The Best Episodes of The Little Mermaid Season 1
Every episode of The Little Mermaid Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Little Mermaid Season 1!
Disney's The Little Mermaid is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation based on the 1989 Disney film of the same name. It features the adventures of Ariel as a mermaid prior to the events of the film. This series is the first Disney television series to be spun off from a major animated film. Some of the voice actors of the film reprise their roles in the series, among them Jodi Benson as Ariel, Samuel E. Wright as Sebastian, Kenneth Mars as King Triton, and Pat Carroll as Ursula.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Little Mermaid" season 1 is "Whale of a Tale", rated 7.6/10 from 89 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by Peter S. Beagle. "Whale of a Tale" aired on 9/11/1992 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Great Sebastian".
7.6/10 89 votes#1 - Whale of a Tale
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/1992
Ariel finds an abanded baby whale, and decides to take care of it and be it's Mother. She names him Spot, but when Spot causes mass destruction around the kingdom Ariel decides to teach it how to survive in the wild.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter S. Beagle
7.3/10 91 votes#2 - The Great Sebastian
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/12/1992
Sebastian thinks that he's the best crab under the sea, but when King Triton wants him to deliver a document to Sharkania he shows his fear.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron
7.6/10 94 votes#3 - Stormy
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/19/1992
Ariel wants to ride a wild seahorse called Stormy but her father dosen't so she sneaks off and rides off with him in the wild.
Director: Mircea Mantta
Writer: Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron
7.3/10 77 votes#4 - Urchin
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/26/1992
A poor merboy named Urchin tries to make friends in Atlantica, but when he meets the wrong friends( The Lobster Mobster Squad) it takes a good friend like Ariel to set him right.
Director: Mircea Mantta
Writer: Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron
7.2/10 84 votes#5 - Double Bubble
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/3/1992
Ariel and her friends have to babysit some baby mertwins, but when they cause mischief they provide Ariel with some double trouble.
Director: Mircea Mantta
Writer: Laraine Arkow, Marie Sager, David Schwartz
7.5/10 72 votes#6 - Message in a Bottle
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/10/1992
A lonely dragon writes a message in a bottle. Ariel finds it and visits him, he decides to come to Ariel's house but King Triton won't allow it until he saves them from some evil sea creatures.
Director: N/A
Writer: Lynn Lefler
7.9/10 82 votes#7 - Charmed
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/17/1992
Ariel finds a beautiful human bracelet, and when she wears it she can't take it off. Knowing that her father hates human things she decides not to go home until she finds the key to take it off.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron, James A. Markovich
7.0/10 67 votes#8 - Marriage of Inconvenience
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/24/1992
King Triton thinks that Ariel and Prince Thor would make a perfect couple, but not Urchin so he plays tricks on Thor to make him change his mind about Ariel. The prince gets exasperated and tells his kingdom to have war with Atlantica. Urchin stops it, and Triton explains that he wanted Ariel and Prince Thor to be a couple in the olympic sea games.
Director: N/A
Writer: Chris Weber, Karen Willson
7.9/10 85 votes#9 - The Evil Manta
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/31/1992
The city of Atlantica is a wonderful place to live in, but when Ariel releases an evil manta from imprisonment he spreads the path of prejudice for the creatures of Atlantica. Everybody separates from each, but Ariel and Flounder stay together and work things out in Atlantica.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tony Marino, Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron
7.6/10 68 votes#10 - Thingamajigger
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/7/1992
Prince Eric drops one of his boots down to the sea, and when Ariel finds it she thinks its a wonderful human thingamajigger, but Triton thinks its dangerous. Soon terrible things start to happen and every sea creature thinks that the thingamajigger is the cause, so every bad guy wants it to take over Triton's kingdom, but Ariel goes to the surface and finds out what they really do.
Director: N/A
Writer: Chuck Menville
7.9/10 75 votes#11 - Red
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/14/1992
After Ariel's party King Triton feels that he's too old, so his glowing glowfish gets Triton a magical age stone that turns Triton into a little boy called Red. Later on Ariel and Sebastian find out and they trace the jewel to a magic sorcess who only old King Triton can beat.
Director: N/A
Writer: Emily Dwass
7.6/10 68 votes#12 - Beached
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/21/1992
Ariel and her big sister Arista get into a big arguement, so they can't go to the carnival. Everything gets all out of hand but when some gators try to rob the kingdom Ariel and Arista learn the true value of sisterhood and teamwork.
Director: N/A
Writer: Alicia Marie Schudt
7.4/10 70 votes#13 - Trident True
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/27/1992
Ariel and her little sea friends get King Triton gifts for Father's day. She goes to a cave to get a glowing seashell and they get trapped in by an octupus so Urchin uses the triton to beat him but loses it in the process.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tony Marino
7.2/10 66 votes#14 - Eel-Ectric City
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/5/1992
Ariel's friend Pearl comes to town, and takes Ariel to Eeel-Ectric city. Triton ofcourse dosen't want her to go. so Pearl lie's and says they're going to have a slumber party. They go to the place anyway but when a terrible storm comes Triton finds out the truth.
Director: N/A
Writer: Chuck Menville