The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo

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The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo is an animated television series based on Victor Hugo's novel Notre Dame de Paris. The show was produced by CinéGroupe, Télé-Images, and Astral Media. It aired in 1996.

The series takes place in Paris, 1483. The three main characters are Quasimodo, Esmeralda, and François. They fight villains, stop sinister plots, and escape from traps. They often come face to face with their greatest enemy, Frollo.

1 Characters
2 Trivia
3 Cast
4 Worldwide broadcast
5 External links

[edit] Characters

Quasimodo is a sixteen year old hunchbacked bellringer that lives in Notre Dame. It is believed that his parents died when he was a baby, leaving him at the steps of Notre Dame. However, in certain episodes such as "The Witches' Eve" and "The Choice", it is revealed that his parents may still be alive.

Frollo is the major villain in the series. He used to be Quasimodo's master, who also lived in Notre Dame. For the first sixteen years of Quasimodo's life, Frollo fooled Quasimodo and Denis to thinking he was a nice person. In fact, Frollo was so evil, he hoped one day to find Quasimodo's parents and learn their secret of how to turn lead into gold. He reveals this to Quasimodo in the second episode "Frollo's Revenge". Quasimodo learns that Frollo is evil in the very first episode "Evil Unmasked" when he overhears Frollo plotting to assassinate the king. Frollo failed, and was forced to hide and live in the underground tunnels of Paris.

Denis is Quasimodo's teacher and mentor. He is almost like a father to Quasimodo. Dennis has been educating Quasimodo ever since he was a kid. He also lives in Notre Dame.

Esmeralda is a young gypsy girl, a friend of Quasimodo's. She first met Quasimodo when she saw him standing on a balcony of Notre Dame. She threw a rose to him and smiled. The police was arresting Esmeralda. Quasimodo came just in time to free her, but instead he ended up being arrested. Esmeralda along with her brother François managed to rescue Quasimodo from jail. Thus they became friends.

François is Esmeralda's brother. He is a very talented poet, and also Quasimodo's friend.

[edit] Trivia

Although this series is based on "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", there are a few changes from the original story.

It is revealed that Quasimodo's parents are Charles and Vivianne de Bernassac, hence Quasimodo's last name is de Bernassac. It is also revealed that Quasimodo's parents are alchemists, which also was not in the original novel.

There is no sign of Phoebus.

Denis, Angelica, and François did not exist in the original novel.

[edit] Cast

The actors and actresses who do the voices for the show are:

[edit] Worldwide broadcast

Country	TV network	Title
Canada	Family Channel CBC	The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo
France	France 3	Quasimodo
Germany	unknown	Quasimodo - Der kleine Bucklige und seine großen Abenteuer
Italy	Rai Uno Rai Due Rai Tre	Quasimodo
United Kingdom	BBC 2	The Adventures of Quasimodo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame