On the cover of the restored version of "The Little Mermaid" you see Ursula hanging above the word Disney's. If you look on her tenacles you will see that the suction cups form little Mickey Heads.
REPORTED: Andres Perales Jr. 18 OCT 98
Some of the suction cups are in groups of 3, but they do not look like Mickey's head.
WISHFUL THINKING: Rebekah 10 JUN 99
After the title, there are some whales passing by on the screen and if you look on their bodies there are green circles, some of which make little Mickey heads.
REPORTED: Tina-Marie Rivas 24 FEB 98
Nope, not a hidden Mickey, just a bunch of green dots. There are too many, and if it was a true one, there would probably only be one.
WISHFUL THINKING: Rebecca 21 JUL 98
At the beginning when the whales swim by the brown spots on the bigger whale make a Mickey head. It's right under his eye.
REPORTED: anon 13 NOV 98
In the begining of Little Mermaid a boat is crashing through the water creating foam. When the boat is near the screen a Mickey is in the water. The foam creates the outline of the tri-circle shape.
REPORTED: Krista Munsell 07 OCT 97
There are too many Mickey shapes!
WISHFUL THINKING: Rebecca 21 JUL 98
There is a hidden Mickey in the foam from the boat. It happens the very first time the boat makes the foam in the water in the very beginning of the movie. It is a split second shot but it is there, you might want to put it on slow mo to see it but it is definitely there. Put it on slow mo just before the boat hits the water and right after it hits Mickey appears.
CONFIRMED: NICOLE LANGLEY 26 MAR 99
Just after the opening sequence, the merpeople swim to the concert. After the sea horse blows
his trumpet and King Triton enters and swims over the audience, Mickey, Goofy and Donald can be
found sitting in the audience! It helps to watch the scene in slo-mo and they can be seen when
King Triton gets toward the middle and bottom of the screen, right after his golden triton
goes across the screen. Look for Donald's blue sailor hat and Mickey's ears.
Goofy (who is the tallest of the bunch and also easy to pick out) is sitting above Donald who is sitting above Mickey.
REPORTED: Richard E. Cleary, Jr. 22 JUN 96
CONFIRMED: Jason Schwab 22 JUN 96
CONFIRMED: vincent van dijk 21 OCT 96
Right after King Triton waves that thing over the crowd, Goofy, Donald, and Mickey are
definitely there!!! Kudos to Jason.
CONFIRMED: Ellen 17 JAN 97
One way you can spot Mickey, Donald and Goofy in Little Mermaid is by looking at the trading
cards series that was made. On card number 2 or 3, there is the picture of Triton over the
merpeople. A careful eye will spot the famous trio in the audience!
CONFIRMED: Laura Throp 06 MAR 97
Someone mentioned that one of the Pro Set
Little Mermaid trading cards showed them as well. While it's almost
impossible to find them in the movie, it's quite easy to find them in
the trading card.
CONFIRMED: Paul Rudoff 14 JUN 97
CONFIRMED: shannon lipscomb 17 SEP 97
CONFIRMED: Lora Christensen 27 NOV 97
CONFIRMED: Aaron Zenz 27 JUN 98
Mickey, Donald, Goofy sitting in audience... This is a pretty cool one,
but it is very hard to find. Right after Triton's golden trident sweeps past the screen, pause the tape. They are to the top left corner.
CONFIRMED: Rebecca 21 JUL 98
CONFIRMED: Gina 24 APR 99
CONFIRMED: eustasia 10 FEB 01
In the audience, just after King Triton's trident sweeps the screen, put your VCR in slow-mo. Keep looking at the bottom right corner. When you see the mermaid with the mickey mouse hat, look underneath King Triton's hair. Goofy, Donald and Mickey are there! If you don't see them, go foward ONE frame, then look again. Keep doing this until you see them! NOTE: It may help to adjust the brightness to full to see them clearly.
CONFIRMED: Aimee 18 AUG 01
CONFIRMED: Allison 17 JAN 02
In the scene with Triton sweeping by and Mickey, Donald and Goofy sitting in the audience, there
are yet more surprises in the crowd! There's a little girl mermaid with a Mickey balloon, and
another wearing an "ears hat."
REPORTED: Aaron Zenz 27 JUN 98
When Belle comes outside and asks,"Is he gone?", when she walks to the barn, the flowers on the vine are a perfect tri-circled Mickeys!
REPORTED: Alex 18 FEB 01
In the very beginning, where the Hidden Mickey, Goofy, and Donald are, if you put your VCR in
slow motion, all along the top of the thing right below the ceiling, there are Mouse Ears
REPORTED: Ellen 17 JAN 97
There's a scene where a whole load of birds come flying through Ursula's
dress. Just after that, Max is barking up a storm. And just after that is
a scene of some debutante-type person in the background. And from behind,
I swear she has mouse ears. Two big black lumps, one on either side of
her head.
REPORTED: Michael Ho In fact the two lumps on her head are not on either side of her head but
are buns on the front and back (you can see this clearly by pausing the
film). Still, it does look fairly convincing and is probably intentional.
CONFIRMED: Tim Pickett 29 JUN 93
This one is hard to tell. The buns are kind of close together to be Mickey, but it's more
convincing than most others I've looked for. I think if the animators put it
in intentionally, it would be a little more obvious than it is, but... I'll give
it a weak confirmation.
CONFIRMED: Meg 23 JUL 96
In Ursula/Eric's wedding, the women's Mickey ear hair... This one is pretty funny! I don't know if it is a true hidden Mickey, but it is a cute one to look for. Her hair is hysterical!
CONFIRMED: Rebecca 21 JUL 98
When Ariel is spying on Eric at one point Eric walks close to Ariel,in the backgrown you can see a rag line which appears to have 4 or 5 hidden Mickeys on the base of it.
REPORTED: anon 21 FEB 99
When Ariel has just resuced Eric from drowning, when she surfaces over her left shoulder is a hidden Mickey in the water.
REPORTED: Adam 24 JUL 00
When Ariel is sitting on a dock watching Eric's
wedding ship sail. The dock has a stone staircase
behind her. The handrails of the stair case are supported by what
appear to be stone Mickey Ears. (Though they are displayed for more
than an instant, they are small so you may wish to freeze-frame this one).
REPORTED: Phil Stern
In Ariel's secret cave, when Sebastian is found by Ariel, there are some gold coins to the left him, right to us, on the floor that are arranged in a way that look like they are a Hidden Mickey. They are at an angle but look to be a Hidden Mickey from an airview.
REPORTED: Tina-Marie Rivas 24 FEB 98
When Sebastian is talking to King Triton about Ariel being in love he hops onto the throne and his shadow changes and very briefly makes a Mickey head.
REPORTED: Tina-Marie Rivas 24 FEB 98
Sebastion's shadow, right before leaping into the throne... Wow! This is a cool one! It is even better when you watch in slow-mo, then you watch it normal.
CONFIRMED: Rebecca 21 JUL 98
I definitely saw the hidden Mickey in The Little Mermaid. When Sebastion is standing on the arm of King Triton's throne and talking about Ariel being in love, he jumps and for a second his shadow changes to the shape of Mickey's head.
CONFIRMED: Cathleen Eakes 20 JAN 02
In The Little Mermaid, when King Triton is talking to Sebastian about Ariel being in love,
Sebastian swims up to get on the throne. As he's leaving the floor, his shadow turns into a
Mickey Head. My husband and I watched it in slow-mo four times!!
CONFIRMED: Jaime 17 MAY 02
When Ariel and Flounder go up to the surface to talk to Scuttle about the treasures they have found, a Hidden Mickey can be seen. When Scuttle starts talking about snotflats, the camera goes to Flounder and Ariel. If you look closely you can see the ripples around Flounder are in the form of Mickey's ears.
REPORTED: Jenn Crease 05 OCT 96
Not a hidden Mickey because ripples always look like three circles, connected at the "right" places
WISHFUL THINKING: Rebecca 21 JUL 98
There is a Hidden Mickey when Ariel and Flounder are talking to Scuttle about the pipe and the fork that they have found. Look closely at the water around Flounder when Scuttle takes the pipe from him. It indeed forms a Hidden Mickey.
CONFIRMED: anon 24 AUG 98
In the part where Ariel swims by a group of bubbles after the seeing of the king, three big bubbles form a Mickey.
REPORTED: Bruno Colella 12 DEC 96
There's a design of Mickey on the octopus' head during the "Under the Sea" song.
REPORTED: Tina-Marie Rivas 24 FEB 98
The dots aren't even connected!
WISHFUL THINKING: Rebecca 21 JUL 98
When the wedding ship is pulling away from the dock in The Little Mermaid, the bunting over the dock has an upside down hidden Mickey.
REPORTED: Dean 04 JUL 97
I have a Disney Daily calendar, where I noticed this one! When Ariel is singing, "Part Of Your World" in the grotto, take a look at the painting in the background. There is a person sitting at a table with a lit candle. The smoke from the candle forms a definate Mickey! (The picture is clearer when Ariel first starts to look up out of the grotto.)
REPORTED: Laura Witte 05 JUL 98
I can't see one, can you?
WISHFUL THINKING: Daniel Vincent 10 NOV 99
In "Part of Your World" in The Little Mermaid, there IS a Mickey that is formed in the smoke from the fire in the painting. Except it isn't the smoke in the shape of Mickey, but it's the space inside the smoke.
CONFIRMED: Megara 25 JAN 00
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