Disney's Hercules (1997)
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- Son of Zeus and Hera.
- Pain and Panic are Hades’ henchmen.
- Hades has Pain and Panic go kill Hercules by kidnapping him, take him to Earth, drink a mortality potion, and change their form into a pair of snakes.
- Hercules doesn’t finish potion and throws the snakes.
- An older farmer couple finds Hercules
- Even though he’s a mortal, he still has “God-like” strength.
- Hercules is treated like an outcast.
- He travels to the temple of Zeus for answers. Statue of Zeus comes to life and explains what happened when Hercules was a baby
- Must prove that that he’s a true hero to become a god again.
- Finds a trainer named Phil, who is a satire.
- Phil trained heroes such as Achilles, and they were all flops.
- Hercules trains and bulks up.
- Uses a sword and shield.
- Meets and falls for a girl named Megara. Fights a River Guardian for her.
- Fights the hydra and wins. Along with a numerous of other creatures and continues to win.
- Has portrait painted on vases, and has Disney's character "Scar" from The Lion King draped over his head.
- Hades releases elemental Titans, and they go after Mt. Olympus.
- Cyclops goes after Hercules who was stripped of his strength.
- Hercules dives into the pool of death to save Meg’s soul, and becomes a god.
- Welcomed back to Mt. Olympus, but decides to stay on Earth and live with Meg.
- Gods put him up in the stars.
Herakles
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- Son of Zeus and Alcmene.
- Zeus had an affair with the mortal Alcmene, by disguising himself as her husband.
- Hera wasn’t aware of who Herakles was as in infant so she nursed him. He was given supernatural powers from her divine milk.
- Zeus’ wife Hera hated Hercules so much that she went out of her way to torment and try to kill Herakles.
- Hera sent two giant snakes into Herakles and his twin Iphicles’ room. Herakles strangled the snakes.
- Iconic attributes are the lion skin and club.
- Very well-liked.
- Killed his music tutor so he was sent to live on a mountain and tend cattle.
- Married King Creon’s daughter Megara. Hera induced him with a fit of madness, thus he killed his children by Megara. When he realized what happened, he fled to an Oracle.
- Oracle was being guided by Hera, and had him complete ten tasks.
- Once he fulfilled the ten tasks, he was cheated out of immortality, and had to fulfill two more tasks.
- Herakles had four marriages. In his third marriage with Deianira, she believed the centaur that Herakles defeated, that its blood would prevent Herakles from ever having an affair again. She put it on his shirt in which caused him agony and led into death.
- After he passed, the gods transformed him into an immortal.
- He had numerous sons and daughters.
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