History Characters / Ulysses31

* [[Characters/Ulysses31CrewOfTheOdysseus Crew of the Odysseus]]
* [[Characters/Ulysses31ForcesOfOlympus Forces of Olympus]]
* [[Characters/Ulysses31OtherCharacters Other Characters]]

Character sheet for ''Anime/Ulysses31''.

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[[folder:Heratos]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' René Bériard

An old scientist and space explorer who's tormented by the gods.
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* BeardOfSorrow: He has a long beard, and he's been tormented by the gods for years and finds himself forced by the gods to lie to Ulysses and lead him to a certain death.
* BlindedByTheLight: When he found a map of the Olympus galaxy inside the Zotrian ship by Atina's side, he tried to take it. The gods then punished him for this attempt and permanently blinded him with a flash of light.
* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: Out of remorse for leading Ulysses to the spaceships graveyard, he decides to yake the risk go there to help him and amend.
* CosmicPlaything: One of the many people the gods torment for (not even intentionally) defying them.
* InterspeciesAdoption: He is human, and he adopted a Zotrian girl.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Astronomy, archeology and paleontology.
* ThePunishment: The gods blinded him for daring to acquire a map of Olympus.
* SadisticChoice: The gods offer Heratos to recover his eyesight... provided he lures Ulysses to a magnetic graveyard for spaceships where he will die. If Heratos doesn't obey their orders, the gods will kill him [[AndYourLittleDogToo and Atina]].
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[[folder:Atina]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Amélie Morin (French)

A Zotrian orphan girl Heratos found in her parents' ship. He adopted and raised her.
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* AnimalEyes: As a Zotrian, she has cat-like slanted eyes with a vertical slit for a pupil.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: She wears purple, although to a lesser extent than Yumi.
* HappilyAdopted: She was happily raised by Heratos.
* NiceGirl: Seems to be a common trait among Zotrians. She's as nice as Yumi.
* PointyEars: She has pointy ears, like all Zotrians.
* SoleSurvivor: Her parents disappeared from the Zotrian ship -- likely killed by the gods, and she was alone when Heratos found her.
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[[folder:Chronos]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Pierre Hatet (French)

The master of time itself. The other gods of Olympus cast him away and he captures Ulysses in order to bring him to them and earn back his place among them.
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* ClockPunk: His realm and his servants are literally made of clocks.
* EvilOldFolks: He's a TimeAbyss, and he's evil.
* GodInHumanForm: He looks no different from an old human save for the face in the back of his head.
* TheHyena: The other face he has [[EvilLaugh laughs evily]] pretty much all the time.
* NiceHat: Wears a Phrygian cap.
* RapidAging: One of his realm's powers is to curse people with this. This is what happens to Ulysses' companions and Numinor.
* SadlyMythtaken: Chronos has never been depicted as TwoFaced, which is rather an attribute of the Roman god Janus. Interestingly, while not being the Roman equivalent of Chronos by any mean, Janus traditionally ''has'' time-related powers.
* SoundtrackDissonance: His realm's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrv3mqEV-iw beautiful theme]] contrasts heavily with his devious persona.
* TimeMaster: The exact extent of his powers over time itself in the Olympus are not known, but they are tremendous within his realm. He also has a giant clock that can rewind time itself, which Ulysses manages to use as a ResetButton.
* TwoFaced: He has two faces. One is that of an old man with a grey beard and it is dead serious. The other face is in the back of his head. It is beardless and lets out {{Evil Gloating}}s and {{Evil Laugh}}s pretty much constantly.
* VillainousRescue: He reverses time on the ''Odysseus'' just as it was about to explode when sustaining critical damages from a surprise and massive Tridents attack. Then he captures Ulysses.
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[[folder:Aeolus]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Jean Mailland (French)

The king of winds and master of cosmic currents. He captures Ulysses to provide entertainment for his daughter's birthday.
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* TheCaligula: He rules a planet, seems to be lazy and enjoys nothing more than seeing people going through hell in his {{Deadly Game}}s.
* CosmicEntity: Albeit not on par with the gods of Olympus.
* DeadlyGame: He puts Ulysses through a manhunt game to divert the guests of his daughter's birthday, much to her dislike.
* EvilCripple: He never leaves his wheelchair.
* EvilLaugh: Lets out a few of these as he enjoys the games.
* FatBastard: He's quite heavyset.
* HeelRealization: Realizes the wrongs he has committed when his daughter almost dies, and lets Ulysses go as a result.
* HumanChess: The second ordeal he puts Ulysses through is a deadly human-sized chess game with the chess pieces out to kill him.
* ItAmusedMe: Puts Ulysses through {{Deadly Game}}s just for his own amusement and that of his party guests.
* {{Pinball}}: For the third ordeal, Aeolus has Ulysses thrown in a giant pinball game and bounce on obstacles like a ball.
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[[folder:Sisyphus]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Louis Arbessier (French)

The king of Corinth who once sought the secret of Death in the desert of Tartarus in order to be granted eternal life. The gods punished him for this, by condemning him to push spherical metallic debris into a pit. Forever.
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* AncientGreece: His HappyFlashback indicates he comes from there. Either the Olympus galaxy is (most likely) out of space and time, or he has pushed metallic debris for ''millennia''.
* BeardOfSorrow: He's bearded, and constantly wonders when his ordeal will end.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He wanted eternal life for himself and his wife Merope. The gods gave him eternal life... albeit with an eternity of suffering and a meaningless purpose.
* CosmicPlaything: Needless to say, the gods are ''very'' petty with him.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Pushing metallic debris into a pit forever under a blazing sun, and having only [[MixAndMatchCritters mushroom-beetles]] to eat.
* ImmortalitySeeker: He once sought to find the secret of death, which according to him is the secret of eternal life.
* ImpossibleTask: More like ''endless'' task.
* ThePunishment: The gods condemned him to push metallic debris spheres into a pit forever. The Myth/ClassicalMythology one had to push boulders up a mountainside, which inevitably rolled down the mountain and he had to do it all over again.
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[[folder:The Sphinx]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Raymond Loyer (French)

A creature living in a pyramid in the Olympus. He captures space travellers and they have to answer his riddle correctly if they want to be freed.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: He is a [[TheGoodKing wise ruler]] in his kingdom and has none of the [[ToServeMan man-eating]] and suicidal tendencies of the mythical Sphinx.
* AncientEgypt: He looks nothing like an Egyptian Sphinx in appearance per se (he looks very much like his Greek myth counterpart minus the GenderSwap, and the riddle thing is purely Ancient Greece as well), but his kingdom is a FuturisticPyramid and the dominant color on him and in his lair is sand-like and his clothing is really evocative of Ancient Egypt.
* BizarreSexualDimorphism: He is more animalistic-looking than his daughter (including having fur) and uses four legs to walk.
* CatFolk: A humanoid lion.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: He wants his daughter to succeed him one day, and wants her to be as wise as he is.
* FuturisticPyramid: His kingdom / lair looks like an ancient Egyptian temple.
* GenderFlip: The Myth/ClassicalMythology Sphinx is female, this one is clearly male. Although, he does have a daughter whose devious personality is much closer to the mythical Sphinx.
* TheGoodKing: He rules a kingdom and wants his daughter Hercronne to be wise enough to succeed him one day.
* IGaveMyWord: Releases Ulysses after he answered his riddle and defeated Hercronne.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: A rather honorable one considering the many downright hostile threats Ulysses bumps into. The main danger for Ulysses actually comes from the Sphinx's daughter and not really from his (easy) riddle.
* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass: He lets the people who answer his riddle go. Those who cannot end up enslaved.
* RiddleOfTheSphinx: The classic one, and no other: "What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, three legs in the evening, and no legs at night?". Ulysses gives the right answer, naturally: "Man".
* RiddlingSphinx: He has the classic mythology attributes of the Sphinx (human head - although with CuteLittleFangs - and torso, the body of a lion and wings) and captures space travellers to ask them a riddle. Should they give the right answer, he will let them go. Should they give a wrong answer, they will become his slaves (or those of his daughter).
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: The Sphinx is not part of the ''Odyssey'' myths, he is an enemy of Oedipus traditionally.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: The mythical Sphinx commits suicide after Oedipus gives the right answer. This Sphinx, not being a proud and crazy creature, doesn't.
* WingedHumanoid: He has wings.
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[[folder:Hercronne]]
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The devious daughter of the Sphinx.
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* BizarreSexualDimorphism: She is more humanoid than her father, she has no fur and she stands on two legs.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: She's self-serving and demanding, and abiding by the rules of the Sphinx's kingdom bores her to no end.
* CatFolk: She looks very much like a humanoid cat, minus the long hair and wings.
* CuteLittleFangs: Although not so cute given her devious personality.
* HeelRealization: She realizes how devious, selfish and corrupted by the gods she was upon watching her true ugly inner self in the MagicMirror, and vows to become a better person afterwards.
* MasterOfIllusion: She can create multiple illusions of herself.
* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: Her father is wise enough not to let her watch her true inner self in his MagicMirror. When she does, she realizes how ugly she is in the inside. [[HeelRealization She then cries and amends, wishing to become a better person]].
* PointyEars: She has cat-like pointy ears.
* SelfDuplication: She can create multiple illusions who all have her appearance, although they're not physical.
* SpoiledBrat: She is quite selfish with none of the wisdom of her father, and badly wants Ulysses to belong to her.
* VillainousCrush: She has one on Ulysses and wants him to become her slave.
* WingedHumanoid: She has wings.
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[[folder:The Minotaur]]
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A half-human half-bull creature King Minos keeps in a labyrinth.
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* FedToTheBeast: Minos disposes of his enemies and people he wants to get rid of by locking them in the labyrinth with the Minotaur, although the monster just kills them instead of devouring them.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Ends up impaling himself on the LaserBlade of Ulysses (hold by Theseus).
* InescapableNet: Fights using a net in addition to his trident.
* ALoadOfBull: He isn't much different from his Myth/ClassicalMythology half-human half-bull hybrid counterpart.
* MasterOfIllusion: Projects his image on many mirrors inside the labyrinth to confuse his preys.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: Fights using a trident.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Theseus is there and does finish the monster off, but it's Ulysses who does most of the fight against him. Not to mention Theseus kills the monster using Ulysses' sword.
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[[folder:Atlas]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Denis Savignat (French)

The titan who supports the whole universe.
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* ApocalypseHow: Removing the stone from his forehead can cause this on a "universal" scope. His job is to prevent this.
* AtlasPose: He's a rather faitfhul version of the Myth/ClassicalMythology TropeNamer and takes this pose to prevent the universe from collapsing after Ulysses puts the stone back on his forehead.
* BassoProfundo: He is basically the keystone of the universe, and he has a very deep and commanding voice.
* CosmicEntity: He supports the whole universe thanks to the strength contained in the stone he has on his forehead.
* GentleGiant: He means no harm to Ulysses and only seeks to maintain the balance of the universe.
* GlowingEyes: His eyes start glowing when he gets up to prevent the universe from collapsing.
* LivingStatue: He takes the form of a giant living statue.
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[[folder:Antipates]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Jean-Pierre Leroux (French)

The tyrant king of the Lestrigones. He loves using a prism to shrink ships and creatures to add them to his collection.
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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: His skin is pale blue, whereas all the other Lestrigones are AmbiguouslyBrown.
* TheCollector: He collects shrunken living creatures.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: Collects shrunken creatures and ships alike.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He gets hit by his own shrink ray after tripping. And his own cat chases him after that.
* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: The Lestrigones are rather primitive. They found the prism inside a ship that crashed on their planet.
* {{Jerkass}}: He treats his people like dirt, to say the least.
* ShrinkRay: He possesses a prism that can shrink (or enlarge) anything.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: He has blue hair.
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!! Forces of Olympus

[[folder:The Gods of Olympus]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Jean Topart (Zeus, in French), Vlasta Vrana (Zeus, in English), Luis Puente (Zeus, in Latin American Spanish)

The divinities reigning over the galaxy known as Olympus, and possibly over the whole universe. Ulysses offended them when killing the Cyclops to save his son, and they condemned him and his crew (which they cursed to be inanimate) to wander aimlessly in the unknown in said galaxy, putting plenty of dangers in the path of the ''Odysseus'' until it reaches the Kingdom of Hades for Ulysses' ultimate judgement.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Zeus. In the original ''Odyssey'' myth, he is more of an arbitrator. Here, he is the main tormentor of Ulysses instead of Poseidon.
* AllMythsAreTrue: Ulysses and his crew believed them to be legends from Ancient Greece. Turns out they're real.
* BerserkButton: A universe-sized one for them is being defied.
* TheCorrupter: They can corrupt some people into hampering Ulysses one way or another. They do this with the Sphinx's daughter Hercronne, for instance.
* CosmicEntity: They are cosmic entities who are omnipotent and omniscient over the Olympus galaxy, and possibly over the universe.
* EverybodyHatesHades: Mostly averted. Hades takes part to Ulysses' final trial in the last episode and his role is more or less faithful to his mythical one.
* EvilLaugh: Zeus regularly lets these out.
* EvilSoundsDeep: They all have deep-sounding and authoritative voices. In the French version, Zeus (Jean Topart) particularly stands out.
* JerkAssGods: The gods persecute Ulysses in particularly petty and underhanded ways. This is normal for Myth/ClassicalMythology, which is practically defined by this, but the gods of ''Ulysses 31'' manage to be even crueller.
** Punishing Ulysses for slaying the Cyclops here is arguably worse than in the original Odyssey, because here it's not Poseidon's son but a cyborg monster he created, and which was used by a {{cult}} of lunatics to [[PoweredByAForsakenChild drain the lives of children so they can see]], as it implies that either Poseidon didn't care what they were using it for... ''[[ForTheEvulz or actually created it all for that purpose!]]''
** The episode "Flowers of Fear" features killer robo-plants that can hide themselves away perfectly when dormant, but react to the presence of life by growing into huge monstrous plants that seek to blast the living creature with lasers. The gods sowed these things across the entirety of a planet devoted solely to medicine... because they were too good at curing sick people for the gods' liking (Mind you, they were so good at curing sick people they could cure ''death'').
* {{Leitmotif}}: The ominous and haunting [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQaknWwIunc "Curse of the gods"]].
* TheManBehindTheMan: The antagonists or helpful people Ulysses meets are often either in league with the gods or forced to obey their orders lest they want to die or suffer forever.
* OminousOperaCape: The personifications of Zeus, Poseidon and Hades during Ulysses' final trial in the last episode wear large capes.
* PowersThatBe: They intervene overtly but also like to pull the strings unnoticed.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: Poseidon is depicted with one in the first episode. Moreover, in this universe the trident seem to symbolize the Olympus gods as a whole and not just Poseidon, since even minions of Zeus and the Cerberus satellite of the Kingdom of Hades have trident symbols.
* SadisticChoice: They regularly inflict this on the people they torment.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Most of the CosmicPlaything ordeal they put Ulysses through is this. They near-constantly tempt Ulysses into abandoning his crew or the children one way or another to get a shortcut to Earth, in addition to sending deadly threats in his path.
** Upon finally reaching the Kingdom of Hades, Hades allows Ulysses to return to Earth... [[SadisticChoice provided he leaves all his companions behind]]. [[GoingDownWithTheShip Ulysses refuses]]. Just as it seems that all is lost, it turns out this was the final trial of the gods and [[EarnYourHappyEnding he is now free to return to Earth with all his revived crew]].
* TopGod: Zeus is the king of the gods and the central figure tormenting Ulysses in his journey, despite the "offense" of killing the Cyclops being made to Poseidon.

[[folder:The Tridents]]
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Small fighter ships belonging to the armies of the gods. They are often sent to attack the ''Odysseus''.

* FrickinLaserBeams: Their main armament, fired from each "dent" of the ship's trident shape.
* MookMobile: They seem to exist solely to harrass the ''Odysseus'' in large numbers and be destroyed by Ulysses.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: They are [[MeaningfulName shaped like tridents]].
* SpaceFighter: Their main role in space battles.
* StockSoundEffects: They emit [[Franchise/StarWars TIE Fighter]] sounds occasionally. Especially when they shoot their lasers.
* ZergRush: They're not much of a threat individually, and thus always attack the ''Odysseus'' in large numbers.

[[folder:The Shark Men]]
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Foot soldiers in service of the gods.

* MindControlDevice: They use brooches called 'remoras' on the people of Nereus to mind-control them in "Nereus - The Hidden Truth".
* MookLieutenant: The shark man lieutenant seen in "Rebellion on Lemnos" is more heavyset than the normal shark men and doesn't have the nose of a shark.
* {{Mooks}}: Nameless and numerous soldiers serving the gods.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: They are armed with tridents, and have trident symbols on their uniforms (since they are minions of the gods). The episode "Rebellion on Lemnos" shows them exploiting the enslaved women of Lemnos to produce material to build trident-shaped monoliths that are used to raze cities.
* SharkMan: As their name and appearance suggests, they are shark-like humanoids.

[[folder:The Cyclops]]
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A giant monster created by Poseidon and worshipped by a cult of blind one-eyed priests.

* CyberCyclops: A cyborg revamp of the mythical Cyclops from ''The Odyssey''.
* {{Cyborg}}: Seems to be part-living creature part-machine.
* {{Cyclops}}: A cybernetic monster with only one eye.
* EyeBeams: Shoots powerful FrickinLaserBeams with its eye.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: When rescuing Telemachus, Yumi and Numinor, Ulysses finds out the antenna of the destroyed pod Nono came in can [[AttackReflector reflect the Cyclops' beam]], and orders Nono to redirect the beam at the Cyclops' eye, which causes the creature to kill itself.
* LoadBearingBoss: The whole planet on which the Cyclops lives [[EarthShatteringKaboom implodes]] after its death.
* {{Magitek}}: It was created by the gods' magic.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: The first creature Ulysses has to confront, and the one whose death causes his exile into the Olympus as a punishment by the gods.
* NoOntologicalInertia: When the Cyclops' own beam gets sent back right into its eye by Nono, the monks are blinded.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Drains the life energy of sacrificed children to fuel its own energy and that of each monks' eye.
* StarfishAliens: Nothing is even remotely humanoid in this creature.

[[folder:The Cyclops' Monks]]
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A cult of one-eyed monks who worship the Cyclops. They bring children to the Cyclops as sacrifices so the Cyclops can empower their eye.

* BlackCloak: They wear long black cloaks with [[InTheHood hoods]].
* {{Cult}}: They form a cult that worships the Cyclops.
* {{Cyclops}}: They only have one eye, in the shape of a crystal jammed above their nose. The only way for them to see is to be empowered by the power of the Cyclops' eye.
* EvilWearsBlack: They kidnap children to sacrifice them and dress in {{black cloak}}s so it's safe to say they're evil.
* EyeBeams: They can shoot FrickinLaserBeams with their eye once they're empowered by the Cyclops.
* KeystoneArmy: A variant. When the Cyclops is blinded, the monks loose their eyesight as well.
* LooksLikeOrlok: They have a pale (well, pale green) and vampirish appearance ({{fangs|are evil}} in particular) and they're bald.
* MindOverMatter: They have some degree of telekinetic power apparently, given how one of them magically lifts an unconscious Telemachus to bring him into his cell.
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: The leader of the monks angrily tells Ulysses that Poseidon and the other gods won't let his slaying of the Cyclops unpunished and that "their revenge will be terrible". Then [[EarthShatteringKaboom the Cyclops' planet explodes]], and Ulysses' ordeal with the gods starts there...
* OminousLatinChanting: They chant ominously when the sacrifice ceremony starts, seconds before Ulysses kicks in.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: They only appear in the first episode, and they're the very cause of Ulysses' perilous journey in the Olympus as a [[ThePunishment punishment]] by the gods.
* TargetedHumanSacrifice: They sacrifice humanoid children (not only humans, but Zotrians too apparently) to the Cyclops. [[PoweredByAForsakenChild The Cyclops' ritual only works using children]].

[[folder:Cortex]]
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A tyrannical computer created by the gods. It rules a planet that is exclusively populated by machines.

* AIIsACrapshoot: A malevolent artificial intelligence.
* ComputerVoice: A sinister one at that.
* EvilLaugh: Lets one out when Ulysses defies it.
* MasterComputer: Controls everything in its realm.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: Has a trident symbol on its central unit, since it was created by the gods.
* ScavengerWorld: Cortex' robotic servants scavenge every ship unfortunate enough to be captured in its realm.
* {{Technopath}}: Cortex can take control of plenty of machines, the ''Odysseus'' and its service robots included.

[[folder:The Flowers of Fear]]
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Robotic parasite flowers that were created by the gods to punish a hospital-planet's civilization for its very advanced medical technologies they saw as pure arrogance.

* EyeBeams: They have eyes, and shoot FrickinLaserBeams with them.
* ExtraEyes: Each plant has three eyes.
* FantasticFlora: A dangerous robotic flora created by the gods.
* FinalSolution: The flowers carried out a genocide on the hospital-planet.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: The threat Ulysses has to deal with in "Flowers of Fear".
* ThePunishment: The gods destroyed a whole civilization with them because said civilization's medical technologies were so advanced they could cure ''[[BeyondTheImpossible death]]''.
* TheyHaveTheScent: They can detect any form of intelligent life, then track it down to destroy it.
* WhenTreesAttack: They are parasitic plants who attack any form of life that dares setting foot on the hospital-planet.

[[folder:Decoy Astronaut]]
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A robotic killer disguised as an ancient astronaut from Earth. The gods created it as a bait to lure Ulysses towards Scylla and Charybdis.

* DavidVersusGoliath: Nono, of all people, tries to distract it. He's just a mere annoyance to the killer robot, but that's still very ballsy from him.
* FemmeFatalons: Its true form's hands are like sharp claws.
* GlowingEyes: The robot's eyes glow when it gets rid of its synthetic flesh to reveal what was beneath.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Ulysses eventually runs it through in the neck with his LaserBlade.
* ImplacableMan: Very reminiscent of a [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} T-800]] (predating it by 3 years, actually) in that it relentlessly tries to kill Telemachus, Yumi and Nono.
* KillerRobot: Its true form is revealed when Nono tears synthetic skin and flesh off one of its feet.
* MeatSackRobot: A human-shaped robot with synthetic flesh. Not unlike a T-800 Terminator, again.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: The enemy Ulysses has to get rid of in "Trapped Between Fire and Ice". Scylla and Charybdis don't quite qualify as they are space storms and not sentient monsters.
* TheSpeechless: It never speaks.
* ThrownOutTheAirlock: Ulysses disposes of it in space after its death.

[[folder:The Mud Doubles]]
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Mud monsters created by the gods. They have built-in cameras that scan their targets, then they copy said target's appearance to turn into doubles.

* BlobMonster: Their default state.
* DidntSeeThatComing: They can copy Ulysses' LaserBlade... but not his energy shield.
* DittoFighter: They can copy Ulysses' LaserBlade[=/=]blaster gun.
* EvilKnockoff: They copy Ulysses, Yumi, Telemachus and Nono then try to kill them.
* GlowingEyes: The cameras in their eyes glow when they're scanning their targets to copy them.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Throwing objects at them is useless since they can regenerate. They are vulnerable to Ulysses' blaster, however.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: In "Phantoms from the Swamp".
* MySkullRunnethOver: Projecting the image of someone then moving it rapidly makes their central unit overload and explode.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: Once they're destroyed, the gods' trident symbol can be seen on their command units.
* {{ShapeShifting}}: They can morph into any creature they copy (humans, Zotrians, and even Nono).
* SwampsAreEvil: ...and the mud is alive and copies your appearance, then tries to kill you.

[[folder:The Slaves of the Parcae]]
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Former men or humanoids the gods punished for entering the domain of the Parcae. They are condemned to help the Parcae weave the threads of life forever.

* ArmoredVillainsUnarmoredHeroes: For some reason, Ulysses doesn't activate his energy shield when fighting them, while they all have shields.
* FacelessGoons: They have dark helmets that hide their face.
* FateWorseThanDeath: When Ulysses enters the realm of the Parcae, the gods threaten to condemn him to the same fate as these slaves.
* InstantMilitia: The gods turn some of them into soldiers to attack Ulysses.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: They get shields when turning into soldiers.
* LuredIntoATrap: How they are eventually dealt with. Telemachus tensions a wire that makes them trip atop stairs and then tumble down said stairs.
* {{Mooks}}: The main physical threats to Ulysses in the episode "The Seat of Forgetfulness". They are numerous and lacking individuality.
* NighInvulnerability: According to Zeus, they are invincible.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: Their swords are trident-shaped.
* ThePunishment: The gods condemned them to be slaves of the Parcae, weaving the threads of life on a giant loom for an eternity.
* ShouldersOfDoom: They have prominent blue armored shoulders.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: They throw their swords at Ulysses in unison at some point. And they miss their target, of course.
* WasOnceAMan: They dared entering the domain of the Parcae, and the gods punished them by having them work on the Parcae's gigantic loom forever.
* ZergRush: They try to overwhelm Ulysses and the children through sheer number.

[[folder:The Kenocopters]]
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Vulture-like creatures the gods used to keep the Saurians enslaved on the geologically identical copy of Earth before the Flood happened. The gods left them behind on the planet, and they attack everyone in sight.
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* FeatheredFiend: They are cruel vulture-like creatures.
* FrickinLaserBeams: They shoot energy beams with their beaks.
* HydraProblem: Shooting a Kenocopter with FrickinLaserBeams doesn't kill it. Instead, it ''creates another one''.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: The main threats in "Before the Flood".
* NighInvulnerability: Their only vulnerability is water.
* SelfDuplication: Any damage on a Kenocopter creates another one.
* WeaksauceWeakness: They are vulnerable to water.
* ZergRush: They attack in large numbers.
[[/folder]]

!! Other Characters

[[folder:Heratos]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' René Bériard

An old scientist and space explorer who's tormented by the gods.
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* BeardOfSorrow: He has a long beard, and he's been tormented by the gods for years and finds himself forced by the gods to lie to Ulysses and lead him to a certain death.
* BlindedByTheLight: When he found a map of the Olympus galaxy inside the Zotrian ship by Atina's side, he tried to take it. The gods then punished him for this attempt and permanently blinded him with a flash of light.
* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: Out of remorse for leading Ulysses to the spaceships graveyard, he decides to yake the risk go there to help him and amend.
* CosmicPlaything: One of the many people the gods torment for (not even intentionally) defying them.
* InterspeciesAdoption: He is human, and he adopted a Zotrian girl.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Astronomy, archeology and paleontology.
* ThePunishment: The gods blinded him for daring to acquire a map of Olympus.
* SadisticChoice: The gods offer Heratos to recover his eyesight... provided he lures Ulysses to a magnetic graveyard for spaceships where he will die. If Heratos doesn't obey their orders, the gods will kill him [[AndYourLittleDogToo and Atina]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Atina]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Amélie Morin (French)

A Zotrian orphan girl Heratos found in her parents' ship. He adopted and raised her.
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* AnimalEyes: As a Zotrian, she has cat-like slanted eyes with a vertical slit for a pupil.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: She wears purple, although to a lesser extent than Yumi.
* HappilyAdopted: She was happily raised by Heratos.
* NiceGirl: Seems to be a common trait among Zotrians. She's as nice as Yumi.
* PointyEars: She has pointy ears, like all Zotrians.
* SoleSurvivor: Her parents disappeared from the Zotrian ship -- likely killed by the gods, and she was alone when Heratos found her.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Chronos]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Pierre Hatet (French)

The master of time itself. The other gods of Olympus cast him away and he captures Ulysses in order to bring him to them and earn back his place among them.
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* ClockPunk: His realm and his servants are literally made of clocks.
* EvilOldFolks: He's a TimeAbyss, and he's evil.
* GodInHumanForm: He looks no different from an old human save for the face in the back of his head.
* TheHyena: The other face he has [[EvilLaugh laughs evily]] pretty much all the time.
* NiceHat: Wears a Phrygian cap.
* RapidAging: One of his realm's powers is to curse people with this. This is what happens to Ulysses' companions and Numinor.
* SadlyMythtaken: Chronos has never been depicted as TwoFaced, which is rather an attribute of the Roman god Janus. Interestingly, while not being the Roman equivalent of Chronos by any mean, Janus traditionally ''has'' time-related powers.
* SoundtrackDissonance: His realm's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrv3mqEV-iw beautiful theme]] contrasts heavily with his devious persona.
* TimeMaster: The exact extent of his powers over time itself in the Olympus are not known, but they are tremendous within his realm. He also has a giant clock that can rewind time itself, which Ulysses manages to use as a ResetButton.
* TwoFaced: He has two faces. One is that of an old man with a grey beard and it is dead serious. The other face is in the back of his head. It is beardless and lets out {{Evil Gloating}}s and {{Evil Laugh}}s pretty much constantly.
* VillainousRescue: He reverses time on the ''Odysseus'' just as it was about to explode when sustaining critical damages from a surprise and massive Tridents attack. Then he captures Ulysses.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Aeolus]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Jean Mailland (French)

The king of winds and master of cosmic currents. He captures Ulysses to provide entertainment for his daughter's birthday.
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* TheCaligula: He rules a planet, seems to be lazy and enjoys nothing more than seeing people going through hell in his {{Deadly Game}}s.
* CosmicEntity: Albeit not on par with the gods of Olympus.
* DeadlyGame: He puts Ulysses through a manhunt game to divert the guests of his daughter's birthday, much to her dislike.
* EvilCripple: He never leaves his wheelchair.
* EvilLaugh: Lets out a few of these as he enjoys the games.
* FatBastard: He's quite heavyset.
* HeelRealization: Realizes the wrongs he has committed when his daughter almost dies, and lets Ulysses go as a result.
* HumanChess: The second ordeal he puts Ulysses through is a deadly human-sized chess game with the chess pieces out to kill him.
* ItAmusedMe: Puts Ulysses through {{Deadly Game}}s just for his own amusement and that of his party guests.
* {{Pinball}}: For the third ordeal, Aeolus has Ulysses thrown in a giant pinball game and bounce on obstacles like a ball.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sisyphus]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Louis Arbessier (French)

The king of Corinth who once sought the secret of Death in the desert of Tartarus in order to be granted eternal life. The gods punished him for this, by condemning him to push spherical metallic debris into a pit. Forever.
----
* AncientGreece: His HappyFlashback indicates he comes from there. Either the Olympus galaxy is (most likely) out of space and time, or he has pushed metallic debris for ''millennia''.
* BeardOfSorrow: He's bearded, and constantly wonders when his ordeal will end.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He wanted eternal life for himself and his wife Merope. The gods gave him eternal life... albeit with an eternity of suffering and a meaningless purpose.
* CosmicPlaything: Needless to say, the gods are ''very'' petty with him.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Pushing metallic debris into a pit forever under a blazing sun, and having only [[MixAndMatchCritters mushroom-beetles]] to eat.
* ImmortalitySeeker: He once sought to find the secret of death, which according to him is the secret of eternal life.
* ImpossibleTask: More like ''endless'' task.
* ThePunishment: The gods condemned him to push metallic debris spheres into a pit forever. The Myth/ClassicalMythology one had to push boulders up a mountainside, which inevitably rolled down the mountain and he had to do it all over again.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Sphinx]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Raymond Loyer (French)

A creature living in a pyramid in the Olympus. He captures space travellers and they have to answer his riddle correctly if they want to be freed.
----
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: He is a [[TheGoodKing wise ruler]] in his kingdom and has none of the [[ToServeMan man-eating]] and suicidal tendencies of the mythical Sphinx.
* AncientEgypt: He looks nothing like an Egyptian Sphinx in appearance per se (he looks very much like his Greek myth counterpart minus the GenderSwap, and the riddle thing is purely Ancient Greece as well), but his kingdom is a FuturisticPyramid and the dominant color on him and in his lair is sand-like and his clothing is really evocative of Ancient Egypt.
* BizarreSexualDimorphism: He is more animalistic-looking than his daughter (including having fur) and uses four legs to walk.
* CatFolk: A humanoid lion.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: He wants his daughter to succeed him one day, and wants her to be as wise as he is.
* FuturisticPyramid: His kingdom / lair looks like an ancient Egyptian temple.
* GenderFlip: The Myth/ClassicalMythology Sphinx is female, this one is clearly male. Although, he does have a daughter whose devious personality is much closer to the mythical Sphinx.
* TheGoodKing: He rules a kingdom and wants his daughter Hercronne to be wise enough to succeed him one day.
* IGaveMyWord: Releases Ulysses after he answered his riddle and defeated Hercronne.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: A rather honorable one considering the many downright hostile threats Ulysses bumps into. The main danger for Ulysses actually comes from the Sphinx's daughter and not really from his (easy) riddle.
* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass: He lets the people who answer his riddle go. Those who cannot end up enslaved.
* RiddleOfTheSphinx: The classic one, and no other: "What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, three legs in the evening, and no legs at night?". Ulysses gives the right answer, naturally: "Man".
* RiddlingSphinx: He has the classic mythology attributes of the Sphinx (human head - although with CuteLittleFangs - and torso, the body of a lion and wings) and captures space travellers to ask them a riddle. Should they give the right answer, he will let them go. Should they give a wrong answer, they will become his slaves (or those of his daughter).
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: The Sphinx is not part of the ''Odyssey'' myths, he is an enemy of Oedipus traditionally.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: The mythical Sphinx commits suicide after Oedipus gives the right answer. This Sphinx, not being a proud and crazy creature, doesn't.
* WingedHumanoid: He has wings.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hercronne]]
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The devious daughter of the Sphinx.
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* BizarreSexualDimorphism: She is more humanoid than her father, she has no fur and she stands on two legs.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: She's self-serving and demanding, and abiding by the rules of the Sphinx's kingdom bores her to no end.
* CatFolk: She looks very much like a humanoid cat, minus the long hair and wings.
* CuteLittleFangs: Although not so cute given her devious personality.
* HeelRealization: She realizes how devious, selfish and corrupted by the gods she was upon watching her true ugly inner self in the MagicMirror, and vows to become a better person afterwards.
* MasterOfIllusion: She can create multiple illusions of herself.
* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: Her father is wise enough not to let her watch her true inner self in his MagicMirror. When she does, she realizes how ugly she is in the inside. [[HeelRealization She then cries and amends, wishing to become a better person]].
* PointyEars: She has cat-like pointy ears.
* SelfDuplication: She can create multiple illusions who all have her appearance, although they're not physical.
* SpoiledBrat: She is quite selfish with none of the wisdom of her father, and badly wants Ulysses to belong to her.
* VillainousCrush: She has one on Ulysses and wants him to become her slave.
* WingedHumanoid: She has wings.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Minotaur]]
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A half-human half-bull creature King Minos keeps in a labyrinth.
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* FedToTheBeast: Minos disposes of his enemies and people he wants to get rid of by locking them in the labyrinth with the Minotaur, although the monster just kills them instead of devouring them.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Ends up impaling himself on the LaserBlade of Ulysses (hold by Theseus).
* InescapableNet: Fights using a net in addition to his trident.
* ALoadOfBull: He isn't much different from his Myth/ClassicalMythology half-human half-bull hybrid counterpart.
* MasterOfIllusion: Projects his image on many mirrors inside the labyrinth to confuse his preys.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: Fights using a trident.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Theseus is there and does finish the monster off, but it's Ulysses who does most of the fight against him. Not to mention Theseus kills the monster using Ulysses' sword.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Atlas]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Denis Savignat (French)

The titan who supports the whole universe.
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* ApocalypseHow: Removing the stone from his forehead can cause this on a "universal" scope. His job is to prevent this.
* AtlasPose: He's a rather faitfhul version of the Myth/ClassicalMythology TropeNamer and takes this pose to prevent the universe from collapsing after Ulysses puts the stone back on his forehead.
* BassoProfundo: He is basically the keystone of the universe, and he has a very deep and commanding voice.
* CosmicEntity: He supports the whole universe thanks to the strength contained in the stone he has on his forehead.
* GentleGiant: He means no harm to Ulysses and only seeks to maintain the balance of the universe.
* GlowingEyes: His eyes start glowing when he gets up to prevent the universe from collapsing.
* LivingStatue: He takes the form of a giant living statue.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Antipates]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Jean-Pierre Leroux (French)

The tyrant king of the Lestrigones. He loves using a prism to shrink ships and creatures to add them to his collection.
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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: His skin is pale blue, whereas all the other Lestrigones are AmbiguouslyBrown.
* TheCollector: He collects shrunken living creatures.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: Collects shrunken creatures and ships alike.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He gets hit by his own shrink ray after tripping. And his own cat chases him after that.
* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: The Lestrigones are rather primitive. They found the prism inside a ship that crashed on their planet.
* {{Jerkass}}: He treats his people like dirt, to say the least.
* ShrinkRay: He possesses a prism that can shrink (or enlarge) anything.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: He has blue hair.
[[/folder]]

* Characters/{{Ulysses 31 Crew of the Odysseus}}

!! Crew of the Odysseus

[[folder:Ulysses]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ClaudeGiraud (French), Masane Tsukayama (Japanese), Matt Birman (English), Raul de la Fuente (Latin American Spanish)

The series' main protagonist, and the captain of the ''Odysseus''. As an ambassador from Earth in the 31st century, he achieved the Solar Peace, putting an end to a galactic conflict on the planet of Troy, before becoming the subject of the Olympian gods' revenge. He is brave, noble, determined, and will stop at nothing to overcome the conditions imposed upon himself and his companions.

Named "Ulysse" in the French version.

* EightiesHair: Sports a glorious mulet. It must have become a thing again one millennia and then some after the 1980s (the show was made at the start of that decade in RealLife).
* AcePilot: He is a damn good pilot with the small vessels of the ''Odysseus''.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Myth/ClassicalMythology Ulysses was extremely cunning (much more than him), sneakily enabled the Achaeans to finish UsefulNotes/TheTrojanWar through RapePillageAndBurn and bloodily killed all of Penelope's suitors by himself, among many other very AntiHero things (by modern standards that is). This version of Ulysses is TheHero, is undeniably a NiceGuy, found a peaceful resolution to the space Trojan War and is TheFettered and a MartialPacifist.
* AdultFear: Considering the fact that he finds himself alone against all-powerful cosmic entities with only his beloved son to help (plus an alien girl and a small robot), it's only natural that he fears for his son's life (plus that of Yumi as well).
* {{Ambadassador}}: He was ambassador / space peace treaty-maker during the space version of UsefulNotes/TheTrojanWar, yet he never hesitates to face down the assorted dangers the gods of Olympus throw in his path.
* BadassBeard: Ulysses is bearded, and has the badassery to match.
* BadassCape: Wears a long white cape, and surely looks badass with it.
* BadassMustache: In addition to the beard.
* BadassNormal: Considering he's basically going up against the gods themselves, other various CosmicEntities, magicians and the like... completely alone with the help of only two children, a small robot and his ship's technologies.
* CatchPhrase: Has one in French: "Par la grande Galaxie!" ("By the great Galaxy!") when he's surprised.
* CombatPragmatist: In "Phantoms from the Swamp" the MonstersOfTheWeek are mud creatures that can turn themselves into likenesses of Ulysses and his crew. It turns out they can also copy his weapons but not his shield since "it's transparent." Once he figures this out he stops trying to sword fight and just shoots them from a distance since they have no defense against that.
* CommLinks: The red chest insignia he wears to hold his cape together on his sky blue LatexSpaceSuit allows him to communicate with Shyrka and the kids.
* CoolSword: Ulysses' LaserBlade, blatantly inspired by the lightsabers of ''Franchise/StarWars'', although it doesn't seem to be able to cut through anything unlike the lightsabers of ''Star Wars'' (then again, most of Ulysses' enemies are equipped/empowered by the gods, so go figure). The hilt can be used as a blaster gun.
* {{Determinator}}: He's going up against the gods themselves with no help except for a computer, two preteens and a small robot. He'd kind of have to be.
* AFatherToHisMen: He cares deeply about his crew.
* TheFettered: He's an IdealHero, MartialPacifist and so on.
* GoodIsNotDumb: Ulysses might be slightly naive at times, but he's smart enough to always overcome the odds in his favor.
* HeroProtagonist: He's both TheHero and TheProtagonist.
* IdealHero: Good luck finding a single moral flaw in his character.
* IdenticalGrandson: Played with. 31st century Ulysses and the original Ancient Greece Ulysses (and both Telemachus) are confused for each other, but their loved ones can tell the difference fairly easily.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Ulysses is tempted many times into choosing an easier way to get back to Earth (usually by having to let his companions behind) by the gods throughout the series, yet he always chooses to stay and never abandons his companions.
* JetPack: Ulysses' UtilityBelt allows him short flights and hovering.
* LatexSpaceSuit: He's got two versions. A brown casual one when onboard the ''Odysseus'', and a sky blue when exploring worlds and piloting ships.
* LooksLikeJesus: Justified in that in this version, Ulysses is a Messianic figure of sorts.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: He uses an [[DeflectorShield energy shield]] combined with his LaserBlade, making him a 31st century version of ancient world warriors, basically.
* TheMagnificent: The gods nickname him "Ulysse aux mille ruses" in French ("Ulysses of a thousand tricks").
* ManlyTears: In the episode "Calypso", he almost sheds a tear.
* MartialPacifist: He only resorts to using violence when he has no other choice, usually to defend himself.
* TheMenFirst: The gods often tempt him with an easy shortcut to get back to Earth with the condition of leaving his crew behind. He ''never'' accepts it out of loyalty to them.
* NemeanSkinning: Referenced in the design of his spacesuit's helmet.
* NiceGuy: Noble at heart, polite, compassionate, helpful, FriendToAllChildren... you name it.
* PapaWolf: Ulysses will do ''anything'' to protect or save Telemachus. And Yumi as well, since she has become an adoptive daughter of sorts.
* ThePunishment: Condemned by the gods to wander in the unknown in the galaxy of Olympus after destroying the Cyclops.
* UndyingLoyalty: He is loyal to his crew, no matter how the gods tempt him into abandoning them.

[[folder:Telemachus]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Fabrice Josso and Jackie Berger (French), Creator/YuuMizushima (Japanese), Adrian Knight (English), Raul Aldana (Latin American Spanish)

The son of Ulysses and second in command of the Odysseus. Very beautiful, courageous, adventurous, level headed and a skilled pilot.

Named "Télémaque" in the French version.

* AdaptationalBadass: The Myth/ClassicalMythology Telemachus didn't follow his father into UsefulNotes/TheTrojanWar nor did he take part to Ulysses' perilous journey (in ''The Odyssey''). This Telemachus accompanies his father through virtually every dangerous situation they have to confront, and finds crafty solutions aplenty to help win the day.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Much like his father, his mythical counterpart had blood on his hands. This one doesn't.
* {{Bishonen}}: He's a PrettyBoy with androgynous/"feminine" physical traits. Add to that the French version in which Jackie Berger, a woman, replaced Fabrice Josso to voice him sometimes.
* BratsWithSlingshots: Some of his pranks involve his slingshot.
* {{Determinator}}: He's as determined as his father to get through the obstacles the gods of Olympus put in their path.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He is made of this trope. He has blond hair, he's pure in heart and always willing to help.
* NiceGuy: He's as noble at heart as his father.
* ThePrankster: He likes to prank Nono sometimes.
* SufferTheSlings: His WeaponOfChoice is a high-tech slingshot that shoots {{energy ball}}s.

[[folder:Yumi]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Séverine Morisot (French), Creator/SumiShimamoto (Japanese), Anick Faris (English), Ariadna Rivas (Latin American Spanish)

A blue-skinned humanoid alien girl from the white planet, Zotra. She is the younger sister of Numinor and possesses telepathic powers. She is saved from being sacrificed to the Cyclops, along with Telemachus and her older brother, by Ulysses. Although physically very frail, she is very intelligent and courageous, and exhibits psychic and even telekinetic powers.

Named "Thémis" in the French version.

* AnimalEyes: Zotrians have cat-like slanted eyes with a vertical slit for a pupil.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Unusually for the trope, it's ''Little Sister Instinct''. Her older brother Numinor spends most of the series in the inanimate state the gods cursed Ulysses' crew with, so she vows to protect him during the perilous journey through the Olympus and worries for him whenever the dangers the Odysseus faces also directly threaten the inanimate crew.
* TheCutie: She's the cutest, sweetest and most lovable protagonist of the series.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Her outfit is mostly purple. And she surely is graceful.
* MagicalFlutist: She plays a mystical melody on a flute in the episode "The Sirens" after hearing said melody in a dream. A sarcophagus is found, and she finds out the melody opens it. It proves to be useful as a BrownNote against the Sirens and their petrifying metal tentacle (in a SnakeCharmer way) later on.
* MysticalWhiteHair: Yumi is a telepath and she's got white hair.
* NiceGirl: She has a heart of gold.
* PointyEars: She has pointy ears, like all Zotrians.
* PsychicLink: She has a strong psychic link with her brother. She can instantly sense when he is awakened for instance, even when she can't see him.
* RapidAging: She ages rapidly while being prisoner in the Room of Seasons in the realm of Chronos. Ulysses reverses the effect with Chronos' universal clock.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: She's the only female main character.
* {{Telepathy}}: She has telepathic powers.

[[folder:Nono]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Jacques Ebner (French), Creator/MayumiTanaka (Japanese), Howard Ryshpan (English), Creator/AraceliDeLeon (Latin American Spanish)

The small red robotic companion of Telemachus, given to him by Ulysses as a birthday present. He is rather shy, but can be relied upon in a crisis. He is skilled at machinery repair and possesses tremendous physical strength, and he's also fond of eating nuts and nails.

* ButtMonkey: He's often the butt of Telemachus' pranks.
* FingerlessHands: He has mitten-like hands.
* KidAppealCharacter: He has a very toyetic appearance (well, he ''is'' a toy InUniverse to begin with), he's goofy and adorable.
* LongNeck: He is able to stretch his neck to great lengths.
* MrFixit: He is of great help to repair and maintain the ''Odysseus'' and always carries tools on him.
* NervousWreck: He very rarely cools down.
* NiceGuy: As noble at heart, kind and ready to help as everyone else on the ''Odysseus''.
* ParrotPetPosition: He climbs on the shoulder of either Ulysses or Telemachus at times.
* PluckyComicRelief: He's basically there to provide humor with his clumsiness to counterbalance the otherwise deadly serious tone of the cosmic threat the gods put upon Ulysses, although he's really helpful as well most of the time.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Nono's antics make him ridiculously human. He packs a wide range of human emotions like shyness, nervosity, anger, sadness and love.
* RobotBuddy: A small robot Ulysses offered to Telemachus for his birthday.
* SmallAnnoyingCreature: His antics can be pretty annoying at times, although he's nowhere near TheLoad.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He loves snacking on nails.

[[folder:Numinor]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Thierry Bourdon and Gilles Laurent (French), Creator/YamilAtala (Latin American Spanish)

A Zotrian teenager and older brother of Yumi. He is saved by Ulysses from being sacrificed to the Cyclops. The gods curse him with suspended animation along with the rest of Ulysses' crew for most of the series, although he is awakened on three occasions before the finale.

Named "Noumaïos" in the French version.

* AnimalEyes: Zotrians have cat-like slanted eyes with a vertical slit for a pupil.
* {{Bishonen}}: A blue-skinned version.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Numinor is among the companions who get revived and {{mind control}}led to turn against Ulysses and the children in "Mutiny on Board". Yumi manages to free him from the gods' control with her PsychicLink abilities, but only temporarily, as the effort is exhausting for her.
* PointyEars: He has pointy ears, like all Zotrians.
* RapidAging: What happens to him when the ''Odysseus'' is stuck in the realm of Chronos.

[[folder:Shyrka]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Évelyne Séléna and Sylvie Moreau (French), Kelly Ricard (English), Maria Becerril (Latin American Spanish)

Shyrka is the command computer/artificial intelligence of the ''Odysseus''. It speaks with a deep female voice.

* ArtificialIntelligence: A super-computer with an intelligence of its own.
* BenevolentAI: Always calculates the best options for Ulysses when the ''Odysseus'' is in trouble and informs him, Telemachus and Yumi on the ship's state.
* ComputerVoice: Shyrka is a computer speaking with the voice of a woman.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: When sending the ''Odysseus'' into the unknown of the Olympus galaxy, the gods wipe the map of return to Earth from Shyrka's memory.
* MasterComputer: The ''Odysseus'' is nigh-entirely automated, and Shyrka's main job is to control it, make calculations and assist Ulysses when he has to pilot it manually.

[[folder:The Companions]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Jean Barney (Nestor, in French), Jorge Roig Sr. (Nestor, in Latin American Spanish)

The crew of the ''Odysseus'' before Ulysses was condemned to wander in the Olympus. The gods placed them in suspended animation for the entirety of Ulysses' ordeal to complicate the task.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In the episode "Mutiny on Board", the gods revive the companions and Numinor and [[MindControl mind-control]] them to take over the ''Odysseus'', kill Ulysses and the children and crash the ship into space reef.
* TheCavalryArrivesLate: In the first episode, they decide to come to Ulysses' help when he's cornered by the Cyclops' Monks. When they arrive, the Cyclops has already been killed and the monks are blinded.
* FateWorseThanDeath: They are in constant suspended animation and coma and can't do anything, made even worse when the ''Odysseus'' is directly threatened.
* GhostlyGlide:
** Whenever they are displaced from the room in which they remain in suspended animation, the curse of the gods makes them come back at it in levitation this way, usually at the end of the episode.
** When the Odysseus reaches the Kingdom of Hades, they are taken out of the ship this way to become literal ghosts.
* RapidAging: What happens to them when the ''Odysseus'' is stuck in the realm of Chronos.
* RevengeByProxy: They did not kill the Cyclops by themselves per se (Ulysses and Nono did) but the gods curse them to be inanimate anyway.

!! Forces of Olympus

[[folder:The Gods of Olympus]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Jean Topart (Zeus, in French), Vlasta Vrana (Zeus, in English), Luis Puente (Zeus, in Latin American Spanish)

The divinities reigning over the galaxy known as Olympus, and possibly over the whole universe. Ulysses offended them when killing the Cyclops to save his son, and they condemned him and his crew (which they cursed to be inanimate) to wander aimlessly in the unknown in said galaxy, putting plenty of dangers in the path of the ''Odysseus'' until it reaches the Kingdom of Hades for Ulysses' ultimate judgement.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Zeus. In the original ''Odyssey'' myth, he is more of an arbitrator. Here, he is the main tormentor of Ulysses instead of Poseidon.
* AllMythsAreTrue: Ulysses and his crew believed them to be legends from Ancient Greece. Turns out they're real.
* BerserkButton: A universe-sized one for them is being defied.
* TheCorrupter: They can corrupt some people into hampering Ulysses one way or another. They do this with the Sphinx's daughter Hercronne, for instance.
* CosmicEntity: They are cosmic entities who are omnipotent and omniscient over the Olympus galaxy, and possibly over the universe.
* EverybodyHatesHades: Mostly averted. Hades takes part to Ulysses' final trial in the last episode and his role is more or less faithful to his mythical one.
* EvilLaugh: Zeus regularly lets these out.
* EvilSoundsDeep: They all have deep-sounding and authoritative voices. In the French version, Zeus (Jean Topart) particularly stands out.
* JerkAssGods: The gods persecute Ulysses in particularly petty and underhanded ways. This is normal for Myth/ClassicalMythology, which is practically defined by this, but the gods of ''Ulysses 31'' manage to be even crueller.
** Punishing Ulysses for slaying the Cyclops here is arguably worse than in the original Odyssey, because here it's not Poseidon's son but a cyborg monster he created, and which was used by a {{cult}} of lunatics to [[PoweredByAForsakenChild drain the lives of children so they can see]], as it implies that either Poseidon didn't care what they were using it for... ''[[ForTheEvulz or actually created it all for that purpose!]]''
** The episode "Flowers of Fear" features killer robo-plants that can hide themselves away perfectly when dormant, but react to the presence of life by growing into huge monstrous plants that seek to blast the living creature with lasers. The gods sowed these things across the entirety of a planet devoted solely to medicine... because they were too good at curing sick people for the gods' liking (Mind you, they were so good at curing sick people they could cure ''death'').
* {{Leitmotif}}: The ominous and haunting [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQaknWwIunc "Curse of the gods"]].
* TheManBehindTheMan: The antagonists or helpful people Ulysses meets are often either in league with the gods or forced to obey their orders lest they want to die or suffer forever.
* OminousOperaCape: The personifications of Zeus, Poseidon and Hades during Ulysses' final trial in the last episode wear large capes.
* PowersThatBe: They intervene overtly but also like to pull the strings unnoticed.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: Poseidon is depicted with one in the first episode. Moreover, in this universe the trident seem to symbolize the Olympus gods as a whole and not just Poseidon, since even minions of Zeus and the Cerberus satellite of the Kingdom of Hades have trident symbols.
* SadisticChoice: They regularly inflict this on the people they torment.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Most of the CosmicPlaything ordeal they put Ulysses through is this. They near-constantly tempt Ulysses into abandoning his crew or the children one way or another to get a shortcut to Earth, in addition to sending deadly threats in his path.
** Upon finally reaching the Kingdom of Hades, Hades allows Ulysses to return to Earth... [[SadisticChoice provided he leaves all his companions behind]]. [[GoingDownWithTheShip Ulysses refuses]]. Just as it seems that all is lost, it turns out this was the final trial of the gods and [[EarnYourHappyEnding he is now free to return to Earth with all his revived crew]].
* TopGod: Zeus is the king of the gods and the central figure tormenting Ulysses in his journey, despite the "offense" of killing the Cyclops being made to Poseidon.

[[folder:The Tridents]]
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Small fighter ships belonging to the armies of the gods. They are often sent to attack the ''Odysseus''.

* FrickinLaserBeams: Their main armament, fired from each "dent" of the ship's trident shape.
* MookMobile: They seem to exist solely to harrass the ''Odysseus'' in large numbers and be destroyed by Ulysses.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: They are [[MeaningfulName shaped like tridents]].
* SpaceFighter: Their main role in space battles.
* StockSoundEffects: They emit [[Franchise/StarWars TIE Fighter]] sounds occasionally. Especially when they shoot their lasers.
* ZergRush: They're not much of a threat individually, and thus always attack the ''Odysseus'' in large numbers.

[[folder:The Shark Men]]
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Foot soldiers in service of the gods.

* MindControlDevice: They use brooches called 'remoras' on the people of Nereus to mind-control them in "Nereus - The Hidden Truth".
* MookLieutenant: The shark man lieutenant seen in "Rebellion on Lemnos" is more heavyset than the normal shark men and doesn't have the nose of a shark.
* {{Mooks}}: Nameless and numerous soldiers serving the gods.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: They are armed with tridents, and have trident symbols on their uniforms (since they are minions of the gods). The episode "Rebellion on Lemnos" shows them exploiting the enslaved women of Lemnos to produce material to build trident-shaped monoliths that are used to raze cities.
* SharkMan: As their name and appearance suggests, they are shark-like humanoids.

[[folder:The Cyclops]]
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A giant monster created by Poseidon and worshipped by a cult of blind one-eyed priests.

* CyberCyclops: A cyborg revamp of the mythical Cyclops from ''The Odyssey''.
* {{Cyborg}}: Seems to be part-living creature part-machine.
* {{Cyclops}}: A cybernetic monster with only one eye.
* EyeBeams: Shoots powerful FrickinLaserBeams with its eye.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: When rescuing Telemachus, Yumi and Numinor, Ulysses finds out the antenna of the destroyed pod Nono came in can [[AttackReflector reflect the Cyclops' beam]], and orders Nono to redirect the beam at the Cyclops' eye, which causes the creature to kill itself.
* LoadBearingBoss: The whole planet on which the Cyclops lives [[EarthShatteringKaboom implodes]] after its death.
* {{Magitek}}: It was created by the gods' magic.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: The first creature Ulysses has to confront, and the one whose death causes his exile into the Olympus as a punishment by the gods.
* NoOntologicalInertia: When the Cyclops' own beam gets sent back right into its eye by Nono, the monks are blinded.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Drains the life energy of sacrificed children to fuel its own energy and that of each monks' eye.
* StarfishAliens: Nothing is even remotely humanoid in this creature.

[[folder:The Cyclops' Monks]]
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A cult of one-eyed monks who worship the Cyclops. They bring children to the Cyclops as sacrifices so the Cyclops can empower their eye.

* BlackCloak: They wear long black cloaks with [[InTheHood hoods]].
* {{Cult}}: They form a cult that worships the Cyclops.
* {{Cyclops}}: They only have one eye, in the shape of a crystal jammed above their nose. The only way for them to see is to be empowered by the power of the Cyclops' eye.
* EvilWearsBlack: They kidnap children to sacrifice them and dress in {{black cloak}}s so it's safe to say they're evil.
* EyeBeams: They can shoot FrickinLaserBeams with their eye once they're empowered by the Cyclops.
* KeystoneArmy: A variant. When the Cyclops is blinded, the monks loose their eyesight as well.
* LooksLikeOrlok: They have a pale (well, pale green) and vampirish appearance ({{fangs|are evil}} in particular) and they're bald.
* MindOverMatter: They have some degree of telekinetic power apparently, given how one of them magically lifts an unconscious Telemachus to bring him into his cell.
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: The leader of the monks angrily tells Ulysses that Poseidon and the other gods won't let his slaying of the Cyclops unpunished and that "their revenge will be terrible". Then [[EarthShatteringKaboom the Cyclops' planet explodes]], and Ulysses' ordeal with the gods starts there...
* OminousLatinChanting: They chant ominously when the sacrifice ceremony starts, seconds before Ulysses kicks in.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: They only appear in the first episode, and they're the very cause of Ulysses' perilous journey in the Olympus as a [[ThePunishment punishment]] by the gods.
* TargetedHumanSacrifice: They sacrifice humanoid children (not only humans, but Zotrians too apparently) to the Cyclops. [[PoweredByAForsakenChild The Cyclops' ritual only works using children]].

[[folder:Cortex]]
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A tyrannical computer created by the gods. It rules a planet that is exclusively populated by machines.

* AIIsACrapshoot: A malevolent artificial intelligence.
* ComputerVoice: A sinister one at that.
* EvilLaugh: Lets one out when Ulysses defies it.
* MasterComputer: Controls everything in its realm.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: Has a trident symbol on its central unit, since it was created by the gods.
* ScavengerWorld: Cortex' robotic servants scavenge every ship unfortunate enough to be captured in its realm.
* {{Technopath}}: Cortex can take control of plenty of machines, the ''Odysseus'' and its service robots included.

[[folder:The Flowers of Fear]]
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Robotic parasite flowers that were created by the gods to punish a hospital-planet's civilization for its very advanced medical technologies they saw as pure arrogance.

* EyeBeams: They have eyes, and shoot FrickinLaserBeams with them.
* ExtraEyes: Each plant has three eyes.
* FantasticFlora: A dangerous robotic flora created by the gods.
* FinalSolution: The flowers carried out a genocide on the hospital-planet.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: The threat Ulysses has to deal with in "Flowers of Fear".
* ThePunishment: The gods destroyed a whole civilization with them because said civilization's medical technologies were so advanced they could cure ''[[BeyondTheImpossible death]]''.
* TheyHaveTheScent: They can detect any form of intelligent life, then track it down to destroy it.
* WhenTreesAttack: They are parasitic plants who attack any form of life that dares setting foot on the hospital-planet.

[[folder:Decoy Astronaut]]
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A robotic killer disguised as an ancient astronaut from Earth. The gods created it as a bait to lure Ulysses towards Scylla and Charybdis.

* DavidVersusGoliath: Nono, of all people, tries to distract it. He's just a mere annoyance to the killer robot, but that's still very ballsy from him.
* FemmeFatalons: Its true form's hands are like sharp claws.
* GlowingEyes: The robot's eyes glow when it gets rid of its synthetic flesh to reveal what was beneath.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Ulysses eventually runs it through in the neck with his LaserBlade.
* ImplacableMan: Very reminiscent of a [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} T-800]] (predating it by 3 years, actually) in that it relentlessly tries to kill Telemachus, Yumi and Nono.
* KillerRobot: Its true form is revealed when Nono tears synthetic skin and flesh off one of its feet.
* MeatSackRobot: A human-shaped robot with synthetic flesh. Not unlike a T-800 Terminator, again.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: The enemy Ulysses has to get rid of in "Trapped Between Fire and Ice". Scylla and Charybdis don't quite qualify as they are space storms and not sentient monsters.
* TheSpeechless: It never speaks.
* ThrownOutTheAirlock: Ulysses disposes of it in space after its death.

[[folder:The Mud Doubles]]
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Mud monsters created by the gods. They have built-in cameras that scan their targets, then they copy said target's appearance to turn into doubles.

* BlobMonster: Their default state.
* DidntSeeThatComing: They can copy Ulysses' LaserBlade... but not his energy shield.
* DittoFighter: They can copy Ulysses' LaserBlade[=/=]blaster gun.
* EvilKnockoff: They copy Ulysses, Yumi, Telemachus and Nono then try to kill them.
* GlowingEyes: The cameras in their eyes glow when they're scanning their targets to copy them.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Throwing objects at them is useless since they can regenerate. They are vulnerable to Ulysses' blaster, however.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: In "Phantoms from the Swamp".
* MySkullRunnethOver: Projecting the image of someone then moving it rapidly makes their central unit overload and explode.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: Once they're destroyed, the gods' trident symbol can be seen on their command units.
* {{ShapeShifting}}: They can morph into any creature they copy (humans, Zotrians, and even Nono).
* SwampsAreEvil: ...and the mud is alive and copies your appearance, then tries to kill you.

[[folder:The Slaves of the Parcae]]
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Former men or humanoids the gods punished for entering the domain of the Parcae. They are condemned to help the Parcae weave the threads of life forever.

* ArmoredVillainsUnarmoredHeroes: For some reason, Ulysses doesn't activate his energy shield when fighting them, while they all have shields.
* FacelessGoons: They have dark helmets that hide their face.
* FateWorseThanDeath: When Ulysses enters the realm of the Parcae, the gods threaten to condemn him to the same fate as these slaves.
* InstantMilitia: The gods turn some of them into soldiers to attack Ulysses.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: They get shields when turning into soldiers.
* LuredIntoATrap: How they are eventually dealt with. Telemachus tensions a wire that makes them trip atop stairs and then tumble down said stairs.
* {{Mooks}}: The main physical threats to Ulysses in the episode "The Seat of Forgetfulness". They are numerous and lacking individuality.
* NighInvulnerability: According to Zeus, they are invincible.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: Their swords are trident-shaped.
* ThePunishment: The gods condemned them to be slaves of the Parcae, weaving the threads of life on a giant loom for an eternity.
* ShouldersOfDoom: They have prominent blue armored shoulders.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: They throw their swords at Ulysses in unison at some point. And they miss their target, of course.
* WasOnceAMan: They dared entering the domain of the Parcae, and the gods punished them by having them work on the Parcae's gigantic loom forever.
* ZergRush: They try to overwhelm Ulysses and the children through sheer number.

[[folder:The Kenocopters]]
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Vulture-like creatures the gods used to keep the Saurians enslaved on the geologically identical copy of Earth before the Flood happened. The gods left them behind on the planet, and they attack everyone in sight.

* FeatheredFiend: They are cruel vulture-like creatures.
* FrickinLaserBeams: They shoot energy beams with their beaks.
* HydraProblem: Shooting a Kenocopter with FrickinLaserBeams doesn't kill it. Instead, it ''creates another one''.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: The main threats in "Before the Flood".
* NighInvulnerability: Their only vulnerability is water.
* SelfDuplication: Any damage on a Kenocopter creates another one.
* WeaksauceWeakness: They are vulnerable to water.
* ZergRush: They attack in large numbers.

!! Other Characters

[[folder:Heratos]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' René Bériard

An old scientist and space explorer who's tormented by the gods.

* BeardOfSorrow: He has a long beard, and he's been tormented by the gods for years and finds himself forced by the gods to lie to Ulysses and lead him to a certain death.
* BlindedByTheLight: When he found a map of the Olympus galaxy inside the Zotrian ship by Atina's side, he tried to take it. The gods then punished him for this attempt and permanently blinded him with a flash of light.
* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: Out of remorse for leading Ulysses to the spaceships graveyard, he decides to yake the risk go there to help him and amend.
* CosmicPlaything: One of the many people the gods torment for (not even intentionally) defying them.
* InterspeciesAdoption: He is human, and he adopted a Zotrian girl.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Astronomy, archeology and paleontology.
* ThePunishment: The gods blinded him for daring to acquire a map of Olympus.
* SadisticChoice: The gods offer Heratos to recover his eyesight... provided he lures Ulysses to a magnetic graveyard for spaceships where he will die. If Heratos doesn't obey their orders, the gods will kill him [[AndYourLittleDogToo and Atina]].

[[folder:Atina]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Amélie Morin (French)

A Zotrian orphan girl Heratos found in her parents' ship. He adopted and raised her.

* AnimalEyes: As a Zotrian, she has cat-like slanted eyes with a vertical slit for a pupil.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: She wears purple, although to a lesser extent than Yumi.
* HappilyAdopted: She was happily raised by Heratos.
* NiceGirl: Seems to be a common trait among Zotrians. She's as nice as Yumi.
* PointyEars: She has pointy ears, like all Zotrians.
* SoleSurvivor: Her parents disappeared from the Zotrian ship -- likely killed by the gods, and she was alone when Heratos found her.

[[folder:Chronos]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Pierre Hatet (French)

The master of time itself. The other gods of Olympus cast him away and he captures Ulysses in order to bring him to them and earn back his place among them.

* ClockPunk: His realm and his servants are literally made of clocks.
* EvilOldFolks: He's a TimeAbyss, and he's evil.
* GodInHumanForm: He looks no different from an old human save for the face in the back of his head.
* TheHyena: The other face he has [[EvilLaugh laughs evily]] pretty much all the time.
* NiceHat: Wears a Phrygian cap.
* RapidAging: One of his realm's powers is to curse people with this. This is what happens to Ulysses' companions and Numinor.
* SadlyMythtaken: Chronos has never been depicted as TwoFaced, which is rather an attribute of the Roman god Janus. Interestingly, while not being the Roman equivalent of Chronos by any mean, Janus traditionally ''has'' time-related powers.
* SoundtrackDissonance: His realm's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrv3mqEV-iw beautiful theme]] contrasts heavily with his devious persona.
* TimeMaster: The exact extent of his powers over time itself in the Olympus are not known, but they are tremendous within his realm. He also has a giant clock that can rewind time itself, which Ulysses manages to use as a ResetButton.
* TwoFaced: He has two faces. One is that of an old man with a grey beard and it is dead serious. The other face is in the back of his head. It is beardless and lets out {{Evil Gloating}}s and {{Evil Laugh}}s pretty much constantly.
* VillainousRescue: He reverses time on the ''Odysseus'' just as it was about to explode when sustaining critical damages from a surprise and massive Tridents attack. Then he captures Ulysses.

[[folder:Aeolus]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Jean Mailland (French)

The king of winds and master of cosmic currents. He captures Ulysses to provide entertainment for his daughter's birthday.
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* TheCaligula: He rules a planet, seems to be lazy and enjoys nothing more than seeing people going through hell in his {{Deadly Game}}s.
* CosmicEntity: Albeit not on par with the gods of Olympus.
* DeadlyGame: He puts Ulysses through a manhunt game to divert the guests of his daughter's birthday, much to her dislike.
* EvilCripple: He never leaves his wheelchair.
* EvilLaugh: Lets out a few of these as he enjoys the games.
* FatBastard: He's quite heavyset.
* HeelRealization: Realizes the wrongs he has committed when his daughter almost dies, and lets Ulysses go as a result.
* HumanChess: The second ordeal he puts Ulysses through is a deadly human-sized chess game with the chess pieces out to kill him.
* ItAmusedMe: Puts Ulysses through {{Deadly Game}}s just for his own amusement and that of his party guests.
* {{Pinball}}: For the third ordeal, Aeolus has Ulysses thrown in a giant pinball game and bounce on obstacles like a ball.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sisyphus]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Louis Arbessier (French)

The king of Corinth who once sought the secret of Death in the desert of Tartarus in order to be granted eternal life. The gods punished him for this, by condemning him to push spherical metallic debris into a pit. Forever.
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* AncientGreece: His HappyFlashback indicates he comes from there. Either the Olympus galaxy is (most likely) out of space and time, or he has pushed metallic debris for ''millennia''.
* BeardOfSorrow: He's bearded, and constantly wonders when his ordeal will end.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He wanted eternal life for himself and his wife Merope. The gods gave him eternal life... albeit with an eternity of suffering and a meaningless purpose.
* CosmicPlaything: Needless to say, the gods are ''very'' petty with him.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Pushing metallic debris into a pit forever under a blazing sun, and having only [[MixAndMatchCritters mushroom-beetles]] to eat.
* ImmortalitySeeker: He once sought to find the secret of death, which according to him is the secret of eternal life.
* ImpossibleTask: More like ''endless'' task.
* ThePunishment: The gods condemned him to push metallic debris spheres into a pit forever. The Myth/ClassicalMythology one had to push boulders up a mountainside, which inevitably rolled down the mountain and he had to do it all over again.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Sphinx]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Raymond Loyer (French)

A creature living in a pyramid in the Olympus. He captures space travellers and they have to answer his riddle correctly if they want to be freed.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: He is a [[TheGoodKing wise ruler]] in his kingdom and has none of the [[ToServeMan man-eating]] and suicidal tendencies of the mythical Sphinx.
* AncientEgypt: He looks nothing like an Egyptian Sphinx in appearance per se (he looks very much like his Greek myth counterpart minus the GenderSwap, and the riddle thing is purely Ancient Greece as well), but his kingdom is a FuturisticPyramid and the dominant color on him and in his lair is sand-like and his clothing is really evocative of Ancient Egypt.
* BizarreSexualDimorphism: He is more animalistic-looking than his daughter (including having fur) and uses four legs to walk.
* CatFolk: A humanoid lion.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: He wants his daughter to succeed him one day, and wants her to be as wise as he is.
* FuturisticPyramid: His kingdom / lair looks like an ancient Egyptian temple.
* GenderFlip: The Myth/ClassicalMythology Sphinx is female, this one is clearly male. Although, he does have a daughter whose devious personality is much closer to the mythical Sphinx.
* TheGoodKing: He rules a kingdom and wants his daughter Hercronne to be wise enough to succeed him one day.
* IGaveMyWord: Releases Ulysses after he answered his riddle and defeated Hercronne.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: A rather honorable one considering the many downright hostile threats Ulysses bumps into. The main danger for Ulysses actually comes from the Sphinx's daughter and not really from his (easy) riddle.
* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass: He lets the people who answer his riddle go. Those who cannot end up enslaved.
* RiddleOfTheSphinx: The classic one, and no other: "What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, three legs in the evening, and no legs at night?". Ulysses gives the right answer, naturally: "Man".
* RiddlingSphinx: He has the classic mythology attributes of the Sphinx (human head - although with CuteLittleFangs - and torso, the body of a lion and wings) and captures space travellers to ask them a riddle. Should they give the right answer, he will let them go. Should they give a wrong answer, they will become his slaves (or those of his daughter).
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: The Sphinx is not part of the ''Odyssey'' myths, he is an enemy of Oedipus traditionally.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: The mythical Sphinx commits suicide after Oedipus gives the right answer. This Sphinx, not being a proud and crazy creature, doesn't.
* WingedHumanoid: He has wings.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hercronne]]
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The devious daughter of the Sphinx.
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* BizarreSexualDimorphism: She is more humanoid than her father, she has no fur and she stands on two legs.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: She's self-serving and demanding, and abiding by the rules of the Sphinx's kingdom bores her to no end.
* CatFolk: She looks very much like a humanoid cat, minus the long hair and wings.
* CuteLittleFangs: Although not so cute given her devious personality.
* HeelRealization: She realizes how devious, selfish and corrupted by the gods she was upon watching her true ugly inner self in the MagicMirror, and vows to become a better person afterwards.
* MasterOfIllusion: She can create multiple illusions of herself.
* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: Her father is wise enough not to let her watch her true inner self in his MagicMirror. When she does, she realizes how ugly she is in the inside. [[HeelRealization She then cries and amends, wishing to become a better person]].
* PointyEars: She has cat-like pointy ears.
* SelfDuplication: She can create multiple illusions who all have her appearance, although they're not physical.
* SpoiledBrat: She is quite selfish with none of the wisdom of her father, and badly wants Ulysses to belong to her.
* VillainousCrush: She has one on Ulysses and wants him to become her slave.
* WingedHumanoid: She has wings.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Minotaur]]
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A half-human half-bull creature King Minos keeps in a labyrinth.
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* FedToTheBeast: Minos disposes of his enemies and people he wants to get rid of by locking them in the labyrinth with the Minotaur, although the monster just kills them instead of devouring them.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Ends up impaling himself on the LaserBlade of Ulysses (hold by Theseus).
* InescapableNet: Fights using a net in addition to his trident.
* ALoadOfBull: He isn't much different from his Myth/ClassicalMythology half-human half-bull hybrid counterpart.
* MasterOfIllusion: Projects his image on many mirrors inside the labyrinth to confuse his preys.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: Fights using a trident.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Theseus is there and does finish the monster off, but it's Ulysses who does most of the fight against him. Not to mention Theseus kills the monster using Ulysses' sword.
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[[folder:Atlas]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Denis Savignat (French)

The titan who supports the whole universe.
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* ApocalypseHow: Removing the stone from his forehead can cause this on a "universal" scope. His job is to prevent this.
* AtlasPose: He's a rather faitfhul version of the Myth/ClassicalMythology TropeNamer and takes this pose to prevent the universe from collapsing after Ulysses puts the stone back on his forehead.
* BassoProfundo: He is basically the keystone of the universe, and he has a very deep and commanding voice.
* CosmicEntity: He supports the whole universe thanks to the strength contained in the stone he has on his forehead.
* GentleGiant: He means no harm to Ulysses and only seeks to maintain the balance of the universe.
* GlowingEyes: His eyes start glowing when he gets up to prevent the universe from collapsing.
* LivingStatue: He takes the form of a giant living statue.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Jean-Pierre Leroux (French)

The tyrant king of the Lestrigones. He loves using a prism to shrink ships and creatures to add them to his collection.
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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: His skin is pale blue, whereas all the other Lestrigones are AmbiguouslyBrown.
* TheCollector: He collects shrunken living creatures.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: Collects shrunken creatures and ships alike.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He gets hit by his own shrink ray after tripping. And his own cat chases him after that.
* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: The Lestrigones are rather primitive. They found the prism inside a ship that crashed on their planet.
* {{Jerkass}}: He treats his people like dirt, to say the least.
* ShrinkRay: He possesses a prism that can shrink (or enlarge) anything.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: He has blue hair.
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* StockSoundEffects: They emit [[Franchise/StarWars TIE fighter]] sounds occasionally. Especially when they shoot their lasers.

The series' protagonist and captain of the ''Odysseus''. As an ambassador from Earth in the 31st century, he achieved the Solar Peace, putting an end to a galactic conflict on the planet of Troy, before becoming the subject of the Olympian gods' revenge. He is brave, noble, determined, and will stop at nothing to overcome the conditions imposed upon himself and his companions.

* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Nono's antics make him ridiculously human. He packs a wide range of human emotions like shyness, anger, sadness and love.

The small red robotic companion of Telemachus, given to him by Ulysses as a birthday present. He is rather timid, but can be relied upon in a crisis. He is skilled at machinery repair and possesses tremendous physical strength, and he's also fond of eating nuts and nails.

* CoolSword: Ulysses' LaserBlade, blatantly inspired by the lightsabers of ''Franchise/StarWars'', although it doesn't seem to be able to cut through everything inlike the lightsabers of ''Star Wars'' (then again, most of Ulysses' enemies are equipped/empowered by the gods, so go figure). The hilt can be used as a blaster gun.

* ItAmusedMe: Puts Ulysses through DeadlyGames just for his own amusement and that of his party guests.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ClaudeGiraud (French), Masane Tsukayama (Japanese), Matt Berman (English), Raul de la Fuente (Latin American Spanish)

* MasterComputer: The ''Odysseus'' is nigh-entirely automated, and Shyrka's main job is to control it, make calculations and assist Ulysses to maneuver it.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ClaudeGiraud (French), Masane Tsukayama (Japanese), Matt Berman (English)

->'''Voiced by:''' Fabrice Josso and Jackie Berger (French), Creator/YuuMizushima (Japanese), Adrian Knight (English)

->'''Voiced by:''' Séverine Morisot (French), Creator/SumiShimamoto (Japanese), Anick Faris (English)

->'''Voiced by:''' Jacques Ebner (French), Creator/MayumiTanaka (Japanese), Howard Ryshpan (English)

->'''Voiced by:''' Thierry Bourdon and Gilles Laurent (French)

->'''Voiced by:''' Évelyne Séléna and Sylvie Moreau (French), Kelly Ricard (English)

->'''Voiced by:''' Jean Barney (Nestor, in French)

->'''Voiced by:''' Jean Topart (Zeus, in French), Vlasta Vrana (Zeus, in English)

* SecretTestOfCharacter: Most of the CosmicPlaything ordeal they put Ulysses through is this. They near-constantly tempt Ulysses into abandoning his crew or the children one way or another to get a shortcut to Earth.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Mortals, you defy the gods?! I sentence you to travel among unknown stars. Until you find the Kingdom of Hades, your bodies will stay as lifeless as stone."'']]

* ComputerVoice: A sinister one at that.