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But how did they make the high pitched squeaking? A creaky hinge? Pulling a balloon end?

Funny you should mention that, since ​ “Fairly OddParents” creator Butch Hartman actually admitted on his podcast series “Speech Bubbles” that he based the character of Denzel Crocker on Eugene Levy’s character Walter Kornbluth from “Splash”: ua-cam.com/video/U2Ro_mGVnBc/v-deo.htmlm12s

And YOU are humorless.

Unlike Ariel, Madison is an ADULT (presumably in her 20s), so she doesn’t come with the stereotypical teenage traits of selfishness and impulsivity that Ariel has. Sure, like Ariel, Madison may start off as dopey and naive on land, since she’s a literal fish out of water, BUT unlike Ariel, Madison shows herself to be *a quick learner (as evidenced by her learning English from watching six consecutive hours of TV, and by her being able to ice skate in one try despite never being exposed to ice),* as well as someone who can *easily navigate around the human world in her own way (as evidenced by her ability to convince the male construction workers that instead of paying for the soon-to-be demolished mermaid fountain with hard cash, Madison will instead trade in her NECKLACE for the mermaid fountain that would then be installed in Allen’s bedroom thanks to Madison’s instruction).* It also helps that unlike Ariel who spied on Eric from afar and was convinced that Eric was the one for her despite knowing nothing about him, Madison had already met Allen when they were LITTLE KIDS in the film’s prologue. Sure the two never shared a verbal conversation, obviously due to being underwater, BUT the young Madison could still sense the young Allen’s KIND, LOVING NATURE towards her as evidenced by *Allen reaching out his hand for Madison to grab and Allen staring happily into Madison’s eyes.* Yes, the prologue in “Splash” is very much a “love at first sight” scenario, but it’s meant to show that Allen and Madison were destined to be together, as they both waited 20 years to reunite as adults and consummate their love. Furthermore, unlike Ariel, Madison doesn’t give up her world to be with Allen on land, but rather ALLEN gives up his world to be with Madison 🎶under the sea🎶. It’s weird how “Splash” (which was released under Disney’s “Touchstone Films” banner) PREDATES Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” by five years because “Splash” feels like a response to the criticisms levied against “The Little Mermaid”. 😂 What happened to feminism between 1984 and 1989? 😂

@@beethovensfidelio That's a really good comparison between the characters. Madison is 100% better than Ariel.

@@willfomes406 Ariel is not my favorite movie mermaid, since that obviously goes to Madison in “Splash”, but I don’t despise her either since my autistic self can relate to Ariel feeling like no one understands her “special interest” in human culture (for me, my special interests include collecting sheet music; listening to Israeli pop singers like Ofra Haza and Yardena Arazi; and obsessing over 80s movies that deserve more love like “Splash” and “For Keeps?”). Plus I love Ariel’s design, which ironically came about because the animators didn’t want to turn Ariel into an animated version of Madison. 😂

@@willfomes406 ​ ​It’s worth noting that the original ending of “Splash” didn't have Allen (Tom Hanks) jumping in the water to be with Madison (Daryl Hannah). HOWEVER, according to director Ron Howard in the DVD commentary for “Splash”, the ending was changed to have the lovers swim off in the ocean thanks to the suggestions of *Ron’s wife, producer Brian Grazer's wife, AND the wives of screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel* (in fact, Babaloo's wife went as far as saying to Babaloo, *”If he doesn't go, you go!”).* ⁣ Even the June 1984 issue of the British sci-fi magazine “Starburst” corroborated this, by having Ron Howard state: ⁣ ⁣ *”At one point we didn’t really go for a happy ending, more for a bittersweet one. Actually all of our wives protested about that so much that we listened to them - and I’m so glad we did!”.* ⁣ Source of quote above: archive.org/details/Starburst_Magazine_071_1984-06_Marvel-UK/page/n17/mode/1up

@@willfomes406 ​ ​Contrast that with “The Little Mermaid” where NO WOMEN (not even the wives of directors and screenwriters John Musker and Ron Clements) were consulted for the script, which might explain the feminist backlash against Ariel changing herself in order to be with Eric on land.

Unlike most Hallmark movies where it’s the woman giving up her career, her home, and her friends to marry some generic hot guy, it’s the MAN giving up his career, his home, and his friends to be with the mermaid he loves under the sea.

I consider this and You've Got Mail (where the leads speak like they're Dawson's Creek characters) to be my favorite Hanks romcoms.

Female nudity to be more precise, since before “Splash”, there was “Pollyanna” which opens with a closeup of a BOY’S butt as he swings on a rope to go skinny dipping with his buddies; and there also was “Never Cry Wolf” in which there’s brief nudity of Charles Martin Smith both front and back as he runs with the caribou.