Ariel struggles to sneak out without getting caught by the royal court's maniacal nanny, Marina Del Ray even as she goes on a daring adventure to bring restoration of music back to Atlantica.
"A prequel to The Little Mermaid where the emotional battleground is largely identical to that movie" didn't inspire anybody's best work. Who could have guessed?
Should Disney continue with other straight-to-DVD sequels or prequels like this one, "Bambi II"....needs to be required viewing. A close relationship between characters, as with Bambi and his father, works. An insufferable Flounder does not.