| NOTE: This article is only about her Beauty and the Beast version as her Sofia the First, Wreck-It Ralph, and Kingdom Hearts versions have not been approved as Pure Good, and thus, only the Beauty and the Beast version of Belle's info and actions should be put here. |
| “ | He's handsome, all right. And rude, and conceited. Oh, Papa, he's not for me. | „ |
| ~ Belle's admirable persistence in judging men for being respectful instead of superficially attractive. |
| “ | Please don't leave me! I love you! | „ |
| ~ Belle's deep capacity for love that inadvertently led to everyone's salvation. |
Princess Belle is the titular female protagonist of Disney's Beauty and the Beast franchise. She is Prince Adam's love interest and wife after the end of the movie. She is the 5th Disney Princess in the official lineup.
She is voiced by Paige O'Hara, who also provides her singing voice.
What Makes Her Pure Good?[]
- She is thick-skinned as she does not turn bitter when the villagers make fun of her and continues to be herself in public.
- She tries to be respectful and polite to Gaston, even though he is the polar opposite to her and merits anything but, especially when she rejected his childishly presumptuous proposal of marriage, simply opening her front door and tossing him his boots, and having never once even said anything negative to his face.
- Even him falling into the mud was something he quite literally walked right into and was by no means an intention of Belle's.
- She simply said "imagine that" when he verbally painted a misogynistic picture of their potential union and made a joke at her own expense before sending him out of her house. In fact, the only things she's ever called him is "primeval" for claiming it is morally wrong for women to think and a "monster" for trying to imprison her father.
- Needless to say, he doubtlessly merited both of these insults.
- She made her crestfallen father, Maurice, joyous by fixing his invention.
- When her family horse, Phillipe returned to the village without Maurice, she immediately went out to find him.
- When the Beast stubbornly refused to release Maurice from his prison cell, she offered to take his place as the Beast's prisoner. Even when the Beast made it clear that she would remain at the castle with him forever, she still agreed to the deal.
- To add to this, the Beast was genuinely surprised and impressed by Belle's selflessness.
- She promised to the Beast that she will stay with him forever, thus making the former set Maurice free.
- While she did stubbornly decline the Beast’s request for dinner, she changed her mind and befriended his transformed servants that offer her dinner.
- While she does break her promise and runs away, her justification is completely legitimate and she says it all outright:
- She only fled because the Beast lashed out at her and threw a chair at her.
- The only reason she went to the West Wing in the first place was out of curiosity.
- When the Beast fell unconscious in the snow after chasing away the wolves that attacked her, she and Phillipe had a perfectly good opportunity to escape from him for good (the fact that she placed her hands on Phillipe's saddle proved that she had at least considered it), but instead she brought him back to the castle, thereby knowingly returning to her imprisonment and undoing her attempt to dishonor her word out of pure compassion and moral conscience, two idealized traits for any PG.
- When treating the Beast's wounds, she finally breaks her silence and calls the Beast out on his temper. She then thanked him for saving her life, even though it was technically his fault she was in danger in the first place.
- She warmly thanks the Beast when he gives her his library as a gift, as a result of Lumiere’s idea.
- Upon seeing the Beast struggling to eat with silverware, she helps him eat properly by drinking out of the bowl.
- She prevents her father from being hauled away to an asylum with the manager, Monsieur D’Arque, by showing the Beast in the Enchanted Mirror.
- She even blames herself for the subsequent mob's march to the castle because of the aforementioned revelation, especially because Maurice got locked up anyway.
- She physically defies Gaston when he incited the villagers to murder the Beast, despite her significant disadvantage on muscle mass.
- After Lumiere and Cogsworth successfully led the servants to chase away the villagers to save the castle from destruction, Belle and Maurice arrives at the castle, with Belle begging Gaston to have mercy on the Beast.
- Then, she runs to intercede him, once again uncaring that she is no match for Gaston, especially now that he has become a great threat.
- Thanks to Lumiere, Belle confesses her love to the Beast in an act of sympathy when he was fatally injured by Gaston.
- She has always been adamant about seeing the best in him and this is what leads to the castle's long-awaited and much-merited salvation. As result of her confessing her love to the Beast, this allows the Beast and all of his servants to regain their human forms.
- She merely wanted a more adventurous life and a partner who respects women, especially loving her as a person than her looks, eventually having both thanks to her tremendous virtue.
External Links[]
- Belle on the Heroes Wiki
- Belle on the Disney Wiki
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