Confrontation lyrics

[URSULA, & TENTACLES] (spoken)
What's this? A human ship?

[TENTACLES]
Ha!

[PRINCE ERIC]
Who are you? And what have you done with Ariel?

[URSULA]
Careful, princey-poo! The water's looking awfully choppy!

(URSULA points the trident to rile the seas. Her TENTACLES menacingly poke out of the surface.)

[PILOT]
Beware, monster! King Triton rules over these seas!

[URSULA]
Not anymore!

[ERIC]
I won't let you harm her!

[URSULA]
Ha!
(URSULA and the TENTACLES cackle and reach toward the ship.)

[PILOT]
Captain, we've got to turn back, or she'll pull us under!

(With URSULA distracted by PRINCE ERIC, ARIEL snatches the magic shell from URSULA's grasp and holds it high abovе her head.)

[FLOTSAM]
Look out!

[JETSAM]
The shеll!

[URSULA, & TENTACLES]
(to ARIEL)
You fool!

(Shocked by this turn of events, the TENTACLES release their grasp on FLOUNDER, SEBASTIAN, ARIEL, FLOTSAM, and JETSAM.)

[FLOUNDER]
(a guppy no more, charges URSULA)
You witch!

[FLOTSAM]
(apprehending FLOUNDER)
Not so fast, guppy!
[JETSAM]
(charging ARIEL)
Get the shell!

[SEBASTIAN]
(apprehending JETSAM)
Stop there, sea-snake!

(FLOTSAM restrains FLOUNDER as SEBASTIAN clamps JETSAM – a sidekick stalemate. The action freezes as URSULA witnesses her most prized possession, the magic shell, glow in ARIEL's hands and release the voice back into her larynx.)

[ARIEL] (singing)
AH

[ARIEL] (spoken)
(touching her throat)
My voice...

[URSULA]
Well... look who's talking! No matter.
(shakes the trident)
I have what I want now. And you don't!

(The TENTACLES pull ARIEL face-to-face with URSULA. URSULA aims the trident at ARIEL, but ARIEL doesn't flinch.)

[ARIEL]
You may have my father's trident, but you'll never have his power.
[URSULA]
Impertinent mermaid. I'll dispatch you just as easily as I eliminated your mother.

[ARIEL]
So Father was right!

[URSULA]
Yes, Father was right! And you'll soon see just how insignificant the merfolk become when Ursula's in charge! With trident in hand, I shall unleash the power of Poseidon to destroy you all!

(#19 – WHIRLPOOL. As URSULA points the trident at the waters and makes circling motions, the SEA CHORUS forms a whirlpool around her, but it soon gets out of control. URSULA and the TENTACLES begin spinning as well.)

[URSULA]
Wait. Oh, no. Stop. I – I can't control it!

[SEBASTIAN]
Ariel, the trident!

(ARIEL breaks free of the TENTACLES' grasp and bravely reaches out to grab the trident. ARIEL extends the trident to SEBASTIAN and FLOUNDER, who grab hold and stay afloat while the sea swallows URSULA, the TENTACLES, and FLOTSAM and JETSAM.)

[URSULA, TENTACLES, FLOTSAM, & JETSAM]
Noooooo!

(With URSULA's reign of terror now over, the SEA CHORUS becomes calm around ARIEL, SEBASTIAN, and FLOUNDER.)