Ariel is unique among the ディズニー princesses thanks to her red hair and for being a mermaid.
She has been called a "fully realized female character who thinks and acts independently, even rebelliously, instead of hanging around passively while the fates decide her destiny."
She has aslo been 発言しました to be a template for future ディズニー ヒーローズ and heroines.
She was desinged によって Glen Keane that has 発言しました to have based her on his wife, the actress Alyssa Milano and female model Sherri Stoner.
