- The Beast in Beauty and the Beast is a Prince, when Belle and he marry she becomes a Princess.
- Snow White is a Princess, and her step mother is the Queen. She falls in love with a Prince who rescues her.
- Cinderella falls in love with a Prince, who then marries her.
- Simba is a Prince, who becomes the Lion King when his father Mufasa dies. The battle between Mufasa and Scar, and then between Scar and Simba is essentially about royalty, and who will be King.
Love.
- The Beast's curse can only be broken by finding true love. Belle and the Beast fall in love with each other, despite Gaston trying to pursuade her to marry him instead. Gaston doesn't love Belle truely, but instead wants her for her beauty.
- Snow White falls in love with the Prince at first sight. He searches far and wide to find her after she is poisoned, and his true loves kiss breaks her curse. He then rescues her and she leaves to be with him.
- Cinderella and the Prince also fall in love at first sight. He too has to search for Cinderella, with her slipper, to find the girl he met at the ball. When she shows that she has the other slipper, she and the Prince marry.
- The Lion King, Simba, and his best friend Narla are said to have an arranged marriage when they are children, which they both reject, but when they are older they find that they love each other as more than friends and start a family together.
Friendship.
- Belle becomes friends with the enchanted objects in the castle, after they welcome her in and make her feel at home. They also help encourage the love between Beauty and the Beast, to break the spell, as well as protecting them when the mob attack the castle.
- Snow White has a close friendship with animals, they help her find a home, and clean it, as well as comforting her when she is frightened in the forest and trying to help protect her when she is under threat by the Queen. The seven dwarfs are also very important friends with Snow White, they welcome her into their home, let her sleep in their beds, and try to protect her when the Queen has poisoned her. Even when she appears to be dead they do not leave her side and create a glass coffin for her to lay in.
- Cinderella is also friends with animals, and can actually talk to the mice in the house. The mice and birds make Cinderella a dress for the ball, as well as collecting the key to free Cinderella when she is locked up. Bruno the dog also helps to get the evil cat Lucifer out of the way so that Cinderella can escape. Another important friend of Cinderella's is her Fairy Godmother, who comforts her when she is upset and grants her the wish to be able to go to the ball and meet the Prince.
- In The Lion King, Simba is best friend's with Narla; they get into mischieve and trouble together. When he runs away, he becomes friends with Timone and Pumba who are very important as they take him in, and stick by him right through the battle with Scar. They are loyal to Simba.
Family
- Belle's only family is her father, Maurice. They have a very close relationship, and strive to save each other when the other is in need. Belle even sacrifices herself for her father.
- Snow White's only family is her step mother the Queen. Although Snow White is caring and sweet, the Queen is evil and wants Snow White dead.
- Cinderella's only family is her evil step mother and two ugly step sisters. Cinderella works very hard to give them everything that they ask for, but they are consistantly horrid to her and lock her away so that she cannot have a chance of seeing the Prince.
- Simba's only family after his father is killed is his mother, and his evil uncle Scar. His mother is caring, but his uncle killed his father and wants him dead so he can take the place as King.
Good vs Evil - in the end of each film, Good beats Evil.
- The Beast is said to be a monster by all the villagers, but it unfolds that the real monster is Gaston, an evil man who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
- Snow White's evil step mother even takes a potion to disguise herself as an old woman, as well as poisoning an apple to tempt Snow White with in order to kill her, so she could be the fairest of the land.
- Cinderella's step mother and step sisters treat her like a slave, and never let her have any happiness. If she is seen to be happy, she is given more work. They take pleasure in not allowing her to attend the ball, as well as locking her in her room when her chance to show herself as the belle of the ball arises.
- Simba's uncle Scar murders Mufasa, forces Simba to run away, and then takes over the Pridelands, sucking it of all life and happiness, treating the lionesses as slaves. When Simba takes over his rightful place as King, the life returns to the Pridelands and it is good again.
Fairytale/Fantasy
- Beauty and the Beast starts off with a voice over introducing the story in a story-book style, with still images to accompany the narration, and closes in the same way. It starts with "Once upon a time" and ends with "happily ever after." The film has typical fairy tale conventions such as a castle, enchanted objects and spells which only true love can break, romance, a Prince, a Princess, and a curse.
- Snow White and Cinderella also hold these conventions. They both start with a book opening, saying "Once upon a time..", with the pages turning as the story is introduced, and end with the book's last page reading "and they lived happily ever after."
- The Lion King is unlike the other films in this regard, however it does share some of the fairytale elements, such as the Prince, falling in love, and a battle against evil for the King's land.
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