[Cuts to Atlantica Palace.] [Cuts to Mersisters' dressing room.]
Ariel, dear, time to come out. You've been in there all morning.
[Ariel emerges from behind a curtain, humming "Part of Your World" to herself.]
What is with her lately?
[Ariel picks a red flower and swims away. She bumps into her father.] [bumps into his Father]
Oh! Uh... Morning, Daddy.
[Ariel puts the flower in his hair and swims off, spinning in circles. He chuckles.]
Oh, she's got it bad.
What? What has she got?
Isn't it obvious, Father? Ariel's in love.
Ariel? In love?
[King Triton picks the flower from his hair and looks at it.] [Cuts to the undersea rocks. Sebastian paces on a rock.]
O.K. So far, so good. I don't think The King knows.
[Orange flower petals fall around Sebastian. One lands on his face, and he blows it off.]
But it will not be easy keeping something like this a secret for long.
[The camera rises up to reveal Ariel picking orange flowers.]
He loves me... hmm, he loves me not... He loves me! I knew it!
[Ariel hugs the last flower petal. Sebastian joins her on the rock.]
Ariel, stop talking crazy.
I gotta see him again - tonight! Scuttle knows where he lives.
[Ariel begins to swim away. Sebastian grabs onto her fins.]
Ariel? Please. Will you get your head out of the clouds and back in the water where it belongs?
I'll swim up to his castle. Then Flounder will splash around to get his attention, and then with... -
[Sebastian gets in front of her face.]
Down here is your home! Ariel, listen to me. The human world, it's a mess. Life under the sea is better than anything they got up there.
[Sebastian and various other sea creatures sing to Ariel to convince her living in the ocean is the best life.]
The seaweed is always greener / In somebody else's lake / You dream about going up there / But that is a big mistake / Just look at the world around you / Right here on the ocean floor / Such wonderful things surround you / What more is you lookin' for? / Under the sea / Under the sea / Darling it's better / Down where it's wetter / Take it from me / Up on the shore they work all day / Out in the sun they slave away / While we devotin' / Full time to floatin' / Under the sea
Down here all the fish is happy / As off through the waves they roll / The fish on the land ain't happy
They sad 'cause they in their bowl {a fish is seen in a bubble} / But fish in the bowl is lucky / They in for a worser fate / One day when the boss get hungry
[bubble around him pops]
Guess who's gon' be on the plate?
Oh, no, under the sea / Under the sea / Nobody beat us / Fry us and eat us / In fricassee [fish swim around Ariel] / We what the land folks loves to cook / Under the sea we off the hook / We got no troubles / Life is the bubbles / Under the sea (under the sea) / Under the sea (under the sea) / Since life is sweet here / We got the beat here / Naturally (naturally) / Even the sturgeon and the ray / They get the urge 'n' start to play / We got the spirit / You got to hear it / Under the sea / The newt play the flute / The carp play the harp / The plaice play the bass / And they soundin' sharp / The bass play the brass / The chub play the tub / The fluke is the duke of soul / (Yeah) / The ray he can play / The lings on the strings / The trout rockin' out / The blackfish she sings / The smelt and the sprat / They know where it's at / And oh that blowfish blow
[As Sebastian sings the first chorus, Flounder swims past the bunch but is pulled back by a fish, who shimmies with him. He pulls free and finds Ariel, whispering in her ear. She smiles and swims away, following him.]
Yeah, under the sea (under the sea) / Under the sea (under the sea) / When the sardine / Begin the beguine / It's music to me (it's music to me) / What do they got? A lot of sand / We got a hot crustacean band / Each little clam here / Know how to jam here / Under the sea / Each little slug here / Cuttin' a rug here / Under the sea / Each little snail here / Know how to wail here / That's why it's hotter / Under the water / Ya we in luck here / Down in the muck here / Under the sea!
[Sebastian does not notice and continues his song and dance with the sea creatures. Everyone points to Ariel's empty place as the grand finale and turns away disappointed.]
Ariel? Oh... somebody's got to nail that girl's fins to the floor.
Sebastian! Sebastian, I've been looking all over for you. I've got an urgent message from The Sea King.
The Sea King?
