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* DeadpanSnarker: Calliope and Thalia.
* {{Fan Girl}}s: Of Hercules. Thalia especially.
* GreekChorus: Literally!
* {{Lemony Narrator}}s
* OnlySaneWoman: Calliope.
* SadlyMythtaken: There were nine muses in Greek Mythology. There are only five here. Also, why would ''Greek'' Goddesses be singing ''gospel?''
* SassyBlackWoman: All of them, but Thalia especially.
* TeamMom: Calliope.
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!! Pain and Panic
->'''Voiced by:''' Bobcat Goldthwait and Matt Frewer

* {{Dirty Coward}}s
* FatAndSkinny: Pain and Panic, respectively.
* {{Mook}}s
* PluckyComicRelief
* PunchClockVillain
* ThoseTwoGuys
* VoluntaryShapeshifting

!! The Muses
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!! The Fates
->'''Voiced by:''' Amanda Plummer, Carole Shelley and Paddi Edwards

* AffablyEvil
* {{Blind Seer}}s: Kind of.
* BodyHorror: They share an eye.
* EyelessFace
* {{Humanoid Abomination}}s
* TheOmniscient: They even 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!"
** NotSoOmniscientAfterAll: [[spoiler:They had no idea that Hercules would become a God]].
* OmniscientMoralityLicense: They appear to have this, although they do have standards, as they're not allowed to reveal the future.
* SadlyMythtaken[=/=]CompositeCharacter: Physically they're more like the Graeae, although they're still pretty much the same as the fates.
* TerribleTrio

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* {{Badass}}

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** BadassCape: He wears a blue cape that reaches down to his waist.
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* BadassTeacher: He trains THE Hercules!
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* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: {{Inverted}}. He's the Gentle Boy to Meg's Brooding Girl.


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* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: {{Inverted}}. She's the Brooding Girl to Hercule's Gentle Boy.


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* InSeriesNickname: Her full name is "Megara", but everyone calls her "Meg".

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* BerserkButton: Do anything to hurt Meg and you'll see a side of Hercules you wish you hadn't.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Hercules is one of the sweetest, most polite, helpful guys Disney has created. [[BerserkButton Don't get on his bad side though.]]
* [[ABoyAndHisX A Boy And His Flying Horse]]: He was able to recognize Pegasus with their signature headbutt.



* HugeGuyTinyGirl: The Huge Guy to Meg's Tiny Girl.



* GentleGiant: Downplayed. He's not a particularly "giant" man, but he's big enough to qualify.



* InSeriesNickname: Called "Herc" by his friends.



* HugeGuyTinyGirl: The Tiny Girl to Hercule's Huge Guy.



* PurpleEyes
* RapunzelHair



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* KavorkaManInSeriesNickname: Almost always called "Phil" instead of his birth name, "Philoctetes".
* HalfHumanHybrid: Has the legs and horns of a goat, but the upper body of a human.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Philcan be tough, blunt, and a bit of pervert...but when he knows that Herc's feeling down, he won't hesitate to give him a pep talk.
* KavorkaMan: Tries to invoke this trope.

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*CompositeCharacter: She has the name of Heracles first wife, and her run in with the Centaur Nessus comes from his third wife Deianira.



* EvilUncle: Technically, he ''is'' Zeus' brother and therefore Hercules' uncle.

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* EvilUncle: Technically, he ''is'' Zeus' brother and therefore Hercules' uncle. Unlike TheLionKing this is never really a focal point.
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* FreudianExcuse: 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 IceQueen exterior to avoid getting hurt again.

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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:She throws Hercules away from a falling pillar, but gets crushed under it herself as a result, dying of internal injuries immediately after.]]
** [[spoiler: [[AlmostDeadGuy Immediately after]], you say?]]

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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:She throws Hercules away from a falling pillar, but gets crushed under it herself as a result, dying of internal injuries immediately after.]]
** [[spoiler: [[AlmostDeadGuy Immediately after]], you say?]]
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* [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys All Guys Want Bad Girls]]: He's completely smitten with the snarky FemmeFatale Megara from the very beginning. She gets better.


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* NiceGuy


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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
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* TheOtherDarrin: Robert Costanzo replaced Danny DeVito as the voice of Phil in most of his later appearances.

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* TheOtherDarrin: Robert Costanzo replaced Danny DeVito [=DeVito=] as the voice of Phil in most of his later appearances.
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->'''Voiced by''': Tate Donovan, Joshua Keaton, Roger Bart



->'''Voiced by''': Danny [=DeVito=]

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->'''Voiced by''': Danny [=DeVito=]
[=DeVito=], Robert Costanzo




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* TheOtherDarrin: Robert Costanzo replaced Danny DeVito as the voice of Phil in most of his later appearances.
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* SatanicArchetype: He's quite clearly upgraded to a Satan {{Expy}}. [[EvilIsBurningHot Association with fire]], rebellion against the divine powers, makes devil deals...

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* {{Hunk}}
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* MentorsNewHope
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* SmugSnake
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* EvilIsHammy
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* FemmeFatale


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* SilkHidingSteel: Meg, though crossed with FemmeFatale and BrokenBird, fulfills the trope in her ability to manipulate like a damsel and her HeroicSacrifice inner steel.
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* CainAndAbel: With Zeus.
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* LoveRedeems
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* {{Badass}}
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->'''Voiced by''': Danny DeVito

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->'''Voiced by''': Danny DeVito
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* TheChosenOne



* LoveAtFirstSight: Towards Megara.



* RedheadedHero

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* RedheadedHeroRedHeadedHero
* RefusingParadise: [[spoiler: At the end, Hercules chooses to remain on earth with Meg instead of returning to Olympus.]]



* [[spoiler:DeathIsCheap]]: [[spoiler:She is killed off for real, but Hercules collects her soul from the underworld and literally manages to reverse her death.]]
* [[spoiler:DefectingForLove]]

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* [[spoiler:DeathIsCheap]]: [[spoiler:DefectingForLove]]: [[spoiler:She is killed off for real, but abandons Hades' cause due to Hercules collects making her soul from the underworld and literally manages to reverse her death.]]
* [[spoiler:DefectingForLove]]
world bright again.]]



* [[spoiler:DisneyDeath]]: [[spoiler:She is killed off, but Hercules collects her soul from the underworld and literally manages to reverse her death.]]



* [[spoiler:HighHeelFaceTurn]]: [[spoiler:The only female seen in Hades' service, and she abandons his cause due to Hercules making her world bright again.]]

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* [[spoiler:HighHeelFaceTurn]]: [[spoiler:The only female seen in Hades' service, and she abandons his cause due makes a HeelFaceTurn thanks to Hercules making her world bright again.love for Hercules.]]


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* RescueIntroduction: Hercules meets Megara when rescuing her from a monstrous centaur.


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* WellExcuseMePrincess


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!!Philoctetes "Phil"
->'''Voiced by''': Danny DeVito

* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler:He tries to warn Hercules about Megara being a HoneyTrap, but he doesn't believe him.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* KavorkaMan
* LovableSexManiac
* MentorArchetype


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* CainAndAbel: With Zeus.


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* FingerSnapLighter
* FlamingHair


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* DamselInDistress: [[LampshadeHanging "I'm a damsel. I'm in distress. I can handle it."]]



* DamselInDistress: [[LampshadeHanging "I'm a damsel. I'm in distress. I can handle it."]]

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* SecondLove: To Megara.



* [[spoiler:AntiVillain]]: [[spoiler:She's a type III before her HeelFaceTurn.]]
* BrokenBird: Her boyfriend abandoned her for another woman after she sold her soul to Hades to save his life. Talk about harsh...

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* [[spoiler:AntiVillain]]: [[spoiler:She's a type III before AntiVillain: [[spoiler:Before her HeelFaceTurn.]]
* BrokenBird: Her sarcastic personality is the result of her boyfriend abandoned abandoning her for another woman after she sold her soul to Hades to save his life. Talk about harsh...harsh...
* DarkChick



* [[spoiler:DefectingForLove]]



* SecondLove: Hercules to her.

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* SecondLove: Hercules to her.SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan

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* BadassAbnormal: Being a demi-god and all.



* SemiDivine



* BrokenBird: Her boyfriend abandoned her for another woman after she sold her soul to Hades to save his life. Talk about harsh..

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* BrokenBird: Her boyfriend abandoned her for another woman after she sold her soul to Hades to save his life. Talk about harsh..harsh...
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'''Characters featured in {{Disney|AnimatedCanon}}'s ''Disney/{{Hercules}}''' (1997)''

!!Hercules

* {{Adorkable}}
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl
* BadassAbnormal: Being a demi-god and all.
* CuteBruiser: As a baby and a teen.
* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Couldn't control it as a teenager. [[WhatTheHellTownspeople The townspeople were not pleased.]]
* HeroicBuild: Hellz yeah.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler:For Megara, to pull her out of the River Styx.]]
** [[spoiler:YouAreWorthHell]]
* [[spoiler:IChooseToStay]]: [[spoiler:Decides to stay mortal to be with Meg.]]
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Played straight when he was a kid.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: At the hands of the Cyclops.
* OfficialCouple: With Megara.
* [[spoiler:PowerGlows]]: [[spoiler:As a god.]]
* RedheadedHero
* SuperStrength
* ToBeAMaster: Proving himself as a hero so he can return to being a god.
* UnskilledButStrong: Initially. Eventually develops into SkilledButNaive.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Admittedly his dad is already [[SoProudOfYou quite proud of him but]] it still stands.
* WorldsStrongestMan

!! Megara
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Sometimes it's better to be alone, because then nobody can hurt you."'']]
->'''Voiced by''': Susan Egan

* [[spoiler:AntiVillain]]: [[spoiler:She's a type III before her HeelFaceTurn.]]
* BrokenBird: Her boyfriend abandoned her for another woman after she sold her soul to Hades to save his life. Talk about harsh..
* DamselInDistress: [[LampshadeHanging "I'm a damsel. I'm in distress. I can handle it."]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Her past experiences have made her into Disney's most sarcastic, sassy heroine yet.
* DealWithTheDevil: Hades owns her soul (see BrokenBird). [[spoiler:Her debt to him was paid off once she was killed, indirectly due to Hades' actions. When Hercules returned her to life, she was thus a free woman once more.]]
* [[spoiler:DeathIsCheap]]: [[spoiler:She is killed off for real, but Hercules collects her soul from the underworld and literally manages to reverse her death.]]
* DefrostingIceQueen
* EmotionlessGirl: She would like to be one, but alas Hercules pulls the strings of her heart.
* FriendlyAddressPrivileges: She plays with this trope.
-->'''Meg''': My friends call me Meg. At least they would if I had any friends.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Her dress and eyes are a beautiful violet color.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:She throws Hercules away from a falling pillar, but gets crushed under it herself as a result, dying of internal injuries immediately after.]]
** DivingSave
* [[spoiler:HighHeelFaceTurn]]: [[spoiler:The only female seen in Hades' service, and she abandons his cause due to Hercules making her world bright again.]]
* HoneyTrap: 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.
* MsFanservice
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Due to Andreas Deja being the lead animator for ''Hercules'', she stands out from other Disney heroines with her stylized design (including an impossibly small waist and Deja's trademark angular lines).
* OfficialCouple: With Hercules.
* ReformedButRejected: [[spoiler:Pegasus is willing to believe her good intentions, but Phil initially rejects her harshly.]]
* SecondLove: Hercules to her.
* SlaveMooks: She's one to Hades, due to a binding contract she signed when she made her DealWithTheDevil.
* TheSnarkKnight
* {{Tsundere}}: "I Won't Say I'm In Love" demonstrates it best.
* WinYourFreedom
* YouGotSpunk: Or so Hades thinks.

!! Hades
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[[caption-width-right:350:"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

* BadBoss: To his minions at least.
* BigBad
* BreakoutCharacter: Despite having no redeeming qualities whatsoever, James Woods' spirited portrayal of him made Hades one of the most iconic and popular Disney villains, even though his movie has fallen out of grace a bit.
* BurningWithAnger: ''Literally''. He goes from blue to bright red flames. When he loses it completely, his whole head and arms become ''fountains'' of fire.
* TheChessmaster
* TheCorrupter: Tries to be this for Hercules and Meg. It would be redundant to spoiler tag that this failed.
* CainAndAbel: With Zeus.
* CreditsGag: Hades gets one more CrowningMomentOfFunny as the [[VanityPlate Disney castle]] comes up.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DealWithTheDevil: Like in other Muskers/Clements movies [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid before]] and [[ThePrincessAndTheFrog after]] him, this is a villain that loves to makes deals.
* EverybodyHatesHades: Though to be honest, it was a failure on Disney's part, since many love him.
* EvilOverlord: Duh.
* EvilUncle: Technically, he ''is'' Zeus' brother and therefore Hercules' uncle.
* TheExitIsThatWay: Or rather, Mt. Olympus.
* '''FauxAffablyEvil''': Take warning!
* FogFeet: Hades' robes dissolve into wisps of smoke.
* GodOfEvil: Hades is portrayed as one, contrary to Greek Mythology.
* HairOnFire: Hades is probably the TropeCodifier.
* HairTriggerTemper
* LargeHam: Especially when in one of his [[IncrediblyLamePun fiery]] tempers.
* LeanAndMean
* ManipulativeBastard
* PhysicalGod
* PragmaticVillainy
* [[spoiler:SealedEvilInACan: More like Flushed Evil in an Inescapable Ghost Pool.]]
* VillainBall: 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.
* VillainousBreakdown: He gets these (and then recovers from them) regularly.
* WouldHurtAChild
* YiddishAsASecondLanguage
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Blue, fiery hair.
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