Nearly everyone involved in the project protested and defended "Part of Your World"; Ashman reportedly voiced that the song could only be removed over his dead body, delivering an ultimatum and threatening to depart from the project altogether should Katzenberg proceed. Ashman argued that audiences would struggle to "root for" and fall in love with Ariel should the song be discarded. Clements and Musker reminded Katzenberg that "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", Disney's first animated film, features a song similar to "Part of Your World" entitled "Someday My Prince Will Come" which ultimately became very successful. The directors also reminded him that MGM executives had wanted to remove Judy Garland's song "Over the Rainbow" from the film "The Wizard of Oz" (1939) until they reconsidered. Keane argued that "Part of Your World" is essential to the film's narrative and eventually convinced Katzenberg to let the sequence remain at least until the film's next test screening, by which time it would be fully animated. Children responded better towards the song during the second screening, some of whom enjoyed it to the point of which they mimed some of its lyrics. The song even moved some older audience members to tears, who ultimately applauded. "Part of Your World" was ultimately spared; Katzenberg eventually admitted that he now feels embarrassed that he had ever wanted to dismiss "Part of Your World", expressing gratitude towards the fact that no one agreed with him at the time because he is now unable to imagine "The Little Mermaid" without the song.