Quenivere, seeing this as a perfect opportunity, tells the guardsmen to go kill Leo- which was his original intent with the Boy Scout idea- and say they believed it was a bear to King Adam afterwards. Leo cracks and becomes a rage-filled beast, roaring at the kids, who become terrified. One night, however, the bullies begin to physically push Leo on the forest ground and pretend their capturing a wild animal tying him up and putting a muzzle over his face. Although with their constant belittlement, the small beast proves them wrong and collects many of the badges, earning him up in the ranks of leadership. There, Leo realizes the kids that picked on him back in the forest were actually Boy Scouts and are his roommates. Adam agrees to this and Quenivere, along with his guardsmen, takes Leo to the Boy Scout Wildlife Headquarters. With Adam still worried about Leo's inability to be a future king, Quenivere comes up with the idea that, due to Leo's love for the forest and the fact that he is a beast, they could sign him up for the Boy Scouts, where he could learn to be a leader. Leo then asks if he really is a monster, where Adam replies that he is not he is his son. Adam solemnly explains the events prior to Leo's birth, including the Enchantress that turned Adam into a beast for being corrupt and selfish. Later that day, Leo confronts his Dad on how the kids treated him, and asks why there is no one like him like he thought there would be. The bullies then tell Leo that he is a monster, who is shocked and confused by the situation. During lunch, Leo escapes from the servants to go play in the forest, where he then runs into older kids, who begin to make fun of him and treat him like a dog. The people of the town are all baffled by the small beast, as the teachers of the school treat him nicely. Adam, however, soon becomes worried that Leo will not be able to inherit the throne without outside interaction, and, after convincing from Belle, decides to send his son to school.Īfter having a talk with Leo about how people see each other differently, Adam sends his son to the nearest elementary school, along with many servants, including Lumiere and Cogsworth. King Adam forbids anyone from telling his son that he is a monster and keeps Leo confined in the castle his entire life, in fear of what the people of the kingdom will do to him, knowing what they thought of him as a beast before. He runs off to another room angrily and starts sobbing in private as the crowd is told they will not see the child.ġ1 years later, Prince Napoleon, Leo for short, is happily living in the castle as a small beast, being homeschooled by his mother and playing pranks on the servants. She gives the child to Adam, who soon learns the devastating truth: Their son is a beast. Adam finds Belle, who is holding the baby warmly. After assuring the crowd that they will see the child, he enters the castle to find all the nurses terrified. The whole kingdom celebrates to the news of the prince being born as King Adam arrives to the castle. Adam immediately leaves the scene, angering Quenivere. During a business conference with a young foreign leader, Adam, with the help of his royal advisor Quenivere, is about to sign an important trading agreement when Lumiere and Cogsworth, his servants, rush in to tell him Belle is in labor. Adam- who was formally the Beast- is now the king alongside his wife, Belle, who is soon to have a child. The film opens with the mural from the ending of the previous movie, along with narration on the past events. Most of the criticism for this film was for its use of CGI animation rather than traditional animation like the original. The film was initially produced as a direct-to-video film, but was soon changed for a theatrical release, similar to the movie Planes, which was made by the same company. This, however, was advertised as a true sequel to the original.
Walt Disney Pictures has adapted their original 1991 picture a number of times with examples such as Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas and, more recently, a 2017 remake with the same name. Beauty and the Beast 2 follows 11-year-old Prince Leo, the son of King Adam and Queen Belle, who ventures off with the circus to find the Enchantress after being born as a beast. The theatrical version of the film was released in the United States on November 22, 2021, notably 30 years after the original release of the first film. Beauty and the Beast 2 is a 2021 American 3D computer-animated musical fantasy film produced by DisneyToon Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.