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DAY 6: HAROLD THE MERMAN
One character that the directors really liked but didn’t make it was this one named Harold. He was in one of the early scripts that would’ve been seen as a foreshadowing to show what could’ve happened to Ariel by making a deal with Ursula. Harold’s backstory was that he wanted to impress the ladies so Ursula gave the little nerd muscles & strength. All he had to do was bring Ursula back a fresh water lily within three days or else. Harold can’t find any & finds out Ursula tricked him (they aren’t in season), but he still signed the contract. He begs he needs a little more time, but Ursula declares his time’s up & transforms poor Harold into a polyp. BTW, all of this would’ve just been as an explanation, not the entire thing as like a B-plot. This scene made the movie too long so Ron & John had to cut him, despite having a connection with him, but his story is briefly mentioned in “Poor Unfortunate Souls”. This scene was later shown in storyboard form on the film’s Blu-Ray, which you can see here.
Ursula, Harold, Flotsam, Jetsam & Little Mermaid film (c) Disney
HAROLD! 🤩😁