History Characters / TheHunchbackOfNotreDameBookCharacters

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Despite being the cast's ButtMonkey, [[spoiler:he and by extension Djali are the only ones who get an unambiguously happy ending]].

* MrViceGuy: Gringoire is deemed a coward by the other characters but otherwise is easily one of the nicest characters in the book.

* AntiHero: In the novel, Quasimodo is mischievious, mean, and socially inept. Despite his, he shows himself to be heroic by protecting Esmeralda, defending Notre Dame, and giving Frollo his just desserts.

* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Inverted with [[spoiler: Esmeralda. She was already dead when he found her. He spent the rest of his life cradling her corpse. The DownerEnding ends with people trying to separate the skeletons, but the skeletons disintegrating instead.]]

* GoThroughMe: Quasimodo's solution to his dual loyalties to Frollo and Esmeralda is to tell Frollo he'll have to through him to get Esmerelda.
* GreeneyedRedhead: Has Green eyes, and red hair.

* MrViceGuy: Despite his reclusiveness, and social short comings, he's one of the most selfless characters in the novel, doing all he can for Esmeralda, and wanting nothing more then her happiness.

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: The ending scene has two diggers try to seperate his skeleton from Esmeralda only for it to crumble apart, implying this.]]

* HotGypsyWoman: Not as you would expect or even definitively of UsefulNotes/{{Romani}} ancestry, but the story essentially treats her as so. [[spoiler: She's french by birth.]]

* PetTheDog: Before he became obsessed with Esmeralda, he had raised his little brother, he had taken in Quasimodo and treated him like a son, and he was a good archdeacon.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He singlehandedly holds off the Siege attacking the cathedral...to rescue Esmeralda from being hung.

* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler: Esmerelda is sympathetic character in the cruel world of Medieval Paris: she dies in the end.]]

* AgeLift: Most adaptations portray him as an old man. A few portray him around his real age (mid-thirties).

* MrNiceGuy: Despite his reclusiveness, and social short comings, he's one of the most selfless characters in the novel, doing all he can for Esmeralda, and wanting nothing more then her happiness.

* DudeMagnet: Lots of guys in the story are interested in her and this causes her no end of trouble.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Esmeralda believes Phoebus is a KnightInShiningArmor when he saves her from the hideous Quasimodo but he's really a jerkass who only wants her for sex and whose selfishness is ultimately responsible more than even Frollo for ruining her life.

* SoBeautifulItsACurse: If she wasn't so beautiful, none of the bad things in the novel would've happened because the assholes in the story wouldn't notice her.

* TooDumbToLive: Esmeralda takes on severe shades of this when she's hiding in her mother's cell, trying to evade detection by the guards... and getting away with it... only to dash for the window and start crying for Phoebus the moment she hears his voice.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler: Esmerelda is sympathetic character in the cruel world of Medieval Paris, she dies in the end.]]

* CharlesAtlasSuperPower: Is incredibly strong, and menacing in battle.

* GreeneyedRedhead: has Green eyes, and red hair.

* MisunderStoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: he rejects and avoids society, but only because they reject him. Once you get to know him however, he's actually extremely kind, and loyal.
* MrViceGuy: Despite his reclusiveness, and social short comings, he's one of the most selfless characters in the novel, doing all he can for Esmeralda, and wanting nothing more then her happiness.

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: The ending scene has two excavators try to seperate his skeleton from Esmeralda only for it to crumble apart, implying this.]]
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler: Is one of the kindest characters in the novel, and he dies due to the injustices of Medieval France.]]

* AffablyEvil: Is a startlingly decent guy, in contrast to his movie counterpart because the "arch deacon" is part of his character.

* AntiHero: Is a violent, thief who nevertheless fights to save Esmeralda.

* PoorCommunicationKills: He's unable to communicate with Quasimodo due to the latter being death, leading to a pointless conflict between them.

* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: The cute and innocent tenage girl is hanged at the end of the story.]]

* HotGuysAreBastards: He is the most attractive man in the novel, and he's mostly interested in enjoying himself at the expense of others.

* LikeAFatherToHisMen: He cares about his subjects, and creates a rescue mission to save Esmeralda. Several of his comrades though, are more interested in stealing from the cathedral however.

* HotGypsyWoman: Not as you would expect or even definitively of UsefulNotes/{{Romani}} ancestry, but the story essentially treats her as so.

%%* GoThroughMe: Quasimodo's solution to his dual loyalties to Frollo and Esmeralda.
%%* GreeneyedRedhead
* TheGrotesque: Quasimodo is very physically deformed.
* HandicappedBadass: Quasimodo is knock-kneed, hunchbacked, and deaf, but physically formidable.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Quasimodo does what he can to make Esmeralda happy, including acting as a messenger to Phoebus, whom he knows to be a jerk.

%%* NotEvilJustMisunderstood

* HotGuysAreBastards

* MrViceGuy: Gringoire is deemed a coward by the other characters but otherwise is easily the nicest character in the book.
* NoRespectGuy

* RescueRomance: She falls in love with Phoebus after he rescues him from Quasimodo and Frollo who were trying to kidnap her.

%%* SexlessMarriage: With Esmeralda.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Esmerelda believes Phoebus is a KnightInShiningArmor when he saves her from the hideous Quasimodo but he's really a jerkass who only wants her for sex and whose selfishness is ultimately responsible more than even Frollo for ruining her life.