Movies - Clopin

	Movies - Clopin

Clopin is the narrative jester character in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame
. He is voiced by Paul Kandel. As well as narrating the whole film, Clopin introduces the film and begins the story with the song 'The Bells of Notre Dame, and sings the song 'Topsy Turvy', about the traditional Parisian 'Feast of Fools', held every year on January 6. Clopin wears two costumes during the film: a purple, pink, and yellow jester suit with gold bells, a gold earring, a blue hat with a yellow feather and curly-toed shoes, also with gold bells, which he wears at the Festival of Fools, and one similar to the aforementioned costume, but almost completely purple with gold trim.

He appears in the film five times. The first appearance is when Clopin sings "Bells of Notre Dame," which tells the tale of how Frollo killed Quasimodo's mother, but was stopped by the Archdeacon before he could kill Quasi.

The second appearance is at the Festival of Fools, where he sings "Topsy Turvy," a riveting dance number that explains that it is "the day we do the things that we deplore on the other three-hundred-and-sixty-four." It is also during this song that he crowns Quasimodo the King of Fools.

His third appearance is much later in the film, at the Court of Miracles, which is where he and the gypsies believe Quasimodo and Phoebus to be spies. They sing the song "Court of Miracles" as they put Quasi and Phoebus on trial. In the end, they are found "totally innocent, which is the worst crime of all." Thus, they are to be hanged. Fortunately, Esmeralda arrives in time to save them.

His fourth appearance is briefly during the climax of the film.

His last appearance is at the end, where he sings a reprise of "Bells of Notre Dame."

Not only is Clopin the narrative in the story, he is also the king of the gypsies, whom at the time were being rounded up and murdered in acting of 'purification' by Judge Claude Frollo, the evil character of the film. He nearly executes Quasimodo and Phoebus who entered the gypsy santuary, called the Court of Miracles, with the intent to warn the people of Frollo's invasion. Clopin also appeared in the straight-to-video sequel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame 2.

Clopin is also present in the original Victor Hugo novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame, in which he is a beggar who is less jovial and more sinister than the Disney version.

Category:Fictional clowns

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