(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: 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: FOOLS!
ONCE A YEAR WE THROW A PARTY 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
(Good is bad and best is worst and west is east) IT'S THE DAY WE MOCK THE PRIG AND SHOCK THE PRIEST
(On the day we think the most of those with least)
EVERYTHING IS TOPSY TURVY AT THE FEAST OF FOOLS!
(Quasimodo is working his way through the crowd, but he can't escape Clopin, who seems to be singing to Quasimodo.)
Crowd: TOPSY TURVY!
Clopin: EVERYTHING IS UPSY-DAISY!
Crowd: TOPSY TURVY!
Clopin: EVERYONE IS ACTING CRAZY
DROSS IS GOLD AND WEEDS ARE A BOUQUET
THAT'S THE WAY ON TOPSY TURVY DAY!
(Quasimodo, having joined a chorus line of dancers, is shoved away, through a curtain and comes crashing into the dressing tent of Esmeralda.)
Esmeralda: Hey! Are you all right?
Quasimodo: I didn't mean to...I'm sorry.
Esmeralda: You're not hurt, are you? Here, here, let's see.
Quasimodo: No, no, no!
(Esmeralda tries to pull the hood away from Quasi's face, and he is unsuccessful at stopping her. Djali, upon seeing Quasi's face, sneers. Esmeralda, however, doesn't flinch.)
Esmeralda: There. See, no harm done. Just try to be a little more careful.
Quasimodo: I--I--I will.
(He starts to leave.)
Esmeralda: By the way, great mask!
(As Quasi exits, we return to the celebration outside.)
Crowd: TOPSY TURVY!
Clopin & Crowd: BEAT THE DRUMS AND BLOW THE TRUMPETS!
Crowd: TOPSY TURVY!
Clopin & Crowd: JOIN THE BUMS AND THIEVES AND STRUMPETS
STREAMING IN FROM CHARTRES TO CALAIS
Clopin: SCURVY KNAVES ARE EXTRA SCURVY ON THE SIXTH OF "JANUERVY"
Clopin & Crowd: ALL BECAUSE IT'S TOPSY TURVY DAY!
(As Judge Claude Frollo, Phoebus, and the guards enter the scene, Clopin jumps onstage to present Esmeralda.)
Clopin: COME ONE! COME ALL!
HURRY, HURRY, 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.
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
ActionIt's Disney's 34th animated film about Quasimodo (Tom Hulce), the bell-ringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, who bides his time locked away in a tower. With only gargoyles (Jason Alexander, Charles Kimbrough and Mary Wickes) to keep him company, Quasimodo...
