Grimsby



Grimsby is Eric's Majordomo in The Little Mermaid 1 and 2. He is voiced by Ben Wright in the 1st movie and Kay E. Kuter in the the second film. Eric sometimes calls him Grim for short.

The Little Mermaid
In the first movie Grimsby is shown sailing with Prince Eric and other sailors to which he gets seasick as he is shown to be leaning over the rails. Some of the sailors begin talking about merpeople to which Grimsby tells to Eric pay no attention to this nonsense but the sailors say that it's true and that there are merpeople living in the ocean. Later on in the film the sailors are celebrating Eric's birthday and Grimsby gives him a statue of himself but tells Eric that he hoped it would of been a wedding present. Eric asks Grimsby if he's sore that Eric didn't fall for the princess of Glauderhaven but Grimsby says it's not just him but the rest of the kingdom wants to see Eric happily settlef down with the right girl which Eric says he will when he finds her.

Then a Hurricane hits and Grimsby, Eric, and the other sailors are all thrown overboard. Grim, Eric, and the other sailors are all save in a rowboat but when Eric climbs back onto the ship to save his dog Max (who jumps overboard and into the rowboat with Grimsby) the ship catches fire and explodes and Eric falls into the water and is saved by Ariel (unknown to Grimsby). Eric is bought ashore by Ariel but she disappears when Grimsby shows up but she is seen by Max. Eric tells Grimsby that a girl saved his life to which Grimsby thinks Eric has just swallowed a little too much seawater and returns with Eric and Max to the palace.

Later Eric finds Ariel and brings her to his palace and to where she is invited to dinner and Grimsby voices his opinion that she is beautiful. Ariel takes Grimsby's pipe and blows it (thinking it will play music) and she blows its contents into his face. Grimsby says that Eric should take Ariel on a tour of the kingdom to which Eric agrees and does so.

As Eric starts to fall for Ariel, even though she cannot speak and he does not know she is the one who saved his life, Grimsby notices this, and approaches him and suggests that he forget his dream girl, and instead accept one who is warm and caring and real.

When Ursula, disguised as Vanessa, arrives with Ariel's voice and enchants Eric to want to marry her, Grimsby is surprised, but manages to arrange a wedding at sea within the space of a few hours. During the wedding Scuttle the seagul and other birds and sea creatures swarm in and stop the wedding and cause Vanessa/Ursula's necklace to break and have Ariel's voice returned to her much to Grimsby and the other guests surprise. When Ursula transforms back into herself and kidnaps Ariel Eric follows them in a rowboat to which Grimsby asks Eric what he's doing to which Eric says That he lost Ariel once and won't lose her again. In the end after Ursula is destroyed and Ariel is turned into human Eric and Ariel are married and at the wedding Charlotta grabs Grimsby's shirt and cries happily in it.