Expert Dancer: Eric is a highly skilled dancer. He was able to dance with Ariel with admirable skill. Season One: " Whale of a Tale" • " The Great Sebastian" • " Stormy" • " Urchin" • " Double Bubble" • " Message in a Bottle" • " Charmed" • " Marriage of Inconvenience" • " The Evil Manta" • " Thingamajigger" • " Red" • " Beached" • " Trident True" • " Eel-Ectric City" What I loved about this book is it took the story of the Disney film and added so many extra elements. The story is told from Eric's perspective. We learn that he too is cursed and can't kiss anyone but his true love or else he dies. New elements of Ursula's power are added and creates a much stronger world building than what we were given in the 1989 film.

The Little Mermaid: Ariel • Flounder • Sebastian • Ursula • King Triton • Prince Eric • Wedding Ariel • Vanessa • Flotsam • Amethyst Ursula • Ruby Ariel The Little Mermaid has always been my favorite Disney movie and a lifelong obsession, so you can imagine that I was a little hesitant going into this. Sometimes the (well-meaning) attempts to update this particular story just feel like resentment for the original material and an attempt to make Buzzfeed proud. I LOVED seeing their relationship fleshed out so fully and having them understand each other on a much deeper level. Wonky sign language charades and all. Expert Musician: Eric is a highly skilled musician and is capable of playing a flute with admirable skill.

Success!

Beauty and the Beast: Belle • Beast • Lumiere • Cogsworth • Mrs. Potts • Chip • Maurice • Philippe • Gaston • LeFou

Cinderella: Cinderella • Jaq and Gus • Prince Charming • Fairy Godmother • Lady Tremaine • Lucifer • Suzy • Perla • Bruno First in a series, unclear if Miller will write all of them (like Valentino + Villains) or if each book will have a different author (more like Twisted Tales). In Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, a bootleg version of Prince Eric appears with other bootleg versions of The Little Mermaid characters for a bootleg movie Sweet Pete had in mind "The Small Fish Lady". In this bootleg version, Eric is a bit of overweight and has a beard. Eric was very much the Romantic he is in the film, searching for his True Love, arranged marriages and politics be damned.Aladdin: The Genie • Aladdin • Jasmine • Jafar • Abu • Rajah • Iago • Magic Carpet • Disguised Jasmine • Snake Jafar • Vacation Genie • Prince Ali • Aquamarine Jasmine • Elephant Abu • Sultan • Baby Rajah • Red Carpet Genie • Genie Jafar • Cave of Wonders TL;DR: 3.5/5 stars, and I 100% cannot decide if I want to round up or down for this one. The first in a new series from Disney Publishing which "retells the classic Disney stories you thought you knew from the Disney Princes perspectives." Cinderella: Cinderella • Fairy Godmother • Gus • Prince Charming • Jaq • Lucifer • Anastasia • Drizella • Lady Tremaine • Wedding Cinderella • Pink Dress Cinderella • Holiday Cinderella • Iolite Fairy Godmother

Original: Ariel • Flounder • Sebastian • Scuttle • Prince Eric • King Triton • Ursula • Flotsam and Jetsam • King Triton's Daughters • Max • Grimsby • Carlotta • Chef Louis • Ursula's Garden • Glut • The Seahorse Herald • Harold • Merpeople • Sea Creatures • Lagoon Residents As demonstrated in the first film, Eric is initially shy around girls, as seen in the love song " Kiss the Girl", where, although he did not know at the time that she had rescued him from drowning, he wanted to kiss Ariel, but was initially too shy to do so, however, he eventually overcame this shyness and would have kissed her, if it had not been for Flotsam and Jetsam tipping over the boat they were in. By the climax of the film, Eric's shy nature, regarding girls has completely disappeared. This is evidenced by the fact that, after Ariel is permanently transformed into a human by her father, Triton, he not only lovingly embraces the woman he loves very much, but they also share their first kiss. Fireworks: Believe... There's Magic in the Stars • Celebrate the Magic • Disney Dreams! • Disney Enchantment • Disney in the Stars • Disneyland Forever • Fantasy in the Sky • Happily Ever After • Ignite the Dream: A Nighttime Spectacular of Magic and Light • Magic, Music and Mayhem • The Magic, the Memories and You • Momentous • Once Upon a Time • Remember... Dreams Come True • Wonderful World of Animation • World of Color • Illuminate! A Nighttime Celebration • Wondrous JourneysLike I said, this was mostly nothing new but that doesn't mean it wasn't satisfying as a read/retelling. I actually quite enjoyed everything and I'm only putting it at 4 stars because it follows SO closely to the movie that it didn't feel like it was very original a few times. The new twists and characters we meet make this worth reading though. I actually wish they'd pushed those into the movie because I loved seeing Eric like this. Sequel: Melody • Tip and Dash • Alex • Morgana • Cloak and Dagger • Undertow • Hammerhead Shark • Flounder's Guppies • Baby Penguin • Ursula and Morgana's Mother Before Prince Eric's mother, the Queen of Vellona, went missing two years ago, she reminded him about the details of the deadly curse that has plagued his entire life. The curse? If he were to kiss someone other than his true love, he would die. I will say though, as a Little Mermaid fan, NONE of these people show up ANYWHERE in the animated film. My appreciation for the diversity outweighs this though, but pause any frame in the movie and you can clearly see there are no characters of color either on the ship's crew -- or anyone who looks anything like a pirate -- or at the wedding. So again, trying to force this in didn't quite work for me, although I fully recognize that's a superficial level/quibble.] A girl rescued me. She was singing. She had the most beautiful voice.” ―Prince Eric talking about Ariel