In Ancient Greece, during the time of myth and legend, there was a great hero born to the king of the gods, Zeus, and his name was Hercules. Now when Hercules was born, the god of the underworld, Hades, was in the process of hatching a long-term plan to take control from Zeus. As careful a schemer as Hades is, he learns that when Hercules grows up, he'll be the only one that can stop Hades' take-over. Since you can't kill a god, Hades sends his underlings, Pain and Panic, with a special potion to make Hercules mortal--and then they can kill him. They succeed in making him mortal--although Hercules retains his super-human strength--but they are stopped before they can kill him. Hercules, now stuck on earth, must prove himself to be a true hero before he can return to Mount Olympus to be with Zeus and the other gods.
Released: 1997
Language: English
Style: 2D animation
Rated: G
In the Greek myth, Hercules isn't the son of Zeus and his wife, Hera, but the product of Zeus cheating on his wife with a mortal woman--this was a fairly common practice for the king of the gods. Hera was really Hercules biggest nemesis and she hunted down and tried to destroy him many times, like she did with all of Zeus' illegitimate children. What's that saying about 'the fury of a woman scorned?' Anyways, poor Hades doesn't appear in the tale at all since in Greek mythology he wasn't a "devil figure" but the hard-working guardian of the underworld.
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Hercules
