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!!From the Original Movie

[[folder:Quasimodo]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Good morning. Will today be the day? Are you ready to fly? You sure? Good day to try! Why, if-if I picked a day to fly, oh! This would be it!"'']]
->'''Played by''': Tom Hulce (movie), Luis Posada (Spain), Drew Sarich (Germany), Michael Arden (US), Music/FrancisLalanne (France)

Quasimodo is the main protagonist. He was born deformed, possessing a hunched back, from which the film takes its name. In spite of his ghastly appearance, Quasimodo is naïve, kindhearted, and knows little of the world outside his bell tower home from which he is forbidden to leave.
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* AbledInTheAdaptation: In the original novel, Quasimodo is deaf due to working with loud bells and was born with a large wart over his left eye. In the Disney adaptation, he is able to hear and speak and has two functional eyes. The stage version brings back his deafness, with his speech only becoming fully articulate during his musical solos because they represent his inner emotions.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: While not conventionally attractive, he's considerably less repulsive here than in most versions, being more ugly cute than monstrous.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: Disney's Quasimodo is more intelligent than Hugo's version. Book Quasimodo has an AmbiguousDisorder that make him unable to function in society (but to be fair he's also deaf) and some actors even portray him as mentally challenged. Disney's Quasimodo is an awkward but creative and sensible person who is reasonably able to interact with people once he gets over his shyness, and also a talented wood carver.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: While still a heroic character, book Quasimodo is much more asocial and inclined to violence, displaying a softer side only toward Frollo and Esmeralda due to [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe them being the only human beings to treat him somewhat decently]]. This incarnation pretty much is a NiceGuy with no resentment or animosity toward anyone.
* {{Adorkable}}: His glee and following awkwardness at the Festival of Fools is comparable to a 20th-century teenager at a school dance.
* AffectionateNickname: The Gargoyles, and later Esmeralda, call him "Quasi".
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: He's ostracized by society because of his deformed figure.
* BashBrothers: With Phoebus later on in the film when they work together.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Esmeralda's act of kindness of defending Quasimodo during the Feast of Fools is what makes Quasimodo fall for her.
* BeastAndBeauty: The Beast (TheGrotesque) to Madellaine's Beauty (a LovelyAssistant).
* BettyAndVeronica: The "Betty" (gentle and shy) to Phoebus's "Veronica" (a high-status soldier with an ego to match) for Esmeralda's "Archie". Esmeralda chooses Phoebus and Quasimodo gives both of them his blessing.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Quasimodo is perhaps the nicest NiceGuy to ever be nice to everyone, almost to a [[ExtremeDoormat fault]]. He's also at least three times stronger than everyone around him. When Frollo ignites Esmeralda's pyre, Quasi finally unleashes his full strength and fury like Bruce Banner becoming the Incredible Hulk.
* BigDamnHeroes: When he rescues Esmeralda from the pyre in the climax.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: The Big Guy to Zephyr's Little Guy; they're great friends.
* BirdsOfAFeather:
** With Esmeralda. Both are outcasts in society, but the other thing they have in common is that this 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, though: Esmeralda has seen a lot of the world because of her constant moving from place to place and is widely liked for her beauty, but at the same time sexualized and objectified by men like Frollo, while Quasimodo has been restricted to just Notre Dame and is reviled for his ugliness.
** With Madellaine. They're both nice, dorky, and (initially) extremely passive; they both also wear a green outfit and were raised by an abusive adoptive figure who serves as the BigBad in their respective films. They both also share a constant active imagination and prefer to see the world with their other senses and not their eyes.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Of the three heroic leading characters, he is the Redhead to Phoebus's Blond and Esmeralda's Brunette.
* ButtMonkey: A rare version that is most certainly ''not'' played for laughs. All the torment heaped on him ''looks'' comical to the festival goers but the viewer sees it as traumatic.
* CallingTheOldManOut: In the climax, he gives an incredible speech to Frollo, the churchman who raised him.
--> '''Frollo:''' Now- now, l-listen to me, Quasimodo-\\
'''Quasimodo:''' No, ''you listen''! All my life you've told me that the world is a dark, cruel place! But now I see that the only thing dark and cruel about it is ''people like you''!!!
* 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. To give a more specific example, he's tied up twice. The first time, it's with rope, he's completely helpless, begging Frollo to help him, until Esmeralda comes to his rescue; the second time, it's with chains, which he breaks with his own willpower, in an act of defiance against Frollo, so that he can rescue Esmeralda.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: A lifetime of single-handedly operating Notre Dame's bells has given him orangutan-like strength and agility, to the point that he can tear down pillars like Samson in the temple.
* CoolUncle: In the sequel, he becomes an uncle figure to Zephyr, the son of Phoebus and Esmeralda. The two prove to have a close bond, even singing a song together.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: As a baby, his mother was a gypsy secretly entering Paris through the waterways. Judge Frollo, believing that the group had stolen something, stood in their way and gave chase to Quasimodo's mother when she ran and delivered a kick to her, breaking her neck on the steps of Notre Dame and killing her. When he discovered that the bundle she had been carrying was actually a baby, he planned to drown Quasimodo in disgust upon seeing that he was deformed. However, the Archdeacon of Notre Dame commanded him not to murder the baby. Frollo was then ordered to adopt Quasimodo as his own to make up for his sin of killing an innocent woman. Unfortunately, years of being "raised" by an emotionally abusive {{jerkass}} of an adoptive father resulted in Quasimodo gaining many self-esteem issues. Plus, he lived in complete isolation with his only friends being Victor, Hugo, and Laverne.
* DarkIsNotEvil: He may look very scary in appearance, but he is [[NiceGuy very kindhearted and courageous]].
* DecompositeCharacter: In the original novel, he's Esmeralda's attacker (under Frollo's order), only to be stopped by Phoebus. The Disney version gives Quasimodo's attacker role to the Brutish and Oafish Guard.
* {{Determinator}}: Despite being heavily chained to the stone pillars atop Notre Dame, Quasimodo breaks free once he sees Esmeralda about to burn to death at the stake.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: He's the character featured on the page's image. Unlike most lead characters from the Disney Renaissance, Quasimodo doesn't enter a romance with the woman he falls in love with. [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy He realizes whom Esmeralda falls in love with and wishes them well.]] [[spoiler:Averted in the sequel, where he falls in love and succeeds in getting Madellaine.]]
* DisabledLoveInterest: {{Inverted|Trope}}. He's the protagonist with hunched back and becomes the love interest for Madellaine in the sequel.
* DisneyVillainDeath: A heroic example is narrowly averted by Phoebus.
* DoorstopBaby: Frollo is so disgusted by the child's appearance that he plans to drop him down a well... but the Archdeacon of Notre Dame Cathedral informs him that killing an innocent child, even a deformed one, will certainly lead to damnation (especially after the whole "killing the child's mother" thing). In the face of that, Frollo has no choice.
* TheDragon: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Frollo intended for him to be this, hoping that he would one day cement his plans of eradicating the gypsies. Clopin also mockingly calls him Frollo's "loyal, bell-ringing henchman". However, Quasimodo was too pure and good-hearted to become Frollo's lackey and aids Esmeralda and Phoebus however he can.
* 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 although he is deeply disappointed when he sees that she prefers Phoebus, he does not hold it against her and in the end is happy for both of them.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Quasimodo demonstrates his compassion for living things and a longing to get out of the bell tower by helping a little bird learn how to fly.
* EthnicityObscuringMutation: Quasimodo is either half-Roma or full-Roma. Unlike most of the Roma (or even his mother), he's light skinned and has red hair.
* ExtremeDoormat: At first he lets people walk over him, but then he starts to grow a spine.
* FacialHorror: He is disfigured from birth, and everyone around him gets frightened and disgusted by him. He even gets crowned the king of fools because the people at the festival think he has the ugliest face in Paris.
* FashionableAsymmetry: {{Subverted}}. His outfit is symmetrical, but his hump gives the idea that his clothes are asymmetrical.
* FieryRedhead: {{Inverted|Trope}}. In personality, he's closer to a ShrinkingViolet.
* FireForgedFriends: He befriends Phoebus when they try to rescue Esmeralda.
* {{Foil}}:
** The defining trait that separates Quasimodo and Frollo is not their appearance or their standing in society, but their relations to Esmeralda. 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 is 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 can 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 respective songs about her - Quasimodo' "Heaven's Light" and Frollo and "Hellfire" - are on opposite ends of the spectrum, Quasimodo wishing to see the good while Frollo "saw corruption everywhere... except within".
** To Madellaine, despite their [[BirdsOfAFeather many]] similarities. Despite having an outwardly ugly appearance, Quasimodo is a NiceGuy, while Madellaine may be a beauty. but is actually (at least to herself) a horrible person. He accidentally leads Frollo to Esmeralda while Madellaine does help Sarousch steal the La Fidele, even if she regrets it later. Quasimodo has 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.
* AFriendInNeed: Quasimodo is a very good friend, is loyal to Esmeralda and Phoebus, and is incredibly supportive of both of them.
* FriendToAllChildren: His scene with the little girl at the end of the first film and his close relationship with Zephyr qualifies Quasi as this.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: His first scene is encouraging a bird to fly.
* GeniusBruiser: Strong enough to ring the bells of Notre Dame with ease. He's also carved a miniature wooden model of Notre Dame, as well as the surrounding village and even all the people who live there. That's pretty impressive. He's also quick to figure out a way to sneak Esmeralda past the guards outside the cathedral, as well as decipher that the charm she gave him is a map to the Court of Miracles.
* GrewASpine: Finally stands up to his abusive "father" Frollo in the climax.
* GentleGiant: Quasimodo isn't particularly tall or big, but it is definitely this with regards to his strength.
* TheGrotesque: He ''won a prize'' for being ''the'' ugliest person in Paris.
* HandicappedBadass: He's hunched over but tremendously strong. He can perform parkour and lift people easily.
* TheHero: Of the story that Clopin-as-Narrator tells the kids; he looks like a monster but his actions prove his heroic nature.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Calls himself a "monster".
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Phoebus. He's an HonoraryUncle for Phoebus's kid.
* HiddenDepths: In the first place, there's his kindness and gentleness, overlooked by most of Paris, who view him a monster because of his looks. But even beyond that, he has an outstanding memory and knack for observation, as well as artistic talent. Esmeralda, while trapped in the bell tower, is amazed to see the accurate model he's carved of the town, as well as the fact that he knows each bell's name by heart; later, he uses the same skills to recognize Esmeralda's woven necklace as a map of the city. He even has a subtle DeadpanSnarker side to him, which mainly shows in his interactions with the gargoyles, but also when Frollo makes him review the alphabet and he almost rolls his eyes as he does it, implying he's far past that stage of education.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: During the battle, Quasimodo throws a large beam down onto Frollo's carriage. Some of the {{Mooks}} pick it up and use to break down the cathedral's door.
* HomeschooledKids: Poor Quasimodo - Frollo must royally suck as a teacher, seeing that Quasimodo is still learning ''the alphabet'' at age 20.
* HonoraryUncle: To Zephyr because he's the best friend of the kid's dad. He's also his godfather.
* HopelessSuitor: He falls immediately in love with Esmeralda... but then witnesses her kissing Phoebus. [[CharacterDevelopment However,]] [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy he comes to bless their relationship.]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: When it comes to Frollo's true evil nature (until the climax, at least). Justified due to being raised by Frollo for his entire life.
-->'''Esmeralda:''' How could such a cruel man have raised someone like you?\\
'''Quasimodo:''' Cruel?!? Oh, no. He saved my life. He took me in when no one else would. I am a monster, you know.
* HumbleHero: Quasi doesn't boast about the ''many'' impressive things he accomplished in the film. Not even to Esmeralda, who was his first love, and whose heart he could have won with his feats.
* IJustWantToBeFree: The reason he disobeys Frollo's orders to go in the Festival of Fools is that he craves one day of being outside his tower.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Combined with IJustWantToBeFree, "like ordinary men who freely walk about there. Just one day and then I swear I'll be content" as he says in his IWantSong.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: The only friends he had growing up were animated gargoyles. Thus, it's easy to understand why he considers Esmeralda's act of kindness to be "Heaven's Light".
* InsecureLoveInterest: By the sequel, Quasimodo thinks that he'll never find true love because of his looks.
* InSeriesNickname: He's called "Quasi" by his friends.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Quasi (a man who is roughly the same age as his parents) shares a close bond with Zephyr (a pre-adolescent child), the son of Phoebus and Esmeralda, in the sequel.
* InTheHood: Quasi uses a hood to disguise himself when he's out in public.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Quasimodo does what he can to make Esmeralda happy, including blessing her relationship with Phoebus at the end.
* LeParkour: Jumping from the eaves to the steeples to the gargoyles to the gutters of the Notre Dame cathedral is not a problem for him.
* {{Leitmotif}}: There are two variants of the melody from the verses of "Out There", (e.g.: the line "Every day they shout and scold, and go about their lives, heedless of the gift it is to be them"). Quasimodo sings in a major key, while the [[DarkReprise minor-key variant]] is found in every instrumental instance stated below, except for "Into the Sunlight". It first appears in Frollo's line from "Bells of Notre Dame" when he sings, "Just so he is locked away where no one else can see. Even this foul creature may yet prove one day to be of use to me." The most notable instance of the tune is in the transition between "In Here" and "Out There". This sets a divide between the two variants, marked further by the minor key being used during moments best matching Frollo's words, and the major key Quasimodo's. Then, after "Out There" proper, it briefly comes back in "Topsy Turvy", when the crowd discovers that [[NotAMask Quasimodo's face is no mask]]. After that, it has a brief, subtle reiteration in the scene where Quasimodo is chained up in Notre Dame, and the gargoyles are trying to convince him to save Esmeralda. Finally, you can last hear it when Quasimodo, Esmeralda, and Phoebus step out of the cathedral in front of a crowd at the end of the movie. It can be safely assumed that this melody is Quasimodo's leitmotif.
* LetsGetDangerous: [[spoiler:The chains initially keep him trapped in the cathedral, but then his gargoyles buddies point out that they aren't the real reason he stays. Then he proves that he can break the chains with little trouble.]]
* LightningBruiser: For such a stocky, barrel-chested guy, Quasi is remarkably agile and fast.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: He eventually forms a brother-sister dynamic with Esmeralda.
* LonersAreFreaks: What the citizens of Paris think he is, but truthfully he isn't a loner by choice; Frollo deliberately keeps him hidden away in the cathedral.
* LoveHurts: When Quasimodo witnesses Esmeralda's and Phoebus's kiss and realizes that they are in love with each other.
* LovingAShadow: A downplayed version. While he wasn't wrong about Esmeralda's [[AllLovingHero nobleness]], he also painted her as something akin to an angelic being instead of a regular human.
* ManlyTears: He's the first adult male Disney hero to have multiple crying scenes: first [[TearsOfJoy when he's crowned King of Fools]], then as he staggers back to the cathedral after his public humiliation, then again when he sees [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Esmeralda and Phoebus kissing]], and again when he mourns over Esmeralda's [[DisneyDeath seemingly dead body]].
* MeaningfulName: Quasimodo means ''"half-formed"'', directly translated from Latin. In a more modern form, it also means "sub-human". Giving this name to him as a baby is just '''one ''' example of Frollo's cruelty. Interestingly, in the book, Quasimodo's name has a totally different meaning, referring to a rather obscure holiday called Quasimodo Sunday.
* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: Quasi is a sweet and sensitive soul, but people (except Esmeralda and Phoebus), judge him harshly because of his deformity.
* NiceGuy: He's as handsome on the inside as he is ugly on the outside.
* OfficialCouple: With Madellaine by the end of the sequel.
* ParentalAbandonment: Frollo told him that this was the case with his mother. [[spoiler:In reality, Quasi's mother was a gypsy who tried sneaking into Paris illegally, was caught by Frollo who tried to take baby Quasi from her (mistaking him for a bundle of stolen goods), and was killed when Frollo kicked her onto the steps of Notre Dame as she sought sanctuary there. She still loved Quasi despite his appearance and died trying to save him.]]
* PintsizedPowerhouse: He's half as tall as Frollo or Phoebus and yet much stronger. He breaks metal chains!
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Esmeralda. While he initially holds romantic feelings for her, she's completely unaware and is interested only in Phoebus. Thankfully, Quasimodo blesses their relationship, and eventually develops more of a close brother-sister relationship with her.
* ProtagonistTitle: Quasimodo is the "Hunchback" in the title and TheHero.
* RedheadInGreen: Quasi has red hair and wears a green shirt/tunic.
* RescueRomance: Esmeralda rescues him from the abuse of the Festival of Fools, thus prompting his attraction to her.
* RivalsTeamUp: Quasi teams up with Phoebus to warn Esmeralda about Frollo.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The quiet, shy Sensitive Guy to Phoebus's assertive, sarcastic Manly Man.
* SentIntoHiding: Judge Frollo actively tries to keep Quasimodo hidden from the rest of the public and makes him stay in the tower by convincing him that the world is a cruel place and that he's safer in the bell tower. Of course, this only works up until the Feast Of Fools, and stories are still told about Quasimodo, making him legendary despite the fact only Frollo and the Archdeacon really knew he existed.
* ShipperOnDeck: After a healthy amount of CharacterDevelopment, Quasimodo blesses Esmeralda and Phoebus's relationship.
* ShrinkingViolet: Very shy at first, though he starts to become more open after befriending Esmeralda.
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: He is the protagonist and has red hair and blue-green eyes.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the novel, he lies next to Esmeralda's corpse and eventually dies of starvation. Like Esmeralda and most characters that die in the novel (except BigBad Frollo), he's still alive in the Disney movies.]]
* SteelEardrums: Unlike in the novel, Quasimodo's hearing is perfectly functional despite ringing the bells for years on end.
* SuperStrength: Picks up an armored man one-handed without noticing, slides a massive stone slab aside with an idle shove, and scales the cathedral walls one-handed while carrying Esmeralda and Djali. That's all before the UnstoppableRage moment.
* TenorBoy: There's a contrast here. Quasi doesn't look the part but his inner innocent boyishness matches his voice.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: The Tiny Guy to Madellaine's Huge Girl. His deformity makes him smaller.
* TitleCharacter: He's "the hunchback" in the movie's title.
* TookALevelInBadass: He learns to stand up for himself, which leads to an ''epic'' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to his jerkass of an adoptive father.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: With Phoebus and Esmeralda for a love triangle.
* UglyGuyHotWife: The Ugly Guy (hunchbacked, deformed, and buck-teeth) to Madellaine's Hot Wife (an extremely good-looking woman).
* UnwittingPawn: Frollo tells Quasi that he knows where the Court of Miracles is, and that he will attack it at dawn. This prompts Quasi and Phoebus to find it and warn the Gypsies. [[spoiler:It turns out Frollo was lying all along, and secretly followed them to the lair.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: A sad example during the climax: Quasi is chained up, but the gargoyles are trying to encourage him to snap out of his funk. When he instead snaps at them to leave him alone, they turn back into stone, disappointed.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: Doesn't seem to hate gypsies, though he mindlessly accepts Frollo's beliefs about them until meeting Esmeralda provides him with a new perspective. It isn't until the very end that [[spoiler:Frollo]] reveals whom his mother really was.
* YouKilledMyFather: It's established in the beginning that Frollo unintentionally, but remorselessly, murdered Quasimodo's mother when he was an infant. He doesn't find this out until twenty years later.
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[[folder:Esmeralda]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"What do they have against people who are different, anyway?"'']]
->'''Played by''': Creator/DemiMoore (movie), Marta Barbarà (Spain), Judy Weiss (Germany), Ciara Renée (US), Rebecca Dreyfus (France)

Esmeralda is the deuteragonist of the first movie and a secondary character of its sequel. She is a fearless and streetwise gypsy girl with a heart of gold and is very capable of defending herself. She's also able to look beyond physical appearances and is one of the first—and only—people in both films to befriend the deformed yet lovable hunchback Quasimodo. Esmeralda is a wonderful heroine whose greatest wish is to see outcasts like Quasimodo and her fellow gypsies be accepted into society and be treated as people, not as property.
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* ActionGirl: She holds her own against Phoebus, a professional soldier; defies Frollo in his face - twice; and we can't forget the Festival of Fools chase scene.
%%* ActionMom: After giving birth to her and Phoebus' son, Zephyr.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the book, she's weak and fickle. In the Disney film, she's an ActionGirl through and through.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: The Disney version is smarter and more streetwise than the naive girl of the book.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Esmeralda has black eyes in the original novel, but green eyes in the Disney adaptation.
* AgeLift: She's at least in her 20s, not 16 like in the source material.
* AllLovingHeroine: If her "God Help the Outcasts" doesn't fill the bill, her treatment of Quasimodo does.
* AntiHero: The [[KnightInSourArmor Disney Anti-Hero]] type; slightly rough around the edges.
* BabiesEverAfter: Has a son with Phoebus in the sequel.
* BadassBystander: She could've minded her own business when the crowd was ganging up on [[ButtMonkey poor Quasi]]. Instead, she not only defied [[BigBad Frollo]], but managed to evade ''all'' of his guards.
* BarefootPoverty: She dances on the streets for coins so she can't afford shoes. In the sequel, after her marriage to Phoebus, she is shown wearing them.
* BettyAndVeronica: The "Archie" to Quasimodo's "Betty" (gentle and shy) and Phoebus' "Veronica" (a high-status soldier with an ego to match). Esmeralda chooses Phoebus, and Quasimodo gives both of them his blessing.
* BigNo: [[spoiler:When she looses her grip on Quasimodo while trying to pull him up to the side of the cathedral so he doesn't fall. He falls, but Phoebus catches him.]]
* BigOlEyebrows: They're very thick looking.
* BigSisterInstinct: She becomes an older sister figure to Quasimodo and always does everything in her power to protect him.
* BirdsOfAFeather:
** With Phoebus. Both are sarcastic, strong-willed, and ultimately rebel against Frollo to do what is right, but Phoebus doesn't rebel against Frollo until Frollo attempts to burn down a house with an innocent family still inside. Appropriately, it's at that point that Esmeralda falls in love with him.
** With Quasimodo. Both are outcasts in society, but the other thing they have in common is that this 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, though: Esmeralda has seen a lot of the world because of her constant moving from place to place and is widely liked for her beauty, but at the same time sexualized and objectified by men like Frollo, while Quasimodo has been restricted to just Notre Dame and is reviled for his ugliness.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Of the three heroic leading characters, she is the Brunette (black hair) to Quasimodo's Redhead and Phoebus' Blond.
* BrainyBrunette: A dark-haired girl who knows how to evade Frollo's guards, has knowledge about being protected by the Cathedral from Frollo and his men, and has some expertise over nursing and uses this to help Phoebus with a wound.
* CharacterDevelopment: Initially starts off as confrontational and distrustful due to the hardships she and the other gypsies have endured, but her interactions with Quasimodo and Phoebus gradually soften her and teach her how to trust.
* CleavageWindow: Most of her outfits show off her top assets, especially the festival dancer one.
* ColorCodedEyes: She possesses the positive, exotic qualities associated with green eyes, which correspond her name. Even though she's the heroine, she was actually also modeled after several female villains from earlier Disney films, who all have green eyes, so that she will actually be portrayed as being evil by Frollo, the BigBad, while, to the viewers, she's actually on the side of good. This is actually done to show the fact that she is hated by the villain because he thinks that she is evil even though she really isn't.
* CombatPragmatist: Does not fear a groin attack.
* CoolBigSis: Acts as a kind, protective sister figure to Quasimodo.
* CurseCutShort: "You sneaky son of a b-"
* DamselInDistress: She needs to be rescued and/or helped by Quasimodo twice, particularly in the scene where she is captured and Frollo wants to burn her alive. She also qualifies as BadassInDistress.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: {{Implied}}. She gives several lines throughout the movie of constantly witnessing her people being mistreated.
* DeadpanSnarker: Expect her to be chock-full of sarcastic quips.
-->'''Phoebus:''' You fight almost as well as a man.\\
'''Esmeralda:''' Funny, I was going to say the same thing about you.
* DefiantCaptive: [[spoiler:Her defiance of Frollo when he is about to ''set her on fire'' is remarkable.]]
* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:When Frollo is about to [[BurnTheWitch burn her at the stake]], he informs her that she may choose him or the fire. She responds by spitting in his face and giving him a KubrickStare.]]
* DemotedToExtra:
** Downplayed. While she still plays a pivotal role in the story, the first movie clearly gives Quasimodo more focus than her, even dropping her subplot of finding her mother.
** While in the original film she is the female lead, in the sequel she's more of a secondary character.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: In the first film, but more of a supporting character in the sequel.
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:After the climactic battle, Quasimodo finds her unconscious and unresponsive, but she is merely passed out due to smoke inhalation, not dead, and revives minutes later, unlike in the novel, where she's KilledOffForReal.]]
%%* DoesNotWearShoes: Because she can't afford them. (Saying the same thing as BarefootPoverty above)%%
* DudeMagnet: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. While all the men, including Quasimodo, are attracted to her, she also draws the [[VillainousCrush unwanted attention]] of the BigBad, Frollo. The different types of attraction run the gamut in the film to aid in the Deconstruction: the crowd in Paris find her attractive; Frollo is driven absolutely insane over his lust for her and is convinced that she's some kind of hellish temptress; and Quasimodo sees her as a perfect "angel" (his love for her doesn't appear in the least bit sexual) because she was the first person in his life to show him kindness. Only Phoebus is willing to both acknowledge her beauty and recognize her as a human being, flaws and all; that's probably why she ends up with him in the end.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Her IconicOutfit. Esmeralda's outfit isn't symmetrical (she has a decorated wrap on one side of her skirt and only one ankle bracelet), and both she and most of the other gypsies such as Clopin (who themselves are hardly symmetrical in dress) only have one earring. Esmeralda is actually sharing a pair of earrings with Djali.
* FirstLove: To Quasimodo; she never finds out that he likes her more than as a friend and is heartbroken over seeing her and Phoebus's kiss. Thankfully, he's happy that she's happy.
* FlirtingUnderFire: During her banter in the cathedral with Phoebus. He starts it, but she engages him all the same.
* {{Foil}}: Esmeralda's song "God Help the Outcasts" contrasts sharply with Frollo's "Hellfire". While both songs are addressed directly to Mary, Esmeralda asks selflessly for the well-being of her people and the poor, while Frollo selfishly asks to kill and/or possess Esmeralda.
* AFriendInNeed: Esmeralda is there to support Quasimodo as much as possible and she is always there for him.
* GiantPoofySleeves: Her iconic outfit includes her sleeves being poofy.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Her sexy dance. So much that she becomes the lust object of Frollo, a really evil and dangerous man.
* GoodBadGirl: She is the object of Frollo's SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny obsession because he thinks of her as a FemmeFatale of sorts. She is a much more kind-hearted person than that—she uses her sexuality in her dances in a lighthearted way, not in order to seduce but in order to entertain.
* GoodParents: She becomes a good mother towards her son Zephyr in the sequel.
* GoodSamaritan: Esmeralda rescues and defends Quasimodo, who is a complete stranger to her, from being attacked at the Festival of Fools.
* HairDecorations: Hair ribbons in her casual outfit and more in her festival outfit.
* HappilyMarried: With Phoebus in the sequel. It's a beta couple thing for our protagonist and his love interest.
* HeadTurningBeauty: 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 pins on her his sexual cravings and religious weakness. Frollo sings a whole song about her effect on him.
* HotGypsyWoman: Esmeralda is a spirited Romani dancer with dark skin, loose black hair, and [[ColorCodedEyes green eyes]]. She usually wears low-cut off-the-shoulder outfits adorned with golden jewelry, including a [[LadyInRed scarlet pole-dancing dress]] that accentuates her voluptuous figure. Hailed as [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman "the finest girl in France"]], she attracts the attention of Quasimodo, Phebus, and Frollo, the last of whom [[SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny hates and blames her]] for it.
* IconicOutfit: Esmeralda's white top with a teal and gold bodice, with a purple sarong and white petticoat. She wears a golden hoop earring on her left ear, a golden bangle on her left wrist, and matching bracelet and anklet on both her right hand and right ankle.
* ImprovFu: Esmeralda beats the guards by simply running around and dodging, with a little help from her performer buddies.
* InkSuitActor: Esmerelda bears a remarkable likeness to her voice actress, with the possible exception of the skin tan.
* InTheHood: She and Djali combine this with the TotemPoleTrench to disguise themselves as an old man.
* IWantSong: "God Help The Outcasts" is a inversion of this trope because she doesn't ask for anything ("I ask for nothing; I can get by") and instead depicts Esmeralda's selfless desire for the safety and protection of the weak and defenseless.
* KubrickStare: She looks at the camera menacingly, directed at Frollo, when he [[spoiler:has tied her to the stake to burn her]].
* LadyInRed: She wears a red pole-dancing dress in "Topsy Turvy". Ironically, in real life, red is considered bad luck for the gypsies, and Judge Frollo was watching her dance in public... Bad luck indeed.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: She and Quasi form a sibling dynamic by the end of the first film.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Phoebus, Quasimodo, and Frollo all fall in love with her practically at first sight. Inverted with Esmeralda herself, who ironically falls in love with Phoebus at first sight in the book. In the film adaptation, she's distrusting of but fascinated by Phoebus and doesn't necessarily fall for him until she witnesses him saving an innocent family from a burning house after refusing Frollo's order to burn it himself.
* LovelyAssistant: To Clopin. She appears to enchant the (in-universe!) audience after he gives the intro.
* LoveTriangle: Esmeralda/[[FirstGuyWins Phoebus]][=/=][[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Quasimodo]]... [[AndZoidberg and Frollo]].
* LustObject: Frollo lusts after her, wanting her to be his and his alone or else he will kill her.
* MeaningfulName: "Esmeralda" is the Spanish and Portuguese word for "emerald", which reflects her eye color. Works only in the film, since as noted she has darker eyes in the original novel.
* MsFanservice: She performs a pole dance wearing a [[LadyInRed red low-cut dress]] that accentuates her curvaceous figure. Deconstructed in that she attracts attention from men, but she ends up [[GoneHorriblyRight becoming the target of]] [[BigBad an extremely dangerous, immoral repressed sociopath]]'s lust.
--> '''Judge Claude Frollo''': She will be mine, or she ''will'' '''''burn'''''!
* NiceGirl: Helping Quasimodo for one. Telling him he's not a monster. Also, just being an overall kind and empathetic human being.
* ObliviousToLove: She has no idea of Quasimodo's crush on her.
* OfficialCouple: With Phoebus. They're married in the sequel.
* OffscreenTeleportation: ''[POOF]'' "Oh, boys! Over here!"
* PerpetualPoverty: Even though she is married to Phoebus, she still performs and resides in the streets with the other gypsies. Well, gotta keep up appearances, but at least she gets shoes.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Quasimodo. She's fully unaware of his (initial) romantic love for her. Even so, Esmeralda sees Quasi as a good friend and acts as a surrogate sister to him.
* PublicExecution: [[spoiler:Frollo stages a public burning because of "witchcraft", but it is thankfully thwarted by Quasimodo.]]
* RaceLift: In the novel, Esmeralda is a French girl who was kidnapped by "gypsies" as a baby. Disney decided to make her Romani by birth instead due to the fact that it comes from racist myths about Romani people.
* RagsToRiches: She was first introduced performing on the street for money. After marrying [[UptownGuy Phoebus]], she obviously no longer has to do that.
* SadisticChoice: "Me or the fire". [[spoiler:The fire, Frollo.]]
* SamaritanRelationshipStarter: Esmeralda and Phoebus are initially attracted to but wary of each other, and they only fall for each other after each witness the other committing a noble and selfless act (e.g. Esmeralda defending Quasimodo from Frollo; Phoebus refusing to burn an innocent family in their house and rescuing them).
* SeekingSanctuary: Phoebus invokes this first by whispering to her and later directly to Frollo.
* ShipperOnDeck: She encourages Quasimodo to confess his love to Madellaine.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Esmeralda doesn't start to fall in love with [[KnightInShiningArmor Phoebus]] until after he saves a family from murder, even though it could mean his own execution. On a more specific note, Esmeralda's decision to marry Phoebus at the end of her film is likely the result of the way both [[HopelessSuitor Quasimodo]] and [[{{Yandere}} Frollo]] treated her throughout the movie, according to the MadonnaWhoreComplex: Frollo constantly viewed Esmeralda as an evil seductress, causing him to want her as his own and threaten to kill her if she refused, while Quasimodo instead viewed her as a pure, angelic being, seeing her as being only kind and caring. However, both portrayals are considered insulting to women, and Phoebus, seeing her being feisty but good-natured, was the only male character that saw Esmeralda as a normal woman, and therefore becomes her husband.
* SlapSlapKiss: With Phoebus. They don't start the romance part till after she saves his life, but they were already flirting in that church.
* SmokeOut: She disappears into smoke at will. [[InexplicablyAwesome How she performs this remains unexplained.]]
* SparedByTheAdaptation: She's hanged at the end of the book, but in this adaptation survives, although she does get a DisneyDeath from smoke inhalation.
* SpitefulSpit: She angrily spits Frollo in the face when he [[spoiler:says humiliating things to her when he is about to burn her at the stake]].
* StageMagician: Her carny act combines this with a dance number. She also does palm reading and prestidigitation.
* SufferTheSlings: Esmeralda uses a makeshift sling to rescue Phoebus.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: In the sequel, the Tomboy to Madellaine's Girly Girl. Esmeralda uses her fists and weapons and Madellaine uses her ballerina skills.
* TotemPoleTrench: Esmeralda is known for doing this to hide from the soldiers. She does it by carrying Djali on her shoulders and wrapping a blanket around them so they can pass as an old man, with Djali smoking a pipe.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: With Phoebus and Quasimodo in a love triangle. She ends up choosing Phoebus, and it's unknown whether she knew that Quasimodo was romantically attracted to her.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Esmeralda pulls a hankie from her cleavage to use it for a magic trick to escape from Frollo's guards.
* WomanInWhite: In the climax, when she's sentenced to be burnt at the stake. It's the symbol of purity and hence "innocent victim".
* {{Xenafication}}: Disney turned [[TheIngenue Esmeralda]] into a street-smart CombatPragmatist ActionGirl who fights with Frollo's {{mooks}} on a regular basis, to the point that she needs CharlesAtlasSuperpower for most of her stunts to even work. It's downplayed overall as they also [[AdaptationalIntelligence made her smarter than the original character]] and the character trait that stands out most about Esmeralda in the adaptation is her [[PluckyGirl moral courage]] rather than being an ActionGirl.
* YouKnowImBlackRight: In the sequel, when Phoebus expresses he doesn't trust the circus folk, Esmeralda replies "Gypsies?", which causes him to reflexively give an affirmative "yes" when he can't figure out who to compare them to.
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[[folder:Phoebus]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I was summoned from the wars to capture fortune tellers and palm-readers?"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/KevinKline (movie), Armando Carreras (Spain), Fredrik Lycke (Germany), Andrew Samonsky (US), Creator/EmmanuelJacomy (France)

Captain Phoebus is the tritagonist in the first film and a secondary character in the sequel. The gallant 31-year-old Captain Phoebus is noted to have a highly reputable caliber in the wars based on his bravery accounted in his service record. He is the only soldier in the movie that stands apart from the other soldiers and is claimed to be a knight in shining armor, and yet his character displays the exact opposite of the hopeless romantic knight from the fairy tales.
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* ActionDad: In the sequel to Zephyr, because he's still a captain.
* ActionHero: Phoebus is a captain, and is therefore involved in all of the action.
* AdaptationalHeroism: In the book, he's a womanizing {{Jerkass}} who gets no comeuppance. Here he's pushed from being a loyal soldier into a revolutionary who opposes Frollo whenever he can.
* AmazonChaser: Watching Esmeralda singlehandedly trounce Frollo's guards makes Phoebus exclaim, "What a woman!"
* AnnoyingArrows: [[spoiler:Played with. He gets hit by one arrow which causes him to be knocked out, but then has the arrow taken out of him quite easily, underwater too.]]
* AntiHero: After his HeelFaceTurn, Phoebus is a combo of KnightInSourArmor and PragmaticHero.
* AntiVillain: He starts as the TokenGoodTeammate of Frollo's army, a dutiful soldier who has to work for an evil man until his boss goes too far and he has a HeelFaceTurn.
* ApologeticAttacker: Phoebus tries one on Esmeralda, while she has him pinned to the floor with his own sword at his throat, and it works!
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He has the highest rank of the Guards and knows how to kick ass.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Phoebus, as he notes, means ''"sun-god"''. Esmeralda is less than impressed, and Phoebus himself doesn't seem comfortable being saddled with it.
* BabiesEverAfter: Has a son with Esmeralda in the sequel.
* BadassBeard: His beard is pretty cool looking. It's probably to match his skills.
* BadassInCharge: Downplayed. He's the NumberTwo under Frollo but no doubt badass. In the sequel, he is number two to the king, but his authority appears to be at the same level as Frollo's.
* BadassInDistress: He can hold a fight, but when he gets shot by an arrow thanks to Frollo's guards, he falls into a river and it's up to Esmeralda to rescue him.
* BashBrothers: With Quasimodo later on in the film when they work together.
* BettyAndVeronica: The "Veronica" (a high-status soldier with an ego to match) to Quasimodo's "Betty" (gentle and shy) for Esmeralda's "Archie". Esmeralda chooses Phoebus and Quasimodo gives both of them his blessing.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Quasimodo, as he gives the former credit to Esmeralda for finding her when he notices his dejected attitude and then, later on, saves Quasimodo from falling to his death.
* BigDamnHeroes: Phoebus rescues Quasimodo from falling.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Esmeralda. Both are sarcastic, strong-willed, and ultimately rebel against Frollo to do what is right, but Phoebus doesn't rebel against Frollo until Frollo attempts to burn down a house with an innocent family still inside. Appropriately, it's at that point that Esmeralda falls in love with him.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Of the three heroic leading characters, he is the Blonde to Quasimodo's Redhead and Esmeralda's Brunette.
* BlueIsHeroic: Phoebus is the {{Tritagonist}} and prominently wears blue in his outfits.
* ByTheBookCop: Zig-Zagged. He was trained to follow orders under Frollo, but the fact that he's ordered to harm an innocent family pushes 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.
* CatchAFallingStar: Phoebus manages to catch Quasimodo as he falls off of Notre Dame and haul him inside. It's an especially egregious example of snatching someone out of midair since he'd gotten shot through the shoulder the day before.
* CharacterDevelopment: Phoebus is initially the pawn who loathes injustice. In the opening, he discreetly rescues Esmeralda from arrest but never quite speaks out against injustice, and Frollo refuses to let Phoebus intervene when Quasimodo undergoes public humiliation. It's when he witnesses Frollo's [[MoralEventHorizon attempted execution on an innocent family]] that Phoebus starts intervening explicitly from then on.
* TheCharmer: Phoebus is charming and cocky, especially in the beginning.
* ChivalrousPervert: A much milder case than the novel. He's obviously excited by Esmeralda's dancing but is able to look beyond just that to her kindness and her spirit.
* CompositeCharacter: Phoebus gains his good traits from Pierre Gringoire, an AuthorAvatar character who appears in the book.
* DeadpanSnarker: His humor tends to be quite subdued, such as his flirting in the church.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Turns against Frollo because Frollo tries to kill an innocent family and because he's after [[LoveInterests Esmeralda]].
* DemotedToExtra: Like Esmeralda, his role in the sequel is smaller compared to the original film.
* DistressedDude: First when he is shot with an arrow and nearly dies and second when he is captured at the Court Of Miracles.
* DorkKnight: In his initial attempts to talk to Esmeralda, he comes off as a bit more awkward than he probably hoped. Luckily, he's well-meaning and genuine enough to land in {{Adorkable}} territory.
* TheDragon: Initially, he's this to the villain Frollo because he is the captain of the man's armed forces.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** He is disgusted by the mob's treatment of Quasimodo and requests Frollo let him break up the spectacle. Frollo refuses to let him do so.
** Steadily grows more disgusted with Frollo's brutality and open racism in persecuting the gypsies, culminating in his sheer refusal to burn down the homestead of an innocent farmer on Frollo's orders.
--->'''Phoebus:''' [[SuddenPrincipledStand With all due respect, sir, I was not trained to murder the innocent!]]\\
'''Frollo:''' But you ''were'' trained to '''''follow orders'''''! ''[Phoebus angrily douses the torch he was given to carry out the order]''
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When he's first introduced, [[SamaritanRelationshipStarter he deliberately distracts a pair of guards that were harassing Esmeralda, allowing her to escape]]. He then drops the coins they stole from her into the hat of a [[InTheHood hooded beggar who turns out be Esmeralda herself]]. This initial act of kindness foreshadows his later HeelFaceTurn.
* FireForgedFriends: He befriends Quasimodo when they try to rescue Esmeralda.
* FirstGuyWins: Phoebus, the first love interest Esmeralda meets, ends up with Esmeralda at the end of the first film.
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Phoebus was already in love with Esmeralda because of a combination of her [[HeadTurningBeauty beauty]], [[AmazonChaser strength]], and [[AllLovingHero personality]]. However, they truly enter into a romantic relationship after he is injured by an arrow and she tends to said wounds.
* {{Foil}}: Phoebus's strong sense of justice and protecting the innocent contrasts with Frollo's flagrant disregard for justice when it benefits himself.
* FourStarBadass: He was a French Knight in the King's Army.
* AFriendInNeed: Comes to Esmeralda and Quasi's help, both on different matters.
* GoodParents: He becomes a good father to his son Zephyr in the sequel.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Phoebus has bright, blonde hair and is a heroic KnightInShiningArmor.
* HappilyMarried: With Esmeralda in the sequel, as he proudly states in the early scenes.
* HeelFaceTurn: He works for Frollo at the start of the movie but turns against him by the climax.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Phoebus has a sword while working for Frollo. During the FinalBattle, he starts out using a spear but soon swaps it out for another sword.
* HeroicBuild: Has a broad, muscular chest and becomes one of the heroic characters.
* HeroicFireRescue: When Frollo sets a miller's house on fire with the family trapped inside to make an example out of them, Phoebus rescues them, officially cutting off his servitude to Frollo.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Quasimodo. He even names the guy his son's HonoraryUncle.
* HiddenDepths: Appears to have a clear sense of moral right and wrong despite working for Frollo, as seen in the way he treats Esmeralda and in his kindness towards Quasimodo after he is pelted by the crowd and in acknowledging the latter's role in helping warn the gypsies of Frollo's arrival.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He is this to a fault in the sequel when it comes to Sarsousch and Madelline, believing the former to be ashamed of the latter's love of thieving when it's the other way around.
* {{Hunk}}: A broad-shouldered knight with a fine beard.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Phoebus calls the Gypsies, "criminals and dangerous." He's not ''entirely'' wrong.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Phoebus may at times be insensitive and argumentative. He proves to have a good heart, nonetheless.
** On the one hand, he's confused rather than opposed to Frollo's vendetta against the gypsies, but on the other hand, he doesn't tolerate Frollo's obviously unjust order to burn down the farmhouse.
** He becomes more wary of Quasimodo's emotional welfare and makes sure to give him the credit for locating the hideout.
* KnightErrant: At the start of the movie he has just come back from fighting in an offscreen war.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Shining gold-plated armor no less. The fire rescue wouldn't look out of place in a chivalric cycle.
* KnightInSourArmor: Keeps on doing his knightly duties even when it seems that all is lost.
* {{Leitmotif}}: A five-note, military-sounding fanfare on the brass. It lets us know from the get-go that Phoebus is a decent man, as unlike Frollo's theme, which is dark and moody, Phoebus' theme is in a major key, and has an uplifting tone to it. His theme would eventually provide the melody for his solo, "Rest and Recreation", in the stage musical.
* LightIsGood: Wears shiny, golden armor that's a reference that he's a good and heroic person. His name is also an epithet of both Apollo and Helios, Greek light/solar gods.
* LoveAtFirstSight: When Phoebus first lays his eyes on Esmeralda, he's immediately smitten. Esmeralda, on the other hand, is not impressed with Phoebus at first.
* MeaningfulName: His name means "Sun God" in Latin. Fittingly, Phoebus has blond hair, which could symbolize light and the sun.
* NobleTopEnforcer: At first for Frollo, as he is more noble-minded. Eventually, he quits.
* OfficialCouple: With Esmeralda. They're married in the sequel.
* RivalsTeamUp: Phoebus teams up with Quasimodo to warn Esmeralda about Frollo.
* SamaritanRelationshipStarter: Esmeralda and Phoebus are initially attracted to but wary of each other, but they only fall for each other after each witness the other committing a noble and selfless act (e.g. Esmeralda defending Quasimodo from Frollo; Phoebus refusing to burn an innocent family in their house and rescuing them).
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: When Frollo orders Phoebus to burn down a house with a family locked inside of it, he tells Frollo that he wasn't trained to murder innocent people, to which the judge responds that he was trained to follow orders. Phoebus refuses, so Frollo torches the house himself. This causes Phoebus to break in and rescue the family, Frollo's orders be damned.
* SeekingSanctuary: He urges Esmeralda to {{invoke|dTrope}} this in an undertone while Frollo approaches them inside Notre Dame, and when she doesn't play along, he invokes it for her by bluffing and claiming she did.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The assertive, sarcastic Manly Man to Quasimodo's shy, quiet Sensitive Guy.
* SlapSlapKiss: With Esmeralda. They don't start the romance part till after she saves his life, but they already start flirting in that church.
* TheStarscream: A heroic example as he was formerly the NobleTopEnforcer. He does this to Frollo, especially when after freeing himself, he takes leadership of the people he was ordered to oppress and turns them on Frollo's soldiers.
* TemptingFate: Averted. He considers bad things that could happen ("A guard... A boobytrap...") then, mentions an ambush only when he realizes that they're about to be ambushed.
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Technically, Frollo is the minister of justice and obeying him is the "lawful" choice, but not the "good" one. Being a loyal but also moral soldier, Phoebus faces this dilemma during the first part of the movie. He chooses "good" when Frollo goes too far.
* TokenGoodTeammate: He is a professional soldier who however has moral standards that contrast with the orders he is supposed to follow. This applies especially when after freeing himself, he takes leadership of the people he was ordered to oppress and turns them on Frollo's soldiers.
* {{Tritagonist}}: In the first film, but becomes more of a supporting character in the sequel.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: With Quasimodo and Esmeralda for a love triangle.
* UptownGuy: Phoebus is a well-respected [[TheCaptain captain]] and decorated soldier while Esmeralda has to do street performances to make money.
* YouAreInCommandNow: He's called back to Paris on the heels of his predecessor [[YouHaveFailedMe disappointing Frollo]], and Phoebus even hears him being tortured in The Palace of Justice's dungeons as Frollo brings him up to speed on his new job.
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[[folder:The Gargoyles (Victor, Hugo and Laverne)]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right:Hugo, Laverne and Victor.]]

->'''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) | European French: Creator/BernardAlane (Victor), Michel Mella (Hugo), Perrette Pradier (Laverne)

Hugo, Victor, and Laverne are a trio of gargoyles and the tetartagonists from both the first film and its sequel. They act as a positive, supporting family figure to Quasimodo.
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[[AC:Tropes That Apply to All Three:]]
* BigThinShortTrio: Hugo is the Big (fattest gut). Victor is the Thin (slimmest gut). Laverne is the Short (shorter than Hugo).
* {{Canon Foreigner}}s: The trio never appeared in Victor Hugo's original story.
* ComicTrio: Their primary role is telling jokes and otherwise playing off each other for laughs.
* TheConscience: The trio tries to appeal to Quasimodo's better side, in two occasions spurning him into doing the right thing even after he has a HeroicBSOD.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Proved to be this in the first film's climax when they hold the line against Frollo's {{mook}}s.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Considering the fact that they are heroic gargoyles, which are generally spooky.
* FreudianTrio: Let's look at Quasi sneaking out to the festival. Victor is the Superego (points out the educational benefits of going). Laverne is the Ego (gives Quasi the same advice he gave the bird earlier). Hugo is the Id (tells Quasi to go and not be anxious).
* MeaningfulName:
** Creator/VictorHugo is the name of the author of the original novel.
** Laverne is also named after Laverne Andrews, one of The Andrews Sisters.
* NaughtyIsGood: They encourage Quasimodo to disobey Frollo's strict rule about never leaving the tower.
-->'''Quasimodo:''' He'd be furious if I asked to go [to the festival].
-->'''Hugo:''' Who says you gotta ask?
* NiceMeanAndInbetween: Victor (Nice) is quiet and the most thoughtful. Laverne (Mean) is the most snippy and frequently insults the other two. Hugo (Inbetween) is not as sensitive as Victor but isn't as cranky as Laverne.
* {{Only Friend}}s: They were Quasimodo's only friends for most of his life.
* ParentalSubstitute: Besides being {{Only Friend}}s to Quasimodo, the gargoyle trio also served as the only positive family figures he had for most of his life.
* RealAfterAll: The first film leaned towards them being MaybeMagicMaybeMundane. They only spoke with Quasimodo and were able to know and do things Quasi himself didn't. Should someone else appear, they appear as lifeless statues and situations, such as their own song, suggest it was all in Quasimodo's head. Even the climax, where they aid in stopping Frollo's men, could be seen as Quasimodo's perception of events. Granted Hugo flirting with Djali is a stretch. The sequel instead reveals they were real, as Madellaine seems to know they're alive and Hugo interacts with Djali more than before.
* RedOniBlueOni: Hugo is the Red Oni (loud and impulsive) and Victor and Laverne are the Blue Onis (both are more rational and actually think before speaking).
* ShipperOnDeck:
** They were all rooting for Quasi and Esmeralda to become a couple throughout the first movie.
** In the sequel, they happily welcome Madellaine, after she and Quasi became an OfficialCouple.
* TrueCompanions: They were more of a family to Quasimodo than Frollo ever was, even considering themselves to be his guardians.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: The trio of gargoyles has two guys (Victor and Hugo) and one girl (Laverne).

[[AC:Tropes That Apply to Victor:]]
* ApologeticAttacker: Yells down “Sorry!” to a guard whose head he just crushed with a brick.
* BritishStuffiness: Victor has a deep British accent, which makes him distinct from the other two.
* CowardlyLion: Victor is the most cautious of the trio, but came to his friends' aid in the climax.
* DeadpanSnarker: Victor can also get in on the snark as well, as shown the first time the gargoyles appear.
-->'''Hugo''':(coming to life and spitting feathers out of his mouth) Man! I'd thought he'd never leave. I'll be spitting feathers for a week.\\
'''Victor''': (coming to life) Well, that's what you get for sleeping with your mouth open.
* LargeHam: When Quasimodo asks where Esmeralda is, he breaks down in tears when he accidentally spills the beans:
-->'''Victor''': Oh, it's a lost cause! She could be anywhere: in the stocks, in the dungeon, on the rack!
** He even manages to paraphrase Shakespeare.
--->'''Victor''': Yet if you chip us, will we not flake? If you moisten us, do we not grow moss?
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Victor is the Feminine Boy (the most passive) and Laverne is the Masculine Girl (the most aggressive).
* NiceGuy: Victor isn't as loud as Hugo or snarky as Laverne.
* ProneToTears: He's nervous and sensitive.

[[AC:Tropes That Apply to Hugo:]]
%%%%%%%%%% This is missing the second element.
%%%%* BadassGay: He does put up a fight against soldiers invading Notre Dame.
* BigEater: He eats about anything.
* BigFun: Hugo is the fattest of the Gargoyles and the most fun-loving.
* 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 forgiven as to why nobody (sane people or zealous MoralGuardians alike) didn't notice it as a massive breakthrough.
* GratuitousFrench: ''"Mon dieu'' above, she's gotta love a guy like you!"
* MoreDakka: Hugo during the FinalBattle as he spits rock out of his mouth at high speed at the guards.
* OfficialCouple: Hugo with Djali by the end of the sequel.
* StraightGay: He has a thing for Djali (who's male). He's also a fat little gargoyle voiced by Jason Alexander who enjoys fart jokes and spitting on mimes.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Briefly dresses as Esmeralda in "A Guy Like You".

[[AC:Tropes That Apply to Laverne:]]
* CoolOldLady: An old gargoyle who's motherly towards Quasimodo and knows how to crack some jokes.
* DeadpanSnarker: Laverne has a dry, sardonic sense of humor and she's not afraid to show it. Especially in regards to Hugo.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: To her dismay, birds love her ''way'' too much. Though it becomes useful during the Cathedral fight in the climax where she sends the birds to attack Frollo's guards.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's stingy and insults her two other gargoyle buddies from time to time, but she's wise and always comforts and advises Quasimodo when he needs it.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Laverne is the Masculine Girl (the most aggressive) and Victor is the Feminine Boy (the most sensitive).
* TheNapoleon: The shortest of the trio, and the most short-tempered.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: She's the only female gargoyle.
* TeamMom: Laverne acts as a mother figure to Quasimodo.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Laverne also has this relationship with the pigeons that hang around her. Despite constantly telling them to shoo for annoying her they answer her call in the climax.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Djali]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/FrankWelker

Djali is a supporting character in the first film and its sequel. He is the goat who is constantly assisting Esmeralda and dances along with her to earn coins because of poverty.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: He wears a golden earring on his right ear.
* ActionPet: Goat kick!
* BadassGay: Like his owner, he can beat the crap out of attackers. He also happens to reciprocate Hugo's feelings.
* CoolPet: One awesome goat to have as a pet.
* 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 forgiven as to why nobody (sane people or zealous MoralGuardians alike) didn't notice it as a massive breakthrough.
* GenderFlip: Djali was female in the novel.
* LoyalAnimalCompanion: He's with Esmeralda no matter what.
* NonHumanSidekick: To Esmeralda.
* OfficialCouple: With Hugo by the end of the sequel.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: Like any goat, Djali has a real KICK to anyone who deserves it.
* TeamPet: For the good guys of course.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Djaii has a craving for [[ExtremeOmniGoat wooden carvings]].
* UndyingLoyalty: Once again to Esmeralda as a LoyalAnimalCompanion.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He '''hates''' heights.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Achilles]]
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Captain Phoebus' horse, trained to help his master in battle. And yes, the 'heel' pun was entirely intentional.
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* AssKicksYou: On his master's order, Achilles restrains the Brutish Guard by sitting on him. First in the beginning of the movie, and one more time in the final battle.
* CoolHorse: He's Phoebus' warhorse.
* HookedUpAfterwards: [[spoiler:Immediately begins a relationship with an unnamed, female horse at the end of the sequel]].
* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Again, to Phoebus.
* RunningGag: Whenever Phoebus said, "Achilles, sit." The horse immediately ''sits'' on whoever is closest to him.
* SilentSnarker: Gives a lot of snark (facially) in the sequel.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:(Judge) Claude Frollo]]
-->See his [[Characters/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisneyFrollo separate page]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Archdeacon]]
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[[caption-width-right:324:''"You can't right all the wrongs in this world by yourself."'']]
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/DavidOgdenStiers (first film), Creator/JimCummings (second film), Creator/MiguelAngelJenner (Spain), Dominique Tirmont (France)

The Archdeacon is a minor character in the first film and the sequel. He serves as the clergyman at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
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* AllLovingHero: He is outraged at the murder of Quasimodo's mother (a minority that the populace generally considers to be vermin) and demands that Frollo spare the (outrageously deformed) baby Quasimodo.
* BadassBoast: Remarkably mild, but no less firm.
-->''Don't worry, child. Minister Frollo learned years ago to respect the sanctity of the Church.''
* BadassPacifist: Stands up to Frollo and his soldiers with nothing but his faith in God, his love of humanity and his adamantine balls.
* BadassPreacher: Standing up to a furious man with armed soldiers at his back takes guts.
* BigGood: As the Arch Deacon he is the highest (mortal) authority on the side of the angels.
* BigDamnHeroes: He prevents Frollo from drowning baby Quasimodo in the prologue.
* TheConscience: Effectively acts as Frollo's conscience. [[spoiler:Frollo tossing him aside at the end, could be considered him throwing away his morals in pursuit of vengeance.]]
* ChildrenRaiseYou: "Care for the child and raise it as your own." One can only assume he hoped fatherhood would mellow Frollo out.
* ChristianityIsCatholic: After all, he's in charge of the Notre Dame, a Catholic church.
* DecompositeCharacter: The Archdeacon is basically the good side of the sympathetic AntiVillain Archdeacon Frollo from the original novel, with the evil side being Judge Claude Frollo.
* TheDreaded: A personal arch nemesis version for Frollo. The judge clearly fears his influence to the point he [[spoiler:places armed guards outside Notre Dame to keep the Arch Deacon from intervening in Esmeralda's execution]].
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: "Arch Deacon" or some other title pertaining to his vocation.
* FormerlyFat: In the brief appearance he had in the sequel, he is shown to have become skinny.
* GoodCounterpart: Easily this to Frollo. Both are very religious men, but Frollo is a more corrupt example while the Archdeacon demonstrates true piety. This yin-yang symbolism also shows in the fact that the Archdeacon is effectively the only thing that prevents Frollo from indulging in villainy in a completely unobstructed manner [[spoiler:until the climax]].
* 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 sanctity of the Cathedral.
* MoralityChain: He keeps Frollo restrained to a certain degree of civility, something Frollo dislikes greatly; persuading him to spare baby Quasimodo and enforcing sanctuary for Esmeralda. [[spoiler:Frollo breaks the chain in the climax.]]
* NiceGuy: Kind, caring, helpful, brave, friendly, righteous, and reverent.
* NiceHat: A priestly red cap.
* NotAllowedToGrowOld: Averted. Like Frollo, he's noticeably aged since the prologue.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The man in charge of Notre Dame will make sure everyone acts civilly within the cathedral.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives a short one in the opening song to Frollo about how he's a hypocrite and will never escape God's righteous judgment.
* SeekingSanctuary: It's thanks to him (and to a lesser extent, Phoebus, who invoked it for her in the first place) that Esmeralda can do this in Notre Dame. Otherwise, Frollo would think nothing of dragging her out and ''then'' arresting her.
* TurbulentPriest: The Archdeacon shows up to put a stop to some of Judge Frollo's more morally questionable acts, such as drowning babies and violating the Church's sanctuary law. He also attempts to interfere with Esmeralda's execution before Frollo's soldiers prevent him from coming outside the cathedral.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: He originally gets under Frollo's skin [[DefiedTrope by convincing him that this is NEVER the case]]. God is always watching and so he is never in such a situation where "no one will know".
-->''[[BelievingTheirOwnLies You can lie to yourself]] and your minions, you can claim that [[LackOfEmpathy you haven't a qualm]], but [[YouCanRunButYouCantHide you never can run from nor hide]] what you've done from the eyes! The very eyes of Notre Dame!''
* YouCanRunButYouCantHide: The Archdeacon rebukes Frollo for being a hypocrite and how God is watching everything. He even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this in the WhatYouAreInTheDark trope above.
* YoureInsane: Effectively calls Frollo this when he attacks Notre Dame after Quasimodo interferes in Esmeralda's execution. Frollo, too far gone to his hatred and insanity, just ignore him.
-->'''Archdeacon''': Frollo, have you gone mad?! [[GoThroughMe I will not tolerate this assault on the house of God!]]
-->'''Frollo''': [[SilenceYouFool Silence, you old fool!]] ''(Frollo throws the Archdeacon down a flight of stairs)'' The hunchback and I have unfinished business to attend to, and ''this time'', you will ''not'' interfere!
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Clopin Trouillefou]]
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-> '''Played by''': Paul Kandel (movie), Jesús Castejón (Spain), Jens Janke (Germany), Erik Liberman (US), Bernard Alane (France)

Clopin is the leader of the gypsies and is exceedingly protective of their headquarters, the Court of Miracles. Clopin is unusual for a prominent Disney character because of his neutrality towards both good and evil. He narrates the movie from start to finish, and he sings some of the movie's songs, "The Bells of Notre Dame", "Topsy Turvy", and "The Court of Miracles".
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* AdaptationalComicRelief: In the novel, Clopin is an extremely violent and roguish AntiHero. Here, he's a colorful, over-the-top jester - well, as his public persona anyway.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Overall, he's a much more positive character than his book counterpart. It's certainly a far cry from sentencing an innocent poet to death because he failed a pickpocketing test.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the original book, Clopin was an absolute ''beast'' in combat, [[OneManArmy defeating huge numbers of enemies singlehandedly]] and [[MadeOfIron only being brought down by multiple gunshots]]. This version of the character, while certainly no pushover, isn't the powerhouse his literary counterpart was.
* AllKnowingSingingNarrator: The movie begins and ends with him singing this story to a group of children.
* BadassBeard: He sports a beard (without a mustache) and can be a scary man.
* BeneathTheMask: In public, he wears a literal jester's mask, costume, and persona to seem friendly and non-threatening to the Parisians. On his own turf in the Court of Miracles, he is much more dangerous; a ruthless and protective leader who ''will'' [[HangingJudge hang]] any intruders he suspects might be a threat to his people.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Is a wisecracking jester on the surface, but he's not TheLeader of Paris' thieves and gypsies for nothing.
* BlackComedy: Clopin seems pretty fond of it, joking around the entire time he's preparing to hang Quasi and Phoebus.
-->'''Clopin''': Gather 'round, everybody! There's good [[PungeonMaster "noose"]] tonight!
* CloudCuckoolander: One moment he's all over the place and absolutely ecstatic at the Feast of Fools, and the other [[spoiler:overjoyed while about to hang Phoebus and Quasimodo under the suspicion they are spies. Luckily Esmeralda stops him before this could take way.]]
* CompositeCharacter: As Gringoire was AdaptedOut, he takes his place as the narrator.
* CoolHat: Clopin always wears a large purple hat with a yellow feather.
* CoolMask: Wears a fancy red mask that covers his eyes and nose during the opening sequence and the Feast of Fools, but takes it off for the rest of the film.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: PlayedForLaughs.
-->'''Esmeralda''': These men [Quasimodo and Phoebus] aren't spies, they're our friends.\\
'''Clopin''': [''incredulous''] Why didn't they say so?\\
'''Phoebus and Quasi''': [''ungagged''] We ''did'' say so!
* DeadpanSnarker: Clopin has a rather macabre sense of humour.
-->'''Clopin:''' Any last words?
-->'''Phoebus and Quasimodo (both gagged):''' [unintelligible mumbling]
-->'''Clopin:''' That's what they ''all'' say.
* EntertaininglyWrong: He is correct that Quasimodo and Phoebus were in the Court of Miracles because of Frollo. But he's wrong that they were there to antagonize the gypsies; they were really there to warn them. Even so, Clopin is still proven right when Frollo finds them.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Clopin's jester outfit consists of a tunic and a pair of pants with asymmetric pattern on it, and he always wears only one earring.
* FeetFirstIntroduction: After Phoebus and Quasi have been ambushed, the first we see of Clopin are his feet, before introducing a rather different side of him.
* {{Foil}}: Frollo and Clopin are both high-ranking men; one being the minister of justice, the other the leader of the gypsies and Parisian underworld. Both won't shy away from committing murder; but Frollo is a racist, [[HolierThanThou holier-than-thou]] bigot; seeing gypsies as inferior, which is why he wants them all dead. Clopin genuinely cares about his people, and his determination to keep them safe drives him to more extreme measures. Frollo also acts more poised and regal before his insanity really starts to show; while Clopin is lively, and always appearing a bit off his rocker, but as a whole is a lot saner than Frollo.
* FriendToAllChildren: He is seen in the beginning telling the movie's story through puppets to some children. At the end we also see him pick up a little girl while bringing out a puppet of Frollo to play with her.
* TheGadfly: During the Feast of Fools, Clopin is always hounding Quasimodo, who's trying to stay out of sight.
* GoodIsNotSoft: He's the BigGood for the gypsies and a FriendToAllChildren, but he is ready to kill those he thinks are Frollo's spies to protect his people.
* HangingJudge: If he thinks you're working for Frollo, you will be hanged.
* HeroAntagonist: He becomes one when he catches Quasi and Phoebus in the Court of Miracles. [[spoiler:He then tries to hang them, but Esmeralda comes in on the last minute and saves them.]]
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: He takes some extreme measures to protect his people from Frollo. Lampshaded when he dresses as Frollo when placing Phoebus and Quasimodo on 'trial'.
* HiddenDepths: When he's in front of a racially biased crowd, he acts like a silly fool who cracks jokes, pleases the crowds and earns money by pretending to be their perception of what a 'gypsy' is. In his real life, he's TheLeader of the Gypsies and thieves in Paris. It's also interesting that when he first meets Quasimodo he instantly tames the crowd by pretending that it's [[AllPartOfTheShow all a part of the show]]. He's cunning and manipulative with people.
* JudgeJuryAndExecutioner:
-->''"Justice is swift in The Court of Miracles,\\
I am the lawyers and judge all in one!\\
We like to get the trial over with quickly\\
Because it's the ''sentence'' that's really the fun!"''
* KnifeNut: Clopin carries a dagger on his hip.
* LargeHam: Clopin is all over the place, singing, dancing, doing flips, changing costumes in a matter of seconds, and arguing with his puppet. Of course, he is also the Master of Ceremonies of the Feast of Fools, so being a LargeHam is pretty much mandatory.
* LoveableRogue: While Clopin will execute people he thinks are a threat to the gypsies, his worries aren't exactly unfounded, and is still a great deal nobler than his literary counterpart. He cares deeply about his people and is a FriendToAllChildren.
* MonsterClown: A rare noble example, Clopin is a jester by day who employs the carnival imagery, puppetry, and lively performance style of his act in a public execution -- though to be fair, he thought his would-be victims were spies working against the gypsies, and Frollo was burning down Paris to find Esmeralda at the time.
* NeverMyFault: PlayedForLaughs. When Esmeralda reveals that the "spies" he's about to hang are actually friends, Clopin incredulously asks why didn't they say so? Quasi and Phoebus retort that they ''did'' say so before he gagged and condemned them anyway.
* NiceHat: A purple/light blue hat with yellow feather.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Clopin has a habit of getting extremely close in people's personal bubble, often in combination with him popping out of no where.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He plays dumb to entertain the Parisians, but is completely capable of being cutthroat in order to protect his people.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Mocks Quasimodo's hunched stature twice - once behind his back after pulling him on stage during the festival, and again when Quasi and Phoebus are captured in the Court of Miracles.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Clopin is the leader of the Paris' underworld, and has a purple outfit to match.
* ShirtlessScene: He has one [[ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction for a split second]] during his song in The Court of Miracles. [[FanDisservice It’s not particularly pleasing to look at.]]
* TheSocialExpert: Clopin knows how to play a crowd, and one that is prejudiced against gypsies as well. He's quick to calm the appalled masses and even cheer for Quasimodo as the new King of Fools, when they were previously disgusted by his appearance.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Clopin eventually dies in the novel but survives in the Disney movie.
* TheStoryteller: The introductory sequence is presented as Clopin singing the story of Quasimodo's adoption to a brace of children.
* ThirdPersonPerson: To judge by his opening narration, although this may have been included solely so the audience would know what his name was (since he isn't called by name at any other point in the movie).
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Justified. His voice actor said Clopin's strange accent is actually a mixture of different accents from all over Europe, in keeping with his nomadic background.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Wears a skirt at one point during "Topsy Turvy".
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Frollo's Guards]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/JimCummings, Patrick Pinney, Creator/BillFarmer

Soldiers who serve Frollo, they act as minor antagonists during the film.
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* BatteringRam: The visored soldiers use one of the beams Quasimodo dropped to break down the cathedral doors in the climax.
* ButtMonkey: Esmeralda puts them through hell during her escape at the end of the Feast of Fools. The creative counter-attacks they get from Quasimodo and the gargoyles during the climax aren't kind to them either.
* DarkIsEvil: They wear black armor and don't hesitate to follow Frollo's orders, no matter how despicable.
* DarkIsNotEvil: They retain their dark uniforms in the sequel, but now they're working for the heroes and act more professionally.
* DisneyVillainDeath: A few of them get this during the final battle when Quasimodo and the gargoyles are dropping bricks and blocks on them from the balconies of Notre Dame.
* EliteMooks: The soldiers with the visors (pictured above) are far more competent and menacing than the rank and file guards. Apart from very few moments in the climax, they suffer no slapstick, they have no incompetent moments, they are far more brutal, effective, and cruel, and most distinctively, terrifying; they are treated with as much fear as Frollo himself. Even during the climax, they're still effective as they're the ones breaking down the door and despite all that Quasimodo and the gargoyles throw at them, they manage to make a big enough hole in the doors for Frollo to enter. [[note]]This makes a deal of sense, as they wear the more expensive sallet helms, compared to the more common kettle hats of their more incompetent comrades. They're better trained, and so get the better equipment.[[/note]]
* EvilCounterpart: All of them are villainous foils to Phoebus. While he's willing to defy Frollo to do what's right, they do what their leader commands them to do, whether it's right or wrong.
* FacelessGoons: The visored soldiers have visors, obviously, and more menacingly. It is averted with the other guards though.
* HeelFaceTurn: Working under [[KnightInShiningArmor Phoebus]] instead of [[HangingJudge Frollo]] in the sequel, though a number of them might have been arrested for crimes against the church.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: The visored Soldiers are good shots; they give a tight warning shot to the gypsies 20 years ago, and it takes one arrow to drop an armored Phoebus, without hitting Frollo's horse no less.
* {{Jerkass}}: Even when not serving Frollo, they're not nice people. They encourage the entire crowd to humiliate Quasimodo at the Feast of Fools.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Even the EliteMooks stop trying to break down the cathedral doors when molten metal is poured down on them.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Shortly after humiliating Quasimodo, they get a taste of their own medicine when Esmeralda outwits them at every turn as they try to chase her, making them look like incompetent idiots.
* MookCarryover: Underlings of Judge Claude Frollo in the first movie, then of Captain Phoebus (and possibly whoever his new boss is) in the sequel, at least those who were spared punishment for that matter.
* {{Mooks}}: Frollo's interchangeable minions, specifically.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: The visored EliteMooks have red colors in their uniforms in addition to black.
* WouldHurtAChild: After Phoebus refused to burn down the miller's house with his family in it (children included), they did it for him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Brutish Guard & Oafish Guard]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/CoreyBurton (Brutish Guard) and Creator/BillFagerbakke (Oafish Guard); Francis Sarthour (Brutish Guard) and Jean-Michel Farcy (Oafish Guard) (European French dub)

Two of Frollo's more featured soldiers aside from Phoebus and secondary antagonists in the film.
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* BadassMustache: The Brutish Guard sports one, and he's the one who appears to have the most authority next to Phoebus. He's also shown dueling Phoebus during the climax.
* BladeOnAStick: Both are armed with a halberd during the climax, and the Brutish Guard ends up dueling Phoebus with it after his sword's taken by Frollo.
* BrickJoke: The Brutish Guard gets sat on by Achilles in Phoebus' first scene. During their duel, Djali kicks the same guard under Achilles. Guess what happens.
-->'''Phoebus''': Achilles, sit.
* ButtMonkey: Their attempt to arrest Esmeralda results in them being humiliated by Phoebus and Achilles, they [[EpicFail embarrass themselves]] during the Feast of Fools by trying to follow Esmeralda by CrowdSurfing, and they get plenty of hits even before the FinalBattle.
* CrowdSurfing: When Esmeralda evades them by jumping from a stage onto the crowd and by being helpfully carried away, both of the guards attempt to follow her this way, only for the crowd to give them space for a rough landing.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In their first appearance, they walk past Phoebus (who's hiding his armor under his cape) and ignore him when he tries to ask them directions. Then they attempt to arrest Esmeralda who's street dancing, arrogantly accusing the Gypsy of stealing money without evidence to back this up. When Phoebus makes Achilles sit on the Brutish Guard, the Oafish Guard pulls out his dagger to teach "the peasant" a lesson, but when Phoebus reveals his military rank, the guards turn instantly submissive, loudly telling people to make way for the captain as they escort him to the Palace of Justice. This paints them as bootlicking bullies who act haughtily with anyone else but higher authority figures.
* EvilSoundsDeep: The Brutish Guard as voiced by Creator/CoreyBurton, who even briefly seems to channel Creator/ChristopherLee when he tells Frollo that Esmeralda escaped Notre Dame.
* FatAndSkinny: The Oafish Guard and the Brutish Guard, respectively, because they are nameless and it helps to tell them apart.
* FatBastard: The Oafish Guard is an obese and corrupt guardsman.
* HeelFaceTurn: Implied in the sequel. A FreezeFrameBonus shows that they are among the guards working for Phoebus.
* {{Hypocrite}}: They harass Esmeralda and accuse her of stealing money while having the gall to call her a troublemaker. According to Esmeralda, they also abuse their authority by engaging in deprivation themselves.
* {{Jerkass}}: Even if their racially-charged hassling of Esmeralda didn't make them qualify as this, them starting the public humiliation Quasimodo suffers at the Feast of Fools ''definitely'' does.
* KickTheDog: When Quasimodo is being cheered by the crowd as the King of Fools, the Oafish Guard throws a tomato in his face, after which the other guards and then the crowd follow suit.
-->'''Oafish Guard''': You think he's ugly now? Watch this. ''[throws the tomato in Quasi's face]'' Now that's ugly!
* KnifeNut: The Oafish Guard carries a dagger, which he draws on Phoebus after Achilles sits on the Brutish Guard.
* LeanAndMean: The Brutish Guard is lean of build and a massive douche.
* MookLieutenant: The Brutish Guard is given the charge after Phoebus turns on Frollo, who addresses him as captain during the climax. The Oafish Guard is called lieutenant by Phoebus when the captain first asserts himself.
* MookPromotion: The Brutish Guard is promoted to captain after Phoebus defects.
* NoNameGiven: They're called nothing but by their military ranks in the movie, with the credits naming them as Brutish Guard and Oafish Guard.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: They're mostly presented as [[ButtMonkey targets of slapstick]], but they're still ruthless enforcers of Frollo's will. They're the ones who initiate the cruel public humiliation poor Quasimodo goes through, subdue Phoebus when he turns against Frollo and would have executed him on the spot if not for Esmeralda's interference.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: They harass Esmeralda in their first appearance, baselessly accusing her of stealing the money she earned with her street dancing and scoffing at the thought of a Gypsy having worked for it.
-->'''Brutish Guard''': Gypsies don't earn money.\\
'''Oafish Guard''': They steal it.
* ProducePelting: The Oafish Guard begins the one Quasimodo's put through by throwing in his face a tomato to make him ugly enough of a King of Fools.
* SimpletonVoice: The Oafish Guard has one that some viewers [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants might be able to recognize on a second viewing...]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: The Brutish Guard informs Frollo that Esmeralda escaped, setting off the entire second half of the film.
* TapOnTheHead: The Brutish Guard subdues Phoebus at the mill by hitting him on the back of the head with the pommel of a sword.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Mostly they're seen acting (and failing) together, though less so in the climax.
[[/folder]]

!!From the Sequel

[[folder:Madellaine]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt; Laura Préjean (European French dub)

Madellaine is the deuteragonist of the sequel. She is the assistant of circus ringmaster/master thief Sarousch and the romantic love interest of Quasimodo.
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* {{Adorkable}}: A shy, clumsy girl with an active imagination.
* {{Ballet}}: One of her talents at Sarousch's circus.
* BeastAndBeauty: The Beauty (a LovelyAssistant) to Quasi's Beast (TheGrotesque).
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The reason she falls for Quasimodo is he treats her with genuine respect and affection.
* BecomingTheMask: Madellaine initially befriends Quasimodo so she can find out where he keeps La Fidele (under Sarousch's orders), but comes to fall in love with him.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Quasimodo. They're both nice, dorky, and (initially) extremely passive; they both also wear a green outfit and were raised by an abusive adoptive figure who served as the BigBad in their respective films. They both also share a constant active imagination and prefer to see the world with their other senses and not their eyes.
* CanonForeigner: Only exists in the sequel of the Disney movie version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame".
* CharacterDevelopment: Like Quasimodo, Madellaine starts off as an ExtremeDoormat in regards to her abusive adoptive father. But, her growing romance with Quasi helps her to gain a backbone.
* CircusBrat: Sarousch took her into his circus.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To Esmeralda. Both are love interests for Quasimodo (Esmeralda was the FirstLove, Madellaine was the SecondLove), [[DarkAndTroubledPast their lives were filled with struggles and fear]], both have green eyes, are the deuteragonist to Quasi's protagonist (Esmeralda in the first movie, Madellaine in the sequel), they have a BirdsOfAFeather relationship with their respective husbands who are [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan good men]], and are {{nice girl}}s. But there are some differences:
** First, their existence (meta-wise in the story) -- Esmeralda is from the book version of the story, while Madellaine is a CanonForeigner.
** Second, in respect to their relationship with the {{Big Bad}}s of the two movies -- Esmeralda knew of Frollo's reputation and didn't hide her hatred of the man, but Madellaine was ''raised'' by Sarousch and hid her great dislike for him.
** Third, how their relationship with Quasimodo began and developed -- Esmeralda wasn't frightened by his appearance, had no kind of secret agenda in getting close to Quasimodo, but was [[ObliviousToLove oblivious]] of his romantic interest in her, but they now have a close brother-sister relationship; Madellaine was initially afraid of Quasimodo because of his appearance (again, initially), got close to him to get the La Fidele bell (per orders from her abusive adopted father) but fell in love with him, and by the end of the sequel they are now husband and wife.
** Fourth, they went in opposite directions of CharacterDevelopment -- Esmeralda started off as aggressive and confrontational, but gradually softens up to a degree, while Madellaine began as passive and insecure, but gradually became more aggressive.
* CuteClumsyGirl: Accidentally bumps into people and falls off a tight rope, and still has a smile on her face.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her parents either died or abandoned her as a child, forcing her to become a StreetUrchin. Madellaine stole coins from Sarousch when she was a little girl to avoid starving. Sarousch caught her but was impressed with her enough to take her in and raise her as his own, eventually making her his assistant in circus performing and thievery.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: In the sequel, she shares the spotlight with Quasi.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Doesn't like being called "Trinket" by Sarousch.
* {{Foil}}: To Quasimodo, despite their [[BirdsOfAFeather many]] similarities. Despite having an outwardly ugly appearance, Quasimodo is a NiceGuy, while Madellaine may be a beauty but is actually (at least to herself) a horrible person. He accidentally leads Frollo to Esmeralda while Madellaine does help Sarousch steal the La Fidele, even if she regrets it later. Quasimodo has 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.
* FriendToAllChildren: {{Implied|Trope}}. Seeing Quasimodo playing with Zephyr allows Madellaine to see there is more to the bell ringer.
* GenkiGirl: Mostly seen in the falling in love montage. Before and after that, Madellaine has a lot of spunk and enthusiasm.
* HeelFaceTurn: She never wanted to steal for Sarousch in the first place. It wasn't until she fell for Quasimodo that she confidently quit working for Sarousch.
* HeroesWantRedheads: {{Zigzagged|Trope}}. Madellaine started off an antagonist (not by her own choice) and was ordered by her adoptive father to trick Quasimodo. She ended falling for him and pulling a HeelFaceTurn, thereby playing this trope straight.
* HoneyTrap: Sarousch's EvilPlan to steal the La Fidele is to make Madellaine sweet-talk Quasimodo. She ends up falling for him for real.
* InLoveWithTheMark: Originally, she was ordered by Sarousch to get close to Quasimodo so he and his thieving band could steal La Fidele. However, she ends up falling for Quasimodo for real and was going to stop with the plot, but Sarousch threatened to hurt Quasi if she didn't comply.
* LovelyAssistant: To Sarousch. He makes it ''very'' clear to her that her job is to "smile and look pretty".
* MeaningfulName: In Aramaic, her name was originally "magdala" which means "tower". A possible foreshadowing that she lives in the bell tower after she and Quasimodo get together.
* NiceGirl: Sweet, innocent, kind, and loving.
* NotSoDifferent: Which also weirdly coincides with BirdsOfAFeather. She has many similarities with Quasi: clumsy, socially awkward, domineered by an older man, etc. She is also in many ways his opposite: someone who is beautiful on the outside, but feels she is ugly on the inside due to her checkered past.
* OfficialCouple: With Quasimodo by the end of the sequel.
* SecondLove: To Quasimodo. The first was Esmeralda.
* ShrinkingViolet: She seems somewhat of a shy nature, but warms up to Quasimodo quickly once he shows her his world.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Begins to develop feelings for [[GentleGiant Quasimodo]] because of his [[FriendToAllChildren close relationship with Zephyr]] [[NiceGuy and kind heart.]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Instead of one "L", she spells her name with two.
* StreetUrchin: Before Sarousch adopted her, she lived on the street.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: The Huge Girl to Quasimodo's Tiny Guy. She's taller than her husband and he only reaches around her waist, but he's more muscular than her.
* TokenGoodTeammate: The only one of Sarousch's circus that is ashamed of their thieving ways.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Girly Girl to Esmeralda's Tomboy. Esmeralda uses her fists and weapons and Madellaine uses her ballerina skills.
* TookALevelInBadass: In two ways.
** She starts off as a quietly obedient "trinket" to Sarousch. Spending time with Quasimodo allowed her to grow a spine and fiercely tell Sarousch that she is not his "trinket" and Quasimodo isn't a monster.
** Her first screentime has her doing a tightrope performance (which is a few feet above the ground) and ending up falling down after only a few seconds. Come the climax, she is able to walk on a makeshift tightrope (one end being held by Quasimodo) and way higher than the one at the beginning. She not only manages to walk it without falling, but she also manages to save Zephyr ''and'' carry him while standing on top of the tightrope.
* UglyGuyHotWife: The Hot Wife (an extremely good-looking woman) to Quasimodo's Ugly Guy (hunchbacked, deformed, and buck-teeth).
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[[folder:Zephyr]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/HaleyJoelOsment; Mathias Mella (European French dub)

The tritagonist of the sequel. Zephyr is the rambunctious son of Esmeralda and Phoebus. He is close friends with Quasimodo.
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* BigGuyLittleGuy: The Little Guy to Quasimodo's Big Guy; they're great friends.
* BrattyHalfPint: {{Averted|Trope}}. Even with the occasional child-like mischief, Zephyr never acts selfish or insensitive to his parents or Quasimodo.
* CanonForeigner: Neither Phobeus nor Esmeralda had children in the original novel.
* CartoonJuggling: Zephyr really likes to juggle.
* CircusBrat: {{Invoked|Trope}}. Zephyr wants to join the circus and tries, but it doesn't go as planned.
* TheCutie: We see his energy and him falling asleep.
* GirlsHaveCooties: He has a clear and vocal dislike of romance. Whenever he sees displays of affection, his response is a quiet, but audible, "Yuck."
* HollywoodGenetics: As detailed in the main page, he is the son of the dark-skinned, ethnically Romani Esmeralda and blonde, Caucasian adonis Phoebus but is inexplicably as white and blonde as his father. Dark melanin pigmentation genes are stronger than light ones, and though not entirely dominant, this should result in a skin tone slightly lighter than Esmeralda's. And blonde hair is genetically completely implausible with Esmeralda's dark hair being a dominant gene over the recessive gene of Phoebus' blonde hair.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: He (a pre-adolescent child) has a strong bond with Quasimodo (a man who is roughly the same as his parents).
* {{Keet}}: His mother even tells him he needs to slow down.
* KidAppealCharacter: His dream is entering the circus, he dislikes romance, and has a lot of energy.
* MeaningfulName: His name refers to energetic behavior, friendship with Quasimodo, and means "Wind God", like his father's name means "Sun God".
* MilitaryBrat: He is the son of Phoebus, a soldier in the French Army.
* MixedAncestry: He is Roma on his mother's side, Caucasian on his father's. Though due to the above mentioned HollywoodGenetics, this is not obvious.
* NiceGuy: Very sweet and friendly, with the usual dislike of romance for someone his age.
* PintSizedKid: He's around or lower than his parents' waists.
* ShipperOnDeck: When he, his parents, and Quasimodo are at the circus and are watching Madellaine perform, Zephyr mistakenly refers to her as Quasimodo's girlfriend.
* SnoopingLittleKid: What sets the climax of the sequel is Zephyr sneaking into Sarousch's boat and listening to his plans.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Had Zephyr not been snooping on Sarousch, the villain would never have used him for bait. This means that Madellaine wouldn't have redeemed herself by saving him and her adoptive father wouldn't have been arrested.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Except for his eyes, Zephyr looks exactly like Phoebus.
* {{Tritagonist}}: In the sequel according to his Disney wiki page and the fact his parents [[DemotedToExtra don't have a bigger role like in the previous film]].
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[[folder:Sarousch]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MichaelMcKean; Creator/EdgarGivry (European French dub)

Sarousch is the [[RepulsiveRingmaster circus ringmaster]], master thief and the main antagonist in the sequel. He is also the abusive father figure to Madellaine.
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* AbusiveParents: Sarousch has no problem emotionally abusing and manipulating Madellaine if it helps to get what he wants.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Sarousch didn't confirm if he was a Gypsy or not, though.
* AmbiguouslyGay: The way Sarouch looks at himself in the mirror and kisses his own reflection. His effeminant mannerisms and speech patterns suggest this. Although he could just be so in love with himself that he has no desire for sexual companionship from either female or male companions
* BaldOfEvil: He's the BigBad and he has to wear a wig.
* BigBad: Of the sequel; the EvilPlan to steal the bell is his idea.
* BigBadWannabe: Nowhere near as scary, sinister, intimidating, or threatening as his predecessor Frollo, who before his KarmicDeath in the first film was twice Sarouch's age.
* BrokenPedestal: For Zephyr after the former sees him trying to steal La Fidele.
* CanonForeigner: Again, he's not in the original.
* CatchPhrase: "Lovely."
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Sarousch is the leader of a band of thieves posing as a traveling circus while Frollo was Paris' judge with an army of soldiers at his disposal. Sarousch is motivated by {{Greed}} while Frollo was a KnightTemplar who longed to exterminate from the population what he considered sinful, including people with Sarousch's lifestyle. Also, while Frollo dies at the end of the first film, Sarousch goes to prison.
* DirtyCoward: Blames his own adoptive daughter for stealing the La Fidele and later uses a ''child'' to escape imprisonment.
* EvilCounterpart: Is this to Quasimodo and Clopin in a way.
** Like Quasi, Sarousch is unattractive on the outside, but in contrast to the former, he hides it under a handsome masquerade which doesn't hide how ugly he is on the inside. Sarousch's narcissism seems to his way to compensate for his insecurities, while Quasimodo gets by with his insecurities through his kind and humble personality.
** Both Clopin and Sarousch wear masks in their performance and act in the jester role. Both are also not what they seem, with Clopin being the leader of the Gypsies and Sarousch being the leader of a circus of thieves. But while Clopin honestly cares for his people in addition to being a FriendToAllChildren, Sarousch ultimately only cares for himself.
* FatBastard: He's fat when he isn't performing in front of an audience.
* {{Greed}}: He wanted to steal the La Fidele to sell it for a substantial amount of money.
* {{Jerkass}}: Even to his adoptive daughter, he's cruel.
* Me's a Crowd: Invokes this by constantly looking at himself in the mirror and kissing his reflection.
* {{Narcissist}}: Always looks at himself in the mirror. All the while calling himself "handsome" and such.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: At first, he just appears to be a petty thief leading a gang of circus-disguised pickpockets. The fact that he invoked the idea of something bad happening to Quasimodo or [[WouldHurtAChild trying to threaten Zephyr's life]] proves that he may be no Frollo, but he is, without a doubt, cold and ruthless.
* SissyVillain: Likes to look at himself in the mirror. ''A lot''.
* TheSociopath: A textbook narcissist, expert liar, and a master backstabber.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: {{Subverted}}. Once he's off stage, it's revealed that Sarousch is not only bald but fat.
* WouldHurtAChild: Willing to kidnap a child and use the child as leverage to escape from arrest. This is what he did to Zephyr.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'll find her! I'll find her if I have to burn down all of Paris!"'']]
->'''Played by''': Creator/TonyJay (movie), Norbert Lamla (Germany), Stefan Ljungqvist (Sweden), Creator/ConstantinoRomero (Spain), Patrick Page (US theatrical production), Creator/JeanPiat (France)

Judge Claude Frollo is the main antagonist of the first movie. Frollo is a deeply religious man who tries to convince the people of Paris that his evil deeds are justified because they are God's will, though he is in reality a prejudiced, corrupt, and cold-hearted government official who uses his place in power to meet his own extreme ends, going as far as to employ common thugs to enforce his interpretation of God's will while posing as "soldiers". He is widely considered to be one of the darkest Disney villains of all time.

* 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. When he finally dies ''nobody'', not even Quasi spare a thought for him, and are all immensely relieved that he is dead and gone.
* AbusiveParents: As an adoptive father to Quasimodo. He's verbally abusive and makes Quasimodo emotionally dependent on him. It escalates into physical assault and eventually [[spoiler:attempted murder]].
* AdaptationalBadass: 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. The climax makes it clear that he also far eclipses his literary counterpart in terms of combat ability, considering the numerous impressive feats he makes.
* AdaptationalJobChange: Frollo went from the Archdeacon of Notre Dame to the Minister of Justice.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the book, Frollo is 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, [[AbusiveParents he's hardly what you'd call a decent parent]]. Things only get worse as the film progresses.
* AgeLift: Frollo is 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.
* ArchnemesisDad: Frollo takes Quasimodo in after killing his mother, but only to save his own soul and keep Quasi for later use. He raises his erstwhile son to hate himself, tells him that the world is dark and cruel, and keeps him locked away from sight to prevent being associated with him. When Frollo's atrocities increase, Quasi realizes the man's evil, [[CallingTheOldManOut calls him out on his abusive parenting]], and saves Esmeralda from the murderously insane Frollo.
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:During his VillainousBreakdown, as he starts indiscriminately torching the whole of Paris in pursuit of Esmeralda. And by the end of the movie, he's completely lost it.]]
* BadassBaritone: He's voiced by the late, great Creator/TonyJay. This is also present in the Swedish dub where he is given the booming voice of Stefan Ljungqvist, and the Latin American and European Spanish dubs, where he was respectively voiced by Creator/ConstantinoRomero and Fernando Escandón.
* BadassBoast: "Be mine, or you will BURN!!" or "I'll find her. '''I'LL FIND HER IF I HAVE TO BURN DOWN ALL OF PARIS!'''"
* BadassCape: Has a flowing black cape that he weaponizes to try and kill Quasimodo with.
* BadassInCharge: Frollo calls all of the shots.
* BadassLongRobe: Part of Frollo's attire; it's a long, black robe covering his body. It also has a cape, which he uses to try to kill Quasimodo with in the climax.
* BadBoss: It is implied, though not stated outright, that he has his previous captain of the guard (who was Phoebus's predecessor) tortured for failing him. He later tries to have Phoebus executed after he refuses to let Frollo burn innocent people alive. Furthermore, the way his men run away from him during the siege of Notre Dame may suggest that they truly fear his wrath.
* BelievingYourOwnLies: He lies to himself to keep the delusion of being a good man, but the Archdeacon points that he "never can run from nor hide from the eyes of Notre Dame".
* BerserkButton: When Quasi tells 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.
* BigotWithACrush: Despises the Romani population of Paris, hunting them down for [[EvilIsPetty the flimsiest of reasons]] and eventually planning to kill them all. This doesn't stop him from lusting after Esmeralda. He's honestly conflicted by his feelings, but eventually decides to just [[IfICantHaveYou burn her at the stake if she won't be with him.]]
* BlasphemousBoast: "And He shall smite the wicked and plunge them into the fiery pit!" [[LaserGuidedKarma Guess what]] [[KarmicDeath happens afterwards?]]
* 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.
* BrainsEvilBrawnGood: Quasimodo is strong and good, Frollo is clever and evil.
* ButIWouldReallyEnjoyIt: Frollo's sexual frustration.
* 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.
* TheChessmaster: Frollo is willing to manipulate a city in order to get what he wants.
* ChurchgoingVillain: A classic. While Frollo professes to be Christian and is proud of his virtue, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood 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.
* 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 drives 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.
* CoolHat: He wears one as part of the regalia of his position. The animators hated it, though, so it doesn't stick around for the climax.
* CovertPervert: Played straight on one hand, as he hides his lustful thoughts behind a self-righteous demeanor. He might alternatively qualify as a subversion, though, given how Esmeralda sees right through him. Consider the scene where he sniffs her hair.
-->'''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.
* DarkIsEvil: Wears black robes and is a thoroughly despicable individual, but he otherwise represents LightIsNotGood.
* DeadpanSnarker: He definitely has his moments. "I had a little trouble with the fireplace."
* 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 fiery pit!!''
* DecompositeCharacter:
** The conflicted Archdeacon Claude Frollo is split into the good Archdeacon and the evil Justice Minister Claude Frollo.
** Averted in the English stage show, where he is once again Archdeacon. [[spoiler:He promptly uses the position to order soldiers to negate sanctuary for Esmeralda.]]
* DirtyOldMan: In spite of the fact that his so-called piety demands he shouldn't be, he lusts after Esmeralda.
* 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]].
** In the musical, Quasimodo throws him (as in the book).
* 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 is seen fleeing away from him when he becomes incensed.
* EgocentricallyReligious: To Frollo, he himself is a 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 nowhere near the good, just or humble Christian he likes to think he is, and attention is drawn to his hypocrisy. Even in his own VillainSong, the Latin choir is telling him to be humble, forgiving, and repentant at the exact same time Frollo 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]].
* EntitledToHaveYou: In a very creepy manner. Since Esmeralda is "a sinner", it's ''his'' job to set her straight, and if she refuses him she shall ''be burned at the stake''.
* EvilBrit: Well, Frollo is actually French. However, he is voiced by the British Creator/TonyJay, who gives him an English accent.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood:
** 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 repeatedly try to knock some sense into him and call 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. Clopin even lampshades it in the opening song.
* EvilCounterpart:
** To the Archdeacon, as a KnightTemplar authority figure instead of a truly pious one.
** To Quasimodo. While Quasimodo is monstrous on the outside, Frollo is monstrous on the inside, which is 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 innocent crush vs Frollo's lust and obsession) emphasized by their respective songs: Quasimodo's "Heaven's Light" and Frollo's "Hellfire".
* EvilEyebrows: The sinister eyebrows add to the general feel of his character.
* EvilIsPetty: Frollo wants to eradicate all gypsies because he has an IrrationalHatred towards them as a group.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: For being one of Disney's darkest and most serious villains, Frollo shows a sick and twisted sense of humor. Such as when he is supervising someone being whipped, just as his new Captain of the Guard Phoebus arrives.
-->'''Frollo:''' You know, my last Captain of the Guard was um... a bit of a disappointment to me.\\
''[whipcrack follow by a loud scream of pain; Phoebus cringes while Frollo smirks]''\\
'''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, he is in his mid-thirties, but in the film adaptation, 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.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Comes with being voiced by the late Creator/TonyJay.
* EvilWearsBlack: He is evil and wears black. His foil, the archdeacon, is good and wears white and brown.
* 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''
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Frollo falls to his death off of a crumbling gargoyle and into a pit of molten copper. It may be clouded by smoke, but it is certain that he died from the impact only to have his corpse immolated. Not to mention there are strong implications that this was the result of divine intervention.
* FamousLastWords: Very ironic last words to say, considering what happens after he says them.
-->''And he shall smite the wicked and plunge them into the fiery pit!''
* 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.
* FinalSolution: He wants to kill the gypsies because he believes they've been practicing witchcraft and that they will corrupt the other citizens of Paris with their ways (well, actually because Esmeralda has corrupted him with her sex appeal and he was racist against gypsies anyway).
* FingerTenting: Frollo clasps his hands a lot.
* {{Foil}}: Quasimodo, Esmeralda, the Archdeacon, Phoebus, and even Clopin are all foils to Frollo in their own way.
** The defining trait that separates Quasimodo and Frollo is not their appearance or their standing in society, but their relations to Esmeralda. 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 is 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 can 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 respective songs about her - Quasimodo' "Heaven's Light" and Frollo and "Hellfire" - are on opposite ends of the spectrum, Quasimodo wishing to see the good while Frollo "saw corruption everywhere... except within".
** Esmeralda's song "God Help the Outcasts" also contrasts sharply with "Hellfire". While both songs are addressed directly to Mary, Esmeralda asks selflessly for the well-being of her people and the poor, while Frollo selfishly asks to kill and/or possess Esmeralda.
** Phoebus's strong sense of justice and protecting the innocent contrasts with Frollo's flagrant disregard for justice when it benefits himself.
** Frollo's HolierThanThou attitude stands in contrast to the Archdeacon, who calls him out for disregarding the Church's authority by directly attacking Notre Dame.
** Frollo and Clopin are both high-ranking men; one being the minister of justice, the other the leader of the gypsies and Parisian underworld. Both won't shy away from committing murder; but Frollo is a racist, [[HolierThanThou holier-than-thou]] bigot; seeing gypsies as inferior, which is why he wants them all dead. Clopin genuinely cares about his people, and his determination to keep them safe drives him to more extreme measures. Frollo also acts more poised and regal before his insanity really starts to show; while Clopin is lively, and always appearing a bit off his rocker, but as a whole is a lot saner than Frollo.
* TheFundamentalist: Deconstructed. He likes to paint himself as a EgocentricallyReligious ChurchgoingVillain, [[HolierThanThou while others are not]]. However, others repeatedly call him out on his hypocrisy, but he never realizes he could be in the wrong. A great deal of the problems in the movie stem from his pride making him [[EvilCannotComprehendGood incapable of realizing]] he isn't the virtuous man he thinks he is. For all the Bible-thumping he does, he's just a self-serving and delusional madman who [[NeverMyFault blames everyone else]], including ''God'', for his issues, and this eventually leads to his eternal condemnation to Hell.
* HangingJudge: Judge Claude Frollo is the ''Minister of Justice'' in this adaptation. He is described by Clopin as the JudgeJuryAndExecutioner rolled into one, as shown when he sets up a public execution for the gypsies.
* HateSink: [[HangingJudge He]] 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.
* 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".
* HeroesPreferSwords: {{Inverted|Trope}} in the climax, in which he chases Quasimodo and Esmeralda with one, while they have no weapons.
* HeyYou: Depending on the person, Frollo isn't always keen on referring to them by name. He generally refers to Esmeralda as "the gypsy girl". When he prepares to attack the cathedral in the end, he shouts "you men" at his soldiers.
* HidingBehindReligion: He is initially HolierThanThou, until his lust for Esmeralda becomes an obsession, and he decides forcing her into a "be mine or you will burn" ScarpiaUltimatum would be worth going to hell over. In public, he still maintains a KnightTemplar image, and uses that to try to achieve his goals.
* HolierThanThou: He thinks that he's ''literally'' this, when he's actually just playing the trope straight.
-->''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}}: 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''
* IrrationalHatred: Towards gypsies, so much that he wants to eradicate all of them.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Frollo only spares Quasimodo because he believes he may be useful to him later and because the Archdeacon demanded he do so [[spoiler:as atonement for killing the boy's mother on the cathedral steps]]. He also has no problem committing mass murder and destroying Paris to get rid of a single woman who isn't even to blame for his own problems. The only reason the Archdeacon's guilt trip attempt worked in the first place is because Frollo wanted to save ''his own'' skin over the whole thing. As Clopin put it: "Frollo felt a twinge of fear for ''his'' immortal soul."
* 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, and 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.
* JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: He's an extremely corrupt and ruthless Minister of Justice, willing to kill gypsies. Heck, he even tries to have Esmeralda executed on a pyre by lighting it on fire after reading her sentence.
* KarmicDeath: "AND HE SHALL SMITE THE WICKED AND PLUNGE THEM INTO THE FIERY PIT!" The most common interpretation of what happens directly afterward is that God is doing just that, only with a different interpretation of who the "wicked" one is.
* 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 leads 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.
* KickTheDog: Plenty of examples, but Quasimodo's very name stands out; Frollo named him with a word that translates to "half-formed," ensuring Quasimodo's name would serve as a continual reminder and marker of his appearance.
* KnightTemplar: A major standout from your usual [[CardCarryingVillain Disney]] [[EvilFeelsGood Villain]]. While most Disney baddies either enjoy being evil or don't care that their actions are wrong, Frollo is a hypocritical, HolierThanThou guy who believes himself to be a righteous man expunging evil from the world. But he's really a racist bigot that wants to commit genocide for twisted religious reasons. Esmeralda herself lampshades it.
* LastNameBasis: He is almost always referred to as just "Frollo" in this version. This is a complete inversion from the novel, where he is normally referred to as "Dom Claude" or "Claude", and ''never'' as just "Frollo".
* LeanAndMean: He's thinner than almost everyone else, apart from Clopin.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "''Kyrie Eleison...''"
* LightIsNotGood: Despite being a judge who's very much concerned with holiness and purity, he's a monstrous villain.
* ManipulativeBastard: He manipulates Quasimodo to get what he wants; [[spoiler:the location of the Court of Miracles.]]
* MoralSociopathy: He's selfish in his lust for Esmeralda, but otherwise he sincerely believes half of the things he does genuinely are what God intended (albeit because [[TautologicalTemplar he, Frollo, couldn't possibly do anything God didn't want him to do]]).
* MurderTheHypotenuse: He would have ''unknowingly'' done this to Phoebus, who he didn't know was Esmeralda's love interest, if he had carried out the plan to "remedy" his former captain's miracle of surviving his fall.
* NeverMyFault: His defining personality trait. Anything bad that he does, he blames it on others. 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.
* NiceHat: He has one for his office, though he loses it towards the climax, as it was becoming a nuisance to animate.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His facial features (high cheekbones, gray hairstyle, gaunt face) bears a resemblance to Hammer Films horror star Creator/PeterCushing.
* NotSoStoic: He loses his cool composure after seeing Esmeralda dance, though he quickly tries to reign it in.
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: He claims that he wants to purge the world of vice and sin. However, his real motive seems to be genocide against all those that he considers as living outside the natural order of things (aka his order) and are therefore sinful and having sex with Esmeralda.
* ObliviouslyEvil: Unlike most Disney villains, he believes himself to be the most righteous person in this story.
* ParentalSubstitute: {{Subverted}}. He becomes one to Quasimodo after he accidentally murdered his mother. As revealed in the opening song, he only takes on the task in case he could be useful to him (and that the statue of Mary was watching him as he was about to drown baby Quasimodo for his ugliness, invoking his fear of being judged). But while he paints himself as a caring father figure, he's actually an [[AbusiveParents abusive figure]] to his ward.
* PervertedSniffing: Frollo sniffs Esmeralda's hair at one point after she declares sanctuary.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He repeatedly claims to be HolierThanThou, but in reality is a bigoted and misogynistic SinisterMinister.
** He 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.
** He's also a lecherous DirtyOldMan who lusts after Esmeralda, and threatens to burn her at the stake for witchcraft [[IfICantHaveYou when she refuses to submit to him.]]
* {{Pride}}: He acknowledges that he is proud of his virtue, though he believes his pride is just. But when it all comes down to it, a great deal of the problems in the movie stem from his pride making him [[EvilCannotComprehendGood unable to realize he isn't nearly as virtuous as he thinks he is]] and eventually makes him turn against God. [[HistoryRepeats This tacks even more irony points on his fall into a fiery pit.]]
-->''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 Esmeralda 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.
*** Though "Hellfire" also contains Frollo's prayer, ''"God, have mercy on me"'' -- the only short glimpse that he is on some level aware of his massive faults, but is too deep in denial to do something about it.
** Consider, for instance, his summation of Esmeralda:
--->'''Frollo:''' Such a clever witch. So typical of your kind to twist the truth to cloud the mind with unholy thoughts.
** Later on:
--->'''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!
** Yet again:
--->'''Frollo:''' The gypsy Esmeralda has refused to recant. This evil witch has placed the soul of every citizen of Paris in mortal jeopardy.
** And again.
--->'''Frollo:''' And now all Paris is burning because of ''you''.
** Finally, his last words:
--->'''Frollo:''' And He shall smite the wicked and plunge them into the fiery pit!
** Clopin himself even states as such during the opening:
--->'''Clopin:''' ''Judge Claude Frollo longed to purge the world of vice and sin\\
And he saw corruption everywhere — except within''
* PurpleIsPowerful: His robes are purple and black.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: The red stripes on the shoulders of his black robes add just the perfect touch of ominousness.
* {{Sadist}}: He has a sadistic SlasherSmile on his face after he sets fire to the platform Esmeralda is on when he tries to burn her at the stake. Also note his glee in witnessing a prisoner being tortured in the Palace of Justice.
-->'''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, he has completely lost it, willing to burn down Paris all for his ''obsession'' with Esmeralda.
* 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.
** Averted in the stage musical. [[spoiler:Instead of Frollo falling to his death while trying to kill Quasimodo and Esmeralda, Quasimodo drags him to the edge of Notre Dame and throws him to his death while he begs for Quasimodo to let him go.]]
* SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny: He mentions that he's especially proud of "his virtue" and begins going over the edge when he realizes he's hot for a [[HotGypsyWoman member of the ethnic group]] he's trying to exterminate.
* ShouldersOfDoom: Has these in his outfit.
* SinisterMinister: Consciously averted as Frollo is the [[HangingJudge Minister of]] ''[[HangingJudge Justice]]'', and his role as the Archdeacon was made into a [[DecompositeCharacter separate character]].
* SinisterSchnoz: He has a rather large nose. The gargoyles even lampshade it.
-->"Frollo's nose is long and he wears a truss."
* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: He doesn't appear on the DVD cover and is not mentioned in the plot synopsis on the back, yet he has the most screen time of any villain in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon.
* TheSociopath: He has no empathy for anyone, dehumanising people he doesn't like, locking a family, ''including kids'' in a building before attempting to burn it down, never shows any remorse, keeping Quasimodo alive for the sake of his immortal soul rather than guilt for killing his mother and ultimately stating that he wishes he had drowned him. He shows an above average intelligence, a sense of charisma, is intensely sadistic, including towards small animals, is profoundly narcissistic, believing himself to be a holy man, thinking he's always right, looking down on others and blaming everyone else for things he himself is responsible for and to top it all off, he's a complete pyromaniac to boot.
* StalkerWithACrush: To Esmeralda, and he's ''extremely'' obsessed with her.
* StraightEdgeEvil: Initially he is this for abstaining from fun things like the Festival and looking down on sexual attraction. Then he finds himself sexually attracted to Esmeralda.
* StrawHypocrite: Frollo insists he keeps Quasimodo locked up in the bell tower to protect him, but in reality, it's to keep him under his control.
* StrongerThanTheyLook: His slim build hides remarkable strength, easily restraining the spry Esmeralda and going toe to toe with [[SuperStrength Quasimodo]]. It's worth noting that when Esmeralda hurls a stone at his horse, Frollo's instantly bucked off. However, he's immediately standing up and shouting orders like nothing.
* TautologicalTemplar: As far as he's concerned, he's God's favorite person on earth and so anything he does, no matter how horrible it is, is justified by default. Even if it means disregarding the Church's authority, tossing the Archdeacon down a flight of stairs, and directly attacking Notre Dame.
* TortureTechnician: Implied in one scene when one of his minions is torturing his previous captain. He even gives the torturer a few pointers to be ''more'' effective.
-->'''Frollo''': Stop! Ease up, wait between lashes... otherwise the old sting will dull him to the new.
* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler:During the climax, Frollo and Quasimodo are hanging off the side of the cathedral, Esmeralda holding onto Quasimodo's arm from the balcony. Despite what everything Frollo has done to him, Quasimodo grips the cloth Frollo is holding onto, refusing to let him fall until Frollo is able to find a grip. Frollo repays him by trying to kill Esmeralda and Quasimodo before the gargoyle he is standing on crumbles, causing Frollo to fall to his death]].
* UnskilledButStrong: Frollo can slice through stone gargoyles with a sword and is able to briefly wrestle with [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Quasimodo]] over a dagger, but displays little finesse.
* VagueAge: While clearly no spring chicken, his exact age is unknown. He could be anywhere from 40 to 60 in the movie's beginning.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Rarely are Disney villains not dangerous, but they usually still blend in among a cast of colorful, musical characters. Frollo, the villain of an otherwise typical Disney cartoon, is a joyless, genocidal, sexually frustrated, corrupt politician whose VillainSong is not at all catchy or fun (though you'll probably remember it for [[NightmareFuel other reasons]]), and whose actions and influence are the root cause of everything that gives ''Hunchback'' its reputation of one of the "darker" Disney features.
* 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]].
** The gypsies of the Court of Miracles are indeed thieves who make up the criminals of Paris, and who do indeed attempt to murder Phoebus and Quasimodo out of hand for finding them, all the while singing a jaunty tune about their crimes. While not all the gypsies are evil, they clearly are aligned with a bunch of bad guys who appear to be mostly gypsies.
** From a purely technical point of view, Frollo is right to retort to Phoebus's refusal to burn innocents to death, since Phoebus, as a soldier, was trained to follow orders. While Frollo exemplifies why absolute power can upset any balance, it is true that by becoming a professional soldier (especially during that time) one had to know that orders are to be followed blindly, and if one had such strong moral qualms he should have considered how much they would be put to the test before joining the army, and either put them aside or chosen another career.
* VillainousBreakdown: Frollo is an "honest" KnightTemplar... until [[LoveMakesYouCrazy love makes him crazy]] and turns him into an [[AxCrazy ultra-violent]] StalkerWithACrush. Most exemplified when, after Quasimodo grabs an unconscious Esmeralda from the fire Frollo put her in, climbs up Notre Dame, and declares sanctuary, Frollo snaps and orders his men to break down the front door and attack. This is notable because prior to this Frollo had respected the rules of the Church. Even the Archdeacon asks if he's lost his mind--after which he not only assaults a house of God, but a man of the cloth. To do such a thing in his day and age definitely suggests someone who's gone off the deep end.
* VillainousCheekbones: Very prominent on his face. He even provides one of the trope images there.
* VillainousCrush: For Esmeralda, hence the "choose me or the fire" thing.
* VillainousValour: For a lecherous, insane old man 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.
* WickedCultured: He's well-spoken, well-dressed, well-educated, drinks wine, knows The Bible well and has an extensive vocabulary. He's shown to have singlehandedly educated Quasimodo who is shown to be very intelligent.
* WiseOldFolkFacade: While he paints himself as a caring father figure to Quasimodo, he's actually an [[AbusiveParents abusive figure]] to his adopted ward to the point of attempting to kill him near the climax when [[CallingTheOldManOut Quasi calls him out]] on his crimes.
* WouldHitAGirl: Trample with a horse (Quasimodo's mother) or burn at stake (Esmeralda); either one.
* WouldHurtAChild:
** Planned to drown a baby by dropping it into a well, simply because his appearance frightened him.
** Tries to burn an innocent family alive, children included.
* {{Yandere}}: Frollo 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. Feeling simultaneously sexually attracted to and repulsed by a woman is a common trait of misogynists and racists in real life. 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.
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[[folder:The Archdeacon]]
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[[caption-width-right:324:''"You can't right all the wrongs in this world by yourself."'']]
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/DavidOgdenStiers (first film), Creator/JimCummings (second film), Creator/MiguelAngelJenner (Spain), Dominique Tirmont (France)

The Archdeacon is a minor character in the first film and the sequel. He serves as the clergyman at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
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* AssholeVictim: Murdered Quasimodo's mother, almost drowned him as a baby, locked a whole family (children included) inside of a burning house, and [[spoiler:tried to execute Phoebus and Esmeralda]]? Yeah let's face it, nobody shed any tears when [[spoiler:God plunged Frollo into a fiery pit.]]

* AssholeVictim: For a man who did some horrible things such as taking Quasimodo away from his mother as a baby, leaving Esmeralda to be executed by being burned at the stake, allowing the townsfolk to throw stuff at Quasimodo for attending the Festival of Fools and doing nothing to stop them, and making sure Quasimodo wouldn't interfere with said execution, his death serves as a reminder of all the horrible stuff he did.

* LargeHam: "Court of Miracles" has him dancing and costume changing and arguing with his puppet while singing.