![]() Unbeknownst to Hercules, 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 and plots to kill the would-be hero at the start of his career. On his way, after a few sloppy mistakes, Hercules saves Megara from Nessus, a centaur acting as river guardian, and is immediately smitten with the young woman. Having reached adulthood and passed his training, full of confidence and bravado, an eager Hercules sets off with Phil to become a hero in Thebes. Phil at first declines returning to the hero training business, unconvinced that Hercules was the son of Zeus, but is convinced after Zeus strikes him with lightning. Zeus tells Hercules that he must prove himself a true hero, instructing him to find the trainer of heroes Philoctetes (or "Phil"), while giving him the winged horse Pegasus to assist. This inspires Hercules to visit the temple of Zeus, where he learns of his godhood. ![]() Shortly after, Hercules is told about his adoption by Amphitryon and Alcmene. His clumsiness and not uncoordinated strength leads to him accidentally destroying a marketplace. Growing up into a clumsy teenager, Hercules is all elbows and knees, not being able to control his godlike strength and has difficulty being accepted by others due to being a geek. Zeus and the other gods discover the kidnapping too late, and because Hercules is now mortal, he cannot return to Mount Olympus. The couple then adopts the child, considering his arrival a gift from the gods since they are themselves childless. However, the arrival of two mortals, Amphitryon and Alcmene, causes Hercules to miss the final drop of the potion, causing him to retain his superhuman strength. Knowing that as a god, Hercules is immortal and invulnerable, Hades sends his two lackeys, Pain and Panic, to kidnap Hercules and turn him mortal by means of a magic potion. However, one god is upset about the new arrival: Hercules' evil uncle Hades, who wants to take control of Olympus and the world along with all of creation. In the original movie, instead of the demigod hero son of Zeus and the mortal Alcmene, Hercules was actually born on Mount Olympus with all the powers of a god, and his parents were Zeus and Hera, the latter of whom has been re-imagined as a loving mother instead of a spiteful stepmother. As a hero, Hercules wears a brown-orange brass Cuirass-like tank armor tunic with a blue cape. ![]() However, despite his bravado and becoming the model of physical perfection as an adult, Hercules still retains some of his teenage flaws, such as being shy, awkward, timid, staring in horror, having a staggered stance, the tendency to humiliate himself as well as his clumsiness. After completing his hero training, Hercules physically 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. 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 wearing a one-sleeved Greek tunic. All elbows and knees, Hercules is represented as an overgrown gangly youth who doesn't know his own strength goes about inadvertently destroying things or humiliating himself. His appearance is a handsome young man, with orange hair, eyebrows and wide blue eyes. In the original movie, Josh Keaton voiced Hercules as a teenager, while Tate Donovan was the hero as an adult, and Roger Bart was Hercules' singing voice in the song " Go the Distance". He is based on the mythological Heracles, most known under the Roman spelling Hercules. Neither was King Eury.Hercules is the title character of the franchise. Hercules promised to be right back.Īfter Hercules delivered Cerberus safely home, Hercules quickly returned to the palace, eager to be granted immortality. King Eury stuck his head out from behind his throne and quickly agreed that Hercules should leave immediately. Hercules explained he had to get the dog home right away. The king scurried behind his royal throne. Cerberus began to regain consciousness as Hercules approached the king. ![]() He gently carried the dog off to King Eury's. He scooped all three heads up at once, and strangled Cerberus until he was unconscious. Hades agreed that Hercules could try,Īs long as he used no weapons and did not hurt poor Cerberus. Hercules asked Hades' permission to briefly captureĬerberus, and told him why. Hercules knew how much Hades loved that fierce, bad temperedĭog. His 12th and final labor was to descend into the underworld, and bring back Cerberus, the three-headed dog who guarded the gate to underworld, home of the powerful god, Hades. ![]()
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