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

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

WAAAAAIIIIIIT 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.

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

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!

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

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.

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.

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

I loved the fact that you made a song from Disney into your own little thing LOL it’s so hilarious

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

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

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

Heracles also had a half brother who was fully mortal because Alchmede had a kid with both Zeus and her husband

I’m not going to lie, Mat, I figured this out when I first learned about Greek mythology and who Tritan was. I think the whole fandom even basically declared it canon too

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

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

Ariel's mother died by humans. The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning explains why her mother is not in the picture, something we do not get for a ton of characters or princesses. Definitely recommend it, even if there may be some plot points overlooked.

Indeed this theory is true. Ariel is the first Greece princess since she has her King Triton dad and is the son of Poseidon. And Disney has said that Atlantica's home in the Mediterranean Sea and Eric Castle are somewhere in Italy. Disney changed the Danish history and the origin of the characters. These two movies are my favorite.🤩💜🧡