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Beast-Prince "Adam" - An Urban Legend?

Journal Entry: Tue Apr 1, 2008, 8:16 AM
  • Mood: Confused
  • Listening to: Sarah McLachlan
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Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a young Prince lived in a shining castle... Although he had everything his heart desired, the Prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind... And kind of nameless too!



It is April First today, a day to be fooled and to question all you hear. What I am about to write is not something I want people to take lightly though... I am quite serious about this. This is no joke.

I am talking about Disney's Beast here. The same prince that got changed into a beast by the Enchantress, and later on was able to break the curse by winning the love of Belle. And that was when he magically transformed into the nameless prince that people say is actually called "Adam".

But here is where I question what I hear... I have questioned that name ever since I heard it, which must be many, many years ago. I have tried to look for the solid proof, the evidence... I have asked people if they could scan the page in the book where it said the name was so, but most of the time, I would just hear: "Oh, prince Adam? Well I didn't *read* about it in the actual book, I just picked it up online, someone said it was in a book!"



On Bittersweet and Strange, a Beauty and the Beast forum, the Beauty and the Beast fans have discussed his name for years. And we're still discussing. The fans can't find the evidence. Can you?



Even the Internet Movie Database (IMDB.com) used to mention Beast was named Adam at some point. It was submitted by someone saying it said so in the official Disney Encyclopedia by Dave Smith.
This lead to fellow-Beauty and the Beast-lover TrudiRose to buy "The Official Disney Encyclopedia A to Z" by Dave Smith. She read every page of it, only to find there was nothing about a "prince Adam" mentioned there.
She notified IMDB of this false news and they deleted the mention of this name by the end of 2007. But by then, even more people had picked up this name and assumed it to be official. But is it, really?

Others have said it is mentioned in a book by Don Hahn, but so far, I have heard no true confirmation on that...



All this fuzz about the name Adam has led me to wonder: is this an Urban Legend? Did someone, once, make up the name, get questionned by someone, and replied: "No, prince Adam *is* the official name! It says so in a book!" or something similar? Did that story get changed so much over the course of time that people started believing "Adam" was the name given to Beast by its animator, or the director, or the producer, etc?

Don't we all just assume this knowledge to be so because so many people call him "Adam"? I know that when people ask me: "What's the Beast's name?" I usually reply: "Adam. They call him Adam."

But WHO calls him Adam?
The fans? Or is there genuinely somebody working at Disney who called him like that? Is it official or totally the opposite?



This is where I need your help! I want to investigate this Urban Legend, but I want you to tell me where you heard the name "Adam" first! Did you actually READ it in a book somewhere? Good! Scan it! Send me the evidence! I've been wondering for years and if there is real evidence out there, I'm hoping to track it down this way!

DeviantArt is a great place to find other artists with a fascination for characters such as Beast. I'm hoping that, together, we can, once and for all, settle if "Adam" is a fan-given name or has true roots in Disney.
Thank you for reading!


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  • Current Age: 24
  • Current Residence: Flanders
  • Interests: Avatar the Last Airbender, Harry Potter, Beauty and the Beast
  • Favourite movie: Howl's Moving Castle
  • Favourite band or musician: Hans Zimmer
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  • Favourite cartoon character: Beast
  • Personal Quote: When everything is wrong, we move along
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~jj-dreamworldz:iconjj-dreamworldz: 1 day 3 hours ago Mood: Joy
hey! thanks for the :+fav: on Princess of Hot!!! :D

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*ArcanePrayer:iconArcanePrayer: Jul 1, 2008, 8:07:19 AM
Merci pour les favoris !
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~kanyiko:iconkanyiko: Jun 1, 2008, 2:08:28 PM
Nog eens bedankt voor de :+fav:! :hug:

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~psychoe:iconpsychoe: May 25, 2008, 8:55:04 AM
I've seen your Beauty and the Beast fanart from before and always admired how you got them to be so On-model. Wonderful gallery!

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~CartoonJessie:iconCartoonJessie: May 3, 2008, 4:09:49 AM
Cool. I had some German in school too (for four years), but I wasn't very interested in the subject, so I didn't learn much there. Just basics. Oddly enough I passed every exam, but I think the teacher liked me despite my horrible German.

You also signed up on Bittersweet & Strange, didn't you? I saw your name in the Members list. ^^ Please, go and introduce yourself, lol. We're always happy to have new members!

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~adelheid130:iconadelheid130: May 2, 2008, 9:53:09 PM
You are welcome for the watch.

And Adelheid comes from my German teacher. I studied German for 6 1/2 years and my teacher told me that Adelheid is kind of a translation for the name Heather. I thought it was pretty so I kept it.

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~CartoonJessie:iconCartoonJessie: Apr 25, 2008, 3:41:47 AM
You're welcome!

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~CartoonJessie:iconCartoonJessie: Apr 25, 2008, 3:41:37 AM
I love your Miguel-icon!!! XD I just adore El Dorado. It's one of my fav movies ever. Kind of a silly movie, but that's what I like so much about it.

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~dongpeiyen1000:icondongpeiyen1000: Apr 25, 2008, 12:51:33 AM
Thanks for the fave! :)

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~L3tt3rs:iconL3tt3rs: Apr 24, 2008, 9:20:46 PM
Amazing gallery! :love:
~FDP-fanclub:iconFDP-fanclub: Apr 20, 2008, 7:07:31 AM
your art is fantastic, I'm a huge disney fan myslef (as are the people this club is for hehe-moo)

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~Mize-meow:iconMize-meow: Mar 26, 2008, 6:08:17 AM
You're welcome =)
And thank you for checking out my gallery, i hope that you like it =)
*ryuuenx:iconryuuenx: Mar 23, 2008, 5:17:02 AM
thanks for the :+fav:!

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*streetmilo:iconstreetmilo: Mar 23, 2008, 4:38:33 AM
You've got a nice gallery :)
~lost-content:iconlost-content: Mar 11, 2008, 12:25:17 PM
Thanks for the collection add!
~CartoonJessie:iconCartoonJessie: Mar 3, 2008, 2:18:26 PM
Thank you! Colouring takes an awfull long time (to me)... So I don't know yet! I really wish I could color them all... But time... Time is precious. *sighs*

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~movielover86:iconmovielover86: Mar 3, 2008, 8:55:21 AM
Hey, are you going to color those sketches? I believe that will help them pop off the screen. However, you did a great job drawing them.
~CartoonJessie:iconCartoonJessie: Mar 3, 2008, 6:09:41 AM
You're welcome! I'm a huge Beauty and the Beast fan! ^^ Not huge enough to fav every single piece, lol, but huge enough to fav everything which appeals to me.

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~gerre:icongerre: Mar 3, 2008, 5:46:54 AM
thanks for the favourite! :blowkiss:
~madeleinedemontreal:iconmadeleinedemontreal: Mar 2, 2008, 5:08:04 PM
Hey, I just took a look through your gallery (amazing! we have so many of the same interests!) and your type of work would be PERFECT for shoes! For me it was really difficult because I was used to very detailed portraits, so cartoons were something I'd never done much of.

You could do Howl's Moving Castle! I saw that that was your favorite, it's one of mine too. I'm serious, go for it.

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~pixarjunkie:iconpixarjunkie: Mar 2, 2008, 2:26:07 PM
I know. Beauty and the Beast is by far the best Disney princess movie! hooray for Beast. :w00t:

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~CartoonJessie:iconCartoonJessie: Mar 2, 2008, 2:12:41 PM
Haha, you're very welcome. It's a hilarious comic. Gotta love Beauty and the Beast. (And I say BEAST not Prince.)

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~pixarjunkie:iconpixarjunkie: Mar 2, 2008, 1:04:48 PM
thanks so much for the :+fav:!

(jessie is pretty much the coolest name ever) :XD: hooray for the jessica's of the world! :highfive:

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~DeathWithoutCreation:iconDeathWithoutCreation: Mar 2, 2008, 4:46:28 AM Mood: Dazed
Thank you very much! I try lol. I love what I've seen of your work so far as well :) I will have to have a more in-depth look once I'm well rested (a bit of an insomniac)
I wish that I could draw cartoons :( but I really don't think I'd know where to begin. OK I'm rambling, time to catch a catnap. ttyl!