Quasimodo

Pure Good

Full Name

Quasimodo

Alias

The Man
King of Fools
The Ugliest Face in All of Paris (all three by Clopin)
Hunchback
Bell Ringer
An Unholy Demon
A Monster
Dear boy (all three by Claude Frollo)
Poor boy
Quasi
The cute one (by Laverne)

Origin

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Powers/Skills

Acrobatics

Superhuman strength
Superhuman stamina
Handicraft
Agility

Family

Unnamed parents †

Claude Frollo † (adoptive father)

Allies

Judge Claude Frollo (formerly) †
Victor
Hugo
Laverne
Esmeralda
Captain Phoebus
Clopin
Djali
Archdeacon
Gypsies
Madellaine (girlfriend)
Zephyr
Sora
Riku

Enemies

Judge Claude Frollo (archenemy/evil counterpart) †

Frollo’s Soldiers (formerly)
Sarousch
Brutish and Oafish Guard
Captain Phoebus (formerly)
The Selfish Parishioner

Goals

Spend a day among the people

Become accepted by the people of Paris.
Save Esmeralda and Paris from Frollo’s tyranny.
Win Madellaine‘s love.
Stop Sarousch from stealing La Fidele. (all succeeded)

Goodness Zone

Risking his life to warn the Romani about Frollo's plan.

Saving Esmeralda from being burned alive by Frollo.
Saving Frollo despite the latter's many unforgivable deeds.
Helping end Frollo's reign of tyranny.

Type of Hero

Tragic Freedom Fighter

“	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.

“	Go on. Nobody wants to be cooped up here forever.	„
	~ Quasimodo shows his compassion to the baby bird.

“	SANCTUARY!	„
	~ Quasimodo's triumphant cry after saving Esmeralda noicon

“	No, you listen! All my life you have 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!	„
	~ Quasimodo to Frollo, realising he was going to finish Esmeralda off. noicon

Quasimodo is the titular main protagonist of Disney's 34th full-length animated feature film The Hunchback of Notre Dame and its direct-to-video sequel The Hunchback of Notre Dame II.

He was voiced by Tom Hulce.

What Makes Him Pure Good?[]

He helps a bird he raised fly away with its kin.
He saves Esmeralda from Frollo twice: first when he traps her in the cathedral, and second when he tries to burn her at the stake.
Holds no grudge for the townspeople for laughing at him, rather he helps them fight Frollo's army.
He spares Frollo and then refuses to drop him to his death despite his evil actions (including killing his mother), not wanting to stoop to his level and possibly, giving Frollo a chance at redemption.
While he was initially hostile towards Captain Phoebus, it was comprehensible as Phoebus was a soldier who was also the captain of Frollo's guards who participated in earlier attempted arrest against Esmeralda, while the Brutish and Oafish ones humiliated him at the festival. He would also befriend Phoebus later on.
Despite initially being heartbroken about Esmeralda and Phoebus' romance, he doesn't rat the latter out to Frollo when given the chance, goes with him to warn the Romani people about Frollo's upcoming attack, and even gives them his blessing in the end.
He stopped Sarousch and his henchmen from stealing La Fidele.
He formed a relationship with Sarousch’s former assistant Madellaine and forgave her after learning about her being forced to help Sarousch.
He and Madellaine helped rescue Zephyr from Sarousch.

Trivia[]

The original version of Quasimodo from the book would not qualify as Pure Good due to being too vengeful, as he wants to kill Frollo there and succeeded, and the literacy Frollo is far less evil than his movie counterpart.
He and his adoptive father are Pure Good and Pure Evil foils, counterparts and antitheses in many ways:
- Both represent the quotes "Who is the monster and who is the man" and "What makes a monster and what makes a man." Quasimodo appears as a monster on the outside due to his deformity and ugliness but deep down is a kindhearted man who cares for lots of people while Frollo appears as a grandfatherly-hearted man on the outside but deep down is very cruel, evil, and monstrous.
- Both have unrequited feelings toward Esmeralda:
  - Quasimodo genuinely loves her because she was very kind and saw him as an innocent person who deserves to be treated fairly despite his looks and gets a kiss from Esmeralda. Eventually, Quasimodo sings about his feelings toward Esmeralda which is known as Heaven's Light where he sees her as an angel and shows his feelings of wanting to see good within the world and humanity. He eventually sees her and Phoebus together and is heartbroken in tears at the first minute, but eventually overcomes it and helps the couple and protects them from Frollo and blesses the couple at the end of the film.
  - Frollo hates Esmeralda as she saw her as something he can play with in an inappropriately sexual manner or have her dead out of his prejudice of gypsies and feels that way as Esmeralda seductively flirts with him before magically vanishing from him. Eventually, Frollo sings about his lustful hatred toward Esmeralda which is known as Hellfire, where he sees her as a demon and shows his feelings of seeing corruption and evil toward all people. As he learns about Esmeralda giving love toward Quasimodo and Phoebus (platonically to the former and romantically to the latter), he desires to burn down all of Paris, including lots of innocent lives and even tries to burn her to death when she defies him during the end of the film.
- They also both experienced living gargoyles.
  - Quasimodo has three anthropomorphic gargoyles that are his only friends before meeting Esmeralda with Frollo slipping on one after saying his last words as the gargoyles roars and breaks off the cathedral sending him to his eternal damnation.