History Main / BeastAndBeauty

* ''Webcomic/CursedPrincessClub'' has a gender-inverted example with Gwendolyn and Frederick. Princess Gwendolyn of the Pastel Kingdom [[FaceOfAThug looks more like a witch or a goblin than a princess]], while Prince Frederick of the Plaid Kingdom is a handsome blond boy. Their respective fathers set up an ArrangedMarriage between them -- as well as between Gwen's (more conventionally pretty) sisters and Frederick's brothers -- but Frederick is initially very resistant to a union with such an ugly and frightening girl (the fact that several [[PoorCommunicationKills misunderstood conversations]] with Gwen makes him think she's trying to hex him doesn't help). The "Beast" part of the dynamic is downplayed, as Gwendolyn's [[NiceGirl personality]] isn't remotely beastlike -- if anything, she does more to help Frederick overcome his insecurities than he helps with her's, making her a better fit for the "Belle" archetype despite how she looks.

* ''Literature/LunarChronicles'': Scarlet Benoit and Wolf are an example of this, as Scarlet is a human girl and Wolf is a Lunar wolf-human soldier. This is especially the case in ''Winter'', [[spoiler: when Wolf is further genetically and surgically modified to be more wolf-like than before]].

* The animated clip from DAT's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vJf38Lp5CI "Showtime"]] depicts a depressed devil that falls in love with an eccentric woman. He can become easily an EldritchAbomination that swallows her soon after they meet, but it seems more like a prank, since she reappears unharmed and doesn't seem the slightest bit scared. He eventually decides to become human, or at least less demonic, since his horns and wings just get small, but [[spoiler: he can't remain in this form much long and painfully turns back into fully devil. With the woman's consent, he erases her memories of him as he cries, before they have a last dance [[StarCrossedLovers and he leaves her for good.]] The song, however, sounds optimistic: " Though I can't see, I can see compassion/Trust in the hope of our future"]]

* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'' has one episode specifically called “Beauty and the Beast”, although it’s not romantic. It starts with a storyteller telling “Beauty and the Beast” to a group of children and [[{{Foreshadowing}}Teela commenting that she loved the fairy tale when she was little]]. Shortly after, Skeletor kidnaps Orko and Teela and hides them in the palace of a king that Evil-Lyn turned into a "monster"(a bald, gray-skinned man with bat wings instead of ears). The king reluctantly complies because otherwise his subjects will become as hideous as he is. Of course Teela convinces him to stand ground against Skeletor; although he is easily defeated by the villain's gang, she thanks him with a kiss that breaks the spell.

* ''Anima'', by Fran Brigs e Anna Giovannini, is a very curious Brazilian manga that rewrites the plot of Disney's film. Damaran, the beast, won his fortune by becoming a prince of thieves, but that made him lose his humanity. Belle, a.k.a. Amadeus, is a HookerWithAHeartOfGold that lives with Cleo (Maurice's counterpart), a very feisty transwoman that has the brilliant idea of looting Damaran’s castle to pay her debts with a loan shark - the real villain, since "Gaston" and "Le Fou" are Be...err, Amadeus' friends here. Ah, and Damaran's subordinates are humans.

* ''Webcomic/TheFlowerAndTheNose'': An interesting [[https://tapas.io/episode/8252gender-flipped version]]. Lani is cursed with a humungous nose by a flower that blooms once every thirty years. She builds a very successful perfum industry thanks to her keen sense of smell, but the bitterness caused by her appearance makes her drive people away. Until she meets a handsome, mysterious man who is surprisingly interested on her.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'' has one episode specifically called “Beauty and the Beast”, although it’s not romantic. In it, Skeletor kidnaps Orko and Teela and hides them in the palace of a king that Evil-Lyn turned into a "monster"(a bald, gray-skinned man with bat wings instead of ears). The king reluctantly complies because otherwise his subjects will become as hideous as he is. Of course Teela convinces him to have a HeelFaceTurn, and afterwards she gives him a grateful kiss that breaks the spell. [[{{Foreshadowing}} Earlier in the episode, a storyteller tells “Beauty and the Beast” to a group of children and Teela comments that she loved the fairy tale when she was little]].

** In “The Return of Granamyr”, He-Man and Man-At-Arms must help a young dragon who wants to become human because he fell in love with the daughter of a wizard. She loves him back, but her father demands that her suitors go through a series of tests that only humans can perform and, by the law of the dragons, her dragonfriend is not allowed to be turned into a human until she is commited to him. Therefore, the couple rarely show up as He-Man does all the hard work.

** Played straight with Camazotz and Zynaya. As the God of Bats, Camazotz has a very beastly appearance, with purple skin and [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmonds teeth so big that he shouldn't be able to talk]], but that didn't keep him of being loved with the young human warrior. They had a son, Zatz, but she was eventually murdered and Camazotz forced to return to Lorde Mictlan's reign. Zynaya's soul became a star; both Camazotz and Zatz find comfort seeing her at night. [[spoiler: Camazotz ends up killed by Lord Mictlan, [[TogetherInDeath and becomes a star,too, joining her.]]]]

** Subverted with Lord Mictlan and Lady Micte. She married him only for status and power, but was not repulsed by his hideous appearance (he's got two heads that become one, and menacing [[FangsAreEvil fangs]]), until she realized he was much more monstrous inside.

* ''WesternAnimation/BoxBallet'' the short shows what happens when a rude, big, ugly boxer falls in love with a frail ballerina. Realistically, their worlds are too different... but living in them is [[CrapsackWorld very hard, sometimes even unbearable, so both boxer and ballerina find support on each other.

** Played straight with Zatz' parents, Camazotz and Zynaya. As the God of Bats, Camazotz has a very beastly appearance, with purple skin and [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmonds teeth so big that he shouldn't be able to talk]]. Still, he found love with Zynaya,a human warrior. They married and lived happily with their baby until they were persecuted by Znaya's people. She was killed, but her soul became a star; both Camazotz and Zatz find comfort seeing her at night. [[spoiler: Camazotz ends up killed by Lord Mictlan, [[TogetherInDeath and becomes a star,too, joining her.]]]]

* The Russian short ''WesternAnimation/BoxBallet'' is a touching story about a rude, big, ugly boxer falls in love with a frail ballerina. Realistically, their worlds are too different... but they aren't nice, either, and both find support on each other.

* The animated clip from DAT's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vJf38Lp5CI "Showtime"]] depicts a depressed devil that makes friends with a young woman and falls in love with her. He can become easily an EldritchAbomination that swallows her soon after they meet, but it seems more like a prank, since she reappears unharmed and doesn't seem the slightest bit scared. They dance together, he drives her on a bicycle and decides to become human, or almost (his horns and wings just get small) , but [[spoiler: he can't remain in this form much long and painfully turns back into fully devil. With the woman's consent, he erases her memories of him as he cries, before they have a last dance [[StarCrossedLovers and he leaves her for good.]] The song, however, sounds optimistic: " Though I can't see, I can see compassion/Trust in the hope of our future"]]

* ''Webcomic/CursedPrincessClub'' has a gender-inverted example with Gwendolyn and Frederick. Princess Gwendolyn of the Pastel Kingdom [[FaceOfAThug looks more like a witch or a goblin than a princess]], while Prince Frederick of the Plaid Kingdom is a handsome blond boy. Their respective fathers set up an ArrangedMarriage between them (as well as between Gwen's sisters and Frederick's brothers), but Frederick is initially very resistant to a union with such an ugly and frightening girl (the fact that several [[PoorCommunicationKills misunderstood conversations]] with Gwen makes him think she's trying to hex him doesn't help). The "Beast" part of the dynamic is downplayed, as Gwendolyn's [[NiceGirl personality]] isn't remotely beastlike -- if anything, she does more to help Frederick overcome his insecurities than he helps with her's, making her a better fit for the "Belle" archetype despite how she looks.

** [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2014 The French moviereleased in 2014]] has many differences from the original fairy tale. To start, Beauty’s sisters are good, while her brothers are the villains. And the Beast has a past. He was HappilyMarried to a beautiful woman whom asked him to not hunt a golden dear that wandered around the castle. He didn’t listen, of course... and discovered that the deer was his beloved wife, who was a fairy. Her father, the God of the Forest, punished him along with his hunting dogs.

* ''Film/{{Ladyhawke}}'': Etienne of Navarre and Isabeau d'Anjou are both cursed by a [[CorruptChurch corrupt Bishop]] because she loves Navarre and not the latter. She becomes a hawk by day and he turns into wolf at night, so they only can see see each other (as humans) briefly, when the sun rises. Even non-sentient in his wolf form, Navarre is protective of Isabeau, and she calms him down, keeping him from attacking Phillip, the young thief who helps them.

** In Creator/PeterJackson's ''Film/KingKong2005'', the two actually communicate through actions several times. WordOfGod is that the affectionate interactions between Anne and Kong were based on the story of Koko the gorilla and her pet kitten.
** Downplayed in ''Film/KongSkullIsland'' as the human heroine, Mason Weaver, ''does'' share a connection with Kong, [[spoiler: who even rescues her at one point]], but it is not the focus of the story, nor is it remotely sexual or romantic in nature.
* ''Film/{{Ladyhawke}}'': Etienne of Navarre and Isabeau d'Anjou are both cursed by a [[CorruptChurch corrupt Bishop]] because she loves Navarre and not the latter. She becomes a hawk by day and he turns into wolf at night, so they only can see see each other (as humans) briefly, when the sun rises Even non-sentient in his wolf form, Navarre is protective of Isabeau, and she calms him down, keeping him from attacking Phillip, the young thief who helps them.

** Tyrion Lannister, the dwarf, has experienced the dynamic twice, and both in tragic ways. First with the commoner Tysha, to whom he saved from being raped by soldiers; they eventually became lovers and married. Unfortunately, Tywin, his father, learned about the union and made Jaime lie to Tyrion that Tysha was a prostitute Jaime had paid, so Tyrion would have some happiness. Worse, Tywin had Tysha raped by his soldiers while Tyrion was forced to watch, before she was cast away. [[spoiler: After learning the truth, Tyrion avenges her and himself by killing his father.]].

* ''Film/TheMummyReturns'' has a villainous example with Meela Nais and Imhotep. She's the reincarnation of Anck-su-namun, who was Imhotep's lover when he was mortal, and he's a {{mummy}. Note that Imhotep becomes fully human much sooner than most examples of this trope.

* ''Film/TheShapeOfWater'', about the romance between a {{Fishmen}} and a human woman, puts a few twists on this trope. For one, the "Beauty" is a fair bit older than most of these other examples, though still very beautiful, and for another, the sexual aspect is ''not'' glossed over. They ''definitely'' have sex. [[spoiler:Furthermore, the ending implies she [[AmbiguouslyHuman may not have been wholly human]] herself, when the Amphibian Man's kiss gives her gills so they can live together under water, inverting the "MagicKiss makes the Beast human again" part of the trope.]]

See also UglyGuyHotWife and SexyDimorphism for cases of a beastly partner and a pretty partner, where the difference comes from real-life beauty standards and doesn't symbolize anything about the characters' personalities. See also FreakinessShame. If the "beast" part is downplayed, it may be a case of InterspeciesRomance. If they are only friends or work together with no romantic subtext, or that subtext being in the background, that's MonsterAndTheMaiden. For the metaphorical variety, see DeathAndTheMaiden. Also see MarsNeedsWomen.

* ''Webcomic/CursedPrincessClub'' has a gender-inverted example with Gwendolyn and Frederick. Princess Gwendolyn of the Pastel Kingdom [[FaceOfAThug looks more like a witch or a goblin than a princess]], while Prince Frederick of the Plaid Kingdom is a handsome blond boy. Their respective fathers set up an ArrangedMarriage between them (as well as between Gwen's sisters and Frederick's brothers), but Frederick is initially very resistant to a union with such an ugly and frightening girl (the fact that several [[PoorCommunicationKils misunderstood conversations]] with Gwen makes him think she's trying to hex him doesn't help). The "Beast" part of the dynamic is downplayed, as Gwendolyn's [[NiceGirl personality]] isn't remotely beastlike -- if anything, she does more to help Frederick overcome his insecurities than he helps with her's, making her a better fit for the "Belle" archetype despite how she looks.

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'': In "Edge of Darkness", Goose is dragged through a black hole that bugs his powers, morphing him into different creatures. He crashes on Ozark and a beautiful cowgirl called Annie tries to shield him from the other locals, who have no tolerance against off-worlders. Of course that Goose's transformations into a half-irrational, growling beast don't help. [[BigDamnHeroes His ranger conrades save him in the exact mo]]ment he is about to be shot by the local xeriff, [[UngratefulTownsfolk although he has just saved a local child from drowning]]. Annie helps Goose to calm down, so Doc may restore him back to his human form; the latter even lampshades the two, by calling them "Beauty and the Goose". Unfortunately, Goose is unable to return Annie's feelings [[TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest because he still loves Darkstar]].

** “Garden of Evil” parodies the fairy tale. When the Sultan was young, he picked up a flower of a magnificent garden prompting the wrath of its master, a [[PlantPerson plant-man called Arbutus]]. The creature demanded the future Sultan to promise him his most valuable treasure… which, twenty years later, turns out to be Jasmine. Subverted when Arbutus' treats Jasmine not as his future bride, but as a piece of decoration for his garden. When she protests that she is not an object, he rants that’s exactly how humans treat the flowers and plants in general. Jasmine realizes that he loves his garden as much as her father and Aladdin love her, [[spoiler: but is unable to stop the latter to fight Arbutus. Accidentaly, Aladdin cuts a flower off the plantman's body (Arbutus' heart), killing him and his garden. Jasmine plants the flower somewhere outside and it breathes, hinting that Arbutus will regrow eventually.]]

** In "Seems Like Old Crimes", both the con artists Minos and Fatima become monsters(respectively, a minotaur and a harpy)along with their partner Aziz, as a punishment for trying to steal the sacred Destiny Stone.They use their newfound powers to loot Agrabah, but Fatima wants to take revenge on Aladin, to whom she blames for having become a monster because he tried to stop them from stealing the gem. However, after noticing how much Jasmine and Aladin love each other, Fatima realizes they are like her and Minos, taking a HeelFaceTurn. Aziz tries to kill her, but [[DivingSave Minos pushes Fatima of the way]] and is burned, instead. [[spoiler: The scene of Minos dying as Fatima touches his face is a frame-by-frame replay of Beast's death; luckily, the Destiny Stone turns them back into humans, giving them a second chance. Both decide to atone.]]

** “Garden of Evil” parodies the fairy tale with dark twists. When the Sultan was young, he stumbled in a magnificent garden and picked up a flower to take for his bride, prompting the wrath of its master, a [[PlantPerson plant-man called Arbutus]]. The creature wouldn’t allow the Sultan to leave until he promised to give him his most valuable treasure… which, unsurprisingly, turned out to be Jasmine, twenty years later. Subverted when Arbutus' treats Jasmine not as his future bride, but as a piece of decoration for his garden. She protests that she is not an object, but he retorts that’s exactly how humans treat the flowers and rants about the destruction they cause. Jasmine realizes that he loves his garden as much as her father and Aladin love her, [[spoiler: but is unable to stop the latter to fight Arbutus, until he accidentaly cuts a flower off the plantman's body (Arbutus' heart), killing him and his garden. Later, Jasmine plants the flower somewhere outside and it breathes, hinting that Arbutus will regrow eventually.]]

** In "Seems Like Old Crimes", both the con artists Minos and Fatima become monsters - respectively, a minotaur and a harpy - as a punishment for trying to steal the sacred Destiny Stone. Along with their partner Aziz, who was turned in a goblin, they use their newfound powers to loot Agrabah and get revenge on Aladin, because he tried to stop them from stealing the gem, with Fatima [[NeverMyFault blaming him for her fate]]. However, after noticing how much Jasmine and Aladin love each other, Fatima realizes they are like her and Minos, taking a HeelFaceTurn. Aziz tries to kill her, but [[DivingSave Minos pushes Fatima of the way]] and is burned, instead. [[spoiler: The scene of Minos dying as Fatima touches his face is a frame-by-frame replay of Beast's death; luckily, the Destiny Stone turns them back into humans, giving them a second chance. Both decide to atone.]]

* There is a[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merry Melodies]] short called[[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast1934 ''Beauty And the Beast'']] that subverts completely the fairy tale. The protagonist, an unnamed, chubby little girl who dreams she is in Slumberland, where everybody welcome her but warn about the “terrible beast”. She makes friends with a toy soldier and together they read a book supposedly of the fairy tale; however, the book portraits the Beast as vicious monster whom [[LivingDrawing jumps out of the book]] and grabs the little girl, supposedly to eat her. Fortunately, she wakes up.

* ''Webcomic/The Flower And The Nose'': An interesting [[https://tapas.io/episode/8252gender-flipped version]]. Lani is cursed with a humungous nose by a flower that blooms once every thirty years. She builds a very successful perfum industry thanks to her keen sense of smell, but the bitterness caused by her appearance makes her drive people away. Until she meets a handsome, mysterious man who is surprisingly interested on her.

* There is a[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merry Melodies]] short called[[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast1934 ''Beauty And the Beast'' that subverts completely the fairy tale. The protagonist, an unnamed, chubby little girl who dreams she is in Slumberland, where everybody welcome her but warn about the “terrible beast”. She makes friends with a toy soldier and together they read a book supposedly of the fairy tale; however, the book portraits the Beast as vicious monster whom [[LivingDrawing jumps out of the book]] and grabs the little girl, supposedly to eat her. Fortunately, she wakes up.

* [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/the-bride-of-the-fox/prologue-/viewer?title_no=396364&episode_no=1 The Bride of the Fox]] : Nubia is a pretty, selfless princess from the Thandiwe kingdom that has serious self-esteem issues. Taiga is a LittleBitBeastly [[AsianFoxSpirit Kitsune]] she saves from drowning. He is also the king of the Makai Kingdom, a mystic world, and sees himself as unable to love because of his DarkAndTroubledPast. Guess what?
* [[https://tapas.io/episode/8252 The Flower And The Nose]]: An interesting gender-flipped version. Lani is cursed with a humungous nose by a flower that blooms once every thirty years. She builds a very successful perfum industry thanks to her keen sense of smell, but the bitterness caused by her appearance makes her drive people away. Until she meets a handsome, mysterious man who is surprisingly interested on her.

* ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast1934'': This [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merry Melodies]] short has nothing to do with the Disney film; in fact, it subverts the original fairy tale so completely that must have traumatized many kids. The protagonist is an unnamed, graceful little girl who is put to sleep by a (pre-Neil Gaiman) Sandman rendition after [[AcidRefluxNightmare having indulged on snacks.]] In her dream, she goes to Slumberland, where everybody welcome her but warn about the “terrible beast”. She falls in love with a toy soldier, they visit a library of giant books and open “Beauty and the Beast” to read that the Beast is “ so mean and vicious and wants to snatch the poor Beauty" (which is NOT written in the real book). The Beast, a naked, furry, long-nosed oger, [[LivingDrawing jumps out of the book]] to grab the little girl, supposedly to eat her; the toy soldier tries to save her, but can’t do much. Fortunately, she wakes up.

* The animated clip from DAT's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vJf38Lp5CI "Showtime"]] depicts a depressed devil that makes friends with a young woman and falls in love with her. He can become easily an EldritchAbomination that swallows her minutes after they meet, but it seems more like a prank, since she reappears unharmed and doesn't seem the slightest bit scared. They dance together, ride on a bicycle and embrace, but [[spoiler: the devil starts to become human, apparently because of their relationship, and that causes him pain. With the woman's consent, he erases her memories of him with a tear on his eye before they have a last dance [[StarCrossedLovers and he leaves her for good.]] The song, however, sounds optimistic: " Though I can't see, I can see compassion/Trust in the hope of our future"]]

** There is actually a Fluttershy/Discord fic that parodies Disney's film, ''Fanfic/BrideOfDiscord''. It has two sequels and audio versions on youtube.

* ''Beauty And The Beast(1962)''In spite of the title, it is not an adaptation of the fairy tale. Lady Althea pays a visit to Duke Edward Marc, her fiancé and heir of the throne, but finds out he transforms every night into a werewolf, because of a curse tossed by an alchemist that his late father killed many years ago. She decides to help him break the curse, but a rival of Edward discovers his secret and [[TorchesAndPitchforks stirs the townspeople against him]]. It’s not hard to guess what happens next.

* ''Manga/Anima'', by Fran Brigs e Anna Giovannini, is a very curious Brazilian manga that rewrites the plot of Disney's film. Damaran, the beast, won his fortune by becoming a prince of thieves, but that made him lose his humanity. Belle, a.k.a. Amadeus, is a HookerWithAHeartOfGold that lives with Cleo (Maurice's counterpart), a very feisty transwoman that has the brilliant idea of looting Damaran’s castle to pay her debts with a loan shark - the real villain, since "Gaston" and "Le Fou" are Be...err, Amadeus' friends here. Ah, and Damaran's subordinates are humans.

* ''ComicBook/Rowlf'': The first fantasy comic created by Richard Corben depicts the story of a wolfdog with a lustful passion for his curvaceous owner, princess Marayara, a.k.a. Yara. She is kidnapped by "demons" (probably a mutant race, since the story happens in an [[AfterTheEnd apocaliptic world]]); Rolph seeks help from Yara's suitor, Raymon, but the genius hates the dog so much that he thinks that Rowlf killed her. He asks a mage to transform Rowlf into a human, so they'll torture him into telling where Yara's corpse is. The magic turns Rowlf in a tall, muscled dogman, still unable to talk but much more intelligent than Raymon and the magician. He decides to save Yara by himself.

* [[https://www.worldhistory.org/Melusine/ The European fairy Melusine]] was cursed by her mother into turning half-serpent on the Saturdays, until she married a man who would respect her privacy. She eventually married the nobleman Raymondin, promising him she would make him wealthy and famous as long as he left her alone at Saturdays. Both fulfilled their promises until Raymondin's family talked him into spying on her on her bath during Saturday. She leaves him, returning only to visit her children or to fulfill her obligations of the curse, to warn death or predict fortune.

* The story of [[https://historyandartblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/04/petrus-gonsalvus-the-gentleman-at-the-court-of-henry-ii-that-inspired-the-tale-of-beauty-and-the-beast/ Petrus Gonsalvus]] (1517-1618) probably served as inspiration to Gabrielle de Villeneuve conceiving Beauty and the Beast. He was a Guanche, an aborigin race of the Canary Islands, with a rare medical condition called "hypertrichosis", which covers one's face and body entirely with hair. Because of this, he was captured in a young age and given to Henri II of France as a "wild man". Henry II, however, soon noticed that Petrus was actually calm and doctile in spite of his captivity, and decided to have him transformed in a true gentleman. Petrus learned to speak, write and social manners; after Henri II death, his wife Catherine de Medici decided to marry him out of curiosity, to check if his children would be hairy, too. The chosen one was one of the the prettiest ladies of her court, who was also called Catherine and that had no idea to whom she was marrying until the bridal night. Legends say that she fainted when she saw Petrus for the first time; however, as it was said before, he was a good, patient man. They had seven children; four of them were born with hypertrichosis thus sent as gifts to European courts, so the story of Petrus and Catherine is far from being happy. The registers hint that they truly loved their children, and there is an image were she is represented touching Petrus' shoulder as a sign of affection, which was very unusual in couple portraits.

* [[https://showmensmuseum.org/carnival-sideshows/percilla-the-monkey-girl/ Percilla Lauther (1911-2001) and Emmit Bejano (1915-1995)]] lived a true love story in spite of their advertisies. She had hypertrichosis and two rows of teeth and he had a calloused skin that earned him the nickname of "Alligator Man"; but she was also a graceful woman with a enchanting singing voice, while he was gentle and kind. They saw past their physical differents and lived together for many years, until Emmit's death.

* ''Manga/WatashinoOokami-kun'': Downplayed with Ookami Yuu and Kusokogi Kougi. Yuu is member of a foster family composed by boys with habilities of turning into animals (cat, fox, etc, nothing too big); he is the wolf, although he spends most part of the manga as a human. Interestingly enough, Yuu is popular and a ChickMagnet, while Komugi is socially awkward because of a traumatic experience in her previous school. Not that he doesn't have issues of his own.

* ''ComicBook/BeautyaAndTheBeast(2014)'': a French retelling of the fairy tale, written by Maxe L’Hermenier, which seems loosely based upon [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl Pirates of the Caribbean]]. Belle wears pants and spends her time reading whenever she hasn’t to put up with her sexist ChildhoodFriend or her abusive sisters. Beast is the titanic captain of a flying ship full of pirate zombies that search for dark souls. [[spoiler: Their relationship is purely platonic, since he is HappilyMarried - or was, before an evil sorcerer stepped between them -, but Belle is more than happy into helping him to reunite to his beloved.]]

* ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast(1962)''In spite of the title, it is not an adaptation of the fairy tale. Lady Althea pays a visit to Duke Edward Marc, her fiancé and heir of the throne, but finds out he transforms every night into a werewolf, because of a curse tossed by an alchemist that his late father killed many years ago. She decides to help him break the curse, but a rival of Edward discovers his secret and [[TorchesAndPitchforks stirs the townspeople against him]]. It’s not difficult to guess what’ll happen.

* ''Anima'', by Fran Brigs e Anna Giovannini, is a very curious Brazilian manga that rewrites the plot of Disney's film. Damaran, the beast, was once a prince... of thieves. Belle, a.k.a. Amadeus, is a HookerWithAHeartOfGold while “Gaston” and “Le Fou” are her only friends in town. Well, besides Cleo (Maurice's counterpart), a transwoman and Amadeus feisty roomate, who has the brilliant idea of looting Damaran’s castle to pay her debts. Ah, and Damaran's subordinates were not cursed.

** The manga/''Brotherhood'' has also Alphonse Elric and Mai Chang, subverted and in a platonic basis. He is a soul attached to a huge, empty armor. As such, he's very strong, but also a BruiserWithASoftCenter dedicated to protect all life. She is a stubborn, reckless 13 years old girl master in martial arts, who dreamed into meeting Edward because she heard he was tall and handsome. Disappointed with Ed's true appearance, she transfers her interest to Al after he says he's taller than his brother (in his human form), but comes to love him because of his kindness.
* ''Grimms Manga'': The first chapter has a short but cute retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. A wolf cub - a boy with wolf ears, tail and fangs - is told by his father that, to become an entire wolf, he has to eat a virgin - specifically, a little girl. He falls for Red, she saves him from the Hunter and he decides to protect her. That is more than an enough to give him the power of transforming into a big, intimidating wolf, whenever he wants.

* ''[[https://theanimangaeffect.wordpress.com/2016/12/15/watashi-no-ookami-kun/ Watashi no Ookami-kun]]'': Downplayed with Ookami Yuu and Kusokogi Kougi. Yuu is member of a foster family composed by boys with habilities of turning into animals (cat, fox, etc, nothing too big); he is the wolf, although he spends most part of the manga as a human. Interestingly enough, Yuu is popular and a ChickMagnet, while Komugi is socially awkward because of a traumatic experience in her previous school. Not that he doesn't have issues of his own.

* ''ComicBook/Rowlf'': The first fantasy comic created by Richard Corben depicts the story of a wolfdog with a lustful passion for his curvaceous owner, princess Yara. She is kidnapped by "demons" (probably a mutant race, since the story happens in an [[AfterTheEnd apocaliptic world]]); Rolph seeks help from Yara's suitor, Raymon, but the genius hates the dog so much that he thinks that Rowlf killed her. He asks a mage to transform Rowlf into a human, so they'll torture him into telling where Yara's corpse is. The magic turns Rowlf in a tall, muscled dogman, still unable to talk but much more intelligent than Raymon and the magician. He decides to save Yara by himself.
** A curiosity: [[Creator/HayaoMiyazaki Hayao Miyazaki]] wanted to animate Rowlf, as you can see [[https://www.heavymetal.com/news/corben-miyazaki-rowlf/ here]].

** In ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Bull_of_Norroway The Black Bull of Norroway]]'', three sisters consult a witch to seek fortune. The witch tells them to look at the back door. The first girls find rich coachs that take them away, but the youngest finds just a bull. The bull takes her to the castles of his three brothers and each of them gives the girl a gift to open when she'll need help. After this, the bull takes her to a valley of glass and tells her that he's going to fight the Devil. If the sky gets red, it 'll mean the bull has lost; if the sky gets blue, he won, but the girl must not move an inch or he'll not be able to find her. The sky becomes blue, but the girl naturally moves and gets stuck in the valley. She meets a blacksmith, who says that if she'll work for him for ten years, he'll repay her by making her a pair of shoes to climb out of the valley. The rest of the story happens just like "The Singing, Springing Lark" and "East Of The Sun West Of The Moon", with the girl using her gifts to stop her [[ShapeshiftingLover now human fiancé (a knight)]] from marrying another woman - the witch's daughter, this time.

* ''Beauty and the Beast (1962)''In spite of the title, it is not an adaptation of the fairy tale. Lady Althea pays a visit to Duke Edward Marc, her fiancé and heir of the throne, but finds out he transforms every night into a werewolf, because of a curse tossed by alchemist that his late father killed many years ago. She decides to help him break the curse, but a rival of Edward discovers his secret and [[TorchesAndPitchforks stirs the townspeople against him]]. It’s not difficult to guess what’ll happen.

* '' Meridian: Kiss of the Beast'': A 90s darker, pornographic version with RomanticizedAbuse. Catherine, a "modern" girl moves to the Italian castle she inherited from her family. Along with her best friend, she is [[DudeShesLikeInAComa drugged and then raped]] by the twins working in a nearby circus. Both are cursed to transform in beastmen and Catherine falls for the "good" twin.

* Tragically deconstructed in Oscar Wilde's [[http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/BirInf.shtml The Birthday of the Infanta]]. An ugly, naive, cheerful dwarf is given to the Infanta of Spain in her twelth birthday. He thinks the adorable girl loves him because she laughs whenever he dances, unaware [[RoyalBrat that she is actually mocking him]]. He learns the truth in the harshest way possible, when he sees himself in a mirror for the first time.

* [[https://europeanclassiccomic.blogspot.com/2019/05/beauty-and-beast.html Beauty and the Beast(2014)]]: a French retelling of the fairy tale, written by Maxe L’Hermenier, which seems loosely based upon [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl Pirates of the Caribbean]]. Belle wears pants and spends her time reading whenever she hasn’t to put up with her sexist ChildhoodFriend or her abusive sisters. Beast is the titanic captain of a flying ship full of pirate zombies that search for dark souls. [[spoiler: Their relationship is purely platonic, since he is HappilyMarried - or was, before an evil sorcerer stepped between them -, but Belle is more than happy into helping him to reunite to his beloved.]]

* ''[[https://cloud-109.blogspot.com/2010/02/rowlf-corbens-mini-epic.html Rowlf]]'': The first fantasy comic created by Richard Corben depicts the story of a wolfdog with a lustful passion for his curvaceous owner, princess Yara. She is kidnapped by "demons" (probably a mutant race, since the story happens in an [[AfterTheEnd apocaliptic world]]); Rolph seeks help from Yara's suitor, Raymon, but the genius hates the dog so much that he thinks that Rowlf killed her. He asks a mage to transform Rowlf into a human, so they'll torture him into telling where Yara's corpse is. The magic turns Rowlf in a tall, muscled dogman, still unable to talk but much more intelligent than Raymon and the magician. He decides to save Yara by himself.

* Deconstructed in ''ComicStrip/{{Mutts}}': ([[https://mutts.com/collections/comic-strips/products/strip-060522 See here]]) Doozie decides to recreate the film with Moochie, believing that the cat will become a prince if they'll dance together and fall in love. They dance briefly, dressed (in her imagination) as Belle and Beast, but she is disappointed to see that Moochie is still a cat. [[BeingHumanSucks He tells Earl that he loves happy endings]].

* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(1962_film) Beauty and the Beast (1962)]]''In spite of the title, it is not an adaptation of the fairy tale. Lady Althea pays a visit to Duke Edward Marc, her fiancé and heir of the throne, but finds out he transforms every night into a werewolf, because of a curse tossed by alchemist that his late father killed many years ago. She decides to help him break the curse, but a rival of Edward discovers his secret and [[TorchesAndPitchforks stirs the townspeople against him]]. It’s not difficult to guess what’ll happen.

* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meridian:_Kiss_of_the_Beast Meridian: Kiss of the Beast]]'': A "modern" girl moves to the Italian castle she inherited from her family. Along with her best friend, she is [[DudeShesLikeInAComa drugged and then raped]] by the twins working in a nearby circus. Both are cursed to transform in beastmen, but somehow [[RomanticizedAbuse Catherine falls for]] the "good one".

* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Polar_Bear_King The Polar Bear King]]'': King Valemon, a king who has been placed under a curse by a sorceress he refused to marry, was turned into a polar bear and told he must [[spoiler:marry within seven years]] to be human again. [[spoiler:He becomes human temporarily at night, but only if his face is not seen. If it IS seen, he'll be trapped in the curse forever.]]

** The manga/''Brotherhood'' has also Alphonse Elric and Mai Chang, subverted and in a platonic basis. He is a soul attached to a huge, empty armor. As such, he's very strong, but also a BruiserWithASoftCenter dedicated to protect all life. She is a stubborn, reckless 13 years old girl master in martial arts, who dreamed into meeting Edward because she heard he was tall and handsome. Disappointed with Ed's true appearance, she transfers her interest to Al after he says he's taller than his brother (in his human form), but comes to love him because of his kindness. [[spoiler: Their partnership is fundamental to defeat the Father, but Mei cries in despair after she is forced to send Al's soul back to God in exchange of Ed's arm. Ed brings him back but they have to separate because she has to go back to Ching; however, one year later, Al decides to look for Mai in order to learn Ching's alchemy. The manga leaves it like this, but the end of the anime hints they end up together i na picture, with Mai now as a beautiful young woman.]]

* ''ComicStrip/{{Mutts}}'': [[https://mutts.com/collections/comic-strips/products/strip-060522 Deconstructed very recently]] Doozie decides to recreate the film with Moochie, believing that the cat will become a prince if they'll dance together and fall in love. They dance briefly, dressed (in her imagination) as Belle and Beast, but she is disappointed to see Moochie is still a cat. Moochie, however, comments with Earl that he loves happy endings.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Mutts}}'': [[https://mutts.com/collections/comic-strips/products/strip-060522 In a recent strip]], Doozie plays "Beauty and the Beast" with Moochie, saying: "We'll sance, fall in love and you'll turn back to a prince!', much for the cat's horror. They dance briefly, dressed (in her imagination) as the Disney characters, but she is disappointed to see Moochie is still a cat. Moochie, however, comments with Earl that he loves happy endings.
* ''[[https://cloud-109.blogspot.com/2010/02/rowlf-corbens-mini-epic.html Rowlf]]'': The first fantasy comic created by Richard Corben depicts the story of a wolfdog with a lustful passion for his curvaceous owner, princess Yara. She is kidnapped by "demons" (probably a mutant race, since the story happens in an [[AfterTheEnd apocaliptic world]]); Rolph seeks help from Yara's suitor, Raymon, but the genius hates the dog so much that he thinks that Rowlf killed her. He asks a mage to transform Rowlf into a human, so they'll torture him into telling where Yara's corpse is. The magic turns Rowlf in a tall, muscled dogman, still unable to talk but much more intelligent than Raymon and the magician. He decides to save Yara by himself.