Over at FindLaw, Brett Snider points out that Ariel the Little Mermaid really should have hired an attorney to look over that contract Ursula wanted her to sign--you know, the one that enables Ariel to be with her true love, but for a very high price. Talk about terrible terms! Just goes to show you that there aren't nearly enough lawyers practicing in Animation-Land or ComicVille. The only ones I can think of, offhand, are Harvey Birdman (Attorney at Law), and the ones the ABA lists here. (Although the Topless Robot Blog lists thirteen more comic book lawyers of varying capabilities and moral persuasions here).
For more fictional fun, check out Deanne Katz's analysis of Bilbo's Hobbit contract here and Tanya Roth's deconstration of the Grinch's holiday legal entanglements here.
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