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A colored version of my image for my BATB Triplets analysis essay. Overall, the content is still the same. I forgot to color the bible. Oh well, I'll probably make sure that will be corrected in another version. In case you haven't read the original analysis here it is:

"Hi.
Well, I figured I’d do an in-depth character analysis/review on the triplets from Beauty and the Beast (also known as Claudia, Laura, and Paula in the red, amber, and green dresses respectively [at least, that’s what their individual official names are, as I haven’t found something definitive yet proving them to be their names like the DVD or something], and… well, their official collective names are the Bimbettes, though I personally disagree with the name as I’ll cover later). I depicted them as reading the bible, praying, and doing the rosary because it was implied in the film that they were religious, at least enough to attend two weddings, one of which was actually in the film.
For a brief info statement, the triplets are the blonde girls who fawn over the main villain Gaston. In terms of the film, they only had five scenes: During the Belle song, when Gaston and Belle are interacting, the failed wedding, the first rendition of the Gaston song, and the reprise. Besides the film, they also had appearances in the Marvel Comics series, and some novelizations that take place after the film, as well as expanded roles in the musical. Oh, and House of Mouse, though that’s not going to be covered here.
So, basically, there’s not much to go by, at least in the original film and in regards to more obvious things, which will be the primary source, as they basically swoon over Gaston just like how most of the village girls save for Belle swooned for him, and apparently being shocked over Belle refusing Gaston as well as being devastated when Gaston chose Belle over one of them at the wedding. They also praise Gaston like the other villagers. In the comics, and to a lesser extent the musical, they apparently also viewed Belle as a rival to Gaston’s affections.
There are, however, some very subtle things I did notice about them in a few scenes:
For starters, in the scene where Gaston and Belle interacted, the triplets aren’t seen at all until literally the second after Gaston said “like me” where they proceeded to sigh in infatuation for him. This would suggest that they may have just gotten there and may have missed the part where Gaston threw Belle’s book into the mud (a bit understandable, since considering the difficulty Gaston had at reaching Belle due to the crowds before they dispersed in the opening song, they’d probably have similar difficulty trying to get through the crowds when they followed Gaston, and unlike Gaston, they probably aren’t likely to try to scale the houses due to the risk of injury). Plus, when Gaston refused, they were shown to be visibly shocked and angered at Belle’s refusal, apparently also being angry (at least in the case of Laura and Claudia) at her refusing, and the words they said (“What’s wrong with her?! // She’s crazy! // He’s Gorgeous.”) would strongly suggest they actually did think Belle should have a chance with Gaston, and based on a later scene, even if it meant they didn’t get a chance at him at all. Considering they had an obvious crush on Gaston, and especially their characterizations in the comics and the musical, that actually would make them selfless, not jealous. I also noticed that when Gaston and LeFou were mocking Maurice, we didn’t hear the triplets laughing along with them, which may imply, especially given a later scene, that they have little problem with Maurice.
Next up, there’s the failed wedding (in other words, the scene where the triplets are crying up a storm). There are actually two key things in that scene besides their crying regarding Gaston that I noticed. First of all, their presence at the wedding would imply that the three were practicing Christians. Second, and probably even more important than that, the scene where Gaston emerges from the shrubs and reveals himself to be the groom has them reacting in an interesting manner: Basically, the triplets, or at least Paula, were contently setting up the table (and I said at least Paula because she was giving a really huge smile while helping set up). However, upon seeing Gaston emerge, they raise their heads in shock, Laura seems to whisper something to Claudia’s ear and with Paula listening in that was presumably telling her that Gaston was the groom, with Claudia being shocked enough to put her hand over her mouth, Laura looking worried, and Paula being devastated and even fearful enough to actually cling to Laura’s arm. Their reactions gave the implication that while they knew that there was going to be a wedding, and it involved Belle, they were kept in the dark about Gaston being the groom until he revealed himself. That’s especially noteworthy because it carries the implication that they were setting the wedding up for Belle, possibly being the only one of the 13 attendees (themselves, the priest, the baker, two of Gaston’s bar buddies, LeFou, the elderly egg salesman, and the four-man band) to be doing it for Belle and not for Gaston. This is definitely noteworthy, because that would also imply that they actually valued Belle as a friend, maybe even their best friend, and one of the few friends she actually has in the village. Considering that the opening song and Belle’s later conversation with Maurice strongly implied that Belle was considered a social outcast due to her father being an eccentric inventor and possibly her fascination for reading (which makes little sense due to both it being a Catholic village and the existence of a bookstore in the song that wasn’t doing bad in terms of business), that definitely is saying a lot regarding their being friends and not to be taken lightly.
For the Gaston songs, in the beginning of the first song, they were seen hesitating until after LeFou sang “And it’s not very hard to see why!” before giving comfort to Gaston. Considering their reactions when Gaston revealed himself to be the groom to Belle in the wedding presumably without even telling them beforehand (which was pretty cruel of him to do that), that would suggest they forgave him of that slight against them, and pretty easily as well, especially considering it was almost a quarter of a day at least, and something like that isn’t easily forgiven by many people. In addition, during the reprise, the last bit of it, they had only appeared after Gaston whispered the plan to LeFou (specifically, when they shout in unison “Let’s Go!”), and in the ending of the first song, Claudia and Laura were missing (and its clear they were missing and not simply off-screen, as they had a pan-out to the entire tavern), and Paula was clearly on her way to the backroom with a silver platter to presumably serve meals and thus probably didn’t even stick around long before Maurice entered. This implies that they don’t even know that Maurice had earlier burst into the tavern raving about how a Beast is holding Belle prisoner, much less that Gaston and the others threw him out or even that Gaston was planning to force Belle to marry him via blackmail relating to falsely incarcerating Maurice in an insane asylum. In addition, during the final verses, I noticed that the triplets aren’t even looking at Gaston when he and LeFou are coming around the bend of the table, and in the final chorus, they aren’t singing along (their mouths aren’t even moving), which would imply that they did not support the little of Gaston’s plan that they did learn (specifically, the bit about “persecuting harmless crackpots” and it being a “cheap shot”). This is in fact supported by their not even being present among the lynch mob at all when it was congregated in front of the house. And it certainly makes them innocent of their supporting Gaston in a conspiracy and illegal action, not to mention an amoral action.
The Wedding Wishes activity book’s coloring section had them competing for the bouquet at Belle’s wedding, which actually strongly supported most of what I pointed out (namely, they viewed Belle as a friend, since it is her wedding they are at and they are apparently the only guests besides possibly the little girl she briefly petted in the opening song that were actually from the village and not among the Castle staff [I’m counting Maurice as among the Castle staff as its clear from the ending that he’s living at the castle]; and they were very forgiving, considering Belle and Adam [Beast’s human form] were technically responsible for Gaston’s death, even if he did deserve it for trying to literally stab the latter in the back and from a dangerous position yet despite that they still attended the wedding).
In addition, I also noticed something else from the overall scenes as well, heck, even the comics as well: the triplets loved Gaston to such an extent that they literally seemed to be blind at times to the other males in the village (for instance, they accidentally squirted at LeFou with the pump while distracted with Gaston, not to mention didn’t seem to even take their eyes off Gaston whenever he was around), and Gaston in particular completely ignored them in favor of Belle. That would imply they most likely didn’t sleep with Gaston, or heck, even any of the male population in the village. Having seen how Barney from How I Met Your Mother and Charlie Harper from Two and a Half Men generally treated women, heck, even how Lumiere was implied to have treated most of the female staff in the film, even Belle to a lesser extent, Gaston’s lack of acknowledgement of their presence, ignoring them as if they were literally just air in front of him, basically made it unlikely he slept with them (especially when the characters I mentioned at least acknowledged the women they philandered by name, and in the case of Barney and Charlie, they treated women even worse than Gaston ever did which is saying something). If they had slept with them, I probably would have recognized it from subtle clues, and Gaston didn’t give any indication he even interacted with them other than as a literal barbell in the song. In fact, that’s actually why I disagree with their official collective name of the Bimbettes, as they don’t even match the definition of a Bimbo (to say nothing about the offensive connotations). A bimbo is someone who is A. fairly stupid and airheaded, and B., uses their body in a sexual manner to get what they want, and considering they haven’t even met the latter definition, not even sleeping around (and believe me, we’ve got Fifi the Featherduster, Maron from Dragon Ball Z, Penny from the Big Bang Theory, Edna Krabappel from the Simpsons [and she managed to sleep even with the likes of Comic Book Guy, a man who is not good-looking by any stretch of the imagination] and at the risk of getting political, Sandra Fluke as well), and there’s some ambiguity as to whether they’re actually stupid (aside from Marvel Comics’ characterizations of them, the film at least showed them to be smart enough to recognize Belle refused Gaston before Gaston himself seemed to realize it, and realizing that Gaston marrying Belle meant they don’t get a shot at Gaston at all, plus their apparently not supporting Gaston when making the evil plan may mean they recognized the evil in the plan.), it’s clear that the triplets don’t really fit the definition, being slightly airheaded at best. In fact, they don’t seem to even fall for many guys until after Gaston met his end, and even then, they only interacted with two guys: Adam, and Lumiere, and I’m doubtful they slept with Adam especially when it was around the time Belle and Adam were getting married, and as far as Lumiere, I’m not even sure if they actually did sleep together, even with his womanizing nature (he can’t be distracted from preparing the wedding, after all). Even if they did, at least they only just met so their making that mistake is understandable, while Fifi had a relationship for at least ten years if not more and Lumiere was well known for his womanizing, and thus should know better. Plus, their implied infatuation with Lumiere in the Wedding Wishes book would suggest they do have some capacity of seeing beyond physical appearances (since Lumiere... well, maybe ugly is too strong of a word, but he's definitely not muscular, nor can he really compare to Gaston or even Adam regarding looks). I also wonder if there was more to their love of Gaston besides the obvious regarding his looks, considering issue 5 of Disney Comic hits had the triplets reacting to Gaston as they usually do, yet this happened while they were kids, probably pre-pubescent or at least tweens. To put it simply, all of this would actually imply they were still virgins, at least by the time of the original film, and assuming they are devout in their faith, they probably waited until marriage before sleeping with someone.
They also apparently had more physical beauty than Belle did, which is odd especially when Belle is supposed to be the most beautiful girl in town. Other than possibly LeFou, no one seems to even acknowledge that bit. In fact, that’s actually been a bone of contention not only for me, but also from what I observed for a lot of other people who saw the film, especially when their body frames are closer to the type you would expect from the Dead or Alive franchise, the Love Hina franchise, Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy VII, Maron from Dragon Ball Z, Lara Croft from Tomb Raider, and even Barbie than Belle does, and in the case of DOA, Love Hina, DBZ, and Tomb Raider, their designs were deliberate and successful in making some money. However, that pales in comparison to another odd thing I noticed, something I actually only recently noticed:
Basically, for a film that’s supposed to promote the concept of true beauty coming from within (and especially true in the original tale), and Belle basically is supposed to be that incarnate to the point of it being hammered in and the triplets being intended to be foils to Belle, the triplets don’t seem to have showcased any indication that they were internally ugly at all outside of their crushing on Gaston, at least in the original film, even some of the Disney Princess materials. This is actually a bit odd, since we actually do see internal ugliness from Beast’s foil, Gaston (specifically, his treating Maurice like crap, including literally throwing him out into the snow; his overall demeaning treatment of Belle, or at least what was intended by the writers to be very demeaning; trying to blackmail Belle into marrying him by forcing Maurice into the asylum, and all of that), and most of the other villagers are implied to be the same as well, especially their treatment of Maurice, yet we never get any indication of that from the triplets. In fact, from the analysis I’ve done regarding their actions and comparing them to Belle’s actions in the overall film, other than crushing on Gaston, they seemed to have a lot more internal beauty than Belle herself did, and were ironically closer to being the original tale’s version of Belle than Belle herself was. And the reason why I brought the original tale into the mix is because Belle’s foils in that story were her older sisters who were extremely malicious yet possessed a lot of physical beauty. Basically, their being very forgiving, their valuing Belle as a friend even when it’s clear she was unpopular in the village, their being willing to sacrifice their small chances to be with Gaston to allow Belle a shot at him. Although I like that they are somewhat nice and not monsters, I unfortunately have to list that as a flaw, as Belle was supposed to have more internal beauty than them and, well, the writers failed since there were a lot of stuff Belle did that would imply the opposite, that she was ugly on the inside. For a rundown, she basically insulted her village with it being the provincial life and made little secret to hating the village simply for being provincial in both the opening song and the reprise, she broke the Beast’s one rule as part of the conditions of her staying, nearly broke the Beast’s lifeline, then tried to break her promise by escaping during a blizzard, and when she actually did get free, despite having good enough deductive reasoning skills to deduce the castle and its objects were enchanted just by casual observation of the staff members and without being told, she basically stabbed the Beast and his servants in the back by exposing the Beast’s existence, thus making it inevitable that the mob, whether Gaston was present to rile them up or not, would attack the castle and kill the Beast and potentially the servants, and saving her father is not an excuse in this case because her mind would have been smart enough to come up with a plan that didn’t involve it ending with Maurice being imprisoned, her marrying Gaston, and exposing the Beast and his servants existence. That’s also ignoring how real life people of her intellectual aspects such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Voltaire, Denis Diderot, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Simone de Beauvoir, Lillian Hellman, I.F. Stone, Frederick Nietzsche, and the like ultimately turned out to be very bad people, or even ironically stupid people.
The comics and the musical did try to give them more internally ugly traits, with varying success: The comics are a mixed bag, as they took place as what was effectively a midquel for the movie, specifically taking place between Beast giving Belle the library and possibly the fireplace scene in Somewhere There. The Marvel Comics (specifically, Issues 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (flashback only), 7, and 8 (flashback only)) attempted to make them jealous of Belle and somewhat conniving, such as doing what was effectively a combination of both a honey trap and a jealousy ploy to Gaston, as well as overall being somewhat more spiteful. While I’m glad they got some internal ugliness in the comics to actually make Belle seem internally beautiful, the problem is that those characteristics actually conflicted with the original film (and we don’t even have it being a comic adaptation as an excuse, because this was a different entry in its right), such as their jealousy directly conflicting with their reaction to Belle refusing Gaston (in fact, it’s even worse when the flashback to the opening of the film had the triplets spitefully and jealously commenting on how Gaston’s ignoring them for Belle instead of their whole “What’s wrong with her // she’s crazy // he’s gorgeous” exchange), and their conniving nature conflicts with their reaction at the failed wedding (trust me, had they been as conniving as they were in the comics, they probably would have made sure to ruin the wedding as soon as they discovered this under the belief that they actually were hurting Belle as revenge, not merely cry up a storm). Though the comics did also imply they crushed on Gaston even when they were at best tweens if not pre-pubescent children, which indicates genuine love rather than merely lust or shallow love (as prepubescent children are not old enough to be able to develop hormonal impulses to mate with people.), and besides which, they did come up with rather ingenious and very clever plots (such as Laura disguising herself as Belle specifically because she anticipated Gaston would want Belle in the wife auction in the third issue, and was pretty darn close to actually succeeding, with her sisters interfering being the only reason she failed.).
The musical did a bit of a better job of conveying potential internal ugliness for them (granted, it doesn’t follow the film, either, but then again, the stage musical adaptations very rarely actually follow the plot exactly, so it’s more tolerable than something that’s actually supposed to take place during the film without actually being in the film) and thus actually showing Belle as being internally beautiful by comparison, such as explicitly showing them gossiping against Belle and not viewing her as a friend, apparently having slept with Gaston at least once and potentially agreeing with a rendezvous (ie, committing adultery), fighting amongst themselves, and actually mocking Maurice regarding the Beast. As a side note, I also liked that the musical actually cut out the pre-arranged wedding bit, because the film didn’t need that to get the proposal refusal and in fact from that as well as the villagers’ implied Christianity seemed more like they were trying to make an insulting remark about us Christians, which makes it even worse especially when they never show the wedding at the ending of the film at all.
Now, as one last note, I’m not a fan of the triplets, and in fact, I can’t say I like them because of their shallow nature. However, their implied Christianity does allow me to at least trust them now, certainly more than Belle right now thanks to a few bad semesters at College (specifically, Spring, possibly Summer, and Fall Semesters of 2011, Spring and Fall Semesters of 2012, possibly Spring and most certainly Fall 2013, and Spring 2014. I started college in Fall 2009) where teachers felt their position should be used to push left-wing agendas, plus intellectuals such as Rousseau, Sartre, Marx, and I.F. Stone either instigating communist/socialist revolutions, or otherwise supporting them and the mass-murderers involved, even lying or otherwise being deceived by what were clearly lies about us Christians (such as The Deputy and its lies about Pope Pius XII being a Nazi supporter, despite even the Chief Rabbi of Rome, who not only converted but even took the Pope's regular [ie, non-papal] name as his Christian name, confirming that Pius XII not only not being a Nazi supporter, he in fact did everything he could at great risk to the Catholics to save the Jewish people from the Nazis.).

A color version will be uploaded soon. Also, sorry if its small and somewhat messy looking, its hard to fit all three on there, and I had enough trouble trying to get the arms right. Also, I apologize if the triplets hips/posterior looked a bit... awkward. I was trying to use [img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20… Paula] kneeling at Gaston's feet in the Gaston song as a basis for their pose, but that proved to be very difficult especially when trying to also have their torsos upright. That as well as trying to fit them all in."

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A colored version of my image for my BATB Triplets analysis essay. Overall, the content is still the same. I forgot to color the bible. Oh well, I'll probably make sure that will be corrected in another version. In case you haven't read the original analysis here it is:

"Hi.
Well, I figured I’d do an in-depth character analysis/review on the triplets from Beauty and the Beast (also known as Claudia, Laura, and Paula in the red, amber, and green dresses respectively [at least, that’s what their individual official names are, as I haven’t found something definitive yet proving them to be their names like the DVD or something], and… well, their official collective names are the Bimbettes, though I personally disagree with the name as I’ll cover later). I depicted them as reading the bible, praying, and doing the rosary because it was implied in the film that they were religious, at least enough to attend two weddings, one of which was actually in the film.
For a brief info statement, the triplets are the blonde girls who fawn over the main villain Gaston. In terms of the film, they only had five scenes: During the Belle song, when Gaston and Belle are interacting, the failed wedding, the first rendition of the Gaston song, and the reprise. Besides the film, they also had appearances in the Marvel Comics series, and some novelizations that take place after the film, as well as expanded roles in the musical. Oh, and House of Mouse, though that’s not going to be covered here.
So, basically, there’s not much to go by, at least in the original film and in regards to more obvious things, which will be the primary source, as they basically swoon over Gaston just like how most of the village girls save for Belle swooned for him, and apparently being shocked over Belle refusing Gaston as well as being devastated when Gaston chose Belle over one of them at the wedding. They also praise Gaston like the other villagers. In the comics, and to a lesser extent the musical, they apparently also viewed Belle as a rival to Gaston’s affections.
There are, however, some very subtle things I did notice about them in a few scenes:
For starters, in the scene where Gaston and Belle interacted, the triplets aren’t seen at all until literally the second after Gaston said “like me” where they proceeded to sigh in infatuation for him. This would suggest that they may have just gotten there and may have missed the part where Gaston threw Belle’s book into the mud (a bit understandable, since considering the difficulty Gaston had at reaching Belle due to the crowds before they dispersed in the opening song, they’d probably have similar difficulty trying to get through the crowds when they followed Gaston, and unlike Gaston, they probably aren’t likely to try to scale the houses due to the risk of injury). Plus, when Gaston refused, they were shown to be visibly shocked and angered at Belle’s refusal, apparently also being angry (at least in the case of Laura and Claudia) at her refusing, and the words they said (“What’s wrong with her?! // She’s crazy! // He’s Gorgeous.”) would strongly suggest they actually did think Belle should have a chance with Gaston, and based on a later scene, even if it meant they didn’t get a chance at him at all. Considering they had an obvious crush on Gaston, and especially their characterizations in the comics and the musical, that actually would make them selfless, not jealous. I also noticed that when Gaston and LeFou were mocking Maurice, we didn’t hear the triplets laughing along with them, which may imply, especially given a later scene, that they have little problem with Maurice.
Next up, there’s the failed wedding (in other words, the scene where the triplets are crying up a storm). There are actually two key things in that scene besides their crying regarding Gaston that I noticed. First of all, their presence at the wedding would imply that the three were practicing Christians. Second, and probably even more important than that, the scene where Gaston emerges from the shrubs and reveals himself to be the groom has them reacting in an interesting manner: Basically, the triplets, or at least Paula, were contently setting up the table (and I said at least Paula because she was giving a really huge smile while helping set up). However, upon seeing Gaston emerge, they raise their heads in shock, Laura seems to whisper something to Claudia’s ear and with Paula listening in that was presumably telling her that Gaston was the groom, with Claudia being shocked enough to put her hand over her mouth, Laura looking worried, and Paula being devastated and even fearful enough to actually cling to Laura’s arm. Their reactions gave the implication that while they knew that there was going to be a wedding, and it involved Belle, they were kept in the dark about Gaston being the groom until he revealed himself. That’s especially noteworthy because it carries the implication that they were setting the wedding up for Belle, possibly being the only one of the 13 attendees (themselves, the priest, the baker, two of Gaston’s bar buddies, LeFou, the elderly egg salesman, and the four-man band) to be doing it for Belle and not for Gaston. This is definitely noteworthy, because that would also imply that they actually valued Belle as a friend, maybe even their best friend, and one of the few friends she actually has in the village. Considering that the opening song and Belle’s later conversation with Maurice strongly implied that Belle was considered a social outcast due to her father being an eccentric inventor and possibly her fascination for reading (which makes little sense due to both it being a Catholic village and the existence of a bookstore in the song that wasn’t doing bad in terms of business), that definitely is saying a lot regarding their being friends and not to be taken lightly.
For the Gaston songs, in the beginning of the first song, they were seen hesitating until after LeFou sang “And it’s not very hard to see why!” before giving comfort to Gaston. Considering their reactions when Gaston revealed himself to be the groom to Belle in the wedding presumably without even telling them beforehand (which was pretty cruel of him to do that), that would suggest they forgave him of that slight against them, and pretty easily as well, especially considering it was almost a quarter of a day at least, and something like that isn’t easily forgiven by many people. In addition, during the reprise, the last bit of it, they had only appeared after Gaston whispered the plan to LeFou (specifically, when they shout in unison “Let’s Go!”), and in the ending of the first song, Claudia and Laura were missing (and its clear they were missing and not simply off-screen, as they had a pan-out to the entire tavern), and Paula was clearly on her way to the backroom with a silver platter to presumably serve meals and thus probably didn’t even stick around long before Maurice entered. This implies that they don’t even know that Maurice had earlier burst into the tavern raving about how a Beast is holding Belle prisoner, much less that Gaston and the others threw him out or even that Gaston was planning to force Belle to marry him via blackmail relating to falsely incarcerating Maurice in an insane asylum. In addition, during the final verses, I noticed that the triplets aren’t even looking at Gaston when he and LeFou are coming around the bend of the table, and in the final chorus, they aren’t singing along (their mouths aren’t even moving), which would imply that they did not support the little of Gaston’s plan that they did learn (specifically, the bit about “persecuting harmless crackpots” and it being a “cheap shot”). This is in fact supported by their not even being present among the lynch mob at all when it was congregated in front of the house. And it certainly makes them innocent of their supporting Gaston in a conspiracy and illegal action, not to mention an amoral action.
The Wedding Wishes activity book’s coloring section had them competing for the bouquet at Belle’s wedding, which actually strongly supported most of what I pointed out (namely, they viewed Belle as a friend, since it is her wedding they are at and they are apparently the only guests besides possibly the little girl she briefly petted in the opening song that were actually from the village and not among the Castle staff [I’m counting Maurice as among the Castle staff as its clear from the ending that he’s living at the castle]; and they were very forgiving, considering Belle and Adam [Beast’s human form] were technically responsible for Gaston’s death, even if he did deserve it for trying to literally stab the latter in the back and from a dangerous position yet despite that they still attended the wedding).
In addition, I also noticed something else from the overall scenes as well, heck, even the comics as well: the triplets loved Gaston to such an extent that they literally seemed to be blind at times to the other males in the village (for instance, they accidentally squirted at LeFou with the pump while distracted with Gaston, not to mention didn’t seem to even take their eyes off Gaston whenever he was around), and Gaston in particular completely ignored them in favor of Belle. That would imply they most likely didn’t sleep with Gaston, or heck, even any of the male population in the village. Having seen how Barney from How I Met Your Mother and Charlie Harper from Two and a Half Men generally treated women, heck, even how Lumiere was implied to have treated most of the female staff in the film, even Belle to a lesser extent, Gaston’s lack of acknowledgement of their presence, ignoring them as if they were literally just air in front of him, basically made it unlikely he slept with them (especially when the characters I mentioned at least acknowledged the women they philandered by name, and in the case of Barney and Charlie, they treated women even worse than Gaston ever did which is saying something). If they had slept with them, I probably would have recognized it from subtle clues, and Gaston didn’t give any indication he even interacted with them other than as a literal barbell in the song. In fact, that’s actually why I disagree with their official collective name of the Bimbettes, as they don’t even match the definition of a Bimbo (to say nothing about the offensive connotations). A bimbo is someone who is A. fairly stupid and airheaded, and B., uses their body in a sexual manner to get what they want, and considering they haven’t even met the latter definition, not even sleeping around (and believe me, we’ve got Fifi the Featherduster, Maron from Dragon Ball Z, Penny from the Big Bang Theory, Edna Krabappel from the Simpsons [and she managed to sleep even with the likes of Comic Book Guy, a man who is not good-looking by any stretch of the imagination] and at the risk of getting political, Sandra Fluke as well), and there’s some ambiguity as to whether they’re actually stupid (aside from Marvel Comics’ characterizations of them, the film at least showed them to be smart enough to recognize Belle refused Gaston before Gaston himself seemed to realize it, and realizing that Gaston marrying Belle meant they don’t get a shot at Gaston at all, plus their apparently not supporting Gaston when making the evil plan may mean they recognized the evil in the plan.), it’s clear that the triplets don’t really fit the definition, being slightly airheaded at best. In fact, they don’t seem to even fall for many guys until after Gaston met his end, and even then, they only interacted with two guys: Adam, and Lumiere, and I’m doubtful they slept with Adam especially when it was around the time Belle and Adam were getting married, and as far as Lumiere, I’m not even sure if they actually did sleep together, even with his womanizing nature (he can’t be distracted from preparing the wedding, after all). Even if they did, at least they only just met so their making that mistake is understandable, while Fifi had a relationship for at least ten years if not more and Lumiere was well known for his womanizing, and thus should know better. Plus, their implied infatuation with Lumiere in the Wedding Wishes book would suggest they do have some capacity of seeing beyond physical appearances (since Lumiere... well, maybe ugly is too strong of a word, but he's definitely not muscular, nor can he really compare to Gaston or even Adam regarding looks). I also wonder if there was more to their love of Gaston besides the obvious regarding his looks, considering issue 5 of Disney Comic hits had the triplets reacting to Gaston as they usually do, yet this happened while they were kids, probably pre-pubescent or at least tweens. To put it simply, all of this would actually imply they were still virgins, at least by the time of the original film, and assuming they are devout in their faith, they probably waited until marriage before sleeping with someone.
They also apparently had more physical beauty than Belle did, which is odd especially when Belle is supposed to be the most beautiful girl in town. Other than possibly LeFou, no one seems to even acknowledge that bit. In fact, that’s actually been a bone of contention not only for me, but also from what I observed for a lot of other people who saw the film, especially when their body frames are closer to the type you would expect from the Dead or Alive franchise, the Love Hina franchise, Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy VII, Maron from Dragon Ball Z, Lara Croft from Tomb Raider, and even Barbie than Belle does, and in the case of DOA, Love Hina, DBZ, and Tomb Raider, their designs were deliberate and successful in making some money. However, that pales in comparison to another odd thing I noticed, something I actually only recently noticed:
Basically, for a film that’s supposed to promote the concept of true beauty coming from within (and especially true in the original tale), and Belle basically is supposed to be that incarnate to the point of it being hammered in and the triplets being intended to be foils to Belle, the triplets don’t seem to have showcased any indication that they were internally ugly at all outside of their crushing on Gaston, at least in the original film, even some of the Disney Princess materials. This is actually a bit odd, since we actually do see internal ugliness from Beast’s foil, Gaston (specifically, his treating Maurice like crap, including literally throwing him out into the snow; his overall demeaning treatment of Belle, or at least what was intended by the writers to be very demeaning; trying to blackmail Belle into marrying him by forcing Maurice into the asylum, and all of that), and most of the other villagers are implied to be the same as well, especially their treatment of Maurice, yet we never get any indication of that from the triplets. In fact, from the analysis I’ve done regarding their actions and comparing them to Belle’s actions in the overall film, other than crushing on Gaston, they seemed to have a lot more internal beauty than Belle herself did, and were ironically closer to being the original tale’s version of Belle than Belle herself was. And the reason why I brought the original tale into the mix is because Belle’s foils in that story were her older sisters who were extremely malicious yet possessed a lot of physical beauty. Basically, their being very forgiving, their valuing Belle as a friend even when it’s clear she was unpopular in the village, their being willing to sacrifice their small chances to be with Gaston to allow Belle a shot at him. Although I like that they are somewhat nice and not monsters, I unfortunately have to list that as a flaw, as Belle was supposed to have more internal beauty than them and, well, the writers failed since there were a lot of stuff Belle did that would imply the opposite, that she was ugly on the inside. For a rundown, she basically insulted her village with it being the provincial life and made little secret to hating the village simply for being provincial in both the opening song and the reprise, she broke the Beast’s one rule as part of the conditions of her staying, nearly broke the Beast’s lifeline, then tried to break her promise by escaping during a blizzard, and when she actually did get free, despite having good enough deductive reasoning skills to deduce the castle and its objects were enchanted just by casual observation of the staff members and without being told, she basically stabbed the Beast and his servants in the back by exposing the Beast’s existence, thus making it inevitable that the mob, whether Gaston was present to rile them up or not, would attack the castle and kill the Beast and potentially the servants, and saving her father is not an excuse in this case because her mind would have been smart enough to come up with a plan that didn’t involve it ending with Maurice being imprisoned, her marrying Gaston, and exposing the Beast and his servants existence. That’s also ignoring how real life people of her intellectual aspects such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Voltaire, Denis Diderot, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Simone de Beauvoir, Lillian Hellman, I.F. Stone, Frederick Nietzsche, and the like ultimately turned out to be very bad people, or even ironically stupid people.
The comics and the musical did try to give them more internally ugly traits, with varying success: The comics are a mixed bag, as they took place as what was effectively a midquel for the movie, specifically taking place between Beast giving Belle the library and possibly the fireplace scene in Somewhere There. The Marvel Comics (specifically, Issues 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (flashback only), 7, and 8 (flashback only)) attempted to make them jealous of Belle and somewhat conniving, such as doing what was effectively a combination of both a honey trap and a jealousy ploy to Gaston, as well as overall being somewhat more spiteful. While I’m glad they got some internal ugliness in the comics to actually make Belle seem internally beautiful, the problem is that those characteristics actually conflicted with the original film (and we don’t even have it being a comic adaptation as an excuse, because this was a different entry in its right), such as their jealousy directly conflicting with their reaction to Belle refusing Gaston (in fact, it’s even worse when the flashback to the opening of the film had the triplets spitefully and jealously commenting on how Gaston’s ignoring them for Belle instead of their whole “What’s wrong with her // she’s crazy // he’s gorgeous” exchange), and their conniving nature conflicts with their reaction at the failed wedding (trust me, had they been as conniving as they were in the comics, they probably would have made sure to ruin the wedding as soon as they discovered this under the belief that they actually were hurting Belle as revenge, not merely cry up a storm). Though the comics did also imply they crushed on Gaston even when they were at best tweens if not pre-pubescent children, which indicates genuine love rather than merely lust or shallow love (as prepubescent children are not old enough to be able to develop hormonal impulses to mate with people.), and besides which, they did come up with rather ingenious and very clever plots (such as Laura disguising herself as Belle specifically because she anticipated Gaston would want Belle in the wife auction in the third issue, and was pretty darn close to actually succeeding, with her sisters interfering being the only reason she failed.).
The musical did a bit of a better job of conveying potential internal ugliness for them (granted, it doesn’t follow the film, either, but then again, the stage musical adaptations very rarely actually follow the plot exactly, so it’s more tolerable than something that’s actually supposed to take place during the film without actually being in the film) and thus actually showing Belle as being internally beautiful by comparison, such as explicitly showing them gossiping against Belle and not viewing her as a friend, apparently having slept with Gaston at least once and potentially agreeing with a rendezvous (ie, committing adultery), fighting amongst themselves, and actually mocking Maurice regarding the Beast. As a side note, I also liked that the musical actually cut out the pre-arranged wedding bit, because the film didn’t need that to get the proposal refusal and in fact from that as well as the villagers’ implied Christianity seemed more like they were trying to make an insulting remark about us Christians, which makes it even worse especially when they never show the wedding at the ending of the film at all.
Now, as one last note, I’m not a fan of the triplets, and in fact, I can’t say I like them because of their shallow nature. However, their implied Christianity does allow me to at least trust them now, certainly more than Belle right now thanks to a few bad semesters at College (specifically, Spring, possibly Summer, and Fall Semesters of 2011, Spring and Fall Semesters of 2012, possibly Spring and most certainly Fall 2013, and Spring 2014. I started college in Fall 2009) where teachers felt their position should be used to push left-wing agendas, plus intellectuals such as Rousseau, Sartre, Marx, and I.F. Stone either instigating communist/socialist revolutions, or otherwise supporting them and the mass-murderers involved, even lying or otherwise being deceived by what were clearly lies about us Christians (such as The Deputy and its lies about Pope Pius XII being a Nazi supporter, despite even the Chief Rabbi of Rome, who not only converted but even took the Pope's regular [ie, non-papal] name as his Christian name, confirming that Pius XII not only not being a Nazi supporter, he in fact did everything he could at great risk to the Catholics to save the Jewish people from the Nazis.).

A color version will be uploaded soon. Also, sorry if its small and somewhat messy looking, its hard to fit all three on there, and I had enough trouble trying to get the arms right. Also, I apologize if the triplets hips/posterior looked a bit... awkward. I was trying to use [img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20… Paula] kneeling at Gaston's feet in the Gaston song as a basis for their pose, but that proved to be very difficult especially when trying to also have their torsos upright. That as well as trying to fit them all in."