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[[File:Claude Frollo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996).png|thumb|left|Frollo expresses his infatuation with Esmerald's beauty in his song "Hellfire" from ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame''.]] | [[File:Claude Frollo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996).png|thumb|left|Frollo expresses his infatuation with Esmerald's beauty in his song "Hellfire" from ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame''.]] | ||
{{Q|It's not my fault... if in God's plan... he made the devil so much stronger than a man!|Claude Frollo during his song "Hellfire"}} | {{Q|It's not my fault... if in God's plan... he made the devil so much stronger than a man!|Claude Frollo during his song "Hellfire"}} | ||
Frollo | Frollo first appeared in Victor Hugo's classic novel, ''Notre-Dame de Paris'', where he is the Archdeacon of Paris and the novel's tragic villain. His Disney debut was in the 1996 adaptation, ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', where he was changed from a tragic figure to a fully-fledged villain. Voiced by {{w|Tony Jay}}, this version is the Minister of Justice of Paris, and apparently the ruler or Governor of the city, given that he seems to be above every law in the city outside the cathedral, and even has his own army of thugs who dress up as soldiers to enforce his will. In the film, Frollo murders Quasimodo's mother outside Notre Dame and is forced by the Archdeacon to raise the child as atonement, an act Frollo only performs to save himself from damnation and in hopes of finding the gypsy stronghold, the Court of Miracles. | ||
Twenty years later, Frollo falls for a young gypsy woman, Esmeralda, but also makes himself her enemy when he orders her arrested for defying him in public by defending Quasimodo. Frollo's lust reaches the point of obsession when he begins a ruthless manhunt to find her, burning down most of Paris in the process. Eventually, Frollo finds the Court of Miracles with Quasimodo's unwitting help and sentences Esmeralda to execution when she refuses to become his mistress. This, however, proves to be his final mistake, since it arouses Quasimodo's anger and results in a ferocious battle between the citizens and Frollo's army of thugs. Frollo forces his way into the cathedral and attempts to kill Quasimodo, but the two end up fighting across the balconies of Notre Dame. During the battle, Frollo spitefully reveals that he killed Quasimodo's mother, but the fight eventually culminates in Frollo falling to his death into a lake of molten copper. | Twenty years later, Frollo falls for a young gypsy woman, Esmeralda, but also makes himself her enemy when he orders her arrested for defying him in public by defending Quasimodo. Frollo's lust reaches the point of obsession when he begins a ruthless manhunt to find her, burning down most of Paris in the process. Eventually, Frollo finds the Court of Miracles with Quasimodo's unwitting help and sentences Esmeralda to execution when she refuses to become his mistress. This, however, proves to be his final mistake, since it arouses Quasimodo's anger and results in a ferocious battle between the citizens and Frollo's army of thugs. Frollo forces his way into the cathedral and attempts to kill Quasimodo, but the two end up fighting across the balconies of Notre Dame. During the battle, Frollo spitefully reveals that he killed Quasimodo's mother, but the fight eventually culminates in Frollo falling to his death into a lake of molten copper. | ||