History Film / ClashOfTheTitans

* SuperStrength: In full force in this movie. Ares crumples his enemies like they were made out of clay, easily neck-lifting people and throwing them far away with one hand. Hell, being slapped by Ares looks like it hurts a lot. He even knocked Andromeda off her feet by merely shoving her sword into a sheath and jabbing her with the pummel of her sword. He threw Hades trident over 50 feet to stab Zeus. He shoved Perseus through atleast three stone pillars casually, and then kicking Perseus hard enough to crack the stone tablets behind him. He can even generate minor shockwaves while hitting someone, presuming they are capable of surviving his blows, even generating shockwaves powerful enough to send people flying when using his warhammer. Zeus and Hades kick the crap out of the Makhai attacking the Unified Greek Army, pummeling these MadeOfIron {{Perpetual Motion Monster}}s with incredible feats of strength. Perseus is no slouch either, having used iron chains of questionable quality to ensnare the Chimera and restrain it long enough for it to kill itself a, temporarily holding his own in a push-off against a 40 feet tall Cyclops who can easily rip apart and punch through trees and one hit kill ordinary humans, punching the super-strong Minotaur's horn off and beating him into unconsciousness with nothing but his bare fists and a tiny rock, smashing the chains holding Zeus into dust usign a sword while Andromeda with the same sword was able to do nothing, and he and Agenor together hold off a massive literal AdvancingWallOfDoom

* SuperStrength: In full force in this movie. Ares crumples his enemies like they were made out of clay, easily neck-lifting people and throwing them far away with one hand. Hell, being slapped by Ares looks like it hurts a lot. He even knocked Andromeda off her feet by merely shoving her sword into a sheath and jabbing her with the pummel of her sword. He threw Hades trident over 50 feet to stab Zeus. He shoved Perseus through atleast three stone pillars casually, and then kicking Perseus hard enough to crack the stone tablets behind him. He can even generate minor shockwaves while hitting someone, presuming they are capable of surviving his blows, even generating shockwaves powerful enough to send people flying when using his warhammer. Zeus and Hades kick the crap out of the Makhai attacking the Unified Greek Army, pummeling these MadeOfIron {{Perpetual Motion Monster}}s with incredible feats of strength. Perseus is no slouch either, having used iron chains of questionable quality to ensnare the Chimera and restrain it long enough for it to kill itself a, temporarily holding his own in a push-off against a 40 feet tall Cyclops who can easily rip apart and punch through trees and one hit kill ordinary humans, punching the super-strong Minotaur's horn off and beating him into unconsciousness with nothing but his bare fists and a tiny rock, smashing the chains holding Zeus into dust, and he and Agenor together hold off a massive literal AdvancingWallOfDoom

*** Which is justified since those fights were against superhuman opponents.

* HoistHeroOverTheHead: Ares does this to one of Andromeda's soldiers with one hand before throwing him far away.

* SuperStrength: In full force in this movie. Ares crumples his enemies like they were made out of clay. Hell, being slapped by Ares looks like it hurts a lot. He even knocked Andromeda off her feet by merely shoving her sword into a sheath and jabbing her with the pummel of her sword. He can even generate minor shockwaves while hitting someone, presuming they are capable of surviving his blows. Zeus and Hades kick the crap out of the Makhai attacking the Unified Greek Army, pummeling these MadeOfIron {{Perpetual Motion Monster}}s with incredible feats of strength. Perseus is no slouch either, having used iron chains of questionable quality to ensnare the Chimera and restrain it long enough for it to kill itself a, temporarily holding his own in a push-off against a 40 feet tall Cyclops who can easily rip apart and punch through trees and one hit kill ordinary humans, punching the super-strong Minotaur's horn off and beating him into unconsciousness with nothing but his bare fists and a tiny rock, smashing the chains holding Zeus into dust, and he and Agenor together hold off a massive literal AdvancingWallOfDoom

* AdaptationalBadass: A minor case with Medusa,who unlike only having the powers of a Gorgon, also uses bowsand arrows to fight Perseus

* HoistHeroOverTheHead: Ares does this

* MadeOfIron: Compared to the first movie, Perseus takes ''a lot'' of punishment, and it shows on his body, yet it's still much more than a normal human would be able to take - [[JustifiedTrope he's a demigod after all]]. Agenor himself also displays demigod levels of MadeOfIron, considering He took a full-force blow from Ares' warhammer with Poseidon's trident not exactly providing the best shield in that situation. He was struck with enough force to knock him into a pillar, which exploded and collapsed upon impact. Despite this, he still managed to walk it off. Hades and Ares fall hundreds of feet and shrug it off like nothing

* SuperStrength: In full force in this movie. Ares crumples his enemies like they were made out of clay. Hell, being slapped by Ares looks like it hurts a lot. He even knocked Andromeda off her feet by merely shoving her sword into a sheath and jabbing her with the pummel of her sword. He can even generate minor shockwaves while hitting someone, presuming they are capable of surviving his blows. Zeus and Hades kick the crap out of the Makhai attacking the Unified Greek Army, pummeling these MadeOfIron {{Perpetual Motion Monster}}s with incredible feats of strength. Perseus is no slouch either, having used iron chains of questionable quality to ensnare the Chimera and restrain it long enough for it to kill itself a, temporarily holding his own in a push-off against a 40 feet tall Cyclops who can easily rip apart and punch through trees and one hit kill ordinary humans, punching the super-strong Minotaur's horn off and beating him into unconsciousness with nothing but his bare fists and a tiny rock, and he and Agenor together hold off a massive literal AdvancingWallOfDoom

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice:

* MadeOfIron: Compared to the first movie, Perseus takes ''a lot'' of punishment, and it shows on his body, yet it's still much more than a normal human would be able to take - [[JustifiedTrope he's a demigod after all]]. Agenor himself also displays demigod levels of MadeOfIron, considering He took a full-force blow from Ares' warhammer with Poseidon's trident not exactly providing the best shield in that situation. He was struck with enough force to knock him into a pillar, which exploded and collapsed upon impact. Despite this, he still managed to walk it off.

* SuperStrength: In full force in this movie. Ares crumples his enemies like they were made out of clay. Hell, being slapped by Ares looks like it hurts a lot. He even knocked Andromeda off her feet by merely shoving her sword into a sheath and jabbing her with the pummel of her sword. He can even generate minor shockwaves while hitting someone, presuming they are capable of surviving his blows. Zeus and Hades kick the crap out of the Makhai attacking the Unified Greek Army, pummeling these MadeOfIron {{Perpetual Motion Monster}}s with incredible feats of strength. Perseus is no slouch either, having used iron chains of questionable quality to ensnare the Chimera and restrain it long enough for it to kill itself and temporarily holding his own in a push of against a 30 feet tall Cyclops who can easily rip apart and punch through trees and one hit kill ordinary humans, and he and Agenor together overcome a massive literal AdvancingWallOfDoom

* WouldHitAGirl/WouldHurtAChild: Ares is full of this, attacking Andromeda with murderous intent and callously killing Andromeda friend when she begs him for their lives, and tries to kill Helios, Perseus's son.

* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: When Ares tries to kill Perseus, the latter's son, Helius, briefly challenges Ares, buying his father time.

* SuperStrength: In full force in this movie. Ares crumples his enemies like they were made out of clay. Hell, being slapped by Ares looks like it hurts a lot. He even knocked Andromeda off her feet by merely shoving her sword into a sheath and jabbing her with the pummel of her sword. He can even generate minor shockwaves while hitting someone, presuming they are capable of surviving his blows. Zeus and Hades kick the crap out of the Makhai attacking the Unified Greek Army, pummeling these MadeOfIron {{Perpetual Motion Monster}}s with incredible feats of strength. Perseus is no slouch either, having used iron chains of questionable quality to ensnare the Chimera and restrain it long enough for it to kill itself and temporarily holding his own in a push of against a 30 feet tall Cyclops who can easily rip apart and punch through trees and one hit kill ordinary humans

* SuperStrength: In full force in this movie. Ares crumples his enemies like they were made out of clay. Hell, being slapped by Ares looks like it hurts a lot. He even knocked Andromeda off her feet by merely shoving her sword into a sheath and jabbing her with the pummel of her sword. Zeus and Hades kick the crap out of the Makhai attacking the Unified Greek Army, pummeling these MadeOfIron {{Perpetual Motion Monster}}s with incredible feats of strength. Perseus is no slouch either, having used iron chains of questionable quality to ensnare the Chimera and restrain it long enough for it to kill itself.

A remake was released in April, 2010. Reception has been scathingly negative, and pretty much all have described it as 120 minutes of monsters, with little to no explanation of the plot. Which only vaguely resembles the plot of the original anyway. And by "vaguely" we mean "the monsters are the same, mostly." [[JustHereForGodzilla Whether that works is completely up to you.]] A sequel, ''Wrath of the Titans'',[[note]]which coincidentally is the title used in Brazil and all Spanish versions for the first movie[[/note]] was released in April 2012. Miraculously, this one actually features Titans. While reviews were very negative again, audiences generally considered it to be superior to its predecessor.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Quite possibly. Zeus' totem is either a bald eagle (which are native to North America and which the Greeks wouldn't have known about) or an African fish eagle ([[CaptainObvious native to Africa]] which they probably would have).

* WagTheDirector: It has been revealed that there's a significantly different edit that has a plotline much closer to classical mythology. The reason why it wasn't released is unclear, but there are indications that Sam Worthington or the executives successfully argued that it wouldn't be entertaining to children.

* JerkassGods: To be expected of the Greek pantheon - with the possible exception of Apollo.

* HijackedByJesus: [[EverybodyHatesHades Hades is a villain]] who wishes to unleash "hell on earth" and must be defeated by Perseus. Given that the original myth specifically states that Hades ''helps'' Perseus on his quest (giving him the invisibility hat), and that in the fables Hades was perfectly content with his position (the only qualm he seems to have had was how ''boring'' the underworld could be at times), and is one of the few Gods who is borderline decent[[note]]OK, ''one'' minor case of kidnapping, but she wasn't a human anyway, and even so it pales in comparison to the multiple rapes and murders his brothers Zeus and Poseidon have committed. And some versions of the myth even have it that Persephone ''wanted'' Hades to kidnap her since her mother wouldn't approve of them marrying.[[/note]]. Never mind that in Greek lore, the actual Titans actually ''were'' imprisoned in Erebos--a wing of the underworld--for some time. The film makers could have arranged Kronos or Iapetos to be usurping Hades and waging war from there, which would have made a lot more sense.
** That woman he kidnapped? He married her. And they're the happiest couple in the entire pantheon, and Hades' domain also includes the Elysian Fields, i.e. Paradise.
** Luckily the sequel came to the rescue.

* StayInTheKitchen: "Too perilous (a journey) for a princess." To which Andromeda responds [[YouGotSpunk with all due spunk]], "You are not my lord and master. Not yet!" and comes along on the trip to the Stygian Witches anyway. Perseus later ''does'' ditch her for her own safety when he finds out he has to fight Medusa.

* SadlyMythtaken: Amphitrite is the wife of Poseidon in Greek mythology, while Thetis is generally a sea nymph, though some suggest that she was a full goddess, as the film portrays, although she was certainly not among the central circle who dwelt on Olympus.

** Perseus finds a small mechanical owl in a box. "What the hell is ''this''?" The commander simply tells him to put it back in.

** The Chimera's fire breath requires the two heads to work in tandem - [[Film/HowToTrainYourDragon one head breathes gas, and the other head lights it.]]

''Clash of the Titans'' is the 1981 film adaptation of the [[ClassicalMythology Greek myth of Perseus]]. Stop motion animation was used extensively in many special effects, and the monsters were created by Creator/RayHarryhausen, who retired from filmmaking shortly after ''Clash'' was released. Stephen R. Wilk wrote in 2000 that "most people today who are aware of the story of Perseus and Medusa [[PopCulturalOsmosis owe their knowledge to the 1981 film]] ''Clash of the Titans''."

* AnyoneCanDie: Unlike ClassicalMythology, in which the gods are completely immortal, the gods in this film ''can'' be killed. And some ''are.''

* MsFanservice: Danae and Andromeda show some T&A.