Film Theory: Ariel is RELATED to Hercules?! (Disney’s Connected Universe)

What does the little mermaid and Hercules have in common?
How about a family tree. It would appear that Disney has been Secretly building a SINGLE Disney Universe all along. Sure this may sound ridiculous, but the evidence is there.

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[adeleaslan]

“Zeus fell in love with a mortal woman”
This narrows it down to about half of Greece

[IgnatiusBlaze]

A MINUTE, does this mean Pirates of the Caribbean is canonically connected. Calypso is the daughter of Atlas the titan that holds up the sky, the nephew of Cronus the father of Zeus (Zues and Atlas are cousins essentially), meaning she is the second cousin of Hercules/Heracles, and the second cousin once removed of Ariel.

[grey]

Maybe Rapunzel's magical healing hair is because Apollo just decided to bless a flower one day to see what happens because- well he's a God

[brundag]

Hey MatPat, it’s been four years and I’m still waiting for a second episode explaining how they’re all connected, please.

[triciadeyoung]

Theory:

Rapunzel's magic hair heals. Apollo is the God of music, archery, and healing. She is a daughter of Apollo. Cabin 7 for her.

[coolbeanz]

MatPat: “This is a topic we’re going to continue to explore.”
Doesn’t continue to explore
Us: 👁👄👁

[ticsyringe]

Nobody:
People who know greek mythology (Or just read Percy Jackson): Oh I see where this is going

[josemanuel]

9:14 Actually the first historical story about Cinderella is the Greek story of Rhodopis who was an Egyptian slave which was given sandals, but a hawk stole one of them and brought them to the Pharaoh which searched for her, found her and they fell in love, so it's even more related to Greek history!

[ProjektTaku]

"Zeus fell in love with a mortal woman"
"you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?"

[Masonwhite]

It’s actually really common in Greek mythology for gods to have kids with mortals

[ThatPotatoNeon]

(When Hades is a chill guy but the movie makes him a villain)

Well darn.

[jonathanmoore]

This actually makes a ton of sense; Triton is the titan of the sea, and since Ariel is his daughter she could be considered an Olympian herself.

[adegoodman]

“Who is technically his sister”

Sweet home Alabama

[thespectrum]

"this is a topic we'll continue to explore"
*2 years pass*
Oh boy I can't wait to see more of the connected universe of disney

[dulcealvarez]

flash news : ariel is related to hercules

greek mythology: no kidding

[nanaz.]

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[sheshefos]

I bet Disney is just watching this video like :
"He's on to us, cut the script cut the script !!!"

[Angel-rbbq]

Frozen 2: *Exists*

Film Theorists: *Shocked Pikachu Face*

[bubblybobabubbles]

Theories: *Frozen is connected to Tangled and Little Mermaid and--*
Frozen 2: Imma end this man's whole career

[EntropyEnsues]

There's actually a few other things in different movies that connect them,
In Aladdin during a Whole New World they fly through a bunch of backgrounds from other movies
The Scar Skin in Hercules, like Matpat pointed out, implies they're in the same universe but it also doesn't really line up with Scar's death
Getting eaten alive by hyenas wouldn't preserve the fur but that's probably why he didn't try to connect it