Editing Ariel

{{Character

|game1=Kingdom Hearts

|game2=Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories

|game3=Kingdom Hearts II

|game4=Kingdom Hearts III

|katakana=アリエル

|romaji=Arieru

|fr=Ariel

|de=Arielle

|type=Entelechy

|origin=The Little Mermaid (1989 film)

|torigin=The Little Mermaid (1989)

|company=Disney

|enva=Jodi Benson

|java=Mayumi Suzuki

|journalKH='''First entry'''<br>The youngest daughter of Triton, king of Atlantica. Outgoing and full of curiosity, Ariel hates being cooped up in her father's palace. She dreams of visiting the world on land, where people live.<br><br>Her voice enchanted us in "The Little Mermaid" (1989).<br><br>'''Second entry'''<br>Triton's youngest daughter. Ursula tricked her into helping steal his trident. With help from Sora and the others, all was put right. Still, she'll never stop dreaming of exploring the world outside her father's palace.<br><br>Her voice enchanted us in "The Little Mermaid" (1989)

'''Ariel''' is the youngest of the [[Ariel's Sisters|seven princesses]] of the underwater kingdom of [[Atlantica]]. She is originally from Disney's ''{{w|The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid}}'', and made her first appearance in ''{{c|Kingdom Hearts|game}}''.

===''{{c|Kingdom Hearts|game}}''===

Ariel meets [[Sora]], [[Donald Duck|Donald]], and [[Goofy]] when she is running away from [[Heartless]] with [[Sebastian]] and [[Flounder]]. She helps Sebastian and Flounder teach Sora how to move around in the water, but the lesson is interrupted by more Heartless. Ariel asks for the trio to help them reach the palace. Upon arriving, Ariel's father, [[King Triton]], forbids her from leaving the palace. Ariel decides to help the three find Atlantica's [[Keyhole]] after hearing Goofy mention it to her father. They journey to the Sunken Ship, where Ariel finds a [[Crystal Trident]] that resembles her father's [[trident]], which has the power to reveal the Keyhole. King Triton arrives in time to destroy it, and leaves Ariel in tears.

The sea witch, [[Ursula]], lures Ariel into helping her steal the Trident from King Triton, with the promise of helping Ariel get to other [[worlds]], while also revealing that Sora, Donald, and Goofy are in fact from another world. However, things don't go as Ariel planned, as Ursula makes off with the trident and injures Triton. With Ariel's help, Sora, Donald and Goofy defeat Ursula.

===''[[Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories]]''===

Ariel appears as a memory of Sora, on Atlantica's floor in [[Castle Oblivion]]. She is first seen swimming towards Sora, Donald, and Goofy. She quickly informs them not to tell anyone that they saw her and swims off. Afterwards, Sora and company find out she was running away because she stole her father's Trident to save Flounder from Ursula's clutches. Sora and his friends help Ariel confront Ursula and save Flounder. After Ursula's defeat, Sebastian arrives and Ariel decides to face the consequences for taking the Trident.

[[File:Signing the Contract 01 KHII.png|thumb|Ariel signing the contract.]]

A year later, Ariel saves [[Prince Eric]] from drowning and takes him to shore. She sings to him until he awakes, fleeing back underwater once his eyes open.

Ariel's fascination with the surface world has grown, and according to her father, Ariel's curiosity in the outside world drew her to her grotto, the place of Atlantica's Keyhole, where she stored her collection of items from the surface world. Unable to forget about the prince, she falls into deep depression, and so Sora and the others decide to help her. When her father finds out that she has fallen in love with a human, he tries to make her forget about him by destroying the statue of him that Flounder gave to her as a gift to cheer her up. However, Ursula reappears and makes a deal with her: to make her human for three days in exchange for her voice. In addition, she must make the prince kiss her willingly before sunset on the third day, otherwise she will become hers forever. Despite the hardship, she signs the contract and finally gets to meet Eric in person, although he does not recognize her at first.

===''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]''===

Ariel returns as a [[summon]] in her mermaid form. She can be summoned after obtaining the [[Ocean Heartbinder]] in [[The Caribbean]].

==Design==

In ''Kingdom Hearts II'', she is turned into a human for a short time with long slender legs. She is shown in an old sail with some rope keeping it closed when she is first changed into a human. After being taken in by Prince Eric, she wears a dress with light blue sleeves, a black bodice, and blue skirt. She also wears a big blue bow in her hair and black heels. During the credits, she is seen wearing a white wedding dress.

As a [[Link Summon]] in ''Kingdom Hearts III'', Ariel appears covered in a blue watery texture.

Ariel is a mermaid who thinks and acts for herself and doesn't do what others tell her to do, such as her father and Sebastian. She can act rebellious at times and act rashly to get what she wants, which lands her in trouble. She hates being patronized by her father and although they love each other, they have a strained relationship in ''Kingdom Hearts'' and ''Kingdom Hearts II''. Ariel doesn't wait for things to happen to her and is strong-willed and proactive about her future.

She is also compassionate and is also protective of her friends, doing anything for their safety, as seen when she stole the Trident in ''Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories'' to help Flounder. She is one of the rather few main female Disney leads in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series who help out in combat, adding to her brave and proactive nature.

Like Sora and Riku, she has a big sense of adventure, always wanting to find something new even if it is dangerous. She also has feelings of disenchantment and longing when she longs for a new world, be it either the human world above or a new one altogether. This has led her to collect trinkets and objects from the human world in her grotto, as well as making her infatuated with Eric. Her longing is so intense that she is willing to become mute and lose her voice, and if she fails to make Eric love her, "belong" to Ursula.

Ariel can be interpreted as somewhat gullible and naive, twice falling for Ursula's manipulative skills, even in ''Kingdom Hearts II'', which occurs after Ariel finds out of Ursula's deceptive and antagonistic nature. However, one could also interpret this as part of Ariel's compassionate personality, being able to give someone who wronged her another chance.

Ariel is also shown to be a talented singer.

==Abilities==

===''Kingdom Hearts''===

Ariel only makes an appearance as a party member in ''Kingdom Hearts''. She [[No Weapon|cannot equip a weapon]] and instead attacks using her tail. Thus, she has very low attack power, implementing magic as her primary form of offense. Therefore, her abilities are geared towards increasing her magical abilities, and she has high [[MP]]. Ariel has three equipment slots and five item slots.  

 

===''Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories''===

[[File:Ariel (card).png|right]]

 

In ''Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories'', nothing is required of the player for the sleight aside from stocking the cards and activating them. In ''Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories'', the player must press {{button|t}} when prompted to perform additional attacks. Pressing {{button|t}} when the prompt is not on the screen will cancel the sleight.

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