Overall, MERMAID MAGIC has a high production value and interesting plotlines that leave the viewer wanting to know more about the unfolding mysteries. The show has a strong moral worldview, with themes focusing on helping others, taking responsibility, protecting the environment, and sacrificing oneself for the greater good. MERMAID MAGIC contains many magical elements, as the mermaids have powers and special rings that make them more powerful. There are also some frightening scenes with thematic action and violence and a scary skeleton pirate villain, so Movieguide® advises caution for younger viewers.
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Strong moral worldview; the mermaids frequently talk about helping others and working together, as well as the responsibility Merlinda feels to help the people of Mertropia as their princess. Episode Three shares the story of Merlinda’s mother’s disappearance, where she sacrificed herself for the good of Mertropia, giving the mermaids time to close the portal and keep the sea monsters out of the kingdom;
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Cartoon violence, with many fighting scenes between the mermaids and the sea monsters, who get turned into goop when the mermaids kill them;
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Pirate villain Barbarossa wants to steal the mermaid’s magic, mermaids try to trick guards into letting them through the portal and one uses her powers to knock them out, one mermaid ignores her father’s command to return to Mertropia, one girl lies to her father and tells him the mermaids are exchange students that he gave them permission to live in the home, human students are mean to the mermaids when they join the school, Barbarossa and a human are dumping toxic waste in the ocean for profit
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MERMAID MAGIC is an animated Netflix series for children. It follows Merlinda, the princess of Mertropia, and her friends, Nerissa and Sasha, as they venture into the human world to find magic pearls and save their kingdom. The first three episodes follow the mermaids as they make friends with siblings Tyler and Celia, learn more about humanity and fight off the sea monsters who attack them at every turn.
Episode 1 introduces viewers to Princess Merlinda, her friends Nerissa and Sasha, and her father, King Seaford, who lives in Mertropia with the rest of the mermaids. As the mermaids head to school, the sky suddenly grows dark. Merlinda learns her father has been using his life force to power the magic pearls that protect the kingdom. The pearls are running out of power, and King Seaford’s life force won’t last forever.
Merlinda and her friends sneak through the portal from Mertropia to the outside world and find more pearls armed with a map made by Merlinda’s mother. The mermaids are separated and lose the map after a dangerous encounter with sea monsters. Merlinda washes up on siblings Tyler and Celia’s boat while the sea monsters bring the map to the evil pirate Barbarossa, who wants to steal the mermaids’ powers.
In Episode 2, Merlinda wakes up on land and is initially scared of Tyler and Celia. They convince her they want to help, and she shares her quest for the magic pearls. She also realizes that her magic trident ring has broken, cutting down on her power. The siblings decide to help her, taking her to the town’s pirate museum to go through the archives in search of answers. Meanwhile, Nerissa and Sasha wash up on shore and look for Merlinda, making their way to the pirate museum.
The mermaids’ use of their powers alerts the sea monsters to their location, and they attack the museum. Merlinda, Nerissa, and Sasha team up and fight them off with the help of Tyler and Celia. They capture one of the sea monsters and plan to use it to find the monster’s lair. Meanwhile, Barbarossa struggles to unlock the map’s secrets. After learning of the mermaids’ presence on land, he vows to find and capture them.
Episode 3 follows the mermaids as they go to school with Tyler and Celia to find out if anyone has seen the monsters or knows where they come from. One student reveals he saw the monsters in the school basement. When the group investigates, they find an underground river explaining how the sea monsters have been popping up around town.
While the mermaids fight them off, the monsters attack, and Celia recalls a special ring in the museum’s archives. She gets the ring to Merlinda, who uses it to defeat the monsters. She also realizes that the ring belonged to her mother, who disappeared when she was a baby after sacrificing herself to fight off the monsters. Despite being far from finding the map they need; the mermaids take heart after Tyler and Celia offer to use their knowledge to help locate the pearls to save Mertropia.
Overall, MERMAID MAGIC has a high production value and interesting plotlines that leave the viewer wanting to know more about the unfolding mysteries. The show has a strong moral worldview, with themes focusing on helping others, taking responsibility, protecting the environment, and sacrificing oneself for the greater good. MERMAID MAGIC contains many magical elements, as the mermaids have powers and special rings that make them more powerful. There are also some frightening scenes with thematic action and violence and a scary skeleton pirate villain, so Movieguide® advises caution for younger viewers.
