REACTING to *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* THIS IS SO EPIC!! (First Time Watching) Animator Reacts

Esmerelda or Meg? You can only choose 1

Quasimodo saw Esmeralda as an angel, Frollo saw her as a devil. Only Phoebus saw her as equal and human, so it is only right she ends up with him.

'My conscience is clear" "Yeah, that's the problem" - Frollo's entire character summed up perfectly in 8 words.

A few quick facts: 1) Everyone on the production team assumed this movie would get a PG rating, if not PG-13. When it instead received a G rating, they were incredibly confused and many opted to not let their children see it yet. 2) Alan Menken himself stated that "The Bells of Notre Dame" (the opening song), was the best opening song of his career. 3) The gargoyles are named after the author of The Hunchback of Notre Dame; Victor and Hugo.

I liked that Quasimodo doesn't get Esmeralda in the end, but accepts that she loves Phoebus, and they all remain friendly in the end.

Hellfire is still in my opinion one of the creepiest Disney villain songs in terms of genuinely making me feel frightened of a character

I feel that Phoebus is soooo underrated. The man rebeled against Frollo, saved innocent people, then changed his allegiance to the right side, he gave Quasimodo credit for what he did because he knew she was important to him. HE SAVED QUASI omg... and he's really funny, he's got the sarcastic comments, he's like a blend of Chandler Bing, Flynn Ryder and Kristoff or something like that, I love him so much he needs more recognition. And by the way this is one of my top 5 movies and Esmeralda is my second favorite female Disney Character

I LOVE this movie. You know what's really epic? Prince of Egypt. Sad story. Epic animation and music. Interesting characters (above all the protagonist and antagonist and their relationship). VEERY UNDERRATED too.

“We're only made of stone. We just thought that you were made of something stronger.” is still one of my favorite quotes of all time.

Fun Fact: During "Hellfire" Esmerelda was supposed to be naked in the flames, during post-production it was decided that might be taking it a little too far so the animators went back and dubbed a dress over her.

When I first watched this, I really thought Esmeralda and Quasimodo where going to end up together. But then I heard this description and it all made sense why Esmeralda fell for Phoebus. Frollo viewed her like a witch from hell that could only be redeemed by him. Quasimodo saw her as an angel from heaven, a perfect light. But, Phoebus saw her as a strong, talented, beautiful woman. Phoebus fell in love with her, not this idea he had of her.

I love how the animators took the time and effort to make Notre Dame itself a character — not only is it a brilliant tribute to the actual structure and its architecture, but it fits in line with Hugo’s original purpose in the novel. Like…all the (necessary) adaptation changes aside to turn such a book into a Disney film, the core of Hugo’s novel was that he wanted to bring attention to the Notre Dame itself, which at the time had fallen into some disrepair. Hugo spends SO MUCH of the novel describing the cathedral, that he makes it the “hidden” character of the story.

Animated movies with religious tones tend to have the best music like Hunchback and Prince of Egypt knocked it out of the park. Claude Frollo is probably the best villain Disney has churned out and Hellfire is the best Disney villain song

The scene where Frollo accuses Quasimodo of letting Esmeralda go has an example of the classic trope of "Evil cannot comprehend good". Frollo believes that Esmeralda tricked Quasimodo into letting her go, rather than consider that Quasimodo let her go of his own free will.

If you look REALLY closely in the town square during Quasimodo's song, Out There, you'll see a very familiar face walking down the street. . .reading her book.

Frollo is a perfect example of what happens when one mixes politics with their own narcissism. I really felt respected as a kid getting to have a movie that's mature as this.

I love Frollo as a complex villain, and they tell you in the opening song exactly how he is flawed: "Judge Claude Frollo longed to purge the world of vice and sin, and he saw corruption everywhere except within." My favorite opening song to any Disney movie for sure!!

There’s a version of hellfire in Latin and it’s absolutely terrifying. Nice notice about the capitalized God in the subtitles and the lack of it with the song, its a major theme. Its mainly a song about religious guilt, but it’s also a song about the delusions Frollo has in regards to his actions interwoven with his belief towards everyone else. Everyone is guilty except him and his excuse is that he’s doing God’s work. . It’s a very twisted combo and the duality of it shines in the visuals and the lyrics.

Frollo is one of the scariest villains in my opinion. Often in these stories, we demonize the characters in animation. Ursula is the obvious villain bc she is an octopus monster. But here we see Frollo as a corrupt public official using his status to persecute the Romani people and anyone who gets in his way. He uses religion as his shield and sword. Frollo enjoys the power he wields and often gets what he wants. All traits of real life villains. The villains in real life aren’t some witch or monster, they could walk among us everyday. Frollo and Quasimodo are juxtaposed against each other in this movie so perfectly. One of Disney’s best films. And super underrated.

So happy you guys watched this one. Frollo is renowned as one of, if not the, best Disney villain ever. It's creepy because of how real he is, compared to some other iconic ones like Jafar, Scar, Maleficent, Ursula. There are hundreds of Frollos out there in the real world, just waiting to find someone to dig their claws in. Also, Hellfire is really the best Disney villain song