Trident: Difference between revisions

===''[[Kingdom Hearts (game)|Kingdom Hearts]]''===

In ''Kingdom Hearts'', King Triton is the wielder of the trident. He uses its power to destroy [[Screwdiver]]s, which attempt to enter the castle, in one instance, and then to destroy the Crystal Trident, which is actually the key to revealing Atlantica's [[Keyhole]]. Ursula eventually steals King Triton's Trident, and, like the movie, grows to a gigantic size. [[Sora]] and co. defeat her, and then they use the Trident as a replacement for the Crystal Trident to seal the Keyhole.

The story starts out with Sora, [[Donald Duck|Donald]], and [[Goofy]] meeting Ariel as she is swimming past them carrying the Trident. She tells them to not tell anyone that they saw her. Sora and co. enter the palace and find that the Trident was stolen and that Ariel has gone missing.

Later, Sora and co. find out that Ariel stole the trident but only to help [[Flounder]] who had been lost in the surface world. Ariel was going to give it to Ursula she said that giving her the Trident was the only way to save Flounder. They all traveled to Ursula's Lair, finding that she kidnapped Flounder as a way to get the Trident, which Ariel gives over to save Flounder.

In the end, Ariel reclaims the trident and Sora suggests that she should say she found the Trident and got it back all by herself. However, she says she can't do that because it was her mistake which she made to help her friend. She wants to tell the truth when she returns the Trident.

In ''Kingdom Hearts II'', the Trident only appears in scenes with Triton and the song-battle against Ursula, where she uses it as a weapon once again. During the battle, Ursula uses it to deflect Sora's attacks and to attack Sora, Ariel and the others. At the end of the song, Sora successfully knocks the Trident out of Ursula's hands, and it lands in [[Prince Eric]]'s boat. Eric then uses it as a javelin to defeat Ursula once again. The trident is last seen being used by King Triton to light the palace chandelier during the ''[[A New Day is Dawning]]'' musical.

==Etymology==

A {{w|Trident|trident}} is the royal scepter of Poseidon and Triton in Greek mythology, both who were gods of the ocean and water.