Ariel, the little mermaid
The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters: From Mickey panya, kipanya to Hercules by
John Grant
Character Description of Princess Ariel from "The Little Mermaid" (1989)
Tawny-haired Ariel was one of the most immediately maarufu animated heroines to emerge from the Disney stable for a very long time - indeed, it's hard to remember any at all that might match her in this respect. It is easy enough to explain away this phenomenal success in terms of sexual allure, of which she has plenty, yet that doesn't really get to the moyo of the matter, for in many ways she is also a very childlike character....
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