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Gaston is a canonical
Canonical

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 fictional supporting character
Fictional character

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 and a villain
Villain

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 in Disney's
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 Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast (disambiguation)

Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale, and it also may refer to:In film:*Beauty and the Beast , an animated Disney film...
. Introduced in the 1991 Disney animated classic
Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)

Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 Cinema of the United States animated cartoon family film. It is the thirtieth List of Disney animated features produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation....
, Gaston's desire to marry
Marriage

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 Belle leads him to evolve from a harmless, humour
Humour

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ous buffoon to the primary antagonist
Antagonist

An antagonist is a character or group of characters, or, always an institution of a happening who represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend....
 of the film.

Origins
Gaston was not a character in the original
Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale . The first published version of the fairy tale was a rendition by Madame Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in La jeune am?ricaine, et les contes marins in 1740....
 fairy tale
Fairy tale

A fairy tale is a fictional story that may feature folklore characters such as Fairy, goblins, Elf, trolls, giant , and talking animals, and usually enchanted, often involving a far-fetched sequence of events....
. Disney claims to have added him to the film in order to create a heightened sense of danger as well as to showcase the theme
Theme (literature)

A theme is a simile used to relate to idioms and or literary work a message or lesson conveyed by a written text. This message is usually about life, society or human nature....
 of inner versus outer beauty
Beauty

Beauty is a characteristic of a person, Location , Object , or idea that provides a perception experience of pleasure, Value , or satisfaction....
.

However, there is a similar character in the 1946 French adaptation of the fairy tale, named Avenant.






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Gaston is a canonical
Canonical

Canonical is an adjective derived from wikt:canon. Canon comes from the Greek word kanon, "rule" , and is used in various meanings....
 fictional supporting character
Fictional character

A character is any person, persona, identity, or entity that exists in a The arts. The process of conveying information about characters in fiction is called characterisation....
 and a villain
Villain

A villain is an "evil" character in a story, whether a history narrative or, especially, a work of fiction. The villain usually is the antagonist, the character who tends to have a negative effect on other characters....
 in Disney's
Walt Disney Pictures

Walt Disney Pictures refers to several different entities associated with The Walt Disney Company:Walt Disney Pictures, the film banner, was found as a designation in 1983, prior to which Disney films since the death of Walt Disney were released under the name of the parent company, then named Walt Disney Productions....
 Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast (disambiguation)

Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale, and it also may refer to:In film:*Beauty and the Beast , an animated Disney film...
. Introduced in the 1991 Disney animated classic
Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)

Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 Cinema of the United States animated cartoon family film. It is the thirtieth List of Disney animated features produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation....
, Gaston's desire to marry
Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
 Belle leads him to evolve from a harmless, humour
Humour

Humour or humor is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. Many theories exist about what humour is and what social function it serves....
ous buffoon to the primary antagonist
Antagonist

An antagonist is a character or group of characters, or, always an institution of a happening who represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend....
 of the film.

Origins


Gaston was not a character in the original
Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale . The first published version of the fairy tale was a rendition by Madame Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in La jeune am?ricaine, et les contes marins in 1740....
 fairy tale
Fairy tale

A fairy tale is a fictional story that may feature folklore characters such as Fairy, goblins, Elf, trolls, giant , and talking animals, and usually enchanted, often involving a far-fetched sequence of events....
. Disney claims to have added him to the film in order to create a heightened sense of danger as well as to showcase the theme
Theme (literature)

A theme is a simile used to relate to idioms and or literary work a message or lesson conveyed by a written text. This message is usually about life, society or human nature....
 of inner versus outer beauty
Beauty

Beauty is a characteristic of a person, Location , Object , or idea that provides a perception experience of pleasure, Value , or satisfaction....
.

However, there is a similar character in the 1946 French adaptation of the fairy tale, named Avenant. Avenant propose
Proposal of marriage

The proposal of marriage is an event where one person in a intimate relationship asks for the other's hand in marriage. It often has a ritual quality, involving the presentation of the engagement ring and a formalized asking of a question such as "Will you marry me?"....
s to Belle and is also intent upon killing the Beast once he realizes that Belle is in love with the Beast instead of him. He is also involved in a fight with the Beast, which leads to his death.

Traits

Gaston is conceited, self-centered, and very masculine. He spends his time fighting, drinking, and spitting, things at which he is the town champion.

He believes that it is not appropriate for women to read books or think. Rather, he feels that women make better use of themselves as mere domestic slaves i.e. "little wives". For that matter, he does not believe thinking is a good use of time for anyone, not even himself.

Gaston is frequently seen in the company of his sidekick
Sidekick

A sidekick is a stock character, a close companion who assists a partner in a superior position. Don Quixote's Sancho Panza, Sherlock Holmes' Doctor Watson, and Batman's companion Robin are some well-known sidekicks in fiction....
, LeFou, and the three "Bimbettes."

Appearances


Movie


See also: Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)
Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)

Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 Cinema of the United States animated cartoon family film. It is the thirtieth List of Disney animated features produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation....


As Gaston believes he is the best in the town, he sets his sights on marrying the best - which for him is the most beautiful - woman in the town: Belle. However, she refuses his proposal. This humiliates him and hurts his ego
EGO

Ego is a Latin word meaning "I ", cognate with the Greek "??? " meaning "I " and may refer to:* Ego, super-ego, and id, a psycho-analytic concept of Sigmund Freud...
.

He then attempts to throw her father into an asylum
Psychiatric hospital

A psychiatric hospital is a hospital specializing in the treatment of serious mental illness, usually for relatively long-term inpatients.Two rules usually govern whether someone should be placed in a psychiatric hospital: if someone is an immediate threat to harm themselves, or to harm other people....
, unless Belle agrees to marry him. His plan goes awry, which is when he discovers that Belle is in love with the Beast.

He becomes jealous and decides to gather a mob
MOB

Mob may refer to:* An unruly crowd see:** Mob rule ** Flash mob ** Smart mob * A collection of animals .* Mobile Regional Airport , located in Mobile, Alabama...
 to kill the Beast. In the ensuing fight, he stabs the Beast in the back, but ultimately falls from the castle roof - perhaps to his death. His death is only implied, but in some versions of the movie skulls flash in his eyes as he is falling to heighten this implication.

He was voiced by Richard White
Richard White (actor)

Richard White is an United States, actor, opera singer and voice actor. He is most famous for voicing the character of Gaston in Beauty and the Beast and in the TV series Disney's House of Mouse....
.

Musical


See also: Beauty and the Beast (musical)
Beauty and the Beast (musical)

Beauty and the Beast is a musical theatre with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice and a book by Linda Woolverton, based on the Beauty and the Beast ....


Gaston's character in the musical is indistiguishable from that of his character in the film.

In the Melbourne
Melbourne

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 stage production of the film, he was played by Hugh Jackman
Hugh Jackman

Hugh Michael Jackman is an Australian actor who is involved in film, musical theatre, and television.A singer, dancer and actor in stage musicals, principally The Boy From Oz, Jackman has won international recognition for his roles in major films, his forte being action/superhero, period and romance characters....
.

In other media


Gaston appeared in the television series House of Mouse, and was voiced again by White.

Gaston is notably absent from the Kingdom Hearts series, because of the appearance of his homeworld in Kingdom Hearts II
Kingdom Hearts II

is an action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and published by Disney Interactive Studios and Square Enix in 2005 for the Sony Computer Entertainment PlayStation 2 video game console....
.