History WesternAnimation / TheHunchbackOfNotreDameGoldenFilms

** The story supposedly happens in medieval France, but in the opening song the people are wearing clothes from the 18th and 19th centuries. A boy in modern looking clothing is also seen running across the screen towards the end of said song. The Can Can first appeared in 1830 and yet the opening song is a StandardSnippet of the Can Can.

** The lead Romani character is not Esmeralda, but Melody. Since there's no reason to believe the creators of this ever read the book, it's possible they incorrectly assumed the name Esmeralda was owned by Disney and thus replaced her with a CaptainErsatz for nonexistent legal reasons.

* BrokenAesop: The movie is supposed to teach that TrueBeautyIsOnTheInside, but Quasimodo became beautiful, so the moral is: looks don't matter as long as you're handsome. Not helping by the fact that Quasimodo doesn't even look grotesque in the first place and that Quasimodo barely gets to do anything noble or heroic -- besides saving Melody from being executed by Jean Claude right at the end, mostly by ironically enough, ''not'' doing something -- during the whole film.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Melody to Quasimodo, although he can barely be considered a hero.

** Jean Claude has an aerosol spray can... in the Middle Ages.
** At one point, Jean Claude threatens Melody with the guillotine. Of course, the guillotine was invented during UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution, centuries after the Middle Ages. But guillotines are old-timey and associated with France, so close enough, right?

* BigEater: Jean Claude's father the Baron. Any time you see him, he is always eating in some manner.

* DemotedToExtra: Quasimodo only appears sparingly throughout the film and has less than 15 minutes of screen-time.

* FatBastard: The Baron is fat and doesn't care for the citizens.

** Even more grating is when they try to do a {{pun}}, by showing an image of toes, and singing “Château”. "Château" is French for "castle" and is also used to refer to a manor house, and nothing to do with feet or toes.

* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Pierre, the minion of Jean Claude.

* AbledInTheAdaptation: Quasimodo's deafness from the books is absent. Not only that but he also ceases being a hunchback.

* AdaptationalJobChange: Jean Claude is inspired on Claude Frollo, a SinisterMinister. However, here he is an aristocrat instead.

* AloofBigBrother: Jean Claude has no love for Quasimodo, and is the one who imprison him in the bell tower.
* AnimateInanimateObject: Melody's instruments and a decorative bell chain. Some random objects (prison bars, stone blocks from the wall, a pile of straw, and a mop and bucket) also come to life during a song sequence, though they go back to normal afterwards.
* AristocratsAreEvil: Jean Claude and his glutton father, the Baron.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory:

* DragonInChief: The Baron is the one officially in-charge, but he's largely a non-action character. Jean Claude is the true antagonist of the film.

** Even more grating is when they try to do a pun, by showing an image of toes, and singing “Château”. "Château" is French for "castle" and is also used to refer to a manor house, and nothing to do with feet or toes.
* {{Greed}}: Jean Claude's motivation.

* InNameOnly: The narrative is completely different. The narrative is closer to a Beauty and the Beast story than one of the Hunchback. The [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Disney version]] had more to do with the source material than this one. The trope also extends to the few remnants of the book, especially Quasimodo, who is neither ugly nor a real hunchback, and Pierre, who in this adaptation is Jean-Claude's sidekick rather than a poet in love with Esmeralda/Melody.

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Or rather, lisp slipping in this case. In one scene, Pierre (who speaks with a lisp) briefly talks without one during a conversation with Jean Claude.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Quasimodo drops one to Jean Claude, calling him an oppressor.

* VillainousCrush: Well, "crush" is pushing it with Jean Claude's attitude towards Melody. He admits that he finds her attractive, but his attitude is solely based on her appearance rather than her personality traits or anything else.

* OffModel: A lot. The characters often move their faces weirdly and have some of their parts vanish in some scenes. The bats don't move their mouths at one point.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Melody is a prime example of this and so are a number of background gypsies, mostly the women. She's even barefoot at her wedding, at which she is wearing a full wedding dress.

* PeekABangs: Half of Quasimodo's face is covered by his hair. It's not, however, hiding any deformities like the character is supposed to have.

--> '''Phelous:''' Yeah, not! Hahahahaha! Not ''funny''!

-->'''WebVideo/{{Phelous}}:''' ''(impersonating Pierre)'' I don't suppose you know where my lisp went?

* AnimateInanimateObject: Melody's instruments and a decorative bell chain.

* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Quasimodo and Melody marry and supposedly will live happily ever after, in contrast to the KillEmAll of the book.

The story is about the hunchback of Notre Dame, Quasimodo, and a gypsy girl called [[AdaptationNameChange Melody]]. The troubles are caused by [[CompositeCharacter Jean Claude]], an arrogant, greedy killjoy who wants to stop Melody because he thinks she diminishes the taxes.

** The gypsy is not Esmeralda, but Melody. Since there's no reason to believe the creators of this ever read the book, it's possible they incorrectly assumed the name Esmeralda was owned by Disney and thus replaced her with a CaptainErsatz for nonexistent legal reasons.

* HotGypsyWoman: Melody and a few background gypsy women.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Quasimodo cannot really be called ugly, unlike Victor Hugo's creepy version. He even becomes handsome at the end.

* AnachronismStew: A bizarre example. Near the end of the opening song, a boy in modern-day attire rushes by [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment for no particular reason]].

* BeautyMark: Melody has one on her left cheek.

This is the 1996 Creator/GoldenFilms AnimatedAdaptation of ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' (the Creator/VictorHugo novel), which [[TheMockbuster strangely was released near the date]] of [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame the Disney adaptation]].

* InNameOnly: The narrative is completely different. The narrative is closer to a Beauty and the Beast story than one of the Hunchback. The [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Disney version]] had more to do with the source material than this one. The trope also extends to the few remnants of the book, especially Quasimodo, who is neither ugly nor a real hunchback, and Pierre, who in this adaptation is Jean-Claude's sidekick rather than a poet in love with Esmeralda/Melody.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Quasimodo cannot really be called ugly, unlike Victor Hugo's creepy version. He even becomes handsome at the ending.

* HollywoodHomely: Quasimodo, who is treated as a monster by nearly everyone for... having uncombed hair and slightly hunching when he stands.
--> '''Phelous:''' How grotesque, he looks ready to join a boy band.