Little Mermaid, The (television) Animated television series debuting on September 12, 1992, on CBS and ending September 2, 1995, utilizing the voices of Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll, Kenneth Mars, and Samuel E. Wright from the original film, and adding others, such as Danny Cooksey (Urchin), Edan Gross (Flounder), and Maurice La Marche (Scuttle). The series continues the stories of Ariel and her rebelling against the rules of her father, though the stories take place prior to the happenings in the motion picture. Urchin is an orphan merboy, full of boyish enthusiasm, who is befriended by Ariel. 31 episodes.