Please, no mean comments. This is just MY opinion. Anyways, I'm going to include sequels as well, because I like her in one of the sequels, and I'd like to explain why. In The Little Mermaid, I think she has a fun personality, but that's the only thing I like about her in the first film. She knew Ursula was evil, and she went to her anyway and was told she had THREE days to win her prince over. I thought that was incredibly risky, even though we all knew she'd win him over. It's Disney. I also thought it was selfish to leave her family behind like that, and at the age of 16. I just think she's incredibly selfish and careless in this film. In the little mermaid II, I think her personality improved a little bit. She gets a way overprotective of Melody, and goes a little too far when she has that wall built, but we all know she is just concerned for her daughter's safety. However, lying to your child her entire life is NOT cool. She should have told Melody the truth, so she could be aware of the circumstances at hand. I just find Ariel wayyyy too overprotective in this film, very similar to her father. They seem to change the character's personalities in sequels a lot. (Ariel, Simba, Belle, etc.) In Ariel's Beginning, I like Ariel in this film. I would hate it without music too and I would probably bend the rules a little as well to be able to hear music. The song "I remember" is really sweet, and she ran away because she couldn't listen to music where she was, not because she wanted to win over a guy she hardly knew. I just really like her in this film. Another thing I would like to say is Ariel was one of my childhood favorites, so she will always have a place in my heart no matter how I feel about her in the present day, if that makes sense. Now, to end the article, here is a picture of Ariel's iconic SPLASH!