Editing Ash Ketchum Meets The Hunchback of Notre Dame/Transcript (section)

== Meet Quasimodo/Ash and his friends came to Paris/"Out There" ==
''(We fly down to an exterior with the frozen forms of Victor and Hugo, with a bird's nest in his mouth, on the balcony. As Quasimodo comes out, the bird awakens.)''
* '''Quasimodo:''' Good morning!

''(The bird squeaks its approval.)''

* '''Quasimodo:''' Will today be the day? Are you ready to fly?

''(The bird squeaks its disapproval.)''

* '''Quasimodo:''' You sure? Good day to try. Why, if I picked a day to fly, oh, this would be it! The Festival of Fools! It will be fun--the jugglers, and music, and dancing...

''(The bird, who had been resting in Quasi's hand, has begun to flap its wings. Quasi slowly removes his hands until the bird is hovering in place. He chuckles and shows his hands to the bird, who finally realizes that it is flying. It squeaks an approval, then a question, as a flock of birds fly by.)''

* '''Quasimodo:''' Go on! Nobody wants to be cooped up here forever!

''(The bird flies off to join the flock.'' ''We go back to Notre Dame, Hugo, and later, Victor, come to life. Hugo spits out the nest.)''

* '''Hugo:''' Oh, man! I thought he'd never leave! I'll be spitting feathers for a week!
* '''Victor:''' Well, that's what you get for sleeping with your mouth open.
* '''Hugo:''' ''(chuckles sarcastically)'' Heh, heh, heh...go scare a nun!
* '''Hugo:''' Hey, Quasi! What's going on out there? A fight? A flogging?
* '''Victor:''' A festival!
* '''Hugo:''' You mean the Feast of Fools!?!
* '''Quasimodo:''' Uh huh!
* '''Hugo:''' All right, all right! Pour the wine and cut the cheese!

''(Hugo makes farting noises in his armpit.)''

* '''Victor:''' It is a treat to watch the colorful pageantry of the simple peasant folk.
* '''Hugo:''' Boy, nothin' like balcony seats for watching the ol' F.O.F.
* '''Quasimodo:''' ''(dejected)'' Yeah, watching.

''(Quasi turns and leaves, obviously sad.)''

* '''Hugo:''' Oh, look--a mime.

''(Hugo hocks up a phlegm in his throat, and is about to spit, when Victor covers his mouth. Hugo is forced to swallow his prize. They proceed inside to Quasimodo. Laverne catches up to them.)''

* '''Hugo:''' Hey, hey, what gives?
* '''Victor:''' Aren't you going to watch the festival with us?
* '''Hugo:''' I don't get it.
* '''Victor:''' Perhaps he's sick!
* '''Laverne:''' Impossible. If 20 years of listening to you two hasn't made him sick by now, nothing will.
* '''Victor:''' But watching the Festival of Fools has always been the highlight of the year for Quasimodo.
* '''Laverne:''' What good is watching the party if you never get to go near it? ''(Birds have begun to roost on Laverne. She waves them away.)'' Get away from me, go on, you bunch of buzzards! He's not made of stone, like us.
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* Frollo: Stop
* (They stopped)
* Ash Ketchum: Who? Us?
* Frollo: I never seen you before. Your names?
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* Archdeacon: Frollo, these children are visitors. Treat them like guests and give them sanctuary. (to Ash and his friends) Do not worry. Minister Frollo learned many years ago to respect the sanctity of the cathedral.

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''(Laverne goes to Quasi, who is at his table with a model of the city and small toys painted like townspeople.)''

* '''Laverne''': Quasi, what's wrong? You wanna tell old Laverne all about it?
* '''Quasimodo''': I...I just don't feel like watching the festival, that's all.
* '''Laverne''': Well, did you ever think about going there instead?
* '''Quasimodo''': Sure. But, I'd never fit in out there. I'm not...normal.
* '''Laverne''': Oh, Quasi, Quasi, Quasi. ''(She pauses as the birds have returned to perch on her again. - To birds:)'' Do you mind? I would like to have a moment with the boy, if it's all right with you!
* '''Hugo''': ''(To Quasi:)'' Hey, quit beating around the bell tower. Whadda we gotta do? Paint you a fresco?
* '''Victor''': As your friends and guardians, we insist you attend the festival.
* '''Quasimodo''': Me?

''(Enter Hugo, with a figurine of a Pope, from Quasi's tabletop scene.)''

* '''Hugo''': No, the Pope. Of course, you!

''(Victor shoves the Pope figurine in Quasi's mouth.)''

* '''Victor''': It would be a veritable potpourri of educational experience.

''(Hugo pulls the figurine out of Quasi's mouth.)''

* '''Hugo''': Wine, women and song!
* '''Victor''': You can learn to identify various regional cheeses!
* '''Hugo''': Bobbing for snails!
* '''Victor''': And the indigenous folk music.
* '''Hugo''': Playing dunk the monk!
* '''Laverne''': Quasi, take it from an old spectator. Life's not a spectator sport. If watching's all you're gonna do, then you're gonna watch your life go by without you.
* '''Hugo''': Yeah, you're human, with the flesh, and the hair, and the navel lint. We're just part of the architecture, right Victor?
* '''Victor''': Yet, if you chip us, will we not flake? If you moisten us, do we not grow moist?
* '''Laverne''': Quasi, just grab a fresh tunic and a clean pair of hose and--
* '''Quasimodo''': Thanks for the encouragement, but you're all forgetting one thing.
* '''Gargoyles''': What?
* '''Quasimodo''': My master, Frollo.
* '''Gargoyles''': ''(dejectedly)'' Oh, that's right. ''(etc.)''
* '''Victor''': Well, when he says you're forbidden from ever leaving the bell tower, does he mean "ever ever?"
* '''Quasimodo''': Never ever! And he hates the Feast of Fools! He'd be furious if I asked to go.
* '''Hugo''': Who says you gotta ask?
* '''Quasimodo''': Oh, no.
* '''Hugo''': Ya' sneak out...
* '''Laverne''': It's just one afternoon...
* '''Quasimodo''': I couldn't--
* '''Hugo''': ...and ya' sneak back in.
* '''Laverne''': He'll never know you were gone.
* '''Quasimodo''': I mean, if I got caught--
* '''Victor''': Better to beg forgiveness than to ask permission.
* '''Quasimodo''': He might see me.
* '''Hugo''': You could wear a disguise. Just this once. What Frollo doesn't know can't hurt you!
* '''Victor''': Ignorance is bliss.
* '''Hugo''': ''(aside)'' Look who's talking...
* '''Laverne''': Nobody wants to stay cooped up here forever.

''(Quasi thinks for a moment, then a smile creeps across his face.)''

* '''Quasimodo''': You're right! I'll go! ''(The gargoyles cheer.)'' I'll get cleaned up. ''(Another cheer)'' I'll stroll down those stairs. ''(Another cheer)'' I'll march through the doors and--

''(Quasi and the gargoyles have been advancing on the door leading downstairs. As Quasi nears it, Frollo suddenly appears in the doorway, cutting Quasi short and returning the gargoyles to stone.)''

* '''Judge Claude Frollo''': Good morning, Quasimodo.
* '''Quasimodo''': Ah--um, good...morning, master.
* '''Judge Claude Frollo''': Dear boy, whomever are you talking to?
* '''Quasimodo''': My...friends.
* '''Judge Claude Frollo''': I see. ''(He taps Victor on the head.)'' And what are your friends made of, Quasimodo?
* '''Quasimodo''': Stone.
* '''Judge Claude Frollo''': Can stone talk?
* '''Quasimodo''': No, it can't.
* '''Judge Claude Frollo''': That's right. You're a smart lad. Now...lunch.

''(Upon hearing the word, Quasi goes off and retrieves a table setting--a silver chalice and plate for Frollo and a wooden cup and plate for himself.)''

* '''Judge Claude Frollo''': Shall we review your alphabet today?
* '''Quasimodo''': Oh. Yes, master. I would like that very much.
* '''Judge Claude Frollo''': Very well. A?
* '''Quasimodo''': Abomination.
* '''Judge Claude Frollo''': B?
* '''Quasimodo''': Blasphemy.
* '''Judge Claude Frollo''': C?
* '''Quasimodo''': C-c-c-contrition.
* '''Judge Claude Frollo''': D?
* '''Quasimodo''': Damnation.
* '''Judge Claude Frollo''': E?
* '''Quasimodo''': Eternal damnation!
* '''Judge Claude Frollo''': Good. F?
* '''Quasimodo''': Festival.

''(Frollo spits out his drink at the incorrect response.)''

* '''Judge Claude Frollo''': Excuse me?
* '''Quasimodo''': Forgiveness!
* '''Judge Claude Frollo''': You said...festival.
* '''Quasimodo''': No!
* '''Judge Claude Frollo''': You are thinking about going to the festival.
* '''Quasimodo''': It's just that...you go every year.
* '''Judge Claude Frollo''': I am a public official. I must go! But I don't enjoy a moment. Thieves and hustlers and the dregs of humankind, all mixed together in a shallow, drunken stupor.
* '''Quasimodo''': I didn't mean to upset you, master.
* '''Judge Claude Frollo''': Quasimodo, can't you understand? When your heartless mother abandoned you as a child, anyone else would have drowned you. And this my thanks for taking you in and raising you as my son?
* '''Quasimodo''': I'm sorry, sir.
* '''Judge Claude Frollo''': Oh, my daring Quasimodo, you don't know what it's like out there. I do...I do...

: '''[Judge Claude Frollo]'''
:: ''The world is cruel''
:: ''The world is wicked''
:: ''It's I alone whom you can trust in this entire city''
:: ''I am your only friend''

:: ''I who keep you, teach you, feed you, dress you''
:: ''I who look upon you without fear''
:: ''How can I protect you, boy''
:: ''Unless you always stay in here''
:: ''Away in here?''

* '''Judge Claude Frollo''': Remember what I taught you, Quasimodo.

: '''[Judge Claude Frollo]'''
:: ''You are deformed''

: '''[Quasimodo]'''
:: ''I am deformed''

: '''[Judge Claude Frollo]'''
:: ''And you are ugly''

: '''[Quasimodo]'''
: ''And I am ugly''

: '''[Judge Claude Frollo]'''
:: ''And these are crimes for which the world shows little pity''
:: ''You do not comprehend''

: '''[Quasimodo]'''
:: ''You are my one defender''

: '''[Judge Claude Frollo]'''
:: ''Out there, they'll revile you as a monster''

: '''[Quasimodo]'''
:: ''I am a monster''

: '''[Judge Claude Frollo]'''
:: ''Out there, they will hate with scorn and jeer''

: '''[Quasimodo]'''
:: ''Only a monster''

: '''[Judge Claude Frollo]'''
:: ''Why invite their calumny and consternation?''
:: ''Stay in here, be faithful to me''

: '''[Quasimodo]'''
:: ''I'm faithful''

: '''[Judge Claude Frollo]'''
:: ''Grateful to me''

: '''[Quasimodo]'''
:: ''I am grateful''

: '''[Judge Claude Frollo]'''
:: ''Do as I say. Obey, and stay in here.''

: '''[Quasimodo]'''
:: ''I'll stay in here.''

''(Frollo goes to leave.)''

* '''Quasimodo:''' You are nice to me, master. I'm sorry.
* '''Judge Claude Frollo:''' You are forgiven. But remember, Quasimodo. This is your sanctuary.
* '''Quasimodo:''' My sanctuary.

''(Exit Frollo.)''

: '''[Quasimodo]'''
:: ''Safe behind these windows and these parapets of stone''
:: ''Gazing at the people down underneath me''
:: ''All my life I watch them as I hide up here alone''
:: ''Hungry for the histories they show me''

:: ''All my life I memorize their faces''
:: ''Knowing them as they will never know me''
:: ''All my life I wonder how it feels to pass a day''
:: ''Not above them....''
:: ''But part of them....''

:: ''And out there, living in the sun''
:: ''Give me one day out there''
:: ''All I ask is one, to hold forever''

:: ''Out there, where they all live unaware''
:: ''What I'd give...what I'd dare''
:: ''Just to live one day out there!''

''(Watch right here after the cymbal smash, as the camera zooms past Quasi into a street scene for a cameo appearance by Belle from Beauty and the Beast.)''

:: ''Out there among the millers''
:: ''And the weavers and their wives''
:: ''Through the roofs and gables I can see them''
:: ''Everyday they shout and scold and go about their lives''
:: ''Heedless of the gift it is to be them''
:: ''If I was in their skin, I'd treasure every instant''

:: ''Out there, strolling among the Seine''
:: ''Taste a morning out there''
:: ''Like ordinary men who freely walk about there''
:: ''Just one day and then I swear''
:: ''I'll be content, with my share''
:: ''Won't resent, won't despair,''
:: ''Old and bent, I won't care.''
:: ''I'll have spent...one...day...out...theeeeere!''