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List of hunchbacks in fiction

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Below is a list of hunchbacks in fiction.

  • Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831). He was born with a hunchback and feared by the townspeople as a sort of monster but he finds sanctuary in an unlikely love that is fulfilled only in death.[1]
  • Scaramouche in the 2-act ballet-pantomime Scaramouche, to a libretto by the Danish playwright Poul Knudsen and with original music by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (Op. 71, 1913)
  • Manthara in the Ramayana. She was the maid who convinced Queen Kaikeyi that the throne of Ayodhya belonged to her son Bharata and that her step-son crown-prince Rama (the hero of the Ramayana) should be exiled from the kingdom.
  • Gru in Despicable Me.[2]
  • Salad Fingers in Salad Fingers.
  • Jean Cadoret in Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources.
  • Fritz in Frankenstein and 1823 play Presumption: or the Fate of Frankenstein; he is an assistant of Dr. Frankenstein. In other productions, he is typically named Igor.
  • Karl in the 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein; he is one of Dr. Septimus' Pretorius' cronies.
  • Riff Raff in the Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975); he is a hunch-backed servant of Dr. Frank N. Furter and sometimes serves as a lab assistant of this scientist.
  • Edgar "E" Gore from 2012 animated film Frankenweenie; he is a hunch-backed child and ally of Victor Frankenstein.
  • Modo from The Hunchback Assignments books series by Arthur Slade; as a child he was traveling with a freak show, but later was rescued by mysterious Mr. Socrates, and, after a couple years (reaching the age of fourteen) he was forced to start living on the streets of London.
  • Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz from cartoon series Phineas and Ferb; a bumbling, incompetent and forgetful evil scientist intent on conquering the local region known as the "tri-state area" through creating obscure inventions.
  • Harold Allnut from DC Comics; he is a mute aide of Batman, and has proved to be very gifted in terms of technology and electronics.
  • Richard III from the eponymous Shakespeare play.
  • Rigoletto from opera Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi; he is a court jester.
  • Barquentine from Mervyn Peake Gormenghast (series); he is the son of Sourdust, the Master of Ritual of Gormenghast castle.
  • The title character from the telenovela Rina.
  • Pastor Galswells from Corpse Bride; he is a haughty and bad-tempered priest who is hired to conduct Victor and Victoria's marriage.
  • Jaclyn/Heidi in the 2008 cartoon Igor (film); she is a hunchbacked female, but can transform in guise of many beautiful women.
  • Tom from Harry Potter book and film series; he is a landlord, innkeeper, and barman of the Leaky Cauldron.
  • Philip Wakem from "The Mill on the Floss" by George Eliot
  • Lumpy Addams from The Addams Family
  • Ephialtes of Trachis from 300
  • Jack Dudley from the 1892 children's novel Jack the Hunchback by James Otis
  • Yennefer of Vengerberg from The Witcher (TV series); before becoming a powerful sorceress she was a hunchback whose deformities were fixed magically
  • The 1920 novel The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks and its 1944 film adaptation feature nefarious hunchback living under Madrid.
  • Cousin Lymon in the 1951 novella The Ballad of the Sad Cafe by Carson McCullers.

References

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  1. ^ Hirsch, Shari (2021-06-11). "10 Best Hunchback of Notre Dame Characters, Ranked". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  2. ^ Debruge, Peter (2022-06-14). "'Minions: The Rise of Gru' Review: The Twinkie-Shaped Horde Picks Sides in This Delightfully Silly Sequel". Variety. Retrieved 2024-11-21.