Realizing that his plans are jeopardized, Hades sends Meg out to discover Hercules' weakness, promising her freedom in return. He soon becomes a national, multi-million-dollar celebrity as a result. After a lengthy battle, he prevails by using his strength to cause a landslide. Hercules tries to kill the Hydra by slicing off its heads, but more heads grow in their place. When Hercules tries to prove himself a hero at Thebes, Hades sends the Hydra to kill him. When Hades learns that Hercules is alive, he is enraged and plots to murder him again. A smitten Hercules barely succeeds and Meg returns to the forest, where she is revealed to have sold her soul to Hades in order to save her lover's life her lover abandoned her and now Meg must do favors for Hades in order to avoid an eternity in the underworld. ![]() Along with his flying horse Pegasus, Hercules goes to Philoctetes, an unhappy satyr who has failed to train a true hero yet he decides to take on Hercules as his final attempt.Īfter training with Phil, the three of them attempt to save the beautiful Megara, a damsel in distress, from a centaur named Nessus. ![]() Zeus tells him that he must prove himself a true hero before he can join the other gods on Mount Olympus. His adoptive parents finally tell him that he was once a son of the gods and that he must go to his father, Zeus. Hercules grows up to be a misfit, challenged by his incredible strength and unable to fit in with other people. He sends his minions, Pain and Panic (a duo reminiscent of Ares's mythological sons, Deimos (dread) and Phobos (fear)), to kidnap Hercules and feed him a potion that will strip him of his immortality however, they are interrupted and, while Hercules becomes mortal, he retains his god-like strength (for the potion to fully work, Hercules had to drink every last drop, but missed one when they were interrupted). This leads to the day Hercules is born to Zeus and Hera, much to the pleasure of the other gods except Hades, who receives word from the Fates that Hercules will one day rise to power and prevent him from taking control of the world. The film begins with the five muses "Goddesses of the arts and proclaimers of heroes" telling the story of how Zeus came to power and prevented the monstrous Titans from ruling the world. The movie was later followed by Hercules: The Animated Series, focusing on Hercules during his time at the Prometheus academy and Hercules: Zero to Hero, a direct-to-video movie. Though Hercules did not match its predecessors (even receiving an overwhelmingly negative reception in Greece, where the myth originated), it still took over $99 million in domestic revenues and over $252,700,000 worldwide. The movie is an American fantasy tale very loosely based on Ancient Greco-Roman mythology, more specifically the adventures of Heracles (known in the movie by his Roman name, Hercules), the son of Zeus. The thirty-fifth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon, the film was directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. ![]() It is produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June 27, 1997. Hercules is the thirty-fifth full-length animated feature film in the Disney canon. For other uses, see Hercules (disambiguation).
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