Lumiere
Cheerful Candle Butler
The candelabra butler who appears in Beauty and the Beast, a cheerful and smart character. Skilled in hospitality and singing.
Quotes
- Please enjoy yourselves.
- Good day, lovely Belle.
- Now, behold our hospitality!
- Don't get flustered and melt, okay?
- Let's dance so everyone can be happy!
Trivia
- Because the wax melts when flustered, he is very careful not to get flustered.
- In the French version, the name changes to 'Big Ben'.
- Sometimes becomes the protagonist in shorts from Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World.
- In the musical version, rich singing scenes and highly popular.
- Always interacts with other characters transformed into castle household objects.
Alternate names
Lumière
Lumiere the Candelabra
Castle's Head Waiter
Profile
- Species
- Candle
- Gender
- Male
Appearance
- Overall appearance
- Transformed into the form of a candle with a candlestick due to the castle's magic. Golden candle with flames lit in both hands, rich in expressions.
- Height
- Approximately 45cm (as candelabra)
- Eye color
- Brown
- Hair color
- Blond
- Distinguishing features
-
- Candelabra shape
- Lighting flames in both hands
- Golden candle
- Iconic items
-
- Candelabra
- Flame
- French pan
- Hat
- Bow tie
Personality and abilities
- Core personality
- Cheerful
- Detailed personality
- Smart and cheerful, overflowing with hospitality, skilled in dance and song. Sociable personality who prefers freedom over castle rules.
- Keywords
-
- Cheerful
- Friendly
- Quick-witted
- Charming
- Not meticulous
- Optimistic
- Good at hospitality
- Motto
- Let's have fun, hospitality from the heart!
- Talents
-
- Singing
- Dancing
- Hospitality skills
- Wit
- Persuasiveness
- Skills
-
- Assisting with cooking
- Staging
- Disguise (pretending to be a real candle)
- Leadership
- Motivation
- Protect the castle's residents and entertain visitors. Wishes to find love to break the curse.
- Habits
- Worries about the candle wax melting when flustered.
- Favorite foods
- French cuisine, Desserts, Wine
- Hobbies
- Dancing, Singing, Hospitality
- Favorite colors
- Gold, Orange
- Person
- Feather Duster (lover)
- Disliked situations
- Being restricted by castle rules, Tense situations
History
- Backstory
- Formerly the castle's head waiter, transformed by an evil spell along with the prince and his servants from human forms to candles and household objects. With his cheerful personality, he brightly illuminates the castle and is one of the few who knows the castle's secrets.
- Debut date
- November 22, 1991
- Work title
- Beauty and the Beast
- Media type
- Movie
Meeting with Belle
- Significant event
- Meeting with Belle
- Description
- Belle stays at the castle, welcomes her and becomes close.
Conflict and reconciliation with the Beast
- Significant event
- Conflict and reconciliation with the Beast
- Description
- Often conflicts with the meticulous Cogsworth but cooperates for the Beast to overcome crises.
Repelling castle invaders
- Significant event
- Repelling castle invaders
- Description
- Uses household object form to repel invaders attacking the castle.
Curse's release
- Significant event
- Curse's release
- Description
- Contributes when Belle and the Beast find true love and the magic is lifted.
Relationships
Feather Duster (Fifi)
Partner
Lovers' interactions in the castle and the short 'Lumiere and Fifi's Anniversary' from Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World
Cogsworth
Teammate
Conflicts but cooperates for the castle, scene protecting from Gaston's attack
Mrs. Potts
Ally
As castle resident, supports Belle and others and works to maintain castle peace
Castle's Household Objects Residents
Castle's Household Objects Residents: leader
Media appearances
Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)
Movie / Protagonist
Released November 22, 1991
Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World
Anime / Supporting
OVA
Beauty and the Beast (Musical)
Stage play / Supporting
Kingdom Hearts series
Game / Supporting
Works from 1999 onwards
House of Mouse
Series / Recurring
Voice cast and creators
Masashi Ebara
- Voice actor
- Masashi Ebara
- Language
- Japanese
- Version or series
- 1991 film Japanese dub
Jerry Orbach
- Voice actor
- Jerry Orbach
- Language
- English
- Version or series
- 1991 film English version
Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
- Creator name
- Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
- Role
- Original author
Linda Woolverton
- Creator name
- Linda Woolverton
- Role
- Writer
Walt Disney Animation Studios
- Creator name
- Walt Disney Animation Studios
- Role
- Animation studio
Walt Disney Pictures
- Creator name
- Walt Disney Pictures
- Role
- Publisher
The Walt Disney Company
- Creator name
- The Walt Disney Company
- Role
- Licensee
Related goods
Lumiere Figure
- Item name
- Lumiere Figure
- Category
- Figure
- Availability
- Regular
Lumiere Plush
- Item name
- Lumiere Plush
- Category
- Plush or doll
- Availability
- Regular
Beauty and the Beast Lumiere Costume
- Item name
- Beauty and the Beast Lumiere Costume
- Category
- Apparel
- Availability
- Limited
Lumiere Magnet
- Item name
- Lumiere Magnet
- Category
- Accessory
- Availability
- Regular