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Lumiere's name, in French, means light - perfectly appropriate! The Lumiere-Cogsworth partnership (!?) provides many great sequences. Ranieri faced many of the same challenges as Finn and Pruiksma in animating a candelabrum, but pulled it off spectacularly - Lumiere is the perfect foil to the pompous Cogsworth; and the two are essential to the humour and charm of the film. Lumiere is another character for whom the model sheets make fascinating reading. There are numerous directions to the animators and clean-up personnel regarding the range of movements allowed, how to draw certain a...

Vanessa is Ursula in disguise, of course, but I like her as a character all on her own. And since in this guise Ursula is using Ariel's voice, Jodi Benson (Ariel's voice) also provided the voice for Vanessa. So all that screaming and scolding Vanessa does is from the same chick that sings the heavenly tunes of Ariel.

Ursula is a cross between an octopus and a human, she has arms and tentacles. Once a member of Triton's court, Ursula was banished in disgrace (for something we never find out about , although who is triton's wife?) She possesses great magic and the occassional merfolk come to her to get help. She helps them for a price that is usually too high. She tries to spoil Ariel's attempt to woo Eric by using Ariel's voice to enchant Eric and change herself to a human named Vanessa. Ursula is deliciously wicked, intelligent and conniving; and she's not afraid to play dirty to get...

As King of the Ocean, Triton commands much respect from everyone in the seas. He has trouble convincing his youngest of seven daughters to obey his laws about humans. As a result he ends up forbidding her from seeing Eric thus causing her to go to Ursula and there is another major event in the story... King Triton is Ariel's dad. Strict but loving at the same time, he's as stubborn as Ariel, and the two tempers flare up against each other occasionally, but all's well that ends well, right?