Editing Aphmau (Mermaid Tales)

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|name = Aphmau
|Race = Mermaid
|Gender = Female
|Occupation = Princess
|Status = Alive
|Relatives = *[[Eric (Mermaid Tales)|King Eric]] (Adoptive Father)
*[[Katelyn (Mermaid Tales)|Katelyn]] (Adoptive Sister) 
*Biological Mother (Deceased)
*Biological Father (Deceased)
|First Appearance = "[[The Heart of The Sea (Episode)|The Heart of The Sea]]"|Title = Princess Aphmau
|Friends = *[[Teony (Mermaid Tales)|Teony]]
*[[Travis (Mermaid Tales)|Prince Travis]]
|Voice Actor = Jess|Complexion = Tan
|Hair Color = Black
|Eye Color = Caramel|Weapon = *Flower Crowns
*Golden Dagger <small>(Stolen from [[Tavari (Mermaid Tales)|Tavari]])</small>
*Fin
|Partner = *[[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]]|Enemies = *[[Tavari (Mermaid Tales)|Tavari]]|Counterpart = *[[Aphmau (disambiguation)]]
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'''Aphmau''' is a young mermaid princess, and the protagonist of "[[Mermaid Tales|'''Mermaid Tales''']]"

==Biography==
Before the series, Aphmau grew up alongside [[Katelyn (Mermaid Tales)|Katelyn]] and [[Teony (Mermaid Tales)|Teony]]. When she was just a child her biological parents died, and she was comforted by her best friends. She was eventually adopted into the royal family by [[Eric (Mermaid Tales)|King Eric]], making her a princess of the kingdom. She tried at least once to pass the barrier, getting a star-shaped scar on her arm as consequence.

She first appears in "[[The Heart of The Sea (Episode)|The Heart of The Sea]]", wherein she is again trying to pass the barrier. Though [[Teony (Mermaid Tales)|Teony]] at first wants her to stop, she starts encouraging her and rooting for her. Using a sea crystal that [[Katelyn (Mermaid Tales)|Princess Katelyn]] 'dropped', Aphmau tries to pass the barrier.. and is blasted back by its spell. Luckily [[Katelyn (Mermaid Tales)|Katelyn]] shows up and allows her through, but only to where she can see- ''no wandering''. Once she passed the barrier however, she was attacked by [[Titanus (Mermaid Tales)|Titanus]] and forced to swim away and hide in a cave far from the kingdom.

When she left thinking the coast was clear, she's attacked again. She tries to lose [[Titanus (Mermaid Tales)|Titanus]] in the current (to no avail) instead asking [[Garroth (Mermaid Tales)|Garroth]]'s ship,- who she mistakes for a whale,- to help her. Her swimming about causes the shark to ram the ship until the diamond onboard is dropped into the water. When [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] and [[Garroth (Mermaid Tales)|Garroth]] both end up in the water to retrieve it, Aphmau sees Aaron. He dives back under to get her, but she swims away and grabs the diamond, using it to stab [[Titanus (Mermaid Tales)|Titanus]] and save him. With no other options, she follows 'Mr. Whale', still asking for 'his' help.

She asks the 'whale' many questions, and begins making a huge flower crown for it. However, seeing that Mr. Whale keeps his head in the sky all the time, she becomes curious and sticks a hand up above the surface of the water. When she pulls it back in, bright purple scales have spread on her skin and she begins to panic, trying to scratch them off.

She's scared away by [[Garroth (Mermaid Tales)|Garroth]]'s crew dropping the anchor, and she swims away until she finds a family of sea buns caught in a net. Aphmau saves them, but gets herself stuck in the net and is pulled above the surface. Scales cover her skin, but she's dropped back into the water before the fishermen (or [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]]) see her. She cries at her new appearance, but the sea buns offer to take her to someone who can help.

The sea buns lead her to [[Seabun King (Mermaid Tales)|their king]], who suddenly orders his sea bun subjects to eat her. ..However, them 'eating' her is simply them licking her and tickling her, so she laughs at the attempt until she's rescued by a merman named [[Tavari (Mermaid Tales)|Tavari]]. She's shocked to see a merman living outside the barrier, and she follows him to his grotto after the [[Seabun King (Mermaid Tales)|Sea Bun King]] falls asleep. 

[[Tavari (Mermaid Tales)|Tavari]] offers to help her get rid of the scales, telling her if she goes back to Mariana looking like that, she'll be outcast. He asks her to hunt a human and she laughs at him, thinking they don't exist. As soon as he mentions they have two tails, she remembers [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] and realizes he was a human. She accepts her task of cutting human hair, even if she's a bit apprehensive. She starts to become excited when she realizes she has to meet a human, and that this is the adventure she left the barrier for in the first place.

Aphmau spots [[Michi (Mermaid Tales)|a woman]] on the dock and pulls her underwater to get her hair, but she's rescued by [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]]. So instead, she pulls ''him'' underwater and cuts a chunk of his hair off, leaving a flower crown on his arm. She brings the hair to [[Tavari (Mermaid Tales)|Tavari]], however it isn't enough to heal her so [[Tavari (Mermaid Tales)|Tavari]] introduces her to his crab [[Zane (Mermaid Tales)|Zane]], who can help her in completing the task. All of a sudden, [[Tavari (Mermaid Tales)|Tavari]] reveals he plans on using the hair to turn her human so she can get more, and ''that's'' why she'll need [[Zane (Mermaid Tales)|Zane]]'s help. 

She agrees, and not knowing humans can't breathe underwater she drinks the potion immediately and begins to drown. She washes up on the shore, [[Zane (Mermaid Tales)|Zane]] having followed her, and begins the transformation. Aphmau gasps for air and cries until it completes, the fact that it ''worked'' shocking [[Zane (Mermaid Tales)|Zane]]- that is, until he's kicked into the ocean by [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]], who's just found her on the beach. He covers an unconscious Aphmau with his coat and picks her up to carry her to a cave for shelter from the rain.

When she wakes, she's immediately mesmerized by the fire [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] set up inside. She touches it and hurts herself, finally noticing [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] when he takes her arm to check for burns. She starts to shout at him in merspeak when he pulls on a scale and hurts her, though he doesn't understand. When he pulls out his knife to cut the 'blister' she thinks she's in danger and tackles him to the ground, putting her whole body weight on him. She notices him still wearing the flower crown on his arm and thinks he wants to be friends, not understanding a word he says to her. She even tries to apologize, but he only hears it as gibberish. Aaron suddenly leaves her there, since she doesn't know he left to get firewood, and [[Zane (Mermaid Tales)|Zane]] scuttles into the cave.

[[Zane (Mermaid Tales)|Zane]] mocks her, but gives her a potion to allow her to speak to humans. He hides in her hair when [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] returns. They begin to talk to each other, Aphmau flustering [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] with her little knowledge of humans and their social norms. She almost tells him she's a mermaid until [[Zane (Mermaid Tales)|Zane]] tells her he'll gut her like all the other fish he probably eats. He forces her to lie down and rest, since he's had enough for one day- and he goes to sleep as well, even though they both have plenty of questions. Some time while they're asleep, Aphmau cuddles up to [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] and hugs his arm.

She wakes up when [[Zane (Mermaid Tales)|Zane]] pinches the back of her neck, but she thinks [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] did it. He demands she introduce herself, which she does- but she almost tells him she's a mermaid, until [[Zane (Mermaid Tales)|Zane]] stops her. Aphmau instead begins to repeat what [[Zane (Mermaid Tales)|Zane]] whispers, which only makes her sound even more crazy. After checking her for injuries, [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] starts to leave.. but when she goes to follow.. she can't. She tries to stand but falls each time, until he realizes she can't walk and proposes a game: he'll wear her flower crown if she can stand and put it on his head.

After many attempts she manages to stand, but can't walk very far. [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] gives in and agrees to help her the rest of the way to [[Garroth (Mermaid Tales)|Garroth]]'s ship. She puts the flower crown on his head, when suddenly two members of [[Garroth (Mermaid Tales)|Garroth]]'s crew shout into the cave looking for him. They get the wrong idea after seeing her in only his coat, but wait outside for the pair. [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] warns her to keep quiet about her memory loss and about herself in general to keep her safe, and they set off for the ship. 

On the ship, Aphmau continues to embarrass [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] when [[Garroth (Mermaid Tales)|Garroth]] asks about her. She argues with him for a bit before he leads her and [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] under the deck to get her changed into some proper clothes. Through the door, she tells [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] that she doesn't know how to wear the clothes he gave her. She puts them on completely wrong, and he guides her through it correctly by teaching her each time she comes out with the clothes on incorrectly. By the time she gets it right, [[Garroth (Mermaid Tales)|Garroth]] comes back to ask her to go on the date with [[Travis (Mermaid Tales)|Travis]].

She hesitates briefly before agreeing- in exchange for some of [[Garroth (Mermaid Tales)|Garroth]]'s hair. He finds her crazy for it but begrudgingly agrees, cutting off a lock to prove he's genuine. He gives her a dress to change into and leaves, after which she admits she had no idea what he was talking about and that she just wanted to help. [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] starts to guide her through putting on the dress, promising to keep her safe. Once she's finished he puts her hair up, and [[Garroth (Mermaid Tales)|Garroth]] comes to whisk her away to the date. Aaron helps her walk back up onto the deck.

During the date she's flustered, narrowly avoiding telling [[Travis (Mermaid Tales)|Travis]] that she's a mermaid. The prince tries to take her out on the town but it's suddenly decided that the date will be on the ship, so [[Travis (Mermaid Tales)|Travis]] decides to get to know her while [[Alfredo]] prepares their food instead. Without [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] to assist her with walking she crawls across the deck to a confused [[Travis (Mermaid Tales)|Travis]], who helps her up.

While talking about the sea, she suddenly has many flashbacks to her life in Mariana: her playing with [[Katelyn (Mermaid Tales)|Katelyn]] and [[Teony (Mermaid Tales)|Teony]] as a kid, her with her parents, her being comforted after losing them, and her being adopted into the royal family. She begins to cry and runs off.

Below deck she hugs one of [[Garroth (Mermaid Tales)|Garroth]]'s crew members.. who immediately tries to take advantage of her. [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] forces him out of the room, going off on her for listening to [[Garroth (Mermaid Tales)|Garroth]] at all. He gives in and comforts her, and she admits she feels that everything she's done until now is meaningless. She asks him to sing to her, but he refuses even when [[Garroth (Mermaid Tales)|Garroth]] peeks in and demands it of him. Having been told to snap her out of it, [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] splashes her with water after the captain leaves.. and Aphmau transforms back into a mermaid.

He chugs ale to see if she's still there, which she urges him to stop so she can explain. She instinctively slaps him with her tail when he tries to get a closer look, apologizing- but he's been so adamant about not being touched. She begins to tease him, which he does back, until they're relentlessly making fun of each other... until [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] realizes again that she's a ''mermaid'', and that they met in the water before.

When she becomes frightened he's going to eat her, he instead decides he's going to ''sell'' her, and make more money than [[Garroth (Mermaid Tales)|Garroth]] could ever give him. Scared, she breaks down crying which tugs at his heartstrings enough to make him give her a chance: ''one'' reason why he shouldn't. Aphmau rambles and generally spouts nonsense, but does make a good point: if any other humans see her, they'll try to steal or kill her. 

[[Garroth (Mermaid Tales)|Garroth]] gets impatient and pounds on the door, making the two scramble to try and get her to transform back into a human. After at least 20 minutes of trial and error, the scales start to disappear and she decides it must be because the water's disappearing too. [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] gives her a towel and once she's dry she transforms again, though her dress is torn from her tail. [[Garroth (Mermaid Tales)|Garroth]] gets the wrong idea about them, but whisks her away back to the date without any other suspicions.

Aphmau returns to see [[Alfredo]] preparing to cook [[Zane (Mermaid Tales)|Zane]]. She improvises and shouts that she can't stand to see any creature of the sea harmed. [[Travis (Mermaid Tales)|Travis]] tries to drop him back into the ocean when he's pulled into the water by [[Teony (Mermaid Tales)|Teony]]. [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] immediately becomes suspicious of Aphmau and pulls her aside, threatening her with his sword and accusing her of organizing the whole thing. She insists she didn't know they were there, and [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] starts to soften a bit.. when suddenly he's tackled in a hug by [[Michi (Mermaid Tales)|Michi]].

[[Amber (Mermaid Tales)|Amber]] arrives just in time to mistake [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] for having kidnapped the two girls, so Aphmau and [[Michi (Mermaid Tales)|Michi]] watch them fight. Aphmau tries to befriend [[Michi (Mermaid Tales)|Michi]], happily telling her that [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] is only her good friend, and that he  '''promised'' not to sell her'. She crawls off to make [[Michi (Mermaid Tales)|Michi]] a flower crown. 

All by herself in the port, Aphmau finds a flower stand. Not understanding the concept of buying things, she steals a bunch of flowers and runs in fear when she's yelled at. Hiding from the saleswoman, she reflects on her journey thus far. Just when she organizes her thoughts a pirate grabs her from behind and holds her arms back, him and his friend planning to make her their wife.

[[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] appears and tries to fight them off, but he's overwhelmed and knocked down with his weapon feet away. Just when he's about to be killed, Aphmau takes up his blade and defends him, even admitting she doesn't know how to use the weapon. She gives the two pirates flower crowns, immediately placating them and making them agree not to hurt Aaron if she teaches them how to make them. When [[Amber (Mermaid Tales)|Amber]] comes to arrest them, [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] takes Aph's hand and flees the scene. Once they're alone she thanks him, only to pass out from exhaustion.

She wakes up back in the same cave as before, only able to speak merspeak. However, she can still fully understand [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] as he makes fun of her. Aphmau dives at him, but he moves out of the way just in time. This goes on for a while, until [[Zane (Mermaid Tales)|Zane]] finds them in the cave and approaches her to give her a potion to allow her to speak human again. She immediately slaps Aaron with her tail for teasing her.

Then, she tells him about [[Zane (Mermaid Tales)|Zane]] and [[Tavari (Mermaid Tales)|Tavari]], and how she needs the hair to get rid of the scales on her arms. [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] becomes confused, having thought mermaids just looked like that.. and he tells her that he thinks she and the scales are beautiful. He snips off some of his hair to give to her, and suggests they go back to the ship when she tells him she needs more. She drinks another potion to become human again, and they set off for the ship.

During the walk [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] is kinder to her. They ask each other plenty of questions, and [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] opens up about his past to her. Though she doesn't understand what the things he says mean, she apologizes for making assumptions about him and compliments him. Back on the ship, [[Amber (Mermaid Tales)|Amber]] tells everyone that Aaron planned to sell Aphmau, though it isn't true- and Aphmau defends him and [[Garroth (Mermaid Tales)|Garroth]], but it isn't enough. The prince demands the date continue regardless, so she sits at the table with him.

She tells [[Travis (Mermaid Tales)|Travis]] about how she's already a princess, and their food comes. Her first bite is so amazing that she starts shoveling it into her mouth.. and [[Travis (Mermaid Tales)|Travis]] imitates her. All of a sudden, [[Travis (Mermaid Tales)|Travis]] tries to make a move by asking her what she wants. But she misunderstands and says she wants seconds of their food. While eating, [[Travis (Mermaid Tales)|Travis]] remarks that she must love seafood, prompting her to ask what it is. He explains that it's anything from the sea- and [[Alfredo]] goes into detail about him scaling and gutting the fish, causing her to vomit off the side of the ship.

Eventually she's left alone with [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]], and he tries to encourage her to keep going to get the hair. He gives in and comforts her over her homesickness, sitting beside her and humming a song to her. She falls asleep on his shoulder until he pushes her off and forces her to stay awake. All of a sudden she spots [[Ivan (Mermaid Tales)|Ivan]] with [[Katelyn (Mermaid Tales)|Katelyn]] and [[Teony (Mermaid Tales)|Teony]] on the beach, and rushes off to see her friends, even though [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] misunderstands before he follows.

On the beach she confronts [[Ivan (Mermaid Tales)|Ivan]], trying to tell him those are her friends- until [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] covers her mouth and lies to him instead. Once [[Ivan (Mermaid Tales)|Ivan]]'s arrested, she rushes to [[Katelyn (Mermaid Tales)|Katelyn]] and [[Teony (Mermaid Tales)|Teony]]'s aid. She frets over them while they're resting on the ship, afraid they could be dead. She encourages [[Travis (Mermaid Tales)|Travis]] to kiss [[Katelyn (Mermaid Tales)|Katelyn]] to wake her- just like in 'The Clam Prince' (which [[Amber (Mermaid Tales)|Amber]] corrects to 'The Frog Prince',).

The two mermaids wake up and the trio have a small reunion. They all speak in merspeak though, so no one else understands. When [[Redbeard (Mermaid Tales)|Redbeard]] boards the ship Aphmau tries to explain humans to them, but her and [[Katelyn (Mermaid Tales)|Katelyn]] are seized by a pair of pirates. [[Teony (Mermaid Tales)|Teony]] slaps them with her tail, accidentally revealing to everyone that they're mermaids.. and it fills Aphmau with dread.

Aphmau is captured along with the other two mermaids, but she's released after making one of the pirates a flower crown. She comes back to the (now burning) ship to save her friends, trying to make a flower crown for the fire. Luckily she unties the others in time, and they gather on the beach. She immediately jumps to wanting to save her friends, which almost everyone else seems to agree with.

While [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] is making plans for the rescue, he tells Aphmau to stay put on the dock. She doesn't listen, running right up to two pirate guards and holding out flower crowns for them to inspect. When they do, she knocks them out in one fell swoop. They run up to [[Katelyn (Mermaid Tales)|Katelyn]]'s cage, and Aph begins to unlock it when she's hit on the side of the head by [[Redbeard (Mermaid Tales)|Redbeard]]. She's in awe once he's defeated by the two pirates she gave flower crowns in "[[Get Away From Her!]]", and cries after they're killed.

Aphmau dives into the water after [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] when he's pulled underwater by [[Tavari (Mermaid Tales)|Tavari]], fighting the merman to save him. She tackles him and steals his dagger, swimming away. He catches up and snatches it back, swinging wildly at her until she manages to hide in the very same cave she hid in from [[Titanus (Mermaid Tales)|Titanus]]. She's terrified when he threatens her, but as soon as [[Titanus (Mermaid Tales)|Titanus]] eats him she swims out and brings [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] to the surface.

She pleads with [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] to wake up, trying to punch him awake- and she somehow manages to accidentally perform CPR. She admits she cares for him when he asks, but the others catch up with them before either say anything else. They all gather on the beach to give a final goodbye to the mermaids, now including a transformed Aphmau. She stops for a moment to wave goodbye to [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] specifically, then swims away with her friends.

Three months later, she appears to see [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] again. She's a bit flustered after he hugs her, but she listens to his plans about sailing the sea and finding treasure. Once he's done she asks to go along, excited when he agrees. Though he says no flower crowns she reveals that she actually already lined the bottom of his ship with them, and suggests using Mr. Fire to clean them off.
==Appearance==
Aphmau wears a vibrant purple shell bra, matching her tail. Her fins are a light green, though they have orange highlights. She has a small, star-shaped scar on her right shoulder from being zapped by Mariana's barrier spell. Her hair is raven black, and she has caramel colored eyes.

In "[[Curse of Mermaids]]", when she's lifted above the water by a fishing net, she gains bright purple scales all over her arms and torso. She gains purple fins on the side of her head, too.

When [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]] gives her clothes to change into in "[[Love At First Sight]]", she struggles with them several times before coming out in a black coat with gold accents. Underneath is a red undershirt and pants, with boots.

Soon after, [[Garroth (Mermaid Tales)|Garroth]] gives her a dress for [[Travis (Mermaid Tales)|Travis]]' date- a white and pink sleeveless dress that falls almost to the ground. The skirt is separated from the rest by a gray strip. She later tears the bottom of the dress when becoming a mermaid.
==Personality==
Aphmau is an extremely curious and adventurous mermaid. However she can be dense and very naive, knowing little about the outside world to the point she believed [[Garroth (Mermaid Tales)|Garroth]]'s ship was a whale for a long time. She has an incessant need to make friends with everyone and everything she meets, which she does by carefully making flower crowns for them- including the boat, [[Aaron (Mermaid Tales)|Aaron]], and even [[Michi (Mermaid Tales)|Michi]] who showed clear dislike for her and insulted her. She takes insults with grace, trying to be kind to [[Garroth (Mermaid Tales)|Garroth]] even when he is not kind to her.
==Episode Appearances==
{{Scroll|content====[[Mermaid Tales]]===
*"[[The Heart of The Sea (Episode)|The Heart of The Sea]]" <small>(First Appearance)</small>
*"[[Curse of Mermaids]]" 
*"[[Merman?...]]"
*"[[The Human World]]"
*"[[I'll Keep You Safe]]"
*"[[Don't Tell Him!]]"
*"[[If You Don't Want Her...]]"
*"[[Love At First Sight]]"
*"[[The Prince's Date]]"
*"[[Mermaids Attack!]]"
*"[[Get Away From Her!]]"
*"[[Aaron Flirts]]"
*"[[Aphmau's Date with Travis]]"
*"[[Mermaids ARE REAL!]]"
*"[[Our Story Ends...]]"}}
==Trivia==
* Aphmau may be inspired by Ariel, from The Little Mermaid.
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