Weird Errors
Something that just doesn't seem likely. Often, a question like this can be asked, "Why didn't [character] do [action]?" Something that does not match "real life" when, perhaps, it should, could also be considered as a Weird Error. Example: inverted rainbows.
There is also a "Thoughts" section that represents the possible explanations or just random related thoughts of rec.arts.disney posters. Some of the thoughts are of Robert Cook, but not all of them.
Type: W Where: General: in the castle.
Error: Cogsworth is not tall enough to reach door handles, yet he can open doors!
Thoughts: It's possible to say that the doors open for him in this enchanted castle. Note the end of the "Beauty and the Beast" song--the glass doors leading to the balcony apparently open by themselves. Salty adds: In the live version and in many of the books, the door open all by themselves, food appears by unseen hands, music plays by unseen hands. Beauty's wishes are granted, some out of thin air, it's the magic of the castle, the enchantress, or the beast."
Contributed by: SQUID
Type: W Where: Before the "Be Our Guest" sequence.
Error: Chips siblings: Mrs Potts already seems too old to have had a child that young, but she actually has more than that! In the kitchen, Mrs. Potts says, "Now back in the cupboard with your brothers and sisters", and they show up in the mob scene to pour tea on the bad guys. But where are they later? At the end, the only kid in the castle is Chip.
Contributed by: Dennis Sundquist
Type: W Where: The "Be Our Guest" sequence.
Error: Even though Belle is apparently hungry to sneak into the kitchen, she only tastes a bit of the "gray stuff" and a cherry.
Thoughts: That's probably all her tiny stomach can hold! :-)
Contributed by: rec.arts.disney
Type: W Where: During the "Be Our Guest" sequence.
Error: Mrs. Potts talks about "she'll want tea..." and she's spotless. Then all of a sudden, she has a great big black spot on her side.
Contributed by: Alyssa
Type: T Where: "Be Our Guest" sequence, when Lumiere sings "After all, Miss, this is France."
Error: The silverware forms itself into the shape of the Eiffel Tower. This story takes place in the 17th-18th century, there was no Eiffel Tower until the 19th.
Contributed by: Dennis Sundquist
Type: W Where: After the attack of the wolves.
Error: When Belle runs away and the beast saves her life in the fight with the wolves, Belle somehow was able to get him back on the horse after he has collapsed.
Contributed by: Rach
Thoughts:
"I think that Belle had Phillipe get down on his "knees" (or whatever horses have), then she rolled the Beast on. Then when they got to the castle, the enchanted objects helped Belle to get him into the castle.
OR
The Beast was concious for just long enough to get himself onto the horse. Sometimes people slip in and out of conciousness for a few minutes at a time, this would give the Beast long enough to get himself on Phillipe, then it would also give him enough time to get himself into the castle." ----from Sherry
Type: W Where: The ballroom scene.
Error: In the ballroom scene, when Beast swings Belle round her dress goes over the camera, she appears to have no legs.
Thoughts: Maybe the animators thought that it looks better that way. Otherwise you may think that they are perverts, trying to look under a lady's dress!
Correction: Disney got in trouble for showing bare legs in the "Roger Rabbit" movie and they didn't want to repeat that again. Therefore Belle's legs were not shown in the movie.
Correction to the correction: *Quote* "How is this possible? That was a Warner Bros.
film." from Kolyndia
Correction to the correction to the correction:
From Liz: "The film is NOT Warner Bros. Disney puts out Roger Rabbit merchandise from time to time."
From Capt. D: "Roger Rabbit was filmed by Warner Bros...but isn't Warner Bros. owned by Disney?"
Correction to the correction to the correction to the correction: "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" is not in the least Warner Bros.! It is Touchstone Pictures and Touchstone *is* definitely owned by Disney. Warner Bros. is not. It is a competitor. Submitted by Flash
Thoughts to clear confusion: From a cinematic viewpoint, the flurry of petticoat that you see in lieu of her legs serves several functions. It gives a strong impression of sweeping movement, which is paramount to the waltz; it gives a sense of
Belle's femininity and delicacy (especially compared to the Beast's size); and it leaves a much more formal, grand, and graceful impression than a view of Belle's bare legs would have. Bare legs would have been too *sexual*; the effect the animators were going for was *sensual*. As for the Roger Rabbit/Jessica Rabbit discussion-- Disney didn't get in trouble for showing Jessica's legs any more than they got in trouble for showing Ariel's legs. The brouhaha over Jessica concerned a supposed glimpse of something much more personal than her *legs*. And Who Framed Roger Rabbit is definitely, DEFINITELY a Disney film, NOT a Warner Brothers film. Warner Brothers is NOT owned by Disney, and never has been. All of the companies that produced Roger Rabbit-- Touchstone, Silver Screen-- are owned by Disney. Characters owned by several other companies (Woody Woodpecker, Betty Boop, etc.) appeared in the film by permission, but the entire film was constructed/animated/filmed entirely by Disney. This is from HadesBabe
Contributed by: Rach
Correction contributed by: Richard
Just a floating thought: *Quote* "When Belle
looks outside and sees her father being taken away by a coach/spider,
she cries at the loss of her father. Yet, later, when approached by a
friendly teapot, she freaks. I'd think that she'd find the spider coach
a little more frightening, don't you?"
Contributed by: Kolyndia
Reply: Perhaps Belle was too upset and overwhelmed by the loss of her father and her freedom in a few minutes to even think about her father's strange mode of transportation.
Reply from: Liz
Type: W Where:When Belle looks into the mirror to see her father.
Error: When Belle looks in the mirror and sees Maurice stumbling and falls down, the ground is clearly visable. Later when she finds him the ground is covered with snow and his steps are in the snow, despite the fact he has been past out since before the snow fell.
Contributed by: djgillis
Type: W Where: General.
Error: The rose is supposed to lose all its petals. Throughout the entire movie, the rose seems to be losing petal, but it looks healthier and healthier as time goes by. Then suddenly, it has one petal left.
Thoughts: The animators might not have given much thought to the rose. Not until the end, they realized, "Oh, yeah, the rose is supposed to be wilting!" :)
Some more thoughts: *Quote* from Angie "I think that the rose continues to glow and lose its pedals slowly to show hope, letting everyone know that Belle is 'the girl'."
Contributed by: Dennis Sundquist
Type: W Where: When Belle and Maurice arrive at the battle scene.
Error: When Belle and her father go to save Beast from Gaston, Belle's dad is beside her. If they were going to save Beast, they would try to hurry. Waiting for Belle's dad not to ride on the horse is not a very good idea.
Contributed by: dehoyos
Type: W Where: The fight between the castle servants and the invaders.
Error: The green Hawaiian grass skirt suddenly appears inside the armoire.
Contributed by: Alyssa
Thought that might solve the armoire mystery: The appearing grass skirt...is this a reference to the appearance of it on one of the mob members? This would probably go along with the theory that the wardrobe can change the clothes or materialize them at will.
Contributed by: Liz
Type: W Where: When Belle drags Beast up onto the balcony after he had been shot with an arrow.
Error: Gaston stabs Beast in the back, when belle drags him up, the wound is on his side.
Contributed by: Dennis Sundquist
Type: W Where: When Beast becomes a human.
Error: Right before Beast becomes human again, his sleeve ends do not have any rips. After he becomes human again, his sleeve ends are torn.
Contributed by: dehoyos
Type: W Where: When everybody becomes human again.
Error: *Quote* "At the end of the film when we see all of the characters transformed into their original forms, Chip appears to be a young boy of about 7 or 8, and he calls Mrs. Potts 'Mama'. When Mrs. Potts is revealed, she's much older than I would have guessed (to have such a young child). I thought that was an inconsistency especially since Disney must have known that the audience would be curious as to how the characters we had become familiar with throughout the film resemble themselves in a more natural state. If the reason is because the casting director REALLY wanted Angela Lansbury's voice in the role, couldn't thay have just had Chip call her 'Nana'?"
Contributed by: Anthony Vellucci
Type: W Where: General
Error: The villagers appear to be completely oblivious to the existence of the castle.
Thoughts: It has been suggested that the enchantress caused them to forget that the castle had ever existed.
More Thoughts: You can see the village behind the castle at the beginning, but it is not necessarily the same village. Belle's father Maurice only finds the castle when he gets lost. Belle's village seems to be at the foot of the mountains and near a river so there is probably no need to go into the mountains. If you had a wood full of wolves you would probably not go into it, and the mountains probably hide the castle from direct line of sight. Also, we don't know how long it takes for them to get to the castle each time, although obviously it is within walking distance. ---Contributed by: Amanda
Contributed by: rec.arts.disney
Type: W Where: General
Error: The three girls' hair styles keep on changing. Some scenes, the girl in green has the side part, the pink has the upswept centre part, and the girl in the yellow has the downswept centre part. They exchange hairstyles (or dresses) throughout the movie.
Thoughts: Maybe it was boring to wear the same style all the time, but why would you exchange it for that of your best friend if you're trying to attract Gaston's attention?
More Thoughts: "In the Gaston Scene- those three Blondes- not only do they change hair styles quickly- but you may notice they copied their hair from other disney characters- Ariel, Jasmine and Belle- and at the end of the scene- all of them have Jasmine Style hair." ---- Tigger 007
Contributed by: Sarah
Type: W Where: General
Error: The seasons change far too quickly.
Thoughts: The seasons are probably only there to set the mood--they are symbolic, not to be taken literally. It has also been suggested that it is a passage of seasons.
More Thoughts: You can see the village behind the castle at the beginning, but it is not necessarily the same village. Belle's father Maurice only finds the castle when he gets lost. Belle's village seems to be at the foot of the mountains and near a river so there is probably no need to go into the mountains. If you had a wood full of wolves you would probably not go into it, and the mountains probably hide the castle from direct line of sight. Also, we don't know how long it takes for them to get to the castle each time, although obviously it is within walking distance. ---Contributed by: Amanda
Even MORE Thoughts: I think that the seasons really did change at the correct times, we just don't see what all is going on in the castle. Now that all of the new Beauty and the Beast movie are coming out I have realized that they just left a lot out, like Christmas. It would have been a really long movie if we saw everything that happened while Belle was the Beast's prisoner. It would probably be longer than "Titanic". ---Contributed by: Sherry McAdams
Contributed by: rec.arts.disney and additional thoughts by Dennis Sundquist
Type: W Where: General
Error: The prince does not have a name--(Beast?). Also, he doesn't have parents. If he doesn't have parents, then he should be the king.
Thoughts: alai speaks again! *Quote* "I go back to my 'they were out of town' bit, or perhaps they had recently died, *or* perhaps time was slowed/stopped in the castle, so he was actually 21 when the enchantment took place. As for the name, in the enchantment, he lost his identity, in that, he could have lost his name as well (ie-it was magically forgotten..)"
More Thoughts: Salty says, "A prince is not always a son of a King. Looking in the dictionary: A ruler of a principality or state. A nobleman of varying rank & status. A man of high rank or high standing in his class."
To settle a few confusions: "The Beast does have a name. It is Vincent. If you look at the first stained glass window in the movie you will see a yellow ribbon steak of glass with writing in it. The name is there. Also In the Beast's room the name is carved into one of the tables and is one the portrait. All of these were brought to my attention by an animator who worked on the movie. Also in the TV series Belle "Sing Me A Story", she mentions that the prince's name is Vincent. Another place to find his name is in the Broadway version of B&B. They mention his name as being Vincent there also." --- from Carlos
To confirm the above: This is from Lady T. "I've heard that it's Vincent. Don't remember where I heard it, but the source had found out from Disney, and confirmed it with Cast Members at the Disney Store."
Contributed by: Dennis Sundquist
Type: W Where: When Maurice is in the forest on his way to the fair.
Error: When Maurice stops at the wooden road signs, he holds up the lantern to the signs. If you look closely, the signs say "Anaheim" and "Valencia." There are no cities named Anaheim or Valencia in France.
Contributed by: UnonV812
Type: W Where: When Belle is in her room and the armoire talks to her.
Error: The green dress can be seen when the armoire opens itself. You can see it hanging next to the red one. The ends of the sleeves are as big as the rest of the sleeves, but when Belle wears it later on, (taking Phillippe to the garden) the ends are as small as her wrists. It doesn't seem like there's another green dress crumpled up inside one of the drawers.
Thoughts: Maybe this is a different dress and that the armoire can magically create a new dress whenever she wants to.
Contributed by: Alyssa
Type: W Where: After Belle arrives at the castle.
Error: When Belle runs out of the castle after Beast yells at her for going into the West Wing, Phillipe is still outside waiting for her.
Thoughts: Phillipe is probably a smart horse and is sticking around in case she needed him. It is pretty weird how he stays there for so long. He doesn't run away, since he's scared of that place already. :)
More Thoughts: Philippe was probably not waiting, but in stables. How many times do you actually see people in movies saddle up horses? Almost never. There is a change of scene from Belle running down the stairs to the Beast to Belle on the horse. Often changes of scene indicate passing of time. ---Contributed by: Amanda
Contributed by: Ana
Type: W Where: Gaston proposes to Belle.
Error: In the picture of her house right after the blackout, you can see the chicken feed on the railing right next to the door. After Gaston leaves, she goes to feed the chickens, but the container is now suddenly at the other end of the railing.
Contributed by: Alyssa
Type: W Where: In the tavern during the "Gaston" sequence.
Error: The chess board is not oriented correctly.
Contributed by: I'll find out.
