Hercules is the main character of both tv series and movies. The animated series, it did not go past the proposal phase. Hercules josh keaton young hercules roger bart young hercules singing danny devito phil james woods hades susan egan meg bobcat goldthwait pain matt frewer panic rip torn zeus samantha eggar hera barbara barrie alcmene hal holbrook amphitryon paul shaffer hermes amanda plummer the fates carole shelley the fates paddi edwards the fates. Hercules disney original cartoon hercules series season 1 episodes 28, 29, 30 hercules his roman name being used likely because it is easier to pronounc. Under the guidance of zeus and tutelage of philoctetes. Hercules is raised on earth and retains his godlike strength, but when he discovers his immortal heritage zeus tells him that to return to mount olympus he must become a true hero. In order to return home to mount olympus, hercules needs to prove he can move from zero to true hero with pegasus, the flying stallion, and phil a feisty personal trainer. When hercules first finds phil, he refused to have anything to do with him, but as the movie progressed phil caves in. Disney changed the story slightly to modernize it and make. Adventure cartoon productions made the mighty hercules in connection with translux television, the same company that later brought the japanese anime series speed racer to audiences in the united states. Heroes the titular protagonist who aspires to become a true hero. He only becomes a demigod in the movie after partially drinking his uncles potion.
Hercules sometimes graduates from prometheus academy tempest is a reccuring character from the disney animated series, hercules. Character analysis by stanford, harvard, and berkeley phd students. This category is for monsters from disneys hercules only. She is a lonely young gorgon, who becomes smitten with hercules. Four episodes were compiled into the directtovideo movie hercules. In the greek myth, his name is written as herakles. While his strength is above average, hercules isnt all that intelligent. Hercules battles monsters, hades and the titans, but it is his selfsacrifice to rescue his. Full gameplaywalkthrough of disneys animated storybook. Hercules character is a featured article, which means it has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the disney wiki community.
Hercules hercules hercules 1997 feature length theatrical animated film by dave koch. The griffin plays its first, but minor role, in disney villains war part two. This tv movie relives the legendary feats of hercules. From the early handdrawn films to the 3d cgi masterpieces of today, the. Not wanting meg to learn the truth of his embarrassing past, hercules ordered hermes to. This is a cartoon show i would really love to own for my collection. Villains from disneys hercules franchise, including its 1997 film, 1998 midquel, animated television series, video game adaptations, and crossovers such as with disneys aladdin and the kingdom hearts franchise. Voice actors characters tv shows movies video games shorts attractions commercials. The animated series is an animated television spinoff that premiered on august 31, 1998. But what the hero lacks in outstanding brains, he makes up for in compassion and the desire. Tempest comes off as a strict and harsh girl with a mean temper.
The hercules in this movie is a wideeyed boy scout who doesnt have many, if any, vices. In fact, as film critic jack mathews has pointed out, the disney storytellers have merged the hercules of myth with the modernday superhero, superman. In the animated sequel to the film, hercules and megara have since married, moving into a new home together. After hercules and the others leave, meg is revealed to be hades minion, who sold her soul to him to save an unfaithful lover. The moment hercules gets free, eurystheus retreats immediately while sending vicious wolves and numerous soldiers to do the dirty work. Hercules briefly gives up his powers to save megara from hades, an action. The characters are all likeable, even the villain and it. Good to evil disneys hercules is a thrilling retelling of one of ancient greeces finest myths about one of their strongest heroes. The animated series is an american animated series based on the 1997 film of the same name and the greek myth. I am a huge fan of disney in all aspects, movies, characters, songs, books, theme parks. The mighty hercules is a canadianamerican lowbudget animated television series based loosely on the greek mythological character of heracles, under his roman name hercules. Voice cast tate donovan as hercules, based on the mythological deity heracles.
The encyclopedia of walt disneys animated characters. The battle for mount olympus is a 1998 american animated action adventure directtovideo film starring the voices of kevin sorbo, lucy lawless, michael hurst, renee oconnor, kevin smith, and alexandra tydings, all reprising their roles from hercules. Accompanied by pascal, maximus, and flynn rider, they embark on an adventure so she can finally live her dream. The plots were imaginative, with stories such as the chair of forgetfulness, the pod of transformation, the hydra, and the box of pandora. However i can watch this movie again and again, it has a spectacular greek chorus, gospel type score, which will ring in your head for days and you will like it. Powered by create your own unique website with customizable templates. Hercules is tutored by philoctetes, also known as phil. Hercules the entire movie for children in english toons for kids en. This old cartoon is a prime example of what television today is missing. For villains from the kingdom hearts franchise, only ones that appeared in the olympus coliseum world should go here. The following is a list of characters who appeared in more than one of the three series hercules.
In the original movie, josh keaton voiced hercules as a teenager, while tate donovan was the hero as an adult, and roger bart was hercules singing voice in the song go the distance. But what the hero lacks in outstanding brains, he makes up for in compassion and the desire to do good, which is especially appreciated in a world with constant turmoil around every corner, be. To some of you others who might think its crap, you can have your simpsons, and south park. Resplendent cartoon drawing tips ideas unique tv and movies collection of prints on metal. Apr 15, 2018 15 disney characters confirmed or speculated to be queer. From the early handdrawn films to the 3d cgi masterpieces of today, the stories and they lessons they teach are what make the movies. She is the princess of the amazons and the daughter of queen hippolyte and king darius. Hercules is introduced and used as the main foil for thor in a mighty thor segment of the animated television series the marvel super. In both hercules and the superman story, the hero has otherworldly origins, is separated from his parents, is adopted by humble earthlings, and feels like a weirdo as a kid before finally.
Hercules is the titular protagonist of disneys 1997 animated feature film of the same name. Few disney characters are explicitly declared to be gay by the studio, but viewers have picked up on gay coding. The series premiered in syndication on august 31, 1998, and on disneys one saturday morning on september 12, 1998. During the 1950s and 1960s, a series of films featuring hercules were produced in italy. Hercules played lenny in animated tale theturedisneyking. Along the way, hercules must match wits with grecian beauty meg and a comical hothead named hades who, with the help of pain and panic, plans to take over the universe. This is due to the strict upbringing she was given by her mother.
The son of zeus and hera, hercules was stripped away from his home on mount olympus and turned mortal by his evil uncle, hades, though he maintained his immense strength. They reside high above on mount olympus where they discuss affairs related to the mortal world or matters regarding monsters or disorders in nature. Cerberus disney movie characters, disney hercules, disney. As they finish, a giant sea serpent comes from the sea and. A comparison between the disney movie hercules and. Disneys animation team dipped into the rich well of ancient mythology for this.
His appearance is topheavy, muscular, and handsome, with orange hair and eyebrows and blue eyes. Ron clements animation screenplay by, john musker animation. The following are fictional characters from disneys 1997 film hercules and from the derived. Producer alice dewey mentioned that hades was supposed to talk in a slow.
The cover art was a bit misleading, but make no mistake, this is the original the mighty hercules cartoon from 1963. During the movein, however, hercules s old yearbook from his high school years at prometheus academy was uncovered. The worst thing he does is lash out at phil for trying to warn him about meg being in league with hades, but he immediately comes to regret that. Donovan went on to voice the teenage hercules in a derived animated series where the herointraining attended high school. Below is a bulleted list of some of the differences. Once he completes his training under phil and starts picking up wins over. The events of the series take place midway through the animated film. Hercules 1997 voice actors cast and characters youtube. Although there are many similarities between the disney movie hercules and the actual myth, the movie is quite inaccurate. Hercules is the protagonist of the 1997 disney animated feature film of the same name, as well as its 199899 television series. Andreas deja hercules, ken duncan megara, eric goldberg phil, ellen woodbury.
From mickey mouse to hercules the book looked new and in pristine condition. When hercules loses his powers to hades, megara convinces phil to return to hercules, motivating him into. Hercules 1997 james woods in hercules 1997 james woods and susan egan in. Yes, he is a major character in the tale of heracles but he does not appear in the comic the movie is based on. Hercules is a 1997 american animated musical fantasy film produced by walt disney feature animation for walt disney pictures. The most powerful are known as the twelve olympians olympians zeus. It was created in 1961 and then debuted on television in 1963. Megara, that hercules would come to understand the true measure of a hero. James woods really enjoyed voicing hades, he even reprised the role later on in the hercules animated tv show as well as in episodes of house. The first 52 episodes aired in syndication, while the final episodes aired saturday mornings on syndication. A ferocious beast, sent by hades to eliminate hercules, although he was easily knocked out by the demigods powers. The characters are all likeable, even the villain and it is absolutely hilarious. The olympian gods are the rulers of the world of hercules. The company produced 128 episodes of the mighty hercules, each approximately 5 minutes in length.
Contentsshow summary the movie starts with the sirens singing across the sea of time, which is about how zeus took the cronus stone from the titans and had a fling with alcmene and had a son named hercules, who defeated a hydra at an early age and became a hero. Hercules 1997 cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. The trojan war was a 2001 proposed directtovideo sequel of hercules. Phil trains hercules into a potential hero, and then they head towards thebes.
Rapunzel rapunzel hopes to one day explore the world beyond her tower walls. The ruler and father of olympus and king of the gods. The battle for mount olympus by big cartoon database is licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercialsharealike 4. The son of greek gods zeus voice of rip torn and hera samantha eggar, hercules voice of josh. Join the half man, half god teen for an outrageous adventure as he makes his way to mount olympus. Although though his appearance in the film was fairly short. A teenage hercules attends prometheus academy and is trained by his satyr teacher, phil. Please help support bcdb with a donation or a subscription to the website. Disneys hercules wiki is a fandom movies community. Hercules, megara, philoctetes, pegasus, zeus, hera, hermes, and the fates. Hercules 1997 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Jan 08, 2015 hercules disney original cartoon hercules series season 1 episodes 28, 29, 30 hercules his roman name being used likely because it is easier to pronounc. After this movie the disney features once again seemed to slip downhill. This is a list of films that feature the greek divine hero hercules.
Villains from disneys hercules franchise, including its 1997 film, 1998 midquel, animated television series, video game adaptations, and crossovers such as with disneys aladdin and the kingdom hearts franchise for villains from the kingdom hearts franchise, only ones that appeared in the olympus coliseum world should go here. This quiz will test what you know about the people behind the characters. Aug 03, 20 25 disney characters who taught us life lessons. He is based on the mythological heracles, most known under the roman spelling hercules. Hercules is the titular protagonist of disneys 1997 animated feature film of the. Hercules, needing help with archery, calls on the greatest hunter who ever lived, orion, releasing him from his constellation. However, this does not stop hercules from having hermes retrieve megs own yearbook where it is revealed meg was a. Megara and hercules are in love in both the movie and the myth zeus is the father of hercules hercules is attcked by serpants when he was a baby. Characters from hercules 1997 and its television series. See more ideas about disney, hercules and disney hercules. The griffin is a minor character in the animated movie, hercules. Hercules, son of the greek god, zeus, is turned into a halfgod, halfmortal by evil hades, god of the underworld, who plans to overthrow zeus. Cartoon characters, cast and crew for hercules 1997. This is probably the best life lesson in any disney movie.
Apart from the animation the characters are a big part of any film like this and. The 35th disney animated feature film and the eighth animated film produced during the disney renaissance, the film was directed by ron clements and john musker. The cyclops referred to as arges in the tabletop game villainous is one of the supporting antagonists in disneys 1997 animated film hercules. Animated storybook ariels story studio full gameplaywalkthrough longplay duration. Cartoon characters, cast and crew for hercules 1997 previous cartoon next cartoon. Disney animated movies pixar movies movie characters disney and more disney love disney magic disney stuff disney fan art.
If you see a way this page can be updated or improved without compromising previous work, please feel free to contribute. In order to return home to mount olympus, hercules needs to prove he can move from zero to true hero with pegasus, the flying stallion, and phil. Hercules character hercules characters, hercules cartoon. The battle for mount olympus features hercules, xena, iolaus, gabrielle, ares, aphrodite, alcmene, artemis, hera, zeus. The syndicated series premiered on disneys one saturday morning on september 12, 1998 and ran for a total of 52 episodes. Hercules tate donovan young hercules josh keaton phil da. Therefore i have decided to make the ultimate disney character list. Evil damsel in distress meg phil is a retired trainer of heroes. He is perfectly fine with talking trash to hercules while the latter is restrained. Hercules disney character archetypes images the battle. Hercules is the thirtyfifth fulllength animated feature film in the disney. Disneys animation team dipped into the rich well of ancient mythology for this musical comedy. She was voiced by jennifer love hewitt who also played madellaine from disneys the hunchback of notre dame ii, and dr.
Tempest is a reccuring character from the disney animated series, hercules. This quiz is strictly about the voices from disneys 35th animated feature, hercules. Hercules is the roman version of the character which is more widely recognizable to modern viewers. Hercules in the greek myth is the child of zeus and a mortal, making him a demigod instead of being born an actual god. Hercules and xena must save mount olympus from the dangerous titans. Hercules is the titular protagonist of disneys 1997 animated feature film of.
Hercules wishes to become a hero and fit in with other humans. Hercules disney original cartoon hercules series season 1. Characters featured in disneys hercules 1997 and hercules. Hercules is a 1997 american animated musical fantasy film produced by walt disney feature. Topheavy, very muscular, very handsome, medium skin, both orange hair and eyebrows and blue. Hercules and meg hercules c 1997 walt disney animation studios megara disney. He is a god, whose divinity was stolen from him as a newborn. Disney has always gone the extra mile to give a head nod to pop culture but there arent many movies that have accurately predicted a trend. Hercules the animated version from 1960s thor cartoon. A comparison between the disney movie hercules and the tale it was based on. The only complaint i have is that all 128 episodes havent been made available in one box set. Eric goldberg, the supervising animator for philoctetes. Characters who appear in the story of heracles hercules. It is based on the 1997 film by disney and greek myths that preceded it.
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