Hercules nevertheless enters the pool to rescue Megara's soul. Later in Thebes, Meg lures Hercules to the Hydra, whom he defeats. Zeus tells Hercules that he must become a true hero, instructing him to find the trainer of heroes Philoctetes (or "Phil"), while giving him the winged horse Pegasus to assist in transportation. They were defeated by Zeus and Hercules as Hercules sent the Titans flying into outer space where they exploded. Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Disney%27s_Hercules_characters&oldid=1009132622, Lists of characters in American television animation, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 26 February 2021, at 22:09. Another episode, "Hercules and the Yearbook", takes place after the events of the film and features Hercules and Meg moving his stuff from Phil's island. As a hero, Hercules wears a brown-orange brass Cuirass-like tank armor tunic with a blue cape. The following are fictional characters from Disney's 1997 film Hercules and from the derived TV series. TV.com page He is invited by Zeus to live in Olympus, but he decides to live his life on Earth with Megara. After Hercules defeats Hades, Phil goes with Hercules to Mount Olympus, where he is seen making out with Aphrodite. When Hercules loses his powers to Hades, Megara convinces Phil to return to Hercules, motivating him into battling and defeating the Cyclops through improvisation. Later, as revealed in Hercules: The Animated Series, Hades passes time by trying other plans to take over Olympus, such as tricking the other gods into swimming in the waters of Lethe to forget their pasts, arranging for the sun to be stolen, or sending Cerberus after a temporarily mortal Zeus. However, unlike other villains, Hades believes in making good on his promises, like returning Hercules' super-strength. When the planets were in alignment, Hades freed the Titans and directed them to Mount Olympus. Perhaps the most feared of the gods, he is described by both Homer and Hesiod as 'pitiless', 'loathsome', and 'monstrous' Hades. Hades was both the name of the ancient Greek god of the underworld (Roman name: Pluto) and the name of the shadowy place below the earth which was considered the final destination for the souls of the dead. But in the mythology, he was born on Earth. He was originally in league with Maleficent, using the Heartless to try to take over the worlds. Production Number of seasons LtdToon City Animation, Inc.Wang Film Produtcions Co., Ltd.Walt Disney Animation (Japan), Inc. Hercules, ecstatic from the date, refuses to believe Phil's warning about Megera, even hitting him in a flash of blind anger, prompting Phil to quit. During the fight, Megara is mortally wounded by a falling column to save Hercules, and Phil is left taking care of Megara while Hercules fights Hades and the Titans. In the 1998 TV series Hercules: The Animated Series, in which Tate Donovan returns to voice Hercules, follows the character's teenage adventures before the main events of the film. The show is noted as having many inconsistancies from the movie it was based off of. She is immediately taken to the Underworld by Pain and Panic; Hercules, despite her betrayal, goes after her. Opening Theme Meeting with Zeus, Hercules believes himself ready to rejoin the gods but is greatly upset when his father tells him that his celebrity status is not enough to regain his immortality, as being famous isn't the same as being a "true hero", and to "look inside his heart". After freeing two boys (Pain and Panic in disguise) from under a boulder, Hercules unintentionally releases the Hydra, a serpent-like monster, an unintended consequence of a seemingly virtuous act which has been set up as a fixed contest by Hades to kill the young hero. • Sreamin' Grecian Teenage Blues • Lethe Water on the Brain! Hercules is an interesting action-adventure game that combines colorful Disney-quality animation with sophisticated 3-D graphics. Described by Zeus himself as "a magnificent horse with the brain of a bird", Pegasus' behavior mixes elements of both a steed and a bird, with habits such as clicking his tongue, whistling, and at times, perching on one of Hercules' shoulders. The animated series added some of the named Titans from mythology. The Prometheus Academy is the fictional high school from the Disney animated television series Hercules. Original run Many of the Olympian Gods and Goddesses pay visit to the young hero-to-be and help or hinder him in his new adventures. In mythology, the Nemean Lion is killed by Hercules and isn't able to talk, unlike the series' version. A bronze statue of Prometheus being administered in his punishment is the central point of the Academy's courtyard. [2] Andreas Deja was supervising animator for the adult version of Hercules. Hey, it's all in a day's work when you're trying to earn your place among the gods. With Tate Donovan, Susan Egan, James Woods, Josh Keaton. Pegasus is very true and a great "friend" of Hercules and helps in everything. Hades then sends Cerberus and later the Hydra against Sora and his friends. These productions are adaptations of Greek mythology, very different from the classical versions.[1]. The syndicated series ran 52 episodes while the Saturday morning run ran 13. He was later brought over from the Isle of the Lost to revive Audrey. While Hades and Jafar had numerous things in common, Jafar's evil laugh consistently got on the more smooth-talking Hades' nerves — at least until he tried it for himself, calling it "cleansing.". and "What a place for breakin' bread!" In all English-language media, Meg is voiced by Susan Egan. Other characters from the film that appear are Hades (James Woods), Pegasus (Frank Welker), and Hercules' mortal parents Amphitryon and Alcamene. The couple then adopts the child, considering his arrival a gift from the gods since they are themselves childless. At the end of the movie, Hades is punched into the river Styx, and the two are left watching him go down into the river, hoping that he won't return. He wears a dark robe with a skull-shaped perone fastening his chiton and his hair is a glowing blue flame which flares up whenever he becomes excited or — more famously — flares red whenever he becomes enraged, and can also be extinguished. Zeus, Hercules' father, was the most powerful of the gods. Back to the original film: a young woman named Megara (who also appeared in the animated series) sells her soul to Hades so that he will return her boyfriend's soul. Most notibly, divine characters such as Zeus lack their glowing aura, while Hades' smoke trail was visibly reduced. Differences between the Disney movie version and other versions include the explanation of who Hercules' parents were, and why he had to perform the 12 Labors. Pain, on the other hand, is bossy, hot-tempered, and sly, but also clumsy, impulsive and liable to get into painful situations, and seems to be less intelligent than Panic. As a gawky and awkward teenager, Hercules is depicted as tall and thin, with broad, but stooped shoulders, extraordinarily long arms and legs, huge hands and pigeon-toed feet, a long skinny neck, and oversized ears. His training with Odysseus and Achilles remains intact. Hades (voiced by James Woods) is the brother of Zeus and Poseidon. The most glaring of these is the fact that Hades is well aware Hercules is alive during his teenage years, while in the movie he assumed Hercules was dead until his adult years. [2] Essentially, he wanted to return to the Greek tradition of character drawing. Disney Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. The following are the faculty members of Prometheus Academy: The junior school attached to Prometheus Academy. The series premiered in syndication on August 31, 1998 and on Disney's One Saturday Morning on September 12, 1998. In this case Hades think that the punishment of Bestia is injust and that he has a prejuice about the villains. After completing his hero training, Hercules physical changes to being top-heavy and muscular, having larger biceps and pectorals and thickened neck, as well as a stance that changes from stooped and pigeon-toed to upright, with the chest puffed out and his feet now nicely turned out. Many of the Olympian Gods and Goddesses pay visit to the young hero-to-be and help or hinder him in his new adventures. Disney's revamping of Greek legend moved to the small screen in the fall of 1998. Hercules appears on the 13th episode of the fifth season of Once Upon a Time portrayed by Jonathan Whitesell.[3]. Unlike the televised version, the random clips are replaced with 3 other episodes (In the following order): Some of the dialogue between Hercules and Meg are altered to fit the episodes. Pain and Panic are a pair of shapeshifting demons who are Hades's minions. Throughout the rest of the movie, they're seen either cheering Hades's monsters on, grovelling to Hades, or using their powers to contact Megara. Having reached adulthood and passed his training, Hercules sets off with Phil to become a hero in Thebes. The monster's fall causes a pillar to topple towards Herc and Meg pushes him out of the way, taking the impact of the pillar. But in the mythology, he at first offers to help Heracles' wife, Deinera, across the river but later changes his mind and tries to carry her off, causing Heracles to shoot the centaur with one of his poisoned arrows. On his way, Hercules saves Megara from Nessus, a centaur acting as river guardian. Many of the Olympian Gods and Goddesses only glimpsed during the film pay visit to the young hero-to-be and help or hinder him in his adventures. Hercules leaves Megara in the care of his friends while he rushes off to thwart Hades' invasion of Olympus. Knowing that he can't stop Hercules in his path, Hades begs the hero to try and ease things with him and the other gods, but Hercules angrily punches Hades into the River Styx, where he is swarmed by vengeful souls and dragged to the depths. Unfortunately, the Fates tell him he has until midnight to get more evil or he will no longer rule the Underworld. In the series, Hades is evil. Starring • World of Color: Villainous! With his free-spirited friend Icarus, his future-seeing friend Cassandra and his teacher Philoctetes ("Phil"), he battles his evil uncle Hades. In Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, a facsimile Hades appeared as token of Sora's memory and the darkness in Riku's heart. Hades then releases the Titans, who defeat and imprison the gods, and sends the Cyclops to kill Hercules to keep him from getting in the way, but Hercules defeats the monster using his wits. Hercules is also frequently seen wearing the outfit he wears as an adult as a teenager, something never seen in the film. Walt Disney Television Animation (Australia) Pty. Hercules is also shown to have met his future wife Megara prior to their encounter in the movie, although this is resolved by the fact the two lost their memories of having met each other by the episode's end, by water from the Lethe river. Hades offers Meg her freedom in exchange for discovering Hercules' weakness. Go from Zero to Hero with more movie-watching Disney workouts from runDisney.Circuit cues go from Pegasus’s head bump to Hercules … Unbeknownst to them, Meg is working for Hades (albeit unwillingly), and relates the events to the Lord of the Underworld, by which he learns that Hercules is still alive. Hades refers to himself as Zeus' younger brother, but Zeus is the youngest of his brothers in mythology while Hades is the oldest. 34 images (& sounds) of the Hercules cast of characters. Hercules At home I broke just about everything..."[2] Teenage Hercules has big hands and feet that the animator remembers having himself, as well as the lack of coordination.