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The Beast is a prince of something, and the castle is close enough to town that the townspeople should propably know that it's there and that it's the prince's castle. How don't the villagers know that something suddenly happened to the castle and the prince, and that there's something living in there?

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* The Beast is a prince of something, and the castle is close enough to town that the townspeople should propably know that it's there and that it's the prince's castle. How don't the villagers know that something suddenly happened to the castle and the prince, and that there's something living in there?



Shouldn't the prince suddenly vanishing result in some kind of instability, succession crisis, neighbors taking the opportunity to invade? Why is everything normal and okay? Given that there's no mention of his parents they were propably already dead, which should mean things were going wrong even before the only prince dissappeared.

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* Shouldn't the prince suddenly vanishing result in some kind of instability, succession crisis, neighbors taking the opportunity to invade? Why is everything normal and okay? Given that there's no mention of his parents they were propably already dead, which should mean things were going wrong even before the only prince dissappeared.
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The Beast is a prince of something, and the castle is close enough to town that the townspeople should propably know that it's there and that it's the prince's castle. How don't the villagers know that something suddenly happened to the castle and the prince, and that there's something living in there?
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Shouldn't the prince suddenly vanishing result in some kind of instability, succession crisis, neighbors taking the opportunity to invade? Why is everything normal and okay? Given that there's no mention of his parents they were propably already dead, which should mean things were going wrong even before the only prince dissappeared.
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* Belle is supposed to be a very bright girl in her late teens or so. But the book she takes out from the shop sounds like a children's fairy tale - appropriate for the children in the movie's audience, probably, but a bit behind grade level for Belle. Shouldn't she be reading Montaigne or Voltaire or Molière or Fénelon or something?
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Not trying to sound rude, but in addition to including “this troper”, the entry is a bit unsubstantiated and contains info that isn’t relevant.


* This troper believes it was ALWAYS an enchanted mirror and, along with the Magic Mirror from Snow White, was made by the troll from the Snow Queen and he gave it to the Enchantress.
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* This troper believes it was ALWAYS an enchanted mirror and, along with the Magic Mirror from Snow White, was made by the troll from the Snow Queen and he gave it to the Enchantress.
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** Worth noting is, “Be Our Guest” was originally going to be performed by the servants for Maurice when he was at the castle. In that scenario, the term “guest” would be more appropriate, but they realized it would be better if the song was sung for Belle rather than her father.

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** There was probably some kind of time distortion connected to the curse, so Belle's weeks or months inside were only a few days outside.



** Since the prince threw an old woman out for being ''ugly'', the Enchantress' logic seems to go like '[[KarmicTransformation When you learn how it feels to be ugly, maybe you'll be more sympathetic to homely people]]'.

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** Since the prince threw an old woman out for being ''ugly'', the Enchantress' logic seems to go like '[[KarmicTransformation When you learn how it feels to be ugly, judged by your appearance, maybe you'll be more sympathetic to homely people]]'.


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*** As support to this, look how quick they are to welcome in Maurice and make him comfortable. They've learned to show hospitality.
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** The simplest answer to this and any other question that arises from Lumiere's 'ten years' line is that he's exaggerating. He demonstrates a flair for the dramatic all throughout the movie, and with the rose already beginning to wilt he knows they're short on time, so of course he'd take the opportunity to tug at Belle's heartstrings a little bit.


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** The simplest answer to this and any other question that arises from Lumiere's 'ten years' line is that he's exaggerating. He demonstrates a flair for the dramatic all throughout the movie, and with the rose already beginning to wilt he knows they're short on time, so of course he'd take the opportunity to tug at Belle's heartstrings a little bit.
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* While Cogsworth is giving Belle a tour of the castle, they walk down a corridor filled with suits of armor that all turn to look at Belle as they walk by. So, where were these during the battle scene? Pretty sure they'd be much better [[JustForPun suited]] for scaring off the villagers than assorted furniture, RuleOfFunny notwithstanding.

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* While Cogsworth is giving Belle a tour of the castle, they walk down a corridor filled with suits of armor that all turn to look at Belle as they walk by. So, where were these during the battle scene? Pretty sure they'd be much better [[JustForPun suited]] "suited" for scaring off the villagers than assorted furniture, RuleOfFunny notwithstanding.
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** There are snippets of the fight where the camera cuts away briefly. Presumably, that was when one of the wolves got him on the arm.
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* Theory: The movie isn't actually set in France - it's set in Belgium (which is also a French speaking nation, hence greetings of "Bonjour!" and names like Maurice and LeFou). The Belgian characters are all [[TranslationConvention translated]] as speaking American-accented English, but Lumiere is actually ''from'' France, and so their English translation retains a French accent.
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*** Which is pretty meta when you think about it. Since Disney animated films, especially ones from this time period, hold that distinction for so many people (myself included).
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** In the beginning of the film, Gaston all but admits that his standard of beauty is himself a.k.a black hair and blue eyes. In the tavern scene, there is a black haired girl behind the bar, a place that only employees would be. If Gaston himself owned the tavern, or if the owner and staff weren't related to him, then she, not Belle, would be the closest to his standard of beauty, and she would be the one receiving his attentions. Even the fact that there was another man flirting with her (the man who had his belt stolen) would not have stopped Gaston, considering how he reacted when Belle made it clear there was someone else in the place in her heart that he wanted.
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*** The live action version supports this theory as the magic mirror is the same mirror he was seen using during the prologue.

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*** The live action version supports this theory as the magic mirror is the same mirror he was seen using during in the prologue.
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*** The live action version supports this theory as the magic mirror is the same mirror he was seen using in the prologue.

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*** The live action version supports this theory as the magic mirror is the same mirror he was seen using in during the prologue.
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*** The live action version supports this theory as he is seen using a mirror, which has the same design as the magic one, during the prologue.

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*** The live action version supports this theory as the magic mirror is the same mirror he is was seen using a mirror, which has the same design as the magic one, during in the prologue.
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*** The live action version shows him using the mirror, during the mob song, to see where the castle is.


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*** The live action version supports this theory as he is seen using a mirror, which has the same design as the magic one, during the prologue.
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** Maybe the owner also sells books in {{Ye Olde English}}?

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** Maybe the owner also sells books in {{Ye Olde English}}?Butcherede Englishe}}?
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* The average human stomach can hold about a quart at a time. The average egg is about a quarter cup. That means that no human could eat more than about 16 eggs at a time. So how on earth does Gaston eat five dozen eggs every morning for breakfast without making himself sick? Does he just eat breakfast for every meal?
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* The average human stomach can hold about a quart at a time. The average egg is about a quarter cup. That means that no human could eat more than about 16 eggs at a time. So how on earth does Gaston eat five dozen eggs every morning for breakfast without making himself sick? Does he just eat breakfast for every meal?
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