Ever wondered if the little mermaid were to be based in Nigeria, how the storyline would be? Well, it was fun rewatching the little mermaid and feeling nostalgic about those times as kids. We were excited about Disney movies but now it has me wondering about a lot of things that don’t make sense about the movie. Here are our takes on the thing about the story that stresses me as a Nigerian

Ariel’s collection of junk

First off why are you collecting so many things, people like this will come to class with one pen and leave with 5 extra pens, their hands are light-fingered and they always love to take things. Using a fork as a hair comb when it’s shaped like her father’s triton, the girl really has pearls for brains.

Trading her voice for legs

Maybe because she hasn’t trekked from mile 12 to Yaba, cause why are you going all out for legs when her fellow lekki babes are hustling for a Benz? And also if she got lost in the market now how will she ask for directions back to the canal, or is it Sebastien that would have already been used to prepare seafood okro? She was down bad.

Ursula’s arrival

If bad belle was a person that sea witch would be that, cause tell me why after Ariel’s effort to win her man over you’ll now come and use her voice to come and steal him -Chelsea come on now! , be authentic and real, and don’t come through the corners, and be spoiling someone else’s work.

Prince Eric marrying a fish

Homeboy literary took the saying ‘there are lots of fishes in the sea’ to heart, cause you can’t tell me that in that whole country, there wasn’t a single lady that he would marry but a mysterious half-woman half-fish creature is what made his toes curl, maybe its a fishy fetish. Nollywood has taught us to run away from daughters from the marine kingdom but maybe Eric didn’t get the memo.

King Triton giving her legs

Most parents are fond of this, you’ll ask for something they will not agree to give you, only for you to find other means but if kasala burst they’ll show up and be like ‘You should have told me’. so after the trouble, Ariel went through for those legs that he could have just easily given her and this whole story would not have happened. Fathers and stress are the same.

Flounder and Sebastien

It’s only by the Lord’s grace that these two didn’t end up in Hilda Bacci’s pot of seafood okra cause Sebastien sounded like he tasted like a tall Yoruba man from Lagos. Also what’s the difference between a crab and a lobster, they both taste the same anyways.

Did the palace stop eating fish?

At the end of the movie, these questions plague my mind, since she is now the princess who’s from the sea, will the kingdom stop fishing? What if they catch flounder, or does she even eat fish? If she does then why is Flounder her best friend, Didn’t they train her not to play with food? all these questions are left unanswered.