Ursula (The Little Mermaid) occasionally in the animated television series "Disney's House of Mouse" (2001) as one of Mickey's guests at the night club. In the feature film "Mickey's House of Villains" she participated in the musical number "It's Our House Now" alongside other Disney villains, and is one of Jafar's henchmen. In 2016 Rebel Wilson performed the role of Ursula at a stripped-down concert version of "The Little Mermaid" at the Hollywood Bowl, which featured the songs from the film and four songs from the Broadway musical. Wilson was praised for her performance, which was described by The Huffington Post as "pitch perfect".
Ursula (The Little Mermaid) "The Gospel according to Disney: Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust" author Mark I. Pinsky, Ursula became "the most grotesque characterization Disney ... have created for a female villain" at that time. Having animated previous Disney villains, Keane was originally approached to be the supervising animator of Ursula, but declined in favor of animating Ariel because he longed to do something different. Thus, Keane was replaced by Ruben A. Aquino. The character was originally drawn with a full set of eight tentacles similar to a real-life octopus, which were eventually reduced to a more manageable six because the original amount would