Dark Hunchback of Notre Dame Theories That'll Freak You Out

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Dark Hunchback of Notre Dame Theories That'll Freak You Out
It's one of the films from Disney's beloved Renaissance Era. A story with a positive message and wonderful characters... But did you know there are a lot of really dark fan theories surrounding Quasimodo, Esmerelda and Frollo? Is Quasimodo an assassin? Did frollo sell his soul? Did Esmerelda unleash a curse? Today, we're looking at the best and DARKEST Theories about The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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[@theimmortalsuperbeing549]

Frollo is actually Quasimodo's Grandfather so he unwittingly tried to murder but then imprisoned and in slaved his own Grandson. What he did was still awful but this gives it a bit of a Darker twist I think.

[@srstriker6420]

WickedBinge do you think the remake of this movie would ruin the movie?

[@srstriker6420]

WickedBinge is the hunchback of Norte Dame public domain?

[@growlie2676]

Why do you just have a picture? Is it just my Internet?

[@karolinakuc4783]

@shaquille mccray Oh! Yes I would love to see dark theories about Sailor Moon

[@gabriellecollier9676]

I find it creepy that frollo wanted esmeralda so bad that he was willing to kill her to keep her

[@goatsocks2216]

He was just in lust

[@indidervian3741]

that is just called being Yandere

[@alldayagain]

He hoped to kill her to erase his own sin, i thought Or if he can't have her he'll kill her

[@malic_zarith]

@@goatsocks2216 Love is just a chemical reaction in the brain. There is no difference between "in love" and "in lust".

[@hootieq]

He is a Predator that’s what they do

[@alexandersmith7061]

Pretty sure that the whole point of her character arc is that she ISN’T a witch. Also the statues grimacing was supposed to be visual imagery of God being angered with Frollo’s actions

[@ari3lz3pp]

The statues were Frollo's conscience making him hallucinate in his shame. At least this is how I've seen it since I was a kid. LOL And of course the idea that he committed such an atrocious crime on the steps of the cathedral.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

The statues are clearly alive... just like the gargoyles. Unless of course Quasimodo is literally just insane. Oh but then there's the other gargoyle that comes to life and kills Frollo so yea... They're alive.

[@tuumuus2486]

@@A_Black_Sheep94 and threw a catapult down on a bunch of soldiers

[@robby7499]

"And he shall smite the wicked and plunge them into the fiery pit!" *God:* Oh, okay.

[@Toucan_Drawz]

Yes this is so true I haven’t even watched the movie and I know he’s evil he try’s to kill Quasimodo twice and kills his mother but he finally finds out that his mother actually loved him

[@Toucan_Drawz]

And he’s definitely the worst Disney villain

[@Toucan_Drawz]

I hope he stays that way

[@cathoinu4265]

Frollo: “And he shall smite the wicked and plunge them into the fiery pit!” The Holy Trinity: How about we *SMITE YOU INSTEAD*

[@ihateyoutube8789]

@@cathoinu4265 haha. Some difference?

[@JohannaA.5013]

The Cathedral granted Frollo his last wish: "And He shall smite the wicked and plunge then into the Fiery Pit"

[@JohannaA.5013]

I think Frollo was not making any pact with the Devil, and nor was hexed by Esmeralda. In the original story, Frollo is an archdeacon, supposed to live his life in chastity. In this Disney movie, Frollo is a secular man. But he had serious issues when the topic is sex. And why? Frollo is a highly studied man, we can say that he is part of the intellectual elite of his time. And if he is an elite person, he wants to differentiate him from the rest of the people. Especially from the crowd. Some Historians argue that in the Roman Times, to be considered from the elite, the person needed to control their impulses and desires. Especially when It comes to sex. So the crowd is the crowd because they can't control their impulses. Frollo even says: "the common, VULGAR, weak, LICENTIOUS, crowd". So to be an elite man, he "needed" to control his impulses, mainly the sexual ones. And the fact of being in the Middle Ages, and seeing the Gipsy People as wizards, did not help at all. So we have a man that repressed his sexual desiring, saw that people who didn't as mere peasants and considered the Gypsy people as unholy wizards. And, this same man goes to a Carnival and sees a Gipsy woman dancing in an appealing way. Esmeralda perhaps made Frollo's unconscious to remember that old times when he felt some desire. But his fanatism could not support those "dirty desires". But it was too late, he was hypnotized by Esmeralda. I see Frollo's Song as the confusion in his mind. He wants Esmeralda, but he can't. He is looking to Notre Dame as saying to the Virgin Mary (Who in the Catholic Tradition is a godly intercessor) he is not that lascivious man, that he is pure. The monks, by another hand, are opening his sins and his desires. Frollo is confused, he wants Esmeralda, but due to his own fanatical mind, he can't! So, if Esmeralda is killed, all of his problems are solved. At least in his mind. So he is asking the Virgin Mary to Esmeralda be killed and sent into damnation, so the object of his desire disappears, and he can continue his terrible life. Or at least, perhaps Esmeralda, by fear (as he has no empathy at all), agrees in being his sexual slave by the rest of his life. The Song "Hellfire" is indeed "weird" because it is representing a fanatical mind entering in a deep conflict between his desires, and his strong ideals. He is indeed hexed, not by Esmeralda, but by his own conflicted mind. He needed with all of his soul to find Esmeralda, so then finally he would have his answer. And when strong people get obsessed, normally the situation goes into havoc. As Esmeralda rejects him, he is "free" to kill her. As she is not willing to fulfil his desires than he needs to kill her, as to put an end to his suffering. Again, in his mind. Killing the problems do not solve them. On the contrary, only makes things worse. But we can not force a twisted despot to experiment some Psychoanalysis in the 15th Century. That would be anachronistic. If all of this was intentional or not, it's a great movie anyway. With a lot of serious issues to discuss.

[@WickedBinge]

Wow such Details, straight to the point and very Interesting🙂

[@jenwisgamer6342]

I read through this and I think your right like the detail in this comment

[@BellaKarim23]

This is true, however, there is another point to consider which I learned in my folk history class, and yeah Disney's movie and the original book were big topics of conversation in class due to the subject matter. Hellfire represents, within Christian Folklore, the cross roads of the soul, the choice between light and dark and the choice between the pious, but only in the way he sees piousness, path and the one of, what he would consider, sin. Part of that cross roads is the very song he sings of Hellfire, it's called the Devil's Gambit in most folk tales of the time where a soul tempted to sin is presented with the two choices. He's clearly hallucinating at this point as he had lost his mind long ago, but had remained somewhat stable for years before the big challenge to his beliefs. His hallucination is the hall of judges where ever "saint" and likely some "devils" sit before him as judges and he begs the Mary, the intercessor, for his choices. He presents his case to the tribunal wanting only his options, the elimination of his sexual desire reawakened, because you are correct that he lives a life or absolute repression to the point of madness and solitude, or to be given his desire. His real choices were simple to choose his dark desire or not, no killing as God would never condone that. He, however, knew this already which is where his devil's gambit come in. He turned from his judges to the fire to signify he turns from the light repressing him, because being pious in his mind is him being repressed by God, a choice he had made willingly. And only then did he bargain his soul away. There likely was no real deal with the devil because a deal with the devil is not an actual deal but more like choosing to do that which you want hang the consequences of your actions which is what he ends up doing anyway. However in the devil's gambit folk tales, God gives the soul one last chance to get out. The only real image in the whole hellfire sequence was when the guard came to tell him that Esmeralda has escaped. This sequence in a gambit folktale is the interruption of the angel. An angel of the Lord come to give you one last chance to turn from your dark path. Like the angel and devil in one's shoulder. That was his point of reckoning where he truly chose his path. He was given a chance to stop his dark path by just letting her leave. But he didn't and so his world became dark his choice made and his devil's bargain struck to hand his soul away. While you are completely correct that it was the imaginings of a fanatical, insane mind in conflict. It's not solely that but also it is the point in life where a soul has to chose what side to take forever more. Within the Christian ideology, Hellfire, demonstrates the point of a soul in the crossroads between light and dark. Before this he was a bad man still, but became a monster after that since his choice was the dark path

[@JohannaA.5013]

@@BellaKarim23. First of all, I really thank you for joining and contributing to our discussion here. You see, I developed my argument more on the Psychoanalysis POW. You enriched it with the Religious POW. This is a Kid's movie, but a Kid's movie with an abnormal level of deepness. In EVERY kid's movie, there are hints of adult content for the parents who go to the cinema. But this movie goes straight to the point in a lot of serious issues: Racism, Religious Intolerance, Torture and Genocide, Capacitism (which is the prejudice against people with disabilities or deformities), and Despotism. And your Religious Approach was very important, as the movie is too set in a religious scenario. A Highly religious scenario. You see, when Frollo is chasing Quasimodo's mother, the music is clearly "Dies Irae" in the same melody as "Hellfire", but you can also hear a lot of "Kyrie Eleison". When the deacon says he cannot escape from the Eyes of Notre Dame, all the Saint Statues are looking to Frollo in a very reprimanding way. Also, next, you see the diabolic grin of the gargoyles to him. And after, the very Virgin Mary with Baby Jesus looks very angry to him. You can notice the absolute terror in his eyes. But, too, I think they're a lot of interesting things in his Hellfire Scene. All his Judgment happens where? In the Palace of Justice. He is being metaphoric judged, and as he chose to continue in his undoing, they had no other option than to find him guilty. What is more ironic is that he gave his own sentence: "And He shall smite the wicked and plunge them into the Fiery Pit". And with "Before this, he was a bad man still, but became a monster after that since his choice was the dark path", I totally agree. He had this one single chance, but with his conflict, he completely unleashed the beast that lived not so deep inside him. I still believe that if Frilled really managed to kill Esmeralda and make Quasi starve to death, he would become a totally mad man, to the point someone would lock him in some Asylum. Nor a monster like him would bare such a remorse.

[@saagabragi6938]

@@JohannaA.5013 ""Capacitism"" You mean ableism?

[@littlemissroses202]

So I had heard a theory that the guard that tells Frollo, Esmeralda escaped, is actually an angel giving Frollo one last chance to repent and give up this search to save his soul. There is evidence to support this as well. 1) We never actually see the guards face, even with enhanced brightness. 2)The light behind him was all to powerful to be in that day and age. Perhaps God wanted to save Frollo's soul from the exchange but Frollo turned it down

[@seamusgormanclone2832]

Hate to be the monster hear, but some think it's the 2nd main guard with the mustache, but I like yours better

[@ihateyoutube8789]

I think it's true. You notice after that the shadows rise holding crosses on the wall, as if they're grace calling him to "take up his cross" at first he faces the wall and says "God have mercy on my soul" then he turns away from them and the figures and crosses transform into shadows of flames. His decision after his last chance (the faceless guard who brings light into his dark room, before being sent away) therefore sends him to hell.

[@BellaKarim23]

Yeah, that was a seen that may have been added from some folk stories where in devil's bargains angels try to save you one last time, after all only by your decision can you be damned or absolved, that is the gift and curse of free will and every deal has a loophole because our souls are not really ours but belong to God but we can CHOOSE our own fate and the consequences that come with it. While it was more like a hallucination, in the devil's gambit he was in he had to make a decision, sign his soul or return home to the Lord, not that he wasn't damned by all his other actions over the years but even those that have wronged can be absolved, that is the crust of the religion, your sins, no matter how horrid were washed by the blood of the son of God to make you fresh and clean, but there's always a catch, by our own free will we choose the light and to be washed clean, or remain dark and impure. He knew this, and this was his moment to choose the right path which may be why the angel came to give him a last chance to clean up his mess and repent, but he turned away and fled. It was more likely that it was the guard with the mustache in real life, if it happened at all, but within his hallucination of the devil's gambit he would be presented with one last chance before everything went to the pit, and he chose the pit. Hense why his actions went to devilish horror than what he was before

[@saagabragi6938]

@@seamusgormanclone2832 His voice is different. Also the light from the door is weird, and it being closed behind Frollo while Frollo faces the fire is very symbolic.

[@allie_678]

Omg that actually makes sense 😳

[@larryclowers]

Who Frolo is taking to in the Hellfire song is clear. His first line is latin for "Blessed Mary" he is praying to the Virgin Mary.

[@stefanieprejean6609]

I doubt that Virgin Mary would listen to anyone saying anything as wicked and hypocritical as what Frollo said. Not that that means he wasn't praying to her.

[@dannyssexygf]

BRO THERE WAS SO MANY THINGS WRONG WITH THIS. Things like, "and he will punish the wicked and plunge them into the firey pit." It's a quote from the bible. And esmerelda isn't a witch. The movie was making that VERY clear.

[@TheRedGyardos]

Jamera Storoy All true. But Frollo is that delusional

[@karolinakuc4783]

Every deity has their darker side

[@fizzy69o.0]

@@karolinakuc4783 Virgin Mary is like pure good deity. Most of deities are either pure good (eg God) or pure evil (eg Satan)

[@maem7462]

Even if the theory of Esmeralda cursing Frollo is true he still isn’t innocent because he killed Quasimodo’s mom and he was going to kill Quasi so he would still be an evil person

[@Orto-jj2di]

@Myasia Madkins yep so it would've just dragged him into a dark territory

[@cupcake1385]

Not only that caused pain and punished the people that were underneath him for example the towns folk they were punished over stupid things he caused misery to everyone to have power over them you can tell by that because when Esmeralda stood up to him about Quasimodo the crowd gasped in shock

[@Orto-jj2di]

@@cupcake1385 yep that's one of many sins he committed

[@ari3lz3pp]

Indeed. And he was already nutso.

[@anonymousfellow8879]

Also it’s flatout blaming a victim of extreme sexual harassment

[@sarahvanorden670]

Frollo didn't mistakenly kill Quasimodo's mom, also the archdeacon didn't insist that Frollo raise Quasimodo within the walls of the Cathedral, Frollo wanted him hidden away so he didn't need to be seen with him.

[@carmena.gonzalezrios8372]

Dark? Wait till you read the book

[@windyhead7960]

The novel is amongst the saddest stories I've ever read, almost everything is different from the book in the movie.

[@jazzbard_0479]

Yep, I can't even compare it to the movie.

[@fizzy69o.0]

Frollo is probably the only thing that was waay darker in the movie

[@rpickhardt3531]

@@nocturnalanimals5884 the book is literally about architecture. Hugo specifically wrote it to praise the cathedral. He actually didn't care that much about the story itself as much as the descriptions

[@sketchygetchey8299]

I might want to fix the “Frollo selling his soul” theory by pointing out that he was praying to Mary. You could say his prayer was being answered (when the faceless guard in the illuminating backlight told Frollo that Esmeralda was gone), but he ignored it and unintentionally made the deal with the devil.

[@J3rs3y_G1rl]

Very well put.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

He didn't sell his soul he just gave into sin.

[@joshualowe1821]

Frollo was such an amazing villain. I would just LOVE to see the day Disney makes another villain like him.

[@goodtitle686]

Plot twist: Frollo started the fire in Notre Dame.

[@arianashabani5072]

Good Title 🤣🤣Omg

[@anamariaramirez9341]

@@arianashabani5072 My goodness! That's uh....😅😂😅😅😅

[@LordBummenbachsBalls]

Dude, everyone knows that😂

[@briarwolf0501]

I feel like the theory about Esmeralda casting a spell directly misses the point of Frollo's character and the danger men like him pose to women like Esmeralda. Same for the Quasimodo being an assassin theory.

[@PissyLissy]

100% agree, plus it's sorta victim-blamey. Frollo's character is clearly an abuser of power, and he intends on abusing his power even further with his desire to rape Esmeralda. So here we have a character who is literally an attempted rapist, and then here's this channel saying, "well maybe his intended victim actually cast a spell on him"

[@carmena.gonzalezrios8372]

1:26 that’s can be attributed to being Frollo conscience’s/guilt that causes him to feel as he’s being watched judged.

[@sharaburton6987]

Yeah these theories were wack.

[@egon2499]

Your Theorie makes more sense.

[@ActiveAdvocate1]

For theory 2, no, Frolo is talking to Mother Mary, not to Satan. In the lines preceding the one you mention, he says, "Protect me, Maria, don't let the siren cast her spell, don't let her fire sear my flesh and bone." He's appealing to the Virgin Mother under the VERY false assumption that She would help him with an appeal like that.

[@BellaKarim23]

True, but that is the beginning of the hellfire sequence. He's asking for redemption first then understands that now his choices, all of them, will still bring him to judging and moves on to chose the darkness. He started talking to her, but turned from that to seal his soul and away to the devil when he felt his prayer was not heard because he still felt the hellfire of lust in his skin.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

Splitting hairs OP. If it isn't Jesus he's not talking to God.

[@ActiveAdvocate1]

@@A_Black_Sheep94, oh, lots of people in Scriptures from all around the world have spoken to God. Read the Torah, for example: Moses, Aaron, Abraham, Noah, even women like Mother Mary, have done it. Not to mention Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), but that was always through the angel Gabriel.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

@@ActiveAdvocate1 was a dig at Mary 🙄

[@jthemad2616]

Actually, Mary (or someone) did answer his prayers, when esmeralda escaped, he could very well forget about her, but he chose not to.

[@seans857]

This is one of my favorite Disney Movies

[@goatsocks2216]

Same. I love the movie so much that I decided to read the book of Boy ( main characters name is actually Boy) It’s basically what was supposed to happen in the hunchback of Notre Dame. I suggest you go read it if you’re really into the movie just keep in mind it’s very on the religious side mostly Christian .

[@LordBummenbachsBalls]

I remember watching this film in year three, and I liked it, but didn’t love it. But now that I’m older (I’m 16), this has to be my favourite Disney film because I can understand all the themes in it, which makes me appreciate how fecking amazing it is.

[@tarakennedy707]

The whole "cursing" theory is ridiculously archaic and exactly the reason for the witch hunts in those days. Anything a woman did that was against societal norms would get her slaughtered for "sleeping with the devil." And Frollo was placing the blame solely on her for his lustful thoughts. Which is sick and twisted and also extremely realistic. No curse on her part.

[@AliciaNyblade]

"Frollo sold his soul! How else could he have burned down that house?" Maybe it was made of largely flammable materials, like wood and straw "Esmeralda actually cursed him!" No. Just no. "Quasimodo is a secret assassin! He has to let out his rage somehow!" Wrong story. You want a disfigured dude who murders people in fits of rage, that's "The Phantom of the Opera". Seriously, I don't think these guys even watched the film, never mind read the book. They probably just Googled a plot summary and were like, "Now what 'dark hidden theories' can I come up with that will make me sound smarter than I actually am?"

[@lotrfam414]

If they wanted to justify him being an assassin, they should've said he worked for Frollo, but even then there are huge plotholes, like his usual gentle disposition (although, he does not stray from violence when in defense of something) As for Esmeralda cursing Frollo, one of the themes of the movie is the enchanting nature of women (albeit a lesser theme that's sprinkled throughout), so her actually cursing Frollo defeats the purpose of that.

[@AliciaNyblade]

@@lotrfam414 If they wanted the brooding, assassin version of Quasimodo, they should've read the book. He's a much angrier character initially in the novel, attending the Feast of Fools out of spite and blaming the people of Paris for his isolation. He also tries to kidnap Esmeralda on Frollo's orders. Disney softened the character's disposition a lot. And yeah, Esmeralda cursing Frollo not only goes against the story's idea that, "Hey, don't blame the person you're attracted to for your own issues," but it would also play into the stereotype that the Romani people are tricksters who use their supernatural knowledge or gifts to mess with people just because they can.

[@nathanboswell6611]

Don’t worry. As long as it hasn’t been confirmed by Disney. It’s not true.

[@michaeloluwajuyemi4546]

I saw it four times in theaters. Even though it’s dark, doesn’t mean it’s bad. It’s a great 🎥!

[@henzcarltupas328henzcarltu2]

Esmeralda is a Spanish - Porteguse word that means " Emerald Green "

[@joshualowe1821]

8:00-8:30 Quasimodo an assassin because he is an acrobat?? He could have join the circus because of that!😄

[@damiensisco6960]

This movie apparently takes place in the year 1482. The first circus was invented 286 years after that.

[@maem7462]

The arched decan does convince Frollo to raise Quasimodo but he doesn’t tell him to raise him in the cathedral Frollo thinks to raise him in the bell tower on his own

[@blumelein731]

Lmaaoooo I love at how 0:41 in the background was Frollo was saying : 'Look at that disgusting display' Wickedbinge's logo popped up and it fits lol

[@meredithr9824]

This whole thing is bull. Unless I missed something in the book, I think this was just a normal case of a man blaming his lust on a woman. This is the only disney movie that plays out this ugly but common dynamic between people. And by suggesting Esmerelda is a witch you might miss the more important themes in the movie.

[@MattcraftMSTR]

Oh I know I stopped after the whole Frollo sold his soul bit, do they not understand the slightest bit of his character he is a highly Christian man and sees himself as in the right that's what makes him a good villain he wouldn't go selling his soul to the devil.

[@J3rs3y_G1rl]

@@MattcraftMSTR Actually, that's not true. "Godly" men sell their souls to the devil all the time when they do hypocritical actions that God made clear is wrong.

[@MattcraftMSTR]

@@J3rs3y_G1rl I mean that he would not directly sell his soul to the devil because he still believes himself to be a pious and devout follower despite losing his true faith long ago.

[@justincarawan-carawanco.pu1639]

4:28 I always assume he was speaking to God, essentially, "Give me permission to marry this woman or sentence her to Hell for tempting me with these emotions!"

[@xxsniperkittykatxx]

He's praying to Mary, he says so at the beginning of the song

[@justincarawan-carawanco.pu1639]

@@xxsniperkittykatxx He says "Maria", not "Mary".

[@fightme1791]

@@justincarawan-carawanco.pu1639 Mary in Latin is spelled/pronounced Maria.

[@GTAandApplechannel]

@@justincarawan-carawanco.pu1639 just like Britain is Britannia, Germany is Germania, Italy is Italia, Libya is Africa (the Roman Province of Africa), and many more

[@ari3lz3pp]

Maybe that's why he was smote. lol Most Catholics don't follow rules of the Bible. Or all technically don't but ones in positions of "power" know they aren't following the word of God, so makes sense they would be talking to the devil.

[@Gravuun]

Frollo: Sings to Maria the whole song This Guy: "After all, who could he possible be addressing??"

[@MsMoanna]

well to be fair,the roof of the house was covered in dry straw grass.also when quasimodo is helping esmeralda escape by climbing the building,she asks "you've done this before?" to which he replies "no." like he just forgot the out there sequence or something.

[@heatherturner2366]

heylin neko he might have meant he hasn't helped someone escape like that

[@MsMoanna]

@@heatherturner2366 true.but she also could have meant "you've scaled the church before?"

[@BellaKarim23]

Actually I think he got confused by her question. He had done it before many time but he had never done anything for anyone else before. He had escaped the Cathedral before but not to help someone else and he had defied Frollo before but not for the sake of someone else. I think that was what he meant

[@BeanieBabyXx]

Frollo is in my opinion the best Disney villain. He doesn't need magic or weapons to pose a massive threat, he needs only his temper and power to control those in Paris. He genuinely believes that what he's doing is the right thing unlike other villains who brag about how evil they are and how they can do what they want because they're evil. Frollo is realistic, he uses his authority to purge the growing number of gypsies as well as capture Esmerelda and try to make her his own. Also "Hell fire" is my favourite song in the film because of the raw emotion and hatred in it mixed with the amazing animation and storytelling.

[@bittybuta3756]

i like frollo in the original book more because as an archdecan, he's 1. supposed to be a righteous, good man and 2. since he's a man of god, he is completely forbidden to approach Esmeralda in a sexual way, which makes his frustration way more interesting

[@mattsherman4964]

I heard a theory that in the Hellfire sequence the guard coming in to tell Frollo that Esmerelda is gone is actually an angel giving Frollo one last chance to let her go because of the imagery of the light surrounding him in the doorway. If Frollo let Esmerelda go, all his problems are solved, but instead he decides to hunt her down and either kill her or enslave her. The angel was telling him what the right thing to do would have been: live and let live, but he turns back to the devil and decides to pursue his dark desires

[@totallynotcthulhu5538]

7:27 ah yes.The assains Creed:The hunchback!

[@NewnickAKAthebanker-bw2rv]

wanna see that

[@brainybunny13]

Perhaps Arno would be a descendant of Quasimodo. It would be very interesting.

[@themoviebuff6196]

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is Disney's darkest, most gritty and most adult film that they've ever released. It's such as underrated masterpiece. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💯💯💯👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

Nope that would be the black cauldron. Way darker than this.

[@themoviebuff6196]

@@A_Black_Sheep94 Na Hunchback is to me the darkest. I don't recall genocide being in The Black Cauldron. Also you see someone getting murdered and someone attempting to murder a baby. Which is to me is as dark as you can get. No doubt The Hunchback of Notre Dame is Disney's darkest film. HANDS DOWN!!!

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

@@themoviebuff6196 Gypsies aren't a race so there's no genocide, but i mean the Lich Kings whole deal is trying to kill and rule over a dead humanity lol. There's plenty of deaths in the black cauldron. Skin being melted off, people being cut, a lich king etc. The only deaths in hunchback are a kick and offscreen. Everything is visible in the black cauldron, torture, dragons, dead people, living dead warriors, just very dark themes in general. They had to actually cut like an hour and a half out of the movie to even get it released. Oh there's also a character who literally ends themselves on screen. There's a reason Disney tried to cover it up and disowned it.

[@themoviebuff6196]

@@A_Black_Sheep94 Gypsies are classed as race just like Jews are.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

@@themoviebuff6196 You probably didn't watch the black cauldron till you were older I'd imagine. The only way I'd say the hunchback is darker is the sexual themes.

[@soseikiharagatatsu7859]

Did you know Esmeralda is in a game called "Mobile legends" hahaha

[@tsukasaiscute3735]

Yes

[@BrIdEsMaIdCoOlO]

Damn really?

[@soseikiharagatatsu7859]

Yeah it's popular game here in asia

[@thomashaeyen6942]

I play it too, and i live in the netherlands.

[@michaeloluwajuyemi4546]

I always wondered why the gargoyles came to life.

[@teddybaker4759]

I haven't seen the movie in a long time. Has anyone else ever seen them moving? Quasimoto could be hallucinating them as a result of a lifetime of isolation.

[@rpickhardt3531]

@@teddybaker4759 that's exactly it. In the book, the gargoyles are described as his friends in an almost anthropomorphic way.

[@saagabragi6938]

@@teddybaker4759 Nobody else saw them in the movie. They were always suddendly petrified whenever somebody else showed up. I think they were figments of his imagination.

[@TEKKENKING23]

Esmeralda was one of my first cartoon crushes. Plus the real Notre Dame caught on fire and almost got completely destroyed I lost a couple of months ago it's going to take years and years to build it especially since some of the material and trees that were used to build the building no longer exist.

[@theimmortalsuperbeing549]

If there is something in the movie that predicted the fire then that's very scary.

[@LdrW145]

Brad: just how messed up this film really is Me:so NOW they tell ya...

[@soralhaajaa1856]

I want these to be confirmed... I won't be able to sleep

[@nathanboswell6611]

Well, I don’t want them to be confirmed! 😡

[@joshsells7801]

One of them Guard yell like goofy

[@X-SPONGED]

7:46 "Quasimodo might not just be a bell ringer. In fact, he might actually be an Assassin" Damn, AC : Unity was a lot different than what I remembered it being

[@carmena.gonzalezrios8372]

Weird, this video got recommended to me while I was reading the book

[@CorradoAlley]

Now all that’s left for this is to make a Good to Evil episode about The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Also, I’m pretty sure Frollo sold his soul long before the Hellfire scenario.

[@Frostwolf_103]

"Quasimodo is an Assassin" HAH! I knew I am not the only one!

[@BillyBob-nl9cd]

It's funny they say this is Disney's darkest movie. I think they missed one? *cough cough* Black Cauldron *cough cough*

[@TEKKENKING23]

And also Fantasia as well

[@jiinjjooo3597]

What makes it dark is the issues that are shown in this movie, mental abuse, sexual harassment, genocide and racism, hypocrisy, this issues are real in our world. I dont know what issues there in black caudron, i never watched it

[@jrax1713]

No black culture and was just really kind a spooky looking it was fantasy dark

[@zenos02]

I think Quasimodo was Frollo's personal assassin for the church, secretly killing those who Frollo's deemed a threat to the Church (its no secret that back in those days the Church would put out hits on enemies of the Church)

[@elijahhernandez906]

How? Quasimodo doesn't look like he'd hurt a fly.🤔

[@zenos02]

@@elijahhernandez906 thats why he'd be the perfect assassin

[@beeperscreepers4263]

Frollo sounds like Snape, I'm sorry

[@rubyquinn1244]

This is my fav movie ever! You guys are amazing!!! Thank you for an another amazing video! I hope you guys have an amazing day!!!!

[@WickedBinge]

Thank you for saying that! Glad you enjoyed!

[@collegemaster5683]

Listen to the lines of "Hellfire" Frollo's trying to NOT give in to lust. Also, the hooded figures represent the priests and are chanting "Mea Culpa" which is Latin for "my fault", admitting they've sinned. ALSO, also, both the movie AND the book it was based on showed that Esmarelda WASN'T a witch, therefore didn't "hex" him. (Although it's a nice easter egg that Esmarelda's dancing dress is the same as The Wh*re of Babylon, Mother of all Evil Things of the Earth, so.)

[@eeeiei5970]

Sins that Claude Frollo committed and how: Wrath: he hated the gypsies, but he hated Esmeralda more to the point he wants to wipe them all out even if it means burning Paris to the ground. Frollo started going around citizens house's and asking them if they'd been harbouring gypsies, punishing them if they did. Pride: he thinks he is more superior and more religious than the archdeacon. Frollo is also blasphemous calling religious people INCLUDING the archdeacon "fools" Iust: Frollo ends up wanting Esmeralda. Even if it means killing innocent people. He blames his lust on Esmeraldas "witchcraft" but in the song ' hell fire' he begs the virgin Mary to free him of this ' spell ' and Frollo also mentions that this ' desire is turning him to sin'.

[@eeeiei5970]

Idk if this is correct but yeah

[@thegametroll6264]

* hears that Quasimodo could be an assasin * Well, there's the next main character for the next assasins creed game.

[@judahthelion01]

3:26 Of Course he sold his soul. He’s been sold his soul since the beginning of the movie, wanting to purge the word of vice and sin without seeing from within. Golly he’s so scary.

[@eggsbenedict2592]

Frollo is talking to the Virgin Mary. The first line of Hellfire is literally 'Beata Maria', which is what was commonly the title of The Virgin Mary in the 14th century, when it was set. Also Frollo is religious, which is why he chants that in his last scene. He's gone nuts, and thinks his religion is an excuse for his actions.

[@damiensisco6960]

Actually, the Hunchback Of Notre Dame is set in the late 15th Century, not the 14th Century.

[@joshualowe1821]

Hunchback of Notre Dame is a rare Disney movie. It touched many taboo subjects such as genocide, religion, lust, murder, racism and torture. It all has to do with the villain Judge Claude Frollo. Frollo is still considered to this day to be one of Disney's darkest and most evil villains. Frollo is very different from other villains. Most Disney villains strive to obtain power and rule over their kingdoms and lands, while Frollo was already in power from the beginning. Most villains know they are evil and love it, while Frollo believed that he was s pure, holy and righteous man. However there is one thing Frollo has what other villains don't: a CONSCIENCE.

[@Yea56909]

What if Quasimodo's mother and Frollo are his parents.

[@sharkinator7819]

I think that Frollo selling his soul was more metaphorical than literal

[@Zoronita]

I definitely think the cathedral is alive (like the Overlook Hotel in The Shining). The others are a bit of a stretch.

[@althealee9375]

The assassin one is really kinda stupid 😂

[@YourMom-jd6jp]

A bunch of these are imo lol

[@rickydiscord7671]

the Assassin part. the theory would make more sense if is actually spy. I mean Frollo did want to know where the gypsies are hidden. he could have trained Quasimodo to be a spy for him. does that sound more sense for this theory?

[@aitanacruz9882]

Bruh the only curse Esmeralda gave him is the curse of horniness and it was unintentional.

[@annalisasauter7935]

"...and let her taste the fires of Hell!" She tasted them, all right, but she wasn't consumed by them.

[@nixxgen9574]

Do Dark Adventure Time theories

[@saagabragi6938]

BUT WHAT IF FROLLO _IS_ THE ARCHDEACON??? The story as we see it is being told from the perspective of the children being told the story by Clopin, who incorrectly assume that the "Archdeacon" character Clopin refers to is a separate person. In most scenes he represents Frollo's more moral and kind side. This means:F *r Frollo decided to adopt Quasimodo out of kindness, as in the novel. He initially wants to drown him, but ultimately takes pity, the Archdeacon representing his conscience and his guilt for killing Quasimodo's mother. *F rollo himself made the decision not to defile the sanctuary of the church, but was initially tempted to do so. In the following scene where Esmeralda is talking to the Archdeacon, Frollo is just bacting polite . Imagine him saying lines like: D"Don't act rashly, child. You created quite a stir at the festival. It would be unwise to arouse my anger further.. "Esmeralda is pcalling him out un that scene. * The Archdeacon moves to intervene when Frollo has Esmeralda on the stake, but is blocked from leaving the church by the guards. In other words, he is actively suppressing his own morals. * When the Archdeacon tries to stop Frollo from assaulting Quasimodo in the final battle, he once again represents Frollo's conscience, but this time, Frollo's madness gets the better of him. * That Frollo and the Archdeacon look the complete opposite strengthens the theory that they reflect his good and evil sides. Where Frollo is tall, thin, ghastly-looking and wears all black, the Archdeacon is short, chubby, grandfatherly and wears all white. And don't forget Frollo claiming "My conscience is clear!" when Archdeacon calls him out for his willingness to commit two murders. It could represent his inner fight with pity and guilt. And it would also explain why the Archdeacon is nowhere to be seen when Frollo burns Paris. After Hellfire, he clearly lost the grasp from his sanity and conscience, and its last, desperate attempt is to stop him from attacking the church; but by then, he's too far off the deep end to listen.

[@xavierstanton8146]

Actually, you aren't too far off. In the actual story by Victor Hugo, Frollo IS the Archdeacon.

[@saagabragi6938]

@@xavierstanton8146 I know. I'm trying to justify them being separate characters in the film.

[@philipcorley5713]

Stopped watching on the first argument, when you first said we might not find anything strange about the statues when there are multiple shots of the statues looking directly at Frollo, then followed that up by claiming the Archdeacon convinced Frollo to raise the baby at the cathedral, which was Frollo's idea. Not a well thought out or researched video at all.

[@redtailarts101]

Theory 2 sucks too. Frollo is obviously meant to think he is just and in line with God. He's a minister for god's sake! He thinks what he's doing is justified. He thinks that what he's going to do will right the wrongs of his sin, being his lust for Esmeralda. That's the point of Frollo, he's so evil yet he thinks he's the righteous hand of God. I'll explain every lyric in Hellfire sung by Frollo, and why it makes sense with the actual narrative -- _Beata, Maria, you know I am a righteous man, of my virtue I am justly proud._ Frollo views himself as close to sinless, and having repented for all of the sins he did commit. This is obviously ironic, due to the fact he murdered a woman, almost drowned a baby for being ugly, and planned to burn a woman if she didn't marry him. _Beata, Maria, you know I'm so much purer than the common, vulgar, weak, licentious crowd!_ Yet again, Frollo believes himself to be morally above others and close to sinless. He judges others for their sins despite being incredibly evil. _Then tell me, Maria, why I see her dancing there? Why her smoldering eyes still scorch my soul?_ Frollo, for the first time, is experiencing something he views as a heavy sin rather than him doing God's work. He lusts for Esmeralda, a gypsy. He's asking the Virgin Mary why he, a righteous, virtuous, pure man, is struggling with this sin. Why is he having these thoughts and feelings? They're below him. _I feel her, I see her! The sun caught in her raven hair is blazing in me out of all control!_ He's buckling under the pressure of his "imperfect" humanity, and because of the strict purity culture he's been raised in, it's driving him mad. _Like fire, Hellfire, this fire in my skin!_ He compares his human feelings of sexual attraction to the fires of hell. He believes he's being tempted by the Devil. _This burning desire is turning me to sin!_ Frollo needs to do something about what's happening. He is going mad from struggling with his lust and he has 2 options in his mind. Sin by murdering her, or sin by going back on I believe swearing to purity to become a minister (may be wrong), and marrying Esmeralda, a gypsy. _It's not my fault! I'm not to blame!_ Frollo is technically right. It's not his fault that he's not asexual. However, as revealed by the next line, he's in denial here of having a human weakness that he views as below him. If lust is a fault, it does lie with him. But he can't accept that. Listen to how he talks in this whole verse. He's very frantic. _It is the gypsy girl, the witch who sent this flame!_ Frollo blames Esmeralda for tempting him. He believes she was sent to corrupt him. That's easier for him to believe. _It's not my fault, if in God's plan, He made the devil so much stronger than a man!_ This line you said only makes sense if he sold his soul to the devil but it can be interpreted in 2 ways other than that. 1.) Frollo is admitting that Satan's attempts to turn someone to sin will eventually work because humans are imperfect, and repentance was necessary because of this. No man can resist sin for his whole life. 2.) Frollo believes Esmeralda was literally sent by Satan to tempt him. She is the Devil, basically. Her attractiveness is too strong to resist. Either way, both fit the "this evil man believes he is as good as God" narrative more than the "this evil man accepted his fall to sin and sold his soul." _Protect me, Maria, don't let this siren cast her spell! Don't let her fire sear my flesh and bone!_ Frollo is literally begging Mary to protect him from falling to temptation. If he accepted his sin and sold his soul, he wouldn't be desperately pleading for protection. _Destroy Esmeralda, and let her taste the fires of Hell, or else let her be mine and mine alone!_ Frollo believes his sin is okay if Esmeralda becomes his wife. So, to answer your question, he's asking the Holy Virgin Mary, Jesus's mother, to either kill Esmeralda and damn her to hell so she can't continue to veer him off the course of purity, or to let them marry so it's okay. _Hellfire, dark fire, now gypsy it's your turn!_ After buckling under the weight of struggling with his own sin, now it's Esmeralda's turn to be under pressure and decide what Frollo does. In a way, giving her the choice allows Frollo to dodge blame. Esmeralda made him a murderer by not marrying him! /s _Choose me or your pyre, be mine or you will burn!_ Here's her choice. Marry him so he won't be sinning, or die. And see the parallel between what he asked of Mary, a holy being, and what he's doing. He is carrying out the act of destroying Esmeralda and letting her taste the fires of Hell, or else letting her be his and his alone. He is doing an act of God. _God have mercy on her._ Frollo believes Esmeralda has done something wrong and hopes God will have some mercy on her, perhaps in hopes that he can have her in Heaven _God have mercy on me!_ Frollo admits he's doing something wrong and hopes God will have mercy on him for whichever sin Esmeralda makes him commit. _But she will be mine or she will burn!_ Frollo again reiterates what will happen. Either she marries him, or she dies, so he can be sinless. Hellfire is obviously not a song about a man who accepted defeat, succumbed to sin, and sold his soul. It's a song about an evil, evil man desperately trying to cling to virtue despite being so far from it already. That's why his solution is kill Esmeralda if he can't have her sinlessly. He has to get rid of the sin.

[@maxclips3152]

The musical gives a little more insight on the story

[@SevenTailedWolf72]

I re watched this after 20 years. I love the film...back when Disney wasn't afraid to get dark. The characters are so complex as in the ability to control what they are and who they becoming.

[@theimmortalsuperbeing549]

Can you do DARK THEORIES OF HOW TO TRAIN YOU'RE DRAGON please. Respect dude 😃👍.

[@aarushiyadav7101]

4:16 "Who could he be addressing?" Frollo one line ago: Protect me, Maria

[@richsilverbliss884]

the shadow when he sings in hellfire is shaped like a coffin too

[@patrickcappuccio6298]

Can you please make a Dark theory Video About Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends

[@WickedBinge]

On it's way!

[@BrokenHedgehog]

Quasimodo: He's like a hunchback Spider-Man!

[@morgancross7715]

This movie is supposed to teach children don’t judge people the way they look or what they are god made people different. I wish people would understand that don’t judge someone they way they look, religion, or race,

[@keiroty7187]

When frollo sang hell fire it was like he made a pact

[@renamon5658]

This is the best adaptation i seen so far( there might be a remake coming)

[@tuomaspolla3814]

- I actually like the idea that the cathedral itself is in this film somewhat alive. It at least appears to have some sort of bond with Quasimodo to the point of maintain his humanity/sanity by having Gargoyles to keep him company. I read once from some source that Quasi had at some point gone into insanity due to the loneliness and with no one else to speak with (safe for Frollo who occasionally pays a visits at him) and imagined his three Gargoyle-friends there. - Wow... I never thought that Frollo may have actually made the deal with the Devil during the Hellfire song, promising his soul (if he even had a soul) for Esmeralda as his own or killed. And I've always though that it is mostly because of his own lust for Esmeralda that was driving him into murderous insanity and rampage. But it may make a sense due to Frollo becoming two times more evil and destructive person in the second half of the film without care if the innocent people suffering, and maybe even the moment where his eyes and teeth turns into flaming yellow during the final battle may prove that he either is close of being a demon or then possessed by some evil power.

[@AlphaFX-kv4ud]

In hellfire frollo is talking to the virgin Mary not the ddevil

[@rurikvolkov2810]

Quasimodo with a hidden blade Okay

[@thomashaeyen6942]

He doesn't HAVE a hidden blade, he got it when he disarmed frollo, and then immediatly throwing it away.

[@joshualowe1821]

Imagine if Hunchback of Notre Dame was made today......

[@naimishtiakahmed9221]

8:06 funniest pun in the entire video.

[@theodorak7315]

3:48 Frollo turned o/Ciel Phantomhive real quick XD

[@Orto-jj2di]

There's an idea that Chernabog from Fantasia is the one who Frolo sold his soul to.

[@Showtunediva]

That absolutely makes sense!

[@leonardosomma4196]

U do know that Esmeralda was probably just trying to annoy frollo right? Frollo only went insane 'cause he desired Esmerelda but hated gypsies and was conflicted by it.

[@TheMormonSorceress]

I always thought the Gargorals were angels sent by Quasi's dead parents to watch over him. Also I think Frollo's deep hatred for the Romas is probably because he's part Roma and was bullied all his life for that and so began killing the Romas all together.

[@sketchygetchey8299]

Notre Dame Cathedral: being a living inanimate building before Encanto made it cool! 🤓

[@anneshields2010]

Frollo’s Hellfire that burned Notre Dame

[@yeolfilms6746]

He must've been only reciting a verse when attempting to decapitate her

[@bluryfilms]

i think frollo was making an oath more to himself than the actual devil, his obsession for her was what drove him to do an say the things he said and did...i particularly like this alternative theory that the song is him literally begging god for help to resist his temptations and save his soul (based on the lyrics of the song) and he is on the verge of being lost to hell forever due to his obsession for esmerelda (as hinted by the dark and fiery tones and coloring for most of the song) and then out of nowhere a guard interrupts him and a blueish white light at the end of a dark hall fills the end of the room (believed to symbolize god) and the man is basically a messenger from god to literally give him his final chance by telling Frollo the girl is gone....literally he could have saved his soul like he preached he wanted by just letting her go...but because he is so blinded by his ego, his selfishness, his self righteousness, and his lust for esmerelda, he literally ignores the literal opportunity provided by god to save his own soul while still thinking he is in gods favor...which maybe one could argue that in that moment he IS selling his soul to the devil, but i believe it would be unknowingly...because someone like frollo wouldn't know the difference....people like Frollo only see god for it's power, and if the devil appeared in it's truest form before him, praising him for his work and showered him with gifts and blessings? he would legitimately think that was the one true god

[@perlaaraujo4266]

Yeah but then he burned the cloth and still had a chub for Esmeralda either way, face it, he was thirsty

[@youtubra6046]

these theories hold no ground whatsoever

[@klemontyme]

yooo my jaw legit dropped

[@LilFoxyCosplay]

Still my favourite Disney movie the musical is great too with the extra music my favourite being made of stone I learnt all the Latin in the songs although I've forgotten a good bit of it now I regret nothing

[@judsonvince4503]

I think Quasimodo's character should have walked like a silver back gorilla. With his knuckles

[@manwhoismissingtwotoenails4777]

Gargoyles are believed to scare the wicked and keep them away i.e. roaring at the evil man.

[@hotepanthony3910]

The reaches in this video XD

[@IntergalacticSpaceKitten]

But...his stark yellow eyes were yellow because of the flames below him reflecting their color on him

[@LadyPersephone133]

Anyone notice that Frollo in the opening has Sith eyes

[@fxlcovlxdimir]

Frollo committed all Sins

[@PDragonBaby]

How could Quasimodo be an assassin? He was a baby when he was taken in, and he was locked away in a bell tower for most of his life! Besides, if he wanted to assassinate Frollo, he had plenty of opportunities. Besides, that is just stupid

[@AztridV13]

Frolo didn't make a pact with the Devil. He made a pact with god. He's too pious and self important to make a pact with the devil. At the end of the song, he pleas, "god have mercy on her." Someone that relihious wouldn't say that after turning his back on his god.

[@CANWEKISSRN]

I don't believe the curse/hex theory, nor the assassin theory. It feels like it bluntly goes against everything those three characters stand for and the issues they go through. Frollo, Esmeralda, and Quasimodo.