The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Burbank) - Phelous

[@AllyGatorAnimator]

*Every other adaptation of Esmeralda* : Meets/narrowly avoids a grizzly end for false accusations of witchcraft and murder at the hands of a corrupt, lust-filled individual and a society who will adore her or persecute her as it suits them. *Burbank Esmeralda* : Nearly gets arrested for knocking on a door and is threatened with the death penalty for praying in church by Lord Weiner, Guardian of an Ass. Burbank is so tone deaf, I love it so much.

[@dragonempress8367]

Lol

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Lord Wiener has anger issues.

[@comixproviderftw_02]

"THE CHURCH IS NO PLACE FOR PRAYER!" Favorite line

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

John Cena: are you sure about that?

[@MrJimmyTide]

That line is actually pretty true when you think about it.

[@aaronlandry3934]

MrJimmyTide YOU IS THE POPE OF FOOLS!

[@Chimerism101]

"YOU CAN'T FIGHT IN HERE! THIS IS THE WAR ROOM!"

[@Canada1994]

Well you know how secular France is these days

[@hannahpense9973]

Story about not judging people for their looks. Esmeralda’s first line: “You have the mark of evil!” Hit the nail on the head there, Burbank.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

The story is actually about gothic architecture must be preserved. Here some tragic and satirical characters for flavor.

[@germaniclad]

Man, Frollo really is good at holding down multiple jobs He's been: A Judge in the Disney version A sheriff in the UAV version A son of a Baron/Captain in the Golden Films version An abbé of Notre-Dame in the Dingo version An Archdeacon in the Goodtimes version and the original novel And now, he's also a Lord of Notre-Dame

[@billsykes2977]

legolas 2464 What is next Frollo?Old man of Notre Dame.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Frollo: expert multi-classer.

[@thenumberquelve158]

One more job and he'll be Mario's greatest rival!

[@tiffanystewart9265]

germanic lad and cardinal

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Also a Warlock and a Spellmeister.

[@dragonfire5000]

Say what you want about Frollo, but you have to admit he has a pretty impressive resume. Abbe, archdeacon, judge, sheriff, lord, spellmeister...

[@billsykes2977]

dragonfire5000 .....Gaston,Ratcliffe

[@name_undefined]

Warlock baby adopter...

[@gRinchY-op5vr]

professional (yet obvious) stalker

[@trixierubberhose2647]

Damn he has more jobs than my dad

[@avalynpoe4441]

He's also a damn good singer.

[@AmishParadise27]

Wow 56,000 views for a bell review. Quasimodo isn't doing to bad for himself in 1600s KZbin.

[@Conumbra]

Maybe they set this in 1599 so they could make the tomatoes historically accurate

[@cameronstone4495]

It's a better reason than just to have King HENRY! OH MAH GOD!!!

[@happydudemarius9404]

I love that of all the cheapo animation companies, Dingo was the only one who actually had the guts to read that massive brick of a book.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Or read a synopsis on a encyclopedia.

[@rejectromanceplaytwewy6605]

"Now, get out of here! We have drinking to do." I will quote this forever

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

It should be on a T-shirt.

[@daliborjovanovic510]

Also Quasimodo isn't deformed in any way in this adaptation either, just a burly Fred Flintstone looking guy, but I guess it's still a step above Goldenfilms`s the Handsome of Notre Dame.

[@diegobareno5820]

He kind of looks like any older version of Montana Max.

[@MamaMOB]

I mean I will give you that his face isn’t overly deformed but one of his eyes doesn’t open and he’s a hunch back. Those are deformities.

[@daliborjovanovic510]

@@MamaMOB Does he have those? The animators can't seem to make up their minds XD

[@Boostguardian1127]

To me he looks like N. Gin. Like very much so

[@kennedymedina4234]

He looks like shaggy to me again

[@ericariley1696]

Frollo: "You is the pope of fools!" Nuns: "Hoooaah!"

[@DocNighto]

Fun fact: the Italian DVD case of Dingo's Notre Dame steals the Burbank art for its cover, I just realized that while re-watching my Italian Dingo DVD collection.

[@phelous]

The English EastWest one uses that same art too. Yeah, that's kinda amazing that they copied another cash in's artwork for a cover.

[@gracekim1998]

Wow!

[@woldemunster9244]

@@gracekim1998 Yep.

[@jaygooese4242]

Okay Bakka! 19:43

[@diegobareno5820]

Mine too

[@DeepEye1994]

When the wizard guy showed up, for a moment I thought it was part of the review, like a skit Phelan made. ...But it's not...

[@brennabrodbeck5183]

Same

[@SlayerTank99]

“THE CHURCH IS NO PLACE FOR PRAYER!” I’m dead! 😂

[@ExplorerDS6789]

If Victor Hugo could've seen into the future and he saw all these poor adaptations of his novel, do you think he would have changed his mind about writing it?

[@keatonthekoopatroopa246]

ExplorerDS6789 everyone will still die.

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

Winner Star I think he would kill off more people. 😂

[@GabrielCorpsegrinder]

At least there's not too many adaptions of les misérables, although there's an awful one from Emerald City made in the mid 80s.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

ExplorerDS6789 He probably would have hated the Dingo Pictures version the least.

[@captainangamos2212]

Flandre Scarlet actually there is a miserables videogame... That makes up for 3 Hunchback movies

[@Xanegoh]

I love how Frollo's birthmark of evil just disappears at random intervals.

[@humanconvertile]

I really liked the KZbin bits you added in. You guys should go back and see the details Phelous put into the fake KZbin pages. "6 views, 2112 downvotes." That's actually pretty accurate to how KZbin displays its numbers. XD

[@OfficialSuede]

17:20 Quasi's bell reviews may never take off but he has great taste in watch history!

[@ezrastardust3124]

I love the ferocity (or the closest thing to it) in Quasimodo’s voice when he says “Quasimodo not your friend!” I feel like that line should become a meme

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

[Awkward grunts]

[@saintdane05]

Does... does this movie think that the Romani were some mystical fairy people that don't exist anymore? King Henry showed literal disbelief when Lord Frollo said Esmerelda was a "gypsy" and compared her existance to the world being flat. But the Romani are kind of like, real? And back in the day, a pretty hot button political issue. And it's not like they no longer exist either; a friend of mine growing up was one, along with the principal of my elementary school.

[@KhayJayArt]

Aw c'mon now. Did you actually think they would do RESEARCH on the Romani?

[@thegayghost872]

Considering that this Esmeralda is white, probably

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Well, the Ravenloft RPG does the ''Romani are magical'' thing with the Vistani people.

[@tultsi93]

I can say from my own experiences, Romanis aren't fairytales. I see them many times in the store I go.

[@The3y3]

@@thegayghost872 Esmerelda is actually white in the book

[@elsie8757]

I can at least give the movie this, it's the first animated Hunchback adaptation I've ever seen that actually bothered to give these French people French accents

[@AllardRT]

But it's stupid

[@DinosaurFan88]

Funnily enough, the '86 Burbank Hunchback apparently did the 'Quasimodo in green clothes' thing a decade before the Disney movie.

[@billsykes2977]

DinosaurFan88 All knock-off 90' hunchbacks copyed Disney, but Disney copyed Burbank Australia..........Dose it make Disney comletely useless now?Noooooooo(yes)

[@BATCHARRO]

They call it Sidney World now. No, they don't.

[@stephenbrown4698]

This movie makes me miss the ones where Quasimodo is an angel and Esmermelody has talking musical instruments

[@masterfarr8265]

meh I still like the one with Phoebus doing the meat beating sign and Pierre getting punched to the ground. The animation was great there

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

I wish i could murder those accursed talking instruments.

[@TessaGrayscale]

I hope the "now get out of here, we have drinking to do." becomes a reoccurring sound bite/clip. So applicable to so many bad movies

[@joeberryman3563]

Haha! The closed captions displayed 1599 as $15.99. I certainly wouldn't pay that for this film.

[@U014B]

Joe Berryman What about 15.99 Zimbabwe dollars?

[@somethingwickedthiswaycome9943]

I need those Quasimodo bell reviews now.

[@theadamblock]

cheese mooners, moon cheesers. both sound hilarious

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Mmmm moon cheese.

[@NocturnalDecay]

Vote now for the best Quasimodo! 1. Angel boy 2. Handsome of Notre Dame 3. Best bell friend 4. That one Goodtimes Quasi 5. What is Speaking Properly? Quasi

[@TheRoflcer]

Angel Boy.

[@FrenchPaul1988]

The Dingo one.

[@shitpost9237]

Why the fuck does every cheap adaptation make Frollo look so mad? Disney is the only ones who made him look natural.

[@shitpost9237]

Speaking of, why the fuck is Quasimodo always portrayed as braindead stupid? It's the outside that's weird, he's a normal human being on the inside.

[@andrewollmann304]

Shitpost Well...he IS supposed to be deaf, he probably wouldn't be able to hear what his voice sounds like.

[@markcobuzzi826]

And besides not being a religious man, Frollo in this version is unnecessarily backwards in other ways. In the book, Frollo was fascinated with the sciences and wanted to spend a lot of his pastimes gaining more vastly accumulated knowledge from many sources, to the point where he can speak various languages and it even leads him to experiment with concepts of alchemy and heretical teachings like predestination. He was pretty much written as a common renaissance intellectual. Did 90's Burbank really need to have Frollo believe the Earth is flat and all that, just to show how "prejudiced and ignorant" our villain is. Making your villain look like a silly moron whose intellectually behind the times is how they make him charismatic and threatening?! Plus, why would Frollo openly admit Esmeralda is not a witch. They could not even get that part right, since Frollo is so prideful and blind to his flaws that he would always try to convince even himself that it is Esmeralda's fault and not his own. My only guess is that they are ripping off the scene in the 1939 movie, where Frollo tells the archdeacon that he killed Phoebus (and the priest later responds by subtly manipulating Frollo into saying it to the King using similar strategies), but even then, he still maintained that Esmeralda's "witchcraft" caused him to become lustful infatuated and "tempted" him to attack Phoebus in a jealous rage.

[@EagleTimberWolf]

That's the one thing I love so much about Disney Frollo. You can still feel the heavy atmosphere of "I don't trust this guy" but overall he's depicted as a strict yet sophisticated religious man. Hell, despite his cruelty in later scenes, he actually starts out as both a dedicated teacher and somewhat fatherly figure to Quasimodo - of course we know that he's keeping him locked away because of his appearance, but the way they build it up almost misleads you into thinking he's only trying to protect him (which is exactly what Quasimodo thought). Despite the fact that you can FEEL that Disney Frollo will turn out to be the bad guy, they play it out so that you can SEE him BECOMING the bad guy (or should I say, a worse guy than he already was)

[@casperrabbit7254]

Who knew the difference between a prestigious multimillion dollar animation studio and some bargain bin knockoff studio would be the ability to afford character sheets? 🤣 (No but seriously, you have a good point lol)

[@shitpost9237]

2:21 Sorcerer from Fantasia sure went downhill after Mickey mouse took over.

[@seb24789]

He probably had some drinking to do.

[@geardog24]

Shitpost You mean he's not played by Nicolas Cage?

[@keatonthekoopatroopa246]

Shitpost his name is sid or something.

[@brandonlyon730]

It's Yen Sid, his name is Disney spelled backwards.

[@tarotcard0371]

@geardog24 Was that a Nostalgia Critic reference?

[@CallMeFreakFujiko]

"La" is "the" in French. So it's "the petition." "What petition?" "THE petition."

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

CallMeFreakFujiko I could be wrong but wouldn't it be Le instead of La?

[@pikespendragon67]

French is a language where you add gender to objects. Le/un is masculine, la/une is feminine. They both mean "the/a(n)", though

[@DrZuluGaming]

@@sweetcinnamonpnchkin No, since Petition is a feminine word in french. As in Une Petition.

[@koenvandamme6901]

Hehe, Burbank is soooooooooo stupid. Also I'm 90% sure that wizard isn't allowed anywhere near children.

[@sherlocksmuuug6692]

"Hehehe" *Head bobs up and down*

[@corruptofficial8638]

That's why he hangs around Hobbits instead!

[@harrysavva9630]

Wizard: YOUUUU ARE LOOKING FOR ADVEEENTUREEE!! (who gets it? :D)

[@Undamagedaddyk]

I didn't know Victor Hugo was a wizard. Thanks, Burbank!

[@rdsasuke1]

Their earlier Hunchback movie was actually pretty good.Told the story rather well and it didn't dumb down things for kids.Always respected it for that.

[@billsykes2977]

rdsasuke1 Agreed

[@markcobuzzi826]

I thought it was a million times better than the ones Phelous reviewed so far. My only wishes were that it did not have Gringoire completely vanish from the narrative halfway through, Frollo was a bit more developed and three-dimensional, we got to see more of Quasimodo struggling with his unrequited desire, and the happy ending with Quasimodo/Esmeralda both surviving and Esmeralda getting together with Phoebus did not come completely out of nowhere. Phoebus pretty much acted like his book counterpart until then, even ignoring Esmeralda while she was about to be burned, but then barges in like the cops from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" to suddenly end the battle. I thought Disney made the necessary changes to its story to make that happy ending feel earned, by making Phoebus a composite of the book Phoebus and Gringoire, having Phoebus and Esmeralda go through a developing relationship to make them worthy of falling in love, and allowing a lot of the same tragedy/persecution/genocide/religious themes/heartbreak/sexual themes/evil to prominently take place in its story.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Now get out of here. We have drinking to do!

[@tiffanystewart9265]

@@markcobuzzi826 the other prob was some bits like the chase to the court was to long but the important stuff like the stabbing the whipping and the trail were to rushed

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Is that a Loud House character?

[@NurseValentineSG]

HOW MANY HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME KNOCK-OFFS ARE THERE.

[@memebasterd1080]

Nurse Valentine 989

[@ghostgirl7089]

Nurse Valentine I wouldnt be surprised if it was over 9,000 of them

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Nurse Valentine 6. We have UAV's Secret of the Hunchlous, Golden Films' Handsome of Notre Dame, Dingo Pictures' Hunchback of Notre Damn Hell, GoodTimes and Jetlag's Hunchback, and both Burbank adaptations of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

[@kanchomerocks12]

AT Productions I actually liked that show

[@billsykes2977]

There is also fanta heroes series Qasimodo.

[@rouka120]

I just realized that Frollo's birthmark is an evil laughing face. Y'know it's also funny that "Lord" Frollo's "birthmark" is more detailed than him.... dafuq?

[@Varjokani]

Finally a cartoon from my childhood. I remeber seeing this in Finnish when I was a kid. I loved the young priest because his Finnish dupper was famous Pauli Virta. His voice made him sound bit Aragon like and hot. Meh. I feel like my childhood has been hurt since the original voices are horrible. But I m glad you made this. And yes the doves and the priest were my fave charachters as a kid. And yes when I was a kid I tought Esmeralda was pretty. But I never understood Frollos's mark on his hand. I was like wtf why did he play with stamper ink? XD

[@KnightofDarkSorrow]

I actually kind of liked the '86 version when I was a kid. It was shown on Nickelodeon at some point and I remember feeling really sad for Quasimodo when he was begging for water, and when everyone laughed at him for being deaf.

[@unamed2516]

KnightofDarkSorrow laughing at somebody who can't even hear is horrible and just plain stupid

[@TheAngelmisa]

KnightofDarkSorrow Me too. the 1986 hunchback of Notre dame is really beautiful

[@Passions5555]

Holy shit, I remember that airing of the old Burbank hunchback movie on Nickelodeon from way back in the day. First time I ever watched that version.

[@MadameSomnambule]

I honestly kinda like Burbank’s art style in the 80s more than their 90s fare. Their adaptation of the Hunchback looks kinda cool imo.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Now get out of here. We have drinking to do!

[@shaneattwell2222]

2:20 Wow, Phelous! Way to step up the budget on your in-between segments. I didn't even recognize you in that wizard get-up. ...Wait, that wasn't one of your skits? ...This movie's gonna be a hell of a sit, isn't it?

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

XDDD

[@captainangamos2212]

How many Hunchback reviews are we gonna get? I want 3 more. Frollo has yet to be a landlord, doctor and a mailman.

[@glub-kitchen-imp]

Captain Angamos My favorite Frollo is the one who drove a bus.

[@lizzychrome7630]

This was one of your funniest yet! Due mostly to the perfect freeze-frames on the characters' stupid expressions, and your voice work (the pigeons in particular). Also, the fact that the thug who attacks Quasi in the dungeon looks like Tor Johnson. (If you're a Phelous fan, I assume you're a fan of so-bad-it's-good movies in general and thus know who Tor Johnson is.)

[@rhett8-u1n]

Lizzy Chrome the voice acting was great, as well as that bell yt review. I actually hope the doves return, maybe get into a threeway fight with the useless blue birds and annoying bats.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Lizzy Chrome I honestly don't know how Phelous' KZbin channel doesn't have more subcribers than it should... Other than the obvious reason. But seriously, Phelous has been keeping me entertained since blip crashed and burned... I like his reviews of bad horror movies, cheap animated films and both bootleg and obscure official merchandise!

[@FrenchPaul1988]

Time for go to bed for Quasi then, huh ?

[@lizzychrome7630]

@@TommyDeonauthsArchives What's the "obvious reason?" His past connection to Channel (Not So) Awesome?

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

The Hunchback of Yucca Flats.

[@awnaur0no919]

HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME FOREVER, HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME FOR A HUNDRED YEARS, A HUNDRED YEARS HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME FOR ALL TIME, 10 SEASONS HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME

[@kyosballerina7701]

Are these adaptations (including the Disney one) afraid of insulting Catholics or something, and that's why they keep making Frollo something other than a member of the church? I can't think of any other reason to keep changing it.

[@rhett8-u1n]

KyosBallerina probably the case. Even to this day, religion is a sort of hands off situation for family entertainment. Unless of course its glorifying it the entire run time. Then of course, ironically, the worry of pissing people off goes out the window.

[@mastermarkus5307]

That's what I thought, which goes along with why there are often priest characters who are extra friendly and sympathetic, just to double up on "SEE? THE CHURCH ISN'T BAD!". Frankly, I think this would've been a slap in the face to Hugo at the time, who was not a fan of the church. He eventually warmed up to clergymen who were also good people (see various characters in _Les Miserables_), but he was still in favour of free thought and is quoted with saying "There is in every village a torch - the teacher; and an extinguisher - the priest". And, aside from issues with Hugo, the Catholic church REALLY does not need the extra metaphorical fellating if the way the mainstream media covers anything the Pope does, now matter how absolutely insignificant (and these days, it usually is insignificant) is any evidence.

[@mastermarkus5307]

He _is_, but the addition of the "nice priest" sort of softens the blow so that Christians could more readily assume "he's a bad Christian" rather than "taking religion super seriously and treating people poorly based on superstition is a bad thing".

[@enharmonics]

He's a judge and a minister in the Disney verision. And of course they have the perfect-person Archbishop to balance it out, but Frollo's whole character and conflict is very heavily religion based. I mean, all you have to do is look at Hellfire.

[@Mars-dw2zc]

disney did it so the film wouldnt garner controversy for attacking religion. the film was made around 20 years ago, so i imagine attitudes to criticism of christianity was very different to how it is now, where its very common.

[@Cabrono]

Please please please *please* make a thing out of Quasimodo's bell reviews. I can't stop laughing help.

[@Namadu7]

17:20 Judging by the recommendations, you made videos back in 1600? Considering the fact that you die in so many videos and are still around today, that makes sense.

[@JVM485]

Phelous is my comfy channel every so often I turn his cartoon reviews on and relax after a stressful day. I still remember this one when it was first uploaded and rewatched it just like all the others and every so often it blows my mind how much time has passed since then! I've been watching Phelous since Mac and Me and he's the only other content creator that's the same all these years! But damn it feels like time stands still watching him!

[@MegaSpiritmaster]

now I want to see an epic deduction battle between Pierrelock and Frollock for the Titel of GREATEST NOTRE DAME DETECTIVE!

[@billsykes2977]

MegaSpiritmaster The one who first finds diamonds will be the gratest Notre Dame detective!!!!!!!!MY GOD

[@FrenchPaul1988]

But will either match Siro, the greatest MK detective ?

[@diegobareno5820]

No one can match Sirolock!

[@hypno-scream5652]

I think we underappreciate the fact that for those KZbin gags, not only does Quasimodo's dialogue make up the description, but Quasi's bell review has a ridiculous amount of likes while "Esmerelda is Innocent" has only three likes and a large amount of dislikes.

[@mattheviewer]

Historical note: there were 3 ages of Burbank: the two you mentioned (pre '90's, and the '97 onward) , and the middle one from 1992 - 1997 which involved Australian startup Energee Entertainment as one of the first Apple-powered digital animation production facilities in Australia. That era began with FRANK ENSTEIN and ended with HANS AND THE SILVER SKATES (the latter animated in China and the last of the Energee Burbank's). Budgets were small, schedules were two weeks per show, staff went through major changes around EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES, lowest cel count show was COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (knife wounds rather graphic).

[@smjaiteh]

Why are there so many animated adaptations of this goddamn adult Victor Hugo novel!??! EDIT: Seriously! It's like finding out there are six different religious versions of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Or six different musical versions of Isaac Asimov's Foundation!

[@blondbraid7986]

And let's not forget all the animated Anastasia movies, set during the Russian revolution. I wonder which adult novel or historical is next in line to get a bunch of poorly animated children's movies. It'd be pretty funny to see a cartoon adaptation of Wolf among Wolves with all characters re-imagined as actual anthropomorphic wolves! :)

[@PassTheMarmalade1957]

There's an old joke about a Disney version of the story of Anne Frank.

[@blondbraid7986]

Lady Marmalade SNL made a short animated sketch making fun of kids movies with inappropriate source material, and they joked about making a crossover between Anne Frank and the Titanic. Just to prove truth is stranger than fiction, there have actually been two animated Titanic movies for kids, and one of them even got a sequel!

[@PassTheMarmalade1957]

Gertrud Bondesson Don't forget the rapping dog!

[@blondbraid7986]

How could anyone forget the rapping dog? XD And that animated Titanic movie managed to be less historically inaccurate than the other one, where a giant octopus saves everybody on board!

[@AJ-The-Bumblebee]

Man, today has sucked- *Phelous uploads a new review* LIFE IS GOOD AGAIN.

[@LchanOtakudom]

OMG I REMEMBER THAT FIRST HUNCHBACK MOVIE! I caught a brief glimpse of it in the early 1990s and wondered why a cartoon was so depressing! I hope you tear that one apart someday, Phelous! Also your Darkwing Duck shirt is glorious!! Your review was amazing and hilarious, you were on fire with the riffs! Wonderful job! Also, I'm sorry for the overuse of exclamation points.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Laura B There are never too many exclamation points!

[@LchanOtakudom]

CaptainMarvell92 Returns Glad to hear it! All the exclamation points for Phelous!

[@jonothanthrace1530]

23:30 I fucking lost it when I saw the "paintings" in the background. I didn't know Picasso was in Paris in the 1600s!

[@RaphBlade7]

In the original book, both Quasimodo & the Judge that sentences him are deaf, but the judge fails to realize that fact & thus assumes Quasimodo is mocking him when he doesn't say anything!

[@Zelli52]

The year says 1599 the clothes say 1400s anyway

[@wheeledjustice7381]

The voice work is so poorly done in this version that I have legitimate trouble telling what's a real line and what's one of your parody dub lines. That's impressive. Also, La Petition is actually correct, granted there should be an accent over the e.

[@phelous]

You wouldn't make a petition for something and just call it "The Petition".

[@foxygrin]

WheeledJustice pretty sure it's 'le'?

[@GabrielCorpsegrinder]

No, he's correct pétition is a feminine word, now why we give genders to genderless words is something I'll never fully understand, aka la langue de Molière.

[@TamsinV]

Phelous wasn't making fun of "La Petition" for it being incorrect grammar, but because no one has a petition just called "The Petition". It'd be like "Petition to Release Esmerelda" or something. It's a dumb generic placeholder name that the animators put on it.

[@gracekim1998]

Er….petitions have better titles than just ‘the petition’🤣

[@ZekeAxel]

My mom actually rented the 80s Burbank Hunchback on VHS for me, thinking it was the Disney one. I remember being extremely bored.

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

oh look. Gaston-with-a-beard aka "Frollo" has returned.

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

Ninja Briefs the Saiyan does that mean more Deputy Duck?

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

MORE Deputy Duck? MAH GOD!!!

[@ClaudetteVioletta]

No one get rip-offed like Gaston

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Nobody talks shit about Deputy Duck.

[@PikaTheProsperous]

Wait, if Quasimodo is deaf...how does he know the names of certain people?

[@berpipo]

There is a simple explanation for that.

[@calthesquidking5839]

I was thinking the same thing after the 10th time he said Esmeralda.

[@Longshanks1690]

PikaTheProsperous Are you saying deaf people have no way of telling people apart?

[@berpipo]

not idiotic? in this version? you sure about that?

[@snazzyzsmitty]

maybe he can read lips?

[@extraram896]

Interesting how the 80s Burbank adaptation of Hunchback still looks like more effort & style was put into their take on the story, whereas here it's so obvious how rushed this was to get that sweet knockoff disney money

[@SuperTed19021]

Because their was no Disney Renaissance films back then to cash grab on compared to the 90s.

[@dragonempress8367]

Why do they make Esmeralda look more and more like a Barbie doll in these?

[@candycane1744]

Or a Mary Sue, where EVERYONE falls for her which pale in comparison to her

[@Dreigonix]

From gorgeous caramel-skinned beauty to... generic white girl.

[@limalepakko6074]

She's actually a (gypsy-stolen) white girl for which everyone falls in the book

[@candycane1744]

in the book she is technically a French/white woman but they are obviously ripping off the disney version which didnt include that

[@Tareltonlives]

Because Hugo was racist too

[@ClopinGirl64]

"Frollo, the Guardian of an Ass!" Lol

[@CatGravityWell]

I might have to get out of here and finish it later. I have drinking to do.

[@alieninvaider]

Kylelolcat I love your icon 🐈

[@tfmaster96]

(Frank) Miller time?

[@glitchmix7844]

Great video! Having recently seen the Disney version, I find it very entertaining to watch all these cash-in attempts afterwards. It makes me appreciate the Disney one even more.

[@sharona1981]

19:16 'I'm such a nice king-I think we should only arrest UGLY people!' Dude, I can't breathe!

[@maxordman4100]

Definitely one of your best hunchback reviews ever! I’ve watched this one four times and it just keeps getting funnier every time! Also gotta love the ancient KZbin joke! Dang these strange fairy tales adaptions! If nothing else they truly help keep you doing what you do best!

[@CosmicIntelJet]

19:42 "DON'T LOOK AT HER!" (*Gesturing frantically in her direction*) xD

[@Emperor_Oshron]

missed opportunity joke when Quasimodo is choking the guard: "What the hell are you doing?!" "The...Vulcan neck pinch?" "No no no, stupid, you've got it much too high!"

[@olserknam]

23:31 - why do they have fat Lemongrab paintings on the wall?..

[@Dreigonix]

UNACCEPTABLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

[@megatron6713]

"I HAVE THIIIIINNNNGGGGSSSS IN MY EARS!!!!!" - fat lemongrab

[@MadameTamma]

If this version is set around New years in Paris why isn't it winter? There's no snow. No one's even wearing a coat. That one gypsy had no shirt at all.

[@FoobarMagnum]

Hey Phelous, thanks for the video! I'm poor as hell right now, but as soon as I find a job that puts food on my table and money in my pocket, I intend to support you with Patreon.

[@Longshanks1690]

Kitten Communism You could probably start by selling whatever electrical device you're writing that on.

[@InfiniteAnvil]

Yeah! Everyone knows that the way to make money when you're seeking work is to sell off the device you use to put in job applications.

[@foxygrin]

I just love it when people own one (1) electronic device they're suddenly not poor anymore. They never said "my whole family is starving but at least I have the newest IPhone" ffs

[@GabrielCorpsegrinder]

I'll give you an actuall non-jerky answer, the best way to support Phelous and fellow youtubers that you love is simply to disable UBlock/AdBlock on the channel.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Flandre Scarlet Thanks Neighbor-rino!

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

17:21 to 17:37 Phelous' voice of the 90's Burbank Quasimodo made me laugh more than it should have... And that KZbin bit is pretty funny!

[@williammorgan5592]

Who wants phelous to do an abridged series one day?

[@scitechian]

He seems to like DBZ, maybe he could hit up Team Fourstar for a bit part.

[@williammorgan5592]

scitechian I can see him being a random extra killed by someone

[@handsomebrick]

I don't think Team Fourstar did a very good job, but now no one else is allowed to have a shot.

[@PaceBreaker]

handsomebrick Funny thing about that. After LittleKuriboh and TFS started with their respective series, lots of people attempted to make their own Abridged Series... and well some died off and others hardly even got off the ground. Those guys just happened to stick with their projects while also being pretty decent.

[@handsomebrick]

From what I understand, Team Fourstar survived because Funimation supported them. For LittleKuriboh it was pretty much the exact opposite story, even though without him Yugioh wouldn't be nearly as relevant.

[@iudsaenmotrango3271]

I guess Skinner was in the crowd chasing Quasimodo... "Damn! He's *very* slowly getting away!" Also, in terms of King Henry laughing at Frolo for his beliefs when he says he thinks Esmeralda is Romani... that's just weird. Given the word he used is just a racial slur for Romani travelers, and not some mythical beast, wouldn't that be a bit like someone in the 1800s saying; "Hey, I think that girls a n*gro" and his boss turning to him and saying; "N*gros? what else do you believe in, GHOSTS? HAHAHAHA!" It's just kind of weird is all I'm saying, even for sixteenth century France... Maybe King Henry got wet at one point. Much like this film.

[@iudsaenmotrango3271]

Also, and I know I might get a lot of shit for this, but Romani largely became the religion of the areas they migrated to; so whilst I love the Victor Hugo novel, I have to acknowledge that he got Swathes of things about Roma wrong; predominantly that French Romani, even at the time the Hunchback of Notre Dame was originally set, would have either been Catholic or Muslim (Mostly Catholic in France.) VERY few of them retained the Hinduism from the lands they originated from and, here's a shocker for you, Hinduism and its worship largely revolves around praying. Even if you wanted to argue that she WASN'T Catholic, she would at least be familiar with the concept; they weren't atheists. Every single depiction of Roma I have ever seen shows them as not understanding the basic tenants of religion or G-d. As Beautiful as the song is, "God help the outcasts" from the Disney version is ridiculous because of who it's sung by and when. Someone raised in the Roma culture, especially in that era and area, would never question the existence of G-d (or at least a higher power). Even with all this aside... she doesn't know what praying is? REALLY? That's like me having absolutely no concept of what a pig is, just because I don't eat pork. Knowledge proliferates through society you dullards, even primitive ones... Maybe she wouldn't know the *precise* details, but she would know roughly what it entails. Wow... that was a long rant. I guess I just had this crap building up in me for a while....

[@Mars-dw2zc]

Iudsaen Motrango thats some really interesting information. i think victor hugo wouldve gotten his info wrong bc back in his time there wouldve been quite a lot of stigma against romani people, and accurate documentation of their cultures probably wouldnt have existed.

[@sherlocksmuuug6692]

+Iudsaen Motrango Yep, most of them had become catholics, because that way the pope had put them under his protection and they were thus save from persecution...until his holiness decided he had more important things to do. After that, massacres on romanis sadly became regular events.

[@iudsaenmotrango3271]

Too true, one of the sadder parts of the history in the Catholic church was how often those loyal to them sought sanctuary and protection under the church and they, for want of a better phrase, decided it wasn't worth their money or time.

[@iudsaenmotrango3271]

Also, in terms of SJswiggity's thoughts I definitely agree. I think a large part of Hugo's seeming racism or misunderstanding against the Roma probably just stemmed from how little information there was for him at the time. Whilst, as I said, knowledge perforates, it also unfortunately becomes biased depending on who's conveying it. So by the time any half truth about the Roma reached him it would have been changed a hundred times by people already predisposed to dislike and lie about them. The closest thing I can think of is J.M Barrie and his portrayal of First Nations people (Native Americans). I don't think he was trying to be hateful, he was just an Englishman writing about Americans whom he had never had a chance to meet, and the only info he could have got about them was from Americans who had the means to travel to, or correspond with, English people. You know... the middle to upper class. The same guys who literally just got done funding the fighting for the 'Indian wars'. I guess that's the difference between straight up racists and.... *ignorant racists? I don't know the right term. It's not done in deliberate hatred, just misunderstanding because of a lack of info. It can be easy for us to judge them now with all the info we can get in an instant, but it is worth remembering sometimes that it might not have been done for the reasons we thought.... Either way, thank goodness for the internet, am I right?

[@GloryHulle]

I am so hooked on your movie reviews! My favorites are your horror reviews and, as evidenced here, your takes on animated films! I think I go on Phelous review binges at least a couple times each month. I don’t care if this review is 4 years old, it’s still hilarious and I love it! Glad you’ve stayed insanely entertaining all these years. Thank you so much for all the awesome content you’ve created in your time on KZbin. You’ll always be my favorite!

[@shwahgamer]

"Now get out of here, we have drinking to do!" I'm sure that's a direct quote from the book.

[@andrewollmann304]

Apparently, Phelous likes Darkwing Duck. This pleases me.

[@XxStarlightshyxX]

Oh gosh, it's been almost five years since I first saw this review. This movie review was the first video of yours I watched, Phelous, and I immediately became hooked to this day, some reviews I've watched several times over the past few years. You're the one movie reviewing channel that's consistently entertaining and watchable. Thanks for giving me a lot of laughs over the years when I need it!

[@EagleTimberWolf]

"Ezz-murr-eeeel-duh~ Ezz-murr-eeeel-duh~" HOW DARE YOU CUT SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SONG SHORT

[@genyfear]

"Walk into it!" Best joke in the review.❤️

[@PaceBreaker]

I'm just gonna start doing this :starts swinging: and if you get hit, it's your own fault.

[@isaiahwilliams2642]

JESUS CHRIST!!! How many goddamn Hunchback adaptations are there!?!

[@98953812]

Isaiah Williams TOO MANY TO COUNT

[@Tareltonlives]

TOO MANY

[@FrankNFurter1000]

THEY ALL BELONG ON A GREAT BIG FIYAHHH

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

YES

[@GirlintheSea]

The little details of Quasimodo's video uploads are the best! Who knew youtube already existed in 1600!

[@MiloTheMightyDude]

I wonder how Phelous would rank all the Hunchback adaptations he has seen...

[@annaolson4828]

Just noticed the description box of Quasimodo's KZbin bell review. Very nice attention to detail.

[@SpyroTheGerudo]

maybe the live action wizard is the president of the Hunchback fan club, like Patchy the Pirate for Spongebob

[@HolyApplebutter]

I honestly do appreciate that the voice actors sound relatively French in this one.

[@vadifadoms]

I like to imagine that all western animated media set in other counties are dubbed.

[@randomboy3m98]

No one expects the FRENCH inquisition.

[@Nebuchadnezzar31]

Hot people are not witches.

[@markcobuzzi826]

Only if they weigh the same as a duck.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

BilboKoira Wanda Maximoff is a pretty hot witch.

[@Tareltonlives]

Somebody tell that to Sabrina, Samantha, Hermione, etc etc etc etc

[@angrysporkgoddess8224]

This means I'm.a witch Neat

[@candycane1744]

Lucky for Esmeralda, she's a Norman human being 😌

[@casperrabbit7254]

It's funny because the 1986 Burbank version is fairly accurate to the book. This version meanwhile does the Disney thing where it chops and changes everything, but unlike Disney doesn't have the music, animation, acting and script to justify its changes, and lacks the general idea of how to adapt something and still keep it somewhat adjacent to the source 🤣

[@The101genco]

Tony Jay would be rolling in his grave with that other "Frollo" in the Burbank movie.

[@livmendel]

The101genco so true 😂

[@moonydoll7109]

Frollo's hand movements are everything

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Taking milking the giant invisible cow to a new level.

[@goufr3540]

NOBODY EXPECTS THE OLD MAN INQUISITION!!! HHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

[@scottylewis8124]

The Bats in the belfry joke again? Burbank must have been like hey we're stealing one of your stupid jokes and using as even less point than you golden films!

[@GleeChan]

I like how Quasimodo got more views and thumbs up for his bell review over his Esmerelda is Innocent video.

[@ZER0O9]

12:16 exposition priest's expression is hilarious.

[@galactirabbit]

I remember I got this version on a CD instead of the Disney one way back. I was a wee poor kid.

[@Monobrobe]

I think I watched this version in school once. I distinctly remember a scene with Quasimodo ringing the bells out of despair for Esmeralda's fate. Though I seem to remember him crying, rather than just shouting "NO!"

[@whitemageFFXI]

The Moon Cheesers, lol

[@lizzychrome7630]

A new animated knockoff review from Phelous, who is wearing a DarkWing Duck shirt. This will be a good day.

[@NightmareLoveForever]

my immediate reaction to the thumbnail was "another one?!??" im sure you felt similarly