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5	Made in 2000 [[TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment but not released until 2002]], this [[DirectToVideo direct-to-video]] {{sequel}} to Disney's 1996 blockbuster ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame\|Disney}}'' was produced by Creator/DisneytoonStudios.
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7	Quasimodo (Creator/TomHulce) falls in love with the beautiful and mysterious Madellaine (Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt), while trying to stop Sarousch (Creator/MichaelMcKean), a thief posing as a magician from stealing a famous bell from the cathedral's belfry.
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9	!!Tropes
10	* ArtEvolution:
11	** Inverted, big time. Despite coming out after ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'', which set the standard for DTV Disney films going forward. The animation in ''Hunchback II'' is usually considered to be some of the worst amongst the Disney sequels along with ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'' (which can be excused for it being a pilot to [[WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries the TV series that followed it]]) and ''WesternAnimation/BellesMagicalWorld''. The animation is not as fluid, Notre Dame has a much smaller scope, the colors are a lot duller, and the layouts and camera work are less cinematic and grand. It's especially pronounced compared to the original and its sweeping visuals, complex character animation, and use of digital techniques including [[TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects CGI]] and the CAPS painting method (neither of which were used here). That said, there are some moments of fluidity despite the lower quality like with Madelaine's introduction, which comes down to Disney Japan's usual bouncy style; but winds up a detriment in and of itself as it makes everyone move as cartoonishly and rubbery as the gargoyles.
12	** Also, this is the last Disney production to use hand-painted cel animation.
13	* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Two of Sarouch's men easily carry an adult elephant.
14	* AwardBaitSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xluO0bygL88 I'm Gonna Love You]] by Jennifer Love Hewitt.
15	* BecomingTheMask: Madellaine, who initially is friendly to Quasi only to find out information, but comes to love him after he treats her with genuine respect and affection.
16	* BigBrotherInstinct: Quasimodo towards Zephyr. While he is already friendly to kids, this kid in particular is his honorary nephew.
17	* TheBigDamnKiss: Quasimodo and Madellaine share one at the end of the film, after declaring their love for one another.
18	* ChekhovsSkill: Madellaine's tightrope walking. Early on she confides to Quasi that she wants to learn it, and he encourages her. At the end, she pulls it off to save Zephyr.
19	* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Both of Madellaine's outfits match Quasimodo's - LoveInterest ahoy!
20	* CrisisMakesPerfect: Madellaine struggles with her ambition to become a tightrope walker. At the end, she pulls it off to save Zephyr.
21	* CrocodileTears: Sarousch, when he tries to pin the thefts on Madellaine.
22	* CutLexLuthorACheck: Considering how popular his circus is, surely Sarousch doesn't need to commit crimes.
23	* DemotedToExtra: Clopin has a handful of quick cameos, and isn't involved in the film's plot in any way. His only main role seems to just be directing the love festival.
24	* DetailHoggingCover: The boxart is ''much'' more detailed than that of the animation.
25	* ExcusePlot: The theft of the bell is an excuse to pair Quasimodo with Madelleine.
26	* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The movie is set over the course of three days.
27	* FauxAffablyEvil: Sarousch is a very charismatic and flamboyant performer, and for most of the film seems to be a far less threatening antagonist than his predecessor, Frollo. When Madellaine refuses to help him any further, he suddenly drops his charming façade and threatens to have Quasi killed. To say nothing of the climax, where he [[WouldHurtAChild takes Zephyr hostage]].
28	* {{Foil}}: Madellaine is a positive example for Quasi. Both are clumsy and EndearinglyDorky people who have grown up with cruel father figures yet remain good people. Quasi however is a deformed man who has spent his life as a recluse in the bell tower, while Madellaine is a beautiful woman who has traveled the world with the circus.
29	* GrandRomanticGesture: One sanctioned by society. Parisians couples publicly declare their love during the festival.
30	%%* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Madellaine, and Zephyr to a lesser extent.
31	* ICantLookGesture: Phoebus has to look away when Sarousch forces him to let him sail away with "La Fidele", on penalty of Sarousch harming his son.
32	* IHaveYourWife: During the climax, Sarousch uses Zephyr as leverage for the bell.
33	* InnocentlyInsensitive:
34	** When Phoebus suspects that Madellaine is only using Quasimodo so she can get La Fidele for Sarousch, Quasimodo assumes that Phoebus doesn't think someone could love him for his own merits. Phoebus immediately realizes his error and corrects what he means in a slightly more tactful manner.
35	** Esmeralda makes several mentions to Quasimodo being "ready" for love, as though he hasn't been ready for a very, very, very long time, and as though he wasn't extremely ready the moment he met her.
36	* IronicEcho: Early on, Sarousch tells Madellaine that her job is to "stand around and look pretty", because it's all she's good for. After she saves Zephyr, they have this exchange:
37	-->'''Sarousch''': What are you doing?
38	-->'''Madellaine''': Just standing around looking pretty.
39	* JawDrop: A ''literal'' one from the Gargoyles at the end. [[spoiler:When ''Madellaine'' tells them she'll take good care of Quasi and winks at them, making her the first person other than Quasi to notice that they are sentient, causing them extreme shock]].
40	* LighterAndSofter: Than the original movie. The villain here is a thief instead of a sexually repressed KnightTemplar bigot.
41	* {{Narcissist}}: Sarousch. He spends most of his screentime admiring himself in his various mirrors, and Phoebus lampshades it after interrogating him: "I'll let you get back to... yourself."
42	* NoSongForTheWicked: Surprisingly, despite being far more flamboyant and dramatic than Frollo, and an actual performer in-universe, Sarousch does not get his own VillainSong.
43	* NotAllowedToGrowUp: The little girl who was the first to walk up to Quasimodo at the end of the first movie makes a couple of cameos throughout the film. Despite the fact enough time has passed for Phoebus and Esmerelda to have a six-year old son, the little girl looks exactly the same.
44	* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: A small RunningGag is Phoebus asking rhetorical questions to his SilentSnarker horse Achilles, who taps his hoof in response both times.
45	** First when Phoebus is getting reports on robberies involving the Circus:
46	--->'''Phoebus''': A string of robberies begins the moment a circus comes to town. Coincidence? ''I don't think so.'' How many times have I ever been wrong?\
47	'''Achilles''': [''counts on his hoof; Tap Tap Tap'']\
48	'''Phoebus''': Achilles, that was a rhetorical question.
49	** The second time, he reports that the circus is responsible for robberies, which does not delight Quasi or his family (Quasi due to being romantically in love with Madellaine, Esmeralda due to believing that Phoebus still holds prejudice views towards gypsies, and Zephyr due to admiring the circus), and they all angrily leave.
50	--->'''Phoebus''': Achilles, do you believe this? Everybody mad at me! How often does ''that'' happen?\
51	'''Achilles''': [''counts on his hoof; Tap Tap Tap'']\
52	'''Phoebus''': ''Rhetorical!''
53	* SissyVillain: Sarousch speaks in an effeminate manner, [[{{Narcissist}} is unhealthily obsessed with himself]], and poses little to no physical threat, primarily relying on his thugs to do his bidding.
54	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Madellaine is established upfront as a NiceGirl, and during their first meeting, she genuinely gets along with Quasimodo while he speaks to her from the shadows. Despite this, she still runs away in horror after seeing his deformed appearance, and it takes her a while to get over her fear and try approaching him again.
55	* ThrowTheDogABone: Quasimodo meets (and eventually) falls in love with Madellaine.
56	* TimeSkip: The sequel takes place six years after the first film, mainly evidenced by Phoebus and Esmerelda now having a young son.
57	* TheUnfought: Unlike Frollo, Sarousch never physically engages the heroes in combat, [[spoiler:and he and his men are unable to resist when they're finally caught]].
58	* UglyGuyHotWife: [[spoiler:Quasimodo and Madellaine get together in the end.]]
59	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Sarousch's band of minions from the carnival who he sent out to rob the townspeople are not seen again after they've done his bidding, and no mention is made of whether any of them were arrested after Sarousch was caught.
60	* WouldHurtAChild: When Zephyr is abducted, Madellaine warns Quasimodo that Sarousch won't hesitate to hurt or even kill the boy to get what he wants.
61	* YouKnowImBlackRight: Phoebus unfortunately comes into a bit of conflict with Esmeralda, his Gypsie wife, due to his distaste for carnies in a way that's similar to but not as extreme as Frollo's own distaste for Gypsies.
62	-->'''Phoebus:''' I don't trust these people!\
63	'''Esmeralda:''' What does that mean?\
64	'''Phoebus:''' Well just look at them! They travel from town to town like..like...\
65	'''Esmeralda:''' Gypsies?\
66	'''Phoebus:''' Yes!

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