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* EvenEvilHasStandards: The gods of Olympus are written with pretty much no redeeming qualities in this show. Nonetheless, when Ulysses finally bests them by making it to the Kingdom of Hades and refusing to abandon his crew, they keep their promise to free his friends and let everyone go back to Earth.
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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.
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The divinities deities 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.
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* {{Expy}}: Of [[Franchise/StarWars TIE Fighters]], what else?
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* JerkAssGods: 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 more cruel.
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* HydraProblem: Shooting a Kenocopter with FrickinLaserBeams doesn't kill it. Instead, it ''creates another one''.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: The gods of Olympus are written with pretty much no redeeming qualities in this show. Nonetheless, when Ulysses finally bests them by making it to the Kingdom of Hades and refusing to abandon his crew, they keep their promise to free his friends and let every go back to Earth.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: The gods of Olympus are written with pretty much no redeeming qualities in this show. Nonetheless, when Ulysses finally bests them by making it to the Kingdom of Hades and refusing to abandon his crew, they keep their promise to free his friends and let every everyone go back to Earth.
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* DidntSeeThatComing: They can copy Ulysses' LaserBlade... but not his energy shield. Because it's transparent.
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* AllMythsAreTrue: Ulysses and his crew believed them to be legends from UsefulNotes/AncientGreece. Turns out they're real.
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* AllMythsAreTrue: Ulysses and his crew believed them to be legends from UsefulNotes/AncientGreece. Turns out they're real. And very, very annoyed.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: The gods of Olympus are written with pretty much no redeeming qualities in this show. Nonetheless, when Ulysses finally bests them by making it to the Kingdom of Hades and refusing to abandon his crew, they keep their promise to free his friends and let him go.every go back to Earth.
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* 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.more cruel.
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* 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]].
* 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]].
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: They only appear in the first episode, and they're the very cause of Ulysses' perilous journey
* TargetedHumanSacrifice: They sacrifice humanoid children (not only humans, but humanoid species like Zotrians too apparently) to the Cyclops. [[PoweredByAForsakenChild The Cyclops' ritual only works using children]].
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[[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.
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* 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.
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[[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''.
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* 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.
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[[folder:The Shark Men]]
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Foot soldiers in service of the gods.
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* 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.
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[[folder:The Cyclops]]
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A giant monster created by Poseidon and worshipped by a cult of blind one-eyed priests.
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* 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.
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[[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.
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* 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]].
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[[folder:Cortex]]
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A tyrannical computer created by the gods. It rules a planet that is exclusively populated by machines.
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* 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.
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[[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.
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* 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.
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[[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.
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* 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.
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[[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.
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* 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.
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[[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.
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* 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.
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[[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.
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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.
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* 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.
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[[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''.
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* 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.
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[[folder:The Shark Men]]
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Foot soldiers in service of the gods.
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* 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.
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[[folder:The Cyclops]]
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A giant monster created by Poseidon and worshipped by a cult of blind one-eyed priests.
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* 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.
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[[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.
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* 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]].
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[[folder:Cortex]]
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A tyrannical computer created by the gods. It rules a planet that is exclusively populated by machines.
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* 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.
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[[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.
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* 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.
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[[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.
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* 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.
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[[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.
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* 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.
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[[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.
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* 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.
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[[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.
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