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* RaceLift: Taking into consideration that Antaeus may have been incorporated into Greek mythology following the Greek conquest of Libya, by all logic he was most likely a Berber before the Greeks got their hands on him and turned him into the giant son of Poseidon and Gaia. Here, he is portrayed as a Greek, a Cretan specifically.
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* AdaptationalNationality: Antaeus is portrayed as Cretan, while in the Heracles myth he lived in Libya and may have been incorporated into Greek mythology following the Greek conquest of Libya in the mid-seventh century BC.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Deianeira was just a human princess that had to be saved by Herc from some centaur that wanted to rape her. Here, she is an immortal nymph who doesn't need saving at all, rather she saves ''him'' a couple of times and teaches him how to use a bow (which becomes a ChekhovsGun later on).
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* AdaptationalBadass: AdaptationalBadass:
** Deianeira was just a human princess that had to be saved by Herc from some centaur that wanted to rape her. Here, she is an immortal nymph who doesn't need saving at all, rather she saves ''him'' a couple of times and teaches him how to use a bow (which becomes a ChekhovsGun lateron).on).
** Eurystheus is not a DirtyCoward and is quite skilled with a bow.
** Deianeira was just a human princess that had to be saved by Herc from some centaur that wanted to rape her. Here, she is an immortal nymph who doesn't need saving at all, rather she saves ''him'' a couple of times and teaches him how to use a bow (which becomes a ChekhovsGun later
** Eurystheus is not a DirtyCoward and is quite skilled with a bow.
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* ChildOfTwoWorlds: Hercules was raised by two parents with two different, opposite faiths (Alcmene is a Hera priestess, while Amphitrion worshipped Zeus) and later learns that he was the son of Zeus. [[spoiler:Subverted when its revealed that his real father was Antaeus, who worshipped Hera, and Hercules decides that his heritage doesn't matter]].
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* ChildOfTwoWorlds: Hercules was raised by two parents with two different, opposite faiths (Alcmene is a Hera priestess, while Amphitrion Amphitryon worshipped Zeus) and later learns that he was the son of Zeus. [[spoiler:Subverted when its revealed that his real father was Antaeus, who worshipped Hera, and Hercules decides that his heritage doesn't matter]].
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** Alcmene begs Amphitrion to kill Hercules when he is just a baby, but can't bring himself to leave the poor baby to die. She decides to pour snakes into his crib instead, but he strangles them to death. While these initial attempts fail, she would later conspire to kill her own son.
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** Alcmene begs Amphitrion Amphitryon to kill Hercules when he is just a baby, but can't bring himself to leave the poor baby to die. She decides to pour snakes into his crib instead, but he strangles them to death. While these initial attempts fail, she would later conspire to kill her own son.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Linus was there when Hercules was conceived. Later, when Hercules is an adult, Linus becomes his sidekick and looks exactly the same.
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* ParentalFavoritism: Its clear that Alcmene prefers Iphicles over Hercules. Ironically, Hercules is favored by Amphitrion, who is not his real father.
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* ParentalFavoritism: Its clear that Alcmene prefers Iphicles over Hercules. Ironically, Hercules is favored by Amphitrion, Amphitryon, who is not his real father.
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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Antaeus was originally Hercules' cousin and great-uncle due to being the son of Poseidon, Zeus' brother, and Gaia, Zeus and Poseidon's grandmother. Here, he is actually his ''father'']].
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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: RelatedInTheAdaptation:
** [[spoiler:Antaeus was originally Hercules' cousin and great-uncle due to being the son of Poseidon, Zeus' brother, and Gaia, Zeus and Poseidon's grandmother. Here, he is actually his''father'']].''father'']].
** Iole is the daughter of Eurystheus and Megara.
** [[spoiler:Antaeus was originally Hercules' cousin and great-uncle due to being the son of Poseidon, Zeus' brother, and Gaia, Zeus and Poseidon's grandmother. Here, he is actually his
** Iole is the daughter of Eurystheus and Megara.
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* SoProudOfYou: Amphitrion is mortally wounded in the fight against the Hydra, and uses his last moments to tell Hercules he is proud of him.
* StandardHeroReward: After saving the King's life from the Lernean Hydra, Hercules is rewarded with Megara's hand in marriage. Just too bad that Megara hates his guts.
* StandardHeroReward: After saving the King's life from the Lernean Hydra, Hercules is rewarded with Megara's hand in marriage. Just too bad that Megara hates his guts.
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* SoProudOfYou: Amphitrion Amphitryon is mortally wounded in the fight against the Hydra, and uses his last moments to tell Hercules he is proud of him.
* StandardHeroReward: After saving the King's life from theLernean Lernaean Hydra, Hercules is rewarded with Megara's hand in marriage. Just too bad that Megara hates his guts.
* StandardHeroReward: After saving the King's life from the
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* AscendedExtra: In the myths, Antaeus was a giant that Heracles fought as a random encounter between his famous labors. Here, he is [[spoiler: upgraded to Hercules' real father.]]
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* AscendedExtra: AscendedExtra:
** In the myths, Antaeus was a giant that Heracles fought as a random encounter between his famous labors. Here, he is [[spoiler: upgraded to Hercules' real father.]]]]
** In the myths, Linus was a music teacher whom Heracles killed in a fit of anger. Here, he survives and eventually becomes Hercules' sidekick in place of Iolaus, who does not exist here.
** In the myths, Antaeus was a giant that Heracles fought as a random encounter between his famous labors. Here, he is [[spoiler: upgraded to Hercules' real father.
** In the myths, Linus was a music teacher whom Heracles killed in a fit of anger. Here, he survives and eventually becomes Hercules' sidekick in place of Iolaus, who does not exist here.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Subverted with the Amazons. At first glance, instead of being the dreaded warriors from myth they appear to be just normal women that are also very "[[UnusualEuphemism friendly]]" towards (male) outsiders. Then its revealed that at night-fall they turn into [[BalefulPolymorph man-eating mares]].
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* AdaptationalWimp: Subverted with the Amazons. At first glance, instead of being the dreaded warriors from myth they appear to be just normal women that are also very "[[UnusualEuphemism friendly]]" towards (male) outsiders. Then its revealed that at night-fall they turn into [[BalefulPolymorph [[ForcedTransformation man-eating mares]].
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* ReligionOfEvil: The Followers of Hera. Her cult incorporates the most negative aspects associated with pagans and ritually sacrifice males every year during a harvest festival in her honor, and then there are the several monsters created by Hera's power that are also associated with her cult such as [[FeatheredFiend the harpies]], [[BalefulPolymorph the man-eating mares]] and [[TheBrute Antaeus]].
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* ReligionOfEvil: The Followers of Hera. Her cult incorporates the most negative aspects associated with pagans and ritually sacrifice males every year during a harvest festival in her honor, and then there are the several monsters created by Hera's power that are also associated with her cult such as [[FeatheredFiend the harpies]], [[BalefulPolymorph [[ForcedTransformation the man-eating mares]] and [[TheBrute Antaeus]].
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** The Nemean lion is a zig-zagged example, as while its portrayal as a shapeshifting seductress is actually from some obscure myths about the lion, it is explicitly combinated with the Theban Sphynx (a creature from Oedipus's myth).
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** The Nemean lion is a zig-zagged example, as while its portrayal as a shapeshifting seductress is actually from some obscure myths about the lion, it is explicitly combinated combined with the Theban Sphynx (a Sphynx, a creature from Oedipus's myth).myth. Being a shapeshifting seductress also seems to evoke the myth of the empusa.
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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Antaeus was originally Hercules' cousin due to being Poseidon's son. Here, he is actually his ''father'']].
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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Antaeus was originally Hercules' cousin and great-uncle due to being the son of Poseidon, Zeus' brother, and Gaia, Zeus and Poseidon's son.grandmother. Here, he is actually his ''father'']].
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* AgeLift: Heracles is traditionally the elder of Theseus, a child of seven by the time the labours have ended. The miniseries portrays Theseus as Hercules' elder by a decade at least.
* AmbiguousSituation: The zigzagging of demythification, combining of Antaeus with the Cretan Bull, and the change of Theseus being older than Hercules brings up questions of the nature of the mentioned Minotaur. Was the Minotaur as he was in the myths or something mundane, yet no less fantastic? Was he a son of Antaeus and thus, half-brother to Hercules?
* AmbiguousSituation: The zigzagging of demythification, combining of Antaeus with the Cretan Bull, and the change of Theseus being older than Hercules brings up questions of the nature of the mentioned Minotaur. Was the Minotaur as he was in the myths or something mundane, yet no less fantastic? Was he a son of Antaeus and thus, half-brother to Hercules?
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* LosingYourHead: Hercules decapitates the Harpies. Later, Alcmene pours blood on one of the heads to revive it. She yells at Alcmene for disturbing her death sleep, but gives advice on killing Hercules. The head eventually dies again.
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* AdaptationOriginConnection: In this version, [[spoiler:Antaeus is Hercules's father, not Zeus]].
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* SceneryCensor: The woman in the lion's cave, as she is apparently naked but hiding behind a rock that covers her body.
