Ariel (The Little Mermaid) band. Ariel first appears in "The Little Mermaid" (1989), in which she is shown as being adventurous and curious about the world of humans, a fascination which angers both her father King Triton and his court composer Sebastian, as merfolk are not allowed to make contact with the human world. She and Flounder go in search of human objects, which they take to a seagull named Scuttle for appraisal. Ariel falls in love with a human prince named Prince Eric after saving him from drowning, and visits the sea witch, Ursula, who agrees to turn her into a human in
Disney Fairies Disney Fairies Disney Fairies is a Disney franchise created in 2005. The franchise is built around the character of Tinker Bell from Walt Disney's 1953 animated film "Peter Pan", subsequently adopted as a mascot for the company. In addition to the fictional fairy character created by J. M. Barrie, the franchise introduces many new characters, and expands substantially upon the limited information the author gave about the fairies and their home of Never Land. The characters are referred to within stories as "Never Land fairies". The franchise includes children's books and other merchandise, a web site, and the computer-animated "Tinker