The original The Little Mermaid caused controversy in 1989 and its VHS cover was banned. Credited with starting the Disney Renaissance, The Little Mermaid stars the fourth Disney Princess, Ariel, and follows her quest to be part of the human world. The Little Mermaid was a huge success and two movies followed, The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea and The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning. Ariel’s life has even been shown in a TV series in 1992, also titled The Little Mermaid, which is set at an unspecified time before the original movie.