Did anyone catch this? Well, you would have had to be into Disney movies in the '90's - well, or later, depending on release dates - or have young kids. In the mermaid outfit, the final item is a fork looking item called "dinglehoppers". That's STRAIGHT out of "The Little Mermaid." Sebastian the Crab would make up uses for what "human" items they found in the ocean - or maybe it was on the beach. He called a fork a dinglehopper, and explained to Ariel that it was used for combing hair. So when she met Prince Eric (I think that's what his name was), and had dinner at his palace with his, I guess his family, she excitedly picked up her fork and started combing her hair with it, until everyone stared at her.
Just made me giggle.
Oh, and just to note - the original fairy tale - I think it was Hans Christian Andersen (?) - if Eric hadn't have fallen in love with her, not only would she have lost her legs, but she wouldn't have been a mermaid anymore, so she would have effectively died.
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Originally Posted by Annica5
but I'm not sure the concept of a young reader in his time existed. His stories were for adults, so more inline with greek tragedies and shakespeare than fairy tales. To be honest, I think the lessons taught in the original stories, do more to teach people about the difficulties of the real world than the happy joy joy modern day version. Then again every child is entitled to a happy childhood too 
