!!
Mermaid are still mortal, he can't change that...Even though he is powerful
That is the way of mortal bodies, yes.
but don't forget, if you actually follow lore. Triton is the son of a God, in terms that does make him and ariel god like creatures so their life span would be way longer than an average human. Thousands of years in fact
all I'm saying is if this theory WAS true and Prince Charming's father is Eric and Eric's wife (obviously Ariel) died (which he says she does in the 3rd Cinderella...)
Emma McKinley exactly!
This theory makes sense except for the fact that the Duke is also at Eric's wedding to Ursula. Unless that man is immortal and holds the position of Duke through the secession of power, or the man at Eric and Ursala's wedding is also the dad of the guy in Cinderella, this theory has a hole.
Yes it does so that means the king from Cinderella wife had a daughter Athena whom fell in love with the sea but Ursula did her part it all makes sense
This is a great video! I looked through all the theories about this and yours was the most clear one I've found. I would like to recommend a video about Lady Tremaine and her two daughters' story.
I like this theory a lot, though I cant get on board with it 100%. It is revealed that Ariel looks a lot like her mother Athena, so the Queen from Cinderella might be a relative.
To be fair Ariel and Athena were shown to be around the same age when they were shown in the movies while in Cinderella Prince Charming's mother is a lot older.
Im tritons wife my name is Athena
I don't buy it. It's just far too unlikely for me.
+Over You 3:37 and just for nostalgia found an exact clone of his father council.
Over You people tend to shrink as they get older :)
yeah but like a few inches, not like 2+ feet
TheAgent377 Actually, My grandma, she's a 67 yo, was almost six ft tall in her early 30s by the time she turned 65 she shrunk about a foot and 3 quarters.
I don’t either. I think all Disney characters are connected somehow but I don’t think that he was Eric as a old man. Lol
This might possibly be my favourite Disney theory ever. Amazing idea and beautifully explained, I just love this video so so much. Thank you for making this video :)
WOW, that was amazing I just subscribe I loved this videos!
Thank you! Welcome to the party. I'm glad you enjoyed enough to subscribe. Thanks for watching!
Melody (Ariel's daughter) states in her movie that they live on that island bc she was upset her parents built a wall around the kingdom.
Interesting theory. I don't completely agree. I don't think Eric is the king from Cinderella. If you look at the man who you claim to be Eric's father on the boat at Eric's wedding it is obviously the king because he is with the duke.
I do think however that Ariel and Cinderella are related in someway. Why else would Prince Charming's father attend Eric's wedding? Perhaps they are closely allied kingdoms. Or you could go deeper. Perhaps (like theorized about Tangled and Frozen) Eric is Prince Charming's cousin and the king is Eric's uncle who now lives in the town by the beach.
Or like stated by another commenter, the king from Cinderella is Eric's grandfather making Cinderella his mother. The red-headed queen would be the grandmother he never met. So perhaps with him hearing all his grandfather's stories about her (and his favorite aunt Anastasia being around) it would explain Eric's interest in unorthodox red heads.
Furthermore if Prince Charming and Cinderella where his parents it would fit into your theory about him being away from home to celebrate his birthday. Perhaps the king decided to give the throne to his son so he could live at the villa on the beach (or in that town) where he met his wife and found the shell. Then it would make sense for Eric to be headed in that direction to visit his grandfather and it would explain why he is free to walk about and largely unknown in the village.
Ayanna Watts I like this theory even better!
kweeksw thanks
Theory accepted
Ayanna Watts this is not ture because cinderella and ariel the movies are like 40 years apart so im that case the primce charming would be about 50 years of age or older at the time
Luv Nene Remember the time where the movies came out doesn't really matter, what matters is the point and time they represent
Fascinating! I guess some would think this to be obvious, but it's pretty good either way. Thanks ;) and, Happy New Year :)
Amazing video!I was extremely impressed, cause I've never thought It like this!You're amazing!!
Oh thank you so much! I really appreciate the support! Thanks for watching!
wow very awesome video!! thank you for taking the time to actually look it to my theory! you found out so much!! 💯
I'm glad you liked it! I wanted to explore it because it was just such a unique idea. Thanks for watching!
no way look at erics (grandfather) isn't his hair brown so that means the (grandfather) was young but he would still be alive so that proves that the little mermaid is not related to the Cinderella movie the shell is because the king when he was a prince he got married there pluse melody does not refuse anything about being quin like her birthday party she would get preaperd
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Reason why Eric was on the ship & Grimsby had the statue on it was explained in the movie. Grimsby had hoped it would have been a wedding present to the Princess of Glowerhaven (which never happened) so they were on their way back to the Seaside Kingdom.
I still have my doubts of that theory to be honest. Ariel was a Mermaid. Every step she took, was like walking on knives, blades. One thing is the pain walking, another is dancing. And as I know the chronology Cinderella is *before* The little Mermaid. If there was any link between the two, howcome Melody isn't mentioned, if she was a part of the family? And how long between Melody and Prince Charming? As in how many years. Prince Charming's mother, looked more like Anastasia to me, Cinderella's stepsister. As I got the story, they walked on the beach, were together, same place same time. To me it doesn't make any sense. Sorry
My mind has been blown.... Great job, Isaac
I like the theory but the time areas does not work for me. I mean according to the fashion of cinderella the story takes place around the 1600-1700 and the little mermaid around the 1800 .
Esmeralda2diamon maybe it's the other way around, maybe price eric is the grandson of him?
Sorry!But the Fashion from Cinderella iz from the 19th century(1840-1850)If you Look closer at the guards uniform or the dresses of the girls from the ball you'll see the diference.
right
+A'Airel Reyes yeah?
Exactly
and Eric shrunk like 2 feet?
IT happens. It's something with the spinal column degrading after a certain age.
***** i have heard of that but that much?! really?
Yes. It's a common issue. The column shrinks over time depending on stress and various other things that can also add in health.
***** thanks for the info
Cydalia Acevedo When most people get older, they get taller.
Wow I love all your theories!
AWesomeeeeeeeeee I am mind blownedddddd. U have a new subscriber here!
So Im only at two minutes, so forgive me if you mention this. I dont think there is any reason to think hes not in his own kingdom, and even his own house. Hear me out, unless you already said this, and my bad lol.
But it is VERY common for royal children to be given their own estates inside the kingdom to rule. In other words, he was on his way home, maybe home home where mom and dad, i.e. king and queen lived. Storm came, ship sank, and he was brought back to his own estate. So its still possible he would eventually move to the capital when his father dies, and then gift that estate to his daughter.
I think that is a very logical explanation. That also solves the problems I found. Thanks for watching.
I was thinking something similar. The seaside village could be in Eric's kingdom, but not be the capital.
Ariel and Eric have blue eyes while the king has dark brown/black eyes and the queen has green eyes. Also both stories were supposed to be near the same timeline. Meaning Cinderella and Ariel are near the same age.
i love these videos so much everyday i get to come home and watch these videos because fifth grade is hard so and you take something so tiny and make it so interesting.
I think it would be amazing if you could link other disney princesses together through a family, with something only few would think of, like this: Ariel and Cinderella! Loved it!
I love the video however i do have a question, if Eric and Ariel ruled Cinderella's kingdom, why is the King so much shorter than Eric? I understand getting somewhat shorter as you get older, but not that much...
For the theory I just assumed he would have shrunken, but I can understand why people have such a hard time accepting this flaw. I think it's just a fun idea. Thanks for watching!
A few elderly people actually shrink down with old age. Hell im 21 and I’m an inch shorter than I was at 14. Barefoot for both measurements.
I've always wondered who enslaves the genie
William Fowles 😂😂😂
aroledestiny Arobaga217 I'd love them to do a theory on it
Not many options when it comes to Disney films, is there? Maybe the bad guy in Mulan or someone in Hercules?
Asj Johnson Hercules seems like a good story to use
in Islamic teachings, the djinn or genie were imprisoned by God after some of them rebelled against God. God imprisoned those that rebelled against Him. I'd pay to see that origin story
While this is a very interesting theory, I can't get onboard completely. While people do tend to get a bit shorter as they age, Eric wouldn't get that much shorter unless he was already shorter than Ariel. He isn't stooped over, like he has a medical deformity in his back, so this most likely isn't Eric. Eric's father could be related to Prince Charming's family, but I honestly don't believe Eric and the king from Cinderella are the same person. I may be applying too much medical theory to it, but that is my background so it's all I got to go on. lol This is a great video though, no matter who the king turns out to be, Eric or someone else. :)
While I respectfully disagree with most of the ideas in this video, I still very much enjoyed your thought processes and fun and whimsical theories about the characters in The Little Mermaid. There's always something interesting to watch on your channel. Cheers!
Personally I've always believed the ugly step sister ( anastasia ) is the queen , who time travels using the wand. After the events of Cinderella 3. The fairy godmother takes on anastasia as a prodigy but during a time travel spell mets the King and they fall in love on a beach. Time eventually catches up to anastasia and she fakes her death, she then becomes fairy godmother from Cinderella 1
You know what that even if it sounds crazy at first make sense. The queen looked exactly like her, the hair stile, green eyes, her being bad at dancing (and kinda in everything).
I can believe this, but we forgot the events of Cinderella 2 D: Where Anastasia falls in love with the Baker guy.
yes but it obviously didn't work out between them because Cinderella 3 comes after Cinderella 2. perhaps the events in Cinderella 2 and her beak up with the Baker is what makes her so desperate for love in the 3rd move.
yes but it obviously didn't work out between them because Cinderella 3 comes after Cinderella 2. perhaps the events in Cinderella 2 and her beak up with the Baker is what makes her so desperate for love in the 3rd move.
You never know maybe Cinderella 3 was suppose to be like an alternate time line thing.
I disagree. I do enjoy the connections made and admit it is almost convincing. The one point that has me convinced otherwise is the fact that in the Little Mermaid II, they are still living at the sea castle. If Ariel and Eric truly feared for Melody's safety near the ocean because of Morgana, the much more logical explanation would be that they would live in their main castle. While I could see the argument they are just visiting, it doesn't explain how Melody seems like she has grown up every day of her life with the sea wall in that castle to know it well enough she can sneak out enough that the fish know her by name. The much more reasonable explanation than building a sea wall (if Ariel and Eric really were the Queen and King of Cinderella's kingdom) would be to raise Melody as far away from the sea as possible.
In regards to why Prince Eric's parents weren't around... I've had four possible theories on it. 1) His parents are dead. This wouldn't explain why he was still prince, I admit, unless their was some sort of law or stipulation that he couldn't become king until he was of certain age (much like Elsa was not crowned Queen until years after her parents' death) or he couldn't become king until he was married (explaining Grimsby's desperation for him to get married). 2) His father is dead and his mother is either alive and living out her days as dowager queen/regent at another castle (possibly even the one of Cinderella's kingdom) until Eric comes to age or her mother has remarried, etc. 3) His parents are both alive and are either traveling on vacation/diplomatic mission (hence them not being at their main castle) or are ruling from their main castle (if the sea estate isn't their main castle). 4) Eric has an older sibling(s). Being prince doesn't necessarily mean you will ever be king (e.g. Prince Harry) but you still get the title of prince. (the only problem with this one being Grimsby saying Eric has a duty to take up his father's crown in the musical (but the musical and movie may have different canonicity). Other alternative is that Prince Eric has a younger sibling who takes the crown after Eric abdicates his position in line (allowing him to still be called Prince but not be first in line for the throne) (based that one off of the lyrics of Eric in the musical saying "That's not the life for me!")
I based these off of the movie, the sequel, and the musical. Something I found interesting that makes me wonder if Eric's parents are still alive and they were just away for some reason during the movie or Eric has a sibling who took the throne is because of the fact that in the Little Mermaid II, Carlotta still refers to Ariel as "Your Highness". Not "Your Majesty", which she'd be referred to if she were queen and if Eric were King, making me wonder if Eric is still a prince and not a king in the sequel.
i have a theory eric is prince charming and cinderellas son then eric went to the place thinngy and met ariel thats why p[rince charming looks like his dad
love your videos
In this theory, did prince Eric shrink or did Ariel grow? Because there is a height discrepancy.
MissTerryish Fairy Tail lol
Melody didn't have to advocate the throne. In all monarchies the sons superseded daughters inheriting the throne! Daughters only inherited it if no males heirs was born or lived at the time of the King's or Queen's death! So once her brother was born the throne was passed to him not her and she would move out of the palace into her own house.
I believe that the King Cinderella is not Eric.
The man you see at the end of LM that look like the King is a Duke who is attending the wedding. Eric dead after the LM2.
Cause of death here ( )
Ariel after a period of sorrow.
Time elapsed here ( )
Married the Duke's son and this is why the King in Cinderella looks like the man at the end of LM, but doesn't have blue eyes like Eric! The King was the son of the Duke that married Ariel after Eric died.
In the King's words he says:"he has only one heir". This is Charming. NOW! I don't believe Charming is the son of the King and Ariel, but the King's child from a previous marriage.
Charming never says anything about a sister, because him and Melody are not bleed relatives.
Charming is the son of the King and another woman and Melody is the daughter of Eric and Ariel.
If this theory is true.
My opinion.
That is really true. It's gets passed down to the son before the daughter, but it's a good reason why she's not in the movie.
Joey that's true, but doesn't explain why she couldn’t provide him with grandchildren.
Brittany Walker Most likely do to the powers of the Fairy Godmother.
Godmothers do what is best for the realm. Not the individual.
+Joey not to mention that in LM2, morgana, the enemy, attacked Ariel and Eric, plus later on in the movie, walls were built in protection of Melody, and if Cinderella's area is the kingdom they ruled over, they could've also moved over there. Also if it wasn't their kingdom, why would there be walls? Not to mention that there was a statue of Eric in Ariel's grotto of human things. (Yet it still might not make sense how it's in there lol)
Francis Vo the statue in the grotto was the same one that was on the ship.
Wow, nice theory!
Dang, if Prince Eric is the King in Cinderella, then old age really shrunk him
Holy 💩 my mind just blown up i mean wow 👏🏽 good job! And about eye color it sometimes change
This is a great video But I have to disagree with you about almost half your theories. Firstly, even though we believed the woman in the king's portrait was Ariel, she certainly didn't have that kind of hair adding that her hair is actually more orange than red and even if she fixed it, she would still have the big red bangs infront. Second, Prince Eric would never ever become that small and Ariel still in her somewhat grown but natural height. Also in the picture, The woman still looked young and lively while the king was kind of aging and small. While in the Little mermaid movie it was the opposite. Eric was about maybe 2-3 inches taller than Ariel was. Third, the way you explained why melody wasn't with Ariel and Eric was right ; but them having a son isn't really connecting . I read a book about Ariel and Eric and in that book it said there that Melody was their only child and never had a son. So Cinderella's prince Charming can't be related. Lastly, the man in the boat with the duke that you said was Eric's father, maybe he was the king in the Cinderella and somehow Eric's parents might be friends with him so he got invited to the wedding. And maybe his parents had some problems in their own kingdom and didn't make it. Oh wait, addition, about the seashell thing, Ariel couldn't have picked it up when she first arrived at the shore because she was a newbie and couldn't even walk straight! Thank you and I rest my theory. If I might be wrong as well, please don't hate me.
Hey, I do agree with you! And sorry to bother but can you tell me the name of the book about Ariel and Eric? Thank you so much
Unicorn Crystal Galaxy first off No, The woman in the picture is NOT young. You can see a few MINOR wrinkles and if your hair is a vibrant color (Red, Vibrant Blonde, etc.) the color fades over time, which is a small reason Hair dye exists, also you can see A bit of gray hairs on her head.
Rosa Guajardo right and the bangs thing I mean would you keep the same hair you had at age 16 xD
Wow! I'd never thought about this theory! It's actually interesting and it makes some sense because in Prince Eric's Kingdom, we can see those gas lamps from the XIX century as we can see them in Cinderella. But what makes it a little nonsense is that The Little Mermaid develops in Denmark, while Cinderella develops in France (maybe, that's what I know...).
And the appearance of the King and the Grand Duke from Cinderella it's actually a cross over from Cinderella, because also, when Ariel is about to have a meal with Prince Eric, we can see Princess Aurora and Prince Philip from Sleeping Beauty at those huge portraits showed at one of the walls of that room... So, Disney is everything when it comes to cross overs. Also, Mickey Mouse, Donald and Goofy appear at the beginning of The Little Mermaid before of the performance of the daughters of King Triton. :)
I like these theories, they're fun to think about
There's a one big plot holes with this, awesome theory. The King in Cinderella has brown/black eyes.
And before anyone says something similar to what my mother did, which was that all the characters would have that eye colour in the earlier versions. Cinderella herself has blue eyes! Therefore the King's eye where specifically made brown.
Regardless, it's still an interesting theory.
It seems way too farfetched. It seems like the pieces you guys made are forced together to be a story thats not there.
They may be related but not in this way or order.
It is fun to think about but my only problem as many people point out is that Eric eyes are blue not brown like the king.
But anyway I am still enjoy this video. Good job man!
There are actually many things that can cause eye colour to change, it's not as simple as saying "well their eye colour isn't the same so they can't be the same person" whilst that often is true it excludes the possibility of it being untrue, which isn't as rare as you may think.
Boglenight but in Cinderella 3 there is a portrait of the queen and she isn't Ariel her height and hair color are all wrong. also the queen has green eyes while Ariel has blue
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Well of course, jeans are usually blue, very rarely are they another color.
Holy crap I never thought to put those together! 🤣 Fantastic!
amazing I would have never thought about this but now that I know it's truly incredible! interesting...
Cinderellas father looks exactly the same as prince Phillips dad
I love this Theory so much! You're amazing!
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Interesting theory, I love it!!
It is a nice theory, but the only flaw in that is that you ignored that the Grand Duke is also accompanying the king to the wedding (even though his hair is lighter there) and he doesn't really look much younger. So you actually have the king and the grand duke attending, if this was the father of the king instead the grand duke would be very very old by Cinderela's time and also wouldn't make sense, the most plausible explanation is that in the wedding we have the king attending and Ariel is not the mother of the prince.
@Sarah Hamilton Makes it a bit too far-fetched in my opinion.
I just find it kinda funny how people are dissing this theory just because of the eye color, yet the Tarzan-Frozen theory is widely accepted, even though it's way more unlikely in terms of the appearances of characters.
I don't agree with Prince Eric being the King from Cinderella, I do believe that they are related and that is why the King from Cinderella was in attendance at Prince Eric's wedding. To begin with the King from Cinderella's wife doesn't look at all like Ariel and she has like an orange hair color not red like Ariel. I think that the Kings wife might possibly be one of Ariel's sisters because one of them has a similar hair style and color and that they possibly met at Prince Eric's wedding; or maybe the Kings wife was just a normal lady who didn't know how to dance and loved seashells or mermaids.
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Very interesting theory! I like it!! Ariel is my favorite Disney princess so I'm gonna pass this along to all my friends too! :)
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I like this theory it links 2 of my favourite princesses together.
1:35 now apply that logic to price Adam.. it's possible that like Elsa, Eric's parents died when he was young and he just hasn't reached the age of coronation
3:20 in the screen you're referencing the king says that on the day they met they reach for it at the same time and that's when he knew he was in love but in the little mermaid Eric knew he was in love when he heard Ariel sing when she saved him that's how Ursula was able to trick Eric into almost marrying her instead.. unless of course a version of the shell story happened and he left out the part where he fell in love with her for her voice and almost married a sea witch because she stole the queens voice..
Prince Eric definitely asks Ariel if she wants to see his kingdom before he spends the day with her and rides in the carriage
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Crystal Cat Seriously? Explain the Duke from Cinderella being at Eric's wedding then. This is a terrible theory.
@@veralidaine97 terrible theory... HUUUGGE reach.... Why in the hell would Eric (strong, tall, handsome, etc) turn out to be an old fat, short, mustached man? That's where this theory completely falls apart... not to mention like you said... the Duke is at Erics wedding.... like come on.
Wow! That would make melody and Prince Charming siblings! Thanks for explaining this 😁 i love your videos! :D
Let's not forget the kingdom in the Little Mermaid is clearly eroding, probably not going to last long in a few years, so even if it was Eric's kingdom they would have to move out for the safety of their royal family. Perhaps it's just a vacation home, or maybe Eric, like most Princes around the time, had some kind of military/navy career, and was simply stationed in the village town we see in the little mermaid, near the sea, in order to oversea his navy.
Also, just because his parents aren't there, does not mean the small village area couldn't be a principality, where the sovereign is a Prince/Princess. A prime example would be Monaco, near southern France and Italy, which is quite near the sea too.
Hi! There is an easter egg that I found that I haven’t seen documented by anyone else so far. It starts with a little girl from Up. In the scene where Carl is flying through the city, a little girl is seen playing with a toy plane and Lotso is in the corner. Jump to Toy Story 3, in the butterfly room, there seems to be a girl who is a bit more grown up and has the same hairstyle. Then if you watch Inside Out, Riley’s teacher appears to be an adult version of the same girl. Just a thought but I would love to hear what people think about this!! Maybe you can help dig a little deeper into this potential theory!
Cool.......... I will look into this. Thanks for watching!
I have theory the setting of the Little Mermaid is based on (although not necessarily placed in) Portugal. A few reasons:
1. The economy seems very vested in seafaring, in particular by their usage of a boat clearly designed for long distance oceanic voyages. Something the Portuguese did plenty.
2. There are palm trees in the town. Something which does not grow in Denmark but grows in Portugal. The coast line vista is also similar to the Portuguese coast line, Denmarks is at a lower level and has more dunes.
3. Grimsby is apparently English - Portugal has a long history with an English alliance
4. Hans Christian Andersen lived in Sintra, Portugal for awhile, Eric castle has an uncanny resemblance to Sintra architecture.
I totally agree. The prince in Cinderella even looks like Eric!
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Not even?
But why do they life with Melody in this castle? (seen in Little mermaid 2) when this isn't their castle? Why don't we see the true king and queen?
Except that the king and the duke showed up at prince eric/vanessa's wedding... unless he is a timelord
Tisha Mae ...did you watch watch the entire video? Because he literally addresses that directly part way through.
I posted that before that showed up but he never addresses the duke, which would be an odd coincidence if both his dad and the duke's dad was there. The coloring was just off in the screenshot, it's clearly meant to be the two of them
Tisha Mae that is true about the Duke. When I saw the picture, I was like "but... the Duke is there..." and he never mentioned it.
doo wee doo
There’s a really big flaw you’ve overlooked. Eric is taller than Ariel but the older man from the painting only comes up to her chest! There’s no way he shrank by several feet and she remained as tall as ever.
I don’t think so...the King in Cinderella has a *son*
And Eric has a *daughter*
so the King and Eric cannot be the same person
The theory is not bad, but I also find it VERY hard to believe. Sorry.
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Agreed, a few interesting thoughts, but the theory is weak overall.
I really like this theory!
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This is awesome
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Love this video
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I love this theory. There's a few gaps that would need to be filled in, but it would make an excellent story.
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I think you're forgetting a line of Eric's. He asks Ariel if she'd like a tour of "my kingdom."
How about adressing the timelines for the movies, and how they connect ( if at all) first to see if its possible at all
it's really sweet, the only thing that makes it so i can't believe it (other than there beeing some generations in between)
is that i done some digging myself. And i know that the king's name is Tristan and he himself called his queen Reenie.
also the prince's name is Henri. but if you add generation in between it can maybe work? if tristan was melody's son.
cinderella came out way before the little mermaid
Charlotte Dew so that doesn't mater
Charlotte Dew It doesn't really matter when they are released
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It is impossible for Eric to be the king of Cinderella's kingdom for at least two reasons: 1) Cinderella's king is around half the height of Eric and has a very different personality; 2) Eric's eyes are blue, while Cinderella's king's eyes are black. Ariel's eyes are also blue, but it's impossible to tell what the short king's wife's eye color is.
No, Cinderella was 19 and Ariel married at 16 only 3 years difference the prince wouldn't be born yet if Ariel was the queen. Pumpkin pie.
Katie Puleo but maby different time periods
Katie Puleo you're saying that Ariel and Cinderella was born in the same year then or something, or married at the same age, or something along those lines. The thing that this is saying is some time after the events of Return to the Sea (Ariel is probably around early twenties) she had a son with Eric and around that time probably a little later Cinderella was born, then some time between then and the events of the movie Cinderella Ariel dies and her son is the prince who marries Cinderella.
but the red haired lady in the picture of the prince's mom is more orange than red. and Cinderella came before the first Little Mermaid so her being 16 and born after Cinderella would mean Ariel couldn't be the mother in law of Cinderella sorry folks.
Red hair degrades to orange. Depending on the light. Ahem. GINGERS.
Well then why is her hair the same red when she's really little in the 3rd movie but not orange at 16, or after melody turns 12 then?
its a nice idea but there are so many holes in the theory and charmings dad (and his assistant with the mutton chops) were on the boat, not erics dad
awe what a great theory i loved it=)
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Wow!! Love this!!
no I really don't think your correct with your hypothesis
That's an interesting theory, actually.
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Ariel?! WOW! You're awesome man! :D