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==Origin==
==Origin==
Eric originates from Disney's 1989 film, ''The Little Mermaid''. He is the first seen sailing with his sheepdog, Max, and valet/father figure, Grimsby. Later on, he celebrates his birthday on a boat, where Ariel notices him from a distance and becomes smitten with him. A storm strikes and Eric is injured in an explosion, rendering him unable to swim to safety, though Ariel saves his life. Eric briefly sees Ariel's face as she sings to him to awaken him before she swims off, and he makes a vow to track her down and marry her. Though his initial efforts are in vain, he eventually finds her stranded on the beach as a mute human, courtesy of Ursula, and takes her in, although her lack of a voice leads him to believe she is not the girl who saved him. Over the next three days, Eric and Ariel bond and almost kiss, but Ursula sabotages their efforts by transforming into a young girl with Ariel's voice and placing a spell on Eric so that he will marry her instead. During the wedding, Scuttle discovers Ursula's identity and ignites an attack on the wedding, in the process breaking the spell on Eric and returning Ariel's voice to her. Eric's true reunion with Ariel, however, is short-lived when the sun sets and she turns back into mermaid. Despite learning the truth, Eric remains undeterred and joins the fight against Ursula so as not to lose Ariel again. He succeeds in wounding Ursula's arm with a harpoon, and refuses to flee the battle without Ariel. In the battle's climax, Eric commandeers one of the sunken ships brought to the surface by a gigantic Ursula and manages to ram the ship's splintered bowspirit through Ursula's stomach, weakening her enough for the Trident's power to backfire and destroy her once and for all. Having saved Atlantica, Eric wins the trust of King Triton, who turns Ariel into a human so that she can be with Eric. Once Ariel comes of age, she and Eric marry.
Though the character made his first appearance as the unnamed Prince in the 1837 fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson, this incarnation of the prince, with the given name "Eric", made his debut appearance in the 1989 film, ''The Little Mermaid''. He is the first character to be introduced in the film, sailing with his sheepdog, Max, and valet/father figure, Grimsby. Later on, he celebrates his birthday on a boat, where Ariel notices him from a distance and becomes smitten with him. A storm strikes and Eric is injured in an explosion, rendering him unable to swim to safety, though Ariel saves his life. Eric briefly sees Ariel's face as she sings to him to awaken him before she swims off, and he makes a vow to track her down and marry her. Though his initial efforts are in vain, he eventually finds her stranded on the beach as a mute human, courtesy of Ursula, and takes her in, although her lack of a voice leads him to believe she is not the girl who saved him. Over the next three days, Eric and Ariel bond and almost kiss, but Ursula sabotages their efforts by transforming into a young girl with Ariel's voice and placing a spell on Eric so that he will marry her instead. During the wedding, Scuttle discovers Ursula's identity and ignites an attack on the wedding, in the process breaking the spell on Eric and returning Ariel's voice to her. Eric's true reunion with Ariel, however, is short-lived when the sun sets and she turns back into mermaid. Despite learning the truth, Eric remains undeterred and joins the fight against Ursula so as not to lose Ariel again. He succeeds in wounding Ursula's arm with a harpoon, and refuses to flee the battle without Ariel. In the battle's climax, Eric commandeers one of the sunken ships brought to the surface by a gigantic Ursula and manages to ram the ship's splintered bowspirit through Ursula's stomach, weakening her enough for the Trident's power to backfire and destroy her once and for all. Having practically saved Atlantica, Eric wins the trust of King Triton, who turns Ariel into a human so that she can be with Eric. Once Ariel comes of age, she and Eric marry.


In ''The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea'', Eric is shown to have fathered a daughter, Melody, with Ariel.
In ''The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea'', Eric is shown to have fathered a daughter, Melody, with Ariel.

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