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Also, remember the scene where he burns down that one house? Notice that the moment he puts his torch to it the house it instantly burns up. Is this really a result of extreme flammability, or is he actually using flames from hell to burn it?
However, the biggest moment to support this is during the climax, which appears to take place in hell itself. As Frollo attempts to lay the final blow against Esmeralda, his eyes appear to turn yellow and says “He shall plunge the wicked into the fiery pit” a line that could either refer to god, or the devil itself. However, as the cathedral breaks, he grabs on to a gargoyle. At that moment, the gargoyle springs to life, taking on a demon like face, and breaking to drop him into the pit of fire. It seems like that gargoyle could have actually been the face of the devil, which personally killed Frollo, perhaps as punishment for failing to kill Esmeralda and the rest.
- Your point about the lyrics "Destroy Esmeralda..." would be good, if it wasn't for the fact that he sings that while addressing the Virgin Mary.
- The devil could have still heard it and hijacked the prayer even if it wasn't directed at him.
- Or that he switched to addressing the devil after finding out she escaped and threatens to burn down all of Paris. Specifically when he began telling "Hellfire, dark fire" about his deal.
- Your point about the lyrics "Destroy Esmeralda..." would be good, if it wasn't for the fact that he sings that while addressing the Virgin Mary.
- Frollo doesn't even need to sell his soul. After all the things he did (and I mean even before he started lusting for Esmeralda), his soul may already belong to Hell, since there is no chance he would repent for his sins.
- For the last point, heh, citation needed. With a certain amount of time and a certain amount of humility beaten into him, perhaps he could eventually repent. He's not a sociopath - he can definitely feel guilt, it's all over Hellfire (even if it's for the wrong things) — so I think a few centuries in purgatory might fix him up.
From this perspective, his motivations make much more sense: he might have forced himself on her, suffered subsequent rejection, and is now freaking out over it. Add on the possibility that an STD is affecting his senses, and the imagery/insanity behind the Hellfire scene is also somewhat more sensible.
- You're implying he contracted an advanced-stage STD (things like syphilis and gonorrhea don't cause mental decay till the tertiary stage for syph, and advanced stage for the clap). in what has to be less than a month or two? I'm sorry, what?
- And if Frollo went crazy because he caught an STD from Esmeralda, why is she still sane?
First, when he faces Frollo at the beginning he seems more concerned that he both killed someone, and was going to kill a baby “on the steps of Notre Dame”. He claims the fact that they’re in front of the church twice in regards to the crimes being committed. Therefore, it’s possible that he merely cares about the fact that they are in front of the church, and evil actions that are being performed.
- Quite the contrary. The church references are an expression of the Archdeacon's indignation at Frollo's evil, or rather the boundless nature of it. Remember that Frollo is a deeply religious man, but appears to have no qualms about murdering people in a place that was considered sacred by almost everyone in the timeframe (Quasimodo's mother claimed sanctuary, i.e. sacred protection. The Archdeacon probably heard her cries but was too late to save her). The Archdeacon also uses the church references to remind Frollo of the sanctity of the place and to scare him into a guilt trip by invoking the saints. It scares Frollo into backing down. The Archdeacon did blackmail Frollo, but not because he wanted to protect the church.
- Also, the Archdeacon seems to be at least somewhat aware that Frollo has apparently committed some... unsavory actions in the past. However, he still at least claims to be religious. Perhaps the Archdeacon thought that appealing to what little was left of Frollo's conscience was the only way to get through to him? And hey, it did work... if only for a few seconds...
When Esmeralda seeks sanctuary in the church, he stops Frollo from dragging her outside, saying that “Frollo learned a long time ago to respect the sanctity of the church.” After Frollo leaves however, he does nothing to attempt to help her escape, or even spends much time comforting her, basically telling her to go pray and hope for the best. As such, he never cared if she is caught or not, but he simply wanted to make sure that the laws of sanctuary were not broken.
- He already helped her by upholding sanctuary and doing more was outside his purview. The church had the right to secure sanctuary, but anything else would have been aiding and abetting crime (and Frollo defined crime in Paris). If the Archdeacon had helped, Frollo would have suspended by law the authority of the Archdeacon inside church grounds effectively annulling Esmeralda's sanctuary. The second question that needs to be answered is: what could he have done? Frollo's guards were patrolling the area around the Cathedral (as evidenced by the guard reporting her escape midway Hellfire). The Archdeacon would have had to arrange outside help, most probably from Clopin and his Gypsies (with whom the Archdeacon probably didn't have contact before, and considering the secrecy of the Court of Miracles he would not have succeeded in doing it on his own). To help Esmeralda he would have had to abandon his daily routine (archdeacons do have a job, you know?) all without giving the guards any hints that 'something was up'. No, I think the Archdeacon did enough and cared enough.
The final time we see him is when he confronts Frollo during the climax. At this moment, he is attacking Notre Dame itself. However, notice how he only confronts him now, and not when Frollo was burning down Paris or executing dozens, perhaps hundreds of people, less then one hundred feet away from him. It is only when he attacks the church that he confronts him.
But the biggest, the BIGGEST evidence for this comes from the fact that he allowed Quasimodo to be trapped in his bell tower for twenty years, without doing anything. Frollo even says that he plans to keep him where no one can see him, and that he will “one day be of use to me”, yet the Archdeacon does nothing to try and stop him or even comments on his plan. This could be because he was useful as a ringer, but it’s more likely because he simply didn’t care what happened to him.
- The Archdeacon is instrumental in saving Quasimodo in the first place! Unfortunately it involved a bargain with Frollo, and Frollo got to dictate some of the terms. The Archdeacon could stop Frollo from killing Quasimodo, but in exchange Frollo would be in charge of his upbringing. Frollo didn't like being humiliated, so he kept Quasimodo from sight. With regards to Paris burning down, as stated below, the Archdeacon did not have political authority. Besides, where is the King when you need him? Frollo was burning down his capital! Secondly, who says that he didn't protest? Considering his many scrapes with Frollo before, he may have tried to stop him off screen but Frollo may (very) well have paid him no heed. The Archdeacon was very effective with Frollo as far as it concerned religious blackmail, but he held very little sway over the rest of Frollo's life. Remember that the objections to innocent and summary killing by Phoebus, a secular and military man, did not help either.
- The Archdeacon's a member of the Clergy, Frollo's a Judge. There's only so much power the Archdeacon can exert over Frollo. Furthermore, the separation of Church and State is already well defined in 18th Century France. The Archdeacon was bound by his vow not to interfere in political affairs, although this was not always the case in Real Life.
- The Archdeacon was an old man in the film so he wouldn't be able to stop Frollo even if he wanted to. He was probably "turning the other cheek". Besides in that time period the physically deformed were believed to be a sin so Quasimodo would have been killed if he wasn't trapped in the bell tower.
- Also, when they were preparing to burn Esmeralda at the stake, the Archdeacon started angrily stomping out of the cathedral when he saw only to be stopped by Frollo's guards. It is most likely that he was trying to intervene and stop them from executing Esmeralda even though she was outside the sanctuary of his cathedral.
- Let's not forget that suggesting Frollo care for the baby is a terrible idea. He could have just suggested Frollo save his own soul by sparing the baby, or something. If you can call an infant a monster and toss it down a well, you're not qualified to look after it.
- This WMG seems like a severe form of Victim-blaming,since when does a second of teasing make her responsible for his attempted murder?
- Especially when her flirting's likely something she does for many of her performances.
- Note how she calls him "little one" , rather than any particular name.
- The Old Testament reveals that God does smite those He considers wicked. In fact Frollo invoked (blasphemed?) God, by saying 'And He shall smite the wicked, and plunge them into the fiery pit'. God obliged by casting the wicked Frollo into the fiery pit below.
- What Frollo was doing would go under blasphemy. Hence the express ticket to Hell.
- ... That's GUESSING?
Secondly, Quasimodo was born to a Gypsy mother, yet he’s white with red hair? A lapse in Clopin’s memory whilst recounting the story?
Furthermore, he might be going out of his way to demonize Frollo, someone who hated his kind, and glorifying Esmeralda, Quasimodo, and Phoebus.
Also, talking gargoyles? Even if that were real, would Quasi REALLY be telling people about them?
Not to mention the shameless self-inserts.
During the song God help the Outcasts, Esmeralda claimed she was a selfless person and would only help others. And indeed she does as she freed Quasimodo from torture, rescued Phoebes from drowning and nursed him back to health and saving him and Quasimodo being hanged by Clopin. As a result God rewarded her by helping in return.
Firstly Quasimodo helped her escape Notre Dame due to her kindness to him. When she was being burnt at the stake, Quasimodo who was depressed while chained up, saves her at the last minute as though God told him to do the decent thing and save his friend. Esmeralda might have died at first glance but she rewakens as though God was willing to let her live. And just when Frollo was about to kill her by beheading, the gargoyle he stood on breaks and turns into the devil, symbolising God sending Frollo to Hell for his evilness as well as God again saving her life. Plus when Quasimodo falls much to Esmeralda's horror, Phoebus saves Quasimodo symbolising God saved her friend. But it is likely God saved Quasimodo for saving Esmeralda.
So basically because Esmeralda only wanted to help and show kindness to others, God knew she earned his help as she didn't ask for anything from God. All she wanted was to help others included own people.
- LOL! This may also explain why the animators hated drawing it, because they knew its true secret.
- Frollo decided to adopt Quasimodo out of kindness, as in the novel. He initially wants to drown him, but ultimately takes pity, the Archdeacon representing his conscience and his guilt for killing Quasimodo's mother.
- Frollo himself made the decision not to defile the sanctuary of the church, but was initially tempted to do so. In the following scene where Esmeralda is talking to the Archdeacon, Frollo is just being Affably Evil. Imagine him saying lines like: Don't act rashly, child. You created quite a stir at the festival. It would be unwise to arouse my anger further.. Esmeralda is pulling a What the Hell, Hero? on him in that scene.
- The Archdeacon moves to intervene when Frollo has Esmeralda on the stake, but is blocked from leaving the church by the guards. In other words, he is actively suppressing his own morals.
- When the Archdeacon tries to stop Frollo from assaulting Quasimodo in the final battle, he once again represents Frollo's conscience, but this time, Frollo's madness gets the better of him.
- That Frollo and the Archdeacon look the complete opposite strengthens the theory that they reflect his good and evil sides. Where Frollo is tall, thin, ghastly-looking and wears all black, the Archdeacon is short, chubby, grandfatherly and wears all white. And don't forget Frollo claiming "My conscience is clear!" when Archdeacon calls him out for his willingness to commit two murders. It could represent his inner fight with pity and guilt. And it would also explain why the Archdeacon is nowhere to be seen when Frollo burns Paris. After Hellfire, he clearly lost the grasp from his sanity and conscience, and its last, desperate attempt is to stop him from attacking the church; but by then, he's too far off the deep end to listen.
- But then why is the Archdeacon still there after Frollo's dead?
- We never see him again until in the sequel, and really, who cares about what happens there? If you DO care, it could indicate that Frollo didn't die, he just repented and is now permanently the good Archdeacon character, or that the Archdeacon we see after that point is actually a different Archdeacon who the children just assume is the same guy by Clopin's narration.
- Actually, eagle-eyed viewers finally noticed him on the Blu-ray, in the shadows of the cathedral at the end as Phoebus and Esmeralda are with Quasi and guiding him out the door. Of course the fact no one acknowledges him (and that he's in the shadows) could mean he isn't really there, one last bit of Quasi's mind trying to grasp onto the love he thought Frollo bore him, making him appear to bless his friends' union and be happy for his acceptance by Paris...
- I like this theory a lot, but there's one problem; Esmeralda is present in one of the scenes where Frollo and the Archdeacon are talking with each other. Unless the Archdeacon in that scene is just a random clergyman who Frollo sees as being the Archdeacon in his mind?
- Any instance of Frollo and the Archdeacon speaking to each other is really just Frollo having an internal debate, presumably Esmeralda doesn't actually see any of it.
- But then why is the Archdeacon still there after Frollo's dead?
- The above is how it really was, but Clopin (who is the narrator) changed it so that the children he was telling the story to would not be confused.
- Except we didn't see Esmeralda with the Gypsy woman. Assuming they were on the run, you'd think they'd take her as well, right?
- They could have gotten separated previously. In that case assuming the girl was dead or otherwise irretrievable would not be an uneducated assumption.
- I'm not sure if Esmeralda's age was ever stated, but isn't she still supposed to be younger than Quasimodo is? If so, then she wouldn't have been born yet at the beginning of the movie and thus wouldn't know if she and Quasi were related or not.
- That negates the premise of the WMG. If she is younger than Quasimodo, then she can't be related to him by his mother, because she died. The whole point is that Esmeralda and his mother look alike.
- Except we didn't see Esmeralda with the Gypsy woman. Assuming they were on the run, you'd think they'd take her as well, right?
Or maybe the "dad" got released from the Palace of Justice and hooked up with the "mom"'s sister or cousin who just happened to look like the "mom" and had Esmeralda. (or it could have happened prior to the movie too). Maybe the dad had two children at the same time.
- If this WMG were true, it would be a great Shout-Out of sorts to the original book, since there Esmerlada was taken from her non-Gypsy mother, and the baby that was left in her place was Quasimodo (they were close to the same age there), thus already suggesting a connection between them.
This makes a ton of sense, actually. If they are Quasi's guardian angels, it would make sense that Frollo can't interact with them and only sees them as stone, because they would recognize the true condition of his soul. It would also make sense that Esmeralda can't interact with them because even though she has a good soul, the gargoyles guard Quasimodo exclusively. Thirdly, this would explain the Anachronism Stew that happens when the gargoyles come to life—angels exist outside of time, so at least one (Hugo) is privy to modern pop-culture references.
This explains why Frollo is so ashamed of Quasi, and has an obsession with Esmeralda, as she looks so similar to the other gypsy woman he loved. Along with that, it explains why Quasi doesn't have the distinctive gypsy look, and instead is more fair skinned with red hair.
- This could also explain (beyond bigotry) why Frollo was so convinced Gypsies were "not capable of real love"—because his Gypsy lover who was Quasi's mother left him/turned on him, leaving him alone with a deformed son.
- That doesn't explain how Hugo can interact with Djali.
- Maybe Quasi imagined this too, to help convince himself the gargoyles were real? Or because he thought it was funny.
- That doesn't explain how Hugo can interact with Djali.
- Then the younger man with her may not have been his dad , but rather his uncle.
- As mentioned above, the father could have been Frollo himself.
- It would certainly explain Clopin's hatred of Frollo, and how he already knows about Quasi's (supposedly) adoptive mother.
- Being slender, Clopin doesn't resemble the other Gyspy man, and if he were, that would make him Quasi's father who likely died in a dungeon or was executed. Plus, Clopin and Quasi appear to be about the same age.
- Interesting theory but The Hunchback of Notre Dame was written in 1831 so how could Belle be reading it in the 1700s? Unless Disney has a different timeline than we do.
- The film is actually set in 1482 (at least according to Wikipedia)
- Manifestations of the traits Quasimodo actually has, but doesn't think he has because Frollo has convinced him he's an ignorant monster. Laverne is kindness and compassion, plus the potential to be a Deadpan Snarker. Victor is intelligence and class. Hugo is humor and sanguine traits.
- A way for Quasimodo to experience and imagine the world. Whether or not the gargoyles are actually sentient, they do help Quasi expand his universe. Through Victor, he explores stuff like literature, history, and metaphors. Through Hugo, he imagines what pop culture will be like in hundreds of years and learns to have fun with himself and others. Through Laverne, he learns to look within, find his real feelings (i.e., he doesn't see Frollo as benevolent at all) and express them.
- Sentient and clairvoyant beings who only interact with the pure in heart such as Quasi or Esmeralda.
- Quasi's Id (Hugo) Ego (Laverne) and Super-Ego (Victor).
Which is why Quasimodo was deformed as a newborn. Since neither abortion was an option and condoms didn't exist yet, they couldn't prevent her pregnancy, and thus she was forced to live the consequences of her sins and give birth to him, despite his genetic defects. She did love him, however.
Regarding the original novel, the gypsy who raised Esmeralda was Quasimodo's natural mother. We know that Quasimodo and Esmeralda were swapped as infants meaning that Quasi was born to the gypsies. An interesting thing to remember is that the gypsy who raised Esmeralda not only told her that she wasn't her real mother but also gave her an emerald necklace to help her find her real mother! This seems to imply that on some level she regretted her actions and probably not out of sympathy for Gudule. who was (very understandably) quite hateful to the gypsies, but perhaps because this unnamed gypsy was thinking about the child she abandoned...
Both are redheads, or at least have auburn hair. Both are strong and may not know their own strength (Quasimodo breaks through iron chains; Wreck-it Ralph, of course, wrecks everything whether he wants to or not). Both are considered societal outcasts. Also, during one scene where Ralph demands Vanellope return his medal, he uses the French phrase tout de suite. Coincidence? May-beeeee.....
- Um...you do know that Wreck-It Ralph is a VIDEO GAME CHARACTER, right?
- Well, this is Disney we're talking about. And maybe the creators of the game based Ralph on some guy in their lives. Who really knows?
- It might also be that the creators of the game have taken inspiration from Quasi to create Ralph instead. There are other videogames inspired by literature, anyway...
- But...Frollo is white...and Sarousch is Romani...
- If a woman in those days had a pixie cut, it wasn't because it looked cute. It was a punishment for harlotry. Prostitution was often overlooked as a necessary evil, but if her john turned out to be married, especially to someone high ranking, she could be the one taking the fall. Considering how faulty courts wore, she may have been innocent of any crime, but punished anyway.
- It could be she's also a victim of trafficking, as most prostitutes are. Sharousch seems to literally own her, and I doubt he's using her solely for labor. He has to keep quiet about it, because under French law, Madellaine should've been free the moment she set foot in France. Slavery was outlawed there in the 13th century. Not to mention the law in their day would've come down a lot harder on a Rom owning a white woman than it would've had their ethnicities been reversed.
- They are both evil religious fanatics who treat their children horribly (even if Quasimodo is "adopted") and think everyone but them is going to Hell.
- Frollo calling someone else an "old fool" makes sense even if he is old, remember one of the man's defining traits is hypocrisy.
- It's the Circle Of Hell for treason, which is considered the worst kind of sin, and Frollo commits several acts that would count as treasonous (burning down half of Paris, mistreating Quasimodo despite swearing an oath to protect and raise him, flagrantly violating the Seeking Sanctuary rule in the Cathedral). Although he at least won't have to worry about HellFIRE there.
- According to legend, when Mary was a small child her parents took her to the Temple in Jerusalem to be dedicated to God. Artistic depictions of this event show her climbing the Temple's steps in a way that closely resembles◊ the scene in the movie◊. Throughout the film, Mary — as embodied by the cathedral named for her — has functioned as a strong defender, a Mama Bear figure. But after Frollo's evil is defeated, perhaps she chooses to bless the good characters with a quieter, more vulnerable aspect of herself.
- If he gets convicted and burned for heresy, it would be another ironic Laser-Guided Karma like in the movie. Hellfire will ALWAYS get him one way or the other.
- If one would believe the above guesses about Quasimodo being his biological son/him secretly soliciting Gypsy lovers/prostitutes, it's entirely possible that it isn't just dementia: he has syphilis. No wonder he hates sex and Gypsies so much; he's somewhat aware he's ill but he blames them for it (instead of his own lust), and in the end, due to neurosyphilitic psychosis, he even forgot why he wants to kill them all in the first place.
Clopin's seemingly cartoonish ability to appear everywhere at once, know of events he wasn't apparently present for, his impressive feats of acrobatics, and being able to change costumes rapidly on a whim are just genuinely how he is in-universe because he's a magical being of some kind who turned up in Paris one day and decided to stick around.
He ended up becoming the leader of the Roma community on a whim or out of opportunity, perhaps because living with them was preferable to him compared to the oppressive rules of Frollo and the rest of the Parisian humans' society, or he became an outcast due to his eccentricity and magical abilities putting him in Frollo's sights (or both) and decided he might as well stay around the rest of the rejected populations of Paris who wouldn't reject him and his wackiness. And because he was so crafty and managed to evade Frollo for so long the Romanis just accepted his guidance or even made a deal so he'd help lead and protect them. The Court of Miracles might have been created by him or at least is under his protection as a domain of sorts.
His Ambiguously Evil nature is simply Blue-and-Orange Morality as for most the part he's playful, harmless and perhaps a bit of a troll like during the Feast of Fools because he's honestly just there to have fun and do his thing among humans, maybe even bask a bit in their 'worship' from their appreciation for his entertainment skills. His actions in the Court of Miracles meanwhile are him protecting his territory and charges from perceived uninvited guests and potential threats, and he doesn't share the same human values about morality or legality when it comes to killing people for trivial reasons - but he also backs down easily for an equally trivial reason like Esmerelda telling him his would-be victims were invited in by her, because those are the kinds of weird rules he abides to. As for why he got caught with the others instead of using his powers to escape or fight back, he either: a) didn't want to blow his cover in front of Frollo, who'd definitely react poorly to an actual magical being and probably retaliate with truly lethal force upon the other inhabitants of the Court instead of just arresting them; b) by total chance the ropes/chains/iron cages used by Frollo are that one thing that can keep him contained; or c) he is simply not powerful enough to take on an army of soldiers alone.
Also his puppet is genuinely alive. Notice that while he moves his mouth in front of the children in the opening to make it look like he's just doing amateur ventriloquy, in 'The Court of Miracles' when his puppet objects Clopin's own lips don't move. It's basically something like a familiar he made out of an inanimate toy and serves as a little helper, perhaps even acting like his 'conscience' if its objections and his frustrated responses at said objections during the aforementioned song are genuine.
- This is why the statues look so angry in the beginning when Frollo accidentally kills Quasimodo's mother, the cathedral doesn't approve of murder on its grounds. The Archdeacon, who presumably knows of this, guilts Frollo into adopting the baby and raising him within the cathedral.
- In the Hellfire sequence, the Cathedral gives Frollo what he wants: to see Esmeralda (in the fire).
- Except Frollo's inside the Palace of Justice during the Hellfire scene... :/
- But he was looking out at Notre Dame. You don't have to be in the Cathedral for it to grant your wishes.
- And at the end, The reason Frollo fell to his death was because he inadvertently damaged the Cathedral in trying to kill Quasi and Esmeralda. The Cathedral does not approve of murder.
- In the Hellfire sequence, the Cathedral gives Frollo what he wants: to see Esmeralda (in the fire).
- Quasimodo becomes the bell ringer of the Cathedral, and in return, the Cathedral gives him what he wants: friends to keep him company (the gargoyles).
- When the Cathedral is attacked, it defends itself with molten metal.
- Given his tempting fate line I'm going with be careful what you wish for with Frollo's death.
- Hmm, consider that Victor Hugo's original title was apparently Notre Dame de Paris...he treated the cathedral itself as the main character. It gives some credence to the "supernatural powers" idea.
- The film makers have stated before that they treated the cathedral as a character itself ...
Belle can be seen in the background of one of the Paris square scenes. The theory is that she and her family lived in Paris before her mother died and moved to the Beauty and the Beast village afterward. Or, Belle and Maurice fled Paris to escape Frollo's persecution because he considered them both evil and crazy. (Belle because she reads too much and might start thinking about how oppressive Frollo's belief system is, and Maurice because he invents dangerous things and might be participating in witchcraft.)
- though Disney has never allowed itself to be constrained by historical accuracy, Hunchback is clearly meant to be roughly situated in the medieval or very early modern period, while Bat B should be a couple centuries later—Gaston's
- At this point, the whole city was also still celebrating the defeat of Frollo, so Clopin was having more than a bit of wine while he fabricated this sequel-tale.
- Given her mother was a prostitute, it could be that her father knew she would end up being sold for sex as young as three years old, so he took her to save her.
- Another reason: weren't all the bells named Marie too?
- Fire and Brimstone (too obvious?)
- Falsehood
- Fornication (a little adult, but they are throwing around words like "Hell" and "Damnation".
- Forever Eternal Damnation
- Falibility
- Forbidden Fruit
- Feculence
- Flagellation
- Frollo
- Unless it was Quasimodo's mistake, in the film after he realizes he said festival for "F" Quasi raises up and exclaims "Forgiveness!" as Frollo starts to leave. Knowing other instances where forgiveness seems to matter (even to Disney's Frollo) it might have been the right word.
- More list guess ideas: In the Disney musical play, stories about the saints are important, and their names might be included. S might also ironically equal Sanctuary.
- Unless it was Quasimodo's mistake, in the film after he realizes he said festival for "F" Quasi raises up and exclaims "Forgiveness!" as Frollo starts to leave. Knowing other instances where forgiveness seems to matter (even to Disney's Frollo) it might have been the right word.
- (Note: being a furry does NOT NECESSARILY have A SINGLE THING to do with sex! Educate yourself on us here) Earlier in the decade in which Hunchback came out, not only did furries start to get (largely inaccurate and stigmatizing) media attention and were discovered by the general public for the first time, but Disney also just so happened to release one of the movies that is most Popular with Furries, The Lion King (1994). And in the Feast of Fools itself, not only are there people who dress up as animals (though please note that statistically speaking, despite being one of the first things that the word "furry" conjures up in the public imagination, barely any of us wear fursuits because they're SO EXPENSIVE!), and even a shot of LITERALLY UPRIGHT-WALKING DOGS, there's also the whole reason why people go to the festival: because it allows them the freedom to fully express themselves, including traits that would be looked down upon in every other setting, which just so happens to be one of the main things that draws people to our fandom as well! Additionally, there's also... okay, my sex-repulsed Asexuality is really going to get in the way of discussing this next part objectively, BUT it's still an important piece of evidence. Esmeralda is shown to be extremely arousing and/or sexually attractive (yes, those are actually 2 different things that just stem from the same stimuli; some individuals, especially asexuals, can experience none or only one and not the other) to EVERYONE at the festival, seemingly EVEN someone as innocent, wholesome, and naive as Quasimodo! This is where I have the bring up one of the things I HATE most about our fandom: Yiff, or in layman's terms, furry pornography. I HATE IT SO MUCH, but that's besides the point. Anyways, sex, yiff, etc. play a disgustingly large role in the Furry Fandom (although there's still SO MUCH I LOVE ABOUT US that I can overlook that!), and although it's much less prevalent in the actual conventions, it's still an EXTREMELY notable similarity that strengthens my comparison! Frollo is also a heavily anti-woke person who looks down upon the festival and all those (except himself, of course) who attend it, and despite the highly unfortunate presence of occasional anti-woke furries in real-life, the majority of anti-woke people who know about our community HATE us!
- Frollo is a cross between Demona and Xanatos. He treats Gypsies the same way Demona treats humans.
- Phoebus is Goliath.
- Quasimodo is the lancer to Phoebus, much like Brooklyn is to Goliath.
- Esmeralda is Elisa Maza. They're both the Action Girls, and both are the love interest of The Hero.
- For bonus points, if this goes on long enough, France would probably end up split apart into several mini-countries ruled by noblemen-turned-Kings. This could be where the early-19th-century Cinderella, with its apparently-French small kingdom, comes in.
- Since he had no teacher, he is neither in control nor even fully aware of his ability, though.
- And, considering the upbringing he's had… maybe that's part of why he's so self-righteously religious: he might have received abuse similar to what he inflicted on Quasimodo for his demonic ability to control fire.
- Nah, that can't be it. Although, Laverne does look quite a bit like Bok from "The Daemons."
- I'll one-up you: ALL of the Gypsies are Assassins: Esmeralda and Quasimodo's mother at least seem to be pretty good at escaping from the local guards; Quasimodo's own parkour could be the result of genetic memory, with the abilities themselves coming naturally given his bell tower home. Frollo isn't trying to exterminate the local Roma because he's a racist, it's because he's a Templar, which would also at least to some degree justify his very un-Christian behavior (even though other Templars like Sibrand, Borgia, and Robert de Sable were straight-up atheists; maybe Frollo is a late enroll-ee to the Order and is too set in his ways to completely give up his beliefs). Quasimodo, of course, never knows any of this because he was never told about the Assassin-Templar conspiracy and, except for the genetic memory parkour, doesn't have any Assassin skills as well as knowing nothing of the Creed.
- Incidentally, Ezio would be alive and active during the events of the film.