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STOP CRITICIZING ME!! That's all my mother ever did: was criticized me! It was always "Ursula this" or "Ursula that" or "Morgana, why can't you be more like your sister URSULA?!!"
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~ Morgana furiously ranting about her past as the unfavorite of her family.
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I am the queen of the sea and you will bow down before me!
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~ Morgana as she possesses the trident in her hands.
Morgana is a major antagonist in Disney's The Little Mermaid franchise. She is Ursula's younger sister who, like Ursula, wants to rule the Seven Seas. She is also Undertow and Cloak and Dagger's boss and Melody's arch-nemesis.
Morgana has somewhat a resemblance to her sister Ursula, except she's skinnier, her skin is light green and her octopus arms are green. The bottom portion of her body resembles a black gown.
Biography[]
When Morgana was young, she was liked less than Ursula by their mother. Morgana got criticized for not being as talented as Ursula, leading to an inferiority complex and resentment to her sister. Their mother soon died as revealed by Morgana when she, herself, usurped King Triton's throne, becoming queen herself. A picture of Ursula and Morgana's mother was seen in the deleted scene "Gonna Get My Wish". It’s less likely she was banished from Triton's kingdom like her sister Ursula was though.
The party celebrating the birth of Triton's granddaughter, Melody, is interrupted by Morgana attempting to prove her superiority over Ursula. She attempts to get her hands on Triton's trident by threatening him that she will feed Melody to her enormous tiger shark assistant Undertow if he refuses. However, Ariel uses a sail to attack Morgana, causing Melody to fall off the ship. Undertow tries to eat her, but fails when Triton transforms Undertow into a tiny fish and Prince Eric rescues her. Morgana and her two manta rays, Cloak and Dagger, as well as Undertow leave in a huge funnel, warning Triton that even though he will never find her, she will find him and his granddaughter. Though Melody and the trident were safe, Princess Ariel feels concerned about her daughter's safety and declares that until Morgana is found, Melody must never go to the sea. As a result, a huge wall was built to separate the land and sea.
12 years later, Morgana, Undertow, Cloak and Dagger took refuge in an iceberg lair. Morgana is trying several attempts to change Undertow back into a large tiger shark, but all fail. Morgana believes that Trident is too powerful for her. It’s revealed that Morgana doesn’t like being criticized because her mother criticized her and would tell her she should be more like Ursula. It’s also revealed that their mother favored Ursula over Morgana. She and Undertow argue about whose fault was what about hiding in the arctic for 12 frostbitten years. Suddenly, Morgana's orb shines and shows her Melody discovering her seashell locket that her grandfather gave her as a baby, inciting Morgana to use Melody to her advantage.
After Melody discovers her mother's secret from the locket, she runs away from home on row boat after her mother refused to answer why she doesn't allow her daughter in the sea. Melody then comes across Morgana's minions who brings her to their Ice Cave. Once she meets Morgana there, Morgana uses her sister's magic to turn her into a mermaid. Melody goes swimming in her new from while Morgana and Undertow sing "Gonna Get My Wish". Later Melody arrives back to Morgana's lair to thank her. After Melody thanks her, Morgana plots by fake-crying. Morgana reveals that the mermaid spell is temporary. Morgana lies to Melody that "her" Trident was "stolen" by a "deranged kleptomaniac" (she's referring to Triton and his trident) and that "there is no one left to give it back for her". Melody tells Morgana that maybe she could return it on her behalf. Morgana acts surprised. She shows Melody the map and where the "scoundrel" lives. Melody asks if she means that it wasn't just "an ordinary fish tale" like her mother told her and if it really exists. Morgana says, "Of course it exists. Whoever told you otherwise?" Melody tells Morgana that her mother did. Morgana responds that she's sure that Ariel didn't mean to be cruel and deceitful. Melody says that she’ll bring back the trident in order to make the spell permanent and that she can count on her. Morgana says, "Be careful, dear! Enjoy those fins!" Then she says softly with an evil grin "while you can", and chuckles sadistically.
Morgana sees Melody, Tip and Dash near Atlantica. Morgana sends Cloak and Dagger to go and ensure that nothing interferes with Melody's return.
Ariel and Flounder have followed Cloak and Dagger to her lair. Just as Melody is about to give Morgana the trident, Ariel shows up and stops her, frantically. Seeing her mother as a mermaid, Melody is angry and shocked that Ariel hid the truth about her true heritage and her locket. Morgana and Ariel are trying to convince Melody to give the trident to each other. But Melody, angry at Ariel for hiding the truth about her locket, gives it to Morgana. Morgana cackles and claims that all the seven seas are at her command. She grabs Ariel and keeps her in her tentacle's grasp. Morgana reveals that Ariel was only trying to protect her from her and confesses that she tricked Melody into giving the trident to her, as well as Triton being the king of the seas and is Melody's grandfather. Melody realizes the truth and claims that Morgana tricked her, only for Morgana to respond that Melody has no one to blame but herself. She asks her if being a mermaid was worth it before throwing her into a cavern, with Flounder following her. Morgana begins creating an ice wall to trap them. She also informs Melody that the mermaid spell will soon wear off before finishing the wall. With Ariel bound and gagged by her tentacles, and with the trident in her hand, Morgana goes to the surface, Undertow following close behind.
Morgana rises to the roof of her own lair on top of her new cliff. Prince Eric, his crew, and Scuttle arrive in battle the now-powerful sea witch. However, Morgana destroys Prince Eric's boat. Prince Eric and his crew are forced to stand on the ice and they survive. Triton, his guards and Sebastian arrive in battle the now-powerful sea witch as well. Morgana dares Triton to hurt her and then cackles. After Undertow taunts Triton, Sebastian chases Undertow, angrily but Morgana returns Undertow to his natural shark form and Sebastian manages to flee. Prince Eric takes his sword out and asks, angrily, where Melody is and what she has done with her. Morgana replies, "Oh, you wanna join your daughter? Well, I think that can be arranged." She commands Cloak and Dagger to take Prince Eric to Melody underwater to drown. Scuttle distracts Morgan and Ariel and Sebastian rescue Prince Eric, while Tip and Dash defeat Undertow (by causing him to smash into a wall, shattering his teeth) and rescue Melody. Sebastian defeats Cloak and Dagger by tangling up their tails.
Despite the heroes' efforts, Morgana still has the power of the trident and forces all the creatures she sees to bow down to her. Melody realizes that she has to get the trident herself since Ariel, Tip and Dash are forced to bow down to Morgana and Prince Eric is too unconscious to help. Melody realizes that she has legs and that power of Morgana can’t harm her. Morgana then forces Triton to bow down. Morgana looks up at the sky and declares to her late mother that she has finally won. As Morgana sentences Triton to oblivion, Melody surprises Morgana by snatching the trident from her, releasing everyone. Morgana, eventually tries to take the trident away by tying up one of Melody's feet, she lifts Melody upside down and tries to grab the trident back, but Melody stabs the trident through two of Morgana's tentacles, making the witch scream in horrific pain, freeing her and she throws the trident back to Triton.
Horrified, Morgana pushes Melody off the cliff after she throws the trident to Triton, but Dash saves Melody by causing her to land safely on his belly.
Triton catches his trident and furiously says to Morgana, “Never again will you or yours threaten my family. There will be no escape for you — ever!" Finally, he imprisons Morgana in a small iceberg as punishment for her crimes, which falls off the cliff when her icy cave starts to collapse, dropping her into the ocean. Still alive while she sinks, she whimpers "Mommy!" because she realizes that she has failed her mother again by being defeated. Her picture of Ursula sinks along with her, not far behind.
Personality[]
Like her older sister, Morgana is oppressive, cruel, sarcastic and manipulative. She shows that she hates being criticized in the film when she berates Undertow. She wants to steal the trident to prove her superiority over her sister. However, she lacks her sister's deviousness and gets easily upset when she is told that she is not as good as her when using potions, as shown when Morgana fails all attempts to turn Undertow back into a shark, much to her embarrassment. Morgana is shown to have a twisted sense of humor, such as at the beginning when she grabbed Eric's advisor, Grimsby and said: "Now, is that fair, Gramps? I asked you.". She tickled Grimsby's chin with her fingers and with a nice smile. She then said, "But then whoever said we had to play fair?". Though Morgana's personality is different, she does have the same objective as Ursula. Many people think that she was less interesting than Ursula. However, at the same time she managed to hang on to the trident longer than her.
Although she ultimately desired vengeance against Ariel and Eric for their role in Ursula's death, she also simultaneously disliked and envied her sister due to her neglect from her mother, as the latter favored Ursula far more. This dislike is shown when she is shown to have a picture of her late sister where instead of treasuring said item, she fired darts at it out of spite when remembering their mother favored her. Also in a deleted song, she sung about how her sister "blew it!" and lost the trident to Ariel which led to her defeat before stating it was her time to take power.
Powers and Abilities[]
Potion Crafting: Morgana much like her sister was a skilled sorceress in potion crafting, though unlike her sister, Morgana was not as powerful or as skilled as Ursula. This was proved when she was unable to turn Undertow back to his original form with her claiming that the power of the trident was to powerful for her to overcome.
Ink Generation: Morgana was able to generate ink from her tentacles to make various shapes and images from it. She was able to conjure up a image of the trident and make Undertow take on the likeness of Triton.
Master Manipulator: Morgana much like her sister was a master at manipulation, she was able to manipulate Melody into stealing the trident for her. She used Melody's dreams and desires to gain her trust and even affection to an extent.
Master of Deception: Unlike her sister Ursula who came up as a arrogant and pompous person with a clear sadistic personality Morgana made herself look like someone who actually cared for her victim. She made Melody think she was a person who wanted to help her and supported her dreams, this façade truly worked and managed to trick Melody to do her biding.
Trident's Powers: Once Morgana gained control over the trident she had gained a new wide verity of powers such as:
Thalassokinesis: Thanks to the trident she had complete control over the seven seas.
Ocean Lordship: Due to her possession of the trident she was able to command the ocean along with all it's inhabitants, which was shown when she made almost all her enemies bow to her, even King Triton himself was forced to bow before her. Despite having such immense power her authority and subjugation was only limited to creatures of the ocean, as Melody was able to face her without being affected by this power.
Cryokinesis: Through the power of the trident she was able to manipulate ice to a grand scale, she was able to create large spike constructs of ice and create a huge tower with a throne on it.
Energy Projection: Morgana was able to shoot powerful green energy beams from the trident that were powerful enough to cut through large chunks of ice.
Transmutation: With the trident Morgana was able to transform Undertow back to his original form.
Relationships[]
Relatives[]
Ursula (older sister; deceased)
Unnamed mother (deceased)
Allies/Minions[]
Undertow
Cloak and Dagger
Enemies[]
King Triton (arch-nemesis)
Melody
Ariel
Prince Eric
Flounder
Sebastian
Scuttle
Tip and Dash
Trivia[]
Morgana serves as a dark counterpart to Ariel. Morgana represents what Ariel would've become if she didn't tell Melody the truth about her mermaid heritage, kept her daughter walled in, and continued to forbid her from exploring the ocean.
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