Hercules: The Animated Series
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{{infobox television |
| show_name = Hercules: The Animated Series
| image = <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Disneyhercules.jpg|250px]] -->
| caption = Cassandra, Hercules and Icarus
| format = [[Animated series]]
| runtime = 30 minutes
| rating = {{TV-Y}}
| creator = [[Walt Disney Television]]
| starring = [[Tate Donovan]]<br />[[Robert Costanzo]]<br />[[French Stewart]]<br />[[Sandra Bernhard]]<br />[[James Woods]]<br />[[Bobcat Goldthwait]]<br />[[Matt Frewer]]<br />[[Corey Burton]]<br />[[Frank Welker]]<br />[[Paul Shaffer]]<br />[[Diedrich Bader]]<br />[[Jodi Benson]]<br />[[Robert Stack]]<br />[[Linda Hamilton]]
| country = {{USA}}
| network = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[Syndication]]
| first_aired = [[August 31]], [[1998]]
| last_aired = [[March 26]], [[1999]]
| num_episodes = 65
| tv_com_id = 1696
| imdb_id = 0138967
|}}
'''''Hercules: The Animated Series''''' is an [[animated television series|animated series]] based on the [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]]'s [[Hercules (1997 film)|1997 feature film]] and the [[Greek mythology|Greek]] [[Heracles|myth]]. The series follows teenage Hercules training as a hero as well as trying to adjust to life. With his free-spirited friend [[Icarus (mythology)|Icarus]], his future-seeing friend [[Cassandra]] and his teacher [[Philoctetes]] ("Phil"), he battles his evil uncle [[Hades]]. Like all teenagers though, Hercules has to worry about peer pressure when the snobbish prince [[Adonis]] ridicules him.
== Premise ==
''Disney's Hercules'', like the animated series ''[[The Little Mermaid (TV series)|Disney's The Little Mermaid]]'', is a [[spin-off]] of the [[1997]] theatrically released [[animated]] film of the same name ('''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]''') and is based on his teen-aged adventures, though it is not a [[prequel]] to the film of the same name (''Disney's The Little Mermaid'' featured tales of a 16-year-old Ariel which occurred before the start of [[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|the theatrical film]]). Nor is it truly a [[sequel]] like ''[[Aladdin (television series)|Disney's Aladdin]]'' (whose tales takes place after the [[Aladdin (1992 film)|original film]] and [[Return of Jafar]]). Rather ''Hercules'' features events which occur midway through the actual film (sometimes called a "[[midquel]]"), during his years in training on the Isle of Idra under the tutelage of Philoctetes (Phil) the [[Satyr]]. Many of the [[Greek gods|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. Other characters from the film that appear are the evil god [[Hades (Disney)|Hades]] ([[James Woods]]) and winged stallion [[Pegasus]] ([[Frank Welker]]).
== Production ==
Disney’s revamping of Greek legend moved to the small screen in the fall of [[1998]]. Disney’s Hercules had the Greek god still in "geek god" mode, before his “Zero to Hero” transformation. In the series, "Herc" was enrolled at [[Prometheus Academy]], a school for both gods and mortals. Since events occur before young Herc meets and falls for the lovely [[Megara (mythology)|Megara]] (Meg), he is joined by two new friends Cassandra (comedian [[Sandra Bernhard]]) and Icarus ([[French Stewart]]).
Disney’s Hercules debuted as part of Disney’s [[One Saturday Morning]] block, joining ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]'' and ''[[Disney's Doug]]''. The show proved to be as big a hit on television as it had been in theaters, still going strong in the early 00's.
''Disney's Hercules'' [[reruns]] on [[Toon Disney]] weekends at 12:30/11:30c.
==Characters==
* '''[[Hercules (Disney character)|Hercules]]''' ([[Tate Donovan]]) - The god turned mortal [[hero]]-in-training thus he is now half-mortal, half-god. He is a son of Zeus and Hera which is in contrast to the myth.
* '''[[Philoctetes]]''' ([[Robert Costanzo]]) - The [[satyr]] hero trainer. One of the few characters from the movie whose voice actor ([[Danny DeVito]]) didn't return.
* '''[[Pegasus]]''' ([[Frank Welker]]) - The winged horse formed from clouds by Zeus, childhood pet and faithful companion of Hercules with the brain of a bird.
* '''[[Icarus (mythology)|Icarus]]''' ([[French Stewart]]) - The boy who escaped from the [[Labyrinth]] with his father on wax wings appears as a complete nut (he was "brain-fried" by flying too close to the [[Sun]]). Despite his accident, Icarus still flies every chance he gets resulting in a few more encounters with the sun. Icarus is very adaptive and hence could adjust to about every situation. He could become an ultra serious soldier at boot camp or a nearly identical version of Hades himself. Thankfully, at the end of each episode, he reverts to his own odd self. His father, '''[[Daedalus]]''' ([[David Hyde Pierce]]), is a teacher in the academy.
* '''[[Cassandra]]''' ([[Sandra Bernhard]]) - The [[Trojan War]] [[prophet]] appears as an anti-social girl, that has [[Vision (religion)|visions]] of the future (usually bad) once in a while. Icarus is completely obsessed with marrying her; she has no reciprocation, but merely tolerates him.
* '''[[Adonis]]''' ([[Diedrich Bader]]) - The [[narcissistic]] prince of [[Thrace]], self-obsessed prince who bullies Hercules and Icarus every chance he has. He even annoys the gods which resulted in Gaea even putting a curse on him once. Adonis believes that anything can be solved with power and money.
* '''[[Tempest]]''' ([[Jennifer Jason Leigh]]) - An [[Amazons|Amazon]], daughter of '''[[Hippolyta]]''' ([[Jane Curtin]]). She sports a mohawk hairstyle and is very tough. In the Amazon culture, the women fight and work while the men stay at home baking cookies and cleaning the house.
* '''"Bob" the Narrator''' ([[Robert Stack]]) - The [[incorporeal]] voice who opens most episodes and is helped by the [[Muse]]s who act as a "[[Greek chorus]]" typically singing their narration. Bob has an incorporeal wife (Mrs. Bob) and two incorporeal children named Tiffany & Chad.
* '''[[Helen of Troy|Helen]] [[Troy|of Troy]]''' ([[Jodi Benson]]) - Helen was the sweetest and feminine character of the series. She was the most popular girl in the academy and Adonis' girlfriend. Helen tries her best to keep Adonis from being a jerk but mostly fails. She likes Hercules but as a friend. She is a princess as in the myth but is not a half-sister of Hercules in the series.
===Greek pantheon===
* '''[[Zeus]]''' ([[Corey Burton]]) - The king of all gods. Contacts his son through his temple. He is seen to be a silly god in contrast to the mythology. He showed lavish closeness for Hercules despite the distance between them and helps him out whenever he could. Sometimes, his attempts go wrong, causing Herc even more trouble than before.
* '''[[Hades (Disney)|Hades]]''' ([[James Woods]]) - the smooth-talking lord of the [[underworld]], who constantly makes plans to overthrow and rule [[Mount Olympus|Olympus]]. His crazy shapeshifting [[imp]] assistants, '''[[Pain and Panic|Pain]]''' ([[Bob Goldthwait]]) and '''[[Pain and Panic|Panic]]''' ([[Matt Frewer]]), have also returned from the movie. He is disappointed about being named [[Pluto (mythology)|Pluto]] in the episode "'''Hercules and the Romans'''", saying he wouldn't even name his dog [[Cerberus]] "Pluto" (a pun that [[Pluto (Disney)|Pluto]] is [[Mickey Mouse]]'s dog).
* '''[[Hera]]''' ([[Samantha Eggar]]) - Hera in the Disney's Hercules movie plays as the mother of Hercules due to the reasons that the Disney producers wanted to avoid referencing spousal jealousy, though many cartoon versions of Hera do present spousal jealousy though Hercules' complete origin is not entirely revealed but people know him as a son of Zeus through the film. Hera was just as loving to Hercules as Zeus but she is in more control and helps keep Zeus under control.
* '''[[Poseidon]]''' ([[Jason Alexander]]) - God of the sea. He, Hades and Zeus are brothers, as Hercules referred to him as "Uncle Po-po" in "'''Hercules and the Son of Poseidon'''", but which of them is older is unknown. Is married to the sea-goddess '''[[Amphitrite]]''' ([[Leslie Mann]]) and has a son, '''[[Triton (mythology)|Triton]]''' ([[Chris Elliott]]), a cousin of Hercules.
* '''[[Hephaestus]]''' ([[Kevin Michael Richardson]]) - The one-legged god of fire and the Gods' blacksmith. Whether or not he is a son of Zeus and Hera is still to be revealed. Engaged to Aphrodite and hates it if Hades flirts with her.
* '''[[Morpheus (mythology)|Morpheus]]''' ([[Jonathan Katz]]) - God of sleep, is and has a little brother called [[Phobetor]] who wanted to become god of sleep but [[Zeus]] said that [[Thanatos]] can't be God of sleep because of his "seniority."
* '''[[Phantasos]]''' ([[Tom Kenny]]) - He became the god of dreams and nightmares after a failed attempt to make Morpheus look bad. Hercules and Morpheus convinced Zeus to give the job of dreams to Phantasos since he was much better at dreams and nightmares than his brother.
* '''[[Ares]]''' ([[Jay Thomas]]) - The god of war, who just wants to destroy things and prove the superiority of [[Sparta]]. He hates using 'egghead', and similar words, and is a brash god. It can be assumed he and Hercules are full brothers, since he is a son of Hera and Zeus. Served by his sons '''[[Phobos (mythology)|Fear]]''' ([[David Cross]]) and '''[[Deimos (mythology)|Terror]]''' ([[Toby Russ]]). Ares also has two "dogs of war" who draw his chariot named Brutacles & Sadisto.
* '''[[Athena]]''' ([[Jane Leeves]]) - The goddess of wisdom and warfare, witty sister of Ares - her rival. Ares tries frequently to destroy her worship city, but Athena always receives help from Hercules. Athena has a pet owl named Ibid.
* '''[[Boreas]]''' ([[Alan Rosenberg]]) - The god of the north wind, seems to have a grudge against Ares for beating him up when Sparta was being created. [[Aeolus]] or any of the other winds do not appear so in the show he may be the god of all of the winds.
* '''[[Apollo]]''' ([[Keith David]]) - God of the [[sun]]. He rides a chariot around and has very dark skin. Brother of Artemis.
* '''[[Aphrodite]]''' ([[Lisa Kudrow]]) - Goddess of the love, with a theme song that even she thinks is annoying. She is quite strong minded, feisty and clever. Shown to be engaged to Hephaestus but only in one episode. She has pink skin and blonde hair. Hades is constantly trying to flirt with her, to no avail.* '''[[Demeter]]''' ([[Florence Henderson]]) - Goddess of agriculture. Summoned [[Nemesis (mythology)|Nemesis]] to smite the satyr '''[[Pan (mythology)|Pan]]''' ([[Joe Pantoliano]]) for his inadequate offerings at her harvest festival.
* '''[[Persephone]]''' - Contrary to seemingly popular opinion, she never actually appeared in the show. According to an inside source from the show, several different stories were considered for her, including one where she was the daughter of [[Hades (Disney)|Hades]] and [[Demeter]] who were embroiled in a custody battle, and another where she would have been a teacher at Prometheus Academy, but nothing ever felt really appropriate and her storyline was dropped.
* '''[[Eros (mythology)|Cupid]]''' ([[Tom Arnold (actor)|Tom Arnold]]) - The god of passion also appears. He is shown as a pink, short, overweight, middle-aged man wearing a diaper; not explicitly stated to be a son of Aphrodite. Cupid has minions called [[Cherubs]], and his quiver holds both "love" and "loathe" arrows.
* '''[[Hermes]]''' ([[Paul Shaffer]]) - The [[messenger]] of the [[deity|gods]] and [[god]] of [[thieves]]. Frequently a companion to "Herc", whom he furnishes with comic relief, possibly another son of Zeus and Hera.
* '''[[Dionysus|Bacchus]]''' ([[Dom DeLuise]]) - God of the [[vine]], nearly sinks Phil's island with his revelry.
* '''[[Nemesis (mythology)|Nemesis]]''' ([[Linda Hamilton]]) - The Demigoddess of Vengeance who works for the Infernal Retribution Service ([[Internal Revenue Service|IRS]]), a service which punishes mortals for offenses committed against gods.
* '''[[Trivia (mythology)|Trivia]]''' ([[Ben Stein]]) - The God of when three roads meet. Considered boring and unimportant and not invited to Hades' pool party (actually a memory-erasing plot) at the River Lethe. He speaks in a monotone. Depicted as a god of [[Trivial]] [[Information]], sought out Hercules to help maintain order in the world while the other gods have lost their memories. In actual mythology this name belongs to [[Hecate]].
* '''[[Artemis]]''' ([[Reba McEntire]]) - Goddess of the moon and more shown as the goddess of the hunt, Artemis has a few appearances mainly relating to episodes involving hunting, sporting McEntire's accent. In particular, she is seen protecting the [[Calydonian Boar]] and transforms a few of the characters into animals, a reference of her turning a hunter who saw her bathing into a stag in mythology. She is also seen scolding [[Orion (mythology)|Orion]] also making references to the Belt of Orion in terms of the star patterns. A few times, she is comically seen fighting off her adoring animal fans like a snake that starts to constrict her. Sister of Apollo
* '''[[Hestia]]''' ([[Betty White]]) - Only making a few appearances, the goddess of family and the hearth is seen as a cheery housewife type. She is often seen cooking or marveling at her own confections... most of which end up being ruined in a comical fashion.
* '''[[Hecate]]''' ([[Peri Gilpin]]) - An Underworld goddess, Hecate is the goddess of witchcraft and longs to take over the Underworld from Hades in much the same way he longs to take Olympus from Zeus. Despite his seeming dislike of the place most of the time, he's very possessive of his kingdom whenever she tries to overthrow him.
* '''The [[Muses]]''': '''[[Clio]]''' ([[Vaneese Thomas|Vanéese Y. Thomas]]), '''[[Melpomene]]''' ([[Cheryl Freeman]]), '''[[Terpsichore]]''' ([[LaChanze|LaChanze Sapp]]), '''[[Thalia]]''' ([[Roz Ryan]]) & '''[[Calliope]]''' ([[Lillias White]]) - Daughters of [[Mnemosyne|Memory]], goddesses of the arts and proclaimers of heroes.
* '''[[Narcissus (mythology)|Narcissus]]''' - God of Vanity? Not truly a god in [[Classical mythology|Greco-Roman mythology]], but was depicted several times in both the film and the series as an Olympian god.
* '''[[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]]''' ([[Kerri Kenney]]) - Goddess of the [[Earth]], mother of the [[Titans]].
===Heroes===
* '''[[Hercules (Disney character)|Hercules]]''' (see '''''[[Hercules: The Animated Series#Characters|main characters]]''''').
* '''[[Homer]]''' - Homer (coincidently voiced by another "[[Homer Simpson|Homer]]", [[Dan Castellaneta]]) is Journalist for a National News-scroll, the "Greekly World News."
* '''[[Hippocrates]]''' ([[Mandy Patinkin]]) - He is the world's First Doctor.
* '''[[Paris (mythology)|Paris]]''' ([[Cary Elwes]]) - Trojan Academy student and arrogant Trojan prince.
* '''[[Hylas]]''' ([[Rocky Carroll]]) - He is "the bad boy of rowing" although in Greek mythology he is the son of Hercules or was at least raised by him.
* '''[[Orpheus]]''' ([[Rob Paulsen]]) - He is a singer and teen idol.
* '''[[Chiron]]''' ([[Lou Gossett, Jr.]]/[[Kevin Michael Richardson]]) - Centaur, Hero, famous hero-trainer and author. Chiron is both rival and friend to Phil, and hunting buddy of Nestor and Meleager.
* '''[[Meleager]]''' ([[Nicholas Turturro]]) - He's usually is with Nestor. He has extraordinary hearing abilities.
* '''[[Nestor (mythology)|Nestor]]''' ([[James Belushi]]) - He is usually with Meleager. He can see very far.
* '''[[Agamemnon]]''' ([[Patrick Warburton]]) - He is a drill sergeant for the Spar O.T.C.
* '''[[Achilles]]''' ([[Dom Irrera]]) - He is an old hero who everyone except for Hercules has forgotten. He was once trained by Phil but he failed.
* '''[[Odysseus]]''' - ([[Steven Weber]]) cunning king of the Greek [[island]] of [[Ithaca]].
* '''[[Telemachus]]''' - The prince of Ithaca.
* '''[[Jason]]''' ([[William Shatner]]) - The leader of the [[Argonauts]].
* '''[[Lynceus (Argonaut)|Lynceus]]''' ([[Larry Miller (actor)|Larry Miller]]) - The helmsman of the Argo.
*'''[[Bellerophon]]''' ([[David Schramm]]) - Hero king of [[Corinth]] who takes Pegasus in and names him "Ignatius". With the help of Pegasus, Bellerophon is able to defeat the [[Chimera]].
*'''[[Mentor]]''' ([[Edward Asner]]) - The tough chief police man.
*'''[[Chipacles]]''' ([[Mike Connors]]) - A city-state trooper for the Athens P.D who takes his job very seriously. (Proably a refernece to the television show [[CHiPS]])
* '''[[Melampus]]''' ([[Ethan Embry]]) - He is a nerd that goes to Prometheus Academy. He is dating Cassandra which makes him Icarus' rival. Icarus once tried to hurt Melampus but was stopped by Hercules.
* '''[[Alectryon]]'''([[Steve Hytner]]) - He is a retired hero and a Rooster. When ever he crows, anyone who is asleep wakes up.
** In the movie, teenage Hercules is voiced by Josh Keaton and Tate Donovan is the voice for adult Hercules, but in the show Tate Donovan is the voice actor for Hercules, even though he is still a teenager during the series.
===Jr. [[Prometheus Academy]]===
* '''[[Alexander the Great]]''' ([[Courtland Mead]]) - He is a geek who can't [[Gordian knot|tie his shoes]]. Hercules is his mentor.
* '''[[Marcus Junius Brutus|Brutus]]''' ([[Pamela Adlon|Pamela Segall]]) - He is a bully and a [[centaur]].
===Guest characters===
* '''[[Moirae|The Fates]]''' - [[Atropos]] ([[Paddi Edwards]]), [[Clotho]] ([[Tress MacNeille]]/[[Amanda Plummer]]) & [[Lachesis]] ([[Carole Shelley]]) from the movie reappear in some episodes, including one where they accidentally sink [[Atlantis]]. They also doubled as the Norse [[Norns]] in one episode.
* '''[[Echidna (mythology)|Echidna]]''' ([[Kathie Lee Gifford]]) - The Mother of all Monsters. Echidna had a recurring role in the series and was typically seen as an obsessive and doting mother to her various children who one-by-one were defeated by Hercules (a reference to Kevin Sorbo's Hercules fighting Echidna, except here she serves Hades). Her mate was '''[[Typhon]]''' ([[Regis Philbin]]) the many-headed Titan who battled Zeus, but was defeated by Hera (which is celebrated as an annual school holiday called "Titan Smit'n Day." Among their children were the [[cyclops|cyclopes]] [[Brontes]], [[Steropes]] & [[Arges]], [[Polyphemus]] and [[Zool]] and [[Orthrus|Orthros]], the two-headed Bi-Clops ([[Wayne Knight]]/[[Jeff Bennett]]), [[Cerberus]], [[Lernaean Hydra|Hydra]], [[Erymanthian Boar]], [[Nemean Lion]], the [[Harpies]], [[Ceto]], [[Minotaur]], [[Medusa]], the [[Furies]], [[Chimera]], [[Ladon]], [[Gaggenus]] (the multi-armed yeti-like sailor-eating monster), [[Geryon]], [[Argus]] [[Panoptes]], and [[Briareus]].
* One episode featured '''[[Theseus]]''' ([[Eric Stoltz]]) and the '''[[Minotaur]]''' ([[Michael Dorn]]). In this, Theseus has a doubled identity, his second self being the superhero "Grim Avenger", whose costume resembles that of DC Comics' character [[Doctor Fate]], though his personality and backstory are more inspired by [[Batman]]. As the Grim Avenger, Theseus is constantly narrating his every move aloud. He works with Hercules to capture the Minotaur.
* Another episode featured the [[Titan (mythology)|Titan]] '''[[Prometheus]]''' ([[Carl Reiner]]) himself.
* One episode featured a cross-over with ''[[Aladdin (television series)|Aladdin]]'', in which Hades and '''[[Jafar (Aladdin)|Jafar]]''' ([[Jonathan Freeman]]) team up to destroy both their respective enemies (ignoring the fact these two series seem to take place a thousand years apart from each other).
* One episode deals with [[Egyptian gods]] ([[Horus]], [[Bastet]] and [[Ra]]) and the dual role of the Greek gods in [[Rome]] who answered the petitions of [[Romulus]] and [[Remus]] and vied for patronage with Icarus, Nemesis and the Grecian Gods of Olympus. At the end of the episode, Icarus gives all the gods [[Latin|Roman]] names, where Zeus became "'''''[[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter]]'''''", Hera became "'''''[[Juno (mythology)|Juno]]'''''" etc. Hades is infuriated at receiving the name "'''''[[Pluto (mythology)|Pluto]]'''''". As he storms out of the room in a rage, Hades shouts: "''Pluto?! I wouldn't name [[Pluto (Disney)|my dog Pluto]]!''" Having given nearly all of the Greek gods new Roman names, Icarus suddenly found himself at a loss when he came to [[Apollo]] and finally dubbed him "Larry."
*The Norse Gods also appeared where '''[[Loki]]''' ([[Vince Vaughn]]) tricks Hercules into depowering '''[[Thor]]''' ([[David James Elliott]]) to cause the [[Ragnarok|Twilight of the Gods]]. This is slightly referential to the episode of ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'' in "Somewhere Across the Rainbow Bridge" where Ragnarok would begin but to a lesser extent. Also The Fates are accused of "moonlighting" as the '''[[Norns]]''', a reference to how the Norns bear striking resemblance to the Fates. Vaughn's portrayal of Loki is obviously comparable to [[James Woods|Woods]]'s portrayal of Hades as a slick showbiz agent-type, and is very reminiscent of his role in ''[[Swingers (1996 film)|Swingers]]''. Even '''[[Odin]]''' ([[Garrison Keillor]]) is portrayed somewhat similarly to Zeus's persona in the show.
* The '''[[Nemean Lion]]''' ([[Jeremy Piven]]) made an appearance in an episode involving Icarus moonlighting as a costumed superhero.
* '''[[Medusa]]''' ([[Jennifer Love Hewitt]]) made an appearance in an episode. Here Medusa rescues Herc from drowning and has a crush on him. Hoping to befriend him, she ask for divine assistance to make her beautiful. Aphrodite offers useful but utterly ignored selfsteem tips and stone-preventing sunglasses, while Hades grants her a beautiful appearance. But Hades had other plans.
* '''[[Galatea (mythology)|Galatea]]''' ([[Jennifer Aniston]]) also made an appearance, but not as the wife of '''[[Pygmalion (mythology)|Pygmalion]]''' the art teacher, but as the statue Hercules beseeched Aphrodite to bring to life for him as a date to the Aphrodasia Dance. Hercules learned a decidedly different lesson than the one from the original myth.
* '''[[Circe]]''' ([[Idina Menzel]]) also made an appearance, but not with '''[[Odysseus]]''', who appeared in other episodes. She was simply looking for suitable boyfriends and turned most of the male cast into various animals.
* '''[[Electra]]''' ([[Joey Lauren Adams]]) is a [[beatnik]]-like girl, that when angered summons the [[Erinyes|Furies]], vicious birds.
* '''[[Midas]]''' ([[Eugene Levy]]) is a greedy king whose touch turns everything into gold, which wanted Hermes' sandals to transform the whole world. After being foiled in a [[James Bond]] manner by Hercules, Midas sees the negative side of his power after accidentally touching his daughter '''Marigold''' ([[Tia Carrere]]).
* '''[[Megara (Disney)|Megara]]''' ([[Susan Egan]]) appeared twice, once as a teenager and once as an adult from the movie timeline. One interesting note is that the person to whom Megara sold her soul to Hades to save, (in the Hercules movie), was actually Adonis.
==Episodes==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Original Air Date
| Title
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|08/31/98
|Hercules and the Apollo Mission
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| 09/01/98
|Hercules and the King of Thessaly
|-
| 09/02/98
| Hercules and the Secret Weapon
|-
| 09/03/98
| Hercules and the Assassin
|-
| 09/04/98
| Hercules and the Big Kiss
|-
| 09/07/98
| Hercules and the River Styx
|-
| 09/08/98
| Hercules and the Techno Greeks
|-
| 09/09/98
| Hercules and the World's First Doctor
|-
| 09/10/98
| Hercules and the Pool Party
|-
| 09/11/98
| Hercules and the Prince of Thrace
|-
| 09/12/98
| Hercules and the First Day of School ('''ABC''')
|-
| 09/14/98
| Hercules and the Tapestry of Fate
|-
| 09/15/98
| Hercules and the Living Legend
|-
| 09/16/98
| Hercules and the Return of Typhon
|-
| 09/17/98
| Hercules and the Owl of Athena
|-
| 09/18/98
| Hercules and the Visit From Zeus ('''ABC''')
|-
| 09/18/98
| Hercules and the Girdle of Hippolyte
|-
| 09/21/98
| Hercules and the Bacchanal
|-
| 09/23/98
| Hercules and the Underworld Takeover
|-
| 09/26/98
| Hercules and the Driving Test ('''ABC''')
|-
| 09/29/98
| Hercules and the Comedy of Arrows
|-
| 10/02/98
| Hercules and the Hostage Crisis
|-
| 10/03/98
| Hercules and the Parent's Weekend ('''ABC''')
|-
| 10/05/98
| Hercules and the Disappearing Heroes
|-
| 10/08/98
| Hercules and the Argonauts
|-
| 10/10/98
| Hercules and the Prometheus Affair ('''ABC''')
|-
| 10/14/98
| Hercules and the Drama Festival
|-
| 10/16/98
| Hercules and the Phil Factor
|-
| 10/17/98
| Hercules and the Hero of Athens ('''ABC''')
|-
| 10/21/98
| Hercules and the All Nighter
|-
| 10/29/98
| Hercules and the Song of Circe
|-
| 10/30/98
| Hercules and the Trojan War
|-
| 10/31/98
| Hercules and the Caledonian Boar ('''ABC''')
|-
| 11/02/98
| Hercules and the Dream Date
|-
| 11/04/98
| Hercules and the Big Games
|-
| 11/06/98
| Hercules and the Jilt Trip
|-
| 11/07/98
| Hercules and the Epic Adventure ('''ABC''')
|-
| 11/10/98
| Hercules and the Falling Stars
|-
| 11/12/98
| Hercules and the Golden Touch
|-
| 11/13/98
| Hercules and the Minotaur
|-
| 11/14/98
| Hercules and the Poseidon's Cup Adventure ('''ABC''')
|-
| 11/16/98
| Hercules and the Son of Poseidon
|-
| 11/18/98
| Hercules and the Twilight of the Gods
|-
| 11/20/98
| Hercules and the Griffin
|-
| 11/21/98
| Hercules and the Muse of Dance ('''ABC''')
|-
| 11/24/98
| Hercules and King For a Day
|-
| 11/25/98
| Hercules and the Pegasus Incident
|-
| 11/28/98
| Hercules and the Kids ('''ABC''')
|-
| 12/11/98
| Hercules and the Big Sink
|-
| 12/16/98
| Hercules and the Big Lie
|-
| 12/21/98
| Hercules and the Prom
|-
| 01/04/99
| Hercules and the Spartan Experience
|-
| 01/09/99
| Hercules and the Gorgon ('''ABC''')
|-
| 01/13/99
| Hercules and the Complex Electra
|-
| 01/16/99
| Hercules and the Green-Eyed Monster ('''ABC''')
|-
| 02/08/99
| Hercules and the Long Nightmare
|-
| 02/10/99
| [[Hercules and the Arabian Night]]
|-
| 02/12/99
| Hercules and the Aetolian Amphora
|-
| 02/15/99
| Hercules and the Romans
|-
| 02/17/99
| Hercules and the Yearbook
|-
| 02/19/99
| Hercules and the Odyssey Experience
|-
| 02/22/99
| Hercules and the Grim Avenger
|-
| 02/24/99
| Hercules and the Spring of Canathus
|-
| 02/26/99
| Hercules and the Big Show
|-
| 03/01/99
| Hercules and the Tiff on Olympus
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==Zero To Hero==
4 episodes of Hercules: The Animated Series were put onto [[direct-to-video|D2V]] home video in movie format, '''[[Hercules: Zero to Hero|Zero To Hero]]'''. The episode '''Hercules and the Yearbook''' is the main plot of the video. Unlike the televised version, the random clips are replaced with 3 other episodes (In the following order):
*Hercules and the First Day of School
*Hercules and the Grim Avenger
*Hercules and the Visit From Zeus
Some of the dialogue between Hercules and Meg are altered to fit the episodes. An example of this is '''Hercules and the Visit From Zeus''' replacing the clip of Hercules graduating from Promethous Academy.
==Differences from the original mythology==
* Every character is portrayed with their original Greek names, except for Hercules, Cupid and Bacchus, who are portrayed with their Roman names (the original ones being [[Heracles]], Eros and [[Dionysus]]).
* Hercules is shown in the film and in this series to be a son of Zeus and Hera but in the mythology, he is the illegitimate child of Zeus and a mortal woman (named [[Alcmene]] in Greek mythology). In this version, Alcmene is the mortal woman who, with her husband Amphitryon, simply finds the abandoned infant Hercules and raises him as their own. The legends generally depict Hera as despising Hercules; with the Goddess frequently trying to kill him or otherwise hinder his quests.
* Narcissus is depicted in the series as an Olympian god, which he was not in original mythology.
* There were 9 [[Muses]] in Greek mythology; in the series there are only five shown, with no mention as to the other four.
* The series show [[Pegasus]] being created by Zeus to be Hercules' pet and servant. In Mythology, Pegasus was a wild beast created from [[Medusa]]'s blood, who was captured by another hero, [[Bellerophon]]. The original Hercules never even encountered Pegasus.
* [[Homer]] appears as a reporter, yet is a historical, not mythological figure
* Icarus originally died when he flew too close of the Sun.
* In the Series, young Hercules claims to be a fan of [[Odysseus]], whose exploits took place after the mythological Heracles
* In mythology, Cassandra received her ability to see negative events from [[Apollo]], but with the curse that nobody would believe her predictions. In the series, everyone usually believes Cassandra's predictions, unlike the original myth.
* The original Adonis was a deity, while the one in the series is a mortal.
* In the original mythology, [[Hera]] is the one who tries to interfere with Hercules, not [[Hades]].
* Hades tries to flirt with Aphrodite, which doesn't happen in the myths.
* Cupid isn't shown as being the son of [[Aphrodite]] and [[Ares]]; which he is in mythology.
* [[Pan (mythology)|Pan]] is portrayed as a simple [[satyr]] in the series; He was originally a god son of [[Hermes]], and king of the satyrs.
* Hercules introduces the Greek Pantheon to [[Rome]], a city yet to be founded let alone grow to a large city.
* Trivia, the god of when three roads meet and of [[trivial]] [[information]], doesn't exist in Greek Mythology. Trivia was, however, the Latin name for [[Hecate]], the goddess of witchcraft and darkness.
* The series depicts [[Atlantis]] being sunk. The island was sunk many years before Hercules's time.
* [[Ceto]], [[Medusa]], the [[Minotaur]], the [[Harpies]], [[Geryon]], [[Argus Panoptes]], the [[Cyclops]], the [[Erymanthian Boar]] and the [[Furies]] are depicted as children of [[Echidna (mythology)|Echidna]] and [[Typhon]], which they are not in mythology.
* In mythology, the Nemean Lion is killed by Hercules and isn't able to talk, unlike the series' version.
* [[Galatea (mythology)|Galatea]] was created by [[Pygmalion (mythology)|Pygmalion]], not Hercules.
* Hercules never found [[Medusa]] in Greek mythology. In the series Medusa gradually becomes Hercules' friend.
* Unlike the Circe of the series, that seduces men to [[Aeaea|her island]], the original [[Circe]] turned to animals those who dared to go there.
* Unlike in the series, [[griffins]] can't talk in mythology.
==External links==
*{{imdb title|id=0138967|title=Hercules}}
*{{tv.com show|id=1696|title=Hercules}}
*[http://psc.disney.go.com/abcnetworks/toondisney/shows/hercules/index.html ''Hercules'' at the Disney website]
*{{dmoz|Arts/Animation/Cartoons/Titles/D/Disney%27s_Hercules/|Disney's Hercules}}
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