The Messed Up Origins of Beauty and the Beast | Disney Explained - Jon Solo

[@mnmssss]

If she's actually only called Beauty throughout the original book... and it's in French... it means she actually is called Belle since it's Beauty in French lolol

[@uzwinzfan]

Right ? It could have been "beauté" though it means beauty

[@Candy_McK]

@@uzwinzfan Same meaning. It's a synonym.

[@Raja-bz4yw]

Lol I just wrote this

[@deutschesmaedchen]

Belle means beautiful, not beauty. Adjective, not noun.

[@tamhuy10]

@@deutschesmaedchen it can be a noun too

[@timetravelingpenguin]

Sisters: WHY ARE WE SO POOR?! Also sisters: Bring us a bunch of dresses and accessories! Beauty: Yo we're on a budget here

[@jaceyneubauer6522]

😂😂

[@Dark-sy6pu]

Lol 😂😂😂

[@willlyon7129]

This is why I much prefer the sisters other Gaston.

[@terra_the_nightingale135]

Will Lyon idk I prefer Gaston. Least he got what was coming to him

[@ibkristykat]

they're not rich bitches yet some how they are so needy and materialistic. odd. I was raised on a budget and am not materialistic lol...idk how that would happen naturally. most people become a certain kinda way due to how they are raised … usually. it's odd.

[@wuh-huw9950]

TBH in this situation, the Disney version is the darker one

[@bemilyily2]

Yeah!!! The way Gaston dies is a little much for a kid's movie honestly

[@littleearth488]

Huw - wuH ikr

[@SigmaElement]

Except... the original was used to convince little girls to marry old guys.

[@edgyspoon5793]

@@SigmaElement wait what?? For real?!

[@bemilyily2]

I mean, if you've given up on love, as most young women in my generation have. (slim pickings) marrying for money doesn't sound like a bad idea. I'm sure they're doing well.@@SigmaElement

[@lunapeters4593]

Beauty and the Beast was always my favorite Disney movie growing up. I wanted to be just like Belle, so I learned to read early and I was always super nice to everyone. I also never judged anyone based on appearance. Those habits stuck as I made my way out of childhood and into being an adult. I'm not just like Belle, but I will always love, appreciate, and admire her values. Then again, she isn't the only princess I wanted to be like. I wanted to be like Rapunzel, so I grew out my hair for years until I was sitting on it. I wanted to be like Snow White, so I followed the lesson in manners that she gave to the dwarves and cleaned the house often. I wanted to be like Mary Poppins, so I sang to birds. I was a weird kid. Disney taught me a lot of good habits, though.

[@MaRz-ef8hj]

Hell yeah!!! U r one of the best n brightest cuz I felt the same way...w/ stories like this that I heard in my childhood I wanted to be as much like my heros as possible n make this worLd a better place for us ALL NOW N FOR ALL OUR CHILDREN IN DA FUTURE

[@KatieLHall-fy1hw]

Oh man, I feel the Rapunzel hair wish! My sister and I would play Rapunzel using a rope my dad had in the garage. There are pics, and it’s hilarious! Early 90’s with the short cuts and bangs, baby!

[@SweetGoddess420]

You were an awesome kid! Irl I'd adore you. I too always wanted to be kind, humble and blind to differences

[@XiaoIsMyHusbandBTW]

I could never be like that because I thought that movie was scary, I was more into princess and the frog

[@jalenikezeue4114]

It's my favourite as well

[@rimaana06]

And the winner of the no-belle prize is.... Gaston! Good job buddy :')

[@Chunchiii]

Spongey Dorks I get the joke hahahah😂😂

[@reinegade_27]

I see what you did there 😂

[@gxriz2044]

Good one!

[@khandkerkhadeejah9639]

I see what you did there- and I like it

[@sophadox7251]

Don't we just love them jokes 👌🏻

[@LouAfterHours]

"Heard her talking about her dope apartment" 18 Century France, everyone

[@void4067]

Lol

[@brunagoulart6053]

Lauren Chong LOOOL

[@venticat526]

I’m in love with this comment 😭😭😭

[@kazmosis5326]

LMAOOOO

[@non5025]

Some versions have been in the 19th century

[@Van_on_the_Go]

Old lady:Lemme in boi I'm a sketchy old lady who needs a place to stay. Beast/Prince:Ummmm no, I'm a teenage kid who's parents are dead. I'm not letting in a suspicious person! Old lady:OH NOW YOU'VE DONE IT!!! I'm cursing you and turning you into a beast!!! Beast/Prince:WHAT?! C'mon I'm a kid what do you expect?! Old lady:Well you want me to turn your furniture alive so you have friends? Beast/Prince:*snivle* that would be nice…

[@tomokiyoshimotouzamaki9068]

😂😂😂

[@ihatebtsfangurlstheyareget7348]

-copied meme alert!-

[@sdm47]

Know what makes the joke even funnier? Adam (that’s the beasts actual name look it up) has until he turns 21 to find a wife before he fucking dies but his 21st birthday is 10 years after the initial cursing 21-10=11 He was only 11 years old and his future was already riding on getting laid! I fucking love this kid why couldn’t I be him!?!

[@restinpaes8076]

Cardinal Nova ring

[@DjDragonblade]

Cardinal Nova not for nothing, but, maybe the prince read the story of Snow White, & in turn, learned NOT to trust decrepit looking old people... As look what could've happen to Snow White, because of a decrepit looking old lady, & her apples...😂

[@grace-ho3vs]

“Beauty who is actually aware of budgets” I laughed so hard 🤣🤣

[@smiththeinspiringanimator7042]

And I can only imagine the looks on their sister's face asking what is a budget! XD

[@Sam-bd1uu]

I did too but because I realized that it's actually the opposite. Prior to the 1900s roses were ridiculously expensive, that's why the beast got so aggressive at the father damaging/trying to steal them, they were NOT cheap. Also pretty sure in the version were the sisters get turned to stone, it's because they drowned the heroine after the beast was uncursed out of jealousy, not because they were selfish people but because they literally killed someone. The fairy revived the heroine and told her she'd kill them in retaliation but the heroine pleaded that their lives be spared since they were still her sisters, and out of respect for the heroine's wishes she instead curses them into being sentient immobile statues until the day they accept that it's wrong for them to try to kill someone that hasn't attempted to do any harm to them. Lastly there were technically Gastons pre-disney too, men that wanted to slay the beast to rescue/protect/keep the heroine away from the beast, but they were her loving older brothers NOT people trying to get with her romantically.

[@sin3358]

The original story is actually better! I liked how the beast was really good behaved!

[@morganfreeman9106]

sara neziri yeah but it’s a much less interesting character arch for him. Disney’s version isn’t Belle’s story. Belle doesn’t need to grow or learn a lesson. The Beast does. If he started out already well behaved and kind, it would actually be super boring.

[@gratitudeandlovee]

Yeah

[@melanierr7537]

in the live action disney movie he kinda has the same traits as the original story rather than in the animated one he did act like a beast most of the time 🤔

[@slaveofallah703]

Agree

[@ahwhite2022]

Yup, original story is far better. Never was comfortable with the whole "Stockholm Syndrome" aspect of the Disney version. For once, the older "messed up" version seems to have a better moral.

[@rougeakane]

“A beautiful virgin” Me: beautiful? No. Virgin? Yes. Hotel? Trivago.

[@notmyrealname6276]

Umm

[@rougeakane]

Lily_ Rose don’t mind me, just being weird 😂😂

[@notmyrealname6276]

@@rougeakane 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I wuv your weirdness

[@Ladyblue7620]

Daaaaaaamn! The same thing I asked myseself. :D

[@luckyleano6030]

Idk y but I read it as: Me: beautiful? No: Virgin? Yes: Hotel? Trivago I'm so sorry, but I still like ur joke😂😂

[@gehadsamir5663]

"The version by the French author whose name I am not gonna pronounce again.. " it's funny how you say such things with a straight face, that makes it even funnier 😂

[@articflame7997]

Belle is actually the French word for beautiful/pretty so her name makes sense

[@cheskavlogs928]

artic flame I know that already

[@RCWest]

IKR. The original book was written in French (I speak French btw) and her name is literally Belle in the book. (Belle feminine version of Beau which also means beautiful.)

[@RCWest]

Pretty in French Isn't Belle it's actually "Joli."

[@RCWest]

Also hate it how he would call Belle Beauty even though that wasn't her name either because Beauty in French is beauté...

[@paytonjoy8614]

Hence why the book is called in french la belle et la bete give or take a few accents

[@darlasimmons479]

Is it weird that I actually applauded him for summarizing it?

[@JonSolo]

Darla Simmons of course not ;)

[@aceartworkproductions8486]

i did the same thing....i was in public

[@reallypeyton7465]

Darla Simmons no I did it to

[@praisethesun3188]

Me too

[@marykathrynrose5791]

no I did too

[@atroskie5101]

I found these interesting facts in my own research: 1. Belle et la Bete is the original French title of the story by Suanne Barbot de Villeneve. 2. The myth of Psyche and Eros might also be inspiration. 3. Another version says that the beast says the first to meet the merchant is to take his plave as prisoner. 4. Petrus Gonsalvus was a victim of excesive hair growth, hypertrichosis. He married Katerine in an organized marriage to see if the condition is inheritable. Unluckily for the children, it was. 6. In the Disney movie, the beast has the head of a buffalo, tusks of a boar, body of a bear and the hind legs of a wolf.

[@peterwindhorst5775]

It could be related to the story of Pepin the Short and Bertha Broad-foot. Bertha was a beauty, while Pepin was short for size (very short). It worked out for them -> their son became Charlemagne

[@robbiewalker2831]

The Beast also has a dash of Tabby Cat, which I can’t quite explain.

[@fireflymiesumae]

Gosh

[@mx1ka_t1]

I was thinking of the myth about Psyche and eros!!!

[@SundayMourningLove]

How did those hind legs hold up that body?! 🤣

[@karmaakabane4519]

I'm just a mythology nerd and you can ignore me but I can't help but say that the original story sounds very similar to the Greek myth of Eros and Psyche.

[@Sebastianx007]

Of course it is

[@rekaluiza1752]

I was thinking the same. At latest when the sisters get so jealous and try to mess it up

[@mughwortslongshot4545]

Just like how Percy Jackson said “where do you think those stories took inspirations from?”

[@user-ex1fj5tl5o]

Haha yea when the sisters get jealous and tryst to ruin their relationship

[@le-py4tl]

Same!!

[@WeegeeSlayer123]

Seriously, what did the servants do to deserve being turned into furniture?

[@Stevies_Remote]

WeegeeSlayer Wrong place, wrong time is all.

[@alexisgrey3633]

Thats what my friend thinks, its really classist

[@Lauren_R1999]

I guess they are there to help break the curse for the beast. Plus servants in those days were not free individuals. They were owned by their master. Literally his property. So being turned into furniture is symbolic of that.

[@samimay05]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pX7QpIR9o9CXb7c This person probably WISHES she was his servant! WATCH!

[@kaylyngates2785]

WeegeeSlayer they went along with his evil

[@JonathanMoosey]

I think the original story would’ve been an awesome movie.

[@MADEbySOUL]

Jonathan Moosey, I really recommend La Belle et La Bete movie from France! It was made around 2015. It is beautiful to see the tale done by place of origin!

[@shrooberri8417]

Agreed

[@shrooberri8417]

@@MADEbySOUL wow that sounds awesome can i watch it on any particular sight i would love to see it!

[@sunnysunsins]

There is a really close to original version by SovietFilms. Idk how it is called correctly in english, but it is Аленький Цветочек or Red Flower in russian

[@catscratchfever7106]

Actually there is. There's an old black and white french classic Beauty and the Beast movie. It was amazingly done using special effects that not even American films were using. A truly beautiful movie and the beast was such a handsome lion man. It was said that the Disney Beauty and the beast got some of their ideas from this wonderful classic movie. And I don't care what anyone says, this version is the best. La belle et la bete from 1946. I think it was. Definitely give this a watch if you can.

[@maverickcrow6252]

The messed up origins are actually partially based on the first recorded case of hypertrichosis (werewolf disorder), Petrus Gonsalvus, he was caged as a young man from the wilds, viewed as a beast man, but the nobleman mercifully thankfully chose to try and tame the beast when Petrus' kidnappers presented Petrus as a trophy to be bought. After successfully integrating Petrus into society and reaching his prime, they decided it was best to find him a wife in hopes of reproducing the beast. They chose the most beautiful in a wicked attempt at trying to unlock possible carnal instincts within Petrus, the bride chosen sadly had no knowledge of her spouse to be, or even what he looked like. As a result of her ignorance she fainted on first sight, and recoiled in fear on their first wedding night. Petrus however wooed her with his humbleness and patience, she soon returned love and bore children who carried the genes of hypertrichosis. As seen in the artists depictions of her hand on his shoulder, Petrus' wife not only bore his children, she cared deeply for him.

[@KaelyWaely]

The fairy was surprisingly reasonable with sisters’ punishments. She actually gave them a chance, and admitting their flaws could actually help them mentally.

[@sixistires7963]

“She is referred to as “beauty”, she is not called “Belle”.” Me: *facepalms* THOSE ARE THE SAME THING

[@kaydisney9872]

Wasn't her NAME though. She was nicknamed Belle/Beauty

[@macycann5222]

U r not allowed to judge him

[@cogitoergosum9069]

Belle=/=beauty Belle=beautiful -> adjective Beauty=beauté -> noun BUT 《belle》can be turned into a pseudo noun by putting the article in front of it belle -> la belle beautiful -> the beautiful [one]

[@thatswhatshesaid630]

belle is beautiful not beauty

[@macycann5222]

Aren't u clever?

[@marlenehampejs6717]

Why do I keep watching those videos xD You keep destroying my childhood 🙈

[@nyxgarcia137]

Marlene Huber same

[@livvyjane5036]

Marlene Huber I know right, I can't see the movies the same way again! But I keep watching these videos

[@TealTech]

I didnt think this ruined the story at all! I quite liked this version, and kind of lowkey wished Disney followed closer to this narrative. It had such important points it covered! I rather enjoyed Beast's personality in this, as well.

[@andreag7372]

Kodo Plays In my opinion it doesn't ruin my childhood it just gives you another way to see it

[@janosvymer5953]

That’s pretty interesting that you all don’t know the stories or the other ones he made a video on 😅 because in Europe everyone knows the real stories and not the modified versions of Disney 😅

[@PolyphemusPolymorphic]

Wait.. I actually like the old version. I think it's cuz there is justice in the old version. The selfish sisters learn a lesson, not just that "IF YOU SEE A BEAST KISS THEM".

[@Joseph_Drew_III]

I thought the sisters were turned into two of the bimbettes.

[@jedimastercaeli]

@@Joseph_Drew_III In the original there are three sisters and yes Disney did turn them into the "bimbettes". 😄

[@artemisloki8175]

Seriously, Disney should have used this story instead haha :P This story is actually way better! It has such a better ending, rather than Gaston dying and Beauty and Beast just getting married... Atleast in the original version, no one actually died! :D Also, the sisters get punished for being selfish, which is a pretty good message to send for kids, everyone should care about each other.

[@nostalgicbliss5547]

Hell nah. Her petty, bitchy sisters would have gotten old real quick. Plus why does the beast look like a fucking piglet in those pictures? The cartoon's story was definitely better and more engaging.

[@nickedits9273]

But didn’t the sisters became stone Are sure Disney should had done this There’s 2 more deaths from the villains

[@Nachtnebel977]

@@nickedits9273 actually if you listen more carefully, they're more likely in a coma rather than dying.

[@therealcloroxbleach9408]

Gaston didn’t die he just got game ended

[@nickedits9273]

InGram Sanister wait really I thought they died

[@jpatrenz95]

I like how she proposed. She realized her feelings and owned up to them.

[@vinnygothika7510]

The interesting thing about the fairy turning her sister's into statues is they can still see and hear. Meaning they had to see and hear her happiness, but could do nothing.

[@michaxl.]

I was so excited to watch this video that I choked on my pasta, dropped my phone, smashed it and scared my 2 year old brother so bad that I'm grounded.. *i have no regrets*

[@americantomgirl9347]

i was eating ramen as i watched this .c.

[@remzsantino8856]

Wait, if you're grounded.How did yoi comment?

[@Art-zp1qg]

Like... get a life Stop posting lame stupid lies on the internet

[@michaxl.]

Remz Santino I used my brother's tablet when he was outside XD

[@perfectillusion6277]

IAmCompleteEmoTrash I 😸😸😸

[@marsha9911]

I don’t get the part of sending your daughter to take punishment for something you did

[@zacharyrorvik4497]

Then you're probably not French lol

[@kachyn_]

@@zacharyrorvik4497 are you? (In a non offensive tone)

[@kachyn_]

@Teemarshaa It was really just a trap to get a beautiful lady

[@LaineyBug2020]

It wasn't the dad's idea. In this version Beauty insisted on going back with him because she felt bad since she was the one that asked for a rose. I don't think he asked any of them to take his place, as much as he was just explaining why he was going to have to be away. Beauty stepped up and took the responsibility.

[@vilwarin5635]

In another version the father agreed of taking back the first being he saw when coming back home. He agreed because he thought it was going to be his dog or a servant, but it happened to be Belle because she was the one missing him the most

[@BrytteM]

I looove the original story. It was like the only fairytale I remember bringing with me from my home country and it's just... so much better

[@nyashiamillae]

TBH.....if someone pours a bucket of water over my head, and says "Let's get married" I'm not even gonna be mad, I'mma laugh and say yes cause that's just the type of personality that I have for some reason and I love myself for that😂

[@cindy1763]

the emoji is cancer

[@LucasGomes-bn1nc]

@@cindy1763 agree

[@MaRz-ef8hj]

Hell yes! U really should! N I love u too for it!

[@menartd2618]

@@cindy1763 All emojis are bad.

[@terra_the_nightingale135]

Cindy how about we let them use the emoji because who gives a damn 😂

[@beth_m]

Wait... In the live action Cinderella, the sisters just ask for dresses and fancy accessories on the fathers trip, and Cinderella asks for the first branch his shoulder touches. Coincidence? I think not.😂

[@jenna6182]

I mean technically her name would’ve been belle since that means beauty in French

[@deutschesmaedchen]

Belle means beautiful, not beauty. What is it with all of you idiots with zero knowledge of french parading this in the comments?

[@st.6413]

@Vicodyn But it was Belle in the novel anyway, technically

[@musicbox193]

@Vicodyn Yet she is called Belle in the French version. I guess the translator didn't think it sounded right for her to be named Beautiful.

[@sagebryant941]

deutschesmaedchen dude that wasn’t necessary you could’ve just corrected them and that was it

[@tyral4102]

this story has been translated to English so obviously you would have to call her beauty

[@england9530]

What about the part where beauty wasn't the merchants real daughter but a princess that replaced the merchants still born daughter. And how the fairy who changed the beast was actually acting as regent whilst the King and Queen were off fighting a war, and the fairy only turned the prince into a beast because he rejected her advances because she had raised him and was a mother figure to him. Maybe I read the wrong version.

[@JonSolo]

England - probably not the wrong version, but certainly a different version :) As I go through these fairy tales I’ll be covering all the old school stories by different authors, and expanding on previous episodes so stay tuned! 😊

[@Hinatachan360]

I have heard of that version as well.

[@cheskavlogs928]

England maybe

[@RCWest]

Btw her name is not Beauty.. it's Belle.. That guy got it wrong.. Belle means beautiful in French. (Beau also means beautiful but that's a masculine word.) In the original book Belle name was literally Belle.

[@RCWest]

Her name was never Beauty by the way... In French Belle does not mean Beauty it means beautiful.. Beauté means beauty in French.

[@iluvfigs4712]

And... Did you remember about the evil queen being forced to dance in red hot slippers at Snow white's wedding? That's a thing.

[@elionoirk340]

Oh dont forget the time when the evil queen ate snow whites supposed heart in front of the huntsman

[@annulizbeth]

I remember watching an animated snow white video on KZbin when I was 8 or 9 (13 now) and it was the version you two are talking about. I was horrified after 0-0

[@evelynii_0506]

But, Snow White was just 7- and the prince is 12

[@peterwindhorst5775]

Or the last poisoning -> the poisoned wedding dress as one last FU by the Evil Queen.

[@honeybee1864]

my friends had this cd where it had the collection of stop motion disney stories in it but like the original versions not the disney remakes and it was for kids so i saw the beauty and the beast original snow white orginal but not sleeping beauty cuz even though they had the original messed up stories in there rape was excluded and the queen dance in red hot slippers till she died but IT WAS FOR KIDS NO BIG DEAL (its not like it subjected me to months of nightmares and trauma or anything 😀)

[@teyo0491]

"And beauty doesn't disagree cause she doesn't like to lie" ME LOL

[@honeybee1864]

fr whenever i say something insulting to someone i just be like "ok but do you want me to lie to you" LMAO

[@ChroniclesofAlicha_Balaam]

Jean Cocteau's cinematic version from 1947, "Le Belle y le Bete" is a must to see if you love this story, and is considered an art film and cult classic. It was filmed in France with French actors in Black and White. A must see! Incredibly beautiful film with scenes that are iconic in film history.

[@kailanyandreina8478]

the original story is beautiful 👏

[@summer-rosemariedehart2203]

It's Belle

[@lilegg301]

ngl it was GOOD, it would be a good movie for adults as it focuses more on emotion and stuff

[@lexiwilliams2847]

It’s actually a movie from 1946

[@mqtthew521]

Kailany Andreina budum tsss

[@kichiwas-hargan4775]

What about the Disney one?

[@AlucardTepess1]

Kind of sounds like Psyche and Eros

[@celticpoet21]

And the Norwegian version East of the Sun, West of the Moon.

[@Fucoc]

That is because Beauty and the Beast and East of the Sun, West of the Moon/White Bear Valemon are both based on Psyche and Eros

[@Catwoman-ew8sb]

Definitely! I thought the same thing. Perhaps the author was inspired by ancient Greek mythology lol

[@Zodia195]

@@Catwoman-ew8sb Yeah this is a common archetype. I love all of these versions, but since I am biased to Greek Mythology, I do prefer Psyche and Eros. Heck in Greek Myth it is rare for a love story to end happily. Also, if you love East of the Sun and West of the Moon, someone took that tale and made their own version of it called Once Upon a Winter's Night. It's Book 1 in a series called Once Upon and it's by Dennis L. McKiernan. Fascinating book series for sure.

[@eshaaniarvind6591]

Exactly my thoughts!

[@bingobongo7335]

You said "she is not named "Belle" but in French "belle" literally means "beauti(ful) so I bet she's actually named Belle in the orginal French version :)

[@sagebryant941]

I HATE U ERIC I mean that would be translated to beautiful like you said Beauty is Beauté I believe :)

[@hueningkaiswife4460]

OMG I LOVE BAMBAM AND JINYOUNG

[@catscratchfever7106]

In original French classic movie from 1946, her name is La Belle.

[@IAmWhatICreate1999]

She is, I’m seen the original

[@mothersuperior2673]

"Basic social skills." Gee wish I had those

[@redblushinrose]

Mood

[@Grave_of_the_Sea]

Same man

[@luneph05]

1:06 The reason she turned the servants into décor was because they could've found love for the beast, if they were humans.

[@danib2286]

Make sense

[@dianabeloved]

And I’m sure it added to Beast’s loneliness over the years.

[@bellaesioma1]

Your shade towards the socialite sisters gave me life😂

[@olifrijoly7774]

at 1:41 look in Gastons eyes (idk how to spell his name tho) it has a skull to show you that he died

[@mr.cellio3284]

creepy

[@yeeyeeitscassy7429]

Woah thanks 👏👏

[@hannahthewolf102]

There were skulls... How did u see that?!?

[@e.cortez8785]

1:42

[@hannahthewolf102]

@@e.cortez8785 no 1:41

[@jigglybones3318]

Beauty and The Beast is my favorite Disney movie because the moral of the story is so precious. The story is so beautiful and heartfelt, and it gives me a chill every time I hear that prologue😍 I grew up both watching the Disney version every chance I got, and reading the original French tale. Beauty and The Beast was my mom's favorite disney movie too, so that adds a sort of sentimental feel that makes them both have a special place in my heart.

[@x-treme_gamer]

This is the thing I love about Disney. They can make kid-friendly cartoons out of the darkest tales ever written. They even take somewhat decent tales (such as this one), and twist and turn them to make them even better

[@dianabuck7310]

Belle is beauty in French. So yes, the author did name her Belle.

[@RCWest]

Diana Buck Ikr. I got pissed when he said that...

[@RCWest]

Diana Buck also.. Belle doesn't mean Beauty.. Belle is feminine for beautiful... Beauté means beauty. And beau is masculine for beautiful or handsome. I speak French XD

[@dianabuck7310]

Okay, that was a pretty loose translation. Fair enough. The character *is* called La Belle in the original though. So really, her name is "the beautiful", not "beauty".

[@lilmonster1607]

I speak french as well , I'm from Cannes and Belle in fact is beauty but the feminine version. beau is the male version, so stop it.

[@larissastevenson3720]

I know! I can't believe he did not know that!

[@JonSolo]

Thank you for watching, everybody! Don't forget to hit the LIKE button so we can reach our goal of 3,000 and share this video with yo friends :D Edit: WOW I did not expect you guys to get to the 5,000 mark!! Expect TWO episodes of Messed Up Origins this week! 🤘🏼😭🤘🏼

[@kitrr-ls8xo]

Do the Messed up Origins of Frozen!

[@queenkitten7092]

Jon Solo *Would you ever discuss the HBO series Happily Ever After versions of these fairy tales? this reminded me of that*

[@emisun5563]

Btw its not even 12 hrs that u hv uploaded this vid n u hv hit 3k likes.. More uploads plzzz

[@Lauren_R1999]

Cool videos. But their are so many versions of these stories from different sources and over hundreds of years their is no known origin. These stories have be around since before anyone ever wrote them down.

[@emmagillis637]

She is known as beauty and not belle because Disney made a twist on it,they wanted the name to be similar to the Original story so they made it belle,belle is the French word for pretty or beauty so it is still very similar to the original story!!!😄

[@spencerthefrankenstein8291]

I heard a theory that the cursed in the Disney animated movie allowed the beast and his servants became what they see each other.

[@jungwonboyf]

@@LucyAdroit no, I think the theory means that the prince was so cruel that his servants thought of him to be a beast, while the prince thought of the servants to be objects and not humans with feelings.

[@misstelly2821]

The French live action version is the one closest to the original story but the Prince had accidentally killed a fawn who was the daughter of the Father of the Forest. He was turned into the beast as punishment. He didn't kill him outright because the fawn asked her father for mercy. They were in love and he didn't know she had shape shifted. It's a really awesome story.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

Not really. Even it took liberties. After all, Petrus Gonzalvus & Catherine Raffelin were real people & they were the real-life 14th Century _Belle et la Bête_ since Petrus was afflicted with hypertricosis, as mentioned in the dedicated Smithsonian documentary about their real-life story, never mind the "tale as old as time" they inspired.

[@cthonisprincess4011]

@@TherealRNOwwfpooh Beauty and the Beast is a fairytale, based on the Animal Bridegroom motif, a motif that dates back 4,000 years, not the life stories of *16th century* people that think the story *may* have been inspired by. The story is more likely to have been inspired by the story of Cupid and Psyche, which has great similarities to Beauty and the Beast.

[@kilssj2250]

I've always liked the original versions of Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast more than Disney's versions. I've grown older I guess I've come to realize that the moral of the story can be very important. I get why Disney did what they did because visual storytelling is its own type of medium. But these stories resonate more with you in your mind and in your heart they are lessons about true honesty in keeping your word, kindness and faith ^_^ +10 pts To Faith in Humanity 😁

[@CezzyHaag]

"She is only referred to as beauty, she is not named Belle." But Belle is a France word that means beauty!

[@RCWest]

Cecily Haag her name was beautiful not Beauty. Belle means Beautiful. Beauté means beauty.. but you're pretty much right. And yes in the original book her name was Belle.

[@mandyfuckyoumircosoft2981]

"France word" *I'm French* -TRIGGERED-

[@LunaDelTuna]

R.C. West at this point I'm just scrolling through the comments to see how many of my fellow ignorant Americans you can put on blast. I'll sing you a song of your people to calm you down: Alouette, gentille alouette, Alouette, je te plumerai. Je te plumerai la tête. Je te plumerai la tête. Et la tête ! Et la tête ! Alouette, Alouette !

[@Ilovekiroro]

Beauty and Beautiful are different forms of the same word. They have the same meaning, same tense, and same root. The diffewrence being one is used as an adjective (what a beautiful girl) and the other is a noun (what a beauty). Therefore it makes sense to translate Beauty as Belle and vice-versa.

[@lamirgulledge2934]

That origin is wayy more better and kid friendly than the original movie

[@asteriskwashere]

I can't like your comment, it's at 69 likes. 😏

[@kichiwas-hargan4775]

Why?

[@chisomololo4941]

Why do you say kid-friendly?

[@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376]

​@@kichiwas-hargan4775 The Disney version is better this looks more like it belongs to Cinderella.

[@khembimaynard1036]

i love the original tale of Beauty and the Beast Jon describes. So much intrigue and passion in to how beauty seeks her fortune.

[@vxyz_zzz]

did anyone notice that the start of this book is actually how the live-action movie of cinderella’s began ?

[@jedimastercaeli]

The original, not the version this video is talking about, has a couple of similarities to other stories. Cinderella (Belle's sisters -the brothers treated her well), Snow White( how Belle was given to hunter&his wife to be killed but they spared her), Boudica(Princes mom was a warrior Queen who refused to have her kingdom taken by invaders) and a couple others I cant remember off the top of my head. Oh and Belle's mom was a Faerie Princess with magical powers.

[@michaelbalance98]

Of course, what some people might not know is that the Beast's curse is also psychological. The longer he is under the curse, the more feral he becomes. Had Beauty/Belle not arrived at the castle, the Beast would've eventually stopped speaking, walking upright, and wearing clothes, causing him to run into the woods to fend for himself against the wildlife.

[@ninetails15]

Having taken French in school. Belle in French means beautiful. So it actually works in the Disney version that her name is Belle because it's french for beauty.

[@RCWest]

sarcatlvr109 Beauty in French is actually called beauté not belle.. here's a fun fact, in the original book Belle sometimes was called beauté.

[@RCWest]

Belle is feminine and it means beautiful.. Male version is Beau... and Beauté means beauty. Joli means pretty... ;) I love French

[@rihannambea5758]

@@RCWest that's excactly what they said why are you correcting him

[@todshi]

Well they couldn't call her 'Beauty' since they already had a sleeper by that name...

[@kaidenrattan6403]

Can u please please do Aladdin for your next messed up origins

[@JonSolo]

Kaiden Rattan I’ll see what I can do :)

[@kaidenrattan6403]

Jon Solo woah.......... THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPLYING THAT MEANS SO MUCH! Thank you❤️❤️

[@livmutch5291]

Necessary up? Do you mean messed up? Sorry, not being rude, I'm just a spelling/grammar geek :D

[@kaidenrattan6403]

LivLo AJ no need to be rude. My mistake.❤️

[@AshMooingmunky]

My favorite character is that one invisible humanoid potato controlling the Beasts decisions.

[@pastorcodymitchell1456]

Ash Mooingmunky lol

[@mistymilk1]

I like your profile picture:)

[@AshMooingmunky]

zMoonCat ROBLOX Oh thanks! ♥️ Like yours too!

[@mistymilk1]

Ash Mooingmunky What's your username?

[@AshMooingmunky]

zMoonCat ROBLOX Ashmooingmunky.

[@seshrubi9654]

Jon sometimes I think we are having a staring contest😂

[@innerguardianXIII]

I really like both versions. If I had the budget, I'd make a live action rendition true to the book.

[@denissecharles1]

The best wr get is the French film with the same title just add 1946 at the end

[@christenhope4416]

he did the video i wanted and asked him to do aye!!!

[@JonSolo]

Christen Jordan (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞

[@thefangirl_7907]

I expected a more gore crazy version by the author Brothers Grimm But I love this version by a different author ☺️

[@KaLa1865_]

Vintage Couture ohhh there’s one by the brothers Grimm?

[@Hinatachan360]

The author of the original story is a French woman.

[@thefangirl_7907]

Karen Lau no I just expected there to be a more twisted version by the Brothers Grimm but they didn’t write a beauty and the beast story

[@Kat-jv3gt]

Vintage Couture Actually in the version I read Beauty's sisters drown her in her own bath water. The good fairy brings her back to life though.

[@rachdiva]

Star Miraculous oh god

[@l.dawson2089]

I love these Dark Disney videos! Keep 'em coming, Mr Solo!

[@menma9662]

I love how calm he is and how is voice is so like low and relaxing which makes it exactly hilarious every time he curses and is clearly mad at some events UwU

[@Luculencia]

"Belle" means pretty / beautiful in French, hence the name given to the Disney character.

[@Igneeka]

Yeah it's simply her nickname in French, "La belle et la bête" They didn't really have to think hard to find her a name

[@jessicanewbury4701]

I loved this one! Beauty and the Beast is my favourite so it's kind of nice to hear that it's not that badly messed up XD the other ones are great though and they could be turned into dark films for teenagers to watch as I'd love to see them. I love your story telling though!

[@Fucoc]

That is not the original story. The original story is called Amor and Psyche and probably every European country has it's own version of it. In Norway it is called Soria Moria Slott.

[@dandereninja4750]

Fucoc you mean Cupid and Psyche

[@lidette711]

I read this version in a book my Mom got us. I was actually more familiar with this version than the Disney one.

[@teresadixon2899]

I've read many different versions of the Beauty And The Beast story and loved them all! Some I remember best are one that takes place in a future world where the beast is an alien, one where the genders are switched, and even one where the beast turns more beastly.

[@CantStayAway]

I have a special edition of the (original?) fairytale book of "Beauty & the Beast" and it's got some GORGEOUS illustrations.... You forgot the part where she sees a handsome man in her dreams constantly while she is there (it's his true form but she doesn't know that) and she falls in love with him, which is one of the reasons she keeps saying no to the Beast...

[@Braden-is-Comatose]

maybe you should explain how jabba rose to power in the crime world

[@Art-zp1qg]

Braden Burns who da fuck is that?

[@Braden-is-Comatose]

what are you talking about

[@alimoe1970]

firstly Jabba is a bully and secondly who would mess with something that weird and gross looking, you'd just give him what he wants.

[@iTerriJay]

I’ve read “Beauty” by Robin McKinely and I’m shocked at how much she’s stuck to the original story. I love it 🥰

[@rolyngeorges7315]

The original story is awesome. I love it so much. Beauty has the most brains out of all the people in her family and Village. Also. I really wish that Disney would make a movie focused on the Prince/ Beast's origin I bet a lot of people would like it.

[@darcybeermann413]

The not-so-messed up origins of beauty and the beast*

[@peterwindhorst5775]

It could be related to the story of Pepin the Short and Bertha Broad-foot. Bertha was a beauty, while Pepin was short for size (very short). It worked out for them -> their son became Charlemagne

[@honeybee1864]

fr the disney version was more messed up ngl

[@KiaraLionessTM]

I just love how in the recap he just refers to Belles father as “some old guy that gets lost in the woods” lmao 😂😂

[@dumoulin11]

In French: "La Belle et la Bête". Also, for kicks, you might want to take a look at the old black and white film by Jean Genêt called La Belle et la Bête, which I believe is the first film adaptation of the tale. This is way before the Disney film and way darker.

[@TheLiterateCat67]

I love this film! When I was a child I was so spooked out by the chandelier holding arms and the overall eerie atmosphere in the castle :-D Also, the special effect when Belle pops out of the mirror is quite impressive for its time.

[@tamhuy10]

2014 version is not bad

[@jencheevers983]

by Jean Cocteau,yes this one is more like the original

[@shadowwolfrose4881]

I really wanted Mulan But I liked this one to!

[@baileyandthejets6240]

ShadowWolfRose You'll hear a more true version of Mulan when the live action movie comes out. One of the only Disney live action remakes that actually makes sense to do.

[@Kokoc0la]

If I was the beast I would be mad someone got into my house and ate my food

[@Headspace101]

Love your stories. I’ve always been a huge fairy stories (esp Grimm brothers), so it’s lovely to hear the original versions xxx

[@jakerands6880]

I tried dumping the water on her head thing....😨 Things didn't go so well!😅

[@TerribleT666]

We are doing beauty and the beast as a play at school I am playing the beast...

[@frinchifri2985]

You shall be the best beast in the history of all Beauty and the Beast school plays!

[@Lazulite]

There is actually a movie that is closer to the original. It came out 2014

[@gabrielladiaz6933]

Miss Starstruck yea I saw it on Netflix the French movie beauty and the beast but the least looked more like a lion then the Disney water buffalo

[@molongangsta5608]

There is a story on hbo it’s a cartoon that does story lines it’s extremely close as well

[@BM-ts1yi]

Oooh whats it called?

[@thatahamoment497]

Folks, there is a version from 1945 (?) , by Jean Cocteau, and it was very famous at the time, I think it was a first movie version of this fairytale. 2014 is just a copy of the 1945 original... arguably 😉

[@catscratchfever7106]

@@thatahamoment497 you're right. And it was 1946. What a wonderful movie that was.

[@JeremiahWatkins-zv8bn]

Beautiful = « Belle » en Français, so the fact they keep calling her beauty is just in reference to the french equivalent of the name “beauty”

[@0.o457]

I hate it when people say “welcome back to your favorite channel” or “welcome to your favorite series”. But in this case, I don’t mind because it’s true, messed up origins is my favorite series.

[@porfiriodiazcarrillo7551]

i've always loved more "the scarlet flower"(the russian vertion) for being more close to the original story than the disney's.

[@ajtheartist101]

that original version of beauty and the beast is a good origin

[@esperanza0044]

"A thing called "budgets" " something I am not aware of when shopping

[@thatahamoment497]

There are many versions of this fairytale, the first film version is 1945 French by Jean Cocteau, then there's the soviet one from 1950s called The red flower, and many more... But have you noticed that many themes from fairytales come from the Greek myths, this one resembles of the beginning of the myth of Eros and Psyche.... In it you find the motive of two jealous sisters, the male partner was not allowed to show itself in his true form in front of Psyche...

[@catscratchfever7106]

I've watched a couple of the videos and I enjoy your telling of the original stories. It's nice to know that the original stories aren't disappearing thanks to people like you. And also I love how you show some of the beautiful old pictures from the old books. Back then they had some of the most beautiful paintings and drawings for those old fairytales. Thank you for your very enjoyable videos.

[@reaganbartels9993]

I never thought I would like the original fairy tale better than the Disney movie.

[@PlanetZoidstar]

Reagan Bartels Lots of early 90s BatB knockoffs follow the fairy tale more closely.

[@kichiwas-hargan4775]

Why is that?

[@emmagracecarpenter7161]

I think this is my favorite story so far. Mabey cuz it wasn't so "messed up" 😂 great video👍👍

[@danyaisham9124]

I absolutely love the marriage proposal option 😂💖

[@yuluvii]

Everyone: **talking about the video** Me: **Wondering what happened to his hand at **1:53****

[@robinsaxton7875]

Same!

[@TWSTDSHDW]

Hey, Jon! I just realised you skipped over an important detail: The guy who wrote "Beauty and the Beast" actually based his book (at least partially) on a true story. I don't remember all the details, but I do remember this much: This french lady (some duchess or something) was helping this lord find a wife (I don't remember why), but she needed a woman with a strong heart who wouldn't pass out at the drop of a hat, because the lord had a rare genetic disorder called "hypertrichosis", which literally means "too much hair", so he pretty much looked like the Wolfman. The lady chose a woman who happened to have the same first name as herself, and believe it or not, the woman and the lord actually had kids, which helped teach us a little about dominant and recessive genes, because all the female children displayed hypertrichosis, while all the male children were phenotypically normal. So there you have it, folks: it turns out that the real-life "Beauty and the Beast" was little more than a basic lesson in genetics.

[@cthonisprincess4011]

It isn’t actually based on Pedro Gonzales, that’s just a real life story that people have linked to the phrase ‘Beast and Beauty’. The story is a variant on the Animal Bridegroom motif, that is a woman becomes married or betrothed to an animal who’s really a human who’s either in disguise or cursed. It’s a pretty common motif, and is believed to date back at least 4,000 years ago.

[@jaykay9511]

You should do red riding hood😁

[@PinkCircleO8]

It's already messed up.

[@jaykay9511]

PinkCircleO8 true......very true

[@LtBasil]

That's not a Disney movie though...

[@petit_point_noir]

you say "all she is referred to in this story is beauty, she is not named belle"... belle is French for Beauty... just wanted to clear that up ;)

[@RCWest]

Marisa beauté means beauty. Belle means beautiful.. In the book she was called Belle or sometimes called beauté.

[@petit_point_noir]

okay well yeah, French isn't exactly my mother tongue... I just thought it was funny he basically said almost the same thing ;)

[@idrk3707]

Marisa it's not

[@petit_point_noir]

sorry for you...

[@alixwes7107]

@@petit_point_noir who are you sorry for? Don't be salty if you were being. If not, it's okay.

[@naomimacharia4624]

What happened to your hand....kinda noticed the bruise...hope it's disinfected.... but amazing work all the same

[@SundayBbq4786]

I was wondering if anyone else had noticed his hand.

[@jesseg.1900]

Yeah and his ear turns super red around halfway into it...

[@janetmcginn907]

Can you give a time stamp? Can’t find it

[@honeybee1864]

@@janetmcginn907 1:53 for the bruised hand i dont see the ears tho

[@Alluponit31]

Disney’s original “Beauty and the Beast,” was/is my fave. The original story isn’t as messed up as the Disney(as the 1991, OR the 2017) reenactment, but I see the potential tragedy. This(just like BOTH Disney versions), is the TOP TIER for a GREAT FABLE. Love it, and YOU, Johnny.

[@stephaniehight2771]

I read the original story as a kid, and it had those illustrations. Thanks for the walk down memory lane.

[@JenniferMartinez-fe5cy]

Belle means beauty in French, not to mention the song. "no wonder that her name means beauty, her looks have no parallel"

[@gehadsamir5663]

I am obsessed! 💕💕