Catherine Chandler
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Name: | Catherine Chandler |
Occupation: | Assistant District Attorney |
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Fandom: | Beauty and the Beast (TV) |
Other: | Portrayed by Linda Hamilton (1987-89) |
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Catherine Chandler is one of two main characters from the first two seasons of Beauty and the Beast (TV).
She was an Assistant District Attorney in New York City. When she is attacked by a gang of hoodlums in the park, she is rescued by a mysterious figure named Vincent, and brought below the city to a secret community. She proceeds to fall in love with Vincent and has to reconcile her life both Above and Below.
Her death at the end of season two was a was traumatizing to many fans, and one result was a The Beauty and the Beast Wars.
Fandom
Shipping
By far, the most common pairing is Vincent/Catherine.
Rarer pairings are Catherine/Elliot and Catherine/Joe.
Catherine and Vincent, from Mask: Tales from the Underground #3 (1991), artist is Janet Meehan
a rare portrayal of Elliot Burch and Catherine, from Celebration of Love (1993), artist is Nora Leverson
Example Fanworks
Fanfiction
Fanart
from Castles in the Air #1 (1989), artist is Pam Tuck
from Bondstories #4 (1992), artist is Ana Rita Elias-Terry
from Forever... Always (1989), artist is Deb Hense
from Daydreams and Fantasies #1, artist is Holly Riedel (1990), portrays Vincent as human, and Catherine as the beast
from Embrace the Night (1991), artist is Sue Abbott
from Sweet Sleep of Night (1991), artist is Sue K
from What Light Through Yonder Window #1, artist is Lynette Combs (1994)
from What Light Through Yonder Window #1, artist is Lynette Combs (1994)
from All Things Are Possible #7 (1996), artist is Sandy Chandler Shelton
from A Distant Shore (1995), artist is Lisa Stubblefield
Music
- "I'm in Love (with Catherine Chandler)" is a 1989 Australian heavy-metal song that fans turned into a vid. The video made by Tunnelmom WAS here on batbland.com, but is now, sadly, offline.
"I'm In Love with Catherine Chandler"
Several years ago a couple of fans found a demo tape from an obscure Australian band (The Bengal Tigers) on Ebay that had a song on it called "I'm In Love with Catherine Chandler." A music video out of it was created and made its debut at the convention.[1]
Meta
- I am not immune to grief over the death of a fictional character. by Alayne Gelfand (1990)
- Hurt-Comfort in "Beauty and the Beast" by Elaine Landman (1994)
External Links
- ^ "San Diego 2010 con Reports". Archived from the original on 2013-06-21.