History Trivia / BeautyAndTheBeast

* InMemoriam: At the end of the credits, there is a dedication to Howard Ashman, who died eight months before the release of the film, which reads, "To our friend, Howard, who gave a [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid mermaid]] her voice and a beast his soul. We are forever grateful."

* InMemoriam: At the end of the credits, there is a dedication to Howard Ashman, who died eight months before the release of the film:
-->"To our friend, Howard, who gave a [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid mermaid]] her voice and a beast his soul. We are forever grateful."

** In the Latin Spanish dub, Carlos Petrel voiced both Lumiere and Monsieur D'Arque. Also, Arturo Mercado voiced both the Beast and Lumiere, but in the case of the latter it was for the "Human Again" sequence due to Petrel's death in 2000 and it was included in the IMAX reissue that came out in 2002.

* InMemoriam: At the end of the credits, there is a dedication to Howard Ashman, who died eight months before the release of the film. "To our friend, Howard, who gave a [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid mermaid]] her voice and a beast his soul. We are forever grateful."

* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: Venezuelan-born Jesse Corti as Lefou in English and Latin Spanish.

** As of 2011, Paige O'Hara was replaced by Julie Nathanson as Belle due to O'Hara's voice changing significantly over the course of twenty years. However, O'Hara still paints Belle for ''Disney Fine Art'' and continues to do promotional appearances for Disney. She later [[RoleReprise reprises]] Belle in ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' and ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponAStudio''.[[note]]Coincidentally enough, both O'Hara and Nathanson share the same birthday--May 10.[[/note]]

** After Creator/JerryOrbach's death in 2004, Creator/JeffBennett took the role of Lumiere starting with ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''.
** Angela Lansbury could not reprise her role as Mrs. Potts in the second DTV sequel ''[[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastBellesMagicalWorld Belle's Magical World]]''. Anne Rogers replaced her.

** For the Latin Spanish dub for the 2002 IMAX reissue, Carlos Petrel was unable to reprise his role as Lumiere for the "Human Again" music number due to his death in 2000, so Arturo Mercado (who voiced the Beast in the dub) was hired to fill in and replace him. Other than that, all of Petrel's dialogue that he had recorded for the film before was maintained.

** For the Latin Spanish dub for the 2002 IMAX reissue, Carlos Petrel was unable to reprise his role as Lumiere for the "Human Again" music number due to his death in 2000, so Arturo Mercado (who voiced the Beast in the dub) had to fill in and replace him. Other than that, all of Petrel's dialogue that he had recorded before were maintained.

** As of 2011, Paige O'Hara was replaced by Julie Nathanson as Belle due to O'Hara's voice changing significantly over the course of twenty years. However, O'Hara still paints Belle for ''Disney Fine Art'' and continues to do promotional appearances for Disney. She later [[RoleReprise reprises]] Belle in ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet''.[[note]]Coincidentally enough, both O'Hara and Nathanson share the same birthday--May 10.[[/note]]

** After Creator/JerryOrbach's death, Creator/JeffBennett took the role of Lumiere starting from ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' and so on.

** For the 2002 IMAX reissue that included the song "Human Again", Carlos Petrel was unable to reprise the role Lumiere due to his death in 2000, so Arturo Mercado had to fill in and replace him. Other than that, Petrel's dialogues that he had recorded before were maintained.

** Two UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis platforming games released by Sunsoft: a game aimed at girls titled ''Belle's Quest'', and a game aimed at boys titled ''Roar of the Beast''.
** A [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] and [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] platforming game by Hudson Soft. The NES version was released [[NoExportForYou exclusively in Europe]], and the US release of the NES version ([[https://gamehistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/beast_boxes.jpg seen on the right in this image]]) was cancelled.
** A board game similar to ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor, titled ''[[VideoGame/BeautyAndTheBeastABoardGameAdventure A Board Game Adventure]]''.