History Characters / TheHunchbackofNotreDame

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The man in charge of Notre Dame will make sure everyone acts civility within the cathedral.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives a short one in the opening song (see WhatYouAreInTheDark for the quote).

%%* DangerouslyGenreSavvy:

%%* {{Adorkable}}:

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

** Frolo 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 was all, "hey bro, don't drown that baby in a well."

* BigDamnHeroes: For baby Quasimodo in the prologue.

* DemotedToExtra: Downplayed. While she is still plays a pivotal role in the story, the movie clearly gives Quasimodo more focus than her, even dropping her subplot of finding her mother.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Inverted. In this version, he's old, pale, wrinkly, deathly thin, and a has a long crooked nose.

** Finalyl, his last words:

* GoodShepherd: The Archdeacon is well named; he's the most benevolent character in the story. A lesser man would give a minister with armed soldiers what he wanted but he denies Frollo with a simple rebuke and assures Esmeralda of her safety. He'll put the fear of God into anyone who violates the sancity of the Cathedral.

* EgocentricallyReligious: Frollo is a [[SarcasmMode devout and righteous man]], [[HolierTHanThou and everyone else is not]]. He seems incapable of separating his faith from his {{Pride}} and arrogance, and is far more concerned with his own salvation and purity than the souls or the lives of anybody else, since he thinks that everyone else in Paris [[MisanthropeSupreme is pure and utter scum]]; this, naturally, means he is no where near the good, just or humble Christian he likes to think he is, and attention is drawn to his hypocrisy throughout the movie, even in his own VillainSong where the Latin choir is telling him to be humble, forgiving and repentant at the exact same time he is [[NeverMyFault blaming God himself for his own lust]] and threatening to burn Paris to the ground if [[IfICantHaveYou Esmeralda won't surrender herself to him]].

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Phoebus, as he notes means ''"sun-god"''. Esmeralda is less than impressed: and Phoebus himself doesn't seem comfortable being saddled with it.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He has the highest rank of the Gurads and knows how to kick ass.

%%* RedHeadedHero: He has red hair.
%%* RedheadInGreen: Quasi has red hair and wears a green shirt/tunic.

* {{Parental Substitute}}s: They were more of a family to him than Frollo ever was.

** In the book, Frollo is almost as much of a recluse as Quasimodo himself, and he has no power outside the grounds of the cathedral. In this film, he's effectively the dictator of Paris.

* BadassGrandpa: A pure evil variation.

* BadassLongRobe: Part of Frollo's attire.

* CardCarryingVillain: A rare {{aver|tedTrope}}sion for a Disney Villain. While most Disney baddies either enjoys being evil or don't care that their actions are evil, Frollo is a hypocritical, HolierThanThou KnightTemplar who believes his increasingly despicable actions are just. Try to tell him he's evil, and he will certainly not take it well. See the other tropes for more info.
* 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 repentence. 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.

* TheChessmaster: Frollo is willing to manipulate in order to get what he wants.

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Frollo is aware of ''everything'' that goes on.

* EgocentricallyReligious: Frollo is a [[SarcasmMode devout and righteous man]], [[HolierTHanThou and everyone else is not]]. He seems incapable of separating his faith from his {{Pride}} and arrogance, and is far more concerned with his own salvation and purity than the souls or the lives of anybody else, since he thinks that everyone else in Paris [[MisanthropeSupreme is pure and utter scum]]; this, naturally, means he is no where near the good, just or humble Christian he likes to think he is, and attention is drawn to his hypocrisy throughout the movie, even in his own VillainSong where the Latin choir is telling him to be humble, forgiving and repentant at the exact same time he is [[NeverMyFault blaming God himself for his own lust]] and threatening to [[OmnicidalManiac burn Paris to the ground]] if [[IfICantHaveYou Esmeralda won't surrender herself to him]].

* EvilCounterpart: To the Archdeacon.
* EvilEyebrows: Adds to the general feel of his character. Just see the picture.

* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: For being one of Disney's darkest, and most serious villains, Frollo shows a sick and twisted sense of humor. Most notably when he is supervising someone being whipped, just as his new Captain of the Guard Phoebus arrives.

* HolierThanThou: He says this of himself, though the reality is a little different.

** He's the only Disney Villain that openly views himself as a good and righteous person, while he's actually one of the most evil Disney Villains. And that says a lot.

* {{Jerkass}}: Towards Quasimodo as his caretaker.

* LostInImitation: He shares practically no 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.

** 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.
* PresidentEvil: His role as Minister of Justice can be compared to this.

* PsychologicalProjection: Practically the defining trait of his personality. He seems to identify his own faults in others. Everywhere.

** And again, later on:

** And yet again:

** Or how about when Phoebus refuses to burn down the miller's house?

** And of course, his last words:

* VillainousCrush: For Esmeralda.

* WouldHitAGirl: [[MemeticMolester In more ways]] [[IncrediblyLamePun than one]]...
* WouldHurtAChild: Planned to drown a baby by dropping it into a well, simply because his appearance frightened him.

* {{Adorkable}}: Almost to the same extent like Quasi.

* CuteClumsyGirl: Accidentally bumps into people and falls off a tight rope. And still has a smile on her face.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: In the sequel.

* {{Nice G|uy}}irl: She never wanted to go along with her adoptive father's plans and was ''very'' regretful when it was revealed.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Girly Girl to Esmeralda's Tomboy.

* UglyGuyHotWife: The Hot Wife to Quasimodo's Ugly Guy.

* CheerfulChild: See {{Keet}}.

* TheCutie: A rare male version: We see his energy and him fall asleep.

* LoveAtFirstSight: Deconstructed. She falls for Phoebus the first time they meet; but she idealizes him and doesn't realize that he's a selfish jerk who only wants sex from her.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The reason for his attachment to Frollo and Esmeralda.

* GoThroughMe: Quasimodo's solution to his dual loyalties to Frollo and Esmeralda.
* GreeneyedRedhead
* TheGrotesque: To put it lightly. Quasimodo is very physically deformed.

* AntiVillain: Of the type II variety. He's much more likable than his Disney counterpart, to say the very least.

* SinisterMinister: Is self-centered, manipulative, and entitled despite being an archdeacon, though was originally a good man before Esmeralda.

* KnightInShiningArmor: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Phoebus is this in Esmeralda's eyes because he saved her from a hideous cripple, and also has the appearance. But rather than being chivalrous and noble, he's actually a drunk, a womanizer, and a bully, with virtually no idealistic qualities, behaving more like... well, like a medieval soldier.

* SexlessMarriage: With Esmeralda.

* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Phoebus' Veronica for Esmeralda's Archie. Esmeralda chooses Phoebus and Quasimodo gives both of them his blessing.

* BigDamnHeroes: When he rescues Esmeralda in the climax.

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The Redhead to Phoebus's Blonde and Esmeralda's Brunette.
* ButtMonkey: A rare version that is most certainly ''not'' played for laughs.

* EntitledToHaveYou: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] He does hope for a relationship with Esmeralda at first, and expressed longing for the kind of love he's seen watching couples from the bell-tower, but he never believes he ''deserves'' her. Quite the opposite. It takes the gargoyles to tell him(in their own way) how special he is for him to believe he has a chance, and in the end he shows no ill feelings toward the relationship between her and Phoebus and is in fact, happy for them.

* ExtremeDoormat: At first, but he starts to grow a spine.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Phoebus.

* LetsGetDangerous: [[spoiler:The chains initially kept him trapped in the cathedral but then his gargoyles buddies point out that they aren't the real reason he stays. Then he proves he broke the chains with little trouble.]]

* PlatonicLifePartners: With Esmeralda.
* RedHeadedHero: He has red hair.
* RedheadInGreen: Quasi has red hair and wears a green shirt/tunic.
* RescueRomance: With Esmeralda.

* SuperStrength: Picks up an armored man one-handed without noticing, slides a massive stone slab aside with an idle shove, scales the cathedral walls one-handed while carrying Esmeralda and Djali. And that's before the UnstoppableRage moment.

* TinyGuyHugeGirl: The Tiny Guy to Madellaine's Huge Girl.

* UglyGuyHotWife: The Ugly Guy to Madelaine's Hot Wife.

* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Mother]]: It's established in the beginning that Frollo unintentionally murdered Quasimodo's mother when he was an infant. He doesn't find this out until twenty years later.

* ActionDad: In the sequel to Zephyr.

* AntiHero: Phoebus is a combo of [[KnightInSourArmor Type II]] and [[PragmaticHero Type III]].

* BadassInCharge: Downplayed. He's the NumberTwo under Frollo but no doubt badass. In the sequel, he is probably number two to the king, but his authority appears to be almost at the same level as Frollo's.

* BashBrothers: With Quasimodo later on in the film.
* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Quasi's Betty to Esmeralda's Archie.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Quasimodo.
* BigDamnHeroes: When Phoebus rescues Quasimodo from falling.

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The Blonde to Quasimodo' s Redhead and Esmeralda's Brunette.

* TheDragon: Initially, he's this to the villain Frollo, but see HiddenDepths below.

* HappilyMarried: With Esmeralda in the sequel.
* HeroicBuild: Has a broad, muscular chest and is the {{Tritagonist}}.

%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Quasimodo.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold[=/=]NiceGuy: Somewhere between the two; on one hand he was confused rather than opposed to Frollo's vendetta against the gypsies but on the other hand he won't tolerate abuse of power like the farm burning.

* ActionMom: After giving birth to her and Phoebus's son, Zephyr.

* {{All Loving Hero}}ine: If her "God Help the Outcasts" doesn't fill the bill, her treatment of Quasimodo does.

* BirdsOfAFeather: Played with. Esmeralda and Quasimodo bond over their mutually restricted freedom, and while Esmeralda and Phoebus are both sarcastic and rebellious to do what is right, Phoebus doesn't rebel against Frollo until Frollo attempts to burn down a house with an innocent family still inside.
** Esmeralda and Quasimodo are both outcasts in society. But the other thing they have in common is that this belief has carried over into their religious beliefs. They both pray to God but they also both don't think God has mercy for people like them. They are polar opposites when it comes to life experiences because Esmeralda has seen a lot of the world because of her constant moving from place to place and is hyper-sexualized because she's Romani while Quasimodo has been restricted to just the Notre Dame and isn't treated like a sexualized/objectified object.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The Brunette (black hair) to Quasimodo' s Redhead and Phoebus' s Blonde.

* CleavageWindow: Most of her outfits show off her top assets.

* HelloNurse: Many men who see her go ga-ga over her. This is helpful to attract attention on the street, where she's dancing for coins, but less so when an evil man lusts over her, and pin on her their sexual cravings and religious weakness. Frollo sings a whole song about her effect on him.
* HotGypsyWoman: To her grave disadvantage, as it turns out.

* LadyInRed[=/=]{{Stripperiffic}}: Her dancing outfit during the Festival of Fools is clearly meant to turn heads. After all, this is a festival.
* LightIsGood: [[spoiler:What she seems to symbolize when Frollo strips her down to a white tunic when he prepares to have her burnt at stake.]]

* NiceGirl: Helping Quasimodo for one. Telling him he's not a monster. And, just being an overall kind and empathetic human being.

* OutOfCharacter[=/=]{{Xenafication}}: Hugo's Esmeralda was, for most of the time, naive, trusting and clueless, especially when it came to Phoebus. Disney's Esmeralda is a smart, snarky, resourceful ActionGirl.
* OfficialCouple: With Phoebus.

* SlapSlapKiss: With Phoebus. They don't start the romance part till after she save his life, but they were already flirting in that church.

* TwoGuysAndAGirl: With Phoebus and Quasimodo.

* WomanInWhite: See LightIsGood.

* DiscountLesbians: 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 probably forgiven as to why nobody (sane people or zealous MoralGuardians alike) didn't notice it as a massive breakthrough.
* FatAndSkinny: Hugo is the Fat (has a rounder gut) and Victor is the Skinny (has a slimmer gut).

* MeaningfulName: Victor Hugo is the name of the author of the original novel.

* OfficialCouple: Apparently, Hugo with Djali by the end of the sequel.

* DiscountLesbians: 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 probably forgiven as to why nobody (sane people or zealous MoralGuardians alike) didn't notice it as a massive breakthrough.

* OfficialCouple: Apparently with Hugo by the end of the sequel.

* UndyingLoyalty: Once again to Esmeralda.

* CoolHorse: To Phoebus.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Frolo 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 was all, "hey bro, don't drown that baby in a well."

* ByTheBookCop: Zig-Zagged. He was trained to follow orders under Frollo, but the fact that he was ordered to harm an innocent family pushed him out of it. By the sequel, though well-meaning, he's more by the book, especially when it came to the whole ordeal about Sarousch and Madelline.
* TheCasanova: Averted. In the film, Phoebus is a charmer but his novel counterpart is a certified womanizer.

* OutOfCharacter: Hugo's Phoebus was a drunkard, a womanizer and a liar, who swore like a sailor. His interest in Esmeralda was only sexual. Disney's Phoebus is a noble, heroic and benevolent young warrior, who is genuinely in love with Esmeralda.

* TragicVillain: When baby Quasimodo was abandoned on the cathedral's foundlings bed, nobody would take him because of his ugliness, except Frollo, who raised him like a son. He also raised his younger brother, Jehan when their parents died, and supported him later, even though he disapproved of Jehan's lifestyle. He did evil things only because of his obsessive and unrequited love for Esmeralda, and it's described how much he's suffering (being aware that you're slowly going insane is NOT a pleasant process.)

* 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.

* EveryoneLovesBlondes: In the sequel, Quasi becomes an {{official couple}} with [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold Madellaine.]]

* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Esmerelda falls in love with Phoebus.

* {{All Loving Hero}}ine: If her "God Help the Outcasts" doesn't fill the bill, her treatment of Quasimodo does.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Esmeralda is a Gypsy who has black hair, olive complexion and green eyes.

* [[AbusiveParents Abusive Father Figure]]: Sarousch has no problem emotionally abusing and manipulating Madellaine if it helps to get what he wants.

* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Quasi is a sweet and sensitive soul, but people (except Esmeralda and Phoebus), judge him harshly because of his deformity.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: See NiceGirl section and know the fact that rescued Zephyr at the climax, even though she could've just escaped.

* MeaningfulName: In Aramaic her name was originally "magdala" which means "tower". Possibly foreshadowing that she lives in the bell tower after she and Quasimodo get together.

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Begins to develop feelings for Quasimodo because of his relationship with Zephyr and his kind heart.

* NiceGuy: Very sweet and friendly, with the usual dislike of romance.

* FrenchJerk: An rare heroic version. At his best, he is an JerkWithAHeartOfGold with HiddenDepths.

* {{Badass}}: Exibit A; jumping into a burning building to rescue a family trapped inside, while wearing gold armor, and then escaping an armed company.

* [[ABoyAndHisX A Boy And His Goat]]: With Djali in the sequel.