Belle (Disney)
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Belle is the main heroine of the Disney animated film, Beauty and the Beast. She is voiced by Paige O'Hara. Belle is the first Disney Princess with brown hair and brown eyes.
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[edit] Personality
Belle is a smart and lovely free-thinker, who likes to read and going on adventures within her own imagination. She not shy and is not afraid to speak her mind, especially in tight situations. She is very compassionate, and takes care of those in need. Belle can also be stubborn at times, and is often curious which gets her in trouble sometimes.
[edit] Beauty and the Beast
Belle is a young woman living in a small French town with her eccentric scientist father, Maurice. She feels out of place in her small village, longing for "something more than [her] provincial life". In order to distract herself from her normal routine, Belle develops a love for books, a hobby that the townspeople find odd for a girl. Much to her dismay, she is also very sought after by the village hero, Gaston, a self-centered hunter who only wants to marry Belle since, although odd, she is the most beautiful girl in town, which makes her the best in his eyes. He also wants to marry Belle only to boost his masculinity (this is evident by him saying to Belle that they will be the parents of six or seven "strapping boys" like himself). One day, Belle helps Maurice finish his latest invention, a log-chopper, and bids him farewell as he departs on his horse, Philippe, for a science fair faraway from town.
However, the next morning Belle receives a visit from Gaston, dressed in fancy attire. As Gaston tries to woo her (he fails, for he places his dirty boots on Belle's book), Belle ultimately is told by Gaston that he has proposed to her. As she tries to decline politely, Gaston moves in for a kiss and Belle manages to throw him out.
Then, after an angry Gaston leaves, Belle finds Philippe in the backyard of her home, without Maurice. Determined to find her father, Belle is taken by Philippe to a mysterious castle, where she searches the place and ultimately finds her father locked in a cold tower. Maurice tries to tell Belle to leave quickly, but it is too late, and a mysterious Beast emerges, claiming to be the master of the castle and that Maurice is his prisoner for trespassing. Belle begs Beast to free Maurice, and ends up bargaining her own freedom for that of her father. The Beast accepts, and frees Maurice, locking him in an enchanted carriage that takes him back home.
Belle is then taken to a guestroom by the horrid Beast, and told that she is obliged to dine with him that very night. But she is later visited by enchanted ornaments (Lumiere the candelabra, Cogsworth the clock, Mrs. Potts the teapot, Chip the teacup, and Wardrobe the wardrobe), who bring her tea and politely comfort her.
Belle refuses to go down to dinner, and after an argument with the Beast, she is told that she will not eat if not with him. However, later on, Belle does go down to have dinner while Beast is sulking in his private quarters. Without hesitation, the enchanted ornaments serve her dinner and entertain her with a great party.
Lumiere and Cogsworth then agree to give Belle a tour of the castle, but her eyes fall on the way to the West Wing, a place Beast told her was forbidden. After exploring the West Wing out of curiosity, Beast appears and ruthlessly tells her to get out. Fed up of being the prisoner of a horrid monstrous humanoid, Belle quickly bids farewell to Lumiere and Cogsworth and departs on Philippe before anyone can protest.
Unfortunately, Belle is ambushed by a pack of hungry wolves in the woods. Just as a wolf attacks her, Belle is rescued by Beast, who comes at the last minute and fights the wolves off, but is injured during the fight. Belle helps the unconscious Beast home, and heals his wounds with the help of the servants, marking the start of their friendship.
As the days go by, Beast slowly changes his attitude with the servants' help. He and Belle bond and eventually start to fall in love. Beast presents Belle with his huge library as a "thank you" for helping him, and even organises a ball. After they dance, Beast asks Belle if she is happy at the castle with him. Belle responds positively, but tells Beast that she would like to see her father again, only for a moment. Beast helps her with this by giving her his magic mirror. To her horror, Belle sees that her father is stranded in the woods and needs help. Beast, thinking of Belle's feelings before his own, releases Belle to help her father, giving her the magic mirror as a souvenir. After a tearful goodbye, Belle departs on Philippe.
Belle eventually finds Maurice, and takes him home. To her surprise, Chip the teacup emerges from Belle's bag to ensure they got home safely, but then, Belle and Maurice are visited by a lynch mob who have come to take Maurice to the madhouse. Belle is comforted by Gaston, who says that he will stop them if she marries him. Knowing that Gaston organised the whole thing, Belle rejects him, and proves her father's sanity to everyone by showing them all the Beast in the magic mirror.
Despite Belle telling them otherwise, the enraged Gaston snatches the mirror and convinces the lynch mob that the Beast is a threat to the community that must be brought down immediately. Belle and Maurice are thrown into the cellar of their own house by Gaston, preventing them from warning Beast in time.
But Chip uses the log-chopper to free Belle and Maurice, who mount Philippe and race toward the castle. They arrive just as Beast and Gaston start their battle on the roof.
By the time Belle makes it to the West Wing balcony, Beast has been mortally wounded by Gaston on the balcony, but Belle manages to pull Beast to safety just as Gaston loses his balance and falls from the castle.
Belle tries to save the Beast, but Beast dies from his wound, leaving Belle brokenhearted. All she can say is "I love you." But then, a mysterious transformation occurs and the Beast's body turns into that of a handsome young man. The man wakes up, and reveals himself to be a Prince, a man on whom a dark spell was cast ten years ago and turned him into a Beast. Belle and the Prince kiss just as the enchanted ornaments turn back into humans.
[edit] Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
A midquel taking place during the winter segment of Beauty and the Beast, this is the story of Belle's attempt to bring back to the castle the one ceremony Beast hates most: Christmas.
Unfortunately, a pipe organ called Forte is determined to do anything necessary to keep the spell from breaking, because the spell has brought him more use to the Beast than before. Thus, he proves to be a real obstacle for Belle's plan.
After several attempts to get Beast to agree, Beast finally approves of the idea and allows Belle to prepare for Christmas, though he still bears a grudge for the day the Enchantress cast the spell on him.
With advice from Forte, Belle goes out into the woods to get a suitable tree for christmas, but she falls into thin ice and almost drowns. Fortunately, she is rescued by Beast, who is enraged at her because Forte told him that she was trying to desert him again.
Belle is then thrown into the dungeon to rot, but Beast then finds a card that Belle had written for him earlier in the West Wing, and with advice from his servant, Angelique, Beast sets Belle free and they both continue to prepare for christmas.
But Forte doesn't give up there, even going as far as to bring the whole castle down with his musical powers in order to prevent the spell from ending, as it can't if everyone is dead. Fortunately, Beast stops him in time by crashing his keyboard to pieces.
Christmas finally comes, and Belle is presented with a gift from the Beast: a rose.
[edit] Kingdom Hearts Series
Belle appears as an important Disney character in the renowned video game series of Kingdom Hearts, but her roles differ in each game.
- Kingdom Hearts: At some point in her life, while she is living in Beast's Castle, Belle is kidnapped by Riku and Maleficent and her homeworld is destroyed. Belle is then taken to Hollow Bastion, where she is informed that she is one of seven maidens of purest heart, namely the Princesses of Heart, along with Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Jasmine, Alice and Kairi, and needed to open the door to all worlds, known as Kingdom Hearts. However, Belle is rescued by Beast, who escaped their homeworld's destruction in time, and Sora, but she refuses to return home, telling Sora and Beast that she has to hold the darkness back with the other princesses. To help Sora in his journey to destroy the darkness, Belle presents him with the Divine Rose Keyblade.
- Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories: Here, Belle is merely a figment of Sora's memories. Once again, Beast and Belle and separated from Maleficent, and Beast must aid Sora in battle once again to rescue Belle.
- Kingdom Hearts II: After Sora defeated Ansem, Xehanort's Heartless in the first game, all the destroyed worlds were restored, including that of Belle. Returning home, Belle and Beast go back to their normal lives, until a mysterious and blinded rage overcomes the Beast and changes his attitude, causing him to lock the entire staff in the tower and forbid Belle to free them. Belle too is frightened of Beast at the time, but fortunately, Sora, Donald and Goofy arrive in Belle's world to seal it's keyhole and ensure it's survival. Belle tells Sora that Beast is acting strangely, leading to Sora's offer of help. It is later revealed during a small ball that Beast was being manipulated by an evil member of the dreaded Organization XIII, Xaldin, who was hoping to turn Beast into a Heartless. Later on, Belle and the rose are held hostage by Xaldin on the castle drawbridge, but Belle elbows Xaldin and manages to escape with the rose, leaving the path clear for Sora to put an end to Xaldin. After Xaldin's demise, Belle and Beast's life returns to normal, and by the end of the game, Beast has turned back into Prince Adam, embracing Belle once again.
