Grimsby

Grimsby is Eric's manservant, and confidant in The Little Mermaid (film) and it's sequel.

Eric sometimes calls him Grim for short.

Background

Not much about his past is known. Not even how he met Eric.

Live Action Film

Personality

He is clueless that when showing Eric's birthday gift to everyone on the ship. No one didn't like it especially Max who angrily growls at it.

Live Action Film

Appearance

Live Action Film

The Little Mermaid (film)

In the first movie, Grimsby is shown sailing with Prince Eric and his crew, apparently suffering from seasickness. He overhears the sailors talking about mermaids and dismisses the talk as nonsense, advising Eric to do the same. The sailors, however, insist that merpeople really exist.

Later in the film, the crew is celebrating Eric's birthday on board the ship. As a birthday gift, Grimsby presents Eric with a large statue of the prince, though Grimsby remarks that he wished it could have been a wedding present. The film reveals that Eric recently refused to marry a princess from another land. Grimsby remarks that the entire kingdom, himself included, wishes to see Eric happily married. Eric responds that he will marry when he finds the right girl.

Later, the ship is caught in a hurricane, with Grimsby, Eric, and the crew all thrown overboard. Grimsby and the others are able to reach a lifeboat, but Eric returns to the ship to save his dog Max. Max is able to safely get to the lifeboat, but the ship explodes due to fire, and Eric is thrown overboard. Grimsby later finds Eric safely on shore, where Eric reveals that a girl (actually the mermaid named Ariel, unknown to either) saved his life. Grimsby dismisses Eric's claims as a result of Eric swallowing too much seawater, and returns to the palace with Eric and Max.

When Eric discovers a mute Ariel, who had been recently transformed into a human, Grimsby notes that the girl is beautiful. Ariel, believing Grimsby's pipe to be a musical instrument, and blows it in his face. Grimsby suggests that Eric take the girl on a tour of the kingdom, which Eric does. As time goes on, Grimsby notices that Eric is falling for Ariel. He councils Eric to forget his dream girl (Eric wished to marry the girl who saved him, not realizing it was Ariel), and to accept the real one he has.

Later, Ursula, disguised as Vanessa, arrives and uses Ariel's voice to enchant Eric into marrying her. Grimsby is surprised at how slutty Eric's new choice of bride seems and wonders if she might not just be a bitch, but manages to arrange a wedding at sea within the space of a few hours. During the wedding, Scuttle and other birds and sea creatures swarm in and stop the wedding mostly by zeroing their attacks in on Vanessa's face and butt though also a few get aimed at her breasts and even vagina causing her to scream and act just as bitchily as Gimsby thought she might be and cause Vanessa/Ursula's necklace to break and have Ariel's voice returned to her much to the surprise of Grimsby and the other guests. Ursula resumes her normal form and kidnaps Ariel. Eric follows them in a rowboat, causing Grimsby to question Eric's actions. In the end, after Ursula is destroyed and Ariel is turned into human, Eric and Ariel are married. At the wedding, Carlotta grabs Grimsby's shirt and cries happily in it.

The Little Mermaid 2

Grimsby returns in the sequel but has a smaller role than in the previous film. He is present at the celebration of Melody's birth. When Ursula's sister, Morgana arrives, she grabs Grimsby and asks him if their prior actions towards Ursula were fair. Grimsby is later present at Melody's twelfth birthday party, where he formally presents Melody as she enters. Grimsby later watches sadly as Melody runs away from the party.

Grimsby is not seen again until the end of the film. As everyone is celebrating in the water, Eric asks Grimsby to come in and join them. Grimsby attempts to refuse, but before he can finish, he is knocked into the water by Max.

TV Show Appearances

House of Mouse 

Grimsby only appears in the episode Everybody Loves Mickey, where he is seen sitting with Judge Claude Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Grumpy from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

Knownable Relatives

• Prince Eric and Ariel (caretakers)
• Melody (Surrogate niece)
• Max (ally)
• Carlotta (ally)
• Chef Louis (ally)
• Scuttle (ally)
• Sebastian (ally) 
• King Triton (aly)

Trivia

• Grimsby shares the same voice actor as Roger Radcliffe of One Hundred and One Dalmatians and Rama in The Jungle Book. While Ben Wright was auditioning for Grimsby, the producers didn't know who he was so he had to end up telling them he provided the voice of Roger for One Hundred and One Dalmatians.
• Sadly, Ben Wright, the voice of Grim, died just before The Little Mermaid came out.
• Kay E. Kuter also passed away in 2003 2yrs after The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea. He took over the role of Grimsby when The Little Mermaid TV series came out before the sequel.
• Its unknown who will be voicing Grimsby next.
• In the Broadway show, Grimsby was portrayed by Jonathan Freeman, who is more famously known for voicing the classic villain, Jafar.

Voice Actors

• Japanese : the late Joji Yanami (both films)
• English : the late Ben Wright (first film), the late Kay E. Kuter (tv series & sequel)

Played by in (Live Action) : Art Malik (Live Action Film) & Dominique Kelley (Musical)

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