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The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea

2000 · 75 min · Director: Jim Kammerud, Brian Smith(co-director), Bill Speers(co-director) ★ IMDb 5.5 · 25,167 ratings

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After having found a magic locket which shows the kingdom of Atlantica, Melody decides to run away from home and find the truth behind it. Ariel eventually discovers that her daughter has run away after being told by Sebastian. Ariel must turn back into a mermaid to go into the sea once more to find her missing daughter. However, the crazy sister of Ursula, named Morgana intends to take control over the entire ocean. Ariel and her friends must stop Morgana from accomplishing the mission that Ursula failed and save Melody from her evil clutches.

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Emotional fingerprint

The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea (2000) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Love 30%, Excitement 22%, Anxiety 18%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love30%
  2. Joy16%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Love, Excitement, Anxiety. Genres: Drama, Musical, Fantasy. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Love, Excitement and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 5.5/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 53/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Joy
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Joy
Relief
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 18 %, then peaks around 83 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionJoyRelief
2.5 %≈ 2′Joy71 %22 %57 %3 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Tension63 %39 %35 %5 %
12.5 %≈ 9′Humor50 %40 %18 %3 %
17.5 %≈ 13′Humor46 %35 %18 %0 %
22.5 %≈ 17′Sadness46 %32 %19 %3 %
27.5 %≈ 21′Sadness50 %35 %14 %5 %
32.5 %≈ 24′Sadness59 %45 %8 %3 %
37.5 %≈ 28′Tension63 %46 %19 %1 %
42.5 %≈ 32′Joy64 %40 %45 %3 %
47.5 %≈ 36′Joy64 %41 %45 %6 %
52.5 %≈ 39′Humor60 %40 %29 %11 %
57.5 %≈ 43′Humor55 %34 %30 %10 %
62.5 %≈ 47′Joy53 %39 %31 %9 %
67.5 %≈ 51′Tension60 %54 %20 %8 %
72.5 %≈ 54′Tension74 %69 %8 %3 %
77.5 %≈ 58′Tension81 %76 %4 %1 %
82.5 %≈ 62′Tension83 %76 %20 %23 %
87.5 %≈ 66′Relief83 %55 %51 %50 %
92.5 %≈ 69′Joy68 %18 %54 %38 %
97.5 %≈ 73′Sadness51 %0 %30 %12 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Jodi Benson

Ariel (voice)

BH
Buddy Hackett

Scuttle (voice)

Kenneth Mars

King Triton (voice)

Max Casella

Tip (voice)

SF
Stephen Furst

Dash (voice)

Rob Paulsen

Prince Eric (voice)

Clancy Brown

Undertow (voice)

Cam Clarke

Flounder (voice)

René Auberjonois

Chef Louis (voice)

KE
Kay E. Kuter

Grimsby (voice)

Edie McClurg

Carlotta (voice)

Tress MacNeille

Mother Penguin/Baby Penguin (voice - uncredited)

Frank Welker

Max (voice)

JS
Justin Schulte

Handsome Boy (voice)

BM
Blake McIver Ewing

Boy #1 (voice)

EH
Emily Hart

Mergirl #1 (voice)

MT
Marcus Toji

Merboy #2 (voice)

Details

Directed by
Jim Kammerud, Brian Smith(co-director), Bill Speers(co-director)
Written by
Temple Mathews (screenplay), Elizabeth Anderson (screenplay), Elise D'Haene (additional screenplay material), Eddie Guzelian (additional screenplay material), Elizabeth Anderson, Temple Mathews
Type
Animation
Released
2000
Runtime
75 min
Country
USA, Canada, Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, France, Japan, China
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.5 · 25,167 ratings
Feels mostly
Love
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