#1
S2E8
Metal Fish
A human explorer boards a primitive submarine to explore the undersea realm, and crosses paths with Ariel.
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#2
S1E7
Charmed
Ariel puts on a human bracelet but finds it hard to take it off afterwards. Afraid of how her father would react, Ariel runs away to find the key to the lock of the bracelet.
#3
S2E6
Wish Upon a Starfish
Ariel befriends a deaf mermaid named Gabriela, and both of them decide to seek out the magical Wishing Starfish to make their dreams come true.
#4
The Evil Manta
S1E9
#5
Heroes
S3E5
#6
Red
S1E11
#7
Stormy
S1E3
#8
Thingamajigger
S1E10
#9
Tail of Two Crabs
S2E7
#10
Land of the Dinosaurs
S3E4
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Ariel believes her father King Triton is setting her up for an arranged marriage with a snobbish merman-prince of another sea kingdom of Olympia named Prince Thor.
#30
A Little Evil
S3E8
#29
Eel-Ectric City
S1E14
#28
King Crab
S3E2
#27
Scuttle
S3E1
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