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The CW has recently commissioned a pilot rebooting the series with a more urban super-hero spin and Kristin Kreuk as Catherine. Time will tell if this ever sees the light of day.

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The CW has recently commissioned a pilot rebooting the series with a more urban super-hero spin and Kristin Kreuk as Catherine. Time [[strike:Time will tell if this ever sees the light of day.
day.]] The pilot was picked up for the fall 2012 season.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Diana Bennett replaces Catherine Chandler in the final season.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Diana Bennett replaces Catherine Chandler in the final season. Though in the new dynamic, Vincent had no romantic bond at all with Diana, while her budding attraction to him was mostly just suggested by her having a recurrant dream about him.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Diana Bennet replaces Catherine Chandler in the final season.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Diana Bennet Bennett replaces Catherine Chandler in the final season.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Diana Bennet replaces Catherine Chandler in the final season.
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* BlindAndTheBeast: Catherine has her eyes covered with bandages when she first meets Vincent, and has fallen in love with him by the time her eyesight has been restored.
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Subverted: Vincent is kind and sweet, and his appearance doesn't change.

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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Subverted: Vincent is kind and sweet, and his appearance doesn't change.change, in the beginning Catherine was shallow and petty and Vincent's kindness gave her something more to live for.
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* {{Homage}}: Vincent's appearance resembles that of the Beast in Jean Cocteau's famous film version of the fairy tale.

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* {{Homage}}: Vincent's appearance resembles that of the Beast in [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast Jean Cocteau's famous 1946 film version version]] of the fairy tale.
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Many of the episodes were penned by none other than [=~George R. R. Martin ~=], now famous for his ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' series of novels.

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Many of the episodes were penned by none other than [=~George R. R. Martin ~=], GeorgeRRMartin, now famous for his ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' series of novels.

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* BigDamnHeroes: Vincent.

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* BigDamnHeroes: {{Big Damn Hero|es}}: Vincent.



* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Despite his appearance (or perhaps [[FetishFuel because of it]]) Vincent is ''dead sexy.''



* TheLoad: Catherine, oh so Catherine. The woman's only purpose for existence is to get in trouble, thus forcing Vincent to risk all by rescuing her. But despite this....



* MrFanservice: Despite his appearance (or perhaps because of it) Vincent is ''dead sexy.''



* PlayingAgainstType: Somewhat in reverse for Ron Perlman. In this show he conclusively showed that he could do subtle drama very well, but subsequently got invariably {{Typecast}} as a grim yet wisecracking {{Badass}}, virtually without exception. Even his {{Hellboy}} character spends more time making deadpan quips and kicking the butts of his enemies than romancing his partner Liz.



* RunawayFiancee

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* RunawayFiancee[[RunawayFiance Runaway Fiancée]]
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''Beauty and the Beast'' is a 1980s {{CBS}} TV series, loosely inspired by [[BeautyAndTheBeast the fairy tale of the same name]] but set in modern-day NewYorkCity.

Catherine (Linda Hamilton), a lawyer, is rescued from an attack by Vincent (RonPerlman), a member of a secret community of outcasts living in tunnels under the city.

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''Beauty and the Beast'' is a 1980s [[TheEighties 1980s]] {{CBS}} TV series, loosely inspired by [[BeautyAndTheBeast the fairy tale of the same name]] but set in modern-day NewYorkCity.

NewYorkCity. The series lasted from September, 1987 to August, 1990. A total of 56 episodes in three seasons.

The premise was simple.
Catherine Chandler (Linda Hamilton), a lawyer, is abducted, beaten, slashed and left to die in Central Park. She is then rescued from an attack by Vincent (RonPerlman), a member of a secret community of outcasts living in tunnels under the city.
city. The series then focused partly on the attraction between the two characters, and partly on the cases Catherine encountered in her new career. Said career being the role of Assistant District Attorney, facing crime drama situations.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Somewhat in reverse for Ron Perlman. In this show he conclusively showed that he could do subtle drama very well, but subsequently got invariably {{Typecast}} as a grim yet wisecracking {{Badass}}, virtually without exception. Even his {{Hellboy}} character spends more time making deadpan quips and kicking the butts of his enemies than romancing his partner Liz.
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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer Sometimes it's the sewers. Sometimes it's the storm drains, and sometimes it's an abandoned section of the subways, the show wasn't very consistent about this.

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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer
** Sometimes it's the sewers. Sometimes it's the storm drains, and sometimes it's an abandoned section of the subways, the show wasn't very consistent about this.

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AbsurdlySpaciousSewer Sometimes it's the sewers. Sometimes it's the storm drains, and sometimes it's an abandoned section of the subways, the show wasn't very consistent about this.



* DeathByChildbirth: Whoo boy, where do we start...

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* DeathByChildbirth: Whoo boy, where do we start...DeathByChildbirth:



* [=~Hey, It's That Guy!~=]: It's [[{{Terminator}} Sarah Connor]] and [[{{Film/Hellboy}} Hellboy]]!
** TonyJay both starred as a recurring villain in this ''and'' voiced a character in the Disney ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast''.



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* AudioErotica: It's Ron Perlman as the romantic lead, you do the math.
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Subverted: Vincent is kind and sweet, and his appearence don't change.

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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Subverted: Vincent is kind and sweet, and his appearence don't appearance doesn't change.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Vincent.
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** TonyJay both starred as a recurring villain in this ''and'' voiced a character in the Disney ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast''.
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* TheLoad: Catherine, oh so Catherine. The woman's only purpose for existence was to get in trouble, thus forcing Vincent to risk all by rescuing her.



* SeasonalRot: Season three, in which [[spoiler: Catherine dies]], is deeply unpopular with a lot of the fanbase.
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Most of the episodes were penned by none other than [=~George R. R. Martin ~=], now famous for his ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' series of novels.

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Most of the episodes were penned by none other than [=~George R.R. Martin~=], now famous for his ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' series of novels.

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Most of the episodes were penned by none other than [=~George R. R. Martin~=], Martin ~=], now famous for his ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' series of novels.
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Most of the episodes were penned by none other than [=~George R.R. Martin~=], now famous for his ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' series of novels.



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** This troper hears that ''BeautyAndTheBeast'' was very big with Catholic nuns. For some reason they identified with a lover affair that could never be consumated....

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** This troper hears that ''BeautyAndTheBeast'' was very big with Catholic nuns. For some reason they identified with a lover affair that could never be consumated....



* TheLoad: Catherine, oh so Catherine. The woman's only purpose for existence seems was to get in trouble, forcing Vincent to risk all by rescuing her.

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* TheLoad: Catherine, oh so Catherine. The woman's only purpose for existence seems was to get in trouble, thus forcing Vincent to risk all by rescuing her.
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* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Despite his appearence (or perhaps [[FetishFuel because of it]]) Vincent is ''dead sexy.''

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* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Despite his appearence appearance (or perhaps [[FetishFuel because of it]]) Vincent is ''dead sexy.''


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* RomanticFalseLead: Wealthy developer Elliot Burch is briefly this for Catherine.

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