Board Thread:Off-Topic Fun/@comment-5367821-20130209055547/@comment-5521796-20130503014401

Philrena.

So if they made a movie with a character, that had some of you personality traits, and had your name, you'd want them to look exactly like you?

That's what OUaT is doing, they've already changed up most of these characters' personalities, so they aren't copying the Disney or original tales. The names are just nods, like Utter said, to make you smile and remember, because ABC is owned by Disney. They also have nods to the original tales, like keeping the main point of each story, Red's cloak, Rumple spinning gold, etc...

And Beauty and the Beast is a French tale, and Belle, means Beauty in french.