A scene from The Little Mermaid 1989
King Triton

[At the palace, King Triton is sitting on his throne, as he looking at flower] [laughs]

Let's see, now... Oh, who could the lucky merman be? [notices Sebastian] [clears throat] Um... Come in, Sebastian.

Sebastian

[as he walks to King Triton]

I mustn't overreact. I must remain calm. [Five octaves higher than normal] Yes. Ahem... Yes, Your Majesty.

King Triton

Sebastian, I'm concerned about Ariel. Have you noticed she's been acting peculiar lately?

Sebastian

[pretending to act confused]

Oh! Uh, peculiar?

King Triton

You know, mooning about, daydreaming, singing to herself. You haven't noticed, hmm?

Sebastian

Oh- well, I-

King Triton

Sebastian?

Sebastian

[looks up]

Hmm?

King Triton

I know you've been keeping something from me.

Sebastian

[nervously]

Keeping... someting?

King Triton

About Ariel?

Sebastian

Ariel?

King Triton

[point his trident at his chin]

In love?

Sebastian

[protested]

I TRIED TO STOP HER, SIRE! SHE WOULDN'T LISTEN! I TOLD HER TO STAY AWAY FROM HUMANS! THEY ARE BAD! THEY ARE TROUBLE! THEY—!

King Triton

[as he shocked at what Sebastian said]

Humans? [and also losing control of his rage with his magic trident at full power and yelling at Sebastian] WHAT ABOUT HUMANS?!

Sebastian

Humans? Ho ho ho ho… Who said anything about humans?
[King Triton angrily grabs Sebastian] [Triton grabs Sebastian and pulls him away.]

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