the “kiss the girl” segment of the little mermaid always confused me as a kid. i mean, how exactly does prince eric interpret what’s going on around him? does he realize that it’s the local marine life singing to him, encouraging him to kiss ariel? probably not. in that case, he’d be thoroughly amazed. but he hears the song — he clearly hears the song. so what option does that leave? that he’s become so used to hearing voices from nowhere that he takes this completely in stride? “oh, a jamaican crab is singing me love advice. business as usual.” what the hell? prince eric is schizophrenic. sure, this time it was a crab and some ducks and flamingos and fish trying to help his girlfriend win a bet with an evil sea octopus. but next time he hears voices, it won’t have such a “rational” explanation, and they’ll be telling him to do a lot more than just kiss the girl. get out of the boat ariel. get out of the fucking boat.