History Characters / TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisneyCharacters

* DeathByIrony: Frollo's death is ''legendary'',not so much because of what happens to him, which is already saying something, but because of the immense irony in his last words:
-->--'''Frollo:''' ''And He shall smite the wicked and plunge them into the firey pit!!''

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: He's reviled by just about everyone in Paris for his HolierThanThou KnightTemplar attitude, but everyone is too afraid to stand up or speak out against him. Of course, after he goes on a rampage through the city, burning most of it down in search of Esmeralda, they all get sick of it; they all protest his attempt to burn Esmeralda at the stake, and when he attacks Notre Dame itself in pursuit of Quasimodo, Phoebus is able to rally the citizens against him.

->'''Played by''': Tom Hulce (movie), Luis Posada (Spain), Drew Sarich (Germany), Michael Arden (US)

->'''Played by''': Creator/DemiMoore (movie), Marta Barbarà (Spain), Judy Weiss (Germany), Ciara Renée (US)

->'''Played by:''' Creator/KevinKline (movie), Armando Carreras (Spain), Fredrik Lycke (Germany), Andrew Samonsky (US)

->'''Voiced by''': English: Charles Kimbrough (Victor), Creator/JasonAlexander (Hugo), Mary Wickes (Laverne, first film), Jane Withers (Laverne, sequel) | European Spanish: Antonio Crespo (Victor), Salvador Aldeguer (Hugo), Carmen Contreras (Laverne)

->'''Played by''': Creator/TonyJay (movie), Norbert Lamla (Germany), Stefan Ljungqvist (Sweden), Creator/ConstantinoRomero (Spain), Patrick Page (US theatrical production)

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/DavidOgdenStiers (first film), Creator/JimCummings (second film), Creator/MiguelAngelJenner (Spain)

-> '''Played by''': Paul Kandel (movie), Jesús Castejón (Spain), Jens Janke (Germany), Erik Liberman (US)

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/CoreyBurton (Brutish Guard), Creator/BillFagerbakke (Oafish Guard)

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/HaleyJoelOsment

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MichaelMcKean

* FairWeatherFriend: When Quasimodo is outed during the Feast of Fools, Clopin hastily encourages the horrified crowd to crown and accept him as the King of Fools. However, once the crowd turns on and starts tormenting Quasi, he's nowhere to be seen - although it is clear that he is neither responsible nor takes part in Quasi's humiliation he does nothing to stop it.

* HateSink: [[HangingJudge Judge Claude Frollo]] murders Quasimodo's mother before trying to drown him as a baby when he is stopped by the archdeacon. After emotionally and psychologically abusing him, Frollo lusts after Esmeralda, later burning sections of Paris in an effort to find her. He attempts to burn her alive for rejecting his advances and reveals the truth about Quasimodo's mother to his adoptive son before declaring that he was going to do what he should've done twenty years ago.

* NeverMyFault: His defining personality trait. Anything bad that he does, he blames it on someone else. This includes killing Quasimodo's mother (she ran from his soldiers to protect her son, he gave her a fatal head concussion trying to snatch him from her) and his lust for Esmeralda (blaming Esmeralda herself for the way he feels, even ''blaming God for allowing the Devil to tempt him''). When he figures out Quasimodo helped her escape, he tells Quasimodo that all of Paris is burning because of him, despite the fact that ''Frollo is the one'' actually torching it.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Frollo compares gypsies to ants earlier in the movie, and alludes to his genocidal intentions by squishing an ant nest while explaining his goals to Captain Phoebus. He also assumes they're an AlwaysChaoticEvil race that clouds people's minds with "unholy" thoughts.

** During "Hellfire", he blames Esmerelda for "tempting" him to sin, and even blames God himself for making "the Devil so much stronger than a man", but never places any blame on himself for what he did.

* DoesNotWearShoes: Because she can't afford them.

* {{Expy}}: This film makes him one for Scarpia.

->'''Played by''': Creator/TonyJay (movie), Norbert Lamla (Germany), Stefan Ljungqvist (Sweden), Patrick Page (US), Creator/ConstantinoRomero (Spain)

* AdaptationalDumbass: While far from stupid in this film, he is not a scholar like his book counterpart. In the book, before meeting Esmeralda, he's an extremely intellectual man who has spent his life studying several languages, law, medicine, science, and theology. This is left out in the film version and he is never implied to be that at all.

* ChurchgoingVillain: A classic. While Frollo professes to be Christian and is proud of his virtue, he's totally blind to the fact that he's a hypocrite who couldn't see the Bible's true message if someone gave him a concussion with it.

* {{Foil}}: Quasimodo, Esmeralda, and Phoebus are all foils to Frollo in their own way.

* AdaptationDyeJob: In the novel, Esmeralda has black eyes, not green.
* AgeLift: She's at least in her 20s, not 16 like in the source material.

* HotGypsyWoman: She has dark skin and loose black hair, though she isn't too overt about her sexuality besides her pole-dancing. Two men fall in love with her over the course of the film, and Frollo falls in lust and hates and blames her for it.

* RaceLift: In the novel, Esmeralda is a French girl who was kidnapped by "gypsies" as a baby. Disney decided not to go with this storyline in the movie, due to the fact that it comes from racist myths about Romani people. So in the Disney film, she's Romani by birth.

* HateSink: The reason why Frollo is so monstrous is because the producers wanted to avert the EvilIsCool trope that is prevalent among the most popular Disney villains. Frollo ended up being a LoveToHate example.

** When Phoebus refuses to burn down the miller's house.
--->'''Frollo:''' Insolent coward.

* TheSociopath: If the many tropes aren't enough indicators, he absolutely cares for no one other than himself.

* VillainousValour: For a lecherous, insane, frail old creep, Frollo poses a surprising threat. With a sword, he can hack through the heavy wooden doors of the cathedral and crack solid stone. He braves a torrent of molten lead to get through the door, and even briefly wrestles with Quasimodo with a dagger.

* {{Yandere}}: Frollo is a strange one. While he is unhealthily obsessed with Esmeralda, he also hates her because [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain she's a gypsy]], as well as a criminal and (at least ostensibly) a witch. Now throw in a ridiculously rigid version of Catholic sexual moral, and you get one of the greatest Disney villains of all time.

* StalkerWithACrush: To Esmeralda, although to a more [[DoggedNiceGuy innocent]] extent than Frollo.

* CharacterDevelopment: Starts out as extremely passive to his oppressive guardian, but gradually becomes more assertive and willing to oppose Frollo for the sake of his new friends.

* DisneyVillainDeath: Narrowly averted by Phoebus.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Each of the gargoyles are different colors: Victor is blue, Hugo is light green, and Laverne is red-violet.

->'''Played by''': Creator/TonyJay (movie), Creator/ConstantinoRomero (Spain), Norbert Lamla (Germany), Patrick Page (US)

* AdaptationalDumbass: While far from stupid in this film, he is not a scholar like his book counterpart. In the book, before meeting Esmeralda, he was an extremely intellectual man who has spent his life studying several languages, law, medicine, science, and theology. This is left out in the film version and he is never implied to be that at all.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the book, Frollo was a sympathetic AntiVillain who willingly took in Quasimodo when nobody else would and [[HappilyAdopted raised him like a son]]. It's his {{Lust}} for Esmeralda that turns to [[LoveMakesYouCrazy obsession and drives him to the point of insanity]]. Here, he is evil right from the get-go with absolutely no redeeming qualities. He's more than willing to kill the infant Quasimodo and only takes him in out of fear of God's wrath. Even then, [[AbusiveParent he's hardly what you'd call a decent parent]]. Things only gets worse as the film progresses.
* AdmiringTheAbomination: During the song 'Hellfire', his inner turmoil is fleshed out as his lust for Esmeralda, both disgusts [[SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny and yet captivates him]].
* AgeLift: Frollo was only in his mid-thirties in the book yet seems to be around 20 years older in the movie. It's hard to tell because the book says he's YoungerThanHeLooks.
* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: [[spoiler:After his death, everyone in Paris celebrates Quasimodo's victory over him. Goes without saying nobody's gonna miss him]].
* AggressiveCategorism: Frollo hates all Gypsies and wants to eradicate them despite his lust for Esmeralda.

* BadBoss: It is implied, though not stated outright, that he has his previous captain of the guard (who was Phoebus' predecessor) tortured for failing him. He later tries to have Phoebus executed after he refuses to let Frollo burn innocent people alive. And the way his men run away from him during the siege of Notre Dame may suggest that they truly fear his wrath.

* BerserkButton: When Quasi told him that Esmeralda was kind to him, he promptly explodes in anger, stating that Gypsies are AlwaysChaoticEvil.
* BigBad: Hunting gypsies is his personal EvilPlan because he thinks they're AlwaysChaoticEvil. This causes all the plot's conflict.
* BigNo: Screams one as he plummets to his death [[spoiler: while clinging to a demonic-looking gargoyle that seemingly came to life before his eyes]].
* BigShutUp:
** Frollo yelling "Silence!" towards Esmeralda for calling him out for his cruelty. [[ShutUpHannibal She counters this with "Justice!"]]
** He also delivers one to the Archdeacon who protests to his storming of Notre Dame.
--->'''Archdeacon''': Frollo! [[YoureInsane Have you gone mad?!]] I ''will not'' tolerate this assault on the house of God!\\
'''Frollo''': [[ShutUpKirk Silence, you old fool!]]

* BondVillainStupidity: Frollo has a moment after Phoebus gets shot by an arrow and falls off a bridge, as he tells his soldiers to “let the traitor rot in his watery grave.” Needless to say, Esmeralda rescues Phoebus once Frollo leaves.

* CharacterDevelopment:
** Frollo, while always evil, is initially much more collected and methodical. He also shows at least some fear of God and respect for the institution of the Church, as when the Archdeacon reminds him that God knows of his sins as much as he denies it and this spurs him to adopt Quasimodo out of that fear. But by the end of the film he's so angry and insane that he has no problems burning down the homes of random citizens, attacking Notre Dame, and throwing the archdeacon down a staircase when he asks if he's gone off the deep end.
** Frollo gets the most screentime of any Disney villain, ever, being present for roughly a third of the movie's total runtime.

* ClassicVillain: Frollo is a Pride/Lust villain. He is a KnightTemplar who is fully convinced that he is in the right despite [[KickTheDog Kicking The Dog]] rather viciously with the Gypsies and Quasimodo, and his lust for Esmeralda drove much of the plot. He's also one of Disney's creepiest villains, committing more horrible atrocities than nearly all of his competitors, and is far worse than he was in the original novel (Novel!Frollo's good qualities were given to the Archdeacon). And he's still convinced that he's the good guy.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Frollo's black is punctuated by purple, signifying his high station. His men are all in black armour.

-->'''Esmeralda''': What are you doing?\\
'''Frollo''': [[PublicExecution I was just imagining a rope around that beautiful neck.]]\\
'''Esmeralda''': I know what you're imagining.\\
'''Frollo''': ... Such a clever witch. [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain So typical of your kind]] to twist the truth, to cloud the mind with unholy thoughts.

* DeathGlare: [[http://images5.fanpop.com/image/polls/956000/956514_1329669991212_full.jpg Two]] [[http://dettoldisney.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/hunchback-disneyscreencaps_com-3449.jpeg times]] on Quasimodo for rebelling against his order to stay in Notre Dame.
* DecompositeCharacter: The conflicted Archdeacon Claude Frollo is split into the good Archdeacon and the evil Justice Minister Claude Frollo.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: To a modern audience, Frollo's obsession with Esmeralda and terror of her having bewitched him comes across as [[NeverMyFault self-rationalizing]] at best, if not downright delusional. And [[BurnTheWitch sentencing her to burn]] looks not merely disproportionate, but monstrous. But in medieval times, even a high-ranking public official and highly educated doctor of law would not be considered in any way unreasonable for believing that witchcraft and the Devil are very real things. Especially since he has ''seen'' her performing "magic" (smoke-and-mirrors tricks, to be sure, but [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane he can't know that]]), and indeed the movie outright ''shows'' that [[NoMereWindmill demons really exist in this setting]]. By the standards of his own culture, fearing that a witch is using some sort of MoreThanMindControl on him is not paranoid; back then, respected scholars literally wrote graduate theses on the techniques witches ostensibly used for such things. In such cases, the only way to save the victim was said to be to kill the witch, and/or burn the body and scatter the ashes (much as it often still is with [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] in modern fiction)--which is what the increasingly disturbed and desperate Frollo [[TragicVillain eventually tries to do]].
** Subverted, however, in that he also tries to use the sentence for a ScarpiaUltimatum. That would be as unacceptable to medieval people as it would today, and indeed an indictable offense, then as now. Although his contemporaries might also excuse it as a symptom of the witch's (ostensible) mind control; that would then work as a plea of duress, or possibly a sort of temporary insanity defense, much as the Templar court handles the similar case of Brian de Bois-Guilbert and Rebecca in ''Literature/{{Ivanhoe}}''. Either way, it would in any case most certainly disqualify him from presiding over her trial in a proper court of the time.

* DisneyVillainDeath: Frollo falls, all right, but it's given a fair bit more detail than the usual DisneyVillainDeath; [[spoiler:he falls into a pit of fire with a snarling gargoyle on top of him.]]
* DraggedOffToHell: His DisneyVillainDeath is implied to have been this (or at least symbolically so), falling off of Notre Dame into a lake of fire (which may just be the burning oil that was poured by the gargoyles) as he looks in horror at the gargoyle head he was standing on coming to life. This is especially ironic when his last words are him quoting the bible describing this very event.
--> '''Frollo''': "And he shall smite the wicked and plunge them into the fiery pit."
* TheDreaded: To the Gypsies. In the opening scene, what terrifies the refugees the most is being captured by Frollo. Even some of the soldiers fear him, as one elite mook was seen fleeing away from him when he becomes incensed.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Frollo's first sequence sees him hunting, then callously beating and accidentally killing a fleeing fugitive, finally attempting to drown her defenseless child in a well. And then he claims himself "guiltless" when called out on it by the deacon, since the woman was killed resisting arrest, and the infant is grotesquely deformed, thus unfit for life.

** A [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain bigoted and misogynistic man]] who assumes Gypsies cloud people's minds with "unholy" thoughts and are an AlwaysChaoticEvil race, he goes nuts when Quasi tells him that Esmeralda has been genuinely kind to him.
** For someone who's an EgocentricallyReligious ChurchgoingVillain, Frollo ''himself'' does not realize the Bible's true message on compassion and pride. Others have repeatedly tried to knock some sense into him and called him out on his hypocrisy, but to his dying words, he [[IgnoredEpiphany never realizes]] he could be wrong. For all the HolierThanThou harping and Bible-thumping he does throughout the movie, he's just a paranoid loon who [[NeverMyFault blames others]], including ''God'', for his issues. His bloated ego prevents him from realizing that {{pride}} is the worst of the SevenDeadlySins, and it ultimately leads to his eternal damnation in Hell.

** To Quasimodo. While Quasimodo is monstrous on the outside, Frollo is monstrous on the inside and it's also lampshaded in the intro ("It is a tale, a tale of a man and a ''monster''... Who is the monster and who is the man?"). Then there's the contrast between their respective unrequited attraction to Esmeralda (Quasimodo's pure love vs Frollo's lust and obsession) emphasized by their respective songs: Quasimodo's "Heaven's Light" and Frollo's "Hellfire".

-->'''Frollo''': You know, my last Captain of the Guard was um... a bit of a disappointment to me.\\

'''Frollo''': Well, no matter. I'm sure you'll... ''whip'' my men into shape. [''grins'']\\
'''Phoebus''': Well... th-that's a... tre-tremendous honor, sir...
** The amusing part is that so far as we can tell, Frollo thinks he's just made a rather good joke.
* EvilMentor: Can be seen as this for Quasimodo although Quasimodo still retains his kindness and good heart, despite being raised by such an evil and cruel man.
* EvilOldFolks: In the novel adaptation, he is in his mid-thirties, but in the film, he is much older. [[VagueAge How much older isn't specified]], but as demonstrated in the climax, he's no slouch in a fight.
* EvilPlan: To eradicate all gypsies and have sex with Esmeralda, although Disney had to dance around the second bit because it's a kids' movie.

* FatalFlaw: PsychologicalProjection. [[NeverMyFault He always finds faults in others except for himself, blames them for his misfortunes]], and can't separate his faith from his arrogance and {{Pride}}. In ''Hellfire'', he states that he's proud of his virtue and calls the common people "weak" and "licentious", while he himself is too weak to resist the temptation to chase after Esmeralda (he blames God for that, [[InsaneTrollLogic because God created the Devil to tempt humanity and he was too weak to resist the Devil's temptation, so obviously it's God's fault for making the Devil too strong]]), and ignoring that {{Pride}} is considered the foremost of the SevenDeadlySins. Clopin even lampshades it in ''The Bells of Notre Dame''.
-->'''Clopin''': Judge Claude Frollo longed to purge the world of vice and sin\\
And he saw corruption everywhere -- except within.

* FauxAffablyEvil: He has moments of this, such as when he captures Quasimodo, Esmeralda and Phoebus at the gypsies' hideout. He affects the same tone as friendly office chatter when he's basically talking about how he's won and is going to kill them all.

* {{Foil}}: The defining trait that separates Quasimodo and Frollo is not their appearance or their standing in society, but their relations to Esmerelda. Both possess want towards her as a member of the opposite sex, but while Quasimodo loves her because she saw him as a person and not a monster, Frollo saw her as a target either to arrest on account of her heritage and [[WitchHunt misguided zealotry]] or [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain as a sexual object]]. While Quasimodo was heartbroken that she would rather be with Phoebus, [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy he values her friendship enough that he wants her to be happy even if he is not the one who could do that]], while Frollo would burn down all of Paris - unconcerned with the innocent lives he ruins and ends - to get to her and [[IfICantHaveYou tries to burn her at the stake when she rejects him]]. Even their theme-songs - Quasimodo with "Heaven's Light", Frollo and "Hellfire" - are on opposite ends of the spectrum, Quasimodo wishing to see the good while Frollo "saw corruption everywhere... except within."

* HeelRealization: For a fraction of a second toward the end of the opening sequence, when he discovers the thing he thought was merely "stolen goods" in the gypsy woman's arms was a baby. [[IgnoredEpiphany He gets over it once he sees the baby is deformed]]. Also, he shows fear at the judgment of God which the Archdeacon says will come down on him for his actions, but immediately after agreeing to spare and raise the infant as his penance, he's right back to plotting how he can use the "foul creature".
* {{Hellfire}}: The topic of his famous VillainSong, which begins his descent into madness [[spoiler:and eventual plunge into Hellfire itself.]]

-->''I'm so much purer than the common, vulgar, weak, licentious crowd...''
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: While trying to kill the heroes, he keeps hacking the stone gargoyles they are clinging to with a sword. The circumstances conspire so that he has to use one of the gargoyles for support. As he climbs on top of the gargoyle and raises his sword to kill Esmeralda, Frollo bellows [[DeathByIrony "AND HE SHALL SMITE THE WICKED AND PLUNGE THEM INTO THE FIERY PIT!!"]]. But just then, the cloven gargoyle breaks under his weight and he plunges to his death.
** For extra flavor, said gargoyle appears to come to life to snarl at Frollo before he falls. The way it snarls at him implies that both God and Satan are tired of his antics and he deserved to be cast out to Hell.
* {{Hypocrite}}: ''All over the place''. He blames everyone around him for his own faults, up to and including blaming ''God Himself'' because he's too weak to resist temptation. And for someone who's so devoutly Christian, he seems to have missed out on its emphasis on humility, kindness towards everyone, '''especially''' those who are normally shunned, and that God never allows people to be tempted more than they can take. He even claims that he's "proud" of his virtue, ignoring that Christianity considers {{Pride}} to be a major sin.
** From the opening song:
-->And he saw corruption everywhere except... within.
* IfICantHaveYou: Professes this in the second half of "Hellfire." If he can't have Esmerelda, he'll kill her. And anyone who stands in his way will be disposed of.
-->''Hellfire, dark fire. Now Gypsy, it's your turn!\\
Choose me or your pyre,\\
Be mine, or you will burn!\\
God have mercy on her...\\
God have mercy on me...\\
But she will be mine, or she... will... burn!''
* IgnoredEpiphany: In the "Hellfire" sequence, he realizes that his lust for Esmeralda is driving him to sinful acts. Rather than using this moment of self-awareness to tone down his cruelty, he instead blames Esmeralda for being sexy and God for allowing temptation to exist, and then, free of actually being at fault for any of his wrongdoing, resolves to [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope burn down all of Paris]] to find her.
* IronicEcho: At the start of the movie, Frollo mocks Quasimodo for talking to the gargoyles.
-->'''Frollo''': Can stone talk?\\
'''Quasimodo''': No, it can't.\\
'''Frollo''': That's right. You're a smart lad.
** And at the end of the movie, what's the last thing Frollo sees before his death? A gargoyle roaring in his face.
* {{Irony}}:
** He's the only Disney Villain that [[KnightTemplar openly views himself as a good and righteous person]], while he's actually one of the most evil antagonists Disney has created.
** Also, see KarmicDeath, as he dies stating that God will "smite the wicked and plunge them into a fiery pit". [[spoiler: The gargoyle he's standing on breaks, and he's promptly plunged into a fiery pit (of molten metal). His death is often interpreted as direct divine intervention.]]
** On a meta-level, Frollo was deliberately designed to be repulsive and overly-wicked in order to avert the "EvilIsCool" trope that Disney Villains are commonly turned into. The result was an EnsembleDarkhorse among Disney Villains, both for his iconic VillainSong and the dark subject matter of religion, lust and fear that motivates him.
* IrrationalHatred: Towards gypsies, so much that he wants to eradicate all of them.
* IShouldHaveDoneThisYearsAgo: During the climax, Frollo admits that Quasimodo's mother risked her life trying to save him, rather than abandoning him like Frollo had claimed. While Quasi is still reeling, Frollo says that he's going to do what he should have done "TWENTY YEARS AGO!" and tries to kill him.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: On the surface, Frollo appears to be simply an arrogant, priggish, horrified-at-the-thought-of-anyone-having-fun theocratic dictator. But then, his belief that the world is full of wickedness is the reason he gives for keeping Quasimodo shut away in the cathedral bell tower, telling himself — and Quasimodo — that he's just keeping him safe from the outside world. However, it quickly becomes clear that Frollo is a genocidal lunatic, scheming to kill all the Gypsies in Paris for their "thieving" and "witchcraft" — and the only reason he's taking care of Quasimodo is because he fears going to Hell for his attempt to drown Quasi when he was a baby, solely because of his appearance, though, in the climax, he admits that he regrets not drowning him. Any torment he ever feels about his lust for a Gypsy girl he's become obsessed with killing evaporates pretty quickly.
** When Phoebus first enters the Palace of Justice, Frollo is overseeing a prisoner's torture. He orders the torturer to stop and "ease up"; what's this? Could Frollo actually have a shred of mercy in him? Nope:
-->'''Frollo''': Wait between lashes; otherwise, the old sting will dull him to the new.

* KarmicDeath: "AND HE SHALL SMITE THE WICKED AND PLUNGE THEM INTO THE FIERY PIT!" The most common interpretation of what happened directly afterward was that God was doing just that, only with a different interpretation of who the "wicked" one was.
* KillItWithFire: When he finally captures Esmeralda, he attempts to execute her on a pyre by lighting it on fire. But Quasimodo foils this and gets her back into Notre Dame, and the chain of events from that point lead to Frollo receiving the KillItWithFire death when a live demon gargoyle traps him and plummets into molten lead. Earlier, he begins torching Paris starting with an innocent family's house, which provides the page quote for MakeAnExampleOfThem.

* LackOfEmpathy: Frollo believes that gypsies are incapable of real love and tells Quasimodo that Esmeralda was simply using him the entire time so that she could escape from the judge.

* LoopholeAbuse: Frollo tries to pull this when Esmeralda indirectly claims sanctuary via Phoebus; since they can't arrest her ''inside'' the cathedral, he orders Phoebus to drag her ''outside''. Fortunately, the Archdeacon comes along and tells Frollo off.
* LostInImitation: He shares few traits with his novel counterpart other than raising Quasimodo and desiring Esmeralda. He does, however, have numerous traits in common with Cedric Hardwicke's depiction of the character in the 1939 film, right down to his outfit.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Frollo's unhealthy obsession with Esmeralda drives the plot. Although in this adaptation, all it did was send him completely over the edge; the man was pretty evil to begin with, so an insane and illegal relationship is enough to make him an abomination.
* MakeAnExampleOfThem: Attempts to burn down a miller's house with an innocent family in it because he found a Gypsy talisman in their yard. He provides the page quote for this trope with that scene.

%%* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: He's the Minister of Justice and the mere mention of his name really scares the gypsies.

* NiceHat: He has one for his office though he loses it towards the climax, as it was becoming a nuisance to animate.

* NotAllowedToGrowOld: Averted. He looks significantly older during the "present day" of the movie than he did during Clopin's story about Quasimodo's origins.

* ObliviouslyEvil: Unlike most Disney villains, he believes himself to be the most righteous person in this story. Lampshaded in his very first appearance, when the first thing you see is Frollo's ominous silhouette which is followed by him riding on a black horse and dressed in black robes.
* ObsessionSong: "Hellfire" is about his sexual desire for Esmeralda.
* OhCrap:
** He has one at the start of the movie, when the Archdeacon points out he can't hide what he did from Notre Dame, and he sees the statues of the Cathedral are all staring at him.
** His expression when [[spoiler:the crumbling gargoyle he's clinging to appears to come to life and roars demonically in his face]] is this.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain:
** Frollo ran down and trampled a woman with his horse on the steps of a church based solely on her ''race'', then only didn't drown her baby in a well when the priest demanded that he desist.
** Frollo compares Gypsies to ants earlier in the movie, and alludes to his genocidal intentions by squishing an ant nest while explaining his goals to Captain Phoebus. He also assumes they're an AlwaysChaoticEvil race that clouds people's minds with "unholy" thoughts.

-->''Beata Maria, you know I am a righteous man,''\\
''Of my virtue I am justly proud.''\\
''Beata Maria, you know I'm so much purer than''\\
''The common, vulgar, weak, licentious crowd...''
* PsychologicalProjection: His FatalFlaw. He [[NeverMyFault blames others for his faults]]. ''Everywhere''. Yet, he never blames himself:
** During "Hellfire," he blames Esmerelda for "tempting" him to sin, and even blames God himself for making "the Devil so much stronger than a man," but never places any blame on himself for what he did.

--->'''Frollo''': Such a clever witch. So typical of your kind to twist the truth to cloud the mind with unholy thoughts.

--->'''Frollo''': ''YOU IDIOT!'' That wasn't kindness, it was cunning! She's a gypsy! Gypsies are not capable of real love! Think, boy! Think of your mother!

--->'''Frollo''': The gypsy Esmeralda has refused to recant. This evil witch has placed the soul of every citizen of Paris in mortal jeopardy.

--->'''Frollo''': Insolent coward.

--->'''Frollo''': And He shall smite the wicked and plunge them into the fiery pit!

--->'''Clopin''': Judge Claude Frollo longed to purge the world of vice and sin.\\
And he saw corruption everywhere — except within.

-->'''Frollo''': Ease up. Wait between lashes; otherwise, the old sting will dull him to the new.
* SanitySlippage: When the movie begins, Frollo is as dignified as you'd expect a judge to be. By the end of the movie, Frollo has completely lost it, willing to burn down Paris all for his ''obsession'' with Esmeralda.
* SanitySlippageSong: The trope above becomes evident for the first time during the "Hellfire" musical number. This is the number where Frollo realizes he's lusting for Esmeralda, and he plays the NeverMyFault card and says he's willing to burn down Paris to find Esmeralda. The fact he hugs a ghost of her doesn't help.
* SatanicArchetype: It isn't obvious at first, but over the course of the movie, Frollo reveals himself to be [[MisanthropeSupreme a man who believes himself to be better than everyone else]]. Increasingly, he begins to [[ItsAllAboutMe put his ideas of what is good before everyone else]], [[FinalSolution willing to commit genocide against the Gypsies]], and force a woman to feed his lustful instincts or else be burned. Among his weapons for hunting down Esmeralda: [[KillItWithFire fire]]. Finally, he rebels against the very church he claims to defend, burning it down with molten lead, and attacks the Archdeacon, TheParagon of the movie, at the climax.
* SelfDisposingVillain: Right after nearly falling to his death, Frollo apparently thinks it's a good idea to not go to the balcony and to instead try to kill the heroes while precariously perched on top of a small gargoyle probably too thin to support a full grown-up man's weight. No point for guessing what happens next when the gargoyle breaks... Although MaybeMagicMaybeMundane applies, as it's ambiguous whether the gargoyle broke because of Frollo's weight (and it coming to life was Frollo's hallucination), making his death self-disposing all the way through, or if a superior being (either God or the cathedral) made sure that the villain would get what he deserved.
* SevenDeadlySins: He shows tendencies of these in "Hellfire":
** '''Pride''': "Of my virtue I am justly proud" and "You know I'm so much purer than the common, vulgar, weak, licentious crowd."
** '''Lust''': His desire that Esmeralda should be his alone.
** '''Envy''': Towards anyone else that might gain her affection.
** '''Greed''': Seeing her as an item to be gained.
** '''Wrath''': He threatens to destroy her if she refuses him.
** '''Sloth''': He claims that [[NeverMyFault it isn't his fault]] that he commits sin, and blames Esmeralda for tempting him, while taking no initiative to improve himself or accepting responsibility for his actions.
** '''Gluttony''': He plans to burn down all of Paris while not caring about the victims just to make Esmeralda his alone.

* ShutUpKirk: When the Archdeacon angrily rebuffs him for bringing violence into the church, Frollo merely shoves him aside, snarling that he won't be interfering with his directions again. Given the Archdeacon was about the only entity that could keep Frollo under control, this was a sign he'd [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope jumped the slippery slope]].

* SlasherSmile: He has a smirk after he sets fire to the platform Esmeralda is on when he tries to burn her at the stake. And when he raises his sword to kill Esmeralda and Quasimodo, he has a particularly unsettling grin.

* SuddenlyShouting: "Isn't this [figure] new? It's awfully good. It looks very much like the gypsy girl. I know... You helped her '''''ESCAPE!'''''"

* TemptingFate: "And He shall smite the wicked and plunge them into the fiery pit!" ''[Frollo is smitten and plunged into a fiery pit]''

* UnskilledButStrong: Frollo can slice through stone gargoyles with a sword and was able to briefly wrestle with [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Quasimodo]] over a dagger, but displays little finesse.

* VillainHasAPoint: He was right about the people of Paris being hostile and mocking towards Quasimodo. While Frollo did nothing but rub in the fact to make it feel worse, Quasimodo sees Frollo's point after the Feast of Fools. Later, Quasimodo says that "the only thing dark and cruel about [the world] is people like you," [[RousseauWasRight so Frollo's point only lasts so long]].

* VillainousFaceHold: He does this multiple times to Quasimodo. He grabs the face of an upset Quasimodo and forces him to look up at him whilst mocking him over his only friends being the stone gargoyles. He grabs Quasimodo's face again during his VillainSong, where, in an attempt to control Quasimodo, Frollo tells Quasimodo he'll be killed if he ever leaves the bell tower.
* VillainSong: "Hellfire".
-->''{{Hellfire}}! [[DarkIsEvil Dark fire]]!\\
Now Gypsy, it's your turn-\\
[[SadisticChoice Choose me or your pyre.]]\\
[[IfICantHaveYou Be mine or you! Will!]] '''''[[IfICantHaveYou BURN!]]'''''
* VillainousValour: For a lecherous, insane frail old creep, Frollo poses a surprising threat. With a sword, he can hack through the heavy wooden doors of the cathedral and crack solid stone. He braves a torrent of molten lead to get through the door, and even briefly wrestles with Quasimodo with a dagger.

** Tried to burn an innocent family alive, children included.
* {{Yandere}}: Frollo is a strange one. While he is unhealthily obsessed with Esmeralda, he also hates her because [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain she's a Gypsy]], as well as a criminal and (at least ostensibly) a witch. Now throw in a ridiculously rigid version of Catholic sexual moral, and you get one of the greatest Disney villains of all time.
-->'''Frollo''': Destroy Esmeralda, and let her taste the fires of Hell! [[MoodSwinger Or else let her be mine and mine alone...]]
* YouAreWhatYouHate: He longs to purge the world of sin... and he's the most corrupt person in the whole movie. He also hates Gypsies and those who sympathize with them, and yet he is obsessed with a Gypsy woman.

* {{Foil}}: To Quasimodo, despite their [[BirdsOfAFeather many]] similarities. Despite having an outwardly ugly appearance, Quasimodo is a NiceGuy, while Madellaine may be a beauty she is (at least, to herself), a horrible person. He accidentally led Frollo to Esmeralda while Madellaine did help Sarousch steal the La Fidele, even if she regretted it. Quasimodo had no recollection from his parents except from Frollo's lies while Madellaine was an orphan when Sarousch found her, implying she might have some memories of her birth parents.

* AdaptationalIntelligence: Disney's Quasimodo is more intelligent than Hugo's version.

* AbusiveParents: He's verbally abusive and makes Quasimodo emotionally dependent on him. It escalates into physical assault and eventually [[spoiler:attempted murder]].

* FacialHorror: He is disfiguret from birth, and everyone around him gets frighted and disgusted by him. He even gets crowned the king of fools because the people at the festival thinks he has ugliest face in Paris.

* ClaspYourHandsIfYouDeceive: Frollo clasps his hands a lot.

[[SadisticChoice Choose me or your pyre.\\

* BrainyBrunette: Knows how to evade Frollo's guards? Check. Has knowledge about being protected by the Cathedral from Frollo and his men? Check. Has some expertise over nursing and uses this to help Phoebus with a wound? Check.

* [[DiscountLesbians Discount Gays]]: Hugo and Djali are the first same-sex animated Disney couple. It so happens that Hugo's a piece of rock and Djali a goat, so it's forgiven as to why nobody (sane people or zealous MoralGuardians alike) didn't notice it as a massive breakthrough.

* [[DiscountLesbians Discount Gays]]: Hugo and Djali are the first same-sex animated Disney couple. It so happens that Hugo's a piece of rock and Djali a goat, so it's forgiven as to why nobody (sane people or zealous MoralGuardians alike) didn't notice it as a massive breakthrough.

->'''Voiced by''': Jim Cummings, Patrick Pinney, Bill Farmer