The Little Mermaid: The Series (version

This series is semi-canon to the movies. The series premiered in the fall of 1995 and ended in 2000. The first season shows a first appearnce of Tip the Penguin from The Little Mermaid 2. Unlike TLM 2, Tip can only breathe underwater when Airel use her mini-trident to change him into a aquatic penguin with gills on his neck, fins on his back, a fish tail to replace his legs and the abilly to communicate with fishies with his gills.

Episodes
Season 1

Whale of a Tale: Ariel befriends a baby killer whale that was separated from his family because of human poachers, but the poachers has other plans for the whale.

The Great Sebastian: Sebastian tells Triton that he is capable of making a deal with the Sharkanians (a race of shark-like merfolk with an attitude that matches), but in truth, he is petrified of them and Ariel and Flounder must tag along to help him make the process go smoothly.

The Edge of the Sea: Ariel rides a wild seahorse and gets lost in the wilderness with the seahorse.

Urchin: Ariel befriends an orphaned merboy who has fallen in with the underwater gangster 'Lobster Mobster'.

Double Bubble: Ariel babysits two mischievous mertwins. As lively as the twins are, matters are complicated by the Lobster Mobster, who kidnaps the twins to gain their mother's pearl necklace.

Message in a Bottle: Ariel befriends Simon, a lonely sea dragon, after she, Sebastian and Flounder discover his message he sent in a bottle.

Marriage of Inconvenience: Ariel believes her father King Triton is setting her up for an arranged marriage with a snobbish merprince of Olympia named Prince Thor, and she and her friends go to great lengths to prevent this from happening.

The Evil Manta: Airel meets a dark figure known as the Evil Manta, who tries to take over Atlantica.

What's This?: When a pirate's boot falls into the sea, Ariel, Sebastian, Flounder and their new friend Tip the penguin try to figure out what it is, culminating in the Lobster Mobster and the Evil Manta mistaking it for a weapon.

Eel-Ectric City: Airel and her sisters go to Eel-Ectric City for Alana's brithday, while Tip, Sebastian and Flounder follow. First appearnce of Tip's underwater mode.