The poet, Gringoire and Quasimodo, the bell-ringer for the Cathedral of Notre Dame, meet a beautiful gypsy girl named Esmeralda. Gypsies are not allowed in the city of Paris and when Frollo, the Advisor to the King, tries to arrest Esmeralda she escapes with the help of Quasimodo. Gringoire eventually finds Esmeralda and Frollo is arrested by the king. Gringoire and Esmeralda are married.
Jealous of Zeus's attention to Hercules his wife, Hera, send Hercules away. Through a series of adventures he encounters Atlas who is holding the world on his back. Hercules asks Atlas to pick some apples for him because Hercules is a mere mortal and not allowed to pick the apples. Atlas agrees if Hercules will hold the world for him. Having held the world on his back since the beginning of time Atlas is delighted to be rid of it and does not intend to take it back. Hercules tricks Atlas into holding the world again and returns to marry the Princess of Thebes.
