Sebastian (The Little Mermaid) finale to the "" in which he pinches a puppy's tail. He is also a remote-controlled playable character in "Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey" seen holding a bucket in his claws with your help to catch Ariel's falling human artifacts. The film "Moana" makes a reference to Sebastian when a large coconut crab named Tamatoa asks if people would like him more if he was a Jamaican crab named Sebastian. Two reggae albums featuring Samuel E. Wright performing in-character as Sebastian were released under the Walt Disney Records label. The first was "Sebastian From The Little Mermaid", featuring songs from The
The Little Mermaid (1989 film) Andersen tales. Development started soon after "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" in the late 1930s, but was delayed due to various circumstances. In 1985, Ron Clements became interested in a film adaptation of "The Little Mermaid" while he was serving as a director on "The Great Mouse Detective" (1986) alongside John Musker. Clements discovered the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale while browsing through a bookstore. Believing the story provided an "ideal basis" for an animated feature film and keen on creating a film that took place underwater, Clements wrote and presented a two-page treatment of "Mermaid" to Disney CEO