- Characters
Hercules
Megara
Hades
Philoctetes
Zeus and Hera
The Fates
The Muses
Amphitryon and Alcmene
Pain and Panic
Pegasus
Hercules
Hercules is the hero of the story. He is the son of Zeus and Hera,
but as a baby he is stolen by Hades' (the god of the Underworld) clumsy
assistants Pain and Panic and turned into a mortal, but because he did not
drink all of the potion, he still retains his God - Like strength. Amphitryon
and Alcmene find Hercules and adopt him. When he is young, Hercules strength
doesn't help him and he is seen as a bit of a freak by the village. After
knocking down a building with his clumsiness, Hercules leaves the village
to try and find out where he belongs. He journeys to the Temple of Zeus.
The giant statue of Zeus comes alive and tells his son, about his real life as
a god. He tells him to find Philoctetes, who will train him as a hero, and when
he proves himself as a true hero he will be able to return to Mount Olympus.
Hercules finds Phil, and after much persuasion, he turns Hercules into a 'hero'.
Hercules kills the 30 headed hydra, which turns him into the most famous
person in all of Greece. This still does not make him a 'true hero'. Hercules
falls in love with Meg, whose soul belongs to Hades. When Hades finds out that
Hercules is still alive he is furious. He sends Meg to seduce him and find
out his weakness. Hades makes a deal with Herc. On the eve of the night when
Hades' plan to take over the Universe, the one that only Hercules can ruin, he
makes a deal that he will give Meg her freedom, if Hercules gives up his
strength for 24 hours. However Hercules will regain his strength if Meg gets hurt.
After Hades unleashes the Titans on Mount Olympus, Zeus is failing. However
a column which is about to fall on Hercules falls on Meg, when she pushes
Hercules out of the way, he regains his strength, and defeats Hades.
Sadly Meg dies. This angers Hercules who goes down to the Underworld, and pulls
Meg's soul out of the death pit. This DOES turn him into a true hero. He goes up
to Mount Olypus, but refuses godhood to be with Meg and everyone has a happy
ending.
Tate Donavan voices the adult Hercules. Joshua Keaton(speaking) Roger Bart
(singing) play the adolescent Hercules
Megara, or Meg, is the heroine of the story. She sold her soul to Hades to
save her boyfriend's life, who then walked off with another woman, she doesn't
usually have much luck! However, though she won't admit it at first she falls in
love with Hercules. Hades uses her to find out Hercules weakness, which happens
to be - Meg. He then uses Meg to get rid of Hercules strength for 24 hours.
However he does set Meg free. But the plan backfires because Meg gets hurt,
restoring Hercules strength. Meg pushes Hercules out of the way of a toppling
column. Meg gets seriously hurt, and dies. But she is heroicly saved by Hercules,
who retrieves her soul from the Underworld. When Hercules is turned back into
God, he refuses it so that he can be with Meg.
Susan Egan is the voice of Megara
Hades is the ruthless ruler of the Underworld, who is dying
to take over the Universe, and he certainly will go to any lengths to get what
he wants! He is always ready with a sarcastic remark, and is literally a hot
head, with flames for hair, and gets angry very easily. He takes most of his
anger out on his two hapless assistants Pain and Panic. Early in the story he
turns Hercules mortal, and thinks that he is dead. He owns Meg's soul, and uses
her to get to Hercules once he finds out that he is still living. To take over
Zeus and Mount Olympus, he uses the giant Titans. The Fates tell him things that
are happening, past, present and future. He gets defeated when Hercules fights.
On the other side of things he seems to be the only character, apart from
maybe Pain and Panic, who doesn't get a happy ending!
James Woods is the voice of Hades
Phil is sort of a hero in the story. He is a Satyr (half man, half goat)
He is the one who teaches Hercules how to become a hero. When Hercules comes to
him, he says he is retired, but Hercules convinces him otherwise. Phil likes to
flirt with the ladies, and tries it on a couple of times with nymphs and Meg,
but eventually gets a kiss out of a god up on Mount Olympus! He is a bit of a
smart alec and always has a quick response for things! He doesn't like Meg much,
cos she is such a distraction to Hercules. At times Phil can get quite emotional,
but most the time he is pretty strict, with many rules, and keeps Hercules to
a strict schedule! He gets extremely proud when the Gods hang a picture of
Hercules in the sky, and someone shouts "That's Phil's Boy!" as this was his
dream.
Danny DeVito is the voice of Philoctetes.
Zeus is Hercules' father, Hera is Hercules' mother. Zeus is the ruler of
Mount Olympus, after he saved it from the Titans and defeated them with his
trademark thunderbolts. Zeus is a fairly loud character and also appears
as a statue that comes alive in the temple. Zeus made Pegasus, the winged
horse for Hercules. They were both extremely upset when Hercules was kidnapped.
Fates
These fateful trio know everything - past, present and future. Their names
are Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos. They tell Hades that if Hercules should fight
when Hades tries to take over the Universe, he will fail.
The voices of the Fates are : Clotho - Amanda Plummer, Lachesis - Carole
Shelley, Atropos - Paddi Edwards
The Muses are our brilliant story tellers! They tell the story with a swing
and they sing in no less than 4 out of the 6 songs in the movie! The songs have
strong gospel influences! The Muses ensure that the story is told in an interesting
way!
The voices of the Muses are: Clio - Vaneese Thomas, Thalia - Roz Ryan,
Calliope - Lillias White, Melpomene - Cheryl Freeman, Terpsichore - LaChanze
Amphitryon and Alcmene are Hercules adoptive parents. They love Hercules
very much and are very proud of him. They support him in anything he wants to
do.
The voice of Amphitryon is Hal Holbrook. The voice of Alcmene is Barbara
Berrie.
Pain and Panic are the clumsy pair, who are Hades' poor assistants!
Pain is the purple one, and Panic is the green one. They both have the ability
to morph themselves into different creatures, such as serpents and children.
They kidnap Hercules as a baby and turn him mortal, but as they try to kill
him, Hercules strength proves to much for them. A lot of Hades' anger is taken
out on this unfortunate duo.
The voice of Pain is Bobcat Goldthwait, Panic is Matt Frewer
Pegasus was a present to Hercules from his father as a baby. He is a
beautiful winged horse, made out of clouds. He would do anything for Hercules,
and Hercules would do anything for him. Without Pegasus, Hercules would not
be what he is, he needs Pegasus for lots of things, and he helps Hercules out
a lot. At first Pegasus didn't like Meg.
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These fateful trio know everything - past, present and future. Their names are Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos. They tell Hades that if Hercules should fight when Hades tries to take over the Universe, he will fail.
The voices of the Fates are : Clotho - Amanda Plummer, Lachesis - Carole Shelley, Atropos - Paddi Edwards
The Muses are our brilliant story tellers! They tell the story with a swing and they sing in no less than 4 out of the 6 songs in the movie! The songs have strong gospel influences! The Muses ensure that the story is told in an interesting way!
The voices of the Muses are: Clio - Vaneese Thomas, Thalia - Roz Ryan, Calliope - Lillias White, Melpomene - Cheryl Freeman, Terpsichore - LaChanze
Amphitryon and Alcmene are Hercules adoptive parents. They love Hercules very much and are very proud of him. They support him in anything he wants to do.
The voice of Amphitryon is Hal Holbrook. The voice of Alcmene is Barbara Berrie.
Pain and Panic are the clumsy pair, who are Hades' poor assistants! Pain is the purple one, and Panic is the green one. They both have the ability to morph themselves into different creatures, such as serpents and children. They kidnap Hercules as a baby and turn him mortal, but as they try to kill him, Hercules strength proves to much for them. A lot of Hades' anger is taken out on this unfortunate duo.
The voice of Pain is Bobcat Goldthwait, Panic is Matt Frewer
Pegasus was a present to Hercules from his father as a baby. He is a beautiful winged horse, made out of clouds. He would do anything for Hercules, and Hercules would do anything for him. Without Pegasus, Hercules would not be what he is, he needs Pegasus for lots of things, and he helps Hercules out a lot. At first Pegasus didn't like Meg.
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