The Little Mermaid, Ariel, lives at the bottom of the sea with her father, King Triton, and her older sisters. Disobeying her father, she swims to the surface to look at the world above the sea, where she sees a ship captained by a handsome prince, Eric, with whom she falls in love. Following a terrible storm, the Little Mermaid manages to save the prince from shipwreck. Ariel sings to him and enchanted by the memory of her voice, Eric vows to find her.