and subsequent death from exposure to toxic environment of the sewer. |- | The Little Mermaid || 1989 || Produced by Walt Disney Studios, this film portrays a variant of the story by Hans Christian Andersen about Ariel, the mermaid princess who wished for legs. This film was followed by a prequel TV series (The Little Mermaid), a direct-to-video sequel titled The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea featuring the title character's daughter, and a DTV prequel movie in 2008 titled The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning. |- | Hook || 1991 || Produced by TriStar Pictures Amblin Entertainment, three mermaids appear when Peter Pan (Robin Williams) is dropped into the ocean in Neverland. |- | The Secret of Roan Inish || 1994 || Incorporates mysticism into the selkies and their fae children. |- | Mermaid Got Married || 1994 || This Hong Kong romantic-comedy (based on Splash) tells the story of a school teacher who falls in love with a mermaid who'd rescued him as a young boy. The film stars Asian cinema idols Ekin Cheng, Christy Chung, and Takeshi Kaneshiro. |- | Magic Island || 1995 || Lily, a young mermaid, befriends a group of buccaneers and joins them on their quest for Blackbeard's treasure. |- | Sabrina Down Under || 1999 || Sabrina (Melissa Joan Hart) travels to Australia's Great Barrier Reef with her best friend Gwen, a fellow witch from England, for a week-long vacation where they try to help protect a hidden mermaid colony whose habitat is threatened by ocean pollution, and by a local marine biologist, Dr. Julian Martin. |- | The Thirteenth Year || 1999 || A teen learns that his birth mother is a mermaid after he begins to grow fins and slimy scales on his thirteenth birthday. |- | She Creature || 2001 || Circa 1900, a carnival barker named Angus discovers a mermaid held captive in a tank by a disturbed old man. Angus steals the mermaid and loads her on a ship headed for America. When the mermaid is discovered, Angus's lover Lily begins to suspect that the mermaid is more dangerous than she first seemed. |- | Mermaids || 2003 || Erika Heynatz, Nikita Ager, and Sarah Laine are a trio of mermaids who solve their father's murder. |- | Peter Pan || 2003 || Mermaids appear in a small segment: the narrator says they "are not like