Monsieur D'Aquire

== Monsieur D'Aquire==

Monsieur D'Aquire is a minor antagonist in the 1991 film '' Beauty and the Beast. ''He is voiced by Tony Jay in all of his appearances. He only appears in the first film, and not any of its direct-to-video follow-ups.

Background
Monsieur D'Aquire is in charge of the Asylum in the unnamed French town where the movie takes place.

Personality
He seems to be a sadistic man who cares for nothing but himself and money. He is seen turning a coin over between hisfingers whileGaston explains his plan to place Maurice (Belle's father) into the insane asylum so as to blackmail her into marrying him. Though he says that the plan is "despicable", he still agrees and takes pleasure in the fact that he is doing something evil. He later says that he "takes good care" of the people in his asylum, which is implying that he does cruel things to them.

Appearances
He first appears around the middle of the movie when Gaston is making a plan to blackmail Belle until she bends to her will. Monsieur D'Aquire is a main part of his plan, because without him Gaston would have no leverage against Belle. Their plan to make Maurice look insane fails when Belle shows the townsfolk the Beast using the magic mirror. This diverts them by making the mob go to the castle to kill the Beast, leaving Belle and her father locked in their cellar. As Gaston is killed during the attack, the plan is never completed and Monsieur D'Aquire does not appear again.