Editing Belle

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{{InfoCharacter

|name = Belle

|image = [[File:KH-Belle.jpg|290px]]

|kana = ベル

|romaji = ''Beru''

|world = [[Beast's Castle]]

|world2 = [[Hollow Bastion]] <small>(''KH'', ''COM'')</small>

|role = Ally, Princess of Heart

|first = ''[[wikipedia: Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]''

|engvoice = [[wikipedia:Paige O'Hara|Paige O'Hara]]

'''Belle''' is one of the [[Princesses of Heart]] who appeared in [[Kingdom Hearts (game)|''Kingdom Hearts'']], ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]'', and ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''. She is originally from the Disney animated film [[wikipedia:Beauty_and_the_Beast_(1991_film)|''Beauty and the Beast'']] (1991). For ''Kingdom Hearts'', she spoke using dialogue boxes, but in ''Kingdom Hearts II'' her role was greatly expanded and she was voiced by her original voice actress, [[Wikipedia:Paige O'Hara|Paige O'Hara]].

==Journal Entries==

===''Kingdom Hearts''===

 

 

===''Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories''===

''A young woman who saw kindness behind the Beast's gruff exterior.''

 

''Realizing Maleficent sought her heart, Belle acted coldly toward the Beast to keep her heart beyond the witch's reach."''

 

''Beauty and the Best (1991)''

 

''A girl who was held captive in the Beast's castle. At first he frightened her, but little by little, she noticed the injured heart he was hiding from the world.''

 

''Belle is one of the Seven Princesses needed to open the final door to the realm of darkness. She's very grateful to the Beast and to Sora for saving her after she was kidnapped by the Heartless.''

''Beauty and the Beast (1991)''

''Belle saw through the Beast's rough exterior and helped him find the heart he'd been hiding from the world for such a long time.''

''Belle loves to read books about exciting adventures in faraway places.''

==Story==

[[Image:Belle-KH Awakening Emblem.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Belle's emblem, as seen in Sora's awakening]]

===''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''===

[[Image:BelleKH.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Belle in Kingdom Hearts]]

Belle's first appearance is a stained-glass likeness of her depicted on top of a yellow-colored pillar in the [[Awakening]] world. She was asleep in the artwork, suggesting that she has already been captured by Maleficent at that time.

Belle has been living somewhat happily at the Beast's Castle, becoming closer to the Beast everyday, despite his hideous form and uneven temperament. One day, however, Belle is kidnapped by [[Maleficent]] as part of the plot to obtain [[Kingdom Hearts (world)|Kingdom Hearts]]. The [[Heartless]] consume her [[world]], causing all of its enchanted inhabitants to disappear into [[darkness]]. But the Beast manage to survive the destruction of his world, and pursue Belle, using [[corridor of darkness|corridors of darkness]] to reach her at [[Hollow Bastion]].

Maleficent puts Belle into an enchanted sleep and places her in an upstanding glass case alongside the other Princesses of Heart. She then uses all of the Princesses' [[heart]]s to open the [[Final Keyhole]]. At the same time, the Beast witnesses a vision of Belle transforming into a Heartless (although this is not what actually occurred, as the princesses lack darkness in their hearts, and cannot become Heartless).

 

===''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]''===

The following events are really a corruption of Sora's [[memory|memories]] from ''Kingdom Hearts'', and thus they do not actually occur in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' reality. Sora, [[Donald Duck|Donald]], and [[Goofy]] enter Sora's memories of Hollow Bastion through [[Castle Oblivion]] only to find Belle and the Beast in a heated argument near Hollow Bastion's entrance. The Beast attempts to explain to Belle that he has come from very far to rescue her from Maleficent, but Belle insists that the Beast leave as she has no interest in talking to him. She eventually retreats to Hollow Bastion's library, leaving the Beast in depressed confusion.

Maleficent later reveals to the Beast, Sora, Donald and Goofy that Belle had been purposefully shunning the Beast in an attempt to prevent herself from exposing his heart for Maleficent to use for dark magic. After Sora defeats Maleficent, Belle is returned to her physical state with her heart intact. She quickly apologizes for her actions, which the Beast easily forgives knowing that they were not her true feelings.

===''[[Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]''===

Belle appears alongside Beast in [[Beast's Castle]] in ''[[Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]''. As the story takes place after the original ''[[Kingdom Hearts (game)|Kingdom Hearts]]'', Belle and the Beast have returned to Beast's Castle safe and sound and are trying to forget everything that happened. But when [[Xaldin]] from [[Organization XIII]] takes interest in the Beast's heart, their peaceful days are troubled.

===''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''===

A year after the events of ''Kingdom Hearts'', Belle and the Beast attempt to return back to their normal lives at the Beast's Castle. However, the peace is soon disrupted by [[Organization XIII]] member [[Xaldin]]. Xaldin begins playing on the Beast's anger, attempting to enrage him to the point that his heart would be drenched in darkness, thus spawning an extremely powerful Heartless and [[Nobody]] variation of the Beast for the Organization to use. In an attempt to keep them safe, the Beast forces the majority of his servants into the castle's dungeon. Belle, not knowing what to do and fearing the Beast's sudden surge of rage, hides in her room in fear. She is overjoyed when Sora, Donald and Goofy happened to drop by.

When Sora and the others visit Hollow Bastion for the third time, her name is found out to be part of a password to access the [[DTD]]'s dataspace, along with the other princesses.

Belle retreats to her room in despair, eventually going out to the balcony to mull things over. When she later spots the Beast, along with Sora, Goofy and Donald, emerging into the castle courtyard she heads back inside, but on her way spots the rose sitting near the door. Happily showing off the rose to her companions below, she soon realizes the whole thing was a setup as Xaldin grabs her from behind and flies her to the bridge outside the Beast's Castle. As Xaldin offers the Beast a choice between Belle or the rose, Belle shows Xaldin she is not just a simple village girl. She elbows the Organization XIII member hard in the stomach and, smiling to herself, runs back to the castle clutching the rose in its bell jar.

Once the Beast and Sora defeat Xaldin, Belle gladly returns the rose to the Beast. He then nervously asks her to stay with him in his castle, to which she happily agrees.

At the conclusion of Sora's adventure in ''Kingdom Hearts II'' it is revealed that the Beast has transformed back into Prince Adam, apparently ending the Beauty and the Beast story arc in ''Kingdom Hearts'', although Belle's status as one of the Princesses of Heart may still tie her in to future ''Kingdom Hearts'' adventures.

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==Personality==

Belle manages to set herself apart from the members of the village which she lives in. The citizens of the village find Belle to be very strange, as she reads at an astonishing rate and rejects the advances of the town's muscle man, '''Gaston''' (the original film's villain, absent from the series). Belle also has plans to be in control of her own future, and hopes for an adventure outside of her provincial life. Belle has been known to be easily frightened, but she often overcomes her fears and usually manages to be quite brave, even in the most dangerous situations. She is also known for being somewhat outspoken and occasionally allowing her curiosity to get the best of her.

==Appearance==

In ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]'', Belle only appears in her yellow ball gown, which is her famous attire that she wore during her dance with the Beast in the film. When in this dress, Belle styles her hair slightly differently, pulling it further up on her head. In her common clothes, which she wears for the majority of ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', Belle lets her hair down, but ties it back with a blue bow that matches her dress. She also wears a white shirt, a white apron and black shoes. She can often be spotted with a book in hand. Her everyday look was inspired by Julie Andrews' appearance in ''The Sound of Music''.

*Her main power is to use her heart to open the [[Final Keyhole]] to [[Kingdom Hearts (world)|Kingdom Hearts]], which can only be opened when she is gathered with the other six princesses.

 

*In this exclusive group, her heart can also be used to create the [[Keyblade of People's Hearts]] and enable the bearer to unlock anyone's heart.

Belle's appearance in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' franchise is based directly upon her appearance in Walt Disney's Academy Award winning film, ''Beauty and the Beast'' (1991). Belle's character has appeared in various incarnations of the ''Beauty and the Beast'' story throughout history, but her Disney counterpart is mainly based on the character of Beauty in Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's ''La Belle et la Bête'', which was published in 1756.

 

 

 

*Belle and Kairi are the only two Princesses to give Sora a keychain instead of a new spell.

*Belle is the last princess to be revealed on screen, but the fourth to be mentioned by name.

 

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