The Oracle

Quasimodo unmasks a charlatan to save a village overcome with superstition.

An urgent call for help by Dennis' good friend Maurice arrives at Notre Dame via carrier pigeon. Quasimodo, Francois and Esmeralda leave Paris at once to help Maurice. Arriving in Boisjoli, the city in which Maurice lives, they discover villagers with strange illnesses: some have their hair turning green or red, others have large multicolored dots appearing on their skin. The village's mayor, Bertrand, orders the other villagers to seize Quasimodo, Francois and Esmeralda, and to throw them in jail. A new arrival in the village, The Oracle, has told Bertrand that the trio are the evil strangers whom a prophecy had warned them all about. Denying any wrongdoing, Quasimodo and his friends are told that Maurice has thrown a curse on Boisjoli.

Jailed with Maurice, Quasimodo and his friends learn that the Oracle is deliberately malting people sick and then giving them antidotes to make himself look good. His plan is to get all the villagers to give him all their money. Creating a pulley system, Quasimodo and Maurice rip the bars and door free from their cell, and Quasimodo and Esmeralda are able to escape. Francois, Maurice and Djali are left behind. The Oracle declares that if the hunchback and Esmeralda don't return by dawn, Maurice and Francois will be put to death. Quasimodo and Esmeralda hurry to the Oracle's secret cave, where they discover glass tubes filled with "Terribili sickinessus." They also find bags of magic powder and vials of "storm-producing" chemicals. Quasimodo and Esmeralda steal a metal plate, a bag of powder and some chemicals, and they sneak out unseen. Later that same night, as Francois, Maurice and Djali are tied with ropes to a large oak tree, the Oracle makes a speech in front of the villagers. Quasimodo shows up, wearing a red cape and a magician hat, and he challenges The Oracle to a battle of magic. The Oracle promptly shoots a fireball at Quasimodo and knocks him high into the air. He lands on the ground and lies still.

Quasimodo suddenly stands up and laughs at The Oracle as Esmeralda releases Francois, Maurice and Djali. Quasimodo and The Oracle hurl exploding powder back and forth. The Oracle demands that the villagers capture Quasimodo, but they refuse, convinced that Quasimodo possesses magical powers as well. Quasimodo finally outwits The Oracle and exposes him as a fraud, thus showing the villagers the secrets behind the trickery. The villagers apologize to Maurice, and they all enjoy a big feast celebrating the end of The Oracle's reign of terror.

Quasimodo, Esmeralda, Angelica, Dennis, Frangois, Frollo

The stories of Quasimodo will never grow old. They are timeless tales filled with adventure and humor... magical stories of fun and fantasy that live forever in the imagination of us all. From the shadowy belfries of Notre Dame to the echoing streets of Paris, Quasimodo vividly portrays another place and time when mystery and magic prevailed. A remarkable time of kings and pickpockets, dukes and gypsies, it is a time of song and celebration... and a remarkable young man... Quasimodo and his exceptional friends.