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|games = ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Topsy Turvy]]<br>[[Animated StoryBook: The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]<br>[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]<br>[[Disney Emoji Blitz]]''
 
|games = ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Topsy Turvy]]<br>[[Animated StoryBook: The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]<br>[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]<br>[[Disney Emoji Blitz]]''
 
|rides = [[The Golden Mickeys]]<br>[[Fantasmic!]]<br>[[Disney Dreams]]<br>[[Light Magic]]<br>[[World of Color]]<br>[[Happily Ever After (fireworks show)|Happily Ever After]]
 
|rides = [[The Golden Mickeys]]<br>[[Fantasmic!]]<br>[[Disney Dreams]]<br>[[Light Magic]]<br>[[World of Color]]<br>[[Happily Ever After (fireworks show)|Happily Ever After]]
|animator = {{Scroll|'''[[James Baxter]]'''<br>[[Phil Young]]<br>[[Shawn Keller]]<br>[[Trey Finney]]<br>[[Anthony Ho Wong]]<br>[[John Ripa]]<br>Doug Frankel<br>[[Tom Gately]]<br>[[Eric Walls]]<br>[[Christopher Bradley]]<br>Yoshimichi Tamura<br>[[Stephane Sainte-Foi]]<br>[[Marshall Lee Toomey]]<br>[[Christophe Charbonnel]]<br>[[Kris Heller]]<br>[[Susan Sugita]]<br>[[Susan McKinsey Goldberg]]<br>[[Vincent Siracusano]]<br>[[Terry Wozniak]]<br>[[Francisco Javier Espinosa]]<br>[[Nicolas Keramidas]]<br>[[Miriam McDonnell]]<br>George Sukara<br>[[Marc Tosolini]]<br>[[Xavier Villez]]<br>[[Nicole de Bellefroid]]<br>[[Dan Bowman]]<br>[[Ron Cohee]]<br>[[Regina Conroy]]<br>[[Brigitte Franzka-Fritz]]<br>Michael Lester<br>[[Hugo Soriano]]<br>[[Ron Westlund]]<br>[[Michael Wiesmeier]]<br>[[Ludovic Letrun]]<br>[[Phirum Sou]]<br>[[Dietz Toshio Ichishita]]}}
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|animator = {{Scroll|'''[[James Baxter]]'''<br>[[Phil Young]]<br>[[Shawn Keller]]<br>[[Trey Finney]]<br>Anthony Ho Wong<br>[[John Ripa]]<br>Doug Frankel<br>[[Tom Gately]]<br>[[Eric Walls]]<br>Christopher Bradley<br>Yoshimichi Tamura<br>[[Stephane Sainte-Foi]]<br>Marshall Lee Toomey<br>[[Christophe Charbonnel]]<br>[[Kris Heller]]<br>[[Susan Sugita]]<br>Susan McKinsey Goldberg<br>Vincent Siracusano<br>[[Terry Wozniak]]<br>[[Francisco Javier Espinosa]]<br>[[Nicolas Keramidas]]<br>Miriam McDonnell<br>George Sukara<br>[[Marc Tosolini]]<br>[[Xavier Villez]]<br>Nicole de Bellefroid<br>Dan Bowman<br>Ron Cohee<br>[[Regina Conroy]]<br>[[Brigitte Franzka-Fritz]]<br>Michael Lester<br>Hugo Soriano<br>Ron Westlund<br>[[Michael Wiesmeier]]<br>[[Ludovic Letrun]]<br>[[Phirum Sou]]<br>Dietz Toshio Ichishita}}
|voice = [[Tom Hulce]] (films)<br>Ari Rubin (''Kingdom Hearts 3D'')
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|voice = [[Tom Hulce]] (films)<br>[[Bob Bergen]] (as a baby; original film)<br>Ari Rubin (''Kingdom Hearts 3D'')
|inspiration= The character of the same name from the original novel by Victor Hugo
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|inspiration= Victor Hugo's [[Wikipedia:Quasimodo|Quasimodo]]
 
|awards = Annie Award nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting <small>(Tom Hulce)</small>
 
|awards = Annie Award nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting <small>(Tom Hulce)</small>
 
|alias = King of Fools<br>Quasi<br>Hunchback<br>Bell-ringer<br>Poor Boy<br>Lover boy (by [[Victor, Hugo, and Laverne|Hugo]])<br>The cute one (by [[Victor, Hugo, and Laverne|Laverne]])<br>Dear Boy (by [[Frollo]])
 
|alias = King of Fools<br>Quasi<br>Hunchback<br>Bell-ringer<br>Poor Boy<br>Lover boy (by [[Victor, Hugo, and Laverne|Hugo]])<br>The cute one (by [[Victor, Hugo, and Laverne|Laverne]])<br>Dear Boy (by [[Frollo]])
 
|personality = Friendly, warm, angelic, funny, heroic, naive, hapless, clumsy, shy, imaginative, romantic, dreamy, artistic, kind, caring, dramatic, gentle, loving, playful, selfless, curious, nurturing, passionate, brave, noble, protective
 
|personality = Friendly, warm, angelic, funny, heroic, naive, hapless, clumsy, shy, imaginative, romantic, dreamy, artistic, kind, caring, dramatic, gentle, loving, playful, selfless, curious, nurturing, passionate, brave, noble, protective
|appearance = Slender hunchback, deformed face, pale skin, red hair, blue eyes, buck-toothed, heavy arms and wearing a long short sleeve green tunic, brown tights, and teal shoes
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|appearance = Slender hunchback, deformed face, pale skin, red hair, blue eyes, buck-toothed, bulky arms and wearing a long short sleeve green tunic, brown tights, and teal shoes
 
|occupation = Bell-ringer of [[Notre Dame de Paris|Notre Dame]]
 
|occupation = Bell-ringer of [[Notre Dame de Paris|Notre Dame]]
 
|alignment = Good
 
|alignment = Good
 
|goal = To make people see him in a better light (succeeded)<br>To save Esmeralda and Notre Dame from Frollo ([[The Hunchback of Notre Dame|original film]]; succeeded)<br>To discover true love and its meaning ([[The Hunchback of Notre Dame II|sequel]]; succeeded)
 
|goal = To make people see him in a better light (succeeded)<br>To save Esmeralda and Notre Dame from Frollo ([[The Hunchback of Notre Dame|original film]]; succeeded)<br>To discover true love and its meaning ([[The Hunchback of Notre Dame II|sequel]]; succeeded)
 
|home = Bell tower of the [[Notre Dame de Paris|Notre Dame cathedral]] in [[Paris]]
 
|home = Bell tower of the [[Notre Dame de Paris|Notre Dame cathedral]] in [[Paris]]
|family = [[Quasimodo's father|Unnamed father]] †<br>[[Quasimodo's mother|Unnamed mother]] †<br>[[Claude Frollo]] † (foster father)
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|family = [[Quasimodo's father|Unnamed father]] †<br>[[Quasimodo's mother|Unnamed mother]] †<br>[[Claude Frollo]] † (foster father) <br> [[Madellaine]] (girlfriend)
 
|friends = [[Claude Frollo]] (formerly), [[Victor, Hugo, and Laverne]], [[Esmeralda]], [[Phoebus]], [[Madellaine]], [[Clopin]], [[Djali]], [[Archdeacon]], [[Zephyr]]
 
|friends = [[Claude Frollo]] (formerly), [[Victor, Hugo, and Laverne]], [[Esmeralda]], [[Phoebus]], [[Madellaine]], [[Clopin]], [[Djali]], [[Archdeacon]], [[Zephyr]]
 
|enemies = [[Claude Frollo]], [[Phoebus]] (formerly), [[Frollo's soldiers|soldiers]] (formerly), [[Brutish and Oafish Guards]], [[Sarousch]]
 
|enemies = [[Claude Frollo]], [[Phoebus]] (formerly), [[Frollo's soldiers|soldiers]] (formerly), [[Brutish and Oafish Guards]], [[Sarousch]]
 
|likes = Ringing Notre Dame's bells, woodcarvings, the Festival of Fools, Le Jour D'Amour, romance, playing with Zephyr, being with Madellaine, singing, [[La Fidèle]]
 
|likes = Ringing Notre Dame's bells, woodcarvings, the Festival of Fools, Le Jour D'Amour, romance, playing with Zephyr, being with Madellaine, singing, [[La Fidèle]]
|dislikes = Being judged for his looks, being cooped up in Notre Dame, threats to Notre Dame, Frollo's tyranny
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|dislikes = Being judged for his looks, being cooped up in Notre Dame, threats to Notre Dame, Frollo, tyranny, being humiliated
 
|powers = Acrobatics<br>Immense strength
 
|powers = Acrobatics<br>Immense strength
 
|fate = Becomes an accepted member of society after freeing Paris of Frollo's reign; he later finds love in Madellaine
 
|fate = Becomes an accepted member of society after freeing Paris of Frollo's reign; he later finds love in Madellaine
|quote = "Go on. Nobody wants to be cooped up [[Notre Dame cathedral|here]] forever."<br>"No! [[Claude Frollo|You]] listen! All my life, you've told me the world is a dark cruel place, but now I see that the only thing dark and cruel about it is people like you!"}}
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|quote = "Go on. Nobody wants to be cooped up [[Notre Dame cathedral|here]] forever."<br>"No! [[Claude Frollo|You]] listen! All my life, you've told me the world is a dark cruel place, but now I see that the only thing dark and cruel about it is people like you!"|actor = Drew Sarich ([[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (musical)|musical]])}}
 
{{Quote|...Up there, high, high in the dark bell tower lives the mysterious bell ringer. Who is this creature? What is he? How did he come to be there?|[[Clopin]], during "[[The Bells of Notre Dame]]"}}
 
{{Quote|...Up there, high, high in the dark bell tower lives the mysterious bell ringer. Who is this creature? What is he? How did he come to be there?|[[Clopin]], during "[[The Bells of Notre Dame]]"}}
   
'''Quasimodo''' is the protagonist of [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney]]'s [[1996]] animated feature film, ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''. Quasimodo was born [[Wikipedia:Disfigurement|deformed]], possessing a [[Wikipedia:Kyphosis|hunched back]], from which the film takes its name. Because of his ghastly appearance, the kind-hearted bell-ringer of [[Notre Dame de Paris|Notre Dame]] was condemned to the cathedral's highest tower by his cruel caretaker, [[Claude Frollo]]. From there, Quasimodo developed a yearning to experience the outside world and live a normal life amongst the people of Paris.
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'''Quasimodo''' is the protagonist of [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney]]'s [[1996]] animated feature film, ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''. Quasimodo was born [[Wikipedia:Disfigurement|deformed]], possessing a [[Wikipedia:Kyphosis|hunched back]] among other abnormalities. Because of his ghastly appearance, the kind-hearted bell-ringer of [[Notre Dame de Paris|Notre Dame]] was condemned to the cathedral's highest tower by his cruel caretaker, [[Claude Frollo]]. From there, Quasimodo developed a yearning to experience the outside world and live a normal life amongst the people of Paris.
   
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
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===Physical appearance===
 
===Physical appearance===
Quasimodo is a deformed young man, with a large, curved hunch on his back, along with a lump above his left eye. He also has a large nose, a massive central incisor and heavy arms. He has fair skin, red hair and blue eyes. For clothing, he wears a long, short sleeves green tunic, brown tights and teal shoes. In the second film, he still wears his original outfit, but also gets new duds consisting of a violet/purple/brown stripe circus outfit along with a blue cape and a violet/purple/brown stripe hat. The hat came with two blue feathers but they were eaten by Djali.
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Quasimodo is a deformed young man, with a large, curved hunch on his back, along with a lump above his left eye. He also has a large nose, a massive central incisor, and heavy arms. He has fair skin, red hair, and blue eyes. For clothing, he wears long, short-sleeved green tunic, brown tights, and teal shoes. In the second film, he still wears his original outfit but also gets new clothes similar to Frollo's consisting of a violet/purple/brown striped outfit along with a purple cape and a violet/purple/brown stripe hat. The hat came with two blue feathers but they were eaten by Djali.
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===Abilities===
 
===Abilities===
   
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==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
 
===''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''===
 
===''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''===
[[File:Quasimodo_36.PNG|thumb|left|250px|Quasimodo expresses his desire to live "[[Out There]]" in ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame''.]]
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[[File:Quasimodo-(The Hunchback of Notre Dame).jpg|thumb|left|250px|Quasimodo in ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame''.]]
 
Quasimodo was raised by Frollo in the bell tower of Notre Dame. However, he was trapped there and was led to believe by [[Frollo]] that his mother abandoned him. He always longed to be free, despite making three friends in the form of gargoyles [[Hugo, Victor, and Laverne]]. They persuade him to go against Frollo's strict orders never to leave the tower and Quasimodo attends the Festival of Fools.
 
Quasimodo was raised by Frollo in the bell tower of Notre Dame. However, he was trapped there and was led to believe by [[Frollo]] that his mother abandoned him. He always longed to be free, despite making three friends in the form of gargoyles [[Hugo, Victor, and Laverne]]. They persuade him to go against Frollo's strict orders never to leave the tower and Quasimodo attends the Festival of Fools.
   
 
At the festival, he meets the beautiful gypsy [[Esmeralda]]. He instantly falls in love with her. She drags him up on the stage for a competition to see who can make the ugliest face after removing their masks, presuming his deformed face to be a disguise. Once upon the stage, they realize it is really his face, though [[Clopin]] points out this is exactly what they are looking for. Just then, Frollo sees him and realizes his disobedience. After a guard throws food at Quasimodo and mocks him, the crowd turns from cheering to tormenting Quasimodo, who is then tied down and barraged with a flurry of produce.
 
At the festival, he meets the beautiful gypsy [[Esmeralda]]. He instantly falls in love with her. She drags him up on the stage for a competition to see who can make the ugliest face after removing their masks, presuming his deformed face to be a disguise. Once upon the stage, they realize it is really his face, though [[Clopin]] points out this is exactly what they are looking for. Just then, Frollo sees him and realizes his disobedience. After a guard throws food at Quasimodo and mocks him, the crowd turns from cheering to tormenting Quasimodo, who is then tied down and barraged with a flurry of produce.
   
Esmeralda, seeing this, stands up for him, cuts him free and calls for justice. Following the gypsy's escape, Frollo is furious with his charge. After the festival Quasimodo witnesses Esmeralda singing "[[God Help the Outcasts]]", but before he can talk to her, a parishioner who mistook him for causing trouble shouts at him, causing him to knock down a candle staff and flee back to the bell tower. Esmeralda was terrified seeing Quasimodo being scared away by the Parishioner and follows him, while the Archdeacon stops the Parishioner when he attempted to stop her and [[Djali]] from following him. Quasimodo eventually befriends Esmeralda, who once more apologizes to him for what happened at the festival and whom he helps to escape from Notre Dame and [[Frollo's soldiers|Frollo's guards]]. Before she leaves, Esmeralda gives the hunchback an amulet that leads him to [[the Court of Miracles]] after he tells her that he refuses to leave the bell tower to go there due to what happened to him at the Festival. Afterward, Quasimodo encounters Phoebus and gets defensive towards him when the captain asks him where the gypsy was. Back in the bell tower, the gargoyles think Esmeralda is in love with Quasimodo but he tells them it's not true. However, in the song "[[Heaven's Light]]", he expresses his love for the gypsy girl and wonders if she loves him back after being the first person ever in his life to be so kind to him.
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Esmeralda, seeing this, stands up for him, cuts him free, and calls for justice. Following the gypsy's escape, Frollo is furious with his charge. After the festival Quasimodo witnesses Esmeralda singing "[[God Help the Outcasts]]", but before he can talk to her, a parishioner who mistook him for causing trouble shouts at him, causing him to knock down a candle staff and flee back to the bell tower. Esmeralda was terrified seeing Quasimodo being scared away by the Parishioner and follows him, while the Archdeacon stops the Parishioner when he attempted to stop her and [[Djali]] from following him. Quasimodo eventually befriends Esmeralda, who once more apologizes to him for what happened at the festival and whom he helps to escape from Notre Dame and [[Frollo's soldiers|Frollo's guards]]. Before she leaves, Esmeralda gives the hunchback an amulet that leads him to [[the Court of Miracles]] after he tells her that he refuses to leave the bell tower to go there due to what happened to him at the Festival. Afterward, Quasimodo encounters Phoebus and gets defensive towards him when the captain asks him where the gypsy was. Back in the bell tower, the gargoyles think Esmeralda is in love with Quasimodo but he tells them it's not true. However, in the song "[[Heaven's Light]]", he expresses his love for the gypsy girl and wonders if she loves him back after being the first person ever in his life to be so kind to him.
   
 
Later, after seeing Paris burned by Frollo, Quasimodo is worried that Esmeralda might be in danger, but the gargoyles cheer him up by convincing him that she is in love with him ("[[A Guy Like You]]"). Later, he offers sanctuary to an injured Phoebus, who is taken to Notre Dame's bell tower by Esmeralda after she saves him from drowning in the river. He watches as the two lovers kiss right in front of his eyes. He is heartbroken, but when he hears Frollo coming, he can do nothing but push thoughts of Esmeralda to the back of his mind. He hides Phoebus and quickly tries to hide what has happened from Frollo. Frollo, however, is already aware that he helped Esmeralda and announces that he will attack the Court of Miracles with a thousand men. After he leaves, Phoebus asks Quasimodo if he can come with him to the court. Quasi initially refuses after realizing that Phoebus and Esmeralda are in love with each other, but ultimately agrees due to his friendship with the gypsy girl.
 
Later, after seeing Paris burned by Frollo, Quasimodo is worried that Esmeralda might be in danger, but the gargoyles cheer him up by convincing him that she is in love with him ("[[A Guy Like You]]"). Later, he offers sanctuary to an injured Phoebus, who is taken to Notre Dame's bell tower by Esmeralda after she saves him from drowning in the river. He watches as the two lovers kiss right in front of his eyes. He is heartbroken, but when he hears Frollo coming, he can do nothing but push thoughts of Esmeralda to the back of his mind. He hides Phoebus and quickly tries to hide what has happened from Frollo. Frollo, however, is already aware that he helped Esmeralda and announces that he will attack the Court of Miracles with a thousand men. After he leaves, Phoebus asks Quasimodo if he can come with him to the court. Quasi initially refuses after realizing that Phoebus and Esmeralda are in love with each other, but ultimately agrees due to his friendship with the gypsy girl.
   
Using the amulet Esmeralda gave him, Quasimodo and Phoebus make their way to the Court of Miracles, only to be ambushed by the gypsies. [[Clopin]], the king of the gypsies, accuses the two of trespassing their headquarters and orders them hang, but Esmeralda comes in time to rescue them. As the gypsies prepare to leave, however, Frollo arrives and captures everyone present, revealing that he had secretly followed Quasimodo to the court. He orders to his guards to chain up the hunchback in Notre Dame. The gargoyles encourage Quasi to save Esmeralda, but he tells them it's useless. He then watches in horror at the square below as Esmeralda is being burned at the stake for witchcraft, breaks free, swings down, rescues her from her fiery grave, and holds her over his head on top of Notre Dame, calling for sanctuary.
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Using the amulet Esmeralda gave him, Quasimodo and Phoebus make their way to the Court of Miracles, only to be ambushed by the gypsies. [[Clopin]], the king of the gypsies, accuses the two of trespassing their headquarters and orders them hang, but Esmeralda comes in time to rescue them. As the gypsies prepare to leave, however, Frollo arrives and captures everyone present, revealing that he had secretly followed Quasimodo to the court. He orders his guards to chain up the hunchback in Notre Dame. The gargoyles encourage Quasi to save Esmeralda, but he tells them it's useless. He then watches in horror at the square below as Esmeralda is being burned at the stake for witchcraft, breaks free, swings down, rescues her from her fiery grave, and holds her over his head on top of Notre Dame, calling for sanctuary.
   
In the ensuing battle for the cathedral, Quasimodo successfully prevents Frollo's guards from coming to harm Esmeralda. Despite this, Quasimodo at first believes Esmeralda is dead, and when he sees Judge Frollo in the shadows with a dagger, he gets defensive with him and rejects all that his now former master has been teaching him about the world being cruel. Esmeralda then wakes up and Quasi protects her and himself from Frollo, who tries to kill them both during the film's final battle. Frollo then falls from the top of Notre Dame to his death, but not before he reveals to Quasimodo that his mother died trying to save him. Quasimodo also falls but is saved by Phoebus. Ultimately Quasimodo is free from Frollo's hold over him and is free to live a normal, happy life. Quasi also finally accepts Esmeralda and Phoebus' love for each other and gives the couple a blessing. In the end, Quasimodo is led to the outside world by Esmeralda in front of a large crowd of Parisians. A little girl emerges from the crowd and hugs him. The crowd then hails him as a hero for his efforts, picks him up, and takes him away cheering.
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In the ensuing battle for the cathedral, Quasimodo successfully prevents Frollo's guards from coming to harm Esmeralda by creating a lake of molten metal. Despite this, Quasimodo at first believes Esmeralda is dead, and when he sees Judge Frollo in the shadows with a dagger, he gets defensive with him and rejects all that his now-former master has been teaching him about the world as a cruel place. Esmeralda then wakes up and Quasi protects her and himself from Frollo, who tries to kill them both during the film's final battle. Frollo then reveals to Quasimodo that the latter's mother died trying to save him, shocking Quasimodo, before declaring that he is going to kill him as he should have done twenty years ago. Ultimately, Frollo falls from Notre Dame to his fiery demise in the molten metal. Quasimodo also falls but Phoebus catches him just in time. Quasi finally accepts Esmeralda and Phoebus' love for each other and gives the couple his blessing.
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With Frollo gone, Quasimodo is liberated from his hold over him and is free to live a normal, happy life. In the end, Quasimodo is led to the outside world by Esmeralda in front of a large crowd of Parisians. A little girl emerges from the crowd and approaches him. Seeing past his deformed appearance, she embraces him, takes him by the hand, and leads him out to the crowd who then hails him as a hero for his efforts, picks him up, and takes him away cheering.
   
 
===''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame II]]''===
 
===''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame II]]''===
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Taking place several years after the original film, Quasimodo is now an accepted part of Parisian society, free to interact with the public, even becoming something of a town mascot; however, he continues living in Notre Dame with Victor, Hugo, and Laverne, and serve as the cathedral's bellringer. As the city prepares for Le Jour d'Amour, which is a festival celebrating romance, Quasimodo, although excited, feels a bit uneven. Unlike everyone else, Quasimodo has no love interest to celebrate the festival alongside. Esmeralda, who now acts as Quasimodo's confidant, reassures him that someone out there will cross paths with him when he's truly ready. Setting the grief aside, Quasimodo begins to prepare one of Notre Dame's bells, [[La Fidèle]].
 
Taking place several years after the original film, Quasimodo is now an accepted part of Parisian society, free to interact with the public, even becoming something of a town mascot; however, he continues living in Notre Dame with Victor, Hugo, and Laverne, and serve as the cathedral's bellringer. As the city prepares for Le Jour d'Amour, which is a festival celebrating romance, Quasimodo, although excited, feels a bit uneven. Unlike everyone else, Quasimodo has no love interest to celebrate the festival alongside. Esmeralda, who now acts as Quasimodo's confidant, reassures him that someone out there will cross paths with him when he's truly ready. Setting the grief aside, Quasimodo begins to prepare one of Notre Dame's bells, [[La Fidèle]].
   
Meanwhile, the circus arrives in the city with a secretly villainous ringmaster, [[Sarousch]] and his cohort [[Madellaine]]. Sarousch plans on stealing La Fidèle and orders Madellaine to convince the Notre Dame bell ringer to reveal it to her. Once he does, she is to tell him the location so that he may steal it. Inside, Madellaine wants no part of Sarousch's scheme but must obey or suffer the harsh world alone. Inside Notre Dame, she speaks with Quasimodo, who's hiding under a bell to prevent her from seeing his face. The two become fairly comfortable with each other. However, when Madellaine finally sees his face, she runs away in terror, leaving Quasimodo depressed. Even though their time was brief, Quasi begins to develop feelings for her. Hugo, Victor, and Laverne advise Quasimodo to head over to the circus, which he decides to do.
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Meanwhile, the circus arrives in the city with a secretly villainous ringmaster, [[Sarousch]], and his cohort [[Madellaine]]. Sarousch plans on stealing La Fidèle and orders Madellaine to convince the Notre Dame bell ringer to reveal it to her. Once he does, she is to tell him the location so that he may steal it. Inside, Madellaine wants no part of Sarousch's scheme but must obey or suffer the harsh world alone. Inside Notre Dame, she speaks with Quasimodo, who's hiding under a bell to prevent her from seeing his face. The two become fairly comfortable with each other. However, when Madellaine finally sees his face, she runs away in terror, leaving Quasimodo depressed. Even though their time was brief, Quasi begins to develop feelings for her. Hugo, Victor, and Laverne advise Quasimodo to head over to the circus, which he decides to do.
   
 
He meets up with Esmeralda, Phoebus, and their son [[Zephyr]], and they all head for the circus together. After the performance, Madellaine is again ordered to get La Fidèle's whereabouts. However, she notices Quasimodo and Zephyr's close relationship and realizes that he is a wonderful person inside. Quasimodo and Madellaine head off on a tour through the city, falling in love during the process. The next day, Quasi feels odd and goes to Esmeralda for help. She easily realizes he's in love and advises him to tell her the truth. Just then, Phoebus arrives openly blaming the circus for the sudden robberies going on throughout the city. Quasimodo sticks up for Madellaine, who he feels is different, but Phoebus is not convinced. Quasimodo storms out.
 
He meets up with Esmeralda, Phoebus, and their son [[Zephyr]], and they all head for the circus together. After the performance, Madellaine is again ordered to get La Fidèle's whereabouts. However, she notices Quasimodo and Zephyr's close relationship and realizes that he is a wonderful person inside. Quasimodo and Madellaine head off on a tour through the city, falling in love during the process. The next day, Quasi feels odd and goes to Esmeralda for help. She easily realizes he's in love and advises him to tell her the truth. Just then, Phoebus arrives openly blaming the circus for the sudden robberies going on throughout the city. Quasimodo sticks up for Madellaine, who he feels is different, but Phoebus is not convinced. Quasimodo storms out.
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In ''[[Descendants]]'', Quasimodo appears as one of the heroes to have images in the Cathedral.
 
In ''[[Descendants]]'', Quasimodo appears as one of the heroes to have images in the Cathedral.
   
In ''[[Ralph Breaks the Internet]]'', a screencap of Quasimodo can be seen along the [[Sorcerer Hat]] at the [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney Animation]] pavilion of [[Oh My Disney]].
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In ''[[Ralph Breaks the Internet]]'', a screencap of Quasimodo can be seen along with the [[Sorcerer Hat]] at the [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney Animation]] pavilion of [[Oh My Disney]].
   
 
==Video games==
 
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==[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (musical)|Musical]]==
 
==[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (musical)|Musical]]==
Quasimodo, in this version, is not deaf but has trouble expressing himself in verbal communication. He is, however, able to express himself when he sings. He seems to have a more of a morose attitude than he had in the Disney film version but he is still quite much the same.
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Quasimodo, in the German musical, is not deaf but has trouble expressing himself in verbal communication. He is, however, able to express himself when he sings, meaning that Quasimodo's numbers actually take place in his mind. He is also more of a morose in this version. His fate at the end of the musical is different than in the film, with him killing Frollo out of anger after he kills Esmeralda, and later carrying the latter's corpse while leaving Notre Dame. The musical also establishes Quasimodo's gargoyle friends as figments of his imagination, created in his head due to loneliness.
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In the North American musical, Quasimodo's role and personality are very much the same as in the original musical. However, in this version of the musical, Quasimodo is established as being Follo's nephew, with his father being Frollo's brother, Jehan. Quasimodo is also portrayed as being deaf due to the bells, like in the novel. He only speaks coherently when talking to the gargoyles or when singing. (Some productions cast a deaf actor as Quasimodo, with another actor acting as his singing voice.) Additionally, Quasimodo's fate in the musical also differs from the German version, as he commits suicide by dying of starvation while holding Esmeralda's corpse, and his rests are later discovered in Notre Dame's crypts, and crumble to dust when it's attempted to detach them from Esmeralda's. In this version, his friends are a congregation of stone saints.
   
 
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==Differences from the source material==
 
*The original Quasimodo, created by Victor Hugo, was an even more tragic character as in addition to being ugly and deformed, he was deaf and had an unintelligible speech from being the bell ringer of Notre Dame. However, the original version was also kind-hearted and caring like in the Disney version.
 
*The original Quasimodo, created by Victor Hugo, was an even more tragic character as in addition to being ugly and deformed, he was deaf and had an unintelligible speech from being the bell ringer of Notre Dame. However, the original version was also kind-hearted and caring like in the Disney version.
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*In the novel, Quasimodo is half-blind and deaf due to the loud ringing of the bells, causing Frollo to teach him to sign language.
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*Quasimodo's wart on his eyes was originally covering his right eye, causing him to be blind in that eye, but in the film, it covers his left.
 
*In the original book, Quasimodo was still saved by Frollo, but Frollo was the archdeacon and never confined him in Notre Dame (but Quasimodo rarely exited anyway due to the repulsion his appearance causes).
 
*In the original book, Quasimodo was still saved by Frollo, but Frollo was the archdeacon and never confined him in Notre Dame (but Quasimodo rarely exited anyway due to the repulsion his appearance causes).
 
*The original was also considerably more violent towards his enemies, even going so far as killing them to protect Esmeralda. The main difference is that Quasimodo was not able to save Esmeralda from her death sentence (hanging in the original novel) and he kills Frollo himself by throwing him off the cathedral towers. He then finds Esmeralda's body in a tomb for those who were sentenced to death and clutched her body, staying long enough to meet the same fate.
 
*The original was also considerably more violent towards his enemies, even going so far as killing them to protect Esmeralda. The main difference is that Quasimodo was not able to save Esmeralda from her death sentence (hanging in the original novel) and he kills Frollo himself by throwing him off the cathedral towers. He then finds Esmeralda's body in a tomb for those who were sentenced to death and clutched her body, staying long enough to meet the same fate.
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Claude Frollo first encountered Quasimodo as a baby, after he killed his [[Quasimodo's mother|mother]]. For the murder, he had to take Quasimodo and raise him as his own or face punishment in the afterlife for his crimes. Frollo was against it but accepted it as the infant may be of use to him in time. For the next twenty years, he genuinely poses as an intimidating, yet oddly comforting, a father figure to Quasimodo.
 
Claude Frollo first encountered Quasimodo as a baby, after he killed his [[Quasimodo's mother|mother]]. For the murder, he had to take Quasimodo and raise him as his own or face punishment in the afterlife for his crimes. Frollo was against it but accepted it as the infant may be of use to him in time. For the next twenty years, he genuinely poses as an intimidating, yet oddly comforting, a father figure to Quasimodo.
   
However, when Quasimodo is twenty years old, Frollo allows him to be tortured after he sneaks out of the bell tower for which he is forbidden to leave. He is also enraged when Quasimodo helps Esmeralda escape him and sneaks down to the Court of Miracles, where the gypsies are hiding. Frollo applauds him for finally proving useful to him before forcing him back to the bell tower. At this point, Quasimodo has come to hate Frollo and will help anyone who helps him, such as Esmeralda.
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However, when Quasimodo is twenty years old, Frollo allows him to be tortured after he sneaks out of the bell tower for which he is forbidden to leave. He is also enraged when Quasimodo helps Esmeralda escape him and sneaks down to the Court of Miracles, where the gypsies are hiding. Frollo applauds him for finally proving useful to him before forcing him back to the bell tower. At this point, Quasimodo has come to hate Frollo and will help anyone who is against him, such as Esmeralda.
   
 
After Quasimodo goes against him in a battle, Frollo's hatred for him reaches its limits and Frollo attempts to kill him like he "should have done twenty years ago". However, this ultimately leads to Frollo's own demise.
 
After Quasimodo goes against him in a battle, Frollo's hatred for him reaches its limits and Frollo attempts to kill him like he "should have done twenty years ago". However, this ultimately leads to Frollo's own demise.
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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
*Quasimodo is [[Tom Hulce]]'s final theatrical performance role before his temporary retirement from acting.
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*Quasimodo is [[Tom Hulce]]'s final leading theatrical performance role before his temporary retirement from acting.
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*Other actors considered for the role of Quasimodo included musician Meat Loaf and Mandy Patinkin of ''The Princess Bride'' fame. Patinkin's audition became notorious due to an outburst when he was denied changes he wanted to make to not just the character, but to the songs as well.
 
*Despite the fact that his eyes are green in the original film, in ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame II]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]'' in "La Cite Des Cloches", Quasimodo's eyes are blue.
 
*Despite the fact that his eyes are green in the original film, in ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame II]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]'' in "La Cite Des Cloches", Quasimodo's eyes are blue.
 
**Quasimodo was also the first new Disney character featured in promotional pictures and footage of ''Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance''.
 
**Quasimodo was also the first new Disney character featured in promotional pictures and footage of ''Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance''.
*Quasimodo is 20 years old, according to his argument with [[Phoebus]], as well as during [[Frollo]]'s remark at the climax.
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*Quasimodo is 20 years old, according to [[Laverne]]'s comment at the start of the film, his argument with [[Phoebus]], and during [[Frollo]]'s remark at the climax.
 
*Quasimodo is the third Disney male protagonist to have a single voice actor do both his speaking and singing voices in a film, the first two being the [[Beast]] from ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', and [[John Smith]] from ''[[Pocahontas (film)|Pocahontas]]''.
 
*Quasimodo is the third Disney male protagonist to have a single voice actor do both his speaking and singing voices in a film, the first two being the [[Beast]] from ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', and [[John Smith]] from ''[[Pocahontas (film)|Pocahontas]]''.
 
*Quasimodo is Romani, as his mother and father were both gypsies. However, he neither shares his parents' (and generally all of the film's other gypsies') dark skin tone nor their black hair. Though this can be explained away as a combination of his natural deformity and of living in a tower all his life (thus with very little sunlight).
 
*Quasimodo is Romani, as his mother and father were both gypsies. However, he neither shares his parents' (and generally all of the film's other gypsies') dark skin tone nor their black hair. Though this can be explained away as a combination of his natural deformity and of living in a tower all his life (thus with very little sunlight).
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**That being said, his parents in the opening, especially his mother, have a resemblance to [[Esmeralda]], which is possibly a reference to how in the original novel, the pair were switched at birth.
 
*[[Clopin]] claims his name means "half-formed". Though the word ''does'' mean that, this is not why he was named so in the original novel; "Quasimodo" is the [[Italy|Italian]] name of the holiday (following Easter) on which he was abandoned on the steps of Notre Dame.
 
*[[Clopin]] claims his name means "half-formed". Though the word ''does'' mean that, this is not why he was named so in the original novel; "Quasimodo" is the [[Italy|Italian]] name of the holiday (following Easter) on which he was abandoned on the steps of Notre Dame.
 
*Quasimodo was mentioned in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' during [[Roger Rabbit|Roger]]'s version of the song "[[The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down]]".
 
*Quasimodo was mentioned in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' during [[Roger Rabbit|Roger]]'s version of the song "[[The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down]]".
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**It should be noted that this film came out 8 years before the Disney adaptation of Hunchback of Notre Dame came out.
 
*Quasimodo surviving at the end is not exclusive to the Disney film. The [[wikipedia:The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film)|1939 film adaptation]] starring Charles Laughton ended with Quasimodo living but is still not accepted by the public.
 
*Quasimodo surviving at the end is not exclusive to the Disney film. The [[wikipedia:The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film)|1939 film adaptation]] starring Charles Laughton ended with Quasimodo living but is still not accepted by the public.
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...Up there, high, high in the dark bell tower lives the mysterious bell ringer. Who is this creature? What is he? How did he come to be there?
Clopin, during "The Bells of Notre Dame"


Quasimodo is the protagonist of Disney's 1996 animated feature film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Quasimodo was born deformed, possessing a hunched back among other abnormalities. Because of his ghastly appearance, the kind-hearted bell-ringer of Notre Dame was condemned to the cathedral's highest tower by his cruel caretaker, Claude Frollo. From there, Quasimodo developed a yearning to experience the outside world and live a normal life amongst the people of Paris.

Background

Quasimodo first appeared as a baby (whose face is not seen, only his arm, but is described by Frollo to be a "monster") being carried by his mother. His mother and father were gypsies and were secretly entering Paris through the waterways. Judge Claude Frollo, believing that they 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, and seeing that he was deformed, he planned to drown Quasimodo in a well, believing him to be an unholy demon. 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. However, he only did this because he felt the infant would later prove useful to him.

Personality

Despite his appearance, Quasimodo is a kind and gentle person. He was also curious and trusting, enough so that he was naive to the true nature of his master, Frollo until he was in his early twenties. Even when Frollo taught Quasimodo that gypsies, such as Esmeralda, were evil, Quasimodo was not particularly violent towards them. He also seems to have an attachment to Notre Dame, as he didn't leave even after he was accepted into society.

Due to being raised by Frollo, and being isolated from everyone else, Quasimodo initially had fairly poor social skills. This is shown with his shyness and his initial fear of Esmeralda. Additionally, when she displayed compassion towards him, he jumped to the conclusion that she was romantically attracted to him, and he was heavily heartbroken when she revealed that her heart belonged to Phoebus. However, Quasimodo is still close friends with Phoebus and Esmeralda.

His devotion to his master almost proved to be his undoing, as it almost caused him to abandon his friends and allies.

He can also show violence towards his enemies, particularly when they are threatening his friends and allies, especially towards Esmeralda.

Physical appearance

Quasimodo is a deformed young man, with a large, curved hunch on his back, along with a lump above his left eye. He also has a large nose, a massive central incisor, and heavy arms. He has fair skin, red hair, and blue eyes. For clothing, he wears long, short-sleeved green tunic, brown tights, and teal shoes. In the second film, he still wears his original outfit but also gets new clothes similar to Frollo's consisting of a violet/purple/brown striped outfit along with a purple cape and a violet/purple/brown stripe hat. The hat came with two blue feathers but they were eaten by Djali.

Abilities

Quasimodo is a talented artist, possessing the skills needed to carve miniature figurines and toys, a scale wooden model of Paris and the Cathedral itself, and decoration of hung shards of stained glass. Quasimodo likely developed his skills in handicraft as a hobby or to make his life isolated in the bell tower more bearable. Quasimodo, despite his appearance, is very agile and acrobatic, as he is able to quickly move across rooftops, scale buildings, rope-swing, and climb large structures with relative ease. He likely made a habit of climbing and scaling the cathedral to better observe the world from which his master forbade him from ever entering, and to see the free people, envying them for being able to live as they do.

Due to his duty to ring the bells of Notre Dame, Quasimodo possesses extreme physical strength. One of the first instances of this abnormal physical strength was shown when Quasimodo was able to lift the fully-armored Phoebus up off his feet with no notable effort when Phoebus entered the bell tower in search of Esmeralda. Perhaps the most impressive feat Quasimodo has shown was his ability to break free of the chains which held him in the bell tower when Frollo was preparing to execute Esmeralda.

Appearances

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Quasimodo was raised by Frollo in the bell tower of Notre Dame. However, he was trapped there and was led to believe by Frollo that his mother abandoned him. He always longed to be free, despite making three friends in the form of gargoyles Hugo, Victor, and Laverne. They persuade him to go against Frollo's strict orders never to leave the tower and Quasimodo attends the Festival of Fools.

At the festival, he meets the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda. He instantly falls in love with her. She drags him up on the stage for a competition to see who can make the ugliest face after removing their masks, presuming his deformed face to be a disguise. Once upon the stage, they realize it is really his face, though Clopin points out this is exactly what they are looking for. Just then, Frollo sees him and realizes his disobedience. After a guard throws food at Quasimodo and mocks him, the crowd turns from cheering to tormenting Quasimodo, who is then tied down and barraged with a flurry of produce.

Esmeralda, seeing this, stands up for him, cuts him free, and calls for justice. Following the gypsy's escape, Frollo is furious with his charge. After the festival Quasimodo witnesses Esmeralda singing "God Help the Outcasts", but before he can talk to her, a parishioner who mistook him for causing trouble shouts at him, causing him to knock down a candle staff and flee back to the bell tower. Esmeralda was terrified seeing Quasimodo being scared away by the Parishioner and follows him, while the Archdeacon stops the Parishioner when he attempted to stop her and Djali from following him. Quasimodo eventually befriends Esmeralda, who once more apologizes to him for what happened at the festival and whom he helps to escape from Notre Dame and Frollo's guards. Before she leaves, Esmeralda gives the hunchback an amulet that leads him to the Court of Miracles after he tells her that he refuses to leave the bell tower to go there due to what happened to him at the Festival. Afterward, Quasimodo encounters Phoebus and gets defensive towards him when the captain asks him where the gypsy was. Back in the bell tower, the gargoyles think Esmeralda is in love with Quasimodo but he tells them it's not true. However, in the song "Heaven's Light", he expresses his love for the gypsy girl and wonders if she loves him back after being the first person ever in his life to be so kind to him.

Later, after seeing Paris burned by Frollo, Quasimodo is worried that Esmeralda might be in danger, but the gargoyles cheer him up by convincing him that she is in love with him ("A Guy Like You"). Later, he offers sanctuary to an injured Phoebus, who is taken to Notre Dame's bell tower by Esmeralda after she saves him from drowning in the river. He watches as the two lovers kiss right in front of his eyes. He is heartbroken, but when he hears Frollo coming, he can do nothing but push thoughts of Esmeralda to the back of his mind. He hides Phoebus and quickly tries to hide what has happened from Frollo. Frollo, however, is already aware that he helped Esmeralda and announces that he will attack the Court of Miracles with a thousand men. After he leaves, Phoebus asks Quasimodo if he can come with him to the court. Quasi initially refuses after realizing that Phoebus and Esmeralda are in love with each other, but ultimately agrees due to his friendship with the gypsy girl.

Using the amulet Esmeralda gave him, Quasimodo and Phoebus make their way to the Court of Miracles, only to be ambushed by the gypsies. Clopin, the king of the gypsies, accuses the two of trespassing their headquarters and orders them hang, but Esmeralda comes in time to rescue them. As the gypsies prepare to leave, however, Frollo arrives and captures everyone present, revealing that he had secretly followed Quasimodo to the court. He orders his guards to chain up the hunchback in Notre Dame. The gargoyles encourage Quasi to save Esmeralda, but he tells them it's useless. He then watches in horror at the square below as Esmeralda is being burned at the stake for witchcraft, breaks free, swings down, rescues her from her fiery grave, and holds her over his head on top of Notre Dame, calling for sanctuary.

In the ensuing battle for the cathedral, Quasimodo successfully prevents Frollo's guards from coming to harm Esmeralda by creating a lake of molten metal. Despite this, Quasimodo at first believes Esmeralda is dead, and when he sees Judge Frollo in the shadows with a dagger, he gets defensive with him and rejects all that his now-former master has been teaching him about the world as a cruel place. Esmeralda then wakes up and Quasi protects her and himself from Frollo, who tries to kill them both during the film's final battle. Frollo then reveals to Quasimodo that the latter's mother died trying to save him, shocking Quasimodo, before declaring that he is going to kill him as he should have done twenty years ago. Ultimately, Frollo falls from Notre Dame to his fiery demise in the molten metal. Quasimodo also falls but Phoebus catches him just in time. Quasi finally accepts Esmeralda and Phoebus' love for each other and gives the couple his blessing.

With Frollo gone, Quasimodo is liberated from his hold over him and is free to live a normal, happy life. In the end, Quasimodo is led to the outside world by Esmeralda in front of a large crowd of Parisians. A little girl emerges from the crowd and approaches him. Seeing past his deformed appearance, she embraces him, takes him by the hand, and leads him out to the crowd who then hails him as a hero for his efforts, picks him up, and takes him away cheering.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame II

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Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame II.

Taking place several years after the original film, Quasimodo is now an accepted part of Parisian society, free to interact with the public, even becoming something of a town mascot; however, he continues living in Notre Dame with Victor, Hugo, and Laverne, and serve as the cathedral's bellringer. As the city prepares for Le Jour d'Amour, which is a festival celebrating romance, Quasimodo, although excited, feels a bit uneven. Unlike everyone else, Quasimodo has no love interest to celebrate the festival alongside. Esmeralda, who now acts as Quasimodo's confidant, reassures him that someone out there will cross paths with him when he's truly ready. Setting the grief aside, Quasimodo begins to prepare one of Notre Dame's bells, La Fidèle.

Meanwhile, the circus arrives in the city with a secretly villainous ringmaster, Sarousch, and his cohort Madellaine. Sarousch plans on stealing La Fidèle and orders Madellaine to convince the Notre Dame bell ringer to reveal it to her. Once he does, she is to tell him the location so that he may steal it. Inside, Madellaine wants no part of Sarousch's scheme but must obey or suffer the harsh world alone. Inside Notre Dame, she speaks with Quasimodo, who's hiding under a bell to prevent her from seeing his face. The two become fairly comfortable with each other. However, when Madellaine finally sees his face, she runs away in terror, leaving Quasimodo depressed. Even though their time was brief, Quasi begins to develop feelings for her. Hugo, Victor, and Laverne advise Quasimodo to head over to the circus, which he decides to do.

He meets up with Esmeralda, Phoebus, and their son Zephyr, and they all head for the circus together. After the performance, Madellaine is again ordered to get La Fidèle's whereabouts. However, she notices Quasimodo and Zephyr's close relationship and realizes that he is a wonderful person inside. Quasimodo and Madellaine head off on a tour through the city, falling in love during the process. The next day, Quasi feels odd and goes to Esmeralda for help. She easily realizes he's in love and advises him to tell her the truth. Just then, Phoebus arrives openly blaming the circus for the sudden robberies going on throughout the city. Quasimodo sticks up for Madellaine, who he feels is different, but Phoebus is not convinced. Quasimodo storms out.

Back at the circus, Sarousch forces Madellaine to lure Quasimodo out of Notre Dame so that he may make his move on La Fidèle. Madellaine tries to reject the demand but Sarousch threatens to murder Quasimodo unless she cooperates. Quasimodo feels it's time to ask Madellaine the truth about their relationship and leaves her for a walk. During their absence, Sarousch tricks Phoebus into believing Madellaine is the mastermind behind the thefts and two of his goons steal the bell successfully. When Quasimodo and Madellaine return, Phoebus orders Madellaine arrested for the thefts which leave Quasimodo feeling betrayed and heartbroken. Inside Notre Dame, Hugo, Victor, and Laverne inform Quasimodo about the robbery, and that Zephyr followed Sarousch. Quasimodo, Esmeralda, Phoebus, and a captive Madellaine make their way to Sarousch.

Quasimodo and the others venture into the dark catacombs. They encounter Djali, who takes them to Sarousch and Zephyr. Sarousch forces Phoebus and the guards into opening the gate to allow his raft through by using Zephyr as a hostage. Madellaine convinces Quasimodo to trust her again, and the pair run up a stairwell. Quasimodo lassos a rock to create a tightrope and Madellaine walks across it. When Sarousch's raft passes beneath her, Madellaine seizes Zephyr from Sarousch's grasp. With Sarousch now robbed of his leverage, Phoebus's men quickly arrest Sarousch and recover the bell. At the festival, Quasimodo and Madellaine finally proclaim their love for one another and kiss as Zephyr rings La Fidèle.

Other appearances

Quasimodo makes several cameos as a guest on House of Mouse. In the episode "Jiminy Cricket", Quasimodo was used as a reference for Jiminy's quote, "Maybe you'll meet someone special, maybe you won't," poking fun at the fact that Quasimodo did not get Esmeralda at the end of the 1996 film. In the episode "Ask Von Drake" Quasimodo is seen clapping his hands while he watches Esmeralda dance on a table. In the episode "House of Scrooge", Quasimodo's face is not deformed when you see him in the audience.

Quasimodo also makes a cameo appearance at the end of The Lion King 1½, amongst the crowd of moviegoing Disney characters.

In Descendants, Quasimodo appears as one of the heroes to have images in the Cathedral.

In Ralph Breaks the Internet, a screencap of Quasimodo can be seen along with the Sorcerer Hat at the Disney Animation pavilion of Oh My Disney.

Video games

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance

Quasimodo as he appears in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.

Quasimodo appears in the game as a character trapped in his sleeping world, "La Cité des Cloches".

Much like the film, Quasimodo is forced to remain inside Notre Dame's bell tower, under the order of his master Claude Frollo. During the Festival of Fools, Quasimodo sneaked out and ended up being taking part in the festival and being crowned the King of Fools. Dream Eaters were a part of his parade and they became Nightmares and turned violent when Sora arrived, who fought them off after.

Quasimodo met Riku when he entered Notre Dame for answers about Frollo. Having been informed by Frollo himself that he carried out business on the outskirts of the city, Quasi informed Riku where his master is and that the Archdeacon is away. Riku questioned him as to why doesn't go outside and Quasimodo explained that it's because of his hideous appearance. However, Riku encouraged him to find true friends who see him for who he is in his heart.

Quasimodo later met Esmeralda and showed her around the bell tower. After realizing that Frollo was plotting to kill her due to her ethnicity, Quasimodo offered her sanctuary and protection within Notre Dame. She declined but gave him a woven band with the hidden location of the Court of Miracles, a safe haven for hunted gypsies like her.

When he heard from Sora and Phoebus that Frollo discovered the Court of Miracles and was going to attack, he used the band to lead Sora and Phoebus to the court in an attempt to warn the gypsies. However, it turned out that Frollo tricked them and only pretended to know the court's location so that he could follow Quasimodo there. Frollo reached the court with an army of Nightmares.

Quasimodo rescued Esmeralda from her execution and took her to the sanctuary within the Notre Dame. Here, he learned that his mother had died while protecting him rather than abandoning him as Frollo said. He offered to help Riku fight the Wargoyle but Riku told Quasimodo to look after Esmeralda instead. In the aftermath, he was encouraged by Sora to go out and make more friends. Quasimodo agrees, no longer fearing being rejected by society. Quasimodo also thanked Riku for his advice earlier.

Musical

Quasimodo, in the German musical, is not deaf but has trouble expressing himself in verbal communication. He is, however, able to express himself when he sings, meaning that Quasimodo's numbers actually take place in his mind. He is also more of a morose in this version. His fate at the end of the musical is different than in the film, with him killing Frollo out of anger after he kills Esmeralda, and later carrying the latter's corpse while leaving Notre Dame. The musical also establishes Quasimodo's gargoyle friends as figments of his imagination, created in his head due to loneliness.

In the North American musical, Quasimodo's role and personality are very much the same as in the original musical. However, in this version of the musical, Quasimodo is established as being Follo's nephew, with his father being Frollo's brother, Jehan. Quasimodo is also portrayed as being deaf due to the bells, like in the novel. He only speaks coherently when talking to the gargoyles or when singing. (Some productions cast a deaf actor as Quasimodo, with another actor acting as his singing voice.) Additionally, Quasimodo's fate in the musical also differs from the German version, as he commits suicide by dying of starvation while holding Esmeralda's corpse, and his rests are later discovered in Notre Dame's crypts, and crumble to dust when it's attempted to detach them from Esmeralda's. In this version, his friends are a congregation of stone saints.

Disney Parks

Quasimodo Character Central

Quasimodo, posing for a photo at one of the Disney parks.

Disneyland Resort

Quasimodo makes a cameo in the 2014 rendition of World of Color: Winter Dreams, during the "Believe" sequence of the show.

Walt Disney World

Quasimodo has his own spell card known as "Quasimodo's Bell" in the Magic Kingdom attraction Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom. In the same park, he makes a notable appearance during Happily Ever After, where he performs "Out There".

In the past, Quasi appeared, daily, in The Hunchback of Notre Dame: A Musical Adventure in Disney's Hollywood Studios.

Disneyland Paris

In Disney Dreams, Quasimodo has a scene in which he sings "Out There" as he swings around the towers of Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant.

He was also featured in the former The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Festival of Fools parade, which ran in promotion for the film.

Disney Cruise Line

Aboard the Disney Dream and Disney Wonder, Quasi appears (as a face character) in The Golden Mickeys "Heroism" segment, performing "Out There".

Differences from the source material

  • The original Quasimodo, created by Victor Hugo, was an even more tragic character as in addition to being ugly and deformed, he was deaf and had an unintelligible speech from being the bell ringer of Notre Dame. However, the original version was also kind-hearted and caring like in the Disney version.
  • In the novel, Quasimodo is half-blind and deaf due to the loud ringing of the bells, causing Frollo to teach him to sign language.
  • Quasimodo's wart on his eyes was originally covering his right eye, causing him to be blind in that eye, but in the film, it covers his left.
  • In the original book, Quasimodo was still saved by Frollo, but Frollo was the archdeacon and never confined him in Notre Dame (but Quasimodo rarely exited anyway due to the repulsion his appearance causes).
  • The original was also considerably more violent towards his enemies, even going so far as killing them to protect Esmeralda. The main difference is that Quasimodo was not able to save Esmeralda from her death sentence (hanging in the original novel) and he kills Frollo himself by throwing him off the cathedral towers. He then finds Esmeralda's body in a tomb for those who were sentenced to death and clutched her body, staying long enough to meet the same fate.
  • In the ending of the book, Quasimodo runs away from Notre Dame after the death of Esmeralda. About three years later some soldiers find Quasimodo's dead body which has rotted into a skeleton, but as they pull his dead body off of Esmeralda's it crumbles into dust.

Relationships

Claude Frollo

Claude Frollo first encountered Quasimodo as a baby, after he killed his mother. For the murder, he had to take Quasimodo and raise him as his own or face punishment in the afterlife for his crimes. Frollo was against it but accepted it as the infant may be of use to him in time. For the next twenty years, he genuinely poses as an intimidating, yet oddly comforting, a father figure to Quasimodo.

However, when Quasimodo is twenty years old, Frollo allows him to be tortured after he sneaks out of the bell tower for which he is forbidden to leave. He is also enraged when Quasimodo helps Esmeralda escape him and sneaks down to the Court of Miracles, where the gypsies are hiding. Frollo applauds him for finally proving useful to him before forcing him back to the bell tower. At this point, Quasimodo has come to hate Frollo and will help anyone who is against him, such as Esmeralda.

After Quasimodo goes against him in a battle, Frollo's hatred for him reaches its limits and Frollo attempts to kill him like he "should have done twenty years ago". However, this ultimately leads to Frollo's own demise.

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Trivia

  • Quasimodo is Tom Hulce's final leading theatrical performance role before his temporary retirement from acting.
  • Other actors considered for the role of Quasimodo included musician Meat Loaf and Mandy Patinkin of The Princess Bride fame. Patinkin's audition became notorious due to an outburst when he was denied changes he wanted to make to not just the character, but to the songs as well.
  • Despite the fact that his eyes are green in the original film, in The Hunchback of Notre Dame II and Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance in "La Cite Des Cloches", Quasimodo's eyes are blue.
    • Quasimodo was also the first new Disney character featured in promotional pictures and footage of Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.
  • Quasimodo is 20 years old, according to Laverne's comment at the start of the film, his argument with Phoebus, and during Frollo's remark at the climax.
  • Quasimodo is the third Disney male protagonist to have a single voice actor do both his speaking and singing voices in a film, the first two being the Beast from Beauty and the Beast, and John Smith from Pocahontas.
  • Quasimodo is Romani, as his mother and father were both gypsies. However, he neither shares his parents' (and generally all of the film's other gypsies') dark skin tone nor their black hair. Though this can be explained away as a combination of his natural deformity and of living in a tower all his life (thus with very little sunlight).
    • That being said, his parents in the opening, especially his mother, have a resemblance to Esmeralda, which is possibly a reference to how in the original novel, the pair were switched at birth.
  • Clopin claims his name means "half-formed". Though the word does mean that, this is not why he was named so in the original novel; "Quasimodo" is the Italian name of the holiday (following Easter) on which he was abandoned on the steps of Notre Dame.
  • Quasimodo was mentioned in Who Framed Roger Rabbit during Roger's version of the song "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down".
    • It should be noted that this film came out 8 years before the Disney adaptation of Hunchback of Notre Dame came out.
  • Quasimodo surviving at the end is not exclusive to the Disney film. The 1939 film adaptation starring Charles Laughton ended with Quasimodo living but is still not accepted by the public.
  • Quasimodo melting metal and pouring it down the walls during the final siege implies that he not only rings but also forges the bells.


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