The Little Mermaid/Ships

= Alariel =  Alariel is the het ship between Aladdin and Ariel from the Aladdin and The Little Mermaid fandoms. AKA: Alriel, Arieladdin

Canon
As Aladdin and Ariel are from different series, they have never met in canon. Their Once Upon A Time counterparts do have them meeting each other through Jasmine in season six, where he and the two find Ariel while looking for Jaffar's genie lamp.

Fanon
Aladdin and Ariel have a decent following, commonly on DeviantArt, who believe they would get along very well. In some AU's Aladdin will take Eric's place or Ariel will take Jasmine's. Many fans commonly have them meeting in Agrabah, like their Once Upon a Time counterparts. Occasionally the ship is set in Atlantica where Aladdin is sometimes a merman, while the Agrabah setting commonly has Ariel is her human self. Some fans have even merged two of their similar worded songs together to make "Part of Your Whole New World". The Aladdin/The Little Mermaid crossover ship sometimes has a few fans who also ship Jasmine and Eric together. As a fun way of couple switching for fans of either of the two ships.

On AO3, the ship only has two works, while 7 fanfics in the crossover category.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Aladdin/Ariel (Disney) tag on FanFiction.net
 * Aladdin/Ariel (Kingdom Hearts) tag on FanFiction.net
 * Aladdin/Ariel (Kingdom Hearts) tag on FanFiction.net

Trivia

 * Aladdin and Ariel have appeared in several Disney media crossover.
 * Both of them appear in the Once Upon A Time.
 * Both of them are from two of the few known Disney films that have been turned into Broadway shows, and were featured in Disney On Ice.
 * In The House of Mouse they are two of the common guests at the club.
 * They appear in a few of the same Kingdom Hearts games.
 * In the Broadway version of The Little Mermaid, Ursula is Ariel's wicked aunt, while a few versions of Aladdin have Jafar as Aladdin's uncle.
 * Both Aladdin and Ariel have their own trilogies and a TV series.
 * They apart of the Descendants series, where Aladdin has a son while Ariel has a daughter.
 * Aladdin and Ariel both sing songs that have the word "World" as the center theme/metaphor.

= Desert Mermaid =  "You come from a world that's all water. And here you are, in the desert, being so incredibly strong. You deserve whatever your heart is set on."

- Jasmine to Ariel in A Wondrous Place

Desert Mermaid is the femslash ship between Ariel and Jasmine from the Once Upon A Time, The Little Mermaid and Aladdin fandoms. AKA: Jariel, Jasriel

Canon
Not long after Ariel came across a magic necklace that gives her a pier of human legs and the return of her voice, as long as she wears it, Ariel makes her way to Agrabah in hopes to find Eric. Some time after she arrived in the desert kingdom, she accidentally gets herself in trouble when she takes a fork, unaware that it is stealing, and is pursued through the Agrabahn capital until Ariel got herself cornered by the owner of the fork and gets her necklace taken from her as payment, in which causes Ariel's legs to revert back to a mermaid's tail. The man is shocked by her transformation and begins to call her a monster, but is stopped by the arrival of Princess Jasmine, who pays for the fork and demands the return of Ariel's necklace. When she gives it back to Ariel, the mermaid explains its powers briefly and why she's in Agrabah.

After Jasmine hears that Eric may have an army that could help her to defeat Jafar, she agrees to help Ariel in her task. Before Jasmine takes Ariel to Eric's location, Agraban's princess asks the mermaid if she is afraid of heights, and because Ariel had never flew through the air before she wasn't very sure what Jasmine had meant; until they took off on a magic carpet together. As they spotted Eric's flag while on the carpet Ariel thanks Jasmine for helping her find to which Jasmine replies "No thanks necessary", as she is happy to help someone in need who could probably help her back. Even though Ariel wasn't too fund of her first experience in the air, she was still glad that Jasmine's way allows her to find Eric's camp a lot faster than it would have done on the ground.

When it was time for Ariel to see Eric again, she was beginning to have daunts since they only properly met at a party and is worried that he wouldn't remember her, until Jasmine helps Ariel to get through her worries and that their story should have a happy ending. Ariel could tell that Jasmine's advice is from experience, the blue dressed princess admits that it is true that she lost at a chance at true loves and encourages Ariel to not make the same mistake, and as Jasmine takes Ariel's hands she reminds her of the watery world she comes from and how it was love that allowed her to reach the desert. With her confidants restored Ariel walks into Eric's tent, with Jasmin beside her. After they learned that the Eric they went to see is in fact Jafar, he gives Jasmine a time limit to think about her decision to marry him or not, and because Ariel witnessed it she helps Jasmine to make the right choice. For her and the kingdom.

Quotes
A Wondrous Place "You come from a world that's all water. And here you are, in the desert, being so incredibly strong. You deserve whatever your heart is set on."

- Jasmine to Ariel

Fanon
While the ship is commonly focused on OUaT's version of the two, there are fans who use ship and its commonly used title with Disney's versions of them within the Disney Princess part of the Disney fandom, since the ABC television series has its own versions of the Disney characters and has a few traits from its series; and it being the live-action show that had helped to make it popular in both fandoms. Since there have been a few fans who have shipped the two princesses together, before their Once counterparts meet and become friends in the Once Upon A Time series.

On AO3, the Disney crossover side of the femslash ship 12 fanfic while the OUAT side of it on the website has only one fic.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Ariel/Jasmine (Disney) tag on FanFiction.net
 * Ariel/Jasmine (Sofia the First) tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Ariel/Jasmine (Kingdom Hearts) tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Ariel/Jasmine (Sofia the First) tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Ariel/Jasmine (Kingdom Hearts) tag on FanFiction.Net

Trivia

 * In the Disney film, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Jasmine and Ariel appear as online versions of themselves known as "netizens", the inhabitants of the digital made world that lies within the real-life internet. Where they are two of the fourteen Disney Princesses that are from the expo-like Disney website, Oh My Disney.
 * In the film, Jasmine is seen sitting close to Ariel when the princesses are in their new comfy, modern style clothes; and Ariel was seen looking at Jasmine or was simply looking in her direction for a brief moment with a smile. While during the Princesses saving Ralph scene, after Ariel emerges herself from the water that she swam through so it could take the shape of a spiral, she lands herself on Jasmine's magic carpet with her and Elsa, where she lands just behind Jasmine; before Elsa uses her ice magic to freeze the watery spiral into a slid of ice. After Ralph was saved by them, Jasmine and Ariel are seen standing beside each other among the other Disney Princesses.
 * Both Jasmine and Ariel appear in the Disney Junior series show, Sofia the First, when the Amulet of Avalor summoned them to aid Sofia.
 * They are two of the common Disney Princess characters in the Kingdom Hearts series, as they both appear in the first game of the series saga and Kingdom Hearts II. Along with memory versions of the two in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.
 * As well as Ariel reappearing as a summon character in Kingdom Hearts III.
 * Are from two of the few Disney films to become Broadway shows.
 * They are two of the limit time characters in Disney Magic Kingdoms.

Variations

 * Desert Mermaid Beauty refers to the ship between Jasmine, Ariel and Belle

= Jariel =  Jariel is the het ship between Jim Hawkins and Ariel from the Treasure Planet and The Little Mermaid fandoms. AKA: Jimriel

Canon
As Jim and Ariel are from different series, they have never met in canon. Even though a few Disney crossover video games could have the two crossing paths with each other or get them added to the same team, by the player's choice.

Ariel enjoys collecting treasures from the human world that have found their way into her underwater world, by falling over board a passing ship or having gone down with it entirely. In the TV series, Ariel has come across a few maps and has followed them to see where they lead to for fun. While Jim received a map to Treasure Planet, and was able to unlock its secrets. As Jim's journey was about to begin he meets the ship's cook and sometime after they become friends Jim learns that he and half the crew are pirates, and Jim becomes heart broken when he over hears John Silver say that he doesn't know about him. Ariel had faced a similar betrayal from the woman who gives her the chance to be with the man she loves as a human, so Ursula could set the stage that would allow her to take control of the seas by focusing King Trident to give her his Trident.

When Ariel was little her father watched helplessly as a ship that belonged to greedy, uncaring humans kills his wife, in which led to him raising Ariel and her older sisters as a single parent. Because he is aware that Ariel is fascinated with the human world and her adventures have gotten her into trouble a few times, the Sea King fears that the surface world may one day take Ariel away from him; like it had done to his wife. Jim on the other hand was solely raised by his mother as his father was hardly around and had one day left them without returning home. Since then Jim keeps getting into trouble with the law, for minor stuff like solar surfing through a construction yard, and not doing so well with his grades, even though he is a bright young man, his mother worries that Jim is throwing away his future as well as her fearing that she would one day lose him too; which is why she longs for the days where her son was happy and full of joy.

Fanon
Jariel is a quite popular Disney crossover ship involving Jim from Treasure Planet and Ariel from The Little Mermaid, even though the age difference gap between the two has gotten a few fans to ship Jim with Ariel's daughter Melody, instead. In which has JiMel as its rival ship in the Treasure Planet/The Little Mermaid crossover of the Disney fandom. There have even been those who have Eriel as its rival ship.

It is a well like ship on both DeviantArt, Tumblr and Fanfiction, while on AO3 they only have 8 written work. A few fan-made work, like manip and artwork, sometimes features both of them as merfolk. A commonly used, fan-given trait in Ariel ships. Because Disney's Treasure Planet has a 18th century-like setting, with its Steampunk (a future setting that is featured in the 19th century of London) and Sci-fi-like touches to it, fans have either Ariel meeting Jim in the world and setting of his Disney film, as she accompanies Jim on his journey to the titled location (as a plant or island), or has Jim residing in Ariel's Disney film world, where she is commonly seen and featured as either a human or a mermaid when she meets Jim.

Because "Jariel" is the more known and commonly used title of Jim x Ariel ship, it is also one of the few known titles that are used to reference the Jasmine x Ariel ship, it could lead to some confusion for those who aren't aware of this fact or know the two Disney ships' other known titles that they can use.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Ariel/Jim on FanFiction.Net
 * Ariel/Jim on FanFiction.Net

DEVIANTART

TUMBLR

= JiMel =  JiMel is the het ship between Melody and Jim Hawkins from the Treasure Planet and The Little Mermaid fandom. AKA: Jelody

Canon
As Melody and Jim are from different series and time periods, they have never met in canon. Even though a few Disney crossover video games could have the two crossing paths with each other or get them added to the same team, by the player's choice.

Both Jim and Melody have a habit of worrying about their mothers, as Jim keeps getting into trouble with the law, while Melody's secret dives in the sea have Ariel searching the entire castle for her. Melody had heard stories about Atlantica but was told that it was "just an old fish tale", and with the questions she had about the necklace she found Melody goes in search of someone who could answer them. While Jim enjoyed hearing stories about Treasure Planet, and the pirates that used it as a strong hold for their treasure, as a child, he knew that its riches would make his and his mother's lives better. At first Jim didn't know what the small, shiny orb was until him playing around with it allowed him to unlock the map's secrets has it shows him, and the two people with him at the time, a green hologram image of Treasure Planet. Similar to how Melody's gold shell-shaped necklace shows a magical image of Atlantica and its merfolk people, whenever it is opened.

As Jim's journey was about to begin he meets the ship's cook and sometime after they become friends Jim learns that he and half the crew are pirates, and Jim becomes heartbroken when he overhears John Silver say that he doesn't care about the young cabin boy. Melody faces a similar betrayal from Morgana, who turns Melody into a mermaid out of the "goodness of her heart"; before tricking her into stealing the Triton. On their journeys both Jim and Melody each make a small and tall friend who aren't humans, as they help Jim and Melody complete their goals to find pirate treasure and a powerful trident, and who later accompany the two home where they meet their mothers.

Fanon
JiMel is a rather popular Disney crossover ship, however, other fans prefer to ship Jim with Melody's mother Ariel. Jariel is JiMel's rival ship in the fandom. Because Treasure Planet has a 18th century Steampunk/Sci-fi setting, fans have either Melody meeting Jim in his world, as she accompanies his journey to Treasure Planet, or has Jim residing in Melody's world, where she is either a human or mermaid when she meets Jim.

While the ship only has 5 fanfics on AO3, JiMel has a well supported fanbase on both DeviantArt and Tumblr. A few fan-made work, sometimes features both of them as merfolk. A commonly used, trait in Little Mermaid ships. There have even been a few fan-artists of the ship who have used renders and screenshots of Ariel in order to create manip fanart of an older Melody that is of Jim's age, or to feature her in a dress that is a bit similar to the one her mother wears, while she is beside him.

The story line normally consists around Jim being a servant in Ariel and Eric's castle and Melody being friend and falling inlove with him, as a "Romeo & Juliet" type of relationship, as Melody is a princess and Jim would be a servant in the Disney universe, assumably.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Jim/Melody tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Jim/Melody tag on FanFiction.Net

DEVIANTART

TUMBLR

= Melgli =  Melgli is the het ship between Mowgli and Melody from The Little Mermaid and The Jungle Book fandom. AKA: Melgi

Canon
As Mowgli and Melody are from different series, they have never met in canon. Even though a few Disney crossover video games could have the two dark-haired kids cross paths with each other or get them added in the same team, by the player's choice.

Throughout their films, both Mowgli and Melody feel most happy in places that they were told to never go near. The jungle being the place where Mowgli was raised among its animals and has friends that reside there, while Melody feels strongly draw to the sea like how her mother was drawn to the land. Her mother's mermaid origins could be the reason why Melody is able to understand certain kinds of animals that live under or close by the sea, while Mowgli's time in the jungle allowed him to learn its many animal tongs. Which is why both young, black-haired Disney characters get along with animals than they do with people.

In Mowgli's second Disney film, he tries to share the beauty and frills of his former jungle home with the other children of the man village, but the dangers of it is what kept the adults from listening to Mowgli and when he was offered a chance to go back into the jungle he took it. In the end, however, Mowgli goes back to live in the village, but from time to time he and his friends sneak into the jungle to have some fun with their animal friends. While the only reason that Melody was kept away from the sea was due to an incident where her young life was placed in danger, and her family were worried that they wouldn't be so lucky next time. When Melody's mother found out about her secret dives on the sea and became upset about it, she met someone who gave her a chance to live in the sea as a mermaid. In the end Melody was given a choice to live with her grandfather in the sea or to remain with her parents on land, she came up with the better idea that allows all of them to be together, without a large wall keeping their worlds apart.

Mowgli's Disney film is based on the book of the same name where he shares the same name as the character he is based on, while Melody's is the sequel to The Little Mermaid, where the first film is based on a fairy tale of the same name.

Fanon
A rarepair, the two are shipped by a small group of fans who believe they would get along very well. In many fanfictions, Melody goes to live with Mowgli in the jungle and ends up loving it more than the ocean. There have even been those who feature them as a young Tarzan and Jane, or have placed Mowgli as a prince that meets Melody when she and her family visit his country and kingdom.

Fandom
DEVIANTART

= Moariel =  Moariel is the femslash ship between Moana and Ariel from the Moana and The Little Mermaid fandoms. AKA: Ocean Girlfriends, Ariana

Canon
As Ariel and Moana are from different series, they have never met in canon. In Ralph Breaks the Internet after Moana summons the Ocean from a fountain, Ariel dives into it and swims upward to create a spiral with the water.

Ariel and Moana both have fathers who are the leaders of their people and who want to keep their daughters safe, as they fear the dangers of places that lie beyond the safety of their borders. Both girls also have dreams that involve going beyond their homes and into the outside world, and feel drawn to places that they are never allowed to go near. Because of their watery connections to the sea, as it is where Ariel is originally from while Moana feels drawn to the ocean and is friends with it, they are seen as Disney princesses of the ocean.

Fanon
A small group of fans started to ship the two some time before Moana was released, and the popularity of the ship continued to grow after. A few fan works of the ship have Moana meeting Ariel through a "watery wall", or has the ocean bringing the two together. The ship sometimes has them in the modern, casual style clothes that the netizen versions of them wear in Ralph Breaks the Internet. After Pixar's Luca came out, a few poeple began to edit or simply portay Luca and Alberto as Moana and Ariel in their modern clothes, for fun. Along with people have the two Disney Princesses spending time with the two young sea monsters, from being well liked underwater characters that people enjoy shipping.

On AO3, the ship has over 25 fanfics, as well as having a reasonable size fanbase on both DeviantArt and Tumblr. A few fan-made work sometimes features both of them as mermaids. A commonly used trait in Ariel ships. As well as having Ariel in her human form beside Moana. Many of the ship's fanart commonly has a water or seaside related backgrounds and settings, since they both hold a connection to water in their own ways and have had spent time on beaches. One YouTuber had merged the "Where You Are" and "Under the Sea" songs together for a Disney Mashup music video, since both songs are of people trying to get Moana and Ariel to stay where they belong and should remain.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Ariel/Moana (Disney) tag on FanFiction.net
 * Ariel/Moana (Disney) tag on FanFiction.net

TUMBLR

DEVIANTART

Trivia

 * The Disney Princess group photo taking with Vanellope, in on of the later trailers of Ralph Breaks the Internet, has netizen Ariel and Moana standing side by side each other.
 * Moana's voice actress, Auli'i Cravalho, portrays Ariel in The Little Mermaid Live.
 * They are two of the limit time characters in Disney Magic Kingdoms.

= Mowriel =  Mowriel is the family ship between Mowgli and Ariel from The Jungle Book and The Little Mermaid fandoms.

Canon
As Mowgli and Ariel are from different series, they have never met in canon. Even though a few Disney crossover video games could have the two crossing paths with each other or get them added to the same team, by the player's choice.

Throughout their Disney films, both Mowgli and Ariel feel most happy in places that they were told to never go near. Her mermaid abilities allow her to understand certain kinds of animals that live under or close by the sea, while Mowgli's time in the jungle allowed him to learn its many animal tongs.

Fanon
The ship commonly has Ariel and Mowgli residing in the jungle world of The Jungle Book, as a family where Ariel commonly serves as Mowgli's adoptive older sister. The family ship between the two Disney characters originates from a The Little Mermaid/The Jungle Book crossover fanfic on DeviantArt that has a loyal following. The story got a few fans to explore idea of Ariel and Mowgli's family bond and their shared times in the jungle together through their own fanworks. There have even been fans who have Ariel turning Mowgli, from a young age, into a merman so she can raise him in her underwater world as his adoptive mother.

Manip fanart of the ship commonly uses screenshots from The Jungle Book, Pocahontas and Tarzan, in order to place Ariel in a jungle. Just as the underwater world side of the ship uses screenshots from The Little Mermaid to feature Mowgli as a merman.

Fans see the two getting into trouble together and helping one another to get out of it. Along with them confiding in one another about some people making choices for them, without their say so. While Bagheera's determination to get Mowgli to the Man Village has him not wanting to be separated from Ariel.

Fandom
DEVIANTART

Trivia

 * The two were guests at the club in The House of Mouse.
 * Both of their films were based off of books/stories of the same name.
 * There have been many non-Disney versions of the two stories.

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