Immortality, teleportation, summoning of creatures, control of fire and smoke, control over darkness and the Heartless Hercules himself even as an iconic hero, losing to anyone, arrogance Torturing Hercules and his closest friends, power, making deals, forcing Sora & co. Hercules, Zeus, Philoctetes, Megara, Pegasus, Hera, The Gods, Aladdin, Mickey Mouse/ Sorcerer Mickey, Minnie Mouse, Merlin, Sora, Donald Duck, Goofy, Riku, Terra, Aqua, Zack Fair, Cloud Strife, Auron, Demyx, Ariel, Sebastian, Pongo, Rafiki, Genie, Pocahontas, Meeko, Kuzco, Tiana, Louis the Alligator, Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom players Pain and Panic (formerly), Megara (formerly), the Titans, Nessus, Hydra, Cyclops, Fates, Cerberus Zeus and Poseidon (brothers), Hera (sister/sister-in-law), Hercules (nephew), Megara (goddaughter/niece-in-law)įates, Jafar, Maleficent, Captain Hook, Pete, Ursula, Chernabog, Scar, Doctor Facilier, Claude Frollo, The Queen, Cruella De Vil, Yzma, Governor Ratcliffe To rule Mount Olympus and kill Hercules, to destroy any kind of good magic ![]() Lord of the Dead, Zeus and Poseidon's brother, Hercules' uncle (apparently), Pain & Panic's ex-boss Slender, Grey skin, muscular, sharp teeth, yellow eyes, black robe with skull garments, blue fire as hair (the fire changes to yellow and his face turns red when he's angry) Persuasive, hot-tempered, ruthless, sarcastic, a-mile-a-minute talker, comedic, funny, laid-back Lord of the Dead, Ruler of the Underworld, Pluto (in Rome), Boss Teal: Underworld Crime Boss, Lazuli, Prince Azure, Lord Indigo Resolution: Hercules decides to return to Earth as a mortal to be with Meg.Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse He returns Meg’s soul to her body, and together they go to Olympus, where he reunites with his parents. Just as he is about to die, his immortality is restored. Hades for very personal stakes).Ĭlimactic Moment: Hercules proves himself a true hero by sacrificing his own life to save Meg. the Titans for global stakes) to narrow focus (vs. ![]() Note how the battle moves from wide-scale (vs. He kicks Hades out of Olympus, then goes to the River Styx to save Meg’s soul. And all without having to resort to actually killing anyone.Ĭlimax: After Meg mortally wounds herself to save Hercules, his strength is restored. But here, everything that’s important to Hercules (his strength, Meg, his family on Olympus) is swept away by a single devil’s deal. Usually, when we think of “the worst thing that could happen to a character,” we think of the death of a loved one. He is zapped of his strength, turned completely mortal-and then learns the woman for whom he just sacrificed everything was indeed working for Hades, at least previously. Hercules agrees, unaware of Hades’ true plans. Third Plot Point: Hades threatens to kill Meg unless Hercules makes a deal to give up his strength for twenty-four hours, dependent on Meg’s safety. Hercules refuses to believe it and offends Phil into leaving. Meg is now in love with Hercules and refuses to help, but Phil overhears what he believes is Meg’s complicity with Hades and warns Hercules of her treachery. Second Pinch Point: Hades realizes Meg is Hercules’ weakness. He moves from clumsy reaction to assured action in chasing his goal of becoming a true hero and returning to his parents on Mt. Midpoint: Hercules defeats the Hydra and-in another song-and-dance montage-is proclaimed a hero. He forces Meg to lure Hercules into a battle with the Hydra monster. After a lengthy training montage, Hercules then enters the “adventure world” of the Second Act and engages with the main conflict when he goes to Thebes to prove himself a hero-saving Hades’ unwilling minion, the beautiful Meg along the way.įirst Pinch Point: Hades learns from Meg that Hercules is still alive-and therefore a threat to his plans for dominion. However, the Inciting Event in the main conflict comes a bit later when a teenaged Hercules learns that he has been adopted by his mortal parents and goes searching for his true parentage.įirst Plot Point: After Zeus tells Hercules he can only return to Olympus after proving himself a true hero, Hercules leaves his Normal World with his adopted parents and goes to be trained by Philoctetes. This is the turning point in the First Act-as it usually is after a “prologue” opening. However, they fail to force feed him the last drop, leaving him supernaturally strong. Inciting Event: After hearing the Fates prophesy that his plans to take over Olympus will fail if Zeus’ newborn son Hercules fights in the battle, Hades commands his minions to feed Hercules a potion that will make him mortal.
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