History Characters / Hercules

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BobcatGoldthwait (Pain) and Creator/MattFrewer (Panic) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''Greek:''' Manos Prameteftakis (Pain) and Lakis Lazopoulos (Panic); '''Latin American Spanish:''' Creator/JavierRivero (Pain) and Gabriel Cobayassi (Panic); '''European Spanish:''' Juan Fernández (movie) and Aleix Estadella (TV series) (Pain) and Pep Sais (Panic); '''European French:''' Eric Métayer (Pain and Panic); '''Canadian French:''' Bernard Fortin (Pain) and François Sasseville (Panic); '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' Marco Antônio Costa (Pain) and Isaac Schneider (Panic); '''Hebrew:''' Tomer Sharon (Pain) and Tomer Yosef (Panic)[[/labelnote]]

** In the 2024 comic book series (which, in contrast to the movie, plays up the JerkassGods qualities of the Olympian gods) he admits that he didn't truly understand Herc's decision to remain a mortal, and thought it was just a phase he would grow out of.

** In the 2024 comic book series (which plays up the JerkassGods qualities of the Olympians) he admits that he didn't really understand Herc's decision to remain a mortal and thought it was just a phase he would grow out of.

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.

* AdaptationalComicRelief: In the original mythology, Hades is dour, humorless, and TheStoic 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.
* AdaptationalVillainy: 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 BigBad.

** The Cyclops is identified as Arges in alot of ancillary material, Arges in the mythology was the UltimateBlackSmith creating many of the greatest magical items in the world. Arges in this movie is pure DumbMuscle.

** ''[[TabletopGame/VillainousRavensburger Disney Villainous]]'' gives him the name Arges instead, which has a similar meaning to his "Bright Eye" nickname in the film.

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/TateDonovan (adult speaking voice, original; teen speaking voice, animated series), Creator/JoshKeaton (teen speaking voice, original), Creator/RogerBart (teen singing voice, original), Creator/SeanAstin (''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'') [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''Greek:''' Christoforos Papakaliatis (adult), Sarandos Geogleris (teen), Dionisis Schinas (singing); '''Latin American Spanish:''' Enrique "Music/RickyMartin" Martin (adult speaking ''and'' singing voice), Víctor Mares Jr. (teen speaking voice, movie), Antonio Benavides (teen singing voice), Creator/JoseGilbertoVilchis (teen speaking voice, TV series); '''European Spanish:''' Creator/SergioZamora (adult, original; teen, TV series), Rafael Alonso Roldán (teen speaking voice, original), Ferrán González (teen singing voice, original), Sergio García Marín (''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''); '''European French:''' Creator/EmmanuelGarijo (speaking), Emmanuel Dahl (singing); '''Canadian French:''' Antoine Durand (adult), Creator/HugolinChevretteLandesque (teen speaking voice), Joël Legendre (teen singing voice); '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' Ettore Zuim (adult), Oberdan Junior (teen); '''German:''' Creator/TilSchweiger; '''Hebrew:''' Uri Hochman (speaking), Ofer Gilbrun (singing)[[/labelnote]]

* NeutralEvil: 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.

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: 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 [[spoiler:Pegasus]], and Hermes, and in the ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' episode "Jimminy Cricket" they even manage to break-up the titular conscience with Pinocchio.

* TeamMemberByAdaptation: Arges the Cyclops was allied with Zeus against the titans in the mythology, but here Arges is a member of the Titans.

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/TateDonovan (adult speaking voice, original; teen speaking voice, animated series), Creator/JoshKeaton (teen speaking voice, original), Creator/RogerBart (teen singing voice, original), Creator/SeanAstin (''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'') [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''Greek:''' Christoforos Papakaliatis (adult), Sarandos Geogleris (teen), Dionisis Schinas (singing); '''Latin American Spanish:''' Enrique "Music/RickyMartin" Martin (adult speaking ''and'' singing voice), Víctor Mares Jr. (teen speaking voice), Antonio Benavides (teen singing voice); '''European Spanish:''' Creator/SergioZamora (adult, original; teen, TV series), Rafael Alonso Roldán (teen speaking voice, original), Ferrán González (teen singing voice, original), Sergio García Marín (''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''); '''European French:''' Creator/EmmanuelGarijo (speaking), Emmanuel Dahl (singing); '''Canadian French:''' Antoine Durand (adult), Creator/HugolinChevretteLandesque (teen speaking voice), Joël Legendre (teen singing voice); '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' Ettore Zuim (adult), Oberdan Junior (teen); '''German:''' Creator/TilSchweiger; '''Hebrew:''' Uri Hochman (speaking), Ofer Gilbrun (singing)[[/labelnote]]

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/DannyDeVito (movie), Creator/RobertCostanzo (animated series, games, theme parks) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''Greek dub:''' Lakis Lazopoulos; '''Latin American Spanish:''' Marcos Valdés; '''European Spanish:''' Jordi Vila (movie, TV series), José Escobosa (''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''); '''European French:''' Creator/PatrickTimsit (movie), Gérard Surugue (series); '''Canadian French:''' Luis de Cespedes; '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' Creator/IsaacBardavid; '''Hebrew:''' Ohad Shachar[[/labelnote]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JasonAlexander [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''European French:''' Jean-Claude Sachot[[/labelnote]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Toni Solanes (movie), Corey Burton (''Hades Challenge'') [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''European Spanish:''' Jay Thomas (TV series); Pepe Mediavilla (TV series); '''European French:''' Jacques Deschamps (TV series); '''Canadian French:''' Creator/HubertGagnon; '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' Lauro Fabiano[[/labelnote]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JaneLeeves [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''European Spanish:''' Rosa María Hernández; '''European French:''' Laure Sabardin; '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' Sônia Ferreira[[/labelnote]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaryKayBergman (''Hades Challenge''), Creator/LisaKudrow (TV series) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''European Spanish:''' Marta Tamarit; '''European French:''' Ninou Fratellini; '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' Nair Amorim[[/labelnote]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Lillias White (Calliope), [=LaChanze=] (Terpsichore), Roz Ryan (Thalia), Cheryl Freeman (Melpomene), and Vanéese Y. Thomas (Clio) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''Greek:''' Kalliopi Evangelidou (Calliope), Matina Karra (Terpsichore), Christina Argiri (Cleo), Sandi Politi (Melpomene), and Vina Papadopoulou (Thalia); '''Latin American Spanish:''' Rebeca Manríquez and Vicky Gutiérrez (Calliope), Blanca Flores (Clio), Ruth Howard (Melpomene), Dulce Guerrero and Mirna Garza (Terpsichore), and María del Sol (Thalia); '''European Spanish:''' Mercedes Montalá and Susan Martín (Calliope), Belén Roca and Cani González (Terpsichore), Rosa Pastó and Helen de Quiroga (Thalia), Paula Bas (Melpomene), and María Caneda (Clio); '''European French:''' Mimi Félixine (Calliope), Norma Ray (Clio), Jessica Parkers (Melpomene), Debbie Davis (Terpsichore), and Assitan Dembele (movie) / Joëlle Brover (series) (Thalia); '''Canadian French:''' Mary-Lou Gauthier (Terpsichore), Sylvie Boucher, and Julie Massicotte; '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' Gilza Mello / Kacau Gomes (Calliope), Kiara Sasso (Clio), Marya Bravo (Melpomene), Rosa Marya Colin (movie) / Nádia Carvalho (series) (Thalia), and Sabrina Korgut (movie) / Adriana Torres (series) (Terpsichore); '''Hebrew:''' Sinia Boaz, Orli Tari, Sharona Nastovitsh, Dina Golan, and Eti Kari[[/labelnote]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Ben Stein [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''European Spanish:''' Antonio Gómez de Vicente; '''European French:''' Michel Modo[[/labelnote]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Peri Gilpin [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''European French:''' Anne Deleuze[[/labelnote]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaryKayBergman (''Hades Challenge''), Florence Henderson (TV series) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''European French:''' Marion Game[[/labelnote]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BettyWhite [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''European French:''' Maria Tamar[[/labelnote]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IdinaMenzel [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''European French:''' Pascale Jacquemont[[/labelnote]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrenchStewart [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''European Spanish:''' Jonathan López; '''European French:''' Hervé Rey; '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' Manolo Rey[[/labelnote]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Sandra Bernhard [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''European Spanish:''' Berta Cortés; '''European French:''' Creator/CelineMonsarrat; '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' Guilene Conte; '''Japanese:''' Emi Togawa[[/labelnote]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DiedrichBader [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''European Spanish:''' Dani García; '''European French:''' Jean-Christophe Parquier; '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' Creator/GuilhermeBriggs[[/labelnote]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TressMacNeille (singing voice, ''Hades Challenge''), Creator/JodiBenson (TV series) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''European Spanish:''' Creator/NuriaTrifol; '''European French:''' Claire Guyot; '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' Iara Riça[[/labelnote]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidHydePierce

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RobPaulsen

-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''European French:''' Vanina Pradier[[/labelnote]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CharltonHeston (movie), Creator/RobertStack (series), Creator/DavidKaye (''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'') [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''European French:''' Jean Davy (movie), Guy Chapelier (series); '''Canadian French:''' Vincent Davy[[/labelnote]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Jim Cummings|VoiceActor}} [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''European French:''' Creator/MarcAlfos; '''Canadian French:''' Jean Fontaine[[/labelnote]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Katie Lee Gilford [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''European French:''' Anne Kerylen[[/labelnote]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Regis Philbin

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WayneKnight (left hand side) and Creator/BradGarrett (right hand side) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''European French:''' Eric Etcheverry and Saïd Amadis[[/labelnote]]

** In the animated series, it happens often either way, whether Hercules is brave then afraid of the monster he faces, or vice versa. In "Hercules and the Big Kiss", Hercules is afraid of Doubt but bravely faces him afterwards. In "Hercules and the Underworld Takeover", Hercules is afraid of a giant serpent in the River Styx but bravely faces him afterwards. In "Hercules and the Son of Poseidon", he confronts a three-headed sea serpent, only to be nervous after seeing the monster up close and is initially easily defeated. In "Hercules and the Long Nightmare", Hercules had a dream of his adult and teenaged self being attacked by a three-headed Hydra. When Morpheus asks for Hercules' help against Phantasos, Hercules mentioned how the Hydra was "as scary as they come". Both Hercules and Phil face Phantasos, who transforms into the Hydra. Hercules overcame his fear, and bravely defeats the monster. After stopping Phantasos, Hercules told Morpheus that because of the dreams, he wouldn't be afraid if he ever faced a real Hydra, that tackling it in his dreams made it less frightening.

* HopeBringer: Hercules serves as this in-story, as his boundless desire to be a true hero and earnest friendlyness ends up causing generally jaded and cynical characters like Meg and Phil to have TookALevelInIdealism and even turns the WretchedHive of Thebes into a shining city by saving it repeatedly from monsters and disasters. He even serves as this to the Gods, as his arrival grants them a second wind to defeat Hades and the Titans.

* HopeBringer: Hercules serves as this in-story, as his boundless desire to be a true hero and earnest friendless ends up causing generally jaded and cynical characters like Meg and Phil to have TookALevelInIdealism and even turns the WretchedHive of Thebes into a shining city by saving it repeatedly from monsters and disasters. He even serves as this to the Gods, as his arrival grants them a second wind to defeat Hades and the Titans.