01x07 - Charmed

[bunniefuu]

Hi, daddy.

Wanna go for a swim?

I'd love to, ariel,
but I have a haircut scheduled,

Then I'm meeting some important
fish heads of state,

Not to mention,
I've promised to referee

The octopus
arm-wrestling match.

It'll take most
of the morning

Just to finish
shaking hands.

It's all right, father.

I'll get flounder
to go with me.

[Triton] have fun!

Don't stray too far.

[Flounder] gosh!
Humans don't have
a bottom half!

Of course they do,
silly!

Her tail is, uh,
somewhere down here...

I think.

[Ariel]
flounder, look at this!

Humans must use this
to look at themselves.

Why would they
wanna do that?

[Ariel] see?

It makes everything
look bigger.

Wow!

What do you call this
thingamajigger?

Uh... I call it a...

Biggermajigger.

You two are afraid
of your shadows!

I ain't afraid
of no shadow.

Ariel, what is that
you're hiding?

-Nothing, daddy.
-[Gasps]

[Sighs] just a...

Biggermajigger.

Uh...see?

What I see
is a human object.

Ariel, I've told you not to
play with human things!

Ain't that the truth?

But daddy, it's good
for something.

We could use it to see
little things and to find--

None of your excuses, ariel.

You give it to me
immediately!

If you ever bring
another human thing
into this palace,

I'll-- I'll...

No!

Uh, bye, your majesty.

I've done it again.

Yes, your majesty.

I mean,
well done, your majesty.

Ooh! He makes
me so angry!

Oh, don't be mad.

Well, I am!

He didn't even
let me explain.

Ariel, don't go down there!

Ugh, don't do this,
don't do that!

Who do you think
you are, my father?

Gee, someday I might
be a father.

I might even have
a daughter like--no!

It's too scary!
Way too scary!

Ariel, I don't want to
tell you what to do,

But come back!

[Triton] why does she
make me so angry?

Well, your majesty,
you always get
a little cranky

On the day you
have to get a haircut.

Don't be ridiculous.

I try not to,
your majesty,

But somehow it
just comes out.

I have to be firm,
sebastian.

Human things
will be our ruin.

Why won't she
leave them alone?

Why won't she listen to me?

Well, she can't help it,
your majesty.

She's just stubborn.

Runs in the family.

Nevertheless,
I was unduly harsh.

I lost my temper
again.

But a very spectacular
loss of temper it was, sire.

I'd better apologize
just as soon as
she gets home.

That would be nice.

Assuming, of course, that...

I ever get out
of this chair!

If only he weren't
so stubborn about
things from up there.

I'm more worried about
what's down there.

[Flounder]
they say there's no bottom
to the great abyss.

Hey, I wonder
what that is.

What?

Uh, nothing.
It was nothing.

Come on, flounder,
let me see.

There!

[Ariel] I see it!

Oh, me and my big mouth!

It's cold down here.

I know it's here
somewhere-- [gasps]

Oh, flounder...

It's beautiful!

I don't think your father
would agree.

[Ariel] oh, look!

This must be
a-- a human girl,

And this must be
a human boy.

He's, uh,
not very handsome,

But he looks like
he has a nice...
Personality.

If your father catches you
with this thing--

Oh, flounder, stop acting
like a little sardine!

Who's acting?

It must be some sort
of decoration.

I wonder how
humans wear it.

Look!
I made it stay!

The human girl is...

So beautiful.

Yeah. Look how long
her fins are,

But she doesn't
seem to have a tail.

Oh, that's probably why
she's swimming so funny.

♪ Ya da ta da ♪

♪ Ya da ta da ♪

♪ Ya da ta da ya ♪

I want to see
what I look like
with it on!

Where are you going?

Ariel!

Uh, it's getting late, ariel.
We should start back.

Oh, look how it glistens!

Oh, I wish I could
wear it always.

Ariel!

[Sighs] all right, flounder.

You win.

Oh, no!

What's the matter?

It won't come off!

The king would know
how to get it off.

He'll just bzzzowie!

Blast it off
with his trident!

Flounder, I can't let
daddy see this!

Oh, you're right.
He'll go,

"Ariel!"

Daddy said if I ever bring
another human thing into
the palace, he'll-- he'll--

Oh, who knows what?

But if you explain
it was an accident--

Uh, sort of.
Kinda.

Daddy won't listen.

Oh, flounder,
what am I gonna do?

I--i can't go home.

We can't just stay
out here all night, ariel.

It's getting cold.

Oh, flounder,
you're a fish!

You're always
the same temperature.

I need
that other piece

The one that got stuck
down in the abyss!

Bad idea, ariel.

Ariel!

[Triton]
ariel, I'm sorry I destroyed
that biggamajigger you found,

But human things
are dangerous,

And as your father,
I know what's best.

Therefore,
I forbid you to, uh...

Not a very good apology,
was it, sebastian?

Mmm, well, it started
out grand, your majesty,

But the speech
quickly went

Right down
the old blow hole.

Yes. Yes, you're right.

I need more... Practice.

Well, your majesty,
if I may be so bold,

An apology
is not something
you should practice.

It should come right
from the heart.

In crustaceans,
I believe it's more like
somewhere in there.

I think I understand.

I should just say what I feel.

[Triton] tell ariel
that I love her very much

And I only yell at her
for her own good,

But that she is so stubborn

And human things
are so dangerous
I must insist...

Maybe his majesty
had better write it down.

Then we'll rewrite it
a few times.

Then we can practice,
practice, practice

Until ariel comes home.

Don't worry, your majesty.

It's going
to be perfect!

[Flounder]
we'll never see it
in the dark.

I know just where it is...
I think.

It's creepy down there,

But it's the only way.

Stay here.

[Ariel] there it is!

Ariel!

Flounder!

Get help!

Daddy!

What have you
gotten me into,

My beautiful,
troublesome trinket?

Could've been
much worse.

What was that?

[Man] feeding time.

What?

Not very bright are you?
[Laughs]

Get it? How'd you like
our flow monster?

Pretty spectacular,
wasn't it?

It was horrible.

I've got to get out
of here.

Oh, you'll never
get out of here.

You can't possibly swim
fast enough to reach
the opening...

Between feedings.
Heh heh heh!

But you can live
in a cave. Good luck.

I'm going to go watch
the flow monster some more.

There must be a way out.

Psst! What's
the matter, dear?

Lost and alone?

Am I ever.

Can you help me
find my way home?

Look in my sack.

Maybe there's a way home
in here!

Uh, hello there.

Can you help me?

She's alone.

What's your rush?

Stay with us.

Come closer.

Closer.

Closer.

This place
is so terrible.

I didn't go home
because of you.

And now I'll never
go home again.

Where is that girl?

It's not like her to
stay out this late.

Oh, your majesty,
that's the tenth time
you've said that.

Don't worry.

And that's the tenth time
you've said don't worry.

It's time we
went looking for--

[Flounder]
ariel! It's ariel!

Ariel and I were swimming
over the great abyss

When I went, "what's that?"
And she said, "what?"

And I said, "oh, nothing."
And then she went

Whoosh down to get it.

Then it got stuck
on her arm,
and then she went back.

And then this big whirlpool
went swoosh!

Then ariel went, "help!"

I think you can worry now,
your majesty.

Take me there
as fast as you can.

I'm going, too!

I was about here.

And ariel?

Down by those rocks.

Don't go down there!

There's a big horrible...
Whirlpool.

Ariel!

Ariel!

It's the whirlpool
that go ariel.

-I'm going in.
-Me, too.

Don't I get
a vote?

Get to the rim--hurry!

That flash--
it was daddy's trident.

I just know it.

Daddy!

Daddy!

Ariel, my ariel.

[Both] she's safe!
She's safe!

I was so worried, ariel.

Why didn't you come home

Before you got
into all this?

Ariel, I told you...

He told you
a thousand times!

I can explain.

No excuses, young lady.

He told her that
a thousand times, too.

I knew you wouldn't listen.
You never listened.

That's why I was afraid
to come home.

Hate to tell you,
but none of you
are going home.

You can't get past
the flow monster.

You're all stuck
down here forever.

Go home, young fellow.
Your family will be worried.

Hold tight, dear.

Hey, you'll
never make it!

Hold on! Hold on!

Wait!

Ariel,
what are you doing?

I need the other part
to get this thing off my arm.

[Gasp] the flow monster
is feeding again!

Ariel,
get out of there.

It's pretty, but I don't want
to wear it the rest of my life.

Hurry, ariel, hurry!

Hooray!

Yes! We did it!
We did it!

I mean, of course,
you did it, your majesty.

That was great, daddy.

I don't feel
so great, ariel.

I feel
I've let you down.

Not you, your majesty.

I've made you afraid

To come to me
with your problems.

From now on,
I promise to listen.

I'd-- I'd really like that,
daddy.

So no matter what
trouble you're in,

I want you to know

You can always
come home.