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==Sequels and Prequels==

==Sequels and Prequels==

The Little Mermaid was the first Renaissance era Disney movie to receive a TV Series which ran from 1992-1994. Many themes from the 1989 movie stayed with the show with many of the original voice actors/actresses returning. In 2000, The Little Mermaid received a straight to video sequel called “The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea” where Ariel and Eric are shown to have a daughter named Melody. In 2008, The Little Mermaid received a straight to video prequel with character traits regarding Ariel’s love for the human world missing, and it was the last straight to video Disney film. There will also be a live action remake set for release on May 26, 2023.

A live action reboot of the movie has been set for release on May 26, 2023. Even though it has not been released yet, it is already drawing heavy criticism on the movie's YouTube trailer, with nearly 2.5 million dislikes against the trailer versus just over one million likes because of Disney's decision to create a "[[woke]]" reboot of the 1989 film with a black actress, Halle Bailey, portraying the title character Ariel;<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/09/disneys-latest-woke-remake-water-public-weighs-million-dislikes-counting/ Disney’s Latest Woke Remake Under Water as Public Weighs In, Over a Million Dislikes and Counting] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> the trailer is also drawing criticism because of YouTube engaging in censorship (by deleting negatively critical comments and even actively and intentionally blocking posters from posting negative reviews, indicated in the form of a "We weren't able to add your reply" error popping up), leading to critics of the movie trailer to instead creatively post sarcastic and mocking "positive" reviews as a way to get around the censorship.  Disney supporters on Twitter have claimed, without proof, that Bailey's race was the reason for the trailer getting so many dislikes and negative criticism, leading a Twitter poster to counter that the reason the movie is so disliked is because of it being a "woke" live action remake, not because of alleged "racism", and that people are tiring of forced diversity,<ref>[https://twitter.com/BondaBoyyy/status/1569378049799364609 "Reasons why this remake sucks:

1. It's a remake 2. It's live action 3. It's woke

 

 

People are just tired of forced diversity."] at Twitter</ref> a point agreed on by many respondents, including at least one black Twitter poster who stated that he resented race swaps being used for the sake of [[political correctness]] for existing fictional characters who were originally created as white, rather than create original black characters.

==Broadway version==

==Broadway version==