History Characters / BeautyAndTheBeastDisney

* AllTheOtherReindeer: Even though there are three of them, Paulette the triplet wearing the green dress is treated differently than her sisters. For example, before Gaston proposes to Belle, the yellow dressed triplet whispers to the red-dressed triplet, implying she knows Gaston is marrying Belle and Paulette has to eavesdrop. And during the song ''Gaston'', she sits slightly further apart from her sisters when he drops their bench on Le Fou. And the red and yellow triplets seem to be closer to each other than to Paulette, making her a slight outsider. For example, while the former voice their agreement that Belle is crazy, Paulette seems to only continue on fawning over Gaston.

Gaston's often-abused yet loyal lackey.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Oh, that is despicable! Hehehe... I love it!"'']]

--> ''"[[LetMeGetThisStraight So you want me to throw her father into the asylum, unless she agrees to marry you?]] Oh, that is ''despicable''. [[EvilLaugh Hehehe.]] '''''I love it!'''''"''

* EvilSoundsDeep: Par for the course, given his voice actor,

* AmbitiousButLazy: He desires to wed Belle, but has no interest in properly courting her despite that he's willing to go as far as to arrange a wedding for them within one day's worth of time since her father left their house. He's willing to do anything, from using his good looks, to his popularity, to bribing the asylum and attempting to murder the Beast... anything ''except'' actually getting to know how to properly win Belle's affections.

* {{Narcissist}}: Gaston feels that he "[[EntitledToHaveYou deserves]]" Belle's hand in marriage because [[{{Pride}} she is the most beautiful girl in town and this makes her the best]], and even organizes a wedding ceremony outside her cottage ''before'' proposing thinking that she would approve of becoming his wife. He feels [[SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond genuinely depressed and embarassed]] after Belle rebuffs him in front of the entire village, to the point where he can't even fall back on ''alcohol'' to feel better -- what does work is a CrowdSong about how great he is -- and also [[VillainousBreakdown has a huge mental breakdown]] when Belle says that ''he'' is the real monster rather than [[BeastMan Beast]]. He [[NeverMyFault never stops to think that maybe Belle rebuffed him for reasons related to his own behavior]], and instead believes that he can selfishly demand Belle's approval, in return for not throwing Maurice into the local asylum.

* AdaptationalHeroism: She turns the prince into a beast for not letting her in when she was in a form of an ugly person as a test of character, while the original version is an evil fairy, who tried to seduce the prince, was rejected, and transformed him into a beast out of spite.

* CorruptedCharacterCopy: Gaston is a well-built man with black hair and is popular among his village. In 1949, Disney released ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'', which featured their depiction of Brom Bones, who also fits that description. However, while neither men were truly virtuous, Brom is the one who would most likely fit as a hero. Brom may have been boisterous and a prankster, but, as the narrator stated, there was no malice in his mischief. While he clearly wanted to rivalries in pursuing Katrina, he never goes further than a threatening glare with anyone other than Ichabod. He also seemed to genuinely love Katrina, so much so that he refused to harm even Ichabod in her presence and respected her disapproval at such things. By contrast, Gaston is visibly disrespectful to even those who like him, he will kill or hurt anyone or anything who gets in his way of claiming Belle, and he clearly does not respect Belle as he views her as more of a prize than a person.

* AllForNothing: He decides after Maurice's claims that a Beast holds his daughter captive, Gaston comes up with a quick scheme to have him committed, more than likely willing to make sure Belle never sees him again, unless Belle married him. Belle rejected his offer instantly, as well as revealed the Beast is very much a real thing. Despite his main scheme for a good amount of the film being undone, he then elects to murder the Beast so that Belle will have no one else to be with. He manages to stab the Beast in the back, but his victory is short lived as Beast's flailing causes Gaston to lose his footing and fall to his death. To add insult to injury, Belle's admission of love not only revives the Beast, but returns him to human form, thus depriving the now dead Gaston of the only real victory he had.

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/PaigeOHara (1991-2010, [[WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet 2018]], [[WesternAnimation/OnceUponAStudio 2023]])), Creator/JulieNathanson (2010-present); Bénédicte Lécroat (European French dub); Ju Cassou (Brazilian Portuguese dub); Rinat Gabay (Hebrew dub)

* BrawnHilda: In the musical, she dresses up as a Valkryie during the final battle and [[MakeMeWannaShout uses her booming singing voice as a weapon]].

* NeverMyFault: Absolutely refuses to believe Belle's rejection of him is justified by his boorish attitude and rants about being 'publically humiliated' by her turning down his proposal, when ''he's'' the one who set up a wedding ceremony with the whole town in attendance outside Belle's house ''before'' he tried to propose. He doesn't choose to recognize how to properly earn her interest or better himself; instead, he takes the underhanded route of putting her father in an asylum unless she gave in to his demands. Even after her YouMonster outburst, he sees her as having gone crazy.

* NeverMyFault: Absolutely refuses to believe Belle's rejection of him is justified by his boorish attitude and doesn't choose to recognize how to properly earn her interest or better himself. Instead, he takes the underhanded route of putting her father in an asylum unless she gave in to his demands. Even after her YouMonster outburst, he sees her as having gone crazy.

* ItsAllAboutMe: In the first and fourth short segments from ''Belle's Magical World'', this aspect of the Beast's personality is brought to the forefront. He insists that his servants should simply leave the room if the wind blowing through the window is making them cold, telling Belle that he doesn't need to suit ''their'' needs because "it's my castle, and I make the rules". Later, the Beast keeps a bird locked up in a cage in the parlor and commands it to sing for his pleasure, seemingly expecting Belle to go along with his every whim and getting mad at the way she speaks to him when she tells him the bird needs to be free and will only sing when it's happy.

* GoddScarsEvilScars: Has a noticeable chip along his rim, with no explanation as to how he got it, but he's still a very caring a good-natured character.

-->'''Voiced by''': Jo Anne Worley; Claude Chantal (European French dub); Ruti Holtsman (Hebrew dub)

* VillainousAromanticAsexual: Unlike Jafar or Frollo, he seems to have little to no sexual interest in the female target of his obsession, in his case Belle, instead seeing her as yet another status symbol. He claims that she’s the only girl in town who’s as good-looking as he is and that makes her the best, which he believes he deserves nothing less than. Even when he describes fathering children with Belle, he shows no interest in the act itself beyond a means of providing him with male heirs. After she rejects him, his ego is wounded which makes him [[ItsPersonal obsessed with marrying her]].

* AesopCollateralDamage: You have to wonder why the Beast's servants have to be cursed as well as the Beast himself. It's implied in some sources that she cursed the servants as well for spoiling the Prince in such a manner that led to his {{Jerkass}} attitude. In the stage show, Lumière and Cogsworth have a scene discussing exactly this. Lumière points out that they raised the Beast and made him the way he is, and thus have their own part in the curse to bear.

* ArcherArchetype: Gaston is an interesting subversion: he is a musclebound, loud, uneducated bruiser, which doesn't correspond to the trope (cold, analytical, and physically weak). However, he is capable of great feats of strength, which is TruthInTelevision (you need to be quite strong if you want to pull the strings). Ironically, he has been shown using a blunderbuss while wearing a quiver full of arrows, and only uses a bow at the climax.

* OnlySaneWoman: She's easily the most down-to-earth of the servants before Belle shows up.

* WomenAreWiser: Unlike Lumière and Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts lacks troublesome quirks, and acts as the voice of reason amongst her colleagues.

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/TonyJay; Henry Djanik (European French dub); Ariel Furman (Hebrew)

* SavageWolves: Well, duh. They’re not the page image of this for nothing.

** Lust: Gaston only wants Belle for her beauty, not caring at all for her personality and desires.

* BouquetToss: In the coloring book for the movie, it was shown that the sisters were invited to the wedding of Belle and the Prince, and [[CatFight they started fighting over]] who of them was going to catch Belle's bouquet.