maurice was the name of belle's father.
what is the name of belle's father?
maurice
at mr. gold's mansion, belle (emilie de ravin), who after having a nightmare in which gold gives her a necklace only to see him transform into rumplestiltskin and choke leroy (lee arenberg), sees him spinning gold and mixing potions in the basement. the following morning, belle demands mr. gold to come clean as to why he was doing this. when he refuses to explain why, belle leaves him, prompting an upset gold to turn to david (josh dallas) for help. as they search the town for belle, the residents refuse to assist them. they decide to visit belle's father, moe french (eric keenleyside), at his home, but they come away empty-handed, not forgetting what happened during maurice's previous encounter with rumplestiltskin. unaware to both david and gold, belle was actually hiding out at granny's where she made fast friends with ruby (meghan ory). belle expressed her need for a job, so ruby suggests that, given belle's love for books, she should reopen the boarded-up storybrooke public library and become the town's newest librarian. unfortunately, after leaving the diner en route to the library, she is kidnapped by william smee (chris gauthier), who had been hired by moe to take belle to the mines and to have her memory erased once they arrived at the city limits in order to make her forget about gold. but thanks to ruby's ability to trace belle's scent, david, gold and ruby reach belle in time and stop moe from going through with his plan with the help of mr. gold's magic. belle is grateful that gold saved her, however, she is still angry with both her father and gold and tells the two that she never wants to speak to either of them again.
the crocodile (once upon a time)
belle is a lesbian who is the lover of a girl named rose. however, because belle and rose live in a very religious community, they must keep their relationship a secret. unfortunately, belle's father catches the two girls together and orders rose to be taken away for "enchanting" his daughter. when belle protests, he has her beaten and locked up in his basement. he later tells his younger daughter, jasmine, that belle ran away and is not to be spoken of anymore. some time later, belle's father leaves on a journey. he asks jasmine if she would like anything brought back, to which she replies that she'd only like a rose. after losing his way in the forest, the father finds a beautiful castle with food laid out on the table for him. he sees a rose in the garden and picks it for jasmine. as soon as he does this, the shadowy master of the castle comes and yells at him for abusing his hospitality. the master gives the father a choice: either he must die or leave someone else at the castle to die in his place. without hesitation, the father returns home, gives jasmine the rose, and sneaks belle to the castle to be killed in his place. instead of killing belle, the master dresses her nicely and gives her a beautiful room, asking only that she meet him for dinner at eight. the entire time they are together, the master is careful to stay hidden from belle. when she finally looks, belle sees that the master is a hideous monster. though frightened, belle learns to overlook this as the beast is very kind to her. after belle expresses a desire to see how her sister is faring, the beast gives her a magic mirror to see jasmine. when belle looks, she sees jasmine asking her father about belle. furious, her father strikes her. belle becomes frightened that her father will hurt jasmine next and the beast agrees to bring jasmine to the castle for safety. when belle's father attempts to stop the beast, he is killed by thorny vines that shoot up from the ground (summoned by the beast, who tells him that he will never harm either of the girls again). with jasmine safely in the castle, belle confesses her love to the beast. the beast confesses love for belle too and turns back into rose. rose explains that she was unable to tell belle the truth because of the curse she was under and the two girls live happily ever after.
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