![]() ![]() Amazon Chaser: In the animated series, he falls in love with Tempest, an Amazonian princess.Amazing Technicolor Population: In his god form, his skin glows bright yellow.He's aware that Hades plans to do something nasty but Hades pressures him into it. Hades offers a deal for Hercules to give up his strength for 24 hours in exchange for Megara's freedom and to promise that she will be safe from harm. Always Save the Girl: Double subverted.It's this treatment that drives him to leave home in search of a place where he can feel like he belongs. All of the Other Reindeer: Because of his Super Strength and clumsiness, Hercules is treated like an outsider by his fellow villagers, with his foster parents as the noteworthy exception.This makes Hercules one of the most pure-of-heart Disney characters. Even after becoming a worldwide phenomenon, Hercules retains his innocence and cheerful nature, not once letting the fame dangerously inflate his ego. All-Loving Hero: Hercules is compassionate, and his most dominate trait is, without a doubt, his innocence and massively kind heart, in spite of being treated like a "freak" by his peers and those around him (with the exception of his foster parents) throughout his childhood and adolescent years.He only becomes a demigod in the movie after partially drinking his uncle's potion. Adaptation Species Change: In the original myths, Herc is the child of Zeus and a mortal, making him a demigod instead of being born an actual god."Hercules" is the Latin pronunciation, which is more widely recognizable to modern viewers. Adaptation Name Change: In the Greek myth, his name is written as "Herakles".The worst thing he does is lash out at Phil and slap him for trying to warn him about Meg being in league with Hades, but he immediately comes to regret that. This Hercules is a friendly, wide-eyed boy scout who doesn't have many, if any, vices. He kills more than one innocent person simply for being too close when his temper gets the better of him (although he's always remorseful when this happens), and he stages a HUGE war for a mere verbal insult at one point, although he does go to great lengths to help his friends and his deeds do the world a lot of good. Adaptational Nice Guy: By modern standards, the Hercules of Greek myth isn't exactly a paragon of heroic virtue.The Disney Hercules, while by no means stupid and showing occasional moments of guile, comes off as rather airheaded, naive, and uncultured in comparison. Adaptational Dumbass: In the myths, Herakles is well educated, a successful military commander by his late teens, an occasional trickster, and a master of Indy Ploys.The "Zero to Hero" musical number is all about his rise to fame and throughout the song, the Muses talk him up as a Showy Invincible Hero, a Nice Guy, a Chick Magnet, and a Humble Hero with much public love. The Ace: Once he completes his training under Phil and starts picking up wins over monsters, Hercules quickly develops this status and reputation among the people of Thebes.The titular protagonist who aspires to become a true hero. (teen speaking voice), Antonio Benavides (teen singing voice) (Latin American Spanish dub) Sergio Zamora (adult, original teen, TV series), Rafael Alonso Roldán (teen speaking voice, original), Ferrán González (teen singing voice, original), Sergio García Marín ( Kingdom Hearts II) (European Spanish dub) Emmanuel Garijo (movie and series) (European French dub), Ettore Zuim (adult, Brazilian Portuguese), Oberdan Junior (teen, Brazilian Portuguese), Til Schweiger (German dub) Voiced by: Tate Donovan (adult speaking voice, original teen speaking voice, animated series), Josh Keaton (teen speaking voice, original), Roger Bart (teen singing voice, original), Sean Astin ( Kingdom Hearts) Enrique " Ricky Martin" Martin (adult speaking and singing voice), Víctor Mares Jr. ![]()
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