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Lumière is the Beast's kindhearted but rebellious maître d' and Cogsworth's counterpart and rival. Because of the curse placed by the Enchantress, he was transformed into a candelabra . He allows Maurice to come into the castle to stay. Later, he and Cogsworth lure Belle to Maurice in hopes that she will break the spell. He suggests that the Beast try and move her to a better room. Lumière tries to help the Beast become more civil for Belle, and sometimes rebels against the Beast if it suits the other characters' needs (like allowing Belle to have dinner despite Beast's refusal to let them feed her). Later, after the Beast rescues Belle from more wolves, and Belle nurses the Beast back to health, earning his affections in the process, Lumière, aware of what would impress such a voracious reader, astutely suggests that the Beast give Belle the castle's immense library as a gift, which has the desired effect. He also tries to help the Beast learn how to do the w...

The Enchanted Rose is a mystical flower from the 1991 Disney animated film, Beauty and the Beast . It has since become the trademark symbol for the film. When the Beast was a human prince, an old beggar woman came to his castle requesting shelter from the bitter cold and offered to him this very rose. The prince sneered at the beautiful gift and turned the old woman away because of her haggard appearance. She warned him not to judge her based on appearance for true beauty was found within. When he did not heed her warning, she shed her false form, revealing herself to be an astonishingly beautiful enchantress who was testing his heart. She saw that there was no love in the prince's heart, and thus punished him by turning him into a beast, and all who dwelt within the castle into living objects, as well as cursing the castle itself and presumably the surrounding forest (filling it with vicious wolves as well). She left him the rose, promising him that it would bloom un...

Chip Potts is the son of Mrs. Potts and a supporting character who was featured in Disney 's 1991 animated film, Beauty and the Beast . As a human, Chip is a young boy who works with his mother in the castle kitchens. Like the other inhabitants of the castle, Chip was cursed by the Enchantress . When his mother was turned into a teapot, Chip was likewise turned into a teacup. In the end of the film once Belle and the Beast fell in love, Chip was magically restored to his human form. Chip is adventurous and constantly curious about the world around him. Chip is a cheerful and active young boy and (like his mother and friends) is shown to have a great fear of the Beast 's temper. He is also shown to be very brave and heroic shown in the first film, where he saved Belle and her father Maurice in order for them to rescue Beast from Gaston and the angry mob. He loves Belle very much and views her as his big sister and best friend. As is typical of curious boys his age,...

Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated musical romantic fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures . The 30th Disney animated feature film and the third released during the Disney Renaissance period, it is based on the French fairy tale of the same name by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont , who was also credited in the English version as well as in the French version, and ideas from the 1946 French film directed by Jean Cocteau . Beauty and the Beast focuses on the relationship between the Beast (voice of Robby Benson ), a prince who is magically transformed into a monster as punishment for his arrogance, and Belle (voice of Paige O'Hara ), a beautiful young woman whom he imprisons in his castle. To become a prince again, Beast must win her love in return. Otherwise, he will remain a monster forever. The film also features the voices of Richard White , Jerry Orbach , David Ogden Stiers , and Angela Lansbury . ...