Web Animation / Beauty and the Beast (Phelous)

Translation: "A tale told by an idiot." This is a parody, alright.

The timeless tale of Beauty and the Beast, finally retold with the magic of Dingo Pictures! Isn't this delightful?

...Okay, not really. This video, made by Phelous, is actually a parody of both Beauty and the Beast and Dingo Pictures' Signature Style. It tells a much less wholesome version of the story in which the characters are much ruder and kill/hurt each other with little provocation. And it is hilarious.

This video is a second for Phelous, who normally does reviews of animated films. He previously made a Dingo Pictures-styled parody of Cabin Fever as an April Fools episode. It has its own self-contained story (though it includes some of Phelous' in-jokes) and while Phelous is usually the only star of his videos, this video has a much larger voice cast (though Phelous still does his funny voices for Wabuu, the Beast, Old Man, and Wuschel.); additional voices include Allison Pregler^note who previously co-starred in Cabin Fever, Kaylyn "MarzGurl" Saucedo, Julien "Sad Panda" Diaz, Harry Partridge, Jonathan "ChaosD1" Burkhardt, and Andrew Dickman.

You can watch it here. The Cabin Fever parody can be seen here.

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I surely do love reading tropes:

• Abusive Parents: Old Man dislikes his children (he outright says that Beauty is worth far more to him than her less beautiful siblings). But later, he sells his favorite Beauty to the Beast. One of her sisters is even burned by her father.
• Adaptational Jerkass: Nearly everyone is more of a jerk than they are in traditional versions of the fairytale:
  • Beauty, normally a pure-hearted heroine, claims she would sell her father's soul for more books, and kills/beats up some of the Beast's servants for saying anything she doesn't want to hear. She also only wants to marry the Beast for his money.
  • The Beast is more of a Dirty Coward than other versions. He tries to bribe Wabuu into not killing him. He also never learns to love like other versions of the Beast do.
  • With Old Man, this is either played straight or averted depending on your point of reference. In Beauty and the Beast (Golden 1992), his debut, he was meant to be a lovable character. In Phelous' videos, he's an abusive Jerkass. Here, he's much the same as in Phelous' other videos.
  • On a similar note, Wabuu was meant to be lovable in the Dingo Pictures movies he comes from, but his evil characterization here is perfectly in line with Phelous' version of him.
• Anachronism Stew: The original Beauty and the Beast tale and most of its adaptations take place in the 18th century, but Old Man is shown driving a car at one point. There's also the unexplained presence of Oro (a dinosaur), whom the other characters just treat like he's supposed to be there. Both can be chalked up to Rule of Funny.
• Arbitrary Skepticism: Beauty's surprised by a talking cat, but not by the talking raccoon who wants to marry her. Of course, it’s lampshaded.
  Dog: This bitch has a raccoon vying for her affections, but a talking cat surprises her?
• Bad Boss: Wabuu shoots his sidekick Wuschel twice.
• The Bad Guy Wins: In the end, Wabuu kills the Beast and forces Beauty to marry him.
• Big Bad: Wabuu the raccoon, who takes the place of Gaston from Disney's version. He causes a lot of trouble because he wants to marry Beauty.
• Big "OMG!": The Beast says "MA GAWD!" three times.
• Bloodier and Gorier: There are blood effects in some death scenes, mostly for Black Comedy. This gore is not present in most versions.
• Book Burning: When the family can't afford more books, Old Man burns books Beauty already possesses (and one of his children).
• Bookworm: Beauty would sell her father's soul for books.
• Bribe Backfire: The Beast tries to end the battle with a cheque, but Wabuu refuses and shoots him.
• Captain Obvious: Wabuu snarky thanks Wuschel "for stating the obvious" after the squirrel stated Wabuu's popularity with girls.
• Character Catchphrase:
  • Wabuu's "... is/are soooooo stuuuuupid."
  • Old Villager: "Wait what?"
  • The Beast says "MA GAWD!" three times.
• Delayed Reaction: Old Man asks "Beauty, what would you like?" Beauty doesn't react for almost 20 sec.
• Disproportionate Retribution: Wabuu shoots Wuschel for his "soooo stuuuupid" foreshadowing and later for trying to start up the villain song again when he and the other lackeys had already ruined it.
• Driven to Suicide: One of the characters has 3 arms when firing a gun. After Oro lampshades this, he flies away. Said man never wanted to cause any trouble, so he jumps off a cliff.
• Dumb Blonde: Beauty is blonde. She constantly has a flat, spaced-out tone of voice. At one point, Old Man asks her a question, and she just stares blankly without saying anything for several seconds. Also, she randomly gets upset at the Beast because she thinks he's mean, even when he's trying to be nice to her.
• Dysfunctional Family: In Beauty's family, they hate each other.
• Face–Heel Turn: Aladin, one of Beauty's brothers, inexplicably sides with Wabuu during the final battle.
• Foreshadowing: Wuschel says at the beginning of the movie no beast can survive Wabuu's gun.
  Wabuu: Your Foreshadowing is soooo stuuuuupid.
• Fractured Fairy Tale: This is a cynical, Black Comedy-filled retelling of Beauty and the Beast in which almost everyone is an Adaptational Jerkass. It ends with the villain, Wabuu, killing the Beast and marrying Beauty like he wanted. However, the primary target of the parody is actually Dingo Pictures, a company known for making low-budget animated movies sometimes based on fairy tales.
• Fun with Homophones: Beauty wants flour, Old Man brings her a flower.
• Gilligan Cut: This scene:
  Old Man: But I have a plan!
  (cut to Old Man driving in his car)
  Old Man: I have no plan.
  Narrator Snake: Indeed, the stupid old man had no plan.
• The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry: As in the original fairy tale, Beauty's sisters do not like her at all. Though here they're a lot more obvious about it.
  Esmeralda: Beauty, you are an embarrassment to our family. I will send you express to hell one day.
  Nun: Let's throw her in a great big FIYAAAAA-AH!
• Gold Digger: Beauty only wants to marry the Beast for his money.
• Idle Rich: The Beast is rich, so he doesn't do anything (according to himself).
• Interspecies Romance: Wabuu, a raccoon, is in love with Beauty, a human woman, and ends up marrying her. As with most versions of BATB, Beauty is also in love with the Beast, a lion-headed beast.
• Lampshade Hanging:
  • Oro lampshades that one of the characters has 3 arms when firing a gun. 
  • One of the Beast's servants lampshades that Beauty's surprised by a talking cat, but not by the raccoon who wants to marry her.
• Losing Horns: The "wah-wah-waaah"-soundeffect when Wabuu shoots Wuschel.
• Meaningful Name: Old Man says that Beauty's the only one of his offspring who's beautiful enough for the name Beauty.
• Narrator: The short has its own narrator character in the form of a female snake with glasses.
• Obligatory Swearing: Some swear words from Dingo Pictures movies are quoted in this video, such as "That bastard!" (Aladin) or "damn good beating" (Dinosaur Adventure)
• Offing the Offspring: When the family can't afford more books, Old Man burns books Beauty already possesses and one of his children.
• Once Upon a Time: "...there was a damn idiot in a castle." (the first line of this webvideo.)
• One-Steve Limit: Averted and played for laughs. Wabuu talks about Old Man at one point, causing the other old man who says "Wait, what?" to think Wabuu is talking about him.
• Parody: Beauty and the Beast (Dingo Pictures) is an animated retelling of Beauty and the Beast done in the style of Dingo Pictures to mock them. Like Dingo Pictures' infamous movies, it has crude drawings, choppy animation, and dull voice acting, but intentionally.
• Practically Different Generations: Most of Old Man's children appear to be young adults... but one of them is an elderly-looking nun.
• Screw the Money, This Is Personal!: When Wabuu realizes that Beauty is at the Beast's castle, he plans to Murder the Hypotenuse so he can marry Beauty. The Beast tries to bribe Wabuu into not killing him. Wabuu refuses and murders the Beast anyway.
• Shout-Out to Shakespeare: "Eine Geschichte, die von einem Idioten erzählt wurde" is a shoutout to Macbeth: "It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
• Show, Don't Tell: The narrator points out things that had happened off-screen because they either were lazy or forgot to mention.
• Talking Animal: Several. A raccoon, a squirrel, a bear, a dinosaur, the Beast's servants...
• Too Dumb to Live: Jump into the noose on the gallows - Why?
• Unexplained Accent: Parodied with the inexplicably Cockney-accented French villager.
  Villager: Oi, oi, oi! It sure is great to be here in France and be French! Oh no, 'ere come that Beauty! I hate her and her books!
• Unexplained Recovery: Wabuu shoots Wuschel at two different points in the video. How Wuschel got better after the first time is never explained.
• Villain Song: Parodied.
  • Wabuu plays the role of Gaston from Disney's Beauty and the Beast, so at one point some characters in the tavern attempt to sing the song "Gaston" but with Wabuu's name. Due to their grating voices and lack of musical accompaniment, it sounds terrible, and the "song" is over after just a few seconds. Wabuu is not pleased.
    Wabuu: That was it? That song was soooo lame!
  • A few minutes later, Wuschel is singing the song again, but Wabuu tells him it's too late now and shoots him.
    Wabuu: It's too late to suck up through song now, Wuschel!
• Visual Pun: The narrator's a snake with glasses. In German: "Brillenschlange." ^Explanation A derogatory term for someone who wears glasses.
• You Have Failed Me: Wabuu shoots Wuschel for trying to start up the Villain Song again when he and the other lackeys had already ruined it once.

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