The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
DVD release cover
Directed by	Jim Kammerud Brian Smith
Produced by	Leslie Hough David Lovegren
Written by	Elizabeth Anderson Temple Mathews Elise D'Haene Eddie Guzelian
Based on	The Little Mermaid by Hans Christen Andersen
Starring	Jodi Benson Samuel E. Wright Tara Charendoff Pat Carroll Buddy Hackett Max Casella Stephen Furst Clancy Brown
Music by	Danny Troob
Production companies	DisneyToon Studios Disney Television Animation
Distributed by	Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Release date	September 19, 2000 (2000-09-19)
Running time	75 minutes
Language	English

Songs from The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea & More!
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	September 19, 2000 (2000-09-19)
Recorded	2000
Length	25:21
Label	Walt Disney Records
Producer	Bambi Moe, Don Mizell, Eric Silver, Leonard Jones, Shepard Stern

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea is a 2000 Disney animated feature film and direct-to-video sequel to the 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid. Directed by Jim Kammerud and Brian Smith, the story takes place over a decade after the original film, and focuses on Ariel and Eric's daughter Melody, a human princess who longs to swim in the ocean despite her parents' law that the sea is forbidden to her. This sequel stars the voices of Jodi Benson as Ariel, Tara Charendoff as Melody and Pat Carroll as Morgana, the film's new villain. It is the last film in the chronology of Walt Disney's version of The Little Mermaid. It's followed by a prequel, The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning, a 2008 direct-to-video animated feature.

Ariel and Eric celebrate the birth of their newborn daughter Melody on a ship at sea. Ariel's father King Triton presents Melody with a magic locket. The party is interrupted by Ursula's sister Morgana, who threatens to cause Melody harm, using her as leverage to get Triton's trident. Ariel and Eric work together to foil Morgana's plan.