At the beginning of the film, Frollo refuses to spare baby Quasimodo's life until he realizes the church's statues of the saints are staring at him. And symbolically, the Cathedral of Notre Dame is hinted to have a personality and force of will all to its own. Hugo, Victor, and Laverne are treated ambiguously throughout the whole movie, so animate gargoyles are plausibly part of the story's setting. If Quasimodo invented the gargoyles out of his loneliness and isolation, then Frollo losing his mind to the point of having similar hallucinations makes his comeuppance that much more karmic.īy another interpretation, there are reasonable thematic reasons to believe the gargoyle Frollo saw was indeed alive. This is especially because they relate to the parallel discussion of whether Hugo, Victor, and Laverne, Quasimodo's three gargoyle friends, are truly alive or merely Quasimodo's imagination. The gargoyle is alive and passing judgement on Frollo.īoth of these theories tie into the rest of the movie neatly.Welker played roles on The Simpsons, VeggieTales, The Adventures of Puss in Boots, and Teen Titans Go! Plus, he voiced the lovable, mystery-solving pup Scooby-Doo. You may have heard him voice Khan the horse in Mulan, the lake monster in Doug's 1st Movie, and George in Curious George. Welker continued his voice work after Hunchback, lending his talents to Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Gargoyles, The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, 101 Dalmatians: The Series, House of Mouse, Dexter's Laboratory, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Transformers Prime, and Futurama. Joe, Centurions, The Transformers, Bionic Six, The Smurfs, DuckTales, Alvin & the Chipmunks, Animaniacs, The Real Ghostbusters, Muppet Babies, Tiny Toon Adventures, and Garfield and Friends, and in the original Beauty and the Beast movie.

He picked up pre- Hunchback gigs on Scooby Doo, Where Are You!, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, Inspector Gadget, G.I. Welker played the animal character with dozens of credits to his name. The Hunchback of Notre Dame tapped Frank Welker to voice the goat Djali.

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