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Characters featured in Disney's Hercules (1997) and Hercules: The Animated Series (1998).


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    Hercules 
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    Megara 
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"Sometimes it's better to be alone, because then nobody can hurt you."
Voiced by: Susan Egan Foreign VAs

The deuteragonist of the movie. A jaded, sarcastic woman who works under Hades and falls in love with Hercules.


  • Anti-Villain: She's one of Hades' minions, but only because she sold her soul to him to save her ex-boyfriend's life.
  • Ascended Extra: In the original myth, Megara is little more than a footnote in Heracles' marriages and (depending on the version) a tragic casualty that led to his Twelve Labors. The Disney movie makes her a major character with a personality.
  • Back from the Dead: Hercules literally reverses her death.
  • Be Careful What You Wish For: In the past, Meg sold her soul to Hades to save her boyfriend. It worked and he was spared...only to run off to the next beautiful woman he met.
  • Beauty Equals Goodness: What she truly is underneath all of that cynical and seductive demeanor of hers.
  • Beauty Is Never Tarnished: For being crushed by a marble column, Meg is still a knockout. Even her corpse looks like a supermodel.
  • Blessed with Suck: Megara is apparently immortal, but is Hades' slave.
  • Broken Bird: Her cynical and snarky personality is the result of her boyfriend abandoning her for another woman after she sold her soul to Hades to save his life. Talk about harsh...
  • Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl: Inverted. She's the Brooding Girl to Hercule's Gentle Boy; heroic Nice Guy and jaded Femme Fatale.
  • Color Motifs: Purple. Meg has purple eyes, eyelids, and it's the color of her Iconic Outfit.
  • Composite Character: She has the name of Heracles' first wife, and yet her run in with the Centaur Nessus comes from his second wife Deianira.
  • Damsel in Distress: Initially it is played for dry comedy during the incident with Nessus; "I'm a damsel. I'm in distress. I can handle this." There are two straight examples in the climax: Hercules cancelling her debt to Hades (with her Bound and Gagged to boot) and then fishing her out of the river of souls.
  • Dark and Troubled Past: She sold her soul to Hades in order to save boyfriend's soul. However, he left her the moment he saw another pretty girl. It left her broken and she spent the rest of her life doing Hades' bidding.
  • Deal with the Devil: Hades owns her soul (see Broken Bird). Her debt to him is paid off by Hercules' deal.
  • Defecting for Love: She abandons Hades' cause due to Hercules making her world bright again.
  • Defrosting Ice Queen: She's initially unimpressed by Hercules' heroic act and gives him the cold shoulder despite his attraction. She later warms up to him after getting to know him.
  • Disney Death: She dies and joins the river of souls, but Hercules collects her soul from the underworld. Unlike most examples of this trope, however, she's genuinely dead before she's resurrected.
  • Does Not Like Men: Likely due to her experiences with them being mostly negative. Falling for Hercules changes that.
  • Dude Magnet: Just ask Hercules, Nessus, Adonis, the man she sold her soul for, and (initially) Phil.
  • Emotionless Girl: She would like to be one, but alas Hercules pulls the strings of her heart.
  • Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Downplayed. Hades usually sends her on "errands" to persuade monsters to ally with him, and also asks her to seduce "Wonder Boy" and find his weakness. Meg assumes that all men are the same and accordingly offer some titillating positions after taking Hercules to see Oedipus. Instead, Hercules gives a Loud Gulp, rearranges her dress strap, and sits at a respectful distance to make sure she is comfortable. Meg is surprised that Wonder Boy is Above the Influence and says, partly gushing, that he's "practically perfect". Eventually, however, Hades realizes that he can use Hercules' inherent good nature against him: by using Meg as a hostage.
  • Expy: Like most of the cast of the film, Meg takes a lot of cues from her counterpart, Lois Lane, being a contrastingly acerbic and worldly woman to a small-town wonder boy. Physically, she shares the brunette hair, purple eyes, and purple clothes of many of Lois' appearances.
  • Females Are More Innocent: She's the only female member of Hades' anti-Hercules posse (alongside Pain and Panic) throughout the movie, and is genuinely the most sympathetic among them (thanks in part to her tragic romantic background).
  • Femme Fatale: An alluring and seductive woman who works for the villain and attempts to seduce The Hero.
  • The First Cut Is the Deepest: She sold her soul to Hades to save her ex-boyfriend, who repaid her by dumping her and running off with another woman. This is one of the biggest reasons why she has difficulty accepting Hercules as her Second Love.
  • Four-Philosophy Ensemble: The cynic. A textbook example. In her eyes everyone is petty and dishonest.
  • Four-Temperament Ensemble: The Melancholic. She's a cynical and sarcastic Broken Bird.
  • Freudian Excuse: She sold her soul to Hades to save her boyfriend's life. Said boyfriend promptly abandoned her for another girl, resulting in her putting up a snarky Ice Queen exterior to avoid getting hurt again.
  • Friendless Background: By her own admission, she had no friends of any kind until she met Hercules.
  • Friendly Address Privileges: She plays with this trope.
    Meg: My friends call me Meg. At least they would if I had any friends.
  • Go Seduce My Archnemesis: Hades is frustrated by how his minions have failed to kill the only obstacle in his Evil Plan, so he sends a different sort of minion to find his weakness. Instead, she becomes his weakness.
  • Graceful Ladies Like Purple: This trope is Invoked by having her dressed in said color, which also matches her beautiful and alluring purple eyes.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: She throws Hercules away from a falling pillar and is crushed under it herself as a result, dying of internal injuries.
  • Heroic Seductress: She tried to seduce Hercules at first under Hades' orders, but would later save the former after he was weakened, which was out of her genuine love for him, as well as her own personal guilt for working for the latter.
  • Hidden Depths: At the end of the "Hercules and the Yearbook", it is revealed that she was a cheerleader and in the glee club during high school.
  • Honey Trap: What Hades wants her to be for Hercules, so she can find out his weakness so Hades can exploit it. It doesn't work quite that way since she ends up falling in love with him.
  • Horrible Judge of Character: To her ex-boyfriend. She even calls herself out on this in her song; "if there's a prize for rotten judgement, I guess I've already won that."
  • Impossible Hourglass Figure: She was specifically designed to be shaped like a Greek vase. Lampshaded by Hades when he gets the idea to have her Go Seduce My Archnemesis.
    Meg: Looks like your game's over. Wonderboy's hitting every curve you throw at him.
    Hades: (visibly getting an idea) Oh yeah... (chuckles) I wonder if maybe I haven't been throwing... (traces Meg's figure with his hands) the right curves at him.
  • In Love with the Mark: Hades sends Meg to spy on Hercules and uncover his weakness so they can get rid of him. However, Meg falls in love with Hercules because of his kindness towards her.
  • Ink-Suit Actor: For Susan Egan. Even after nearly two decades, the resemblance is still incredibly striking.
  • Interspecies Romance: Her (a human) and Hercules (a demigod).
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She starts off kind of snappy and a self-centered jerk. Then we learn her backstory, and she starts falling in love with Hercules...
  • Love Redeems: Falling for Hercules inspires her to be good again and resist Hades' Evil Plan.
  • Ms. Fanservice: She's a gorgeous woman with an Impossible Hourglass Figure that moves sexily, courtesy of Ken Duncan's expressive animation.
  • My God, What Have I Done?: In a rare moment of despair, Megara is racked with guilt for her part in Hercules getting blackmailed to give up his strength for a day by Hades. She tries to convince Hercules that it wasn't the way Hades made it out to be and it takes her dying to save Hercules' life for him to realize she did truly love him.
  • Nerves of Steel: She's a mere mortal woman brave enough to stand up to Hades, the God of the Underworld.
  • The Nicknamer: Being as snarky as she is, Meg has a jocose name for almost every main character; "Herc" and "Wonder Boy" for Hercules, "Oh Oneness" for Hades, "Shorty" and "Goat Nanny" for Phil, and "Pinto" for Pegasus.
  • No Celebrities Were Harmed:
    • Meg was inspired by Barbara Stanwyck's tough attitude in some of her screwball comedies.
  • No Good Deed Goes Unpunished:
    • She sold her soul to Hades in order to save her boyfriend's life, only for said boyfriend to abandon her for another woman. As a result, she unwillingly works for Hades.
    • Later, she saves Hercules' life, albeit at the cost of her own.
  • Non-Standard Character Design: Due to Gerald Scarfe being the main stylistic influence on Hercules, she stands out from other Disney heroines with her stylized design (including an impossibly small waist).
  • Not So Stoic: Megara has been mostly jaded throughout the film, but her demeanor began to crack when Hades gives her an offer she couldn't refuse.
    Hades: You give me the key to bringing down Wonderbreath... (shoves a Hercules vase in Meg's hands) ... and I will give you the thing you want most in the entire cosmos! .... Your... freedom...
    Megara: (eyes widen and gasps in shock as the vase falls from her hands)
  • Odd Name, Normal Nickname: Megara is often called simply "Meg", a normal name by the Anachronism Stew standards of the movie.
  • Official Couple: Meg becomes a couple with Hercules at the end of the movie.
  • Only Known by Their Nickname: Her full name is "Megara", but everyone calls her "Meg".
  • Redheads Are Ravishing: The auburn redheaded Meg is introduced as a Femme Fatale who is sent by Hades to seduce Hercules, but she ends up becoming Hercules' real girlfriend. Hercules is infatuated with her at first sight and Hades also comments on her curvy figure.
  • Redemption Equals Death: Her true redemption comes when she performs a Heroic Sacrifice and dies.
  • Reformed, but Rejected: Pegasus is willing to believe her good intentions, but Phil initially rejects her harshly.
  • Rescue Introduction: Hercules meets Megara when rescuing her from a monstrous centaur.
  • Show Some Leg: Does this quite literally on her night with Hercules.
    Megara: So... have you ever had any problems like these? [thrusts her leg out in front of Herc's face, then uses her foot to direct his face to her] Weak ankles, I mean?
  • Silk Hiding Steel: Meg, though crossed with Femme Fatale and Broken Bird, fulfills the trope in her ability to manipulate like a damsel and her Heroic Sacrifice inner steel.
  • Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Nessus is a Jerkass who thinks "No" Means "Yes". Hercules is The Cape and promises that he would never ever hurt her; Meg also mentions how she loves his honesty and sweetness. Thus, she falls for the latter.
  • Slave Mooks: She's one to Hades, due to a binding contract she signed when she made her Deal with the Devil.
  • Spared by the Adaptation: Unlike the original myth, she is not killed by Hercules and survives to the end of the movie.
  • Statuesque Stunner: She's nearly as tall as Herc, and is gorgeous, as many of the franchise's characters can attest.
  • Stepford Snarker: Her harsh past experiences have made her into a highly sarcastic and sassy woman. Behind her sassiness, she's still hurting over being dumped by the man she loved after she literally sold her soul for him.
  • Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Meg is bitter and distant due to her past, but learns to open up again after falling for Hercules.
  • Take a Third Option: Between having Hercules depowered to save her or being wounded if Hercules breaks the pact that ensures her safety? She'd rather break said pact herself via saving Hercules from a falling column, even if it's at the ultimate cost of her life.
  • Token Good Teammate: Of Hades' team, she's the only one who isn't evil. In fact, she's only working for him because of a deal she made with Hades years ago.
  • Took a Level in Idealism: Due to falling in love with Hercules, Meg goes from a cynic only looking out for herself to an idealistic and selfless person who sacrifices herself for him.
  • Tsundere: Once she starts falling in love with Hercules for real, she has a hard time coming to terms with it due to her terrible experiences with romance beforehand. "I Won't Say I'm In Love" demonstrates it best.
    No chance! No way! I won't say it!
    At least out loud.. I won't say I'm in... love...
  • Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Meg is afraid of heights, which is why she doesn't like riding Pegasus, but she overcomes her fear at the end of the film in order to save Hercules.
  • Win Your Freedom: "You give me the key to bringing down Wonderbreath and I will give you the thing you want most in the cosmos... your freedom."
  • Yoko Oh No: Pegasus and Phil give her this treatment, fearing she'll weaken Hercules. They're actually right, but thankfully there's the High-Heel–Face Turn trope.
  • You Are Worth Hell: After learning that Herc is genuinely as kind and sweet a guy as he appears, Megara attempts to call off the deal with Hades to protect him, even if it means that her servitude and bondage towards Hades will now last for the rest of eternity. Unfortunately in the heat of the moment, she also forgets, Hades owns her.
    Hades: Do you hear that, that's the sound of your freedom flying out the window, forever.
    Meg: I don't care! I'm not going to let you hurt him!

    Philoctetes 
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"Yeah, I had a dream once. I dreamed I was gonna train the greatest hero there ever was. So great, the gods would hang a picture of him in the stars... all across the sky... and people would say, 'That's Phil's boy.' That's right."
Voiced by: Danny DeVito (movie), Robert Costanzo (animated series, games, theme parks) Foreign VAs

A satyr and Hercules' trainer.


  • Adaptation Species Change: He was human in the original myth. Here, he's a satyr. The stage musical reverses this however, and reimagines him as a human gyro seller.
  • Age Lift: In the original myth, he was a child when Hercules died. Disney's portrayal of him makes him significantly older, enough to have trained many figures of Greek Mythology.
  • Ascended Extra: Philoctetes was barely involved in the original Heracles myth, only playing a part in it after Hercules had died. The Disney movie bumps him up to a major role as Hercules' trainer.
  • Badass Teacher: Downplayed; he teaches Hercules to fight monsters but runs away when monsters actually show up. He's no coward, though — he frequently stays nearby and goads Hercules to keep on fighting like a coach. Phil is smart enough to know that, being the stubby satyr he is, he's completely outmatched by the monsters Herc fights and would be immediately in over his head if he actually tried to fight alongside him. Although even if he can't fight monsters, he's still strong enough to easily beat the crap out of human men several times his size.
  • Berserk Button: Don't mention Achilles' Heel to him. One heckling Theban learns this the hard way.
    Burned Theban: Hey, isn't that the goat man who trained Achilles?
    Phil: [with barely restrained anger as he literally becomes red] Watch it, pal...
    Big Theban: Hey yeah, you're right! Eh, nice job on those heels! You missed a spot! Ha ha ha!
    Phil: I got your heel, RIGHT HERE!! [proceeds to beat up the Big Theban, giving him a black eye, breaking a few of his teeth and biting him on the butt before Herc pulls him off]
  • Butt-Monkey: His own song shows him going through a number of comical injuries, from Zeus' bolt to a tree falling on him and olives sticking to his horns.
  • Cassandra Truth: He tries to warn Hercules about Megara being a Honey Trap, but he doesn't believe him.
  • Casanova Wannabe: The various humans and nymphs run away from his advances yet he insists they "can't keep their hands off me." That gets him slapped. Human women reject him too, as seen with his failed attempt to flirt with Meg, but in the end of the film, Aphrodite-the Goddess of love of all people falls for him, giving him a passionate kiss instantly, and having to be pried away from her by Hercules, who's flying back home with Meg. In the TV show, he has a girlfriend, who's a nymph that likes him, the only problem is her disapproving bigot father. Justified as he is a satyr, which according to ancient folklore, are known to have this trait.
  • Composite Character: He serves the role that Chiron the centaur did in the original myth.
  • Cynicism Catalyst: He was once an eager trainer and teacher of famous Greek heroes like Jason, Odysseus, Theseus, and many others but they all failed him in one way or another. The worst of all was Achilles, who seemed like he would be Phil's greatest success, but failed spectacularly and made Phil give up on his dream and teaching would-be heroes.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Much of his dialogue is sarcastic.
    Meg: He won't listen to me.
    Phil: Good! Then he's finally learned something.
  • Disappointed in You: All of his students before Hercules let him down.
    Phil: I've trained all those would-be "heroes": Odysseus, Perseus, Theseus... lotta yuseus. And every single one of those washed up bums let me down, flatter than a discus. None of them could go the distance.
    • Phil is also disappointed in Hercules when abandoning him after an argument they had when Hercules ignored him when he tried to warn him about Meg working for Hades.
    Phil: I thought you were the all-time champ, not the all-time chump.
  • Earn Your Happy Ending: After years of failure and disappointment Phil's dream finally comes true as he sees the constellation of Hercules in the sky and people saying "That's Phil's boy". Cue tears of joy.
  • Extreme Omnigoat: Being a satyr, Phil has a cartoon goat's diet. He picks up a ceramic bowl full of grapes, only to toss out the grapes and eat the bowl. He also eats the grass to cut his lawn and a flower tossed in a celebration.
  • Expy: Animator Eric Goldberg used Grumpy from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as inspiration for Phil's design.
  • Fauns and Satyrs: Being a satyr, he has the legs and horns of a goat, but the upper body of a human.
  • Fiery Redhead: His hair and beard are a noticeably reddish color and he is quite Hot-Blooded.
  • Four-Philosophy Ensemble: The realist. He an experienced, no-nonsense mentor.
  • Four-Temperament Ensemble: The Choleric. His temper is a short as he is, but he’s at the top of his field.
  • Goal in Life: Phil's dream has always been to train the greatest hero to ever live, so great that the gods would create a constellation of that hero for all the world to see and recognize Phil as the one who trained that hero. According to the song "One Last Hope", he wants to see his dream come true before his death.
  • Grumpy Old Man: When Herc comes to him, he's jaded due to previous charges failing him. He nearly flat-out refuses to train Herc until Zeus provided a suitable counterargument, by means of a Bolt of Divine Retribution .
  • Heterosexual Life-Partners: Appears to have become this with Hercules by the end in a mentor/protégée sort of way.
  • High-Pressure Emotion: Phil literally turns red when he's particularly angry.
  • Hot-Blooded: He has quite the intensity, mostly shown through grumpiness and angry shouting.
  • Ink-Suit Actor: Phil's basically a goat version of Danny DeVito, his first voice actor, as seen with his short, portly stature and his balding. His varity of expressions was also an inspiration for animating him.
  • In-Series Nickname: Almost always called "Phil" instead of his birth name, "Philoctetes".
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Phil can be tough, blunt, and a bit of pervert... but when he knows that Herc's feeling down, he's here to give him a pep talk.
    Hercules: You were right all along, Phil... dreams are for rookies...
    Phil: No no, no, no, kid! Giving up is for rookies!
  • Lovable Sex Maniac: He's introduced chasing after a bunch of nymphs, flirts with Meg when he first meets her and at the end earns himself a victory smooch from Aphrodite of all people.
  • Mad Libs Catchphrase: Starts with "Two words..." when giving advice or retort. Anything after that is one or three (or more) words, but almost never two. The "one" words usually have two or more syllables like this:
    Phil: My answer is two words...note  O-kay.
  • Mentor Archetype: He's renowned as "the trainer of heroes". Odysseus, Perseus, Theseus (a lotta "yusses"), Achilles, and then Hercules.
  • My Greatest Failure: Achilles was supposed to be his greatest student but the guy suffered an embarassing loss after a nick on his heel, and thus became this instead.
    Phil: And then, there was Achilles! Now there was a guy who had it all! He had the build! He had the foot speed! He could jab! He could take a hit! He could keep on coming! (Beat) BUT THAT FURSHLUGGINER HEEL OF HIS! He barely gets nicked there once and KABOOM! He's history!
  • My Greatest Second Chance: Phil eventually views training and molding Hercules into a proper hero as his chance to get his name redeemed.
  • The Napoleon: He's very short, and short-tempered as well, in contrast to Hercules' Gentle Giant.
  • Odd Name, Normal Nickname: Philoctetes tells Herc to call him "Phil" right off the bat.
  • Sarcasm-Blind: Seems to be this. During Meg's conversation with Hades, which he overhears, Phil hears her answer to Hades' question and misinterprets it, not realizing that Meg was being sarcastic.
  • Surrounded by Idiots: To a lower extent than Hades, but he groans about the intelligence of the people around him.
  • Tsundere: A non-romantic example. He opens the song "One Last Hope" griping that nothing and no-one will ever convince him to try coaching again, but noticeably brightens up once Zeus forces him to dust off his old tools.
  • "Well Done, Son" Guy: In the series, it's revealed his mother is always demeaning him and claiming his shoe salesman brother is better, so he's always striving for her respect. And when his brother appears, turns out she does the reverse for him, always talking about Phil!
  • Yiddish as a Second Language: We're aware that that doesn't really make any sense. Most of us don't care.

    Pegasus 
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"A magnificent horse with the brain of a bird."
Voiced by: Frank Welker

The flying horse companion of Hercules.


  • Animals Lack Attributes: He's meant to be a stallion, as shown by his falling for the Honey Trap made by Pain and Panic shapeshifting as a mare, but he lacks a sheath or testicles. Also, despite having a prominent butt crack, he lacks an anus, which would have been seen clearly when he was trying to force his butt through Phil's door.
  • Blue Is Heroic: His mane and tail are blue, which references the blue sky and perhaps his Olympic origins.
  • Canon Immigrant: While Pegasus was indeed a character in Greek Mythology, he was not involved in the original Heracles myth at all (he was the steed of the hero Bellepheron, who slew the Chimaera). The Disney movie added him so Herc could have a faster means of travel, while also serving as a comedic animal sidekick as a bonus. He also wasn't created by Zeus, he's actually the offspring of Poseidon and Medusa (don't think about it too much).
  • Cool Horse: A giant super-strong flying horse.
  • A Dog Named "Dog": A pegasus (a flying horse) named...Pegasus. This is justified, as the Pegasus of the original tales would come to loan his name to the fictional species as a whole.
  • Faster-Than-Light Travel: Pretty close, anyway. Word of God states that he's the shooting star that Hercules was watching while he sang "Go The Distance." He later enters Zeus' temple in the form of a falling star before revealing his true form. This ability is never seen again, most likely because he's usually carrying someone on his back while flying for the rest of the movie. This could be a possible Shout-Out to the original mythology when he was eventually made into the Real Life constellation.
  • Feather Fingers: Downplayed since he never uses his wings as hands to hold things, but he does do several cartoonish things with them such as: wrapping them around his body; holding them behind his head to imitate other creatures like peacocks, minotaurs, and gorgons; and even spinning them around his back like the blades of a helicopter.
  • Four-Philosophy Ensemble: The apathetic. He does have the brain of a bird.
  • Four-Temperament Ensemble: The sanguine. A chirpy, cheery bird.
  • Giant Flyer: He's got an impressive wingspan.
  • Gigantic Adults, Tiny Babies: No parents to speak of since he was created from clouds, but still present. When Zeus makes him, he's the same size as an infant Hercules and has tiny legs and wings. When they reunite some seventeen years later, he's the size of a full grown horse with a large wingspan. Evidently his growth rate is more like a bird than an equine.
  • Handshake Substitute: He and Hercules head-butt each other as a form of greeting and their friendship. He can also do "high-fives" with his hooves.
  • Interspecies Friendship: With Hercules; pegasus and human/demi-god.
  • Light Is Good: He's Hercules' companion and is predominately white.
  • Mix-and-Match Critters: He's a horse that not only has the wings of a bird but also acts like a bird.
  • Non-Human Sidekick: He's a steed for Hercules, and keeps him company through all the long nights of hero training.
  • Silent Snarker: Tends to make sassy comments through his eyes and facial expressions.
  • Super-Breath: Demonstrates this in a few scenes, most notably when he helps Phil set up the training area by blowing on grass like a leaf blower. Could be justified in that he was created from clouds and thus has an association with air and wind.
  • The Trickster: He sometimes likes to mess with people, especially Phil, Meg and (on one occasion) Hades.
  • Unrelated in the Adaptation: In contrast to Pegasus' origins dating back to the Classical Period, he is most definitely not Poseidon's son here and thus, not Hercules' cousin. Possible subversion in that he was created by Zeus as his and Hera's gift to Hercules, arguably making the two of them brothers.

Olympian Gods

    Zeus and Hera 
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"What about our gift, dear?"
Zeus voiced by: Rip Torn (movie, Hades Challenge), Corey Burton (games, animated series) Foreign VAs
Hera voiced by: Samantha Eggar Foreign VA's

Hercules' biological parents. The King (Zeus) and Queen (Hera) of the Olympian Gods.


Both
  • Adaptational Heroism:
    • In Hera's case, it's played completely straight. In the myths, she was a vindictive and jealous woman who was not particularly kind to her own children, let alone her stepson Hercules, whereas in the film she's his loving biological mother.
    • Zeus is a bit different, in that certain mythic depictions did have him as something of a doting father to his children, such as Artemis, while the TV series demonstrates that he still has his less-favorable qualities, like a brash temper when slighted, though his lecherous qualities are still understandably left out. In the Disney Animated Storybook version of Hercules, there is a minigame where the player has to identify the constellations over Zeus' temple, one of which mentions his transformation into a swan and fateful meeting with the princess Leda. While the game mentions that he did it to "surprise" Leda, it omits his seducing of her for obvious reasons.
  • Amazing Technicolor Population: Hera's entire color scheme is bright pink.
  • Doting Parent: Both of them never hesitate to dote on Hercules, though Hera is typically more sensible about it. At times in the animated series, Zeus can be a detriment, as he is so focused on helping Hercules that he fails to consider if his son actually wants or is suited for whatever's being offered.
  • Everybody Loves Zeus: Both evoke this trope.
    • Zeus is portrayed as a light-hearted, if not buffoonish king and loyal husband to Hera. While the spin-off series brings up his flaws - like forgetting he and his wife's anniversary, occasionally losing his temper and the whole "Prometheus" thing - Zeus' frequent infidelity is never brought up.
    • Hera gets this treatment even more so. In the original myth, Heracles was not Hera's child and was a product of her husband cheating on her. Feeling spiteful, Hera actively sabotaged his life and tried to make him suffer, even forcing him to kill his own family. Here, Hercules is her son and no mention of Zeus cheating on her is ever brought up, so the adaptation portraying Hera as the kind, patient and level-headed of the two. Even in the episode "Hercules and the Return of Typhon" it is revealed that she was the one who threw the lightning bolt that led to Typhon's defeat and that she allowed Zeus to take the credit for image reasons.
  • God Couple: The only such divine pair in the film.
  • Happily Married: In stark contrast to the original Greek Myths, this adaptation's Zeus and Hera are affectionate, share grief, and other signs of a healthy marriage.
  • Horrible Judge of Character: Both are blind to Hades' resentment (and the guy isn't the subtlest in the room) until the climax.
    • In the animated series, Hades made it clear from the first episode that he wants to rule Olympus. The rest of the gods, including Zeus and Hera, let him stay around anyways.
  • Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: The tall, muscular Zeus and the slender, smaller Hera.
  • Innocent Blue Eyes: Both have blue eyes, and both are compassionate individuals.
  • Light Is Good: Both of them shine and both of them are benevolent.
  • Nice Guy: Both are compassionate and kind Gods.
  • Parental Abandonment: An unwilling variant; once Hercules was taken from them and reduced to a mortal, they were forced to keep watch over him from afar as he grew up.
  • Reasonable Authority Figure: Probably why the whole pantheon besides Hades loves them is they are (usually) fair in their judgments.
  • Romantic Spoonfeeding: Appear to be sharing a bunch of grapes, until Hermes interrupts and alerts them to the invading Titans.
  • Universally Beloved Leader: The whole pantheon besides Hades loves them.
  • Unrelated in the Adaptation: For MULTIPLE OBVIOUS reasons, Disney made it abundantly clear that they are not brother and sister, unlike in the original myths.

Zeus

  • Beware the Nice Ones: He may not be the dick his mythological counterpart was, but make no mistakes, do NOT piss off Zeus. Even the gods are afraid of him when he's mad.
  • Big Good: Zeus is the benevolent Top God and Hercules' father.
  • Big Ol' Eyebrows: Zeus has thick, white ones. They're implied to be clouds.
  • Bolt of Divine Retribution: Naturally. He used it to trap the Titans and later to get Phil to train Hercules.
  • Cain and Abel: While the movie doesn't address this fact, the series acknowledges that Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon are all brothers. Zeus is therefore the Abel to Hades' Cain as Hades despises his brother and plans to usurp him by taking Olympus from him. He also frees the Titans to aid him in his plan and he’s happy to hear that the vengeful monsters want to destroy Zeus for imprisoning them.
  • Et Tu, Brute?: Zeus had this look when he realized that Hades was behind the release of the Titans, their assault on Olympus and was plotting to overthrow the king of the gods.
  • Divine–Infernal Family: Despite Zeus and Hades being put into the God and Satan role, they're still brothers like in the original myth.
  • The Dreaded: One episode features Hercules becoming a King. When his predecessor amasses an army to take his throne back, they give up and pull a Screw This, I'm Outta Here as soon as they learn they're going against Zeus' son.
    • Pain and Panic also have a Oh, Crap! when Zeus realizes the infant Hercules has been kidnapped. In the animated series, Ares also panics when he realized who Hercules was, as he had just nearly killed him, before he's hit with a Bolt of Divine Retribution.
  • God Is Good: The muses sing Zeus' praises in the prologue. The short form is that he single-handedly made the earth livable for humans. In private, he's an affable family man.
  • In Spite of a Nail: In an altered timeline manifested during "Hercules and the Tapestry of Fate", Zeus was made god of the underworld instead of Hades, but he's still as jovial as ever desire acting as a secondary antagonist for the episode.
  • Innocently Insensitive: He considers his many jabs at Hades as just playful sibling banter, completely unaware of how much it enrages Hades.
  • Jerkass Ball: It's seen in the animated series that Zeus isn't always as nice as he reveals himself to be to Hercules and his associates. He mentions that he tends to smite people and entire cities (e.g. Smyra) at times that offend him and was the one who condemned Prometheus to eternal punishment just for benevolently giving fire to humans and disobeying his authority.
  • Large and in Charge: Zeus is the king of the gods and he's also the largest by a wide margin. Even the after he bulks up, Hercules is puny next to him.
  • Large Ham: Zeus can get very loud and dramatic when he wants to.
  • Papa Wolf: The reason why Hades has to engage in schemes to get rid of Hercules instead of just use his godly power to kill him. Ares is also horrified to find he nearly killed Hercules because he knows Zeus will zap him for it (which Zeus did immediately after Ares realized what he had nearly done).
  • Unrelated in the Adaptation: In the original mythology, Heracles was descended from Zeus twice, his mother Alcmene having been Zeus' great-granddaughter. The film removes this aspect.
  • Worf Had the Flu: Part of why the Titans defeat him is because Hephaestus is captured and can't bring anymore thunderbolts. When the gods are freed and Zeus gets his hands on some more he blasts Lythos' heads off.
  • Vocal Dissonance: In one episode of the cartoon Zeus transforms himself into a teenager, but his voice remains exactly the same.
  • Youngest Child Wins: If we're going by the original mythology, then Zeus, the youngest child and the youngest son, is "mister high and mighty" while Hades, the eldest, has a "full-time gig" in the underworld.

Hera

  • Demoted to Extra: Hera was Hercules' worst enemy in the original myths. Since that role is given to Hades, she's a much less important character.
  • The High Queen: Like her husband, she's a competent and wise ruler.
  • Pink Means Feminine: The main color theme of Hera, queen of the gods, is pink.
  • Related Differently in the Adaptation: In the original Greek myth, Hera was Hercules' stepmother and paternal aunt. Here, she is his biological mother.
  • Supernatural Floating Hair: Hera has a slight case of anti-gravity in her hair, marking her divine status.
  • Unrelated in the Adaptation: In the original mythology, Zeus and Hera were siblings and thus, Hera was also Heracles' paternal aunt in addition to his stepmother. No mention of any blood relation is made and so, Zeus and Hera are not biologically related and she is not Hercules' aunt.
  • Violently Protective Girlfriend: A married example. In the animated series, Hera was the one who tossed the lightning bolt which defeated the monster Typhon after he beat up Zeus.
  • Women Are Wiser: In the animated series, she tends to offer the more sensible viewpoint, such as suggesting Hercules go back to his boring mall internship instead of drive Apollo's chariot (as Zeus had arranged).

    Hermes 
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"Gone, babe!"
Voiced by: Paul Shaffer Foreign VAs

An Olympian God, serving as a royal messenger of the Gods.


    Hades 
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"I'm about to rearrange the cosmos... and the one schlemiel who can louse it up is waltzing around... IN THE WOODS!!!"
Voiced by: James Woods, Rob Paulsen (singing voice, House of Mouse) Foreign VAs

The main antagonist and ruler of the Underworld.


  • Abhorrent Admirer: To Aphrodite in the animated series. She's off-put by both his creepiness and the fact that she's already married to Hephaestus, though he never seems to quite get the hint.
  • Adaptational Comic Relief: In the original mythology, Hades is dour, humorless, and The Stoic to the point that his very rare tears are described as being of iron. This version of Hades acts like a fast-talking used car salesman and has a bitter or snarky quip for virtually everything.
  • Adaptational Villainy: Hades was not an enemy of Hercules in the original myths, nor did he ever try to overthrow Zeus (believe it or not Hades is actually one of the nicer Gods in Greek mythology, although he was still not someone to cross). Here, he's the slimy and treacherous Big Bad.
  • Adaptational Wimp: Downplayed. In the myths, Hades' rule wasn't assigned by Zeus but drawn by fate, and they interacted as equals, neither trying to undermine the other one's authority.
  • Adaptation Personality Change: Mythological Hades was depicted as cold and withdrawn, occasionally showing affection to Persephone, although he can show Tranquil Fury to any mortal trying to break the rules imposed by death. Disney Hades is short-tempered and rather sleazy.
  • Adapted Out: Nothing in the Disney canon suggests he's married to Persephone, who is the goddess of the underworld.
  • Amazing Technicolor Population: Hades has light blue skin and fiery hair.
  • Ambition Is Evil: He has an insatiable lust for power and plans to do this by overthrowing Zeus.
  • Annoying Younger Sibling: Unlike the classical mythology where he is the oldest sibling, Hades confirms in "Hercules and the Apollo Mission" that he is Zeus' younger brother and is constantly an annoyance to Zeus in his plans to usurp him.
  • Arch-Enemy: To Zeus, as Hades resents being the God of the Underworld. He is also this to Hercules.
  • Artistic License – Physics: Hades' fiery "hair" is blue by default and turns orange and red during his outbursts. In Real Life, fire becomes much hotter when it goes from yellow to blue.
  • Ascended Extra: Hades had a small role in the Heracles myth, mainly in that he helped Hercules finish his final labor. The movie bumps him up into being the major villain.
  • Bad Boss: He physically and verbally abuses Pain and Panic on a regular basis due to them playing the "dim-witted henchmen" stereotype, with his treatment ranging from simply hitting and strangling them to burning them alive. He treats them so poorly that when the duo fail to kill Hercules as a baby, they lie to him and claim that they succeeded at doing so out of fear of his retribution, and when Herc punches him into the River Styx, Pain and Panic openly hope he never gets out.
  • The Bad Guy Wins: Subverted. In "Hercules and the Tapestry of Fate", Hades uses the Fates' tapestry to alter history, showing us what would have happened if his and Zeus' roles were switched. He even restores Hercules' godhood. The subversion is that his luck quickly runs out when Herc restores the tapestry back to normal.
  • Berserk Button:
    • Hercules as a person is the root of all of his misery in the film. The very mention of his name or face gets him frothing angry. Even his merchandise makes him red flames mad. Thirsty?
    • Even a minor inconvenience will set him off, especially when his minions had not previously alerted him of the Fates' arrival before he showed up.
  • Beware the Silly Ones: He may be Laughably Evil, but he's still the ruler of the underworld. His minions are the easiest targets for him to blow off steam when he's angered.
  • Big Bad: He's gathering an army from the very start of the film so he can take over Olympus and de-godified Hercules to further this goal, leading to the rest of it.
  • Black Sheep: The moment he appears, he immediately kills the party atmosphere and has all his fellow Olympians giving him cold looks of silent contempt. In essence, they dislike him so much that they can't even ignore him. This is done to show how out-of-touch and estranged he is with them. From the way that he treats mortals as pawns for his sick amusement, it's implied that they see him for the deadbeat good-for-nothing of the family that he is.
  • Bond Villain Stupidity:
    • It's never properly explained why he doesn't just open a can of divine whoopass on Hercules himself. He's clearly shown to be powerful enough and seemingly immune to any physical attack Hercules can throw at him while he's still mortal. It's possible that Zeus would intervene if he got directly involved, and Hades knows he could never beat Zeus without the aid of the Titans, so he has to send his monsters out to fight him instead and risk the chance of Herc beating them, but it's not openly stated.
    • To his credit he makes sure not to make the quintessential Bond Villain mistake of ignoring the hero once he's explained his villainous plan and has claimed victory. Once the Titans are free and Hades' plan moves into its endgame he arranges to have the now-powerless Herc killed just to make sure he doesn't still find a way to fulfill the prophecy and stop his takeover.
  • Brains Evil, Brawn Good: Compared to his brother Zeus and nephew Hercules, Hades is less muscular and magically powerful but more cunning and verbose.
  • Breakout Villain: Despite having very few redeeming qualities, James Woods' spirited portrayal of him made Hades one of the most iconic and popular Disney villains. Woods himself loves the character so much that he goes out of his way to ensure that he ALWAYS voices him, even if it means not being paid much (hence why Disney managed to get him in every episode of the TV series he appeared in, which was all but a few of them). He's even the star of the stage musical Villains Tonight!. That has to say something considering the competition from other Disney villains.
  • Brilliant, but Lazy: While Ambition is one of his biggest virtues, sloth seems to be his biggest vice. Unlike the other gods, he is never seen or heard of personally smiting anybody for any reason, preferring to send someone else to do his dirty work for him. While this makes sense when handling Hercules (never knowing which god from Olympus might be watching) or the other gods (being hopelessly outmatched), this seems to apply to everybody.
  • Burning with Anger: Literally. He goes from blue to bright red flames. When he loses it completely, his whole head and arms become fountains of fire.
  • Cain and Abel: The series establishes that just as in the myths, Hades, Poseidon and Zeus are brothers, but with the order switched around so Zeus is the eldest and Hades is the youngest.
  • The Chessmaster: His plans for conquest, complete with Chess Motifs. Several scenes during "Zero to Hero" even have him sitting at a chessboard, pushing various pieces (naturally, shaped like various mythological monsters) toward Herc.
  • Classic Villain: Compared to the other gods of Olympus, who are all aglow with bright colors, Hades is all blacks and greys. Driven by Envy and Ambition, he hates being the ruler of the Underworld and seeks to unleash the Titans in order to take over Mount Olympus from his brother Zeus. To further this, he has his minions snatch Zeus and Hera's infant son Hercules in order to make him mortal and then kill him. Unfortunately for Hades, Hercules retained his god-like strength and survived. To make a long story short, by risking his own life to recover Megara's soul from the river Styx, Hercules regains his godhood and sends Hades down the drain, so to speak. Wrath is another vice for him, as he tends to break down like a Sore Loser whenever something doesn't go his way and uses his minions as punching bags to blow off steam.
  • Composite Character: He takes Hera's role as Hercules' main enemy. He also takes elements of The Unfavorite of the family, save for Zeus and Hera here, from Ares.
  • Create Your Own Hero: Hades' failed attempt to kill Hercules as a baby to guarantee his future plans to usurp Olympus won't fail ends up causing Hercules to become the very hero that ultimately defeats Hades in the end.
  • Dark Is Evil: Hades is the God of the Underworld, wears a black toga, and is the Big Bad.
  • Deadpan Snarker: "So is this an audience or a mosaic?"
  • Deal with the Devil: Like in other Muskers/Clements movies before and after him, this is a villain that loves to makes deals, but only for his own benefit.
    • Meg is under such a deal because she sold her soul to Hades to save her boyfriend's life. And when said boyfriend ran off with another woman, Hades kept Meg as his servant, because he had technically fulfilled his end of the bargain. The guy leaving Meg wasn't part of the deal.
    • Herc ends up under such a deal in the climax of the movie. Hades agrees to release Meg from her servitude and that she'll be safe from harm in exchange for Hercules undergoing a De-power to rob him of his strength.
    • The finale of the movie sees Hades on the other end of it, as the one taking a deal instead of making it. Herc agrees to exchange his soul for Meg's in the River Styx, with Hades not seeing an obvious downside. However, it's this Heroes' Frontier Step that allows Hercules to regain his godhood, and Hades is left with nothing.
  • Despotism Justifies the Means: All he cares is lording over Olympus, no matter how his rule of the world of the living would be like under his management.
  • Devil in Plain Sight: He's an obvious villain from the moment he appears on screen, but none of the other gods realize he's trying to overthrow Zeus. In the animated series, he hatches multiple plots to overthrow Zeus or trick the other gods, yet they still keep falling for his tricks.
  • Didn't See That Coming: Both the Fates and he expected Hercules to die when he jumped into the Well of Souls to save Meg. However this self-sacrifice turned out to be the final requirement to regain his godhood.
  • Didn't Think This Through: Short-tempered Hades lacks a certain foresight, causing him to make serious blunders that set his own plans back. Hercules may have agreed to be de-powered, but Hades' insistence on finishing Zeus' son off also endangered all of Thebes as well, including Meg.
  • Divine–Infernal Family: Hades is still Zeus' brother, but re-envisioned as a Satan stand-in while Zeus takes the Grandpa God role.
  • Driven by Envy: He is virtually despised by every god on Olympus while Zeus is an Universally Beloved Leader. This causes him to develop a plan to overthrow his brother. It's implied he is also bitter at his fellow gods for lazily "lounging at Mount Olympus" while he has a 24/7 gig to monitor the dead souls.
  • The Dog Bites Back: His Villain Song in the animated series is sung for the sole purpose of getting back at the muses for constantly ragging on him. On the receiving end of his inevitable defeat, when the tormented spirits in the Well of Souls drag him down.
  • Dragged Off to Hell: Well, further into Hell, as Hercules punches him into the Well of Souls, where the spirits drag him down.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: In the animated series, when he forces Hercules and his friends into their own Ironic Hell, he makes Icarus attend gym class forever and attack a dummy of Hercules. To his shock, Icarus goes berserk and rips the dummy to pieces.
  • Everybody Hates Hades: One of the most famous examples of thst trope as Hades remains a popular member of the Disney Villains in various media despite his mythological counterpart not really being a villain in a classical sense: His entrance at Hercules' birthday party is met with scowls and his domain is treated more like the Christian idea of Hell than the Greek afterlife. It's implied they despise the way he treats mortal souls as pawns for his sick amusement. This holds a grain of truth; while real life Greeks never hated Hades like we see in the film, he was highly feared due to lording over death to the point they were afraid to say his name.
  • Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: He expected Hercules to die when he jumped into the Well of Souls to save Meg. But when Herc emerged from the Well with both Meg's spirit and his regained godhood, Hades is absolutely shocked that Hercules would risk his life to save her.
  • Evil Is Burning Hot: He has blue fire for hair, which turns red when he's irate.
  • Evil Is Hammy: He switches between this and Deadpan Snarker based on his mood. Blue flames is the dry and witty snarker; red/orange flames are the bombastic, angered, and passionate ham.
  • Evil Is Not a Toy:
    • Averted when he releases the Titans so they'll help him in his conquest. They never betray him because he's their brother and they are united by their hatred of Zeus. Problem is, they can't watch where they're blasting.
    • It's played straight with Hades himself. Any time you make a deal with him or get him to help you, he'll screw you over one way or another.
  • Evil Is Petty: Whenever his minions fail to do something, he verbally and physically abuses them. Even if this something is not managing to announce something of interest of him, because they just met him. Also, he is quite the Sore Loser.
  • Evil Overlord: "He ruled the underworld... but thought the dead were dull and uncouth. He was as mean as he was ruthless... and that's the gospel truth... he had a plan to SHAKE things up... and that's the gospel truth!" Which gives an idea of what the world of the living would be like under his management.
  • Evil Plan: Release the Titans and Take Over the World.
  • Evil Smells Bad: According to a pithy comment by Hades, he exudes a pungent stench of death. Most likely as a result of being the God of the Underworld and the Dead.
  • Evil Uncle: He's Zeus' brother and therefore Hercules' uncle. However, unlike with Scar to Simba in The Lion King, this is never brought up in the film and is only mentioned a few times in the series.
  • Fate Worse than Death: He is tossed into his river of undead souls, and can't pull himself out due to the current being too strong. "If" he gets out, as Pain and Panic discuss, he's not going to be happy.
  • Faux Affably Evil: He talks like a used car salesman and makes wisecracks while screwing over everyone as much as possible.
    Hades: Baboom. Name is Hades, lord of the dead. Hi, how ya doin'?
  • Finger-Snap Lighter: He can make fire spring out of his fingers just like his head.
  • Flaming Hair: It's a sign of his mood: blue is calm and red is not.
  • Flaw Exploitation: Hades tricks Hercules into giving up his strength by exploiting his one "weakness", his love for Meg.
  • For the Evulz: A number of his plots in the animated series don't serve any purpose in his goal to rule Olympus. He just wants to murder more people or make them suffer.
  • Fog Feet: Hades' robes dissolve into wisps of smoke.
  • Freudian Excuse: It's implied his antagonism springs from the deep hatred for the unpleasant job he's currently in and the resentment he has against Zeus for being an Universally Beloved Leader from their fellow gods and the people of Greece. Plus, it's mentioned in the animated series that his father Kronos devoured his children except Zeus, causing Hades to inherit his evil.
  • Genre Savvy: While it didn't help him in the end, Hades is seemingly aware of the fates of villains in most kids' films and does his best to avoid them.
    • Hades' go-to pick for a monster to kill Hercules is the Hydra, a creature who can't be killed with a sword or most traditional uses of sheer brute force, rendering Herc's strength and heroic training useless. Hercules only gets lucky by burying it via a Desperation Attack, something Hades couldn't really see coming.
    • After freeing the Titans, Hades doesn't pull the classic villain mistake of ignoring the main hero and giving him a chance to find a way to thwart him. Instead he grabs one of the titans and sics him on Herc, planning to take the hero out early. While his methodology is... less than perfect (see Third Act Stupidity, below), it showed that he was smart enough to try to wrap up loose ends.
    • In their final confrontation, Hercules offers Hades a too-good-to-be-true deal that would essentially end with Herc committing suicide. Hades is immediately skeptical and runs the scenario over in his head to try to spot any loopholes ("Is there a downside to this?"). This only comes back to bite him due to something Hades had no way of knowing about.
  • A God Am I: Sure, he already is a god, but he wants to overthrow Zeus so he can become the King of Olympus, so he nonetheless has delusions of grandeur at an even larger scale than usual.
  • God of the Dead: He's the ruler of the Underworld and the shades of the dead, but hates his job and wants to take over Olympus.
  • Graceful Loser: Not usually, but in the crossover with Aladdin, he takes Pain and Panic getting outsmarted by Aladdin pretty well, even blowing off Jafar's demand for revenge.
  • Green-Eyed Monster: He is resentful and jealous that Zeus is an Universally Beloved Leader while he is virtually despised on Olympus, and the fact that the other gods get to lounge at Mount Olympus while he has a 24/7 gig. This causes him to find a way to overthrow his brother and become King of the Gods.
  • Hair-Trigger Temper: Anything related to Hercules causes his blue hair to go red. He even goes nuts at the tiniest inconvenience or when someone upstages him.
  • Hated by All: He is virtually despised by the entire pantheon, and it's done to show how estranged he is with them. They are especially unhappy at his appearance or even the lame pun he makes at Hercules' birthday. It's implied they view him as the Black Sheep of the family for his cruel treatment of mortal souls. Even his minions Pain and Panic dislike him as he's a Bad Boss who literally barbecues them whenever they fail him. When Herc punches him into the River Styx, his minions openly hope he never gets out.
    • History hasn't been kind to the mythological Hades either, as even the Ancient Greeks were afraid of him.
  • Honest John's Dealership: James Woods modeled Hades after a used-car salesman.
  • I Gave My Word: Like all gods in Greek mythology, his powers are limited by being bound by his words. So it is literally impossible for him to break the letter of a deal. If something happens his magic will act accordingly and he won't even know. E.g. he promises that he will release Meg from his service and that she won't be harmed if Hercules gives up his strength for a day. After Hercules agrees, Hades averts the Loophole Abuse trope by releasing Meg with a snap of his fingers before departing. When she does get fatally injured during Hercules' fight with the cyclops, Herc immediately repossesses his powers.
  • Incoming Ham: "How sentimental. You know, I haven't been this choked up since I got a hunk of moussaka caught in my throat!"
  • Ink-Suit Actor: While the design only fits as an exaggeration of James Woods, it's easy to see his mannerisms and expressions in Hades.
  • Jerkass: Even when he's not being a short-tempered jerk, Hades is just plain nasty and unpleasant overall. He tries to flame Pain simply because he was wearing Air-Hercs. Not to mention his nasty disposition.
  • Jerkass Gods: Even though he is a god, he is portrayed as the evil one, viewing everybody, including his own minions Pain and Panic, as a tool to be exploited in any way possible to overthrow Zeus.
  • Kaleidoscope Hair: His hair turns from blue to bright orange whenever he is angry. Since his hair is made of fire, this is justified.
  • Know When to Fold 'Em: When Pain and Panic are defeated by Aladdin, he admits to Jafar that the guy is more difficult for a human. When Jafar asks why he isn't going to try again, Hades figures it be a waste of time compare to conquering the cosmos, so some things just have to be dropped.
  • Lack of Empathy: "He was as mean as he was ruthless...." This gives us an indication on what the mortal world would be if he became the Top God.
  • Large Ham: He has a big presence normally and especially when in one of his fiery temper tantrums.
  • Laughably Evil: Thanks to James Woods, he changed from being a stereotypical chilling villain to fast-talking, tempestuous, and absolutely awesome/hilarious.
  • Lazy Bum: He hates his 24/7 job and seems to put as little effort into running the Underworld as possible, as he'd much rather laze around on Olympus like the rest of the gods.
  • Living Mood Ring: When Hades becomes angry, his normally blue hair fire turns red.
  • Locked Out of the Loop: Despite being part of the Olympian pantheon, Hades is somehow unaware for 18 years that Hercules survived his kidnapping and assassination and that Zeus had located him in the mortal realm. Hades only finds this out after Meg's chance encounter (and realizes Pain and Panic botched their mission and lied). This can be justified, as the opening of the film establishes Hades has little love for the Olympus crowd (and vice-versa), and both parties mutually steer clear of each other. So it is plausible this isolation ironically backfired on Hades and left him in the dark on the family crisis (although given his network throughout the mortal realm, you'd think somebody on the Underworld payroll would've observed what Zeus was up to and informed Hades).
  • Manipulative Bastard: He charms the Fates into revealing the future, twists Hercules' arm into giving up his strength, and then appeals to both brotherly love and old hatred to get the Titans on his side.
  • Mood-Swinger: One would think that he is the Roman god Janus instead of Hades given how frequently he alternates between his two main faces and moods. One moment he is suave, self-confident, and sarcastic. The moment that something gets out of his control or someone sasses him back, however, he proves that he can't take any pressure and explodes.
  • Motor Mouth: He talks very rapidly. The creators modeled him after smooth-talking but shady used-car dealers.
  • Near-Villain Victory: He unleashes the Titans, traps Zeus, and binds the rest of the gods in chains. The only reason that his plan ultimately fails is that the one part of his deal he agreed to with Hercules — if Meg gets hurt, Herc gets his strength back — ends up coming back to bite him.
  • Nightmare Face: Whenever his minions mess up one of his evil plans, he literally goes off the edge. He even throws temper tantrums at the tiniest inconvenience.
  • No Celebrities Were Harmed: Hades was modeled after Jeffrey Katzenberg, who was one of the head honchos at Disney and left the company before the film was completed; this was the last Disney Animated Classic so far to include any input from him.
  • No-Nonsense Nemesis: Knowing the sheer danger Hercules poses to his plans, he tries to deal with him with massive overkill. Deconstructed as it backfires on Hades twice.
    • The first monster Hades sends after Hercules is the Hydra, the most powerful minion in his arsenal by far. When Hercules (barely) kills it, Hades is suddenly left without one of his best assets, and the only one who could approach the Titans and Zeus in power.
    • After freeing the Titans, Hades sends the Cyclops after a temporarily-depowered Hercules, just in case. This ends up causing harm to Meg, thus voiding Hades' deal that she wouldn't be harmed and restoring Hercules' strength in time to rescue the gods.
  • Orcus on His Throne: He only intervenes personally when it's directly needed. Other than that he suffices with watching from above and not questioning his minions, which, needless to say, backfires on him.
  • Pet the Dog: In the movie, Hades is shown feeding a big piece of steak to Cerberus, but all just to pacify the beast. It was also revealed in the show that he actually bought Cerberus as a gift for Pain and Panic, on the condition that they have to take good care of him, which they neglected to do, much to Hades' anger.
  • Playing with Fire: Hades has the ability to create fire. It's even what comprises his hair. He most commonly uses this power when he's angry, as shown when he finds out Pain and Panic didn't kill Hercules, and Hades torches a forest around him in rage.
  • Poke the Poodle: An episode of the animated series has him trick Poseidon into altering the path of the River Styx so that Athens is in Hades' domain. He use the opportunity to force Hercules and his friends into their own Ironic Hell; Hercules has to attend shop class forever, Cassandra is forced into training to becoming a housewife, Adonis' servant is made his master and Adonis the servant, and Icarus has to attend gym class forever.
  • Pragmatic Villainy: This is shown in a crossover with Aladdin, where he's not shown obsessing over revenge against Aladdin for beating Pain and Panic. His response to Jafar explains why he's not looking for revenge:
    Hades: Uh, yeah sure. How 'bout I rule the cosmos first and then I'll take it.
  • The Problem with Fighting Death: There is no Greek 'heaven' or 'hell', everyone who dies goes to The Underworld, which is Hades' domain. Thus, the movie's frigid horror that Hercules would end up in Hades' clutches, but the animated series reveals that the Elysian Fields are off-limits to Hades, even though they are technically in the Underworld. In the myths, this is where heroes and others who pleased the gods ended up.
  • Princeling Rivalry: The central conflict of the story involves Hades' scheme to supplant his brother Zeus and become supreme ruler of Olympus, Tartarus, and all the Earth in between. Zeus is the strongest god and younger brother, while Hades is a scheming older brother.
  • Psychopathic Manchild: When things don't go his way, he literally burns with anger and throws temper tantrums like a toddler, with his tormented minions being the usual toys to blow off steam.
  • Race Against the Clock: By the time he tasks Meg in discovering Herc's weakness, he mentions that he only has about a day before the planets align and open the Titans underwater prison, and so he needs to take care of him before that happens. When he goes to make a deal with Hercules (give up his strength for a day in exchange for Meg's freedom), he stresses that he's on a time crunch and that he needs an answer immediately. Though when Hercules agrees to the deal, Hades sadistically takes his time to gloat that he played him for a fool.
  • Reality Warper: A small-scale version. He can teleport, conjure objects, and affect people in countless different ways with his "deals".
  • Red Is Violent: He literally turns into a geyser of fire when sufficiently angered.
  • The Resenter: It's implied in the movie that his antagonism springs from the deep hatred for Zeus putting him in charge of the Underworld, knowing it was a unpleasant job. Most of his schemes against Zeus are to overthrow him as King of the Gods to obtain the pleasures of Mount Olympus that Zeus and the other gods indulge in while he watches over the dead 24/7.
    Zeus: Come on, Hades. Don't be such a stiff. Join the celebration!
    Hades: Hey, love to, babe. But unlike you gods lounging around up here, I regrettably have a full-time gig—that you, by the way, so charitably bestowed on me, Zeus. So, can't. Love to, but can't.
  • Sadist: While he is more of a calculating villain, he clearly takes a lot of savage delight in tormenting every victim of his schemes, either emotionally like Hercules or physically like his minions, to vent his frustration.
  • Satanic Archetype: He's clearly upgraded to a Satan archetype. Association with fire, check. Rebelling against his fellow gods, check. Making shady deals, check. Ruler of demons and the dead, check. About the only quality that doesn't apply to him is being officially the God of Evil.
  • Scary Teeth: He has sharp pointed teeth.
  • Sealed Evil in a Can: More like Flushed Evil in an Inescapable Ghost Pool.
  • Seven Deadly Sins: He demonstrates all of the Seven Deadly Sins throughout the film.
    • Pride: He thinks he deserves to be the Top God of the Greek Pantheon, planning to do so by overthrowing Zeus and turning baby Herc mortal so he'll be killed off.
    • Sloth: He's the apathetic Lord of the Dead who hates his job, finding it to be the cosmic version of janitorial duty. Unlike the other gods, it's unknown if he smote anyone personally, preferring to let others do his dirty work for him. It makes sense when handling Hercules (never knowing which god from Olympus might be watching) or the other gods (being hopelessly outmatched), but this seems to apply to everybody.
    • Greed: The only thing he cares about is becoming king of the Gods at all costs. He'll use smooth talk and manipulate various beasts and creatures to do his bidding. It's how he got Megara to make a Deal with the Devil.
    • Gluttony: Apathetic towards the dead as Lord of the Underworld, why would he care about the living if he were Top God of the Greek pantheon? It's implied the other gods loathe him for his cruel treatment of mortal souls.
    • Envy: Resents Zeus for being an Universally Beloved Leader while Everyone Hates Hades.
    • Lust: Going by the Biblical definition, he has an insatiable lust for power. By the modern definition, he likes flirting with females (be it mortal or immortal), who view him as a creep.
    • Wrath: He goes off at the tiniest annoyance or when Herc foils his evil schemes. When he does, he throws hissy fits like a toddler with his minions being the usual targets to blow off steam.
  • Skeleton Motif: Being the Lord of the Underworld, he takes this motif and runs with it. The clasp of his toga is in the shape of a skull, his lair is skull-shaped, he gives baby Hercules a pacifier made of bones, there are tiny skulls on the bubbles on the potion to make Hercules mortal, and so on.
  • Smug Snake: He believes himself to be the smoothest, smartest person in this universe. This is why his breakdowns are so fun to watch as he gets confronted with reality and attacks it.
  • The Sociopath: He is Faux Affably Evil to hide the fact that he's a dark god who's willing to overthrow Zeus at all costs, even if it meant harming others (whether by turning a baby Herc mortal or condemning his fellow gods to Tartarus). The deals he makes are for his own selfish gain by screwing everybody around. He's also prone to going nuts when things don't go his way. He is also apathetic to the suffering of mortal souls and
  • Sore Loser: When things don't go his way, he literally throws angry tirades with his minions Pain and Panic being the usual targets to vent off steam. It is very low even for a Lord of the Underworld when his coup of Mt. Olympus is foiled by his enemy to rub in said enemy's face that a loved one is dying just to spite him.
    Hades: Thanks a ton, Wonderboy! But at least I've got one swell consolation prize! A friend of yours, who's dying to see me!
  • Suddenly Shouting: He does this whenever he's angered, going off like a pressure cooker exploding at the tiniest inconvenience.
  • Super Smoke: He can turn his arms into semi-solid smoke to extend his reach.
  • Surrounded by Idiots: Pain and Panic are incompetent, while Meg only helps under duress (soul ownership), so he ultimately has to do everything himself.
  • Technicolor Fire: Normally blue, goes red and orange when angry (in reality, blue flames are hotter than red/orange ones, but...). One explanation for this is that a hotter blue flame is more focused, while the colder red flames are more chaotic, as well as the whole Red Oni, Blue Oni deal...
  • Tenor Boy: Thanks to his voice actor James Woods.
  • Terrible Trio: Hades and his minions Pain and Panic.
  • Terms of Endangerment: Hades: "Meg, my little bird, my little flower, my little nut-Meg."
  • Thin Chin of Sin: His chin takes up nearly half of his head and curves into a slight J-shape for extra dastard points.
  • Third Act Stupidity: During the climax, he has managed to get Hercules to agree to give up his super-strength in exchange for Meg's survival and safety. So, what does Hades then do? While he's taking over Mount Olympus, he sends a giant Cyclops to attack Hercules, who will no doubt be with Meg, thus making it highly likely that she will be harmed in the crossfire. Since the deal is immediately nullified if she's harmed, he has effectively ensured that his plan will fail. If Hades had sent any of the other four titans, who are always shown going for quick kills, then Hercules would likely have died before Phil came back to inspire him. Even if they didn't, a lava monster, for instance, would have been harder to kill through guile.
  • This Cannot Be!: When Hercules emerges from the Well of Souls with both Meg's spirit and his regained God-hood.
  • Undeathly Pallor: Being the god of the dead, his skin is a corpse-like blueish gray.
  • The Unfettered: Quite focused and methodical in both his regular job as ruler of the Underworld and his Evil Plan to overthrow Zeus and seize control of Olympus. His casual buddy-talk is a veneer for viciousness and he's more than willing to manipulate, extort, and use outright violence without hesitation to overthrow his brother.
  • Unknown Rival: Played straight in the movie, where Hercules is completly unaware of Hades and his antics until near the end of the movie, despite Hades being the one who is responsible for making him mortal and also being behind most of the monsters Hercules fights, making their rivalry pretty one-sided. In the series, however, Hercules is well aware of Hades.
  • Unstoppable Rage: His uncontrollably fervid and explosive temper is what makes his minions cower in fear. At times, even a minor problem can send him over the edge, causing fiery fits and extreme damage to the area and people around him in some cases.
  • The Usurper: Hades' Evil Plan is to overthrow Zeus and bury him alive under a mountain of lava and ice so that he can seize control of Olympus. Specifically, it is the best part.
  • Vile Villain, Laughable Lackey: Pain and Panic are comical and very afraid of their boss, the death god Hades. A bit downplayed because Hades doesn't lack for humor.
  • Villain Decay: In the animated series. Despite his plans often being more evil, he doesn't have the same air of menace he did in the movie. He also gets humiliated on a regular basis.
  • Villain Has a Point:
    • In the film, when Meg said that she swore off 'man-handling', Hades points out that it was the main reason why she fell into Hades' debt in the first place, as she should've known better not to sell her soul to him to save the life of her boyfriend, who would ungratefully dump her for another woman. Hades even lampshades this by calling the boyfriend 'a creep' for such a horrible decision; implying that the boyfriend's choice to dump Meg was at his own volition and no one else's (not even Hades'); even Meg herself fully understands the situation.
    • In the series, Hades is frustrated over a young Cerberus playing with his Mount Olympus model, and berates Pain and Panic for not taking care of the three-headed dog. As it turns out, Hades bought the dog as a gift for Pain and Panic when they pestered for a pet, but furiously points out that they need to care of him such as walking and feeding him. Justified on the fact that Pain and Panic neglected to do these tasks and seeing how angry Cerberus is towards the two imps, you might say that Hades has a good point about taking care of pets.
  • Villainous Breakdown: He gets these (and then recovers from them) regularly because of Hercules killing his monsters and then finding ways to exploit this. The final one comes at the end of the film when Hercules regains his godhood, depriving him of his revenge and ensuring that his plans have been ruined.
  • Villainous Cheekbones: Though less pronounced, he does have these on his face.
  • Villainous Crush: In the show and hinted in the movie, he has a crush on Aphrodite.
  • Villainous Friendship: In the animated series he has one with Echidna. They both love to wreck havoc on mortals.
  • Villainous Incest: It's never established if he and Aphrodite are related in some way despite his crush on her. However, some legends say that Aphrodite's father is Zeus. Gets another nod in "Hercules and the Tapestry of Fate" where Hades changed history so that he would become ruler of Olympus with Hera as his loving wife, worse in that they're siblings in mythology. (But then again Zeus and Hera are siblings too, so...)
  • Villains Act, Heroes React: In one book adaptation of the movie, told from Hades' viewpoint. He argues that if it wasn't for him, Hercules would never have gotten his high status as hero and all the gains he's gotten. So really, Hades sees himself as a co-conspirator to Hercules' rise to glory, but does he get any thanks? No!
  • Villain Song: While he doesn't get a song in the movie, the series gives him "My Town" and the stage musical gives him "A Cool Day in Hell" and its reprise.
  • Would Hurt a Child: Ordered Baby Hercules kidnapped and planned on killing him right after learning from the Fates that he will thwart his plan to take over the cosmos.
    • During the opening, Hades first attempts to harm Hercules by forcibly trying to put a spiky pacifier in his mouth. Thankfully, the baby grabbed Hades' hand and squeezed it very hard, but the pacifier certainly would have punctured Hercules' mouth had he sucked it.
  • Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness: The yellow eyes just fit his villainous personality.
  • Yiddish as a Second Language: Especially when he's angry. He calls Hercules "schlemiel", "yutz" and so on.
  • You Can't Fight Fate: Despite his attempts to avert the Fates' prophecy, it still comes to pass and his attempt to overthrow Zeus with the Titans fails.
  • Your Soul Is Mine!: He's the Lord of the Underworld, and the moment you die, you're automatically his. Even when he doesn't actually have the power to actually extract your souls, the Fates who are aligned with him can cut your Thread of Life and immediately send you to his domain.

    Poseidon 
Voiced by: Jason Alexander Foreign VAs
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God of the seas, earthquakes, and horses, Poseidon is the middle brother of the trio of rulers and is content with his realm and tends to stay out of mortal affairs...usually.


  • Ascended Extra: In the TV series and other media.
  • God Is Flawed: When he tried to make marine mammals, they kept drowning until he also invented blowholes.
  • Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: The Huge Guy to his wife Amphitrite's Tiny Girl.
  • Middle Child Syndrome: Not usually, but sometimes he feels disrespected and works to avoid being forgotten. Hades has also exploited this on occasion.
  • Prongs of Poseidon: Never seen without his signature trident.

    Ares 
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"Congratulations! You've just been slaughtered! By Ares, the God of War..."
Voiced by: Toni Solanes (movie), Corey Burton (Hades Challenge) Foreign VAs

The Olympian God of war and the founder of Sparta.


  • Abusive Dad: He treats his sons Fear and Terror poorly. Putting aside his understandable rage at their idiocy, he also hates their interest in a playing a trivia board game as opposed to going to war.
  • Adaptational Badass: Despite being a Loser Deity he is not harmless. "Hercules and the Big Games" saw him and Athena easily defeat Echidna after Hercules failed to defeat her.
  • Adaptational Ugliness: The Greek Ares was said to be a Brainless Beauty, being surprisingly handsome for a brutish god of war. Here, he's a short, pudgy old man. He actually more closely resembles his Roman equivalent Mars, who was typically depicted as an older bearded man, although still strong and handsome.
  • Adaptational Villainy: He only briefly appears in the movie in one or two scenes, at the party and during the charge against the Titans. Neither of these indicates anything about the villain that the animated series cast him as.
  • Amazing Technicolor Population: Ares has red skin.
  • Ascended Extra: In the TV series and other media.
  • Big Bad: It's a downplayed case. Hades is the Big Bad but Ares was the primary antagonist of a couple of episodes.
  • Jerkass Gods: While his love of war is Played for Laughs he is nonetheless still a Jerk Jock and Abusive Parent.
  • Jerk Jock: Ares admires strength and military prowess and looks down on Athena and her people as "eggheads". He can also be cruel to his sons, Fear and Terror.
  • Loser Deity: While he's not the wimp he was in the original myths he is still a petty Jerk Jock who gets in childish arguments with his sister. While Athena is just as petty as him, their rivalry tends to end with Ares losing.
  • Manipulative Bastard: Despite being bloodthirsty and pigheaded most of the time, Ares can show himself be quite the crafty deity. He once managed to get Hercules kicked out of a sporting competition by finding a loophole in the rules of the game. The loophole was only regular mortals can compete in the games. Since Hercules is a demigod, he was disqualified immediately.
  • Sibling Rivalry: He and his sister Athena have been enemies for centuries, and he has done everything to try to destroy her precious city of Athens.
  • Surrounded by Idiots: His thoughts when he has to put up with his two idiot sons. The two of them are so stupid they don't know that their father is the god of war.
  • Unrelated in the Adaptation: Ares is never identified as a son of Zeus in the film, which he was in the original mythology.
  • Visual Pun: His chariot is pulled by dogs, or "the dogs of war."
  • War God: The Olympian God of war. Sparta is his town.
  • The Worf Effect: He and the rest of the gods go down almost immediately when they mount a defense of Mount Olympus to prove the words of the Fates at the start of the film. The gods are screwed unless Hercules helps them.

    Athena 
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"It is I, Athena, Goddess of Wisdom!"
Voiced by: Jane Leeves Foreign VAs

The Olympian Goddess of Wisdom and War and the patron of Athens.


  • Adaptational Wimp: For the most part she is a Faux Action Girl, unlike her mythological counterpart.
  • Age Lift: The original myths maintain that Athena was never a child—she was born fully formed from Zeus' skull. In the TV series, she and Ares are briefly shown as babies in a flashback and it's said they've been fighting since they were "waddling, toddling gods".
  • Amazing Technicolor Population: Athena has blue skin.
  • Amplifier Artifact: Ibid, Athena's pet owl, can grant anyone genius levels of knowledge and intellect if he sits on their head.
  • Ascended Extra: In the TV series and other media.
  • Bifauxnen: You could be mistaken into thinking she was an attractive man at first.
  • Blue Is Heroic: She mainly assists Hercules and her color scheme is a luminescent blue. Downplayed since when it comes to her rivalry with Ares, she is just as much of a petty jerk as he is.
  • British Stuffiness: She has a plummy British accent and is one of the more serious gods.
  • Faux Action Girl: She's supposed to be a warrior goddess but she's taken down very easily several times, including by Ares' sons, Fear and Terror, and by the Titans when she goes to battle with them.
  • Good Is Not Nice: Though she can be sweet and cordial to those she needs help from, Phil mentioned that Athena is not one of the fun gods and is generally shown to be authoritative, crass, and demanding of respect.
  • Immortal Immaturity: Despite being the goddess of wisdom, whenever her rivalry with Ares comes up she proves she is just as petty and childish as him.
  • Insufferable Genius: She's the goddess of wisdom and takes any opportunity to flaunt it, much to the extreme annoyance of Ares and even Poseidon.
  • Jerkass Gods: She's not a villain but she is also jerk. In her debut in the cartoon she wanted Hercules to steal the Armageddon Bow from Ares and use it to destroy Sparta, just to spite him.
  • Karma Houdini: While she never does anything evil, in her debut appearance she wanted Hercules to steal the Armageddon Bow from Ares not just to keep him from destroying Athens, but because she wanted to destroy Sparta with it. Ares gets punished by Zeus for nearly shooting Hercules, while Athena gets off scott free despite wanting to destroy a city just to spite her brother.
  • Loser Deity: She's a Faux Action Girl and is childishly petty when competing with her brother.
  • Mirror Character: When it comes to her rivarly with Ares she is just as petty and childish as her brother. This is best demonstrated when Ares was planning to use the Armageddon Bow to destroy Athens. Athena wanted Hercules to steal it, so she could use it to destroy Sparta.
  • Not So Above It All: In spite of being the goddess of wisdom, she's shown several times to be just as childish and petty as Ares when it comes to their rivalry. In fact, she's sometimes even the one that's initiating the conflict with him, such as shaving his dogs of war to look like poodles.
  • Parrot Pet Position: Her beloved owl Ibid usually rests on Athena's shoulders when not being held in her hand.
  • Progressively Prettier: Looks more feminine in the animated series.
  • Ridiculously Cute Critter: Ibid, her pet owl. The picture says it all; huggable!
  • Sibling Rivalry: She and her brother Ares have been enemies for centuries, with Athena indulging in any childish attempt to humiliate and undermine Ares and flout superiority.
  • Stern Teacher: She's "not one of the fun gods" and so her lessons with Hercules are a serious matter.
  • Unrelated in the Adaptation: In the original mythology, she is a daughter of Zeus. In the film and series, she is never identified as such, yet is in the game Hades Challenge.
  • War God: The Olympian Goddess of War. Athens is her town.
  • The Worf Effect: She and the rest of the gods go down almost immediately when they mount a defense of Mount Olympus to prove the words of the Fates at the start of the film: the gods are screwed unless Hercules helps them.

    Aphrodite 
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Voiced by: Mary Kay Bergman (Hades Challenge), Lisa Kudrow (TV series) Foreign VAs

The Olympian Goddess of Love and Passion.


  • Adaptational Heroism: The Aphrodite of the Greek myths acted pettily just like the other Olympians (for instance, the story of Eros and Psyche started when she tried to enact Disproportionate Retribution for someone complimenting Psyche's beauty more than her own). The Disney version, naturally, behaves in a much more family-friendly manner.
  • Amazing Technicolor Population: Aphrodite has pinkish-purple skin.
  • Ascended Extra: In the TV series and other media.
  • The Burlesque of Venus: In the episode "Hercules and the Dream Date", Aphrodite appears to a bramble of flowers miraculously appearing, a beaming light, her rather cheesy introduction song topped off with, wait for it, stepping out of a giant clam that floated in.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Shows a streak of this in the animated series, all based on her experiences, some of which are Noodle Incidents or about Hercules' antics. A good example is Hercules having her to bring a statue Galatea to life, while forgetting one crucial detail about the girl: her personality.
    Aphrodite: "Okay, so 'beautiful' and 'crazy about you'. Good. Digging deep, huh?"
  • God Couple: She is engaged to Hephaestus, who gets violent with anyone who tries to hit on her, as Hades discovered.
  • God's Hands Are Tied: She once mentioned offhandedly that as a love goddess, she doesn't get involved in martial affairs (e.g. capturing the evils of Pandora's Box).
  • Hot Goddess: Naturally like every incarnation of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, is indeed beautiful.
  • Impossible Hourglass Figure: Has a waist so tiny she could probably wrap one hand around them. She's not human so it's not impossible for her.
  • Leitmotif: ''Aphrodite, Aphrodite, Aphrodite! The Goddess of Love!!''. It is heard every time she appears which grates on the nerves of others like Cupid and Hades, while appearing to be catchy to others like Hercules. However, even she hates it and seems to have no control over its occurrence.
  • Love Goddess: The Olympian Goddess of Love and Passion. She also oversees and marries off couples who are in love.
  • Ms. Fanservice: She has the most voluptuous figure of any character shown in the Hercules franchise.
  • Noodle Incident: She likely had two creatures of different species fall in love with one another.
    Aphrodite: Regarding two friends needing to be set up Wait, are they both human?
    Hercules: Yeah.
    Aphrodite: I'm just checking, go on.
  • Only Sane Man: In the animated series she is one of the few sensible gods.
  • The Power of Love: She runs on this and can make people fall in love rather easily, but admits that love is complex, messy, and best left to the professionals. Like plumbing. As such, she greatly dislikes when it's trifled with.
  • Statuesque Stunner: She is really tall and really beautiful.
  • True Beauty Is on the Inside: Unlike her mythological character personality, this version is a strong believer in the prospect of loving someone for who they are (character) instead of what they look like (appearance). She lampshades this when she attempts to counsel Medusa on winning Hercules' friendship, and isn't impressed when Hercules' requirements for a dream date are 'beautiful and obsessed with him'.
  • Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: She's engaged to Hephaestus, who's famed for being ugly. Though it's downplayed since the god of blacksmiths here isn't as bad looking as he was in classic myth.
  • Unrelated in the Adaptation: She has a Depending on the Writer case of parentage, but she is always related to Zeus and thus, Heracles. There is no relation given for this depiction.

Minor Gods and Goddesses

    The Muses 
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From left to right: Thalia, Melpomene, Calliope, Clio, and Terpsichore
"We are the Muses! Goddesses of the arts and proclaimers of heroes!"
Voiced by: Lillias White (Calliope), LaChanze (Terpsichore), Roz Ryan (Thalia), Cheryl Freeman (Melpomene), and Vanéese Y. Thomas (Clio) Foreign VAs

The Muses are five lovely goddesses whose domain lies in the arts, and they sing the tales of ancient Greece in a gospel choir style. They claim to be Hercules' biggest fans, narrating the movie and singing in four of the six songs.


  • All-Knowing Singing Narrator: Boy, they can sing amazing stories!
  • Big Beautiful Woman: While the other muses are rail thin like Megara, Thalia is not and is still gorgeous.
  • Big Fun: Thalia is the chubbiest of the Muses, and she tends to serve as the comic relief of the group. Fitting, since she's the Muse of Comedy.
  • Breaking the Fourth Wall: In the beginning of the movie, they decide the narrator is too serious and grim, so they decide to take over in telling the tale.
    Calliope: We'll take it from here, darling! (bats eyelashes)
    Narrator: You go, girls!
  • Canon Immigrant: The Muses were not involved in the Heracles myth at all. The movie brings them in from another part of Greek Mythology to narrate the film.
  • Custom Uniform of Sexy: Terpsichore is only muse whose stomach is showing; perhaps this is to help distinguish her from the other muses.
  • A Day in the Limelight: In the TV series, Terpsichore interacts directly with Hercules to teach him how to dance since she is the muse of dance.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Calliope and Thalia snark at the others and the characters.
  • Fan Girls: Of Hercules. Thalia would like to "make some sweet music" with him.
  • Fat Comic Relief: They're all funny, mind you, but Thalia is especially the designated comic relief. Fitting for the Muse of Comedy.
  • Genki Girl: Terpsichore, best shown in the tv show, where she is more distinct and lively.
  • Greek Chorus: Literally! They talk about the story and its players while simultaneously taking part in it.
  • Impossible Hourglass Figure: Four of them. Again, they're goddesses so it's not impossible.
  • The Leader: Calliope leads the other four in telling the story and keeps them on task. She is the muse of epic poetry.
  • Lemony Narrators: For instance, they call Meg on her tsundere.
  • Ms. Fanservice: All five of them. They're all very curvy and prone to posing their legs and shaking their hips when they dance.
  • Offscreen Teleportation: They appear and disappear a lot. Most notable in "I Won't Say I'm In Love", where they jump around the garden Meg's in, appearing as statues one moment then the camera turns around and they're on a relief the next, as well as hiding as whatever it is when Meg's paying close attention. Justified because they're goddesses.
  • Off with Her Head!: Played for Laughs when Thalia takes the form of a Haunted Mansion-esque bust.
  • Only Sane Woman: Calliope is only one focused on the job of a muse; "Proclaimers of Heroes".
  • Out of Focus: Clio gets the least focus of the five. Calliope and Thalia get the most focus in the movie itself, followed by Melpomene getting a solo, and Terpsichore gets some focus in the series. Clio's role as the muse of history doesn't leave her with much to do.
  • Plucky Comic Relief: Thalia, who is fittingly the Muse of Comedy.
  • Sadly Mythtaken: There were nine muses in Greek Mythology. There are only five here. Also, why would Greek Goddesses be singing gospel? Rule of Cool can explain the latter (it's a Disney film; they gotta fit a musical in there somewhere) but not the former. It's also possible that the other four were absent because their particular talents — astronomy, lyric poetry, hymnody, and...ahem...erotic poetry — weren't relevant to this particular story, so they're taking the day off.
    • As for the gospel-heavy sountrack, it's also a cheeky reference to the story revolving around dieties (albeit not Christian ones). And the reason they already *know* about gospel music can be explained by them being the prime divinities of the arts- who's to say they didn't have a hand in inspiring the genre?
  • Sassy Black Woman: All of them, but Thalia especially. They are introduced sassing the Narrator.
    Would ya listen to him? He's making the story sound like some Greek tragedy! Lighten up, dude!
  • Shaking the Rump: They do this fairly often.
  • Share Phrase: "And that's the gospel truth!"
  • Shipper on Deck: All of them want Herc and Meg to end up together.

    The Fates 
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From left to right: Lachesis, Atropos, and Clotho
"In eighteen years precisely, the planets will align ever so nicely. The time to act will be at hand; unleash the Titans, your monstrous band. Then the once proud Zeus will finally fall, and you, Hades, will rule all! A word of caution to this tale: should Hercules fight, you will fail."
Voiced by: Amanda Plummer (Clotho, movie), Carole Shelley (Lachesis, movie) and Paddi Edwards (Atropos, movie), Tress MacNeille (all three in House of Mouse) Foreign VAs

The Three Fates are the quaternary antagonists. These three sisters share one eye, which they use to see the future. They also determine the deaths of mortals, cutting a mortal's Thread of Life to send them to the Well of Souls in the Underworld. They have extreme psychic abilities, knowing everything that has happened, is happening and will happen, and are an authority above the gods in this respect, though the one thing they cannot do is kill a god.


  • Abhorrent Admirer:
    • Clotho towards Hades, which is something he exploits to get her to tell him the future. "My fate is in your lovely hands."
    • Atropos is also this to Hercules in the episode "Hercules and the Tapestry of Fate".
  • Adaptational Wimp: Their shared eye can see more than everyone else's in the entire universe put together, and yet in this rather loose take on the myths they lack the ability to affect the future, unlike the original mythology, as they never write down and dictate destiny, and only cut the threads of people who have died of unrelated causes to them. Notably, Hades never once attempts to convince them to influence the things that are yet to come, in a way favorable to him.
  • Affably Evil: They're fairly polite, for a group of scary old hags. Clotho, in particular, seems to be the most cooperative of the trio.
  • Ascended Extras: They start out as Advertised Extras, since the trailers imply that they appear far more often than they do in the actual film (though they do play a major role nonetheless). They're eventually upgraded to recurring villains in the TV series.
  • Blind Seers: Kind of. They have one eye between them so two of them are blind at any given time.
  • Body Horror:
    • They share one eye between them. One. Single. Eye.
    • Lachesis has a spider in her nose. Urghh.
  • Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Clotho's skin is green, Lachesis' is dark blue, and Atropos' is red.
  • Color Motifs: Black is an important color to everything associated with their deisgns: Atropos' scissors, their robes and the threads they cut. Hercules' is gold.
  • Composite Character: While they're given the basic characterization of the Fates (omniscient Humanoid Abominations who control the fate of Gods and mortals alike), their appearance is modeled after the Graeae (a trio of impossibly ancient Wicked Witches who share a single eye between them).
  • Crossover Mythology: The series has them being the same as the Norse Norns, causing Phil to accuse them of doing illicit work.
  • Crystal Ball: Their eye has this future-foretelling function.
  • Damsel in Distress: In the alternate realty created by Hades in "Hercules and the Tapestry of Fate", Zeus is now the ruler of the Underworld and the Fates, along with the aforementioned Tapestry of Fate, are his prisoners, so Hercules has to rescue them and restore the timeline to normal.
  • Death's Hourglass: The thread of life is spun by them. It is also cut by Atropos.
  • The Dreaded: Bob the narrator lampshades in "Hercules and the Tapestry of Fate" that Atropos is the most feared of the Fates because her responsibility is cutting a mortal's thread of life with just one snip.
  • Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: As with Hades, the Fates expected Hercules to die by cutting his life thread, but are left dumbfounded when Herc rescues Meg from the Well of Souls and regains his godhood. The fact that they don't realize this indicates that it is possible to change one's fate.
  • The Evil Geniuses: If one counts them among Hades' allies, seeing as they know literally everything. Hades needed their intel for his Evil Plan.
  • Eyeless Face: Two of them because they only have one eye between them.
  • Fog Feet: Word of God says that the Fates have no legs.
  • The Hecate Sisters: Played with, as visually, they're all crones, but their personalities line up well with this trope, Clotho being the Maiden, Lachesis being the Mother and Atropos being the Crone. In the stage production, it's played straight, as they're played by actresses of different ages—a little girl (the Maiden), a middle-aged woman (the Mother) and an old woman (the Crone).
  • Humanoid Abomination: The three of them are probably the most...off creatures in the cast, including the gods and monsters.
  • Neutral Evil: They're netural towards Hades and everyone, and their tasks in ending a person's life is pretty grim. Atropos seems to take most pleasure in cutting threads.
  • Not So Omniscient After All: They had no idea that Hercules would become a God.
  • The Omniscient:
    • They announce it at one point.
    Hades: Ladies, sorry I'm—
    Lachesis: Late! We knew you would be!
    Clotho: (proudly) We know everything!
    • Later played for laughs when Hades tries to explain why he needs their help to which they keep responding "WE KNOW!"
  • Omniscient Morality License: They appear to have this, although they do have standards, as they're not supposed to reveal the future.
  • Punch-Clock Villain: They're not really malicious and don't go out of their way to hurt people. It's their job to cut the threads of life when someone dies. The show further enforces this and portrays them as more neutral than bad. That being said, they do seem to really enjoy their job, with Atropos flashing a Slasher Smile before cutting a thread.
  • Small Role, Big Impact: They have at least five minutes of screentime, but it is their prediction of the future that sets the plot in motion. The TV series and other appearances outside the movie give them more to do, their most notable appearance being in "Hercules and the Tapestry of Fate" in which they are properly introduced by name.
  • Terrible Trio: The three of them spin, stretch and cut the threads of life.
  • Villainous Crush: Atropos crushes on Hercules in the TV series.
  • Villainy-Free Villain: For all their Evil Gloating, they're only relaying stuff that's going to happen anyway.
  • The Weird Sisters: To the point that they're straight up referred to as such in "Hercules and the Tapestry of Fate". In "Hercules and the Twilight of the Gods", it's revealed that they also fill in as the Norns in the Norse pantheon.

    Trivia 
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"Never underestimate the power of trivia!"
Voiced by: Ben Stein Foreign VAs

The God of trivial information and where three-roads-meet.


  • All of the Other Reindeer: Virtually everyone on Olympus hates spending time with him, as he goes on and on about whatever factoid he considers relevant. Ares even bemoans how a simple bowling game can last longer than the average war. Hades also refused to invite him to his pool party scam for this reason, though this ended up wrecking the scheme in the end. Trivia still considered the snub a rather large insult.
  • Amazing Technicolor Population: Trivia has purple skin. He's a god, you know.
  • Bait-and-Switch: Trivia catches Zeus doing this when he 'thanks' him helping Hercules. Zeus offers to let Trivia sit next to him at lunch, by pointing out that depending on which side of Zeus he sits it can mean either power and respect or 'Pass the Condiments'. Which from Zeus expression he clearly was intending the latter.
  • Beware the Silly Ones: Despite being boring and somewhat silly, the information he knows comes in handy and proves to be very useful in uncovering secrets no one else knows about and defeating Hades. He also threatened to have Phil "paved" for insulting him.
  • The Bore: Seen as this by all of the other gods including Hades due to constantly spouting off trivial information about anything related to the issue at hand.
  • Gender Flip: The character was female in the original myths, although the character Trivia was based on, the goddess Hecate, would make an appearance as a separate character in the TV series.
  • God of Knowledge: Parodied. He's specifically the god of trivial information, and viewed as an annoying bore due to constantly spouting off trivial information about anything related to whatever may be going on at the moment.
  • Ink-Suit Actor: He's Ben Stein if he were a Disney Greek God.
  • Mundane Made Awesome: His godly knowledge enables him to do everything from bowling a perfect game to defeating Hades at the gates of Olympus.
  • Pronouncing My Name for You: He constantly tells people who call on him that his name is pronounced Try-vee-Ah.
  • Someday This Will Come in Handy: His whole shtick revolves around knowing information about anything and everything that seems trivial but can turn out quite useful. He helped Hercules saved the other gods by putting any trivial information he knew about the Underworld, Olympus, and the Gods to good use.

    Hecate 
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"The Underworld is under new management."
Voiced by: Peri Gilpin Foreign VAs

Demigoddess of the night and witchcraft, Hecate appears in two episodes of the TV series with her eyes on Hades' throne. Like Hades, she has minions of her own, talking winged wolves named Canis and Lupis.


  • Adaptational Villainy: Her mythological counterpart was a neutral-to-benevolent goddess, while here she's as bad as Hades.
  • Adaptational Wimp: While still skilled in magic, her mythological inspiration was a full-fledged goddess who Zeus himself said had no peers; in the series she's a scheming demigoddess with little sway among the Olympians or Hades himself.
  • Ambition Is Evil: Her goal in life is to rule the Underworld instead of Hades.
  • Distaff Counterpart: She's essentially a female Hades with magic-based powers and scheming, as well as similar color schemes.
  • A Dog Named "Dog": Canis and Lupus' names are Latin for "dog" and "wolf", respectively.
  • Evil Versus Evil: The crux of her appearances have her scheming to take the Underworld from Hades, which would be equally bad for the heroes.
  • Fangs Are Evil: Her whole mouth is full of razor-sharp teeth.
  • Freudian Excuse: Like Hades, it's implied her power complex comes from being a demigoddess who no one listens to.
  • Friendship Trinket: In her second appearance Hades gives Hecate a "Thanks for the blind obedience" statuette as a reward for "stopping" her monster. She gives it to the heroes for bowling practice.
  • Near-Villain Victory: She almost succeeds in her first takeover attempt, only losing in the last minute of the episode.
  • Omnicidal Maniac: Hecate plans to increase the Underworld's efficiency by collecting the souls of everyone on Earth.
  • Out-Gambitted: Her second appearance has Herc trick her into taking his strength away so he can get sent to the Underworld, and he and the others use their collective weaknesses to stall Hecate's monster until Hades shows up.
  • Pet the Dog: Literally. She's seen petting one of her wolves during the meeting and holds them in higher regard than Hades does with his minions.
  • Power Parasite: She steals Hades' godly essence by trapping it in a crystal, and later uses her magic to take away heroic traits and infuse them into a monster.
  • Smug Snake: She's supremely confident in her plans and her evilness, but lacks foresight and is quickly put in her place once Hades catches wind of her schemes.
  • The Starscream: Hecate is nominally working for Hades, but what she really wants is his throne for herself.

    Demeter 
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Voiced by: Mary Kay Bergman (Hades Challenge), Florence Henderson (TV series) Foreign VAs

Goddess of nature, the harvest, and the seasons. Demeter is warm and friendly most of the time, but isn't one to make angry.


  • Ascended Extra: In the TV series and other media.
  • Beware the Nice Ones: Demeter is caring and understanding towards most of her subjects, but when she learns Pan hasn't given her any offerings and created a temple praising himself, she gets so furious she blooms in fall colors and sends Nemesis after him.
  • Weird Weather: When she forgets who she is in "Hercules and the Pool Party", it snows in summer.

    Hestia 
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Voiced by: Betty White Foreign VAs

Goddess of the hearth, home, and family, everyone loves Hestia, and she does her best to get along with everyone in return. She's also a fantastic chef.


Other Immortals

    Pain and Panic 
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"Pain!....and Panic! Reporting for duty!"
Voiced by: Bobcat Goldthwait (Pain) and Matt Frewer (Panic) Foreign VAs

Pain and Panic are the secondary antagonists. They are two shape-shifting imps who are minions of Hades and provide comic relief. They are both very loosely based on Deimos and Phobos from the Greek Myths. The show would eventually clarify that they are spirits from Pandora's Box.


  • Adaptational Villainy: Pain and Panic compared to Deimos and Phobos, who they were both very loosely based on. While neither of their original counterparts were exactly good guys, they were the sons of Ares and definitely weren't evil lackeys. In fact, Heracles worshiped Phobos as a god and had him depicted on his shield. Ironically, Phobos and Deimos do appear in the animated series as Fear and Terror, but they are as against Hades as Herc is.
  • Adaptational Wimp: In the Greek Myths, Deimos (who Pain is based on) was the Greek God of Terror and Phobos (who Panic is based on) was the very personification of fear brought on by war. In the movie, they're watered down into bungling comic relief lackeys for Hades.
  • And There Was Much Rejoicing: Both watch in glee as Hades is dragged into the river Styx for eternity. Justified by Hades physically abusing them so often.
  • Beware the Silly Ones: Don’t underestimate them for their shapeshifting abilities, the scenes where they capture Pegasus and try to kill Hercules as snakes shows the duo at their most terrifying. They both also display a surprisingly sinister side when Hades falls into the Well of Souls, implying they've wanted to overthrow their boss, but their incompetence and cowardice prevented them from doing so.
  • The Bully: The few times that they manage to gain an advantage over someone they immediately start to walk over them as much as their puny hooves allow them. They spilled Herculade on a depowered Hercules while singing a mocking sing-song and later stole Hermes' sunglasses and Ares' helmet and also shouted at their faces while they were being taken to the Underworld as prisoners. They did enjoy it for as little as it lasted.
  • Bumbling Henchmen Duo: A typical pair of goofy, clumsy minions serving the Big Bad.
  • Butt-Monkey: Most of their screen time consists of them being physically abused by Hades.
  • Canon Immigrant: Deimos was not involved in the original Heracles myth, and was brought in from other parts of Greek Mythology for the Disney movie. Phobos (Panic) does not appear in the myth per se, but Heracles did worship him and have him depicted on a shield of his.
  • Co-Dragons: They're the ones Hades calls upon the most.
  • Composite Character: In this case, they are also the snakes that attacked Hercules as a baby, but they serve Hades rather than being released by Hera.
  • Didn't Think This Through: In one episode, they decide to turn Hercules into a baby so it'll be easier to kill him. Baby Hercules defends himself as well as he did in the film.
  • Dirty Coward: They evidently do get their kicks out of mocking and bullying imprisoned or incapacitated people whom they would definitely not if they were free like a depowered Hercules, a deceived Pegasus and the chained Olympians. Which earns them some major kicks from both Pegasus and Hermes once they are freed.
  • The Fair Folk: As there is nothing fair or appealing in either their looks or their personalities, those two easily represent the euphemistic nature of this terminology. The actual mythological creatures that they come the closest to are sprites, nymphs and imps (which is the only description that they get in the film) as they are clearly not gods of the Olympians caliber but rather lesser followers.
  • Fat and Skinny: Pain and Panic, respectively, form this sort of comedy duo.
  • Honey Trap: They pull one on Pegasus by shapeshifting into a female winged horse with pink fur, a big butt, and a heart shape on her flanks. They then lure him into his stable, where they trap and tie him up before Hades confronts Hercules, and he's stuck there until Megara frees him later.
  • Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Their names ARE meaningful, but not so much in the sense of causing them to others as much as being themselves constantly subjected to their meaning.
  • Iron Butt Monkey: The most supernatural thing about them is the fact that they appear to be made out of plasticine. No matter how many times they get turned to paste, they will always reform themselves and come back for more.
  • The Klutz: Both seem that they would do better to avoid staircases.
  • Meaningful Echo: They have almost the same exchange at different points in the movie - the first after they fail to kill Hercules as a baby and the second after Hades gets punched into the Styx.
    Panic: Hades is gonna kill us when he finds out what happened!
    Pain: You mean if he finds out.
    Panic: Of course he's gonna f— if. If is good.
  • Meaningful Name: True to their own names, Pain is clumsy and hapless and Panic is cowardly and neurotic. They are also work for a powerful villain who evokes pain and fear through his sinister schemes.
  • Mook: Two imps that serve Hades. He's implied to have more but these are the only two we see. In the series, the episode "Hercules and the Tiff on Olympus", Hades summons Neurosis, a yellow, emaciated-looking imp who blabbers nonstop. Let's say Pain & Panic don't take it well (annoyed at the very least) when Hades sends another to do his work.
  • Nervous Wreck: "Panic" is a meaningful name, he is constantly shown to be worrying on what will happen and is always the first to lose his nerve.
  • Not-So-Harmless Villain: For all their bumbling, they DO manage to kidnap Hercules and turn him mortal. The two would have fed him the last drop if the two humans had not shown up, and had Herc drank the last drop, they would have killed him and the two humans too, who would be hopeless against their snake forms. They also manage to capture Pegasus, and Hermes, and in the House of Mouse episode "Jimminy Cricket" they even manage to break-up the titular conscience with Pinocchio.
  • Our Imps Are Different: They're two imps in the service of Hades, and cowardly shapeshifters whom Hades frequently abuses.
  • Plucky Comic Relief: While the movie already has a whole lot of comedy, Pain and Panic are some of the most comedic characters in the movie with their silly antics and bumbling incompetence.
  • Ridiculously Small Wings: They have really tiny wings on their backs, yet they are capable of flight when they kidnap baby Hercules from Mount Olympus and fly all the way to the ground with the infant, albeit with mild struggle.
  • Speech Impediment: Both imps speak with an audible lisp.
  • The Starscream: Implied when Hades falls into the Well of Souls. When Pain anxiously worries about how pissed he'll be when he comes out, Pain sinisterly says "if he gets out of there", to which Panic says in a similarly sinister tone, "If... if is good."
  • Sycophantic Servant: When their boss gets mad, it is their cue to turn themselves into their most comfortable forms, worms or bugs, and start grovelling.
  • Too Dumb to Live: Like so many other henchmen in the Disney Animated Features Canon, Pain and Panic are unbearably stupid to the point where they piss Hades off by buying Herc’s sandals and a drink.
  • Torture Technician: It's implied in the series that they are the ones who oversee the punishment of souls in the Underworld; they're shown bugging Hades with paperwork to fill out regarding the requisition of whips (and other stuff), and it's evident when they absolutely fawn over the chance to use new torture equipment.
  • Villains Out Shopping: They don't care about the Evil Plan; that's their boss' thing. Pain wears Hercules footwear and Panic drinks Hercul-ade and neither one of them are smart enough to hide it from their boss.
  • Voluntary Shapeshifting: They can shift into whatever they wish. This includes an attractive female pegasus.
  • Would Hurt a Child: Despite their goofiness and incompetence, they have absolutely zero compunctions about murdering a baby in cold blood.

    The Titans 
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"Destroy Zeus! Crush him!"
Voiced by: Corey Burton (Stratos, Lythos' right head), Jim Cummings (Pyros), Jim Ward (Hydros), Patrick Pinney (Lythos' left head, Cyclops; movie), Bill Fagerbakke (Cyclops, TV series), Miguel Ferrer (Antaeus, TV series); Foreign VAs

The Titans from Pagan are the overarching antagonists, portrayed as four elemental monsters who terrorized Ancient Greece. They were the physical manifestation of the element they controlled. There's Lythos, the Earth Titan; Pyros, the Fire Titan; Hydros, the Water Titan; Stratos, the Wind Titan; and... the Cyclops, who doesn't get an element.

Hercules: The Animated Series — hewing somewhat closer to Greek Mythology — included several less-monstrous Titans such as Kronos, Rhea, Prometheus, Atlas, and Briares; and also categorized Typhon and Echidna as Titans.


  • Abusive Precursors: The opening song states that before the Olympians ruled, the Titans were the gods in charge, and they made Earth a cruel place to live.
  • Adaptational Abomination: Mixed with Adaptational Ugliness, the Greek Titans were sapient and humanoid beings, being more akin to a different faction of gods. Here the titans are otherworldly elemental monsters with Bizarre Alien Biology.
  • Adaptational Dumbass:
    • The Titans in Greek Mythology were generally as intelligent as the gods, these Titans are barely sapient and can speak only in small sentences.
    • The Cyclops is identified as Arges in alot of ancillary material, Arges in the mythology was the Ultimate Black Smith creating many of the greatest magical items in the world. Arges in this movie is pure Dumb Muscle.
  • Adaptation Species Change: The cyclopes and Hydros were separate from the Titans, though the cyclopes were siblings to the Titans.
  • Adaptational Villainy: All Cyclopses in Greek Mythology were shown as followers of the greek gods, even the cruel Polyphemus was a dutiful son to his father, Poseidon. Arges in particular, was one of Zeus' most trusted allies in the war against the Titans and forged all his weapons as thanks for Zeus saving him from the titans. In this movie, Arges is a mindless brute that assists the titans in trying to overthrow Zeus.
  • All There in the Manual:
    • According to Disney Adventures, the cyclops' name is One-Eyed Jack. Hades nicknames him "Bright-Eye."
    • Disney Villainous gives him the name Arges instead, which has a similar meaning to his "Bright Eye" nickname in the film.
  • All There in the Script: The names of the other four, listed below.
  • Always Chaotic Evil: They weren't so much rulers of Earth as they were living chaotic forces that terrorized the world. As mentioned in Adaptational Villainy, they were more varied in the source mythology.
  • An Ice Person: Hydros the Ice Titan. His Establishing Character Moment consists of him using his icy breath on a herd of fleeing horses, freezing them all solid in place.
  • Arch-Enemy: Of Zeus because he trapped them underground for countless ages.
  • Ax-Crazy: Thalia implies that the remains of their victims were literally everywhere.
  • Bald of Evil: The Cyclops has human-like flesh but no hair. Despite this, the trope is otherwise averted as the other beast-like monsters have hair and non-human like at all.
  • Blow You Away: Stratos, who is a tornado. He even said this word-for-word in regards to what he intends to do to Zeus.
  • The Brute: They're massive, hulking monsters that serve as strong men for the head villain.
  • Canon Foreigner: Pyros and Lythos, which just mean "fire" and "stone," and Stratos are not characters in Greek myth, though Lythos takes some elements from the Hekatonkheires due to having multiple heads and using rock-based attacks.
  • Composite Character: They take elements from the protogenoi, and the non-Titan children of Ouranos as well as from the titans. In addition, their role in the story, as monstrous opponents that prophecy states the gods cannot defeat without the help of Hercules, is taken from the gigantes. Lythos, as a multi-headed giant, takes on elements of the Hecatoncheires.
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: Stratos manages to subdue all the Olympians at once except for Zeus.
  • Defeat Equals Explosion: They're taken out in a wonderfully massive blast after getting hurled into the far reaches of space.
  • Dem Bones: Hydros takes the form of a giant, spiky skeleton made of ice.
  • Dismemberment Is Cheap: When Hydros walks, his legs break off and grow back each time he takes a step, leaving a trail of icy mountains in his wake.
  • Disney Villain Death: The cyclops. Hercules ties his feet together so he falls from a high cliff in a moment of guile.
  • The Dreaded: Everyone is terrified of them. The sight of them sends Hermes into a panic.
  • Dumb Muscle: Cyclops isn't a creature for anything more than rampages of a colossal scale. Even the main four Titans aren't exactly the brightest bulbs; Hades has to point them in the right direction to Mt. Olympus when they go off on a mindless Roaring Rampage of Revenge.
  • Eldritch Abomination: Oh yes. They are a bunch of giant, horrifying monsters, more akin to the Protogenois than the Titans. Extremely powerful forces of nature who just happen to have a target (Zeus) or a lack of one in the prologue (thus "everywhere" and "everyone").
  • Elemental Embodiment: The four classical ones which, worryingly, also cover some of the layers of the Earth. Pyros represents the underground magma, Lythos comes after him as the tectonic plates, he is followed by Hydros who's appearance is concentrated in the eternal ice of the poles, and over all of them towers Stratos the god of the atmosphere.
  • Elemental Powers: Four of the five:
  • Explosions in Space: Their final fate after Hercules uses Stratos to capture the other titans and hurls them into space.
  • Eye Scream: During his battle with the cyclops, Hercules stuffs a fiery brand into his eye.
  • Failed Attempt at Drama: Their escape from prison and assault on Olympus starts off dramatic and terrifying, accompanied by thunderous fanfare... until Hades points out they're going completely the wrong way.
    Titans: DESTROY ZEUS!
    Hades: Uh, guys?
    Titans: Huh?
    Hades: Olympus would be that way. (Points at Olympus in the opposite direction)
    Titans: (Pause awkwardly as the music briefly stops, then turn around and walk towards it) ZEEEUS!
  • Fat Bastard: The Cyclops is basically a fat kid picking the wings of a fly (i.e. a depowered Hercules).
  • Four Is Death: Downplayed; four of them are depicted as having a major part, but there's actually five of them; one of them is a cyclops.
  • Generic Doomsday Villain: They are basically nigh-mindless, rampaging forces of nature who only care about destruction. Cyclops is the only one with more of a personality, acting kind of like a schoolyard bully while beating up Hercules.
  • The Heavy: As mentioned above, they contribute to Hades using them to overthrowing Zeus driving the plot of the film.
  • Hoist by His Own Petard: Stratos's suction powers end up being his and the others' undoing.
  • Hulk Speak: Except for Stratos, who simply bellows, they all talk this way, especially the cyclops - "So, you mighty Hercules, huh?" who isn't into articulate speech anyways.
  • Kaiju: They're all huge malevolent monsters that attack cities.
  • Large and in Charge: They're all tremendously huge, but as the above photo shows, Stratos is the biggest of them, and initially takes point in leading the others to destroy Olympus before Hades points out they're going the wrong way. He's also the most powerful of the group, as he captures all of the gods effortlessly and leaves his "brothers" to handle Zeus. Even when the other Titans are running scared, Stratos tries to kill Hercules (and very nearly succeeds). Fittingly, Herc uses Stratos to defeat the other Titans by capturing them inside his funnel.
  • Lean and Mean: Hydros. He's essentially a giant icy skeleton.
  • Living Lava: Pyros, who's a Blob Monster of lava that spreads itself to cause massive destruction.
  • Multiple Head Case: Lythos, the Rock Titan, has two heads. They both get blasted off by Zeus' thunderbolts.
  • Non-Elemental: The Cyclops, in contrast to the other Titans, is not an elemental god. He is a flesh and blood creature who probably ended up sharing their abyssal cell as an afterthought as the gods didn't have anywhere better to throw him.
  • No-Sell:
    • Lythos completely tanks a lightning bolt thrown by Zeus during the initial assault. When Zeus uses a bunch of bolts at once, he is able to blow off both his heads.
    • Stratos also single-handedly captures every single god on Olympus as they charge the Titans by using his funnels to suck them into his body.
  • Not So Stoic: The shot of the Titans realizing they were walking away from Olympus shows Stratos making an especially awkward and embarrassed stare, as if he just realized they were following his lead in the wrong direction.
  • Oh, Crap!: Lythos audible says "Uh oh" just before Zeus blows his heads off.
  • Omnicidal Maniac: Barely recognisable as characters and not mindless forces of nature, they are a group of anthropomorphized Elemental Embodiments that have an unfortunate tendency to get carried a bit away.
  • Our Titans Are Different: They provide the current picture for the page. Unlike the Titans from the original myths, these ones appear to have been mixed with the Protogenoi, being ancient, primordial forces of havoc. The animated series includes more Titans as well, hewing closer to the source material.
  • Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Invoked and exploited by Hades who, while freeing them from their prison, asks what their first order of business wil be:
    Titans: (Raising their fist into the air) DESTROY [ZEUS]!
    Hades: Good answer.
  • Rock Monster: Lythos is a two-headed giant made of rock.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Once they realize Zeus actually can kick their asses now, they immediately begin to retreat from Olympus. They don't get far thanks to Hercules using Stratos to capture all of them.
  • Sealed Evil in a Can: Zeus imprisons them all beneath the ocean with lightning bolts, but When the Planets Align, Hades is able to release them. Hercules uses Stratos to suck the other Titans in, then throws them all into space where they explode.
  • Shockwave Stomp: In addition to crushing anything flat underneath his feet, Lythos is capable of causing earthquakes just by walking.
  • Team Member By Adaptation: Arges the Cyclops was allied with Zeus against the titans in the mythology, but here Arges is a member of the Titans.
  • Villain: Exit, Stage Left: They attempt to do this when Hercules frees Zeus from their imprisonment, much to Hades' chagrin barring Stratos who does hold its ground impressively enough. Hercules is able to blow them up all before they can succeed.
  • The Worf Effect: They inflict quick defeats on every god in Olympus except Zeus himself, proving how dangerous they are and also proving the Fates correct. The gods cannot win this fight without Hercules.
  • Your Head Asplode: Upon being released by Herc from the mound of dried lava and ice Hydros and Pyros entombed him in, Zeus uses a few thunderbolts given to him Hephaestus to destroy Lythos' two heads.

    Prometheus 
Voiced by: Carl Reiner

The namesake of Prometheus Academy. This Titan was the one responsible for giving the gift of fire to humanity. Unfortunately, Zeus captured and chained him to a rock for all eternity. Or until Hercules frees him, whichever comes first.


  • Deadpan Snarker: Suffice to say, by the time Herc comes to rescue him, Prometheus is so done with his punishment that he regularly snarks at the eagle who comes to dine on his liver everyday.
  • Nice Guy: He saw humanity needed fire and gave it to them. Years later he remains this, remaining an affable and kind guy.

    Circe 
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Voiced by: Idina Menzel Foreign VAs

Circe is a sorceress who desperately searches Greece for a boyfriend, but her high standards usually lead to any potential suitors being transformed into animals.


  • Adaptational Villainy: Zig-zagged. In the original myth, while she transformed every man he came to her island as pigs, she still helped Odysseus to return home and gave him advices. Here, she's a shallow character who has extremely high expectations about her ideal boyfriend and mistreats those who don't live up to them.
  • Affably Evil: Befitting her status as an enchantress, she remains charming even at her most wicked.
  • Artifact of Doom: Her magic scepter, which she uses to seduce other men and also, to turn them to animals once she's bored with them.
  • Color Motifs: Red, reflecting both her sensuality and her deviousness.
  • The Dreaded: According to the narrator, she is “famed for her beauty but feared for her ruthless quest to capture the perfect man”.
  • Forced Transformation: Transforms the men she doesn't like into animals. She transforms Icarus into a platypus, Hercules into a lemur and Adonis into a peacock.
  • "I Want" Song: "One Good Man" describes how she wants her ideal man to be.
  • Impossible Hourglass Figure: She has broad shoulders and wide hips, and yet her waist is incredibly narrow.
  • Ink-Suit Actor: She certainly looks a lot like Idina Menzel.
  • Ms. Fanservice: Has very notable curves and there's huge emphasis on them whenever she walks.
  • Red Is Violent: Wears a red dress and shoves the boys she doesn't like.
  • Villain Song: "One good man", which describes her ideal man and showcases how badly she mistreats those who fail to live to her impossibly high expectations.
  • Wicked Witch: She's described as an "enchantress" and acts as the main villain of her debut episode.

    Neurosis 
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Voiced by: Richard Lewis

A one-shot imp minion of Hades seen in "Hercules and the Tiff on Olympus", Neurosis was called in to attack Hercules' mind and make him doubt himself.


  • Chromatic Arrangement: He's yellow compared to Pain's purple and Panic's green.
  • Meaningful Name: Like his fellow imps, Neurosis' name hints at his state of being—he's incredibly anxious and can pass the trait onto others.
  • Nervous Wreck: Perpetually stressed out and can inflict this state on others.
  • Sixth Ranger: Acts as a one-off version of this, being a third imp to Pain and Panic's duo.

Mortals

    Amphitryon and Alcmene 
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"It's the symbol of the Gods."
Alcmene voiced by: Barabara Barrie Foreign VAs
Amphitryon voiced by: Hal Holbrook (movie), Corey Burton (animated series) Foreign VAs

Hercules' adoptive parents who raised him after he was taken from his home on Mount Olympus.


  • Adaptational Wimp: The Amphitryon of myth was a famed soldier and a hero in his own right. Here, he's just an elderly farmer, mainly to be an analogue to Jonathan Kent.
  • Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: At least how Hercules saw them in his teens because they would talk frankly to others of life on the farm instead of tales of adventure or excitement. Cassandra reminds him that every teenager would rather kiss a Gorgon than be seen in public with their parents, but Hercules insists that this is somehow different.
  • Big Ol' Eyebrows: Amphitryon has these and due to age they are also white.
  • Chubby Mama, Skinny Papa: Overweight Alcmene and her skinny husband Amphitryon, respectively.
  • Expy: An elderly farmer and his wife who adopt and raise a Wonder Child son gifted with extraordinary abilities? Jonathan and Martha Kent anyone?
  • Good Parents: Both are very supportive and loving to their adopted son, Hercules.
  • Happily Married: Even though their scenes together are short, we still see them as a happy couple.
  • Interspecies Adoption: They are a human couple who adopted and lovingly raised a human demigod.
  • Muggle Foster Parents: They were the mortal, adoptive parents to their semi-divine son.
  • Nice Guy: Both of them are supportive and understanding of their adopted son, and they're gentle and kind in general.
  • Rags to Royalty: Downplayed. They weren't necessarily poor, but still of a working-class background. When their son made it big in Athens, they become rich. Even so, they are still seen with their old home and Penelope thus implying that even with being rich, they still wanted to have some of their old lifestyle.
  • Spanner in the Works: They interrupted Pain and Panic as they were giving Hercules the potion to make him mortal. Without them, Hades' plan would have gone off without a hitch.
  • Unrelated in the Adaptation: In the original Greek Myths, Alcmene is actually Hercules' biological/birth mother, and great-niece due to being the granddaughter of another son of Zeus (Perseus), while the Disney version remade her as his adoptive mother. Likewise, Amphitryon, himself a grandson of Perseus and cousin of Alcmene, is never stated to have any blood relation to Hercules or Alcmene.

    Icarus 
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"Oh ho! I love her [Cassandra] so much! Oh ho ho! What are you looking at?!"
Voiced by: French Stewart Foreign VAs

Hercules' best friend during their time in Prometheus Academy. He also has a romantic obsession with their friend Cassandra.


  • Abhorrent Admirer: To Cassandra. She regards him as a nuisance. Granted, he is brain damaged, so it's difficult for him to take a hint.
    • Circe took a liking to him, only to lose interest the moment they reached her home.
  • All Men Are Perverts: His interaction with Cassandra borders on harassment.
  • Bizarre Taste in Food: Loves liver and is disappointed when Prometheus announces he will cancel liver Thursdays while the rest of the school cheers.
  • Canon Foreigner: Only appears in the TV series.
  • Cloudcuckoolander: Thanks to the fact that flying too close to the sun "fried his brain".
  • Crazy Jealous Guy: He doesn't like any other guy messing with Cassandra.
  • Depending on the Writer: He runs the gamut from being a full-blown Nice Guy to being a pretty big Jerkass depending on the episode. His insanity remains constant, however.
  • Einstein Hair: Fitting with his crazy-yet-brilliant personality is his wacko hair style.
  • Fatal Flaw: Icarus is easy to anger and driven to great acts of spite when provoked, particularly when consumed by jealousy.
  • Gadgeteer Genius: To the point that Phil states in the epilogue that Icarus becomes a famous inventor.
  • Genius Ditz: He's brain-damaged, but he is still does demonstrate that he's the son of an inventor from time to time, to say nothing of his uncanny ability to adjust to every unusual situation he finds himself in.
  • Heterosexual Life-Partners: He and Hercules are best friends in the TV series.
  • Hidden Depths: For all his kookiness, he is actually really skilled at adapting to whatever situation he finds himself in, even Spartan military training!
  • Icarus Allusion: Of course. His hair resembles the sun's crown, he's permanently tanned, and every now and then he will attempt to fly again.
  • Jerkass: Most of the time is a Jerk with a Heart of Gold or a downright Nice Guy, but his antics can occasionally slide into this. The biggest example would have to be "Hercules and the Green-Eyed Monster", where he starts acting like an immature, selfish supervillain out of hatred for his dad's new girlfriend.
  • Jerkass Has a Point: His What the Hell, Hero? moment to Hercules about Medusa (see below). For once, the immature and crazy Icarus was right — Hercules was only assuming Medusa was evil simply because she was a Gorgon despite the fact that she was nothing but nice to him and his friends. This moment causes Hercules to realize how cruel he was being.
  • Keet: He's hyperactive to an incredible degree. It actually allowed him to breeze through Spartan Basic Training with ease while his fellow more masculine recruits including Hercules were reeling from exhaustion and managed to make his way to Morpheus' temple despite a sleeping spell being in effect (something no one else has withstood before making Icarus one of the only people to succeed) that usually only demigods could withstand.
  • Kid-Appeal Character: He's infinitely more cartoon-y than the rest of the main cast, fitting the much lighter, kid-friendly tone of the series.
  • Mad Eye: One eye is permanently red, possibly bloodshot.
  • Mad Scientist: Like his father, is also an inventor - and a brain-fried one to ensure both parts fit.
  • Missing Mom: For a while, his only parental figure appeared to be Daedalus, though his mother is eventually addressed. She appears in "Hercules and the Green-Eyed Monster," mentioned to be amiably divorced, and Icarus works for her during the summer.
  • Nice Guy: On a good day, he can be surprisingly noble and will usually work to fix his mistakes when he notices he has messed up badly.
  • Running Gag: He never learned from his first incident with his wax wings. Whenever he whips them out, expect slapstick to ensue.
  • Spared by the Adaptation: Didn't fall to his death here, though he is still famous enough that when Hercules is first told about the incident, he asks: "He's THAT Icarus?" Too bad this doesn't prevent him from making the same mistake over and over again.
  • Selective Obliviousness: Fairly realistic example with his parents' seperation. He thinks they are just live apart and might be going through *a bit* of a rough patch. He pretends not to hear any information about them actually being legally divorced.
  • What the Hell, Hero?: Icarus of all people gives this to Hercules after finding out Medusa, the new girl they were hanging out with, is the Gorgon. When he asked if Hercules will plan to see her again, he says no since Medusa is a monster and a freak who is a threat to everyone's safety. Icarus takes this rather personally, calling out that despite what Medusa is, she was a pleasant person to be around unlike most other people and never had any malicious thoughts towards them. He challenges Herc if he's going to kill her for being a freak because he's too good to have one for a friend, and then what? Kill anyone else considered a freak? Perhaps a "freak who flew too close to the sun"?

    Cassandra 
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"Life not fair? Why wasn't I told?"
Voiced by: Sandra Bernhard Foreign VAs

She is a close friend of Hercules and to a lesser extent Icarus, who is hopelessly in love with her, during their time in Prometheus Academy.

Keep in mind, try not to confuse her with the other Cassandra of another Disney animated series nor that other one from another unrelated fighting game series.

  • Canon Foreigner: Like Icarus up there, she's TV series only.
  • Can't Live with Them, Can't Live Without Them: Icarus may be an Abhorrent Admirer, but Cassandra feels a void when Icarus is gone for a long time.
  • The Cassandra: She's based on the original trope namer, often warning people of impending doom but often ignored until it's too late. The one time anyone believed her was a fake prophecy; every other time she was ignored. Of course, it's part of her curse.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Probably because nobody believes her prophecies, giving her extra reason to snark at idiocy.
  • Deal with the Devil: After foreseeing herself actually kissing Icarus in the future, Cassandra agrees to sell "her afterschool and weekends soul" to Hades to prevent the future from happening.
  • Emotionless Girl: Has the emotional range of a statue. When she meets a guy she likes though, she's blatantly head over heels with the Boy Of The Week. She's also clearly happy in "The Big Lie" when she realizes people are actually believing her visions.
  • Everyone Has Standards: When Cassandra saw a vision of her kissing Icarus, she was so disgusted that she willingly made a deal with Hades to stop the kiss for her soul on weekends. She made it clear to Hercules she does not care for the consequences of her actions as long as she gets out of the kiss. However, when it appears that Hades killed Icarus with an energy bolt, she was shocked and horrified, even saying that while she didn't want to kiss him, she didn't want him dead. When Hades revealed that he put him in an eternal sleep, and only a kiss can wake him up, she was willing to kiss Icarus to break the curse, even if she has to put up with Icarus subsequently pursuing her asking for another kiss he'll actually experience now that he's awake.
  • Friendless Background: Hence why she put up with Icarus for so long; lack of alternatives.
  • Friend to All Children: Despite her protests, she's shown to be surprisingly good with children.
  • Hartman Hips: Proportioned similarly to Meg in that regard, albeit without the entire Impossible Hourglass Figure (at least, not usually). Also much like Meg, her hips are practically always drawn swaying in one direction or another, making it a lot more obvious.
  • Irony: Cassandra claims to have no interest in having children, but has been shown to be surprisingly good with kids.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She's cynical and rude sometimes, but she values Herc and Icarus' friendships.
  • Lean and Mean: Mean-spirited, at least. Add Herc being muscular and Icarus being short, and completes a Big, Thin, Short Trio.
  • Not So Above It All: While more serious that Herc and Icarus, she has moments of being goof as the 2.
  • Only Sane Woman: The sanest among Herc (Chronic Hero Syndrome) and Icarus (Cloudcuckoolander).
  • O.O.C. Is Serious Business: In "Hercules and the All Nighter", she becomes more jolly & less snarky; Herc realizes it's from sleep deprivation.
  • Perpetual Frowner: Her usual facial expression, when not a smug smile.
  • Power Incontinence: Her visions manifest at random, possibly giving a reason for people not believe them.
  • Seers: She can see the future—too bad nobody listens to her predictions! Phil later states in the epilogue that Cassandra becomes a member of the Oracle Friends Network.
  • Significant Green-Eyed Redhead: Well, the shade is more magenta than red, but she's one of the main cast.
  • Skewed Priorities: Played for Drama. Cassandra tells Hercules she had a vision, and he assumes that it's something important only to be disappointed when Cassandra tells him her vision was of her kissing Icarus. Hercules still agrees to help her by talking with Icarus, only to make things worse by unintentionally making Icarus happy to learn he kisses Cassandra in the future. So Cassandra makes a deal with Hades to stop the kiss, in exchange for her soul on weekends to act as his personal seer. She makes it clear to Hercules she does not care for the consequences of her actions as long as she gets out of the kiss. Subverted as she draws a line at having Icarus hurt or killed. When it looks like Hades killed Icarus by blasting him with an energy bolt she is shocked and horrified, even saying that while she didn't want to kiss him, she didn't want him dead. When Hades reveals that he put him in an eternal sleep, and only a kiss can wake him up, she is willing kiss him to break the curse.
  • Wingding Eyes: Whenever she has visions, they become swirly and green.

    Adonis 
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"First of all, look at this tan. Have you ever seen such a beautiful sight?"
Voiced by: Diedrich Bader Foreign VAs

He is the snobbish prince of Thrace.


  • Animal Stereotypes: Unsurprisingly, he's turned into a peacock in "Song of Circe".
  • Big Jerk on Campus: A handsome and popular Royal Brat who enjoys making fun of Hercules and anyone else he deems below him. Even Herc has a hard time standing him.
  • The Bully: He enjoyed humiliating Hercules and his friends during their time at Prometheus Academy.
  • Bullying a Dragon: In the series, it's common knowledge that Herc's the son of Zeus, and that he has super strength. Why he still bullies Herc is anyone's guess.
  • Enemy Mine: Sometimes, he will ask for Hercules' help.
  • Even the Loving Hero Has Hated Ones: He's so arrogant and insufferable, even All-Loving Hero Hercules can't stand him.
  • Face Death with Dignity: In the episode "Hercules and the Prince of Thrace", Adonis disturbs Gaia, so Gaia places a curse on him to die which can only be removed by the Golden Apples in the garden of the Hesperides, and only a god can take the apples. After Hercules fails to get one, they have Atlas get it instead while Hercules holds up the sky. When Atlas suggests just leaving Hercules, instead Adonis tricks Atlas into holding up the sky again, who in turn injures Pegasus so he can't fly. Seeing that there is no way for Pegasus to fly again, Adonis accepts his fate. When Hercules tries to think of a way to help, Adonis calmly tells him that he did all he could and lays down on the grass to die. Fortunately, the pair are able to summon Gaia in the garden and appease her wrath, lifting the curse from Adonis.
  • Fatal Flaw: His ego and pride often made him face serious consequences as it got him in trouble many times, from him being cursed by Gaia, turned into a peacock by Circe, and placed in many other unfortunate situations that Hercules usually has to rescue him from, without demonstrating any gratitude for Hercules' heroism, except on a few.
  • Go-Karting with Bowser: Sometimes, he will share a good time with Hercules. At the end of "Hercules and the Trojan War", he goes out with Hercules to have pitas.
  • It's All About Me: Adonis only ever thinks about himself. His disregard for others even went as far as to ignore the plight of his parents and those of Hercules and Cassandra after they had been taken and nearly eaten by Echidna instead using this as an opportunity for an early ascension to the throne of Thrace. Though they were nevertheless saved by Hercules and Adonis in turn was punished by both Zeus and his parents for his callousness, especially after he had shamelessly feigned concern for their well being after they had been returned when he put everyone in danger in the first place and in turn try to become king of Thrace under false pretense's when his parent's have not yet stepped down from their positions as king and queen.
  • Jerkass: Selfish, arrogant, and cowardly.
  • Karma Houdini: Granted, he almost never gets away with being a jerk in an episode. Overall though he still manages to get through the school year with only a few bug bumps, in comparison to everyone else who has their fair share of difficulties. This is then Subverted in the series finale; at the end of the series Adonis received some karmic justice for his numerous actions as it was announced at the Academy's graduation that despite his self absorbed belief in his own brilliance, his grades were terrible and he had to attend summer school, much to his horror.
  • Karma Houdini Warranty: Adonis coasts through his school years bullying Herc and many others without any punishment or comeuppance until the series finale, when he is denied his diploma unless he goes to summer school.
  • Large Ham: A given for someone so full of himself. The overacting gets even worse when he's annoyed or scared.
  • O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Anytime he calls Hercules "friend", it means things have gone bad for him that he needs Hercules' help.
  • Pet the Dog: "Hercules and the Prince of Thrace" probably has Adonis’ nicest moments, including being sincerely grateful to Herc for his help and even being apologetic for his selfish actions.
  • Royal Brat: The Prince of Thrace, Adonis bullies and belittles the “peasants” he goes to school with.
  • Ungrateful Bastard: While it's happened in a few episodes, it's subverted in others, such as "Hercules and the Prince of Thrace". In that episode, he actually was grateful of Hercules saving his life.
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: It's unknown what's happened to Adonis after the series, it's assumed he had become king of Thrace but it's unclear if he and Helen are still together or if Helen has become his queen.
  • What You Are in the Dark: In the episode "Hercules and the Prince of Thrace", Adonis disturbs Gaia, so Gaia places a curse on him to die which can only be removed by the Golden Apples in the garden of the Hesperides, which only a god can retrieve. After Hercules fails to get one, they have Atlas get it instead, while Hercules holds up the sky. Despite a chance to abandon Hercules when Atlas suggests that they leave Hercules, Adonis instead tricks Atlas into holding up the sky again and free Hercules.

    Helen of Troy 
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Voiced by: Tress MacNeille (singing voice, Hades Challenge), Jodi Benson (TV series) Foreign VAs

The most popular girl at Prometheus Academy.


  • All Girls Want Bad Boys: She has a notable attraction to powerful or unpleasant men, as seen with her constant relationship with Adonis despite being a jerkass snob and a later stated attraction to Orion the Hunter for his macho and hairy persona. She does provide affection to Hercules though not enough to formally be with him in a relationship.
  • Brainless Beauty: Helen of Troy. Her face launched a thousand ships, not her head.
  • Class Princess: A nice and friendly cheerleader.
  • Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Helen has blonde hair and is an absolute sweetheart.
  • Hidden Depths: Helen may seem to be just sweet and dim-witted, but in the episode "Song of Circe" she is shown to use her brain in disciplining Adonis.
  • Ironic Hell: When Hades is giving out punishments to students when the academy is made part of the underworld, he makes her eat junk food for eternity because she's terrified of ruining her complexion.
  • Nice Girl: In stark contrast to her boyfriend, Helen is a truly kind girl and is one of the few teenagers who isn't a part of Hercules' circle of friends who views him as a true hero.
  • Unrelated in the Adaptation: In the original Greek Myths, she is the daughter of Zeus. In the series she isn't, so it's not squicky for Hercules to be attracted to her.
  • World's Most Beautiful Woman: Averted. While she is considered the most beautiful woman at school, her looks are exaggerated by Homer to make the story about the rivalry between Prometheus and Trojan academies (which he embellishes as a war) juicier.

    Daedalus 

The shop class teacher at Prometheus Academy, famed inventor, and Icarus' father. He is far wiser than his son, though about as eccentric.


  • Absent-Minded Professor: Daedalus is incredibly intelligent and sharp, but when he gets to inventing everything else around him tends to vanish. This allows villains like Minos to get him to make them something dangerous without Daedalus questioning them until its too late.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Aloof and often impatient, he still wants his students to succeed. In particular he will get fed up and impatient with Hercules, but refuses to give up on him and wants to help him learn.
  • Papa Wolf: He is incredibly protective of Icarus, as well as Hercules. Minos finds this out the hard way.

    Orpheus 
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Voiced by: Rob Paulsen

The hottest singer in Greece, Orpheus is a Teen Idol of considerable renown who frequently plays sold-out concerts. He was mentioned offhand in the movie before appearing in person in the animated series.


  • British Rockstar: Orpheus speaks with an English accent and is the most popular singer in Greece.
  • Hidden Depths: According to Hermes in the movie, he's also good at flower arrangements.
  • Rescued from the Underworld: In a twist on the trope maker, Orpheus himself has to be rescued when Hades kidnaps him for a concert.
  • Teen Idol: Orpheus is the hottest singer in Greece, with everyone except Hades recognizing and loving his work. Even Bob the Narrator has some glamour shots.
  • Unseen No More: Initially mentioned but never seen in episodes like "Hercules and the Tapestry of Fate," he appears in person in "Hercules and the Prom."

    Tempest 
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Voiced by: Jennifer Jason Leigh Foreign VAs

A warrior and princess of the Amazons.


  • The Ace: A very skilled Amazonian warrior, who is able to throw a spear.
  • Action Girl: It's not uncommon to see her accompanying Hercules (or Hercules being in her way) and doing a better job in tasks.
  • All Amazons Want Hercules: Averted, as she's never shown romantic feelings towards Hercules. In fact, when she first meets him in "Hercules and the Assassin", she's unimpressed and doesn't open up to him (though this is mostly due to her strict upbringing). By the end of the episode, she shows respects towards him.
  • Anime Hair: Her ponytail is shaped like the horsehair crest on top of a helmet, which showcases her war-like personality.
  • Character Development: Thanks to a rather harsh upbringing by her mother, she is a firm believer in the power of strength and showing no mercy. Hercules (and later her dad) helps show Tempest the values of cleverness and compassion.
  • Color Motifs: A deep blue.
  • Defrosting Ice Queen: Looks down on Hercules at first, but over time she comes to respect him and they become good friends.
  • Green Is Blue: Her dress looks like a mix of blue and green.
  • Minidress of Power: Wears a blue of this type.
  • Muscles Are Meaningless: Tempest's quite strong, although she's drawn slender.
  • Passionate Sports Girl: She likes to exercise using weapons.
  • True Blue Femininity: Averted. She wears a mini blue dress, yet she's a tomboy.
  • Tomboy: A major one. She prefers sports and exercising with weapons and despises every girly thing, which she sees as weak.
  • Tomboyish Ponytail: Which looks like the mate of a helmet.
  • Tomboyish Voice: She has a pretty deep voice.
  • Tomboy with a Girly Streak: She has a crush on the musician Orpheus, a crush she feels guilty about.

    Bob the Narrator 
Voiced by: Charlton Heston (movie), Robert Stack (series), David Kaye (Kingdom Hearts III) Foreign VAs

A mysterious, presumably mortal voice that narrates the adventures of Hercules and friends. Bob is on good terms with the Muses despite their frequent narrative takeovers, and has a wife named Mrs. Bob, a daughter named Tiffany and a son named Chad.


  • Adam Westing: His name Bob is a shortened nickname for Robert, implying that the show's narrator really is Robert Stack interacting with the Greek world. How this connects to the Charlton Heston narrator from the movie, if it does at all, is unknown.
  • Ascended Extra: The Narrator in the movie serves as more of a gag to introduce the muses. He only has a few lines before they take over and isn't heard from after he hands the story off to them. In the series, he has much more extended interactions with the muses and frequently covers smaller bits of exposition. Bob usually has more lines in an episode than he did in the entire movie.
  • The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You: Played for Laughs when Circe hypnotizes Bob to stop him from pointing out how evil and manipulative she is and switch it so that he's complimenting her.
  • Lemony Narrator: Bob often interacts with the Muses in the episode openings.
  • No Sympathy: Bob has zero sympathy in "Hercules and the Bacchanal" for the trouble Hercules gets into. It's not because Herc brought it on himself, either; he's just mad that he didn't get invited to the big party when virtually everyone else did. The Muses offer to take Bob out for ice cream after the episode.
  • Odd Name Out: He and his children have modern American names, unlike everyone else in the series.
  • Writing Around Trademarks: Lampshaded in "Hercules and the Big Games" when Bob discusses the various games of Greece. After naming a few of them, he then mentions a famous contest held every four years in Olympia, but he adds they can't say the name outright "due to trademark restrictions." "Big Games" has to suffice.

Monsters

    Cerberus 
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Hades' giant three-headed dog, who guards the entrance to the Underworld.


  • Adaptation Expansion: Not an enormous one, but he gets more screentime in the animated series as a puppy.
  • Angry Guard Dog: He's an enormous dog who guards the entrance to the Underworld.
  • Beware of Vicious Dog: He actually snarled at Hades as he entered, though he is later pacified when being given a large piece of steak by Hades.
  • Bit Part Bad Guys: He has very little screentime compared to Hades, Pain and Panic, Nessus, the Hydra, and the Titans, first appearing at the beginning of the movie when Hades returns to the Underworld and wasn't seen again until the climax when Hercules tames it.
  • Canis Major: Oh boy is he! He's even larger than Clifford!
  • Continuity Snarl: Already an adult at the start of the film, but is portrayed as a puppy in the series.
  • Dark Is Evil: He's Hades' guard dog, has black fur, and his noses and claws are dark gray.
  • Hellhound: Being the guard dog of the Underworld.
  • Know When to Fold 'Em: In spite of being the ruthless and fiercest guard dog living in the Underworld, Cerberus shows fear when Hercules arrives to the Underworld and tames the giant canine by pulling on the middle head's ears. He even fearfully obliged to gently placing Hercules down when the latter confronted Hades for the location of Meg's soul.
  • More Teeth than the Osmond Family: Each head has large, long, and sharp teeth!
  • Multiple Head Case: Famously has three of them. They even fight with each other for food.
  • Red Eyes, Take Warning: Each head has red eyes with no pupils.

    Nessus 
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Voiced by: Jim Cummings Foreign VAs

A centaur whom Hades sent Megara to recruit.


  • Adaptational Wimp: Downplayed. The mythological Nessus was the one responsible for Heracles' death thanks to the centaur's poisonous blood, but it was a Mutual Kill, and Heracles only died shortly after killing Nessus. In the film proper, he gets only one good hit in before Hercules curb-stomps him.
  • Amazing Technicolor Population: Nessus has blue skin a few shades lighter than the fur covering his lower body.
  • Cranial Eruption: He's left with a massive welt on his head, which his horseshoes land on.
  • Entitled to Have You: Hercules comes across him trying to have his way with Megara, who later quips that, as far as the centaur is concerned, "No" Means "Yes".
  • Hate Sink: Although he's less evil than Hades, he lacks Hades' Laughably Evil charm, making him more of an unlikable brute.
  • Losing a Shoe in the Struggle: All four of his horseshoes go flying off of his feet when Herc headbutts him into the air.
  • Our Centaurs Are Different: Nessus is about twice as tall as Hercules, has blue skin and fur, and has fangs.
  • Scary Teeth: Like Hades, he has sharp pointed teeth but longer.
  • Starter Villain: He's the first monster Hercules encounters in the movie and is dealt with rather handily once Herc remembers his training.

    Hydra 
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A two-legged serpentine dragon with the ability to grow back multiple heads for every one that's cut off.


  • Alien Blood: It has green blood, making its decapitations a rare instance of gore in a Disney movie.
  • All There in the Manual: Though not clarified in the film, the Hydra is referred to as female according to the 1997 junior novelization.
  • Animal Assassin: Giant man-eating mythological monster version. Unlike his other monstrous minions, Hades doesn't apparently control the Hydra but merely creates circumstances where Hercules is bound to release and encounter the beast, with its hunger taking care of the rest. The effect is much the same though: if Hercules hadn't slain the Hydra first, his death wouldn't have looked like a murder to the other gods.
  • Animation Bump: It's animated with CG instead of traditional 2D animation.
  • Burp of Finality: After swallowing Hercules whole, the Hydra lets out a horrifyingly loud belch.
  • Conservation of Ninjutsu: Demonstrates this as a single character. The Hydra's first head is able to spar with Hercules on even ground throughout the first half of the fight, knock his sword away, hurl him into the air using an unconventional move, and then swallow him whole. It would have won if Hercules hadn't gotten his sword back the moment before. The Hydra heads after that don't dodge (granted now they know they don't need to), miss their mark, bite and crash into each other, and rarely try anything but lunging at Hercules. They only regain control of the fight with the help of the body.
  • Dead-Hand Shot: After the Hydra is buried by a rockslide, all that's visible is one limp talon.
  • Draconic Abomination: The Hydra is one of the children of Typhon and Echidna — who appear in the animated series — and appears as a purple draconic monster. Being rendered with CGI instead of 2D animation makes it appear all the more unnatural compared to the other monsters of the film.
  • Eating the Enemy: The Hydra swallows Hercules whole in a single gulp, sword and all, and even prevents the hero from falling to his death just to try eating him again.
  • Evil Laugh: After No Selling Hercules' attempt to attack by throwing a large rock at the Hydra, the beast taunts him with a rather deep chuckle.
  • Hoist by His Own Petard: The Hydra pins Hercules to a cliff face with its claws and lines all its heads up in unison for one combined strike. Hercules then shatters the cliff with his godlike strength, crushing it and all of its heads with the debris.
  • It Can Think: Its behavior shows that rather than being just a mindless monster, the Hydra can think on its feet, adapt to Hercules' attacks, and enjoys the thrill of the chase.
  • Kill It Through Its Stomach: Hercules decapitates the one-headed Hydra from inside its throat after being Swallowed Whole.
  • Mass "Oh, Crap!": All of the Hydra's dozen heads have this reaction upon realizing Hercules caused a rockslide.
  • Multiple Head Case: It starts off with only one head, but after Hercules decapitates it numerous times, it ends up with at least dozen heads. According to the animators, the Hydra grew 30 heads.
  • Multipurpose Tongue: When it had one head, the Hydra wraps its tongue around Hercules' ankle and uses it to throw the hero into the air before swallowing him whole. Later, when the beast grows a swarm of heads, one head tries again, only for Hercules to swing around it before the monster's head bit its tongue off.
  • Not Quite Dead: After getting its head cut off from the inside, the Hydra falls over apparently dead and remains that way while triumphant music plays and a dazed Hercules tells Phil, "That wasn't so hard." It isn't until Hercules and Phil start to walk away from the body that it gets up and demonstrates the ability it is most known for.
  • Our Hydras Are Different: It is a purple-scaled draconic creature with two front legs and a long, serpentine neck. It also starts off with only one head, but grows a couple-dozen more after Hercules repeatedly decapitates it.
  • Sealed Evil in a Can: Trapped in a cave by a large boulder, the Hydra is released from its cave by Hercules when Pain and Panic trick him into moving it.
  • Use Your Head: After watching two heads crash into each other, a third headbutts a distracted Pegasus to unseat Hercules.
  • Wake-Up Call Boss: After Hercules easily beat Nessus, he finds himself having a much harder time against the Hydra.

    Echidna 
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Voiced by: Katie Lee Gilford Foreign VAs

A draconic Titan who is the wife of Typhon and mother of several powerful monsters.


  • Beware My Stinger Tail: Her tail is tipped by a scorpion-like stinger, which Hercules uses to his advantage by forcing her to sting herself.
    Echidna: [snarls in pain] Watch where you point that thing!
  • Card-Carrying Villain: Echidna is a proud monster and delights in causing death, destruction, and chaos; wanting her children to follow in her footsteps.
  • Draconic Abomination: Echidna is an ancient draconic goddess with four legs, two arms, a mane of fur covering her torso, horns, a pair of small wings, and a humanoid face.
  • Monster Is a Mommy: Echidna is the mother of Cerberus, Chimera, the Hydra, Ladon, and Orthos — just to name a few of her many monstrous offspring.
  • Non-Mammal Mammaries: While her mane covers her torso, a ruff of fur down the middle is evocative of breasts.
  • Related in the Adaptation: Her children comprise and even larger group of monsters than the orginal myths. Additions include the Minotaur, Gegeines, at least two cyclopses (though one is merely via a species change), and at least one Gorgon. None of the other monsters shown in the series are hinted at having parents other than Echidna, so her title of "Mother of all Monsters" might be literal.
  • Struggling Single Mother: As exposited in "What's a Mother to Do?", with Typhon trapped under a mountain, Echidna has had to raise their children all on her own — often leaving her exhausted and overwhelmed.
  • Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: One of the clues Echidna is female comes from her wearing lipstick.
  • To Serve Man: Emphasis on "serve." Echidna not only eats people, but serves dished made out of them too to her monsterous children. The mother of all monsters strives to also teach her children to eat the right people, and is worried they will grow soft and choose a less gruesome diet.
  • Unholy Matrimony: Has the universal constant of being Happily Married to Typhon.
  • Villain Song: In the episode "Hercules and the Parents Weekend", Echidna sings about her status as a Struggling Single Mother trying to raise her children to be as monstrous and horrifying as possible.

    Typhon 
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Voiced by: Regis Philbin

A draconic Titan who once fought Zeus for control of the cosmos and was trapped beneath a mountain.


  • Arch-Enemy: Typhon was this to Zeus long before Hades became consumed by envy.
  • Draconic Abomination: Typhon is a five-headed draconic monster — with four heads serving as arms — with tentacles for legs, and is an ancient and powerful monster who once battled Zeus for control of the cosmos.
  • The Dreaded: True to the mythology, Typhon is feared by mortals and gods alike. When he’s freed, the reaction from the Athenians is a Mass "Oh, Crap!".
  • Happily Married: Typhon is married to fellow draconic Titan Echidna, with whom he had several monstrous offspring.
  • Red and Black and Evil All Over: Typhon is mostly red, with a jet-black torso, and is a powerful monstrous Titan with aspirations of killing Zeus.
  • Sealed Evil in a Can: He spent untold centuries trapped under Mt. Etna by Hera before accidentally being freed by Hercules, which has left him with a massive headache.
  • To Serve Man: He picks up a building and is about to eat the occupants, only stopping when Zeus points out they're lawyers — which give Typhon indigestion.
  • Unholy Matrimony: Has the universal constant of being Happily Married to Echidna.
  • You Don't Look Like You: In the Disney's Hades Challenge video-game, Typhon is depicted as having a serpentine body and dozens of heads with eyes inside their mouths.

    Medusa 
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A Gorgon who lives in Gorgon Land. Despite her monstrous appearance, Medusa is a nice, insecure girl who just wants to have friends.


  • Adaptational Nice Girl: Depending on which myth you believe, Medusa was born a Gorgon and she enjoyed petrifying men. Here, she feels lonely and just wants real friends.
  • Become a Real Boy: Between Hades' offer to turn into a human at daylight and Aphrodite's offer to wear a pair of magical glasses which won't turn people into stone, Medusa chooses the former.
  • Cute Monster Girl: Even though she believes she's hideous, her human-like characteristics and her desire to have friends makes her seem cute.
  • Deadly Gaze: Her gaze turns everyone into stone.
  • Deal with the Devil: Almost literally. She chooses Hades' offer to look like a human in daylight, while she works for him at night. She also agrees that if she finds at least one friend who will like for who she truly is, Hades will turn her into a real human permanently.
  • Earn Your Happy Ending: In the end, Medusa chooses Aphrodite's offer to wear a pair of magical glasses to prevent people from turning into stone and she can now hang out with Hercules and his friends.
  • Friendless Background: Prior to meeting Hercules, she had no friends and the only things she talked to were her snake hair and the statues of the unfortunate passers by.
  • Gorgeous Gorgon: Believes that she's ugly, but her human-like characteristics actually makes her look kinda cute.
  • Hot in Human Form: Downplayed, when turned into a human by Hades, she’s conventionally pretty and quickly catches Hercules’ attention.
  • I Just Want to Be Normal: She believes that her hideous appearance and her power to turn people into stone is what keeps her from forming real friendships. For this reason, she chooses Hades' offer to turn into a human in daylight.
  • I Just Want to Have Friends: Medusa lives all alone in a garden full of statues and has no one to talk besides said statues and her snake hair. For that reason, she feels alone and wants to meet real people.
  • A Kind of One: She belongs to a species called Gorgons.
  • Love at First Sight: Falls for Hercules the moment she lays her eyes on him and her encounter with him is what pushed to seek the help of the gods.
  • Medusa: Exactly What It Says on the Tin.
  • My God, What Have I Done?: Has this reaction after she turns Hercules into stone and finds out that he was going to apologize for calling her a freak earlier.
  • Taken for Granite: Has the power to turn people into stone. Hercules was one of her victims. Thankfully, she returns him back to normal.

    Orthos 
Voiced by: Wayne Knight (left hand side) and Brad Garrett (right hand side) Foreign VAs

A two-headed cyclops who became Hercules' first enemy.


  • Adaptation Species Change: In the original Greek myth, Orthos was a two-headed dog who guarded Geryon's cattle and the brother of his three-headed counterpart Cerberus. Here, he's a two-headed cyclops.
  • Blue Means Cold: His skin color is blue.
  • Cyclops: A cyclops with two heads.
  • Multiple Head Case: Has two heads.
  • Revenge: Their main motivation in their next appearance.
  • The Un-Favorite: Their mother Echidna threatens to eat them if they don't become something. It is implied it wasn't the first time.

Alternative Title(s): Hercules The Animated Series

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