Nyah

Nyah was a mermaid who appeared in a few episodes of the TV series Fantasy Island. She appeared in episode 11 of season 3, episode 2 of season 4, and episode 18 of season 7. Nyah is portrayed by actress Michelle Phillips.

Biography
Nyah is a daughter of Puridia, king of the dark blue city of the deep, making her a mermaid princess. Nyah has encountered Mr. Roarke on several occasions, and Nyah has lost to him every time.

Recently, Nyah was thrown to the beach by a storm. Even though, Nyah was tired and about to die, Nyah sensed a man trapped in water, she told him how to get free from the kelp. The man, Harold, was grateful, and decided to help her. Harold took Nyah to his room, and placed her into the bathtub. Having recovered enough, Nyah changed into water and left the bath via the drain.

Nyah fell in love with Harold, but Harold was already married to Sandy. Nyah swam with Harold under the sea, and promised him the eternity with her, if he'd leave his wife and would come with her during the next high tide. Mr. Roarke tried to warn Nyah away from Harold, reminding her their previous encounters, but Nyah felt too strongly about her love and ignored his warning. After thinking it over, Harold left his wife to be with Nyah, but Sandy stopped him saying that she still loves him. Sandy went as far as to attack Nyah, but Nyah being a mermaid got the upper hand in the sea and pushed her under the water. Harold stopped Nyah from killing Sandy, and returned with his wife to the dry land leaving Nyah alone again.

Later Nyah Returned, but now she didn't want to lure men into sea, she wanted to find out what mortal love is like. Mr. Roarke then took away her tail, and gave her legs. Nyah has trouble swimming with legs, and clinged to a blank. A plane picked her up and landed on Fantasy Island, Nyah arrived like a traditional costumer of Mr. Roarke. Nyah constantly got in trouble and once she even got spanked by Mr. Roarke. She eventually thought she's in-love with Mr. Roarke, but Roarke set her strait, that it's mostly parental love. Nyah let herself to be turned back to mermaid to save Tattoo, who she sent on the sea and made a storm to hold him there.

After several years Nyah again returned to Fantasy Island wanting to become mortal. But when Mr. Roarke refused her wish, she wanted revenge on him.