I’ve already mention Clopin’s over all look in his character analysis, So to Recap
“Clopin has looks very similar to Kuzco from the Emperor’s New Groove. Has a long pointy long face, straight long black hair, pointy nose, and thin. Clopin is older and has a few age lines, balding (a little bit) a beard, bushy eye brows and some missing teeth. Clopin gets two costumes, a performance look and a casual look. Unlike Esmeralda he is seen more in this performance outfit. It Harlequin that is purple and yellow with bells on his neck piece, a purple mask, and long back gloves. He has wears a purple hat with a big yellow feather. The hat is akin to the one that Thomas Mitchell wore in the 1939 version. Clopin casual costume looks similar to this performance garb but it all purple and less festive. He also wears the same hat. Like Esmeralda and Djali, Clopin also wears a single golden hoop earring. He cosplays (costume play) as Frollo. He also makes awesome expressions.”
Clopin’s look is kinda a model look of certain Disney characters. Much like how Disney villains can fall into two basic groups, thin and big, the good guys have their models too. For instance the fathers in Disney movies are usually dumpy old men.
The point I’m getting at is Clopin is reminiscent to the look of other characters like him; the larger-than life sidekick.
Typically this character is not human, Sebastian, Lumiere ( through is human spends the bulk of the movie as a candlestick), Genie, Timon, Mushu etc, etc . However take a look at Lumiere as human, and you can see the resembles to Clopin. Lumiere has a long face, pointy nose, and thin. Of course Clopin is a little more rough around the edges but Lumiere works in a castle and Clopin is a busker.
But they are both entertainer, what was Lumiere’s job exactly?
One could say that Kuzco as man character doesn’t fall into this category and Clopin similarity to Lumiere is a coincidence. I would point out that Kuzco is pretty over the top and spend most of his time as Llama so I think he can fit into the category and he a slight exception.
So Clopin’s look follows a grand tradition of Disney character design which places character into conventional models which aids them in their quest for more money, by making the same old stuff. Actually Disney can you go back to the same old stuff, I miss it.
And for no reason Clopin’s Concept Art.
Next Time – I suppose logically it would be the Gargoyles (Shudders)
