History Trivia / BeautyAndTheBeast

** Creator/TonyJay recorded all of Monsieur D'Arque's lines as part of his audition. The directors felt his audition tape was so perfect that they simply mailed him a check, feeling there was no point bringing him back just to record the lines again.

* ImageSource:
** AesopEnforcer
** AnimatedMusical
** BandageWince
** TheBeautifulTropes
** BrightCastle
** [[CharacterGush/AnimatedFilms Character Gush - Animated Films]]
** ChristmasTropes
** DetailHoggingCover
** DisneyVillainDeath
** EgomaniacHunter
** FingerForcedSmile
** GrandStaircaseEntrance
** HouseOfBrokenMirrors
** IWantSong
** LoveInterests
** ManlyMenCanHunt
** MorphicResonance
** NeckLift
** OldBeggarTest
** PrinceCharmingWannabe
** RabbleRouser
** SavageWolves
** TooHungryToBePolite
** Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible (left half)
** TrueBeautyIsOnTheInside
** TrueLovesKiss
** TruthInTelevision (right half)
** UglyHeroGoodLookingVillain

* QuoteSource:
** AfterActionPatchUp
** AngryMobSong
** BeastAndBeauty
** BrightCastle
** CarpetOfVirility
** GrandRomanticGesture
** ImNotHungry
** LeaveHimToMe
** ManBitesMan
** OldBeggarTest
** PrinceCharmingWannabe
** SamaritanRelationshipStarter
** UnfulfilledPurposeMisery

** Creator/DavidOgdenStiers (Cogsworth) also did the opening narration.

* RealitySubtext: As is noted in the booklet that came with the Legacy Edition of the movie's soundtrack, "The Mob Song" reflects how AIDS was viewed at the time the song was written and the conditions in Howard Ashman's life as a sufferer of the disease.

* RoleReprise: The Los Angeles musical cast returned to reprise their roles for the CBS ''Concert on Ice'' special.

** Creator/JodiBenson was the first choice for the role of Belle after the success of ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', but was turned down in favor of [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Paige O'Hara]] due to O'Hara's voice sounding more mature for the character. Benson would, ironically enough, voice Belle later on in ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse''.
** Creator/TimCurry, Creator/ValKilmer, Creator/LaurenceFishburne, and Creator/MandyPatinkin were considered for the Beast before the casting of [[Film/CityLimits Robby Benson]]. Tim Curry would go on to voice the character in an English dub of an AnimatedAdaptation of the Russian counterpart ''The Scarlet Flower'', but he would appear in the Disney franchise as the villainous Forte in ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastTheEnchantedChristmas''.
** Creator/PatrickSwayze, [[Series/DonnyAndMarie Donny Osmond]], and Creator/RupertEverett read for the part of Gaston before Richard White was cast. Everett was turned down due to his voice not sounding arrogant enough, which was something he later remembered when he auditioned for Prince Charming in ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2''. Donny Osmond would go on to play the role on stage.
** Creator/PatrickStewart (who was forced to turn it down, as with [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid King Triton]] beforehand and [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]] later, due to scheduling conflicts with ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''), Creator/JohnCleese, Creator/DonRickles, and Creator/IanMcKellen were considered for the role of Cogsworth before the casting of Creator/DavidOgdenStiers. [=McKellen=] would eventually go on to voice the character in [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017 the live-action remake.]]

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Walt himself had tried to develop an adaptation of this story back in the 1940s, but no one could figure out how to make the second act (the heroine's stay in the castle) work.

* WordOfGod: According to [[http://moviepilot.com/p/behind-the-scenes-beauty-and-the-beast-secrets/4108656 Belle's voice actress]], Belle's favorite play is ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' (Paige O'Hara's own personal favorite book is ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird''). This was canonized (and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments mocked by the Beast]]) in [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017 the live-action remake.]]

** The song ''Be Our Guest'' was originally going to be sung to Maurice, with several parts of the song being well into the animation stage like this, until the creators asked themselves "Wait a minute, Belle is the protagonist. Shouldn't they be singing to ''her?''" And thus it was changed. Much of the original sequence and lines can be seen on the home video feature releases, which shows it wasn't too different from what eventually came to be (the key differences besides having Maurice in Belle's place being that Cogsworth wasn't nearly as involved in trying to shut the musical number down).

* WriteWhoYouKnow: According to this [[http://articles.latimes.com/1992-01-19/entertainment/ca-544_1_disney-film article]], screenwriter Linda Woolverton based Gaston on several of her own unsuccessful relationships.

** In each of the Animated Canon's most elite [[Creator/WaltDisneyHomeVideo home video lines]] of the 21st century, ''Beauty and the Beast'' becomes the first entry released after Walt's death. In particular, the 2010 3-Disc Diamond Edition Blu-ray/DVD combo pack (repackaged the following year with a 3D BD and a digital copy) marked the last time a DAC Blu-ray included a bonus disc, not counting store exclusives.

* TheCastShowoff: In the Norwegian dub, Gaston is voiced by Paul Åge Johannessen, whom among other feats sings ''opera''. Not surprisingly he displays his impressive voice in Gaston's song numbers.

* OneTakeWonder

* UsefulNotes/AFIS100YearsSeries:
** AFIS100Years100Passions: #34
** AFIS100Years100Songs: #62, "Beauty And The Beast"
** AFISGreatestMovieMusicals: #22
** AFIS10Top10: #7, Animated Film

* UsefulNotes/ListOfFilmsYouShouldSeeByTheAgeOf14: #15

* AFIS100YearsSeries:

** The Beast {{Face Palm}}ing at several points in the movie come from Robby Benson doing it in recording sessions when he was getting tired and hoarse from screaming all the time.

** Creator/PatrickSwayze, [[Series/DonnyAndMarie Donny Osmond]], and Creator/RupertEverett read for the part of Gaston before Richard White was cast. Everett was turned down due to his voice not sounding arrogant enough, which was something he later remembered when he auditioned for Prince Charming in ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2''.

* CreatorCouple: Creator/PaigeOHara voiced Belle in the film. Her then-husband Michael Piontek would later go on to be an understudy for Gaston when the musical premiered in Los Angeles. They have since divorced.

** Creator/JodiBenson was the first choice for the role of Belle after the success of ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', but was turned down in favor of [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Paige O'Hara]] due to O'Hara's voice sounding more mature for the character.
** Creator/TimCurry, Creator/ValKilmer, Creator/LaurenceFishburne, and Creator/MandyPatinkin were considered for the Beast before the casting of [[Film/CityLimits Robby Benson]]. Tim Curry would go on to voice the character in an English dub of an AnimatedAdaptation of the Russian counterpart ''The Scarlet Flower.''

** Creator/PatrickStewart, Creator/JohnCleese, Creator/DonRickles, and Creator/IanMcKellen were considered for the role of Cogsworth before the casting of Creator/DavidOgdenStiers. [=McKellen=] would eventually go on to voice the character in [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017 the live-action remake.]]

** The song ''Be Our Guest'' was originally going to be sung to Maurice, with several parts of the song being well into the animation stage like this, until the creators asked themselves "Wait a minute, Belle is the protagonist. Shouldn't they be singing to ''her?''" And thus it was changed.

** A board game similar to Mario Party for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor, titled ''A Board Game Adventure''.

** An interactive fiction game titled ''Be Our Guest'' for the MS-DOS, developed by Infogrames and released in 1995.

** The titular song was originally conceived as a more up-tempo rock song; it was eventually retooled into a romantic ballad to better fit the scene. Creator/AngelaLansbury was initially reluctant to provide the vocals, thinking herself a poor fit for the style of song. At the directors' request, the she recorded one take as a backup, in case no other options were found. Lansbury reportedly brought the entire studio to tears with her performance.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: {{Subverted|Trope}} with Howard Ashman. Despite passing away eight months before the film's release, he managed to complete all the songs with Menken.

* ExecutiveMeddling: In an example that worked out for the best, the original outline for the film was completely scrapped by Jeffrey Katzenberg in 1989 after he and the team at Disney didn't like where it was headed. Katzenberg turned it into a musical and hired Menken and Ashman to write the music. Katzenberg officially signed off on the project in early 1990 after the creative team successfully reworked the elements he felt were missing, including adding a villain and more side characters (he didn't think only having two main characters would work in adapting the original fairytale into a film). The film was completed in two years instead of the average of four at the time and was released to great acclaim.

* TheCastShowoff: In the Norwegian dub, Gaston is voiced by Paul Åge Johannessen, whom among other feats sings ''opera''. Not surprisingly he thus displays his impressive voice in Gaston's song numbers.