Mermaid (Le Phare)

The Mermaid is a character from the animated short Le Phare. Her speech was voiced by Juliette Perry and her singing was voiced by Marie Mourton.

Biography
The Mermaid lives on a rocky reef beside a lighthouse. She would use her siren song to lure ships to their doom. The lighthouse keeper would try to use his light to warn ships of the danger. This competition presumably went on for years.

One day, while the two competed, they pushed too hard, causing the lighthouse's light bulb to burst and the mermaid to loose her voice. In the dark, the ship crashed and sank.

A giant barge came near and without the lighthouse's light it threatened to crash into and destroy the lighthouse. The keeper tries to replace the bulb but drops it into the ocean by accident. He leaps into the ocean but does not resurface. The now mute mermaid, having grown fond of the keeper over the years, leaps in to save him. She manages to warn the ship, saving the lighthouse and the ship's crew. The Mermaid and the keeper become a couple.