*Madison is the main character in the 1984 Disney/Touchstone film Splash and its 1988 television sequel Splash, Too.

Madison is the archetypal fish-out-of-water in the most literal sense. She is innocently curious about the human world and prone to fall in love with the first man she saves from drowning. She finds herself in the city which supposedly has no happy endings: New York. This city provides the backdrop to Madison's angst, her drama, and her many comedic contributions to the already-quite-humorous story. Out of innocence and necessity, she at first enters New York naked and then wearing Allen's clothes. She then gets said Allen into a number of awkward little situations as she is excited by everything she encounters, and names herself after Madison Avenue. She cries while watching "Bonanza" on television, thinking that a man shooting another man on-screen is in fact a real murder, and then receives a gift offered by Allen under the assumption that the package itself is the extent of the gift. She later is at a fancy restaurant and reveals that mermaids are not accustomed to cutlery.

Still, what endears the audience to Madison as a character is not that her deeds are done with ignorance, but that they are done with innocence. She is as likely to express herself by kissing as by speaking, swift to forgive even those who do the most horrible things to her, courageous in a preciously-gentle manner, and seems to be most motivated by love..

Hannah was chosen to play the role of Madison because she exuded a sort of innocence that seemed otherworldly, and it was because of this quality that the character has become so iconic.

Madison is a drop dead gorgeous young mermaid with a slim but toned figure and tall in height standing at 5’10 in her human form. She has long wavy light blonde hair in a crimp style down to the buttocks and soft bangs and wears her hair down with side hairs clipped up from her face with bobby pins, cream skin, blue eyes small delicate upturned nose and full pink lips. In her mermaid form she has a long bright reddish orange tail. She usually wears her beaded mermaid necklace and her wardrobe is girly and bright consistently with beautiful and colorful dresses and comfortable flats.

Powers and abilities Her kiss which enables the recipient to breathe underwater so long as they remain with her, the ability to view/communicate by running her finger in a circular motion over water (in Splash, Too)

Paraphernalia Her necklace (which she later traded to get a fountain for Allen) Her tail (a clout from her fluke is able to stun a military frogman)*