Everything you thought you knew was LIES.

We all remember The Little Mermaid with fondness, right?

It has all the elements of a great Disney film; action, drama, romance, an evil Sea Witch and some classic songs.

However, The Huffington Post have published a fan theory that American woman, Mary Falls, posted to her Facebook page, that could ruin everything you thought you knew.

“After 26 years, today I stumbled on a plot hole in “The Little Mermaid” that will haunt me for the rest of my days. This changes everything,” Mary wrote.

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We all know the story of The Little Mermaid, right? If it’s been a couple of

years

decades since you’ve seen it, here’s a refresher:

Sixteen-year-old Princess Ariel, mermaid daughter of merman, King Triton, is completely dissatisfied with underwater life and dreams of living on the land. Ariel and her friend, Sebastian, the talking crab, go to ocean’s surface where she spies Prince Eric and falls instantly in love. His ship starts to burn so she saves him. Ariel sings to him but leaves as soon as he begins to wake up and he vows to find whoever it was that was singing to him.

Evil Sea Witch, Ursula strikes up a deal with Ariel; she will make her a human for three days (in exchange for her voice), and in that time she must receive ‘true loves kiss’ otherwise she will transform back into a mermaid and belong to Ursula. Ursula takes the form of a human also and uses Ariel’s voice so Eric will love her, but true love prevails and only once Ariel get’s her voice back does Eric realise that it was her all along and they live happily every after. Oh, and then she grows legs.

But one thing that could have saved her a bunch of trouble, Mary explained.

And that is if Ariel had learned to read and write. Mary writes:

Look at the penmanship!

Agreed Mary, agreed.

What do you think of the plot hole? Let us know in the comments.