Although neither claim to believe in the creature's existence, a hunchbacked figure is shown looking down from the bell tower, spying on Cathy through a telescope.

Upon being escorted back to the university, the creature shows Alex, Cathy, and Dr. Webster his home in the bell tower, cluttered with various objects scavenged from around campus.

Reluctant to leave him alone in the tower, Cathy encourages Alex to stay and watch over him, with Dr. Webster offering to get him special consideration for the task from his instructors at the university.

After settling on "Bob Maloogaloogaloogaloogalooga", he explains that after his father deserted them and his mother died from illness, a group of people came and locked him away.

While Alex struggles to catch up on his studies in order to pass his finals, Bob strives to better himself to win Cathy's affections.

When Hoyle states that Alex and the others are "in big trouble" for supporting the hunchback, Bob, who has been watching the program on television, races to his friends' aid.

Television comedy writer Allan Katz first came up the premise of the film, originally titled The Hunchback of UCLA back in 1981.

[2] While Katz loved the original title, he was ultimately forced to change it after University of California, Los Angeles threatened legal action against the film.