The line Quasimodo says when he finally stands up to Frollo "All my life you've told me the world was a dark, cruel place. But now I see the only thing dark and cruel about it is people like you." gets me every single time.
Hi, raised in a religious family here. My mother actually MADE ME watch this as a kid. She wanted me to know the history, to learn from the mistakes of the church and make sure none of this ever happens again.
Seriously though, this movie is incredible. It’s literally about how men with too much power would abuse it and twist religion to suit their own ends, while demonizing anyone who they felt made them stray from their path. Frollo literally gives Esmeralda the option of “being his” or death. Meanwhile the protagonists are still faithful and the movie makes its point without demonizing religion itself. I LOVE this movie
In the book Quasimodo is deaf from ringing the bells, and Frollo is part of the church. The musical disney allowed is more a combo of book and movie- and Frollo is Archdeacon of the Cathedral. Also, Les Mis and Hunchback take place 400 years apart, but you get points cause the books were both written by Victor Hugo.
@@Shoulderpads-mcgeeFrollo is more sympathetic though not really good. Still has the severe sexual repression problems and it still leads to his downfall and villainy, but he actually did care for Quasi. The knight dude is the actual bad guy.
@@Shoulderpads-mcgee correction: it's really just the knight dude that's the bad guy. Esmeralda is just kinda dumb and falls for him when he doesn't care about her at all. Everyone but him ends up dead in the end lol. I think he ends up in a loveless marriage or something though? It's been a while.
“It’s not my fault, if in Gods plan, he made the devil so much stronger than a man” is absolutely INCREDIBLE the LYRICS IN HELLFIRE like that song goes so hard
For real the songs in this movie go so damn hard and have resulted in so many amazing covers no lie ive listened to Johnathan young's cover of the songs from this movie so many times because of that
The background vocals are saying it is your fault in Latin I believe and I think that just adds more to it. Like somewhere inside frollo knows he's wrong but continues to blame everything else but himself
9:02 Hellfire is still to this day, the darkest Disney song ever. It has many taboos in it like sin, hell, lust, religion and religious chanting. Disney nowadays wouldn't even think about doing a song like this.
@@bespectacledheroine7292 This. People forget Disney's standards and practises were even more rigorous back then. Disney has the ability to do more things like Hunchback, but it chooses not to.
@@carlosalbuquerque22 Pinocchio does come fairly close but these two are the darkest by a country mile. I wish Disney would take a chance again. These stories suit them.
you're right they barely even say hell in the movies its always the elementary phrase of "H-E-Double hockey sticks" ah yes a setting set before hockey is using that for a reference... kill me
@@leargamma4912 they’re doing this for entertainment purposes, if you hate them so much then watch something else instead of making yourself irrationally angry all the time
@@garrettfairley3401 It's a term used derogatorily to label a community of nomadic immigrants (not 100% sure from where). They are seen as poor, cheating, thieving tricksters. A word that is used in the same manner as "Jew". its a totally acceptable word when used properly but when its not, it becomes a hateful word.
Theres something that i really like in this movie. All throughout the story, the Cathedral is used to represent God (or divine power). During the "Eyes of Notre Dame" part of the opening, when the lightning flashes, the Icon of Saint Mary's eyes open. At the end, when the bonfire is lit, Quasi screams, but at the same time, all the bells in the belfry resonate (like the cathedral itself is screaming at the injustice.) And when Frollo is standing on the Gargoyle Grostesque talking about plunging the wicked into the firey pit, the grostesque comes to life and drags Frollo to the firey death beneath him. Notre Dame feels like a quiet character in of itself. I love this film.
@@philiphamel8504 don't worry, raised Catholic here too, most of ud where I live say Mary or Virgin Mary, Saint Mary even. There is no need for telling all her titles like a GoT character lol
Fun fact: the book was so popular that it made people appreciate the Notre dame more, which inspired people to preserve historical cathedrals around frnace
Frollo without discussion is Disney’s best villain. Much like Gaston he’s a much more realistic villain with his wants and desires, and what motivates him to do what he does. Frollo is also a surprisingly great commentary on the dark side of religion, and so how some use the word of god as a scapegoat for their wrong doings.
hi sorry this isn’t meant to be rude but you made a typo! you typed “escape goat” not “scapegoat”. just incase anyone took the mick out of you for it first
Count Frollo's "Hellfire" song is one of my personal favorite villain songs in Disney history. The symbolism, the lyrics, and the complete sense of evil in this man is terrifying.
As a Romanian, "Gypsies will take you" was a common phrase to shut you up and stay close around the house like, at the grandparents village I spend my summers I would see underaged married girls to hammer the message down. Like WTF
You were right. In the original book, I believe Quazimodo was basically deaf from the bells. This movie suffered severe marketing problems as Disney marketed this movie much lighter than what it was which shocked and angered parents and lead to it not doing so well and the tone whiplash is because Disney high ups forced the gargoyles as comic relief to make it more kid friendly and get away with the darker material. I would have lied to see this movie as the creators originally intended but this movie is very good and underrated as a kids version of a very dark tale and the music being amazing. I did watch this movie when it came out and was terrified of watching hell fire in theaters. I was 4.
You know ever since I first watched this movie for the first time, I'm just amazed that most Disney movies in the '90s budget are so clean and well animated, I miss the old Disney sometimes.
Old Disney wasn’t perfect but at least it celebrated the medium of animation. Current Disney feels like it’s not allowed to have fun, just make the most money while offending the least people.
You just have listed my top fav Disney movies of my childhood, add only Treasure Planet and Mulan and we have it all. Also thank you for mentioning Kida, the movie is criminally underrated and Kida herself is amazing
I always forget just how dark this movie gets. The fact that within the first 3 minutes of the movie, you have a murder and attempted murder of a baby within 20 seconds of each other is wild.
Frollo is unequivocally terrible but its kind of sad that a lot of what he says about humanity at the beginning is also accurate. This song and movie is seriously deep. This is not a children's movie, but it is a masterpiece.
@@Sireington Then he's still wrong. Humanity's nature is to do good and work together. It wasn't only 1 generation ago that we used to leave our houses unlocked and shopped by just leaving the money on the counter. Trust is natural to humans. Frollo is as Quisimodo says, the real darkness and cruelty than he thinks everyone else has. Frollo and people like him are why it's not safe to trust each other anymore. The rare few who ruined it for everyone. And there's a reason we call these people inhumane. They have never represented us.
The fact that there are people like Frollo in this world is so sickening. Frollo is right up there as one of the greatest animated villains of all time imo. Maybe "the" best? Idk
I loved this movie as a kid, like around 6. My parents had no idea how dark it got or how horny Frollo was so they were fine with me watching it as much as I wanted. By the time they realized (we changed it to Spanish to watch together) it was too late.
Disney marketed it as a "kid's movie", with colorful music and cheerful dances along with happy meal toys. There's a goat! And funny gargoyles! But it was a trap, it was in fact, a dark, gritty, epic and awesome movie. What a twist! XD
@@dahmerung Yes it is. What I'm making fun of is Disney marketing, realising at the end with the end product "ho shit, we don't have a fun light kid movie, we have a dark masterpiece!... No problem, same marketing anyway, parents won't notice the difference!" XD
I’m gonna say that I love the fact that Quasi didn’t end up with Esmeralda. It’s a trope that the girl falls for the “not so good looking guy” but I’m glad they didn’t go that direction. It would almost destroy the relationship and genuine kindness coming from Quasi. All good though, my boy got a girl for the sequel.
@@esmeecampbell7396 I mean it’s realistic though… Aladdin is a handsome fella, Jasmine wasn’t settling like crazy(beside not being royalty) I don’t think we should hold it against people for not being romantically interested in someone they don’t find them attractive. That’s life. I’m guilty of it.
@@esmeecampbell7396 I dunno, even if Quasimodo was good looking I would have my doubts if she'd still fall in love with him. Esmeralda seems to love Quasi as in a motherly/big sister kind way, seeing him as a vulnerable person who has been sheltered his entire life and filled with self-doubt with oneself and she tries to help him overcome this, knowing the pain he must have endured at the hands of Frollo. Meanwhile, Phoebus is someone who also has had a lot of experience with the harshness of the world (he's a war captain after all) but is charming and a smooth talker, and isn't afraid to throw a little sass towards Esmeralda. Both their personalities kind of click together so I get that she'd fall for someone like him. Plus, it shows a big difference between Frollo and Quasi of not being loved by her. Frollo is willing to let her burn for the punishment of not choosing him ('nice guy' stick) but Quasimodo is still loyal to her and saves her life, even though he knows she doesn't love him romantically. Now that's a true pal right there. An actual nice guy, if you will.
@@KirbyIsCute I get why narrative it is there to compare Qasimodo to Frollo I just think it has the consequence of making Esmerelda look kinda shallow lol
Fr Quasimodo is a catch once he gets a little bit of confidence. Strong, kind-hearted, gentle, great at his job, and passionate about his hobbies. And the Disney version, despite his deformities, is still kinda cute.
This is my favourite movie from the Disney Renaissance. Judge Claude Frollo is definitely the best part of the movie. He’s one of the greatest villains ever.
Disney Movies from the Renaissance Era are finest. Best of all. All based from fairytales. Hunchback of Notre Dame written by Victor Hugo in 1831. A famed French novelist Jean Claude Frollo (full name) is without the most realistic villain
Sad fact: the person who played Quasimodo’s mother in the beginning and dijali (the goat) is actually Mary Kay Bergman (aka cartman’s mom) who died in late 1999. R.I.P
@@EternalTheMandarinGoddessMary Kay Bergman unfortunately suffered with her mental health and took her own life in November 1999. She did a lot of voice work for cartoons through the 90s. Her work for Disney mostly consistented of voicing female side characters. Bergman was also the official voice of Snow White. When South Park came out in 1997, she voiced most of the female characters until her death. She was only 38 years old, and had so much life ahead of her. If she were still here with us, she'd be in very high demand and considered a cartoon legend. But through her short life, she did achieve the status of a legend. R.I.P. Mary Kay Bergman (1961-1999)
Anyone else think that Dan Vs would be a perfect series for them to watch? I think it would literally be right down their alley, and it's so underrated!
They're uncultured so they would probably shit all over it for something stupid and inconsequential, like that time they hated on Gene for basically being Chris just because he's the boy child in a sitcom.
Tbh: Frollo scared me as a kid and now he just makes me more aware of reality. I thought, as a child, that he was too cruel of a villain since I was adjusted to more comical Disney villains e.g. Hades, Hook, etc. Nowadays, I understand that he is the way he is because it reflects the reality of people who walk among us. P.S: Hellfire is a very well-performed villain song.
I love the Hunchback musical because Frollo is somehow scarier in that version. He's Quasimodo's uncle in that version and he's more human. So seeing this zealot slowly become monstrous as the story progresses, all while justifying his actions with religion, is really cool and dark, but still cool.
Honestly I feel so proud of this channel. I remember that this channel didn't have that much subscribers before and wasn't even at 100k and now almost at 1million. I never even expected or thought them to grow so much and I was here from the start. I feel so very proud and happy for the channel.
Fun fact, the live-action remake of this movie has been delayed indefinitely because of one song being considered inappropriate. Menken said "do we do a Hunchback without 'Hellfire?' I don't think so"
Yep. That's Disney for you. They'll shove pointless changes and commentary about contemporary social problems in basically every single movie, but refuse to do the one movie that actually addresses those problems from the very beginning. What a bunch of cowards.
@@Birthday888 yeah tho portraying esmeralda and her people probably is another factor. Since Disney doesn’t want to consult the Manouche or anger far right European parties who share Frollos views on Travelers .
I had to look up what the Lindsay Ellis thing was about, and I kinda have to agree with her. Raya and the Last Dragon really is just an Avatar clone. The backlash of "we can have another inspired by Asian culture" doesn't hold up when both properties: - have 4 elements controlling the world - have 4 tribes in harmony with those elements - an ancient protector of all 4 coming back when they're needed most - an outcast who found them in the first place and gives up her life to help them
She did a 2 hour ish video responding to all the shit people harped on her about, and it was utterly infuriating how people treated her. She has returned to making content on Nebula, I'd use the service just for her essays tbh.
It makes me sad how the audience of UA-cam essayists like Lindsay or Sarah Z or Contrapoints seem to wait with baited breath for the chance to say “See! I knew it! I knew that she was really racist/transphobic/homophobic ALL ALONG! She was just pretending to be wOkE to trick us!” Like y’all gotta stop trying to cannibalize your allies for not being The Perfect Ally According To Me. Not that this video has much to do with any of this, but it’s nice to see people on her side.
Wait people hate the gargoyles? I mean I get heavily annoyed with some Disney side kicks but what’s great about the Gargoyles is that they don’t go to far or force screen time. They are literally there to be quasi’s friends and hype him up when need be and their contribution was pretty great towards the end. Every scene was a good break from how bleak the movie is. The difference between modern sidekick and For a movie like this is that it NEEDED that break of comedy. This movie is dark and drama filled but it didn’t take away from that just gave you a little break. They weren’t even annoying and their solo was good because it involved the story and not just for the sake of being a silly song. I will forever defend this movie and the gargoyles.
Exactly! I get people hating the Gargoyles because they don't like their humor and the jokes weren't their cup of tea but I never understood how they sacrifice the dark tone. They're barely in the movie and they don't get a lot of screen time. That's about it.
7:45 I’m pretty sure in the one of the stage plays for Hunchback they had Quasimodo use sign language to communicate because of the fact that his hearing would be really bad
I don't know if you guys have already but if you liked this movie you guys should watch Prince of Egypt. It's so beautiful stunningly animated and the story is pretty good too. I'm not a big religious person but that movie and it's soundtrack still slap to this day.
Hunchback is honestly in my top 3 for Disney films. All because of how EXTRA evil they made Frollo, like no other Disney villain gets close to Frollos level. Wickedest villian by far
I think this movie works better than any of Disney's other "message" movies, because while it denounces religious bigotry, it doesn't try to depict religion as evil.
I laughed so hard when he said this story should cross over with Les Mis because they take place in the same time. My guys, this movie is set in 1492 while Les Mis takes place in 1815, over 300 years apart. Both are based on books by Victor Hugo though
I was thinking "Has anyone been so horny in a church they made a song about it?", but I feel like there is probably some centuries-old ballad or poems about such unrequited lust or love.
I love The Hunchback of Notre Dame. This movie is still relevant today. I also believe this movie could have been somewhat an inspiration for the Disney Channel animated series The Owl House
Fun fact: the Les Mis and Hunchback books were written by the same author, that’s why they feel so similar. Also why it’s so surprising this movie exists at all, the book is so graphic and upsetting.
This and BATB have the same directors and are both stories of French origin about society rejecting someone who doesn't fit the beauty standard and their quest for love and acceptance. Both are my favorite Disney movies. I....seem to have a type.
I remember seeing this in theaters with my dad at the time and being stunned with amazement. I hoped Disney 100th anniversary film would've been this good or peak Tarzan. Month 6 asking for Good Burger 🍔🍟 and Dreamworks Wallace and Gromit curse of the Wererabbit
Me. Im into Quasimodo He’s sweet and strong, he doesn’t save Esmeralda because she might love him back, he just do it bcs he has a good heart He’s so lovely and cute and the scene where everyone accepts him always makes me cry out loud like a f@&king child
Idc if Disney considers this their black sheep, it’s one of their all time greats with just how much they pushed the envelope. Not to mention that music is just divine! Also fun fact, there’s actually a musical version of Hunchback that combines elements of the movie and the book. It follows the same plot, but has a few deviations: Frollo is actually an Archbishop, he has a brother Jehan who is actually Quasi’s father but passes away due to getting the pox from a Gypsy lover (cementing his hate for them), Quasi is actually deaf and can only read lips due to the bells, the boiling metal actually kills the soldiers, and Esmerelda actually does die in the end, with the last few lines of the musical quoting the book (they opened a tomb years later and found two skeletons: one female and one male with a prominent hunch in his spine. When the skeletons were attempted to be separated, they crumbled to dust). It’s much darker but I still love how it weaves more of the book into an already great Disney movie.
My favorite Disney movie of all time and one I didn't start appreciating until my late teens. It all flew over my head when I was just a 4 year old watching it in the theater.
this was my favorite Disney movie as a kid, above all the princess movies and stuff. now as a like 3 year old presumed-to-be girl, that was probably a bit surprising. I used to watch it on my grandma's VHS all the time. it's just so good
9:35 Disney be like "Write that down! Write that down!" Also this movie is probably my second-favorite of the Renaissance films, hands down, below The Lion King (of course).
7:47 well actually if I remember correctly in the original story he WAS mostly deaf - this was also translated into the bootleg-ish Broadway musical under the same name (go check it out it’s awesome, Altho be aware it falls under the same traps the movie and original story did with all the Romani slurs :/ ) and also the stone statues weren’t in the original story iirc, and were purely figments of Quasimodo’s imagination in the stage play due to his severe isolation and loneliness. Also Quasimodo dies of loneliness/heart break/starvation in the story and stage play and Esmeralda dies from like being burned alive in the stage play (I don’t remember how she dies in the original story)
No holy shit this is literally one of my favorite movies ever because of it’s dark themes and gritty tones and nice moral and story and beautiful animation and it comforts me to know that these guys won’t acknowledge any of that :)
I didn't see this film until i was like 20. I had some of the merch, just never watched the film cos we were poor. Couldn’t believe how dark it was. Have loved it ever since.
The word they use is an odd one in Western Europe. Cause it is recognised as an offensive term, but it still gets said by the majority of people (the elderly, the young, and politicians) when referring to non-Romani travellers. And some of those people also call themselves the word, the UK had a TV series about people in that community getting married called Big Fat G() Wedding.
Grew up watching this and finally got to show my siblings this movie as adults since they didn’t like Disney growing up. They couldn’t stop crying after every song.
3:18 You know that Les Miserables and Hunchback of Notre Dame were both written by Victor Hugo, which are the names of two of Quasimodo’s gargoyles in the Disney movie.
I was not expecting for them to touch on the racism towards romani people or even the acknowledgment that the g-slur is a slur, so this was a pleasant surprise!
The line Quasimodo says when he finally stands up to Frollo "All my life you've told me the world was a dark, cruel place. But now I see the only thing dark and cruel about it is people like you." gets me every single time.
My favourite line was when Esmeralda said "It's Esmeralding time"
"Everywhere I go, I see their face"
I love the fear in Frollo's eyes. You can tell he's used to torturing and abusing people and isn't suited to be on the other foot.
Fun fact: that line of Quasi’s was done in one take
With beautiful animation to compliment it. I will never get the look of that shot out of my head
Hi, raised in a religious family here. My mother actually MADE ME watch this as a kid. She wanted me to know the history, to learn from the mistakes of the church and make sure none of this ever happens again.
incredible mother
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Absolute G mother
That's awesome!
Mistakes of the zealous or people who claim to be righteous, but W mom
Seriously though, this movie is incredible. It’s literally about how men with too much power would abuse it and twist religion to suit their own ends, while demonizing anyone who they felt made them stray from their path. Frollo literally gives Esmeralda the option of “being his” or death. Meanwhile the protagonists are still faithful and the movie makes its point without demonizing religion itself. I LOVE this movie
I thought it was about repression and pretty privilege, but that too
Ironic considering how the book plays out
I mean when Frollo sings 'You know I am righteous man. Of my virtue I am justly proud.' like damn Frollo have you read the Bible?! 😆
@@borochifox Fanboy and Chum Chum Is Next
@@wildfire9280 I don't know about pretty privilege. It seems more of a curse in this movie than a blessing. Though so does being "ugly".
Imo this is the most beautifully animated disney film. The colors, shading and basically everything are on a whole other level
Agreed, but let's not forget the music. The music of this movie rocks, it's epic, grand and emotional.
@@leovk5779 I agree!!! We need more movies like this.
FACTs this movie singlehandedly made me more goth@@leovk5779
Lion king is better
@@60sbabydoll777 i actually disagree
In the book Quasimodo is deaf from ringing the bells, and Frollo is part of the church. The musical disney allowed is more a combo of book and movie- and Frollo is Archdeacon of the Cathedral. Also, Les Mis and Hunchback take place 400 years apart, but you get points cause the books were both written by Victor Hugo.
As French. You got them all right. In the novel, Quasimodo ended up deaf from keeping ringing the bells. And Frollo is a good guy and Esmeralda die
@@christophermichaelclarence6003frollo is a good guy????
@@Shoulderpads-mcgeeFrollo is more sympathetic though not really good. Still has the severe sexual repression problems and it still leads to his downfall and villainy, but he actually did care for Quasi. The knight dude is the actual bad guy.
@@MisterCynic18 that’s wiiiiiiiiild
@@Shoulderpads-mcgee correction: it's really just the knight dude that's the bad guy. Esmeralda is just kinda dumb and falls for him when he doesn't care about her at all. Everyone but him ends up dead in the end lol. I think he ends up in a loveless marriage or something though? It's been a while.
“It’s not my fault, if in Gods plan, he made the devil so much stronger than a man” is absolutely INCREDIBLE the LYRICS IN HELLFIRE like that song goes so hard
Preach
For real the songs in this movie go so damn hard and have resulted in so many amazing covers no lie ive listened to Johnathan young's cover of the songs from this movie so many times because of that
The background vocals are saying it is your fault in Latin I believe and I think that just adds more to it. Like somewhere inside frollo knows he's wrong but continues to blame everything else but himself
@@NewMega252I listen to the Caleb Hayes version myself
It also gets extra points for being a line paraphrased from the original novel.
9:02 Hellfire is still to this day, the darkest Disney song ever. It has many taboos in it like sin, hell, lust, religion and religious chanting. Disney nowadays wouldn't even think about doing a song like this.
Disney never did a song like this before or since lol. Let's not give the time itself credit so much as this one movie.
@@bespectacledheroine7292 This. People forget Disney's standards and practises were even more rigorous back then. Disney has the ability to do more things like Hunchback, but it chooses not to.
@@carlosalbuquerque22 Pinocchio does come fairly close but these two are the darkest by a country mile. I wish Disney would take a chance again. These stories suit them.
Its also known widely as the best disney villain song.
you're right they barely even say hell in the movies its always the elementary phrase of "H-E-Double hockey sticks" ah yes a setting set before hockey is using that for a reference... kill me
That grandma bit was criminally funny. "She WAS racist, she ain't here no more, RIP" 🤣🤣
Massive disrespect. These are terrible people
@@leargamma4912 they’re doing this for entertainment purposes, if you hate them so much then watch something else instead of making yourself irrationally angry all the time
What WAS the word she said though? I looked up several racial slurs and I'm still not sure.
EDIT: Wait, saying "gypsy" is racist?
@@garrettfairley3401 It's a term used derogatorily to label a community of nomadic immigrants (not 100% sure from where). They are seen as poor, cheating, thieving tricksters. A word that is used in the same manner as "Jew". its a totally acceptable word when used properly but when its not, it becomes a hateful word.
Thank you for explaining,@@supersizesenpai
Theres something that i really like in this movie. All throughout the story, the Cathedral is used to represent God (or divine power). During the "Eyes of Notre Dame" part of the opening, when the lightning flashes, the Icon of Saint Mary's eyes open.
At the end, when the bonfire is lit, Quasi screams, but at the same time, all the bells in the belfry resonate (like the cathedral itself is screaming at the injustice.)
And when Frollo is standing on the Gargoyle Grostesque talking about plunging the wicked into the firey pit, the grostesque comes to life and drags Frollo to the firey death beneath him.
Notre Dame feels like a quiet character in of itself.
I love this film.
The Statue is Saint Mary looking down from Notre Dame.
Don't say just Mary
@christophermichaelclarence6003 Mary who?
@@dyastro7479 Saint Virgin Mary, Lord’s mother
@christophermichaelclarence6003 sorry, I wasn't raised catholic. I didn't mean any disrespect.
@@philiphamel8504 don't worry, raised Catholic here too, most of ud where I live say Mary or Virgin Mary, Saint Mary even. There is no need for telling all her titles like a GoT character lol
Fun fact: the book was so popular that it made people appreciate the Notre dame more, which inspired people to preserve historical cathedrals around frnace
that was the point of why Hugo wrote it after all
Frollo without discussion is Disney’s best villain. Much like Gaston he’s a much more realistic villain with his wants and desires, and what motivates him to do what he does. Frollo is also a surprisingly great commentary on the dark side of religion, and so how some use the word of god as a scapegoat for their wrong doings.
Both seem realistic villains. No superpowers and really intimadating
French villains
Vive la France 🇫🇷
hi sorry this isn’t meant to be rude but you made a typo! you typed “muck” not “much”. just incase anyone took the mick out of you for it first
@@sxftpixie nah it’s fine I’ll change it
hi sorry this isn’t meant to be rude but you made a typo! you typed “escape goat” not “scapegoat”. just incase anyone took the mick out of you for it first
@@TailsClock thanks👍
Count Frollo's "Hellfire" song is one of my personal favorite villain songs in Disney history. The symbolism, the lyrics, and the complete sense of evil in this man is terrifying.
No joke, Esmeralda was my first ever Disney crush. On my life I only watched this movie because of her
We all did
FOR REAL MY BROTHER
She had a grip on us that could not be tighter
Jasmine was mine 😊
And legal, unlike most of the Disney female characters
As a Romanian, "Gypsies will take you" was a common phrase to shut you up and stay close around the house like, at the grandparents village I spend my summers I would see underaged married girls to hammer the message down. Like WTF
As French, there were indeed of Romanian migrants through the 16th
Probabil asa e si in alte tari
@@mihaiteodor7763 Da sub o formă mai rară. Cu siguranță încă des întâlnit fenomenul în Europa de Est și Caucaz
@@mihaiteodor7763 we have same thing for gypsies in Russia, especially in villages or small towns, but I think now is not big problem
You were right. In the original book, I believe Quazimodo was basically deaf from the bells. This movie suffered severe marketing problems as Disney marketed this movie much lighter than what it was which shocked and angered parents and lead to it not doing so well and the tone whiplash is because Disney high ups forced the gargoyles as comic relief to make it more kid friendly and get away with the darker material. I would have lied to see this movie as the creators originally intended but this movie is very good and underrated as a kids version of a very dark tale and the music being amazing. I did watch this movie when it came out and was terrified of watching hell fire in theaters. I was 4.
Frollo got touched by a woman once and his first instinct was to burn down all of Paris to find her.
You know ever since I first watched this movie for the first time, I'm just amazed that most Disney movies in the '90s budget are so clean and well animated, I miss the old Disney sometimes.
Me too man, me too.
We'll never get old Disney back.
Old Disney wasn’t perfect but at least it celebrated the medium of animation. Current Disney feels like it’s not allowed to have fun, just make the most money while offending the least people.
And then you find out Romani women look nothing like her.
90's Disneyland Movies, The Renaissance were my chilhood
Hunchback of Notre Dame is my top of 3 favorite film
Oh yeah, Esmeralda, Meg and Kida were my first Disney crushes.
Who's Kida?
@@ArtsyJet From Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Imagine falling for a gypsy
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You just have listed my top fav Disney movies of my childhood, add only Treasure Planet and Mulan and we have it all.
Also thank you for mentioning Kida, the movie is criminally underrated and Kida herself is amazing
I always forget just how dark this movie gets. The fact that within the first 3 minutes of the movie, you have a murder and attempted murder of a baby within 20 seconds of each other is wild.
Frollo is unequivocally terrible but its kind of sad that a lot of what he says about humanity at the beginning is also accurate. This song and movie is seriously deep. This is not a children's movie, but it is a masterpiece.
It’s a movie for everyone
Bro is agreeing with genocide 💀 bro sees the appeal 💀
@@corsh2715 I think he means the part about humanity’s natural wavering to sin or bad actions idk
@@Sireington Then he's still wrong. Humanity's nature is to do good and work together. It wasn't only 1 generation ago that we used to leave our houses unlocked and shopped by just leaving the money on the counter. Trust is natural to humans. Frollo is as Quisimodo says, the real darkness and cruelty than he thinks everyone else has. Frollo and people like him are why it's not safe to trust each other anymore. The rare few who ruined it for everyone. And there's a reason we call these people inhumane. They have never represented us.
The fact that there are people like Frollo in this world is so sickening. Frollo is right up there as one of the greatest animated villains of all time imo. Maybe "the" best? Idk
> "Frollo's a Daddy."
> Frollo immediately kills someone 😅
Quasimodo was actually completely deaf in the book from the constant ringing of the bells.
I loved this movie as a kid, like around 6.
My parents had no idea how dark it got or how horny Frollo was so they were fine with me watching it as much as I wanted.
By the time they realized (we changed it to Spanish to watch together) it was too late.
Disney marketed it as a "kid's movie", with colorful music and cheerful dances along with happy meal toys. There's a goat! And funny gargoyles!
But it was a trap, it was in fact, a dark, gritty, epic and awesome movie. What a twist! XD
@@leovk5779 And it was better for it. I like it when these movies can throw a curve ball and smack people right in their feelings.
@@dahmerung Yes it is. What I'm making fun of is Disney marketing, realising at the end with the end product "ho shit, we don't have a fun light kid movie, we have a dark masterpiece!... No problem, same marketing anyway, parents won't notice the difference!" XD
@@leovk5779 The Misadventures Of Flapjack and Fanboy and Chum Chum Is Next For Spilling The Milk
I really want an R-rated or The Black Couldron-esk remake or cut of this movie. I just want it.
I’m gonna say that I love the fact that Quasi didn’t end up with Esmeralda. It’s a trope that the girl falls for the “not so good looking guy” but I’m glad they didn’t go that direction. It would almost destroy the relationship and genuine kindness coming from Quasi. All good though, my boy got a girl for the sequel.
the fact, that Quasi has found love is probably tho sole reason why I think that sequel was not that bad
I don't know, it kind of makes Esmerelda look shallow, Princess Jasmine would never... 🤣
@@esmeecampbell7396 I mean it’s realistic though… Aladdin is a handsome fella, Jasmine wasn’t settling like crazy(beside not being royalty) I don’t think we should hold it against people for not being romantically interested in someone they don’t find them attractive. That’s life. I’m guilty of it.
@@esmeecampbell7396 I dunno, even if Quasimodo was good looking I would have my doubts if she'd still fall in love with him. Esmeralda seems to love Quasi as in a motherly/big sister kind way, seeing him as a vulnerable person who has been sheltered his entire life and filled with self-doubt with oneself and she tries to help him overcome this, knowing the pain he must have endured at the hands of Frollo.
Meanwhile, Phoebus is someone who also has had a lot of experience with the harshness of the world (he's a war captain after all) but is charming and a smooth talker, and isn't afraid to throw a little sass towards Esmeralda. Both their personalities kind of click together so I get that she'd fall for someone like him.
Plus, it shows a big difference between Frollo and Quasi of not being loved by her. Frollo is willing to let her burn for the punishment of not choosing him ('nice guy' stick) but Quasimodo is still loyal to her and saves her life, even though he knows she doesn't love him romantically. Now that's a true pal right there. An actual nice guy, if you will.
@@KirbyIsCute I get why narrative it is there to compare Qasimodo to Frollo I just think it has the consequence of making Esmerelda look kinda shallow lol
Fr Quasimodo is a catch once he gets a little bit of confidence. Strong, kind-hearted, gentle, great at his job, and passionate about his hobbies. And the Disney version, despite his deformities, is still kinda cute.
The sequel is basically that but very cheesy
This is my favourite movie from the Disney Renaissance. Judge Claude Frollo is definitely the best part of the movie. He’s one of the greatest villains ever.
Hellfire is an epic song, probably the best vilain song ever, only Scar's song can even compete.
Disney Movies from the Renaissance Era are finest. Best of all.
All based from fairytales.
Hunchback of Notre Dame written by Victor Hugo in 1831.
A famed French novelist
Jean Claude Frollo (full name) is without the most realistic villain
Here’s a fun fact in the book he wasn’t considered ugly because of his face. It was because of his hair color.
He was still deformed though.
What was his hair color exactly is it was diffrent in the book?
@@GeekZone210 bro I just saw your pfp and had to do a double take, I can never escape it
g i n g e r s .
and also a main portion of the injustice against him was because he was deaf not just cause he was ugly
Frollo is still easily my favorite Disney villain, he has more development in his song than other Disney villains have in their entirety
He's the most realistic
Well he was the main character of the book they took him from, so he had a leg up comparatively.
Sad fact: the person who played Quasimodo’s mother in the beginning and dijali (the goat) is actually Mary Kay Bergman (aka cartman’s mom) who died in late 1999. R.I.P
Oh God rest her soul, I recognize her as Timmy Turner's pilot VA. Shame what happened to her...
@@WillieMangaWhat happened to her?
@@EternalTheMandarinGoddessI believe suicide
@@EternalTheMandarinGoddessMary Kay Bergman unfortunately suffered with her mental health and took her own life in November 1999. She did a lot of voice work for cartoons through the 90s. Her work for Disney mostly consistented of voicing female side characters. Bergman was also the official voice of Snow White. When South Park came out in 1997, she voiced most of the female characters until her death.
She was only 38 years old, and had so much life ahead of her. If she were still here with us, she'd be in very high demand and considered a cartoon legend. But through her short life, she did achieve the status of a legend.
R.I.P. Mary Kay Bergman (1961-1999)
Wait she played the goat too
As a 90s kid, it’s so awesome seeing younger people react to the Disney classics and see how great Disney used to be
Bruh even early 2000’s grew up on Disney classics.
@@kiersing Agreed. But you gotta admit them 90s Disney movies hit different my guy
@@dforman4770 Definitely agree, golden age of animated films.
Anyone else think that Dan Vs would be a perfect series for them to watch? I think it would literally be right down their alley, and it's so underrated!
this!! and I've been wanted them to review "the superhero movie"'
I remember them mentioning it in a stream once and the never again 😭 Still hoping they react to it tho
I would love that, Dan Vs feels like a fever dream from my teenage years
They're uncultured so they would probably shit all over it for something stupid and inconsequential, like that time they hated on Gene for basically being Chris just because he's the boy child in a sitcom.
@@SupHapCakbro is slandering yet he's subscribed that's crazy
Tbh: Frollo scared me as a kid and now he just makes me more aware of reality. I thought, as a child, that he was too cruel of a villain since I was adjusted to more comical Disney villains e.g. Hades, Hook, etc. Nowadays, I understand that he is the way he is because it reflects the reality of people who walk among us. P.S: Hellfire is a very well-performed villain song.
I love the Hunchback musical because Frollo is somehow scarier in that version. He's Quasimodo's uncle in that version and he's more human. So seeing this zealot slowly become monstrous as the story progresses, all while justifying his actions with religion, is really cool and dark, but still cool.
Hunchback of Notre Dame and Les Miserables were both originally written by Victor Hugo, so they pretty much do take place in the same universe.
Victor Hugo was an amazing writer RIP to that man
Honestly I feel so proud of this channel. I remember that this channel didn't have that much subscribers before and wasn't even at 100k and now almost at 1million. I never even expected or thought them to grow so much and I was here from the start. I feel so very proud and happy for the channel.
When Disney had actual villains and good stories ...
Actually, I wanted a new movie to take me back to my childhood and we get a frigging stupid knock off of all Disney princess movies
Fun fact, the live-action remake of this movie has been delayed indefinitely because of one song being considered inappropriate. Menken said "do we do a Hunchback without 'Hellfire?' I don't think so"
Yep. That's Disney for you. They'll shove pointless changes and commentary about contemporary social problems in basically every single movie, but refuse to do the one movie that actually addresses those problems from the very beginning.
What a bunch of cowards.
@@Birthday888 yeah tho portraying esmeralda and her people probably is another factor. Since Disney doesn’t want to consult the Manouche or anger far right European parties who share Frollos views on Travelers .
I had to look up what the Lindsay Ellis thing was about, and I kinda have to agree with her.
Raya and the Last Dragon really is just an Avatar clone.
The backlash of "we can have another inspired by Asian culture" doesn't hold up when both properties:
- have 4 elements controlling the world
- have 4 tribes in harmony with those elements
- an ancient protector of all 4 coming back when they're needed most
- an outcast who found them in the first place and gives up her life to help them
She did a 2 hour ish video responding to all the shit people harped on her about, and it was utterly infuriating how people treated her. She has returned to making content on Nebula, I'd use the service just for her essays tbh.
It makes me sad how the audience of UA-cam essayists like Lindsay or Sarah Z or Contrapoints seem to wait with baited breath for the chance to say “See! I knew it! I knew that she was really racist/transphobic/homophobic ALL ALONG! She was just pretending to be wOkE to trick us!” Like y’all gotta stop trying to cannibalize your allies for not being The Perfect Ally According To Me. Not that this video has much to do with any of this, but it’s nice to see people on her side.
Actually there are 5 tribes in Raya and the Last Dragon
@@starlightsoireeGlad to know she’s alright!
Wait people hate the gargoyles?
I mean I get heavily annoyed with some Disney side kicks but what’s great about the Gargoyles is that they don’t go to far or force screen time.
They are literally there to be quasi’s friends and hype him up when need be and their contribution was pretty great towards the end. Every scene was a good break from how bleak the movie is.
The difference between modern sidekick and For a movie like this is that it NEEDED that break of comedy. This movie is dark and drama filled but it didn’t take away from that just gave you a little break.
They weren’t even annoying and their solo was good because it involved the story and not just for the sake of being a silly song.
I will forever defend this movie and the gargoyles.
Finally someone!
Exactly! I get people hating the Gargoyles because they don't like their humor and the jokes weren't their cup of tea but I never understood how they sacrifice the dark tone. They're barely in the movie and they don't get a lot of screen time. That's about it.
Mainly the George one
7:45 I’m pretty sure in the one of the stage plays for Hunchback they had Quasimodo use sign language to communicate because of the fact that his hearing would be really bad
The absolutely *synchronized laugh* at Frollo's mom dying. I'd expect nothing less.
I don't know if you guys have already but if you liked this movie you guys should watch Prince of Egypt. It's so beautiful stunningly animated and the story is pretty good too. I'm not a big religious person but that movie and it's soundtrack still slap to this day.
Here to say that they finally watched it AND LIKED IT!
9:35 And this is the thanks I get my favorite part of this video 😂
9:02 Frollo commited like 3 or 4 of the 7 Sins as he sang Hellfire
*_iTs NOT mY FAuLT! IT wAS tHaT gYPSy gErL!_*
*Let's count em!🙃*
when you're so down bad for a woman that you burn down an entire city
I wish I was that woman
0:41 one of my friends is fr way into Frollo🤣 I personally don't get it but I guess its good to see she's not alone
3:12 it's really funny hearing Kor say that say that HOFD and LM should have a crossover when the writer of original stories is literally the same guy
3:18 The original Hunchback of Notre Dame and Les Misérables Books were written by the same person.
He mentions all the things hunchback has in common with les miserables except that they were both written by victor hugo originally 🤓
That's why they have the similar settings too 🤓☝️
The fact that both Bill Fagerbakke AND Rodger Bumpass are in this movie. PATRICK AND SQUIDWARD.
7:45 fun fact, in the original Hugo novel, Quasimodo IS deaf from ringing the bells!
Hunchback is honestly in my top 3 for Disney films. All because of how EXTRA evil they made Frollo, like no other Disney villain gets close to Frollos level. Wickedest villian by far
In the novel Quasimodo is actually deaf from ringing the bells
Bro y'all should totally do prince of egypt.
The amount of Kingdom Hearts clips and such while commentating made it so much better😭 I forgot they had this world in the franchise
I love how no matter how far they stray, Spilling The Milk always find their way back to Steven Universe
5:15 I looked this up & the guy is legit voiced by Bill Fagerbakke.
Frolo sees fanart of himself:
"Bring these Tumblr vermin to the palace of justice".
I think this movie works better than any of Disney's other "message" movies, because while it denounces religious bigotry, it doesn't try to depict religion as evil.
It's also not preachy or pretentious about it either.
@@MovieEnforcer Hooray.
“What makes a monster and what makes a man”
I always remember that line from the opening and end song.
I laughed so hard when he said this story should cross over with Les Mis because they take place in the same time. My guys, this movie is set in 1492 while Les Mis takes place in 1815, over 300 years apart. Both are based on books by Victor Hugo though
lmao
6:42 Bro turned into Joe Biden 💀
This movie’s soundtrack is on a whole other level. The French dub of this movie is really good too
I was thinking "Has anyone been so horny in a church they made a song about it?", but I feel like there is probably some centuries-old ballad or poems about such unrequited lust or love.
Well Christmas is a Christian thing and Santa Baby exists
I love The Hunchback of Notre Dame. This movie is still relevant today. I also believe this movie could have been somewhat an inspiration for the Disney Channel animated series The Owl House
Fun fact: the Les Mis and Hunchback books were written by the same author, that’s why they feel so similar. Also why it’s so surprising this movie exists at all, the book is so graphic and upsetting.
"The Hunchback of Les Miserables" would be a good mashup amateur comedy musical, something like Starkid's "A Very Potter Musical"
This and BATB have the same directors and are both stories of French origin about society rejecting someone who doesn't fit the beauty standard and their quest for love and acceptance. Both are my favorite Disney movies. I....seem to have a type.
BATB?
@@leovk5779beauty and the beast
@leovk5779 Beauty and the Beast. IIRC, Belle cameos in a background shot. It makes sense if they share a director.
@@cassidyszewczyk5029 Yes, during Out There! 😁These two are very closely linked.
Brave And The Bold
I remember seeing this in theaters with my dad at the time and being stunned with amazement. I hoped Disney 100th anniversary film would've been this good or peak Tarzan. Month 6 asking for Good Burger 🍔🍟 and Dreamworks Wallace and Gromit curse of the Wererabbit
Me. Im into Quasimodo
He’s sweet and strong, he doesn’t save Esmeralda because she might love him back, he just do it bcs he has a good heart
He’s so lovely and cute and the scene where everyone accepts him always makes me cry out loud like a f@&king child
9:02 Hellfire
The king of Disney villain songs
Idc if Disney considers this their black sheep, it’s one of their all time greats with just how much they pushed the envelope. Not to mention that music is just divine!
Also fun fact, there’s actually a musical version of Hunchback that combines elements of the movie and the book. It follows the same plot, but has a few deviations: Frollo is actually an Archbishop, he has a brother Jehan who is actually Quasi’s father but passes away due to getting the pox from a Gypsy lover (cementing his hate for them), Quasi is actually deaf and can only read lips due to the bells, the boiling metal actually kills the soldiers, and Esmerelda actually does die in the end, with the last few lines of the musical quoting the book (they opened a tomb years later and found two skeletons: one female and one male with a prominent hunch in his spine. When the skeletons were attempted to be separated, they crumbled to dust). It’s much darker but I still love how it weaves more of the book into an already great Disney movie.
My favorite Disney movie of all time and one I didn't start appreciating until my late teens. It all flew over my head when I was just a 4 year old watching it in the theater.
Cuz it's the most realistic Disney Movie. Takes place in our Motherland France
I was just getting back into this movie yesterday, listening to Hellfire on repeat and watching behind the scenes documentaries, what a coincidence.
1:42 my Italian grandma said the same thing to me as a kid 😭
I too am secretly intensely attracted to the hunchback
Why he kinda...🥴
honestly... same
Real😫😫😫
this was my favorite Disney movie as a kid, above all the princess movies and stuff. now as a like 3 year old presumed-to-be girl, that was probably a bit surprising. I used to watch it on my grandma's VHS all the time. it's just so good
9:35 Disney be like "Write that down! Write that down!" Also this movie is probably my second-favorite of the Renaissance films, hands down, below The Lion King (of course).
Frollo: kills a woman
Jack: this is hilarious! 😂
Frollo is the same voice as the narrator in Treasure Planet!
Watch that next if you haven't
Also, RIP Eden
7:47 well actually if I remember correctly in the original story he WAS mostly deaf - this was also translated into the bootleg-ish Broadway musical under the same name (go check it out it’s awesome, Altho be aware it falls under the same traps the movie and original story did with all the Romani slurs :/ ) and also the stone statues weren’t in the original story iirc, and were purely figments of Quasimodo’s imagination in the stage play due to his severe isolation and loneliness. Also Quasimodo dies of loneliness/heart break/starvation in the story and stage play and Esmeralda dies from like being burned alive in the stage play (I don’t remember how she dies in the original story)
No holy shit this is literally one of my favorite movies ever because of it’s dark themes and gritty tones and nice moral and story and beautiful animation and it comforts me to know that these guys won’t acknowledge any of that :)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a massive masterpiece! Extremely amazing
Literally my sister is obsessed with this movie right now
9:34 The only time Ive laughed becuase of something Wish made. Bravo you made Disney Wish funny without making fun of it being bad.
This movie is one pf the most amazing, artistic, and poignant pieces of work to come out of the animation industry.
I didn't see this film until i was like 20. I had some of the merch, just never watched the film cos we were poor. Couldn’t believe how dark it was. Have loved it ever since.
Y'all turning it into a who kills Esmeralda first competition has me in shambles💀💀💀
11:40 I died. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
One of my favorite animated movies ever.It's a shame they gave it such a horrible sequel with an unsatisfying ending.
“They should have a crossover between this and Les Mis” is funny because they were both based on books by Victor Hugo
The word they use is an odd one in Western Europe.
Cause it is recognised as an offensive term, but it still gets said by the majority of people (the elderly, the young, and politicians) when referring to non-Romani travellers.
And some of those people also call themselves the word, the UK had a TV series about people in that community getting married called Big Fat G() Wedding.
Grew up watching this and finally got to show my siblings this movie as adults since they didn’t like Disney growing up. They couldn’t stop crying after every song.
Of course, only the Hunchback of Notre Dame could make you down bad. I mean Frollo is a catch!
8:24 Spider-Man, Spider-Man
Does whatever a spider can
Can I walk?
No I can’t
😂😂😂😂
Nice you’re reacting to this underrated classic.
3:18 You know that Les Miserables and Hunchback of Notre Dame were both written by Victor Hugo, which are the names of two of Quasimodo’s gargoyles in the Disney movie.
I like how using slurs is worse than, ATTAMPTED BABY DROWNING IN THE FIRST 5 MINUTES.
To be a slur or not to be a slur, that is the real question
I was not expecting for them to touch on the racism towards romani people or even the acknowledgment that the g-slur is a slur, so this was a pleasant surprise!
I was always angry because Esmeralda didn’t get together with Quasimodo as a kid 😭
That Lindsey Ellis joke with the bird was cursed lmao.