Disney Character: Belle

Appearances
Belle appeared in the 1991 film Beauty and the Beast, later appearing in two direct-to-video sequel/midquels, Belle's Magical World(1998), and The Enchanted Christmas(1997). She also makes an appearance in the Kingdom Hearts games, and shows up as a background character in several House of Mouse episodes. A live action version performed in Sing a Story with Belle(1995), in which she read stories to small children.

Personality
Belle is smart, bookish and a bit of a loner, seeming to prefer the company of her books to the company of any of the people in the village. Understandable, as they mostly seem to reject her as an oddity. She has a strong desire for adventures like the ones she reads about in her books, wanting to find something different out in 'the great wide somewhere', tired of her stagnant life. She lives with her father on their small farm, where he tries to make it big with arguably dangerous inventions, which she always encourages regardless of past failures. Overall she is very kind, warm and friendly, if a little standoffish at times towards other villagers, mostly brought on by the fact that they all seem to think she needs to marry Gaston, who she extremely dislikes due to his chauvinist nature and brutish mannerisms. She is also brave, willingly taking her father's place in the prison of what she believes to be a total monster in order to free him, and later standing up to aforementioned monster when he shows aggression. She tends to be fairly quiet though, often being overshadowed by the more boisterous and loud members of the cast.

Physical Attributes
Belle has a fairly slim body structure, with a heart-shaped face, full lips and large eyes. She was the first princess to have brown hair, the only one to date to have brown hair and eyes. Her skin is fairly light, though not pale, most likely from farm work. She seems to be stronger than her appearance would imply, holding off wolves when attacked in the forest with nothing but a branch until her rescue by the Beast.

Family
Belle's only known family consists of her father Maurice and her husband, Prince Adam (the Beast). Her mother is never seen, and is assumed to be deceased. No children have been shown in any of the films.