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* StepServant: Even before their father becomes poor, Belle is shown slaving away while her sisters and brother do nothing, without explanation. After Belle comes back from Beast's castle, her sisters initially treat her fairly out of self-serving interest, but after they convince her to stay they start abusing her verbally again and pushing back on her the chores they were forced to do in her absence.

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* StepServant: Even before their father becomes poor, Belle is shown slaving away while her sisters and brother do nothing, without explanation. (It's probably just because someone has to do the housework and her sisters are too lazy.) After Belle comes back from Beast's castle, her sisters initially treat her fairly out of self-serving interest, but after they convince her to stay they start abusing her verbally again and pushing back on her the chores they were forced to do in her absence.
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* GhostlyGlide: When Belle arrives in the castle, she appears to float through the halls and up the staircase in a supernaturally graceful way.
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* {{Symbolism}}: Before she leaves to reunite with her family for a week, the Beast gifts Belle a golden key to the , as a token of trust that she shall keep her promise and return. When the sisters convince Belle to stay a little longer, one of them steals the golden key from off Belle's dresser, as though marking the instant she lost the Beast's trust in her. She acts rather horrified at realizing she's lost the key, signifying her understanding of how badly she's broken her promise to the Beast.

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* {{Symbolism}}: Before she leaves to reunite with her family for a week, the Beast gifts Belle a golden key to the , Diane's Pavillion, as a token of trust that she shall keep her promise and return. When the sisters convince Belle to stay a little longer, one of them steals the golden key from off Belle's dresser, as though marking the instant she lost the Beast's trust in her. She acts rather horrified at realizing she's lost the key, signifying her understanding of how badly she's broken her promise to the Beast.

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* {{Symbolism}}: Before she leaves to reunite with her family for a week, the Beast gifts Belle a golden key to the , as a token of trust that she shall keep her promise and return. When the sisters convince Belle to stay a little longer, one of them steals the golden key from off Belle's dresser, as though marking the instant she lost the Beast's trust in her. She acts rather horrified at realizing she's lost the key, signifying her understanding of how badly she's broken her promise to the Beast.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Is Ludovic joining Belle and the rest of their family?

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Is Ludovic joining Belle and the rest of their family?family? If so, will he live in luxury like their father, or be punished to live as a servant like his other two sisters?
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* StepServant: Even before their father becomes poor, Belle is shown slaving away while her sisters and brother do nothing, without explanation. After Belle comes back from Beast's castle, her sisters initially treat her fairly out of self-serving interest, but after they convince her to stay they start abusing her verbally again and pushing back on her the chores they were forced to do in her absence.

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* AMatchMadeInStockholm: Like with just about all versions of this story, Belle falls in love with the Beast while being helped captive in his castle.
--> '''Belle''': Father, that monster is good.



* StockholmSyndrome: Like with just about all versions of this story, Belle falls in love with the Beast while being helped captive in his castle.
--> '''Belle''': Father, that monster is good.

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* BrickJoke: During one scene when the Debt Collector is taking Belle's family's furniture, Avenant and Ludavic are playing chess on one of the remaining tables. At one point, Avenant snarks that they may possibly take the table as well. At the end of the scene, one of the movers takes the chess table as well.

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During one scene when the Debt Collector is taking Belle's family's furniture, Avenant and Ludavic are playing chess on one of the remaining tables. At one point, Avenant snarks that they may possibly take the table as well. At the end of the scene, one of the movers takes the chess table as well.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: The Beast gives Belle the key to the pavilion containing all his treasures and emphasizes how monumental a display of trust this is. So naturally, Belle leaves this extremely important and valuable key out in the open where her greedy sisters can easily nick it and doesn't even notice its absence until days later.

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** When asking their father for souvenirs to bring with his newly-regained riches, Belle's sisters ask for extravagant things. One of them asks for a monkey. Later, when Belle has brought home a mirror from the Beast's castle that shows one's true self, that same sister sees herself as a monkey in its reflection.



* ExtremeDoormat: Belle, who is perfectly willing to slave away while her sisters live a life of luxury and her brother sits around and does nothing. The only form of standing up for herself she has is when she resists Avenant's advances.

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* ExtremeDoormat: Belle, who is perfectly willing to slave away while her sisters live a life of luxury and her brother sits around and does nothing. The only form of standing up for herself she has is when she resists Avenant's advances.advances, and later when she calls out the Beast for being in her room without permission.
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* ExtremeDoormat: Belle, who is perfectly willing to slave away while her sisters live a life of luxury and her brother sits around and does nothing.

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* ExtremeDoormat: Belle, who is perfectly willing to slave away while her sisters live a life of luxury and her brother sits around and does nothing. The only form of standing up for herself she has is when she resists Avenant's advances.

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* AntiVillain: Ludivic is a villainous sidekick variation of this. On one hand, he's a rascal who gets his family into debt, and "proud of it". But he's rather defensive of his sisters, to the point he won't stand to see even his friend Avenant try to assault one, and is livid when he slaps the other ''meaner'' sister. Not to mention he's honorable enough to come clean to his father that he's behind the debt that is repossessing their furniture, even knowing his father will (rightfully) blame him for it. Even when he goes along with Avenant's "kill the beast" and "loot his treasure" plan, one gets the feeling it's fueled by a wish to protect his sister Belle and redeem himself for the family debt.



* EverybodyHasStandards: Ludavic, Belle's brother, may be a rascal and Avenant's shameless sidekick of debauchery. But when he witnesses Avenant nearly have his way with Belle, [[BigBrotherInstinct he threatens him with a black eye]]. In fact, he has such high standards about messing with his standards that when Avenant later [[WouldHitAGirl hits his other, meaner sister]], he's outraged at Avenant.

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Avenant's first instant in the movie has him misfire an arrow that nearly shoots a dog. Innocent enough, accidents happen, right? Wrong! Shortly after, his interaction with Belle has him try to woo her and sweep her off her feet, despite she's uncomfortable with his advances. What seals it is how he tries to have his way with her, and Belle resisting and escaping his grip. If nothing else, this marks that Avenant shouldn't be trusted, even for looking deceptively handsome.
* EverybodyHasStandards: Ludavic, Belle's brother, may be a rascal and Avenant's shameless sidekick of debauchery. But when he witnesses Avenant nearly have his way with his sister Belle, [[BigBrotherInstinct he threatens him with a black eye]]. In fact, he has such high standards about messing with his standards sisters that when Avenant later [[WouldHitAGirl hits his other, meaner sister]], he's outraged at Avenant.


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* UndyingLoyalty: Some time after she returned home, Avenant tries to gaslight Belle into thinking the Beast has her under a spell and offers to take her away from both the Beast ''and'' her awful sisters if only she would tell him how to find the Beast's castle. Not once does Belle ever speak one word of how to find her beloved's home.

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* BrickJoke: During one scene when the Debt Collector is taking Belle's family's furniture, Avenant and Ludavic are playing chess on one of the remaining tables. At one point, Avenant snarks that they may possibly take the table as well. At the end of the scene, one of the movers takes the chess table as well.



* DysfunctionalFamily: The paterfamilias is weak and despised by most of his children; two of the girls are stuck-up and cruel; the son is a feckless wastrel...and then there's [[WhiteSheep Belle]].

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* DysfunctionalFamily: The paterfamilias is weak and despised by most of his ungrateful children; two of the girls are stuck-up and cruel; the son is a feckless wastrel...and then there's [[WhiteSheep Belle]].Belle]].
* EverybodyHasStandards: Ludavic, Belle's brother, may be a rascal and Avenant's shameless sidekick of debauchery. But when he witnesses Avenant nearly have his way with Belle, [[BigBrotherInstinct he threatens him with a black eye]]. In fact, he has such high standards about messing with his standards that when Avenant later [[WouldHitAGirl hits his other, meaner sister]], he's outraged at Avenant.
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The film was originally released in France in 1946, and received its US debut in 1947.

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The film was originally released in France in 1946, and received its US debut in 1947. For the other French version (from 2014), see [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2014 here]].
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* PrinceCharmingWannabe: Avenant thinks that he's the Prince Charming ho will whisk Belle away from her life of drudgery, but she prefers the Beast.

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* PrinceCharmingWannabe: Avenant thinks that he's the Prince Charming ho who will whisk Belle away from her life of drudgery, but she prefers the Beast.
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* {{Fainting}}: Belle faints when she meets the Beast.

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* {{Fainting}}: FaintInShock: A classic example: Belle faints when she meets upon seeing the Beast.Beast for the first time, and he tenderly carries her through the castle to a bed; her peasant garb magically changing to a [[GorgeousPeriodDress princess-worthy gown]] along the way.

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