Frollo VS Gaston

Frollo VS Gaston is a What-If? episode of Death Battle. It features Judge Claude Frollo from Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Gaston from Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

Description
''Battle of the Disney villains! These conniving Frenchmen are two of the most threatening Disney villains on show, and are now ready to face off against each other! With only their wits, their arsenal, and no magic, who will win? Who will die?''

Interlude
Wiz: Disney. The happiest place on Earth--

'''Boomstick: What?! That's bullshit! Especially with their villains on parade! Seriously, how can this be considered bright and colourful for children??'''

Wiz: That's right - Disney films have had many vile, disgusting and downright hateful villains, and these two Frenchmen are two of the biggest examples. Claude Frollo, the sinister judge from The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Boomstick: And Gaston, the rough and tough Big Bad of Beauty and the Beast!

Wiz: These two villains are very special in that they do not use magic for their power - only their arsenal, their strengths, and their wits. With this in mind, who will prevail as Disney's deadliest French villain?

Boomstick: He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick!

Wiz: And it's our job to analyse their weapons, armour and skills to find out who would win... a Death Battle.

Frollo
Boomstick: Judge Claude Frollo is the sinister judge of Paris, Minister of Justice, and owner of one of the most epic voices around, excluding yours truly, of course.

Frollo: But remember Quasimodo, this is your sanctuary.

Wiz: And when you look at how it came to be in recent times, it's easy to see why. Judge Claude Frollo is an old judge of Paris who longs to purge it completely of gypsies, no matter what or how he went about it, whether it be burning them at the stake or burning them inside their own homes.

Boomstick: He wouldn't last a day if The Hunchback was made in modern times, huh?

Wiz: Yep. Anyway, a gypsy believing to have held stolen goods was escaping from Frollo, and was subsequently killed by his... foot. It turns out this load was in fact a deformed baby child, which Frollo declared...

Frollo: A monster!

Wiz: And he would have drowned the defenceless toddler had this old man not stepped in.

'''Boomstick: And bear in mind that this is only the BEGINNING of the film! It only gets worse from here!'''

Wiz: He raised this baby as Quasimodo, a hunchback who he locked in Notre Dame cathedral, teaching him that the world would shun him. He manipulated him to trust what he says and only what he says:

Frollo: Dear boy, whomever are you talking to?

''Quasimodo: My... friends.''

''Frollo: I see. And what are your friends made of, Quasimodo?''

Quasimodo: Stone.

Frollo: Can stone talk?

Quasimodo: No, it can't.

''Frollo: That's right. You're a smart lad.''

Boomstick: Dick.

Wiz: And that's only when he's kind, mind you.

'''Boomstick: And then this lady happened, by the name of Esmeralda. Frollo began getting some creepy ideas with this lady and even declared her of being a witch. He even believes him gaining lust for her is work of the Devil. Because he can't admit to his own mistakes in religion.'''

Wiz: It's true - Frollo is a unique Disney villain in that he genuinely believes he is doing things for the greater good, when obviously... he's not. His lust for Esmeralda drove him to sin, and he declared that if he could not have her, the pits of Hell could.

'''Boomstick: Frollo is cunning and manipulative, one of the best Disney villains of that kind. He taught Quasi so many false things about himself and the outside world for such a long time, and even managed to hire a whole legion of thugs to pose as soldiers!'''

Wiz: He is also excellent at strategy and cunning behaviour, such as tricking Quasimodo into revealing the location of the Court of Miracles. And most parts of the film suggests that he is a pyromaniac, burning gypsies or anyone helping them.

'''Boomstick: Him and Scorpion would have a field day together. I mean, in the burning aspect.'''

Wiz: And while he's not exactly a physical fighter, so to speak, he does have some equipment on his side. His sword is sharp enough to cut through stone and he holds a small dagger, which he would have used to kill Quasimodo had he not overpowered the old man. And he can also use the cape on his back to swipe over people and drag them down, though this was also used against him.

'''Boomstick: But his greatest asset is his stallion, horribly named Snowball! This steed is fast, able to run as fast as a person and is implied to have quite a bit of a strength for just a horse!'''

Wiz: Frollo is a vicious and clever villain. His reputation and hatred by the people granted him such a high power in his authority as the most powerful man in Notre Dame, and a ruthless enemy. But he is not invincible. He has shown clear fear over being overpowered and even raised Quasimodo out of fear for his own life. But by the end, he was desperate to kill the one he lusted for so much that it practically became his downfall.

Boomstick: But I suppose that's what you get if you give an old man like him ideas...

Esmeralda: What are you doing?

Frollo: I was just imagining a rope around that beautiful neck.

Esmeralda: I know what you were "imagining."

Wiz: But even with all of his faults, Frollo is still one of the darkest and most sinister of Disney's villain line-up.

''Frollo: She... will... burn!''

Source: [x] - from 3:26 to 3:45

Gaston
Wiz: Owner of a local tavern in a small village in Alsace-Lorraine, France, and the appointed "town hero", Gaston is a strong and muscular man who occupies himself with hunting, both on animals and for Belle, a woman he is interested in.

'''Boomstick: Buuuuut it turns out Gaston is a bit shallow! Even though he hunts after Belle, who indulges herself in books, he doesn't think highly of women reading books or thinking.'''

''Gaston: It's not right for a woman to read! Soon she starts getting ideas and thinking...!''

Wiz: Despite this sexist way of thinking, Gaston has three women - the Bimbettes - lusting over him, which he leaves in the shadows in favour of Belle. Since he wasn't enough of a prick to begin with.

'''Boomstick: No matter how hard he tried, he could not impress Belle or win her over. But then something happened that changed his way of thinking about the situation.'''

Wiz: Belle had been captured by... a Beast.

''Maurice: A beast! A horrible, monstrous beast!''

Wiz: Everyone believed that Belle's father had gone crazy, but Gaston saw this as an opportunity for blackmailing Belle into marrying him. He threatened to lock her father in a mental asylum, but Belle thought better of Gaston's tactics.

Gaston: Have it your way!

'''Boomstick: So he took matter into his own hands, and rallied the townspeople to storm the Beast's castle and take the prize of Belle's hand! But in fact, it was the Beast who was the good guy by the end, and Gaston was the baddie.'''

Wiz: Though it's unsurprising to see why he took the Beast on. His strength allows him to pick up a bench with three women on it with just one arm! And this stems from his... rather strange diet.

''Gaston (singing): When I was a lad I ate four dozen eggs every morning to help me get large... and now that I'm grown I eat five dozen eggs, so I'm roughly the size of a baaaaaaaarge!''

Boomstick: I'm not a health expert, but that doesn't sound like a healthy eating plan.

Wiz: Even though he is a strongman who believes thinking is dangerous, he is not just all brawn and no brain. In fact, he seems pretty clever, being able to manipulate the entire village and coming up with the plan to blackmail Belle using her father, but his biggest strengths lie in his hunting skills and weaponry.

Boomstick: Besides his fists, he wields a Blunderbuss that can shoot things with precision, useful for when he's shooting flying stuff when out on the hunt.

LeFou: Wow, you didn't miss a shot, Gaston!

'''Boomstick: He also is well versed in using a bow and arrow to take down his foes and can slash foes with his dagger. But if he runs out of options, he can just pull CHUNKS OFF OF THINGS AND USE THEM AS A WEAPON! That's not something you just do. That is art, right there.'''

Wiz: Much like his opponent, Gaston also has a black horse of his own, although it appears to be a standard horse, if anything else. Though it seems to share similarities with the horse of Disney's Headless Horseman.

The Headless Horseman lets out his infamous laugh, startling Ichabod and his horse.

Boomstick: Holy shit.

Wiz: Gaston is strong and clever, and his hunting skills reflect on his success and seemingly positive reputation. But he is not invincible. Gaining enough of an advantage on his foe can lead to him becoming arrogant and cocky. This was how the Beast almost killed him the first time. He also is reckless in planning, and often underestimates his opponent.

Boomstick: And if no-one matches wits like Gaston, how come he can't win a checkers match?

Wiz: Because no-one is inconsistent like Gaston.

''Gaston: Disgraced. Rejected. Publicly humiliated!''

Wiz: But even still, Gaston could very easily smash his way to the top.

''Gaston: I'll have Belle for my wife. Make no mistake about that!''

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A dark, cold night begins to sweep over the streets of Paris as it snows moderately. In the streets, a black horse struts the streets. On it, Gaston is riding, with LeFou walking alongside.

LeFou: So why are we here, Gaston?

''Gaston: Belle won't accept any of my advances to marry her! I know she won't accept a simple offer. I've got to do something that will impress her enough to get her to marry me!''

LeFou: And is that why we came to Paris?

Gaston: Of course!

Gaston and his horse continue to travel through town. Elsewhere, approaching from the opposite direction, Frollo and his men patrol through the streets. When both horsemen meet, all of them stop. The townspeople look on as Frollo and Gaston stare each other down.

Frollo: Who is this brutish oaf?

''Gaston: I am no brute, old man! I am a town hero!''

''Frollo: Then see how a so called "town hero" will deal with this... arrest him!''

Frollo points at Gaston and looks at his soldiers to prompt them to attack. They charge at Gaston. The townspeople, including LeFou, run off in fear, but Gaston pulls his Blunderbuss out and takes aim at the charging soldiers, killing them all with individual shots.

Frollo: How DARE you defy me!

''Gaston: A tyrant of the captial, hm? Well if taking you down will win Belle's heart...''

Gaston draws his dagger.

Gaston: ...Then bring it on, old man!

(Cue Beauty and the Beast - Battle on the Tower - starting from 2:39)

Frollo grimaces as he readies his horse to charge, drawing his sword.

Frollo: You are making a grave mistake, you fool.

Both horses and horseman stand opposite each other in Paris' square as the Notre Dame bells ring out.

FIGHT!

Results
Who would you be rooting for? Frollo Gaston