This is a quick article covering the little mermaid subliminal messages – the assorted hidden pictures and videos you can see in the movie.

This is not a secret by any stretch of the information - these messages have been exposed all over the internet, in forums, and blogs. Often they have a sexual implication, such as hiding the word “sex” somewhere in the background of the animation, making sexual suggestions or perhaps brief sexual gestures, or as in the classic image of the little mermaid movie poster / dvd cover where one of the towers of the castle in the background is in the shape of a penis.

The other famous subliminal message in the little mermaid is at the end in the wedding scene – when the priest introduces them he has a suspicious bulge in his pants :) You can see these two examples in our little mermaid subliminal messages videos.

This subliminal suggestion was visible in the 1989 release of the movie, but since then Walt Disney confirmed that the priest’s not so subliminal revelation was deleted and is no longer present in the DVD re-release.

There could be various reasons why disney would want to use subliminal messaging. Of course Disney always strictly deny any knowledge of the messages.

But there have been times when they give a slightly better response (although still not giving much away) – something to the effect that “the messages were put there by lower level employees in the design team and do not reflect the wishes or interests of the Disney corporation”.

They also tend to remove most of the messages from future releases as they are found, but still skeptics say that Disney is fully aware of the hidden messages, and offer various different reasons for why they are included:

  • They include sexual messages to help their films appeal to adults - so that the cartoons are not just of interest to children.

  • Linking the movie in any way to sex makes it more memorable, and more popular, even when done in this slight subliminal fashion.

  • The practice has become a regular part of the production process, it is normal and even EXPECTED: There is usually a “game” to find the messages each time a new movie comes out.

  • They bring extra publicity and any publicity is good PR and increases the profile of the movie.

However they came to be there, there is no denying the existence of some of these hidden suggestions!

We hope you have enjoyed this article, if you want to use subliminal messaging for your own personal development yourself and make positive changes to your life then please view our entire collection of subliminal messages here.

 

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