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

== Feast of Fools/"Topsy Turvy"/Quasi is crowned King of Fools and now mocked/Esmeralda helps Quasi ==
(We descend to ground level, and see Quasimodo climbing down the side of the cathedral. He wanders into the crowd, as an oncoming group of people begin to sing "Topsy Turvy")

People: (singing) Come one! Come all! Leave your looms and milking stools, coop the hens and pen the mules! Come one! Come all! Close the churches and the schools! It's the day for breaking rules! Come and join the Feast.....of...

Clopin: (sings) Fools! Ha ha ha! Once a year, we throw a festival here in town. Once a year, we turn all Paris upside down. Every man's a king and every king's a clown. Once again, it's Topsy Turvy Day! It's the day the devil in us gets released. It's the day we mock the pig and shock the priest. Everything is Topsy Turvy at the Feast of Fools!

(Quasimodo is working his road through the crowd, but he can't escape Clopin, who seems to be singing to Quasimodo)

Crowd: (singing) Topsy turvy!

Clopin: (singing) Everything is upsy-daisy!

Crowd: (singing) Topsy turvy!

Clopin: (singing) Everyone is acting crazy, dross is gold and weeds are a bouquet. That's the fashion on Topsy Turvy Day!

(Quasimodo, having joined a chorus line of dancers, is shoved off, through a curtain and comes smashing into the dressing tent of Esmeralda)

Esmeralda: Hey! Are you all right?

Quasimodo: (apologetically) I didn't mean to. I'm sorry.

Esmeralda: (worried) Oh, you're not hurt, are you? Here, here, let's see. (examines to make sure he's all right)

Quasimodo: (nervously) No, no, no!

(Esmeralda tries to pull the hood aside from Quasimodo's face, and he is unsuccessful at stopping her. Djali, upon seeing Quasi's face, sneers. Esmeralda, however, doesn't flinch)

Esmeralda: See? No harm done. (Quasimodo felt surprised that she's not scared of him and she escorts him out the tent) Just try to be a little more careful.

Quasimodo: I will.

(He starts to leave)

Esmeralda: By the way, great mask!

(Quasimodo smiles warmly at the compliment that she gave him.)

Crowd: (singing) Topsy turvy!

Clopin & Crowd: (singing) Beat the drums and blow the trumpets!

Crowd: (singing) Topsy turvy!

Clopin & Crowd: (singing) Join the bums and thieves and strumpets, streaming in from Chartres to Calais.

Clopin: (singing) Scurvy knaves are extra scurvy on the sixth of "Januervy".

Clopin & Crowd: (singing) All because it's Topsy Turvy Day!

(As Judge Claude Frollo, Phoebus and the guards enter the scene, Clopin jumps onstage to prevent Esmeralda)

Clopin: (singing) Come one! Come all! Hurry up, hurry up, here's your chance. See the mystery and romance. Come one! Come all! See the finest girl in France, make an entrance to entrance. Dance la Esmeralda......dance!

(On the last word, Clopin disappears in a puff of smoke, and Esmeralda appears in his place. She proceeds to perform a sultry dance)

Frollo: (To Phoebus) Look at that disgusting display.

Phoebus: (enthusiastically) Yes, sir!

(She continues to dance. She pulls out a handkerchief and wraps it around Frollo's head playfully, using it to pull him closer. She moves in to kiss him, but jumps off at the last moment. Frollo yanks the handkerchief over his head)

Clopin: And now, ladies and gentlemen, the piece of resistance! (singing) Here it is, the moment you've been waiting for! Here it is, you know exactly what's in store! Now's the time we laugh until our sides get sore! Now's the time we crown the King of Fools! You all remember last year's king?!

(Last year's king, carried on the shoulders of the crowd, belches louder)

Clopin: (singing) Then make a face that's horrible and frightening, make a face so gruesome as a gargoyle's wing.

(Hugo is watching from far above)

Hugo: Hey!

Clopin: (singing) For the face that's ugliest will be the King of Fools! Why?

Crowd: (singing) Topsy turvy!

Clopin: (singing) Ugly folks, forget your shyness!

Crowd: (singing) Topsy turvy!

Clopin: (singing) You could soon be called Your Highness!

Crowd: (singing) Put your foulest features on display, be the king of Topsy Turvy Day!

(Clopin has been pulling contestants onto the stage. Esmeralda pulls Quasimodo to the stage. Esmeralda works her road down the line, tearing apart masks and revealing the ugly faces underneath. The festivities continue until Esmeralda reaches Quasi. She tries to pull Quasi's mask away, but soon realizes that it's not a mask)

Man #1: That's no mask!

Woman #1: It's his face!

Woman #2: He's hideous!

Man #2: It's the bell ringer from Notre Dame!

(Quasi, realizing that people are disgusted by him, is disheartened. Frollo realizes that the only man left standing onstage is Quasimodo. Clopin, trying to keep facts festive, joins in)

Clopin: Ladies and gentlemen, don't panic. We asked for the ugliest face in Paris, and here he is! Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre Dame!

(Upon hearing Clopin, the crowd once again grows festive, and Clopin crowns Quasimodo the King of Fools)

Crowd: (singing) Once a year, we throw a festival here in town.

Clopin: (singing) Hail to the king!

Crowd: (singing) Once a year, we turn all Paris upside down.

Clopin: (singing) Oh, what a king!

Crowd: (singing) Once a year, the ugliest will wear a crown.

Clopin: (singing) Girls, give a kiss.

Crowd: (singing) Once a year on Topsy Turvy Day.

Clopin: (singing) We've never had a king like this.

All: (singing) And it's the day we do the facts that we deplore on the other three-hundred-and-sixty-four. Once a year, we love to drop in where the beer is never stopping for the chance to burst some popinjay. And pick a king who'll put the top in Topsy...Turvy...Day! Topsy turvy. Insane and crazy, upsy-daisy, Topsy Turvy Day!

(From above, the gargoyles whoop and cheer, while down on the ground, the crowd chants Quasimodo's name. To the side, Guards 1 and 2 are watching)

Guard 2: You think he's ugly now? Watch this!

(He throws a tomato at Quasi, hitting him square in the face. The crowd swiftly goes silent and gasps.)

Heroes: (gasps)

Nala: My goodness!

Guard 2: Now that's ugly!

Guard 3: (Mockingly) Hail to the king! (throws a tomato at Quasi)

Guard 4: Long live the king! (throws another one at Quasi)

Guard 5: Bon Appétit! (throws some food at Quasi)

(As Quasi is getting pelted on by food, he slips on a tomato and falls onto the platform, making the crowd laugh at his humiliation.)

Grandma Longneck: Oh, really now!

Grandpa Longneck: Atrocious manners!

Timon: Hey, you mooks! What's the idea of throwing food at our- (gets pelted by food)

(Soon, Quasi is being pelted with produce of all kinds. He tries to escape the crowd, when suddenly,...)

Crowd member: Where are you going, hunchback? The fun's just beginning! (lassoes Quasi to the neck and pulls him back)

Misty: Hey, cut it out!

Brock: Let go of him!

(But the crowd is too loud and obnoxious to hear our heroes as they continue to mock the poor hunchback. However, Quasi manages to get himself back up, though it ripped his shirt.)

Heroes: (shocked) Oh!

(Quasi took the rope tied to his left hand and threw it aside. More and more ropes wrap around him. Then two more people pounce onto Quasi and tie up onto the platform. The crowd laughed as they spun the platform around in circles. Quasi was getting overwhelmed by thrown food and is in need of help.)

Cera: Stop right now!

Littlefoot: Leave him alone!

Petrie: Me don't like this at all, Ducky.

Ducky: Me neither, Petrie. None of this is right. No, no, no.

(But our heroes weren't the only ones disapproving of this action. Esmeralda noticed the cruel act and became shocked herself.)

Quasimodo: Master!

Ash Ketchum: (growls) Frollo! Do something! Stop this right now!

(But Frollo, angry at Quasi for leaving the bell tower, doesn't respond and completely ignores Ash.)

Quasimodo: Master, please! Help me!

Ash Ketchum: Frollo, what is wrong with you?! Help him! He needs you!

Pikachu: (angrily) PIKACHU!!!

(But Frollo turns away and continues to ignore Ash's pleas to help Quasi, cruelly allowing the crowd to torment him. Phoebus and our heroes have seen enough.)

Phoebus: Sir, request permission to stop this cruelty.

Frollo: In a moment, Captain. A lesson needs to be learned here.

Ash Ketchum: (seething in anger) If he's not gonna save Quasimodo, then we'll do it ourselves! (takes out a Poké Ball) Let's go, everyone!

Misty: 

(As soon as he's said this, the crowd gasps and goes silent. Phoebus and Frollo look up to the stage and see Esmeralda ascending the steps. She kneels next to Quasimodo)

Esmeralda: Don't be afraid. I'm sorry. This wasn't supposed to happen.

Frollo: You! Gypsy girl! Get down at once!

Esmeralda: Yes, your honor. Just as soon as I free this poor creature.

Frollo: I forbid it!

(She whips out a knife and cuts the ropes holding Quasi)

Frollo: (pointing to Esmeralda) How dare you defy me!

Esmeralda: You mistreat this poor boy the same fashion you mistreat my people. You speak of justice, yet you are cruel to these most in need of your help!

Frollo: Silence!

Esmeralda: (frustrated, raising her arm and fist) Justice!

Frollo: Mark my words, gypsy. You will pay for this insolence.

Esmeralda: Then it appears we've crowned the wrong fool. The only fool I see......is you!

Frollo: Captain Phoebus! Arrest her.

(Phoebus motions for his guards to move in and arrest Esmeralda. They surround the stage)

Esmeralda: Now, let's see. (Counting the guards) One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten of you, and one of me. What's a poor girl to do?

(She begins to weep, but disappears in an explosion of smoke)

Frollo: Witchcraft!

(From another location)

Esmeralda: Oh, boys! Over here!

(She leads the guards on a wild goose chase. At one point, she knocks a large cage containing an old prisoner to the ground. It goes rolling off, until it comes to a stop and the lock breaks open. He steps out)

Old Prisoner: I'm free, I'm free! (He trips and falls into the stockade, which closes and locks) Dang it.

(Meanwhile, Esmeralda continues to evade the guards. At one point, she and Djali jump on top of the crowd, which carries them off to safety. Two guards attempt the same move, and the crowd swiftly moves off. She grabs a helmet from one of the guards, and throws it like a frisbee. It hits three guards and knocks them out, before almost chopping Phoebus' head apart)

Phoebus: What a woman!

(Two guards on horseback are chasing Esmeralda. As she jumps over Frollo's concession stand, someone throws the guards a staff. Each holding onto an end, the horizontal staff slices through Frollo's refreshment stand, sending him diving for cover. Esmeralda ascends to the top of a stand, but promptly disappears)

Frollo: (To Phoebus) Find her, Captain! I want her alive!

Phoebus: Yes, sir. Seal off the area, men. Find the gypsy girl, and do not harm her!

(Frollo has ridden over to Quasimodo. He hangs his head low)

Quasimodo: (whispering) I'm sorry, master. I will never disobey you again.

(He moves to the entrance to the cathedral as the rain begins to fall. He goes in, but slowly closes the door to his freedom)

''(With Frollo)''
* '''Phoebus:''' I'm terribly sorry sir. We'd lost her
* '''Judge Claude Frollo:''' Arrgh! Slippery vermin! I'm beginning to question having summoned you back from the wars, Captain Phoebus.