The wonderful character Sebastian
The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters: From Mickey souris to Hercules by
John Grant
With the exeption of Ariel - and possibly not even with that exception - the étoile, star of the whole montrer is Sebastian, ou (to be fittingly pedantic) Horatio Thelonious Ignacious Crustaceous Sebastian, the little crabe who is Triton's Court Composer and then Ariel's reluctantly conscripted Jiminy Cricket. The animation of Sebastian is a delight, and that surrounding him during the performace of his two brilliant songs - the calypso/reggae "Under the Sea" and the smoothly crooned "Kiss the Girl" - is devastatingly...
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