The Little Mermaid (1992) - Troll High (September 1, 1995/S4 E15A)
Series: The Little Mermaid: The Animated Series (1992)
Fanon Air Date: September 1, 1995
Fanon Placement: Season 4, Episode 15
Episode Summary:
In this fantasy crossover concept, Ariel, Flounder, and Sebastian are sucked into a magical underwater whirlpool that transports them to an alternate reef populated entirely by Sea Trolls. To blend in and find a way home, Ariel accidentally enrolls in "Troll High"—a chaotic, undersea high school. She must survive bizarre classes like Advanced Kelp Pranks and Gym Class Locker-Slamming, all while avoiding the suspicious Principal Gristlefish. The episode takes a dramatic turn when Ariel gets trapped in a high-tech locker room system. Sebastian and Flounder manage to shrink down inside a tiny mechanical bathysphere to rescue her from a maze of pipes, directly mirroring a classic sci-fi shrinking plot.
When Squidward gets angry and screams at them through his nervous system to leave, the dialogue plays out in a chaotic misunderstanding:
- Squidward (Yelling): "GO!"
- Patrick (Mishearing, looking at the control panel): "Grow?"
- (Patrick aggressively smashes the massive emergency GROW button)
- SpongeBob, Sandy, and Squidward (Simultaneously in panic): "NO!"