Hercules (1997)
Actors:
Jack Angel (actor),
Bill Farmer (actor),
Bob Bergen (actor),
Rodger Bumpass (actor),
Corey Burton (actor),
Corey Burton (actor),
Corey Burton (actor),
Corey Burton (actor),
Jim Cummings (actor),
Jim Cummings (actor),
Jim Cummings (actor),
Keith David (actor),
Danny DeVito (actor),
Tate Donovan (actor),
Matt Frewer (actor),
Plot: Hercules, son of the Greek God, Zeus, is turned into a half-god, half-mortal by evil Hades, God of the Underworld, who plans to overthrow Zeus. Hercules is raised on Earth and retains his god-like strength, but when he discovers his immortal heritage Zeus tells him that to return to Mount Olympus he must become a true hero. Hercules becomes a famous hero with the help of his friend Pegasus and his personal trainer, Phil the satyr. Hercules battles monsters, Hades and the Titans, but it is his self-sacrifice to rescue his love Meg which makes him a true hero.
Keywords: 13th-century-b.c., 2d-animation, afterlife, ancient-greece, animal-attack, baby, based-on-greek-myth, betrayal, blockbuster, boar
Genres:
Adventure,
Animation,
Family,
Fantasy,
Musical,
Romance,
Taglines: A Comedy of Epic Proportions Happy IV of July! Zero to Hero! Who puts the GLAD in GLADIATOR? You can run but you can't Hydra!
Quotes:
Meg: [after Hercules accidentally breaks the arms off a statue of Venus] It looks better that way. No, it really does.
Phil: I thought you were going to be the all-time champ, not the all-time chump.
Hercules: Meg, when I'm with you, I-I don't feel so alone.::Meg: Sometimes it's better to be alone.::Hercules: What do you mean?::Meg: Nobody can hurt you.
Panic: He's not gonna be happy when he gets outta there.::Pain: You mean, *if* he gets outta there.::Panic: If? If is good.
Hercules: [as she lies dying] Meg, why did you... You didn't have to...::Meg: People do crazy things... when they're in love.
[singing about Hercules's fame and success]::Thalia: They slapped his face on every vase.::[Terpsichore hits her in the head]::Terpsichore: On every *vah*se.
Hercules: You like making deals. Take me in Meg's place.::Hades: Hmm. The son of my hated rival trapped forever in a river of death.::Hercules: Going once...::Hades: Is there a downside to this?::Hercules: Going twice...::Hades: Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. You get her out. She goes, you stay.::[Hercules dives in to save Megara]::Hades: Oh, you know what slipped my mind? You'll be dead before you can get to her. [calls out as Hercules goes deeper] That's not a problem, is it?
Hades: How sentimental. You know, I haven't been this choked up since I got a hunk of moussaka caught in my throat.
Hercules: Wow. What a day. First that restaurant by the bay. And then that, that play, that, that, that Oedipus thing. Man, I thought *I* had problems.
Meg: He comes on with his big, innocent farm boy routine, but I could see through that in a Peloponnesian minute.