Here Are Some Of The Wildest Cartoon Fan Theories

This theory gets a little wild. In The Little Mermaid, Ariel’s dad, King Triton, is the son of Poseidon, which makes Poseidon her grandfather. Poseidon is also Zeus’s brother, and Zeus happens to be Hercules’s father. That means King Triton and Hercules are first cousins, making Ariel and Hercules first cousins once removed.