--- title: The Little Mermaid Live!: Best Shaggy's Crab Costume Memes description: Here's what people had to say about Shaggy's Sebastian the crab costume — or lack thereof — in ABC's "The Little Mermaid Live!" canonical: https://time.com/5719722/shaggy-little-mermaid/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-11-06T16:14:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:01.790Z og:title: People Are Losing It Over Shaggy's Crab Costume in 'The Little Mermaid Live!' og:description: "The fact that Shaggy just put on a red leather coat" og:url: https://time.com/5719722/shaggy-little-mermaid/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0102ac73ec47ee3/698a0560096a943fa56a73a8/the-little-mermaid-live-shaggy.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: The-Little-Mermaid-Live-Shaggy og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Are Losing It Over Shaggy's Crab Costume in 'The Little Mermaid Live!' twitter:description: "The fact that Shaggy just put on a red leather coat" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0102ac73ec47ee3/698a0560096a943fa56a73a8/the-little-mermaid-live-shaggy.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # People Watching _The Little Mermaid Live!_ Clawed at These Memes of Shaggy's Crab 'Costume' for Dear Life > Sponsored content. 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Shaggy as Sebastian in ABC's 'The Little Mermaid Live!' Eric McCandless/ABC—Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 6, 2019 4:14 PM UTC [Halloween](https://time.com/5686487/best-halloween-costumes-heidi-klum-party-2019/) may be over but thanks to [_The Little Mermaid Live!_](https://time.com/4525871/disney-live-action-movies/), the [costume memes](https://time.com/5712169/halloween-2019-meme-costumes/) are still flowing. During ABC’s Tuesday night telecast of its semi-live-action adaptation of Disney’s beloved animated classic, viewers seemed unable to tear their eyes away from one performer in particular: Shaggy. The “It Wasn’t Me” singer, who starred as Ariel’s (Auli’i Cravalho) crab sidekick Sebastian, was decked out in an all-red outfit that strangely resembled Michael Jackson’s iconic all-red look in the “Thriller” music video. The ensemble included red boots, red jeans, a red leather jacket and, most notably, red fingerless leather gloves in place of claws — a detail that definitely didn’t go unnoticed by the internet. Some people watching at home quickly took to social media to hilariously express their confusion over why Shaggy wasn’t wearing a crab costume while his backup dancers were dressed up in full crustacean regalia. “So dancers got a crab costume and shaggy just dressed in red…,” one Twitter user wrote. > [](https://twitter.com/lillieann98/status/1191901290667937793) “The fact that Shaggy just put on a red leather coat,” tweeted another, adding the crying emoji face. > [](https://twitter.com/MatthewACherry/status/1191867589665779712) And while Robert Mills, ABC’s senior vice president of alternative series, specials and late-night, tweeted out an explanation for why Shaggy didn’t at least wear claws — it looked “ridiculous” — people still didn’t seem satisfied. > [](https://twitter.com/Millsy11374/status/1191894841443012613) > [](https://twitter.com/Millsy11374/status/1191914702248394752) See some of the best reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/MuayThaiSmurf/status/1191901774455726080) > [](https://twitter.com/oKayWills/status/1191897586745192448) > [](https://twitter.com/%5FNeylanPatton%5F/status/1191893955522236416) > [](https://twitter.com/HudsandKisses/status/1191903499405217792) > [](https://twitter.com/MsHollywood081/status/1191893114337796096) > [](https://twitter.com/Jess%5F2Qute/status/1191901480598605826) > [](https://twitter.com/crown%5Fre%5Fbecca/status/1191907174047506439) > [](https://twitter.com/spiceNsports/status/1191893488641675265) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5719722/shaggy-little-mermaid/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5719722/shaggy-little-mermaid/"},"headline":"People Watching The Little Mermaid Live! 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