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This article focuses on the film, "Beauty and the Beast".
For the story of the same name, see "Beauty and the Beast (fairytale)".
For the Season Seven episode, see "Beauty".
For the Beauty from the story, see Belle.
For the Beast from the story, see Rumplestiltskin.

Beauty and the Beast is a Disney animated film featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was written by Linda Woolverton, and directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise. It was released on November 22, 1991.

Beauty and the Beast is based on "Beauty and the Beast", a fairytale written by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve.

Plot

In France, an enchantress—disguised as an old beggar—offers a prince a rose in exchange for shelter in his castle from the cold, but the prince arrogantly refuses. In response, the enchantress transforms him into a beast and his servants into household items. She gives him a magic mirror that enables him to view faraway events, along with the enchanted rose that she had offered. To break the curse, the prince must learn to love another and earn her love in return before the rose's last petal falls. If he fails, he will remain a beast forever.

Ten years later, a young bookworm named Belle is bored of her village and seeks excitement. Because of her nonconformist ideals, she is ridiculed by everyone but her father Maurice and an arrogant, muscular hunter named Gaston. Despite other women flirting with him and many men admiring him, he is determined to marry Belle. She repeatedly rejects his advances.

Maurice and his horse Phillipe get lost in the forest while traveling to a fair to present his wood-chopping machine. After being chased by a pack of wolves, he comes across the Beast's castle. Inside, he meets Lumière the candlestick, Cogsworth the clock, Mrs. Potts the teapot, and her son Chip the teacup. However, the Beast quickly discovers and detains Maurice. After Phillipe leads Belle to the Beast's castle, she offers to take her father's place. The Beast accepts the offer despite Maurice's objections. While Gaston sulks over Belle's rejection, Maurice returns to town and is unable to convince the others to save Belle from the Beast.

The Beast angrily refuses to let Belle have any dinner that night after she refuses to dine with him. Despite this, Lumière offers her a meal. While he and Cogsworth also give her a tour of the castle, she wanders into the forbidden West Wing. The beast accidentally chases her into the forests by frightening her out of anger and she encounters the pack of wolves. After the Beast is injured while fending them off, Belle thanks him for saving her life. He begins to develop feelings for her while she nurses his wounds and he delights her by showing his extensive library. While the two begin to bond, Gaston pays Monsieur d'Arque to send Maurice to the town's insane asylum if Belle refuses Gaston's proposal again.

While sharing a romantic evening together, Belle tells the Beast she misses her father. He lets her use his magic mirror to see him. She sees Maurice dying in the woods trying to rescue her. The Beast lets her go out to save him and he gives her the mirror to remember him by. She finds Maurice and brings him home. As Gaston is about to bring Maurice to the insane asylum, Belle proves Maurice's sanity by showing the Beast with the magic mirror. Realizing Belle loves the Beast, Gaston convinces the band of villagers that the Beast is a man-eating monster and leads them to the castle to kill him. He confines Belle and Maurice to their basement.

Having stowed away into Belle's baggage, Chip manages to free them. Gaston confronts the beast while the servants fend off the villagers. The Beast initially is too depressed to fight back, though perks up after seeing Belle return to the castle. He battles and defeats Gaston in battle on the rooftops, though spares his life by ordering him to leave. When the Beast reunites with Belle, Gaston stabs him, only to lose his footing and die. Belle professes her love for the Beast, who dies before the last rose petal falls. With the spell broken, the Beast is revived into his human form, and each of his servants also resumes their human form. Belle dances with him in the ballroom.

Show Adaptation

  • In the movie, the Enchantress disguises herself as an old beggar woman and begs the prince for shelter, but when he turns her away in disgust, she sheds her disguise and transforms him into the Beast as punishment. On Once Upon a Time, Zoso, also known as the Dark One, disguises himself as an old beggar and is given food and shelter by Rumplestiltskin. Zoso manipulates Rumplestiltskin into killing the Dark One with a special blade, only revealing himself as the Dark One as he lies dying. The Dark One's power is transferred onto Rumplestiltskin instead, corrupting both his physical looks as well as the depths of his soul with an increasing desire to obtain more power and kill those who threaten to take it away. ("Desperate Souls")
  • Maurice is a nobleman who has his own castle, instead of being an eccentric inventor. ("Skin Deep," "Family Business," "Her Handsome Hero")
  • When she meets Rumplestiltskin, Belle is already engaged to Gaston. ("Skin Deep")
  • Belle agrees to become Rumplestiltskin's housemaid in exchange for her family's protection from the ogres. ("Skin Deep")
  • Gaston dies after being turned into a rose by Rumplestiltskin, and then having his flower stem cut by an oblivious Belle. ("Skin Deep")
  • Belle tries to give Rumplestiltskin a kiss of true love in order to break his curse and revert him to human, but he rejects her out of fear of losing his powers. ("Skin Deep")
  • Belle is a bookworm like in the film, which she got from her late mother, Colette. ("The Crocodile" et al., "Family Business")
  • Lumiere wasn't cursed by an enchantress, but by the Wicked Witch of the West. ("Quiet Minds")
  • Mother Superior magics up an enchanted rose under glass like the one in the film and gives it to Belle; in this case, its petals fall as Rumplestiltskin's health deteriorates. ("The Dark Swan")
  • Rumplestiltskin's mother, the Black Fairy, ends up cutting her infant son from his fate of a savior, which eventually leads him down the path to becoming a "beast". ("The Black Fairy")

Characters Featured

Original Character Adapted as First Featured in
The Beast Rumplestiltskin "Skin Deep"
Belle Belle "Skin Deep"
Enchantress Black Fairy (allusion) "Changelings"
Mother Superior (allusion) "The Dark Swan"
Zelena (allusion) "Quiet Minds"
Zoso "Desperate Souls"
Gaston Gaston "Skin Deep"
LeFou LeFou "Her Handsome Hero" (mentioned)
Lumiere Lumiere "Quiet Minds"
Maurice Maurice "Skin Deep"
Philippe Belle's horse "A Curious Thing"
Belle's horse "Her Handsome Hero"

Locations Featured

Original Location Adapted as First Featured in
The Beast's castle The dark castle "Skin Deep"
Belle's country house Maurice's castle "Skin Deep"
Belle's village Belle's village "Skin Deep" (mentioned)

Items Featured

Original Item Adapted as First Featured in
Chip Chipped cup "Skin Deep"
Enchanted mirror Mirror of Souls (allusion) "Her Handsome Hero"
Enchanted rose Gaston's rose (allusion) "Skin Deep"
Magical rose "The Dark Swan"

Elements Featured

Original Element Adapted as First Featured in
Enchantress' spell Darkness (allusion) "Pilot"

References

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