Later that night, Gringoire runs into him once again in the Court of Miracles, where Clopin is revealed not as a beggar, but as the King of Truands (the criminals and outcasts of Paris).

However, he is much darker, in clothing and humor, when Quasimodo and Captain Phoebus arrive in the Court of Miracles, suggesting his personality during the day to have been something of a façade.

On the other hand, he is shown to have a gentle nature at the end of the film when he picks a little girl up and entertains her with a puppet resembling Judge Claude Frollo.

Clopin's ending pitch of the song "The Bells of Notre Dame" has garnered incredible acclaim for its high D-note singing.

The second appearance is at the Festival of Fools, where he acts as the Lord of Misrule, or master of ceremonies, sings "Topsy Turvy," a dance number that explains that it is "the day we do the things that we deplore on the other three-hundred-and-sixty-four."

He prepares to hang them, but Esmeralda arrives in time to stop him and tell the Romani of their good intentions, explaining how Phoebus rescued the miller and his family from being burned by Frollo and how Quasimodo helped her escape the cathedral.

When Quasimodo rescues Esmeralda, Phoebus breaks free and rouses the civilians into action, inciting them to release the Roma and help them protect the cathedral from Frollo's soldiers.

He then sings a reprise of "The Bells of Notre Dame" while entertaining one of the young children as the civilians finally cheer Quasimodo, accepting him into their society.

Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame musical premiered on American stages at La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, California on October 28, 2014 and ran until December 7, 2014.