History TearJerker / BeautyAndTheBeast2017

** Perhaps the saddest part of this is that not even ''Froufrou'' (who, as a dog, would have been even ''more'' powerless to help her than Chip) was spared.

** And let's not forget that not even ''Froufrou'' (who, as a dog, would have been even ''more'' powerless to help her than Chip) was spared.

** And let's not forget that not even ''Froufrou' (who, as a dog, would have been even ''more'' powerless to help her than Chip) was spared.

** Even if Cadenza and Gerderobe were punished for their "inaction" for not helping the disguised Enchantress as adults, do you think Chip would be even old enough to understand what's going on and what needs to be done or be even allowed to help her?

--->''[[UpToEleven Doubly]]'' sad if you're familiar with Creator/DanStevens' ''[[HeAlsoDid other]]'' most famous [[Series/DowntonAbbey work]], [[spoiler: where there was no Enchantress to bring him back.]]

** "And as the long, long nights begin" take on a whole new meaning when you remember his servants will be inanimate if the spell isn't broken. It's bad enough imagining the Beast living the rest of his life as a bachelor when at least he'll have the company and comfort of the enchanted objects. But alas, he knows (and they know) that won't be the case. He won't just be bereft of Belle's company, but the company of the servants he's come to see as family.

** [[spoiler: Lumière, the last of the enchanted objects to become inanimate, bids farewell to Cogsworth ''and'' [[BreakingTheFourthWall the audience]]. For some reason, it makes one feel old and grief-stricken to see a childhood character say goodbye to us as he dies, even a DisneyDeath.]]

* Oh dear God '''The look''' Beast gives Belle after he sets her free [[HeldGaze and she turns to look back at him]]. Made even worse by the fact that Beast, a seven foot Chimera ''looks as if he's about to cry''. Its even more gut wrenching and unnerving than in the animated movie where he [[MightyRoar howled his grief!]].

* [=LeFou's=] slow dawning realization throughout the film of how awful a person Gaston is. You know things have gone [[FromBadToWorse from bad to worse]] when [=LeFou=], who first sang praise of Gaston, is now saying that he's turned into a monster through his one singing line in the "Mob Song".

* "I set her free. I'm sorry that I couldn't do the same for all of you. Now go. Our time has almost passed."

** In the same vein as [[Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Naveen]], it reflects how the Beast isn't ''entirely'' self-reliant without his servants.

** ** Even if Cadenza and Gerderobe were punished for their "inaction" for not helping the disguised Enchantress as adults, do you think Chip would be even old enough to understand what's going on and what needs to be done or be even allowed to help her?

** Even if Cadenza and Gerderobe were punished for their "inaction" for not helping the disguised Enchantress as adults, do you think Chip would be even old enough to understand what's going on and what needs to be done or be even allowed to help her?

--->''[[UpToEleven Doubly]]'' sad if you're familiar with Creator/DanStevens' ''[[HeAlsoDid other]]'' most famous [[Series/DowntonAbbey work]].

* Naturally, [[spoiler:the moment prior to the Beast's transformation back into the Prince with Belle crying over him]], only this time, [[spoiler:the castle objects actually turn inanimate after the last petal falls. Lumière holds Plumette as she is the first to turn into an ordinary feather duster. Then Mrs. Potts is frantically searching for Chip before she becomes a regular teapot, right before Chip comes in and nearly crashes until Chapeau catches him. By then, his face is gone from the teacup. Mrs. Potts didn't even get to see if Chip was okay before she was gone. Finally, Lumière and Cogsworth express their mutual friendship before they both freeze up.]]

--->''[[UpToEleven Doubly]]'' sad if you're familiar with [[Creator/DanStevens Dan Stevens']] ''[[HeAlsoDid other]]'' most famous [[DowntonAbbey work]].

** [[spoiler: Garderobe [[FaceDeathwithDignity accepting her fate graciously]] as she says good-bye to her husband. Cadenza begs for her to stay awake, before he gasps his final breath. Made worse by the fact that they've spent what was probably ''decades'' separated, only to reunite for a moment and then ''die''.]]
--->'''Garderobe:''' Maestro, you were so brave. [[spoiler:Goodbye, my love...]]\\
'''Cadenza:''' [[spoiler: Amore! No, don't leave me!]]
** [[spoiler: Frou-Frou panicking and whimpering after the above takes place. [[PleaseWakeUp His owner isn't responding, his owner's husband isn't responding, nobody is responding!]] And you can see it in the poor dog's frantic body language. And then, Frou-Frou goes stiff as he too becomes inanimate, and topples lifelessly onto his back. For anyone who's ever lost a dog, this hits close to home.]]

* "I set her free. I'm sorry that I couldn't do the same for all of you. Now go. Our time has almost passed."
** That was probably code for "please don't hang around here and make me watch you turn completely".

* Gaston using [=LeFou's=] feelings for him against him to [[ManipulativeBastard manipulate [=LeFou=] into lying about Gaston's attempted murder of Maurice]]; [[AlmostKiss pulling him close and]] [[HeldGaze looking deep into his eyes]] [[ManipulativeBastard while reminding him he is Gaston's oldest and dearest friend]]. Some rank this up there with his attempted murder of the Beast in Gaston's cruelest moments, as [=LeFou=] is clearly conflicted but [[LoveMartyr can't bring himself to do something that would hurt Gaston.]]
** Agathe ([[spoiler:who is also the Enchantress]]), who saved Maurice, [[spoiler: is unable to defend him when Gaston insulted her and convinced the villagers that she was untrustworthy. She can only watch helplessly as Maurice is deemed insane by Gaston--a man who is far worse than the Beast ever was]].
*** [[spoiler: It can also be interpreted that although she's capable of saving Maurice ''again'', she refrains from doing so because, despite being the powerful Enchantress, she must ''allow'' the bad moments to play out.]]

* "Days in the Sun", one of the new songs written for the film, displays all the despair and longing the cursed servants have in wanting to be human again.
** The moment at the beginning of the song [[spoiler: in which a young version of the prince is at his mother's deathbed only to be led away by his father.]] A small moment to be sure, but it cuts back to the Beast, as if he was thinking about that very moment, as if it still haunts him in his adulthood.
** Cadenza, after what is probably ''decades'' of a curse, is ''still'' madly in love with his wife, whom he hasn't ''seen'' since the original day of cursing:
---> "Will I tremble again, to my dear one's gorgeous refrain?"
** Belle's lyrics about how she's gone from "innocent and certain" to "wiser but unsure"; they show how she's reeling from [[spoiler: how the Beast's father was so cruel that it made his son who he is today. Belle knows fathers and loved ones shape who you become. But she never imagined the Beast to have a sympathetic backstory.]] And perhaps, it's a reminder that, like Belle, nobody who's a fan of the first movie is a child anymore. Or that nobody will ever look at the first movie the same way again.
** If a person sees the movie for the first time while going through a particularly rough stretch themselves, there's a good chance that this song will be the main thing they'll remember about it.
* [[spoiler: The Beast's whole backstory is this. When he was a boy, his mother was very kind and loving to him. When she died, his cruel father took him and twisted the prince to be just like him. Even worse, when you see the torn painting in the west wing, you see his father's face torn off as well as his own, but his mother was the only one not torn down. Even though he became just like his father temporarily, he never forgot his mother and still loved her.]]

* [=LeFou's=] slow dawning realization throughout the film of how awful a person Gaston is. You know things have gone [[FromBadToWorse from bad to worse]] when [=LeFou=], who first sang praise of Gaston, is now saying that he's turned into a monster through his one singing line in the "Mob Song".
-->''There's a beast running wild, there's no question.'' \\
'''''But I fear the wrong monster's released'''''
** [[spoiler: Later, when crushed under the weight of Cadenza, [=LeFou=] begs for Gaston to help him out. Gaston coldly leaves his loyal friend behind, taking even the harpsichord crushing him by surprise.]]
--->[[spoiler:'''[=LeFou=]:''' Gaston... help...\\
'''Gaston:''' [[KickTheDog Sorry, old friend. It's hero time.]]\\
'''Cadenza:''' Ooh...[[SympathyForTheDevil ouch]].]]
* Belle's exchange with Jean the potter seems normal enough, [[spoiler: until you realize that the thing he lost and can't remember is his family. The curse made him forget his wife, Mrs. Potts, and his son, Chip.]]
* One that the novelisation reveals that affects the film -- Cadenza and Garderobe are ''not'' servants of the Prince; she's a famous Italian opera singer and he's her husband/accompanist. They were hired by the Prince to sing and play at his party and they are only cursed because the Enchantress punishes ''everyone'' working in the castle at that specific moment, guilty or not; Garderobe and Cadenza are ''collateral damage'' in the curse.
** As, quite sadly, is Chip. He wasn't ''alive'' to affect the Prince growing up. He ''still'' gets cursed.

* Belle -- practical, logical, down-to-earth Belle -- senselessly begging [[spoiler:the dead beast to, [[PleaseWakeUp "Come back!"]] is already heartbreaking when used by a character who genuinely doesn't understand that their loved one is dead -- but to see it used by someone who very much ''does'', who has experienced pain and loss before, and now has to go through it all over again...]]
** [[spoiler: Before he dies, the dialogue between the two is this too.]]
--->[[spoiler: '''Belle:''' I'll never leave you again.\\
'''Beast:''' I'm afraid it's my turn to leave...]]
--->''[[UpToEleven Doubly]]'' sad if you're familiar with [[Creator/DanStevens Dan Stevens']] ''[[HeAlsoDid other]]'' most famous [[DowntonAbbey work]].