Bel

For the Kibou no Chikara ~Otona Pretty Cure '23~ character, see Bell.

Bel (ベール)^? is a member of Selfish. He is the leader of the Selfish Trio, and also the oldest in the group. He is cunning and powerful, but he is also a duplicitous general.

Bio

Appearance

Bel is an elderly man who has a gray beard and mustache, with his hair combed backward. He wears black sunglasses, and a black coat with green lining. His eye color is olive.

As a mouse, he has grey fur, and two bat wings on the side of his body. He retains his black sunglasses.

When disguised as Joe in episode 39, he looks just like the latter, but he still dons his scarf. His apron is also the color of his jacket and its pockets look like corrupted Psyches.

Personality

Bel is an extremely lazy and cocky person who does not enjoy doing any work himself and would rather send Marmo and Ira to do all the dirty work. Despite his seemingly calm and cool demeanor, it has been shown that he has a sadistic side, as shown when he tries to torture Cure Heart by taking Ai hostage and thus making her unable to fight back, or when he sets up a trap for Mana and Regina trying to make one of them betray the other and let her fall into the lava.^DDPC21 He also has no qualms about killing other members, namely Leva and Gula, and instead takes joy in their painful deaths.

Relationships

Marmo and Ira: His colleagues and subordinates. Bel is very bossy and strict towards them, but neither Ira nor Marmo can stand his lazy and cruel attitude.
Regina: His boss. Bel dislikes Regina for her bratty and childish antics and is also bitter about her bossing him around.
Leva and Gula: His colleagues. Bel dislikes them, and he takes pleasure when he gets the chance to kill them for his own selfish gain.

Etymology

Bel is named after Belphegor, the demon who represents "sloth".

History

Bel is assigned by the higher-ups to help the other members of the Selfish Trio, Marmo and Ira. He then sends Ira to try to defeat the Cures.^DDPC03

After some failed attempts from Marmo and Ira, Bel decides to attack the Cures. He surprises the Cures as he shows up and introduces himself, before sending them to the Former Trump Kingdom, where it is surrounded by Jikochuus.^DDPC06 Cure Sword later reveals that Bel had been turning people into Jikochuus and locked Princess Marie Ange in a tower full of mirrors. Cure Sword saved the Princess, but Bel caught them and produced mirror pieces, which made the Princess get lost on Earth.^DDPC07

The Cures, learning the story and Bel's powers, hatch a plan how to get out and go to Earth. However, Bel has been waiting for them, and then he starts to fight them. The Cures try to hit him, but he keeps dodging, until they combine their powers as one and defeat him. The Cures then find a small piece of the transporting mirror and teleport back to Earth, as Bel lies powerless on the ground.^DDPC07

Since his last defeat, Bel has been angry at the Cures. Bel then decides to kidnap Ai, after his colleagues, Marmo and Ira, tell him that Ai is a mysterious baby who has the power to produce powerful Loveads. While Mana is with Joe and Ai, Bel attacks them, which results in Ai getting kidnapped after Bel succeeds in hitting Joe with his Janergy. Mana sends Joe to a hospital and then went to fight Bel again.

Bell.Jokchu — Jikochuu Bel about to fire his antenna to the Cures.

Bel subsequently uses "Beast Mode" and turns himself into a Jikochuu Cellphone against Cure Heart. Bel gains an advantage during the fight, takes his antenna, and is about to throw his antenna to Cure Heart, when he is stopped by the other Cures. Cure Heart then quickly performs her new attack Heart Shoot with the Love Heart Arrow, and Bel is again defeated.

After some days, a new girl, Regina, appears. She tells them that she is the daughter of King Jikochuu, much to the shock of the Selfish Trio. From that day, Regina used Bel as a butler to get things that she needs.^DDPC15 ^DDPC16

After Leva and Gula's final failure, Bel appears, much to their shock and uses two Blood Rings to absorb their energy. Later, as their powers are taken, Leva and Gula disappear in front of Bel who is seen eating a lollipop and laughing.^DDPC31

With the Blood Rings, Bel gives them to Ira and Marmo, who are later put on under his command. As a result, Bel becomes the leader of the Selfish Trio again. He then threatens to torture Ira and Marmo if they refuse to listen to his order by snapping his finger.^DDPC32

Bel decides to kidnap Ai to make her selfish. The Selfish Trio meet the Cures at the factory to issue a challenge. When the Cures try to make Ai come back to her senses, the trio attacks them. As Cure Heart is trapped in the chimney, she manages to save Ai before beating the trio. After Ira and Marmo are defeated, Bel takes their Blood Rings to transform into "Super Bel" to defeat them, but is easily defeated, himself. When the trio return to the ruins of Trump Kingdom, King Jikochuu scolds Bel and his colleagues for their failure, and lets Regina take charge of the group.^DDPC38

Bel has one last battle with the Cures by turning himself into an actual Jikochuu through consuming enough Janergy to become one with Proto Jikochuu. Due to being tremendously powered up, he is able to resist purification, brutally beats up Cure Heart and has a brief moment of success when he steals her Psyche. However, he disappears after being hit by an upgraded My Sweet Heart. He, as a mouse, is last seen leaving with Marmo and Ira.^DDPC49

Abilities

In episode 7, Bel is able to teleport people from Earth to another magical land, without using a teleporting mirror since Bel transported the Cures to the Former Trump Kingdom in episode 6.
In episode 11, Bel can use "Beast Mode" which is a power-up and can turn himself into a Jikochuu.

Trivia

When they were initially revealed in magazine preview scans, the Selfish Trio had different color schemes. Bel had a darker complexion, and his scarf was a green/yellow color.