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 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Roma Downey. Roma Downey would go on to play Tess on the much beloved series "Touched by the Angel" shortly after this part. In the actual mythology, Hercules encountered Hippolyta on one of his labors and she willingly gave up the magical girdle he came for after falling in love with him.
Kevin Smith. Lucy Lawless played Lysia in "Hercules and the Amazon Women" and went on to play Xena. Renee (Gabrielle) and Robert (Salmoneus) both appeared in "Hercules and the Lost Kingdom" as Deianaira (not to be confused with the Deianaira who would marry Hercules) and Waylan respectively. The woman who played the queen in "Hercules and the Lost Kingdom" would also go onto play Alcemene, Hercules's mother in the show. Kevin Smith would play Ares.
Troy. The kingdom became lost because the king was unwilling to sacrifice his daughter to Hera. The story is set some time before the events that led to the Trojan war as revealed in later episodes.
Tawny Kitaen. Tawny is perhaps best know for her time dating Whitesnake lead singer David Coverdale and Ratt guitarist Robbin Crosby and co-hosting "America's Funniest People" with Dave Coulier. When the regular series commenced, she was written out but she popped up a few more times in the afterlife to deliver messages to Hercules.
Prometheus. Prometheus was a Titan who defied the Olympian gods and stole fire to give to humans in Greek myth. For this crime, he was chained to a rock and had his organs pecked out each day by buzzards. In the myth, he was eventually rescued by Hercules. In the show, he was shown as frozen alive by Hera after the fire was taken.
Jorge Gonzalez. Jorge Gonzalez was a 7'7" basketball player turned wrestler who appeared under the names El Gigante (WCW) and Giant Gonzalez (WWF). Due to knee problems, he was forced out of the physical sports and eventually had to retire even from acting.
eyes. Her eyes often appear in the sky accompanied by a scree-scree sound. The sound is an amped up cry of a peacock, which is her godly symbol.
Anthony Quinn. Quinn won twice as Best Supporting actor first in 1952 for "Viva Zapata" and again in 1956 for "Lust for Life". He would reprise his role on the series, but in a much more limited basis.
The action had been altered to not exist. Ioalus is reminiscing about past adventures and a clip is shown of Hercules and Ioalus fighting the Amazons from the first movie. The problem was that at the end of the fight Ioalus was killed and later in the movie Hercules asks Zeus to turn back time to prevent the death of Ioalus as well as a number of other innocent people. This boon is granted and Hercules opts not to go on the quest to the Amazon village that starts it all. Because of this, Iaolus could not possibly have know about this event as it never happened.
| Although the series is based on the mythical tales of Hercules, oftentimes the tales of others heroes get added to his own in order to pad his resume. Which monster had his origin changed from legend so that not only did Hercules battle him, but that he was also related to Hercules? | Myth and Legend "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys"
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Minotaur. The minotaur was slain by Theseus in the tales. His origin was also changed for this story. Originally, the minotaur was the result of a union between the Queen of Crete and a white bull. In this story, the minotaur was originally a human and a son of Zeus. He tried to get the people to turn on the gods but was defeated. Zeus, unable to kill his own son, transformed him and imprisoned him hoping for him to be forgotten.
| The regular series was meant to be a direct continuation of the 5 specials. But in another way it can be viewed that the specials were treated more like a pilot as actors, plot points and the direction of characters all changed. One change was made in order to make Hercules a traditional wandering hero and remove his ties to his family. in the first episode "The Wrong Path" Hera kills off Hercules's wife and children. What method did she employ for this? | "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" Season 1
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Fireball. In the original myth Hercules kills his own wife and kids after being driven mad by Hera. This led to him performing the 12 labors of Hercules as penance. Hercules' partner Ioalus also had his wife written out but that could be argued to have happened in the TV specials.
| The second episode "Eye of the Beholder" revolved around a monster who was terrorizing the town of Trachis. In one of the early appearances by the monster he comes across a woman of the village picking flowers and not acting afraid of the monster. This was done as an homage to the monster in the movie "Frankenstein". What kind of monster was in the episode? | "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" Season 1
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Cyclops. The Cyclops was played by Richard Moll, most famous for his role as Bull of "Night Court" fame.
| In addition to incorporating Greek mythology the show often utilized Greek drama as well. In "The Road to Calydon," a character from the "Oedipus" trilogy makes the first of many guest appearances. Who was it? | "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" Season 1
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Tiresias. In the tale of "Oedipus," it is Tiresias that informs him that he is the one who has brought down the gods anger by unwittingly killing his father and marrying his mother. Although this was his most prominent characterization he would show up as a bearer of bad fortune in many tales.
| Seems that Hercules cant even go to a wedding without causing trouble. In "As Darkness Falls," Hercules is in attendance at the wedding party of an old friend Penelope. Unfortunately, he is not the only guest as a pack of centaurs are also guests and one in particular Nemis wants Hercules dead. Noemi's has a number of reasons for wanting Hercules dead, but which is not one of them? | "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" Season 1
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money. He wants revenge for the death of his brother Nessus by Hercules. He also wants to curry the favor of Hera in order to win the hand of Penelope for himself.
| For a show that revolved around the gods and myths of Greek myth, they were sorely lacking in the first season. In the episode "Pride Comes Before a Brawl," the only season one appearance of a god in their human form occurred. What was the name of this lesser god in the show? | "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" Season 1
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Nemesis. Nemesis was the spirit of divine retribution for those who committed the sins of hubris, excessive pride or vanity. In this case, it was a combination of Ioalus's self confidence and Hera wanting to hurt Hercules that led to the assignment of this task.
| One thing the series had was the uncanny ability to get actors to guest star right before they became big. In the episode "The March to Freedom," Lucy Liu guest stars as an Asian princess. In the episode, she is looking to free her betrothed from practitioners of what vile practice? | "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" Season 1
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slavery. This is a very common motif on the show. Of all the bad things that Hercules encounters during the course of the show, slavery is the one that seems to raise his hackles the most. He will go out of his way to aid people who are enslaved and works to end the practice whenever he encounters it.
| Hercules had one successful spin off, that of "Xena: Warrior Princess". In Xena's first appearance she wanted to kill Hercules so no one else would dare challenge her. During the course of the episode "The Warrior Princess," an event happened that was considered totally out of character for the show. It would never happen again and the concept of it would be repudiated in many episodes both before and after. What event was this? | "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" Season 1
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Hercules and Ioalus's friendship was broken. Kevin Sorbo in both commentary and interviews stated that this was one of his least favorite episodes as it makes no sense. The friendship between Hercules and Ioalus was defined as so strong that no women, not even Xena, should have been able to come between them. In later episodes, each would find love but it was never anything that would come between them. The other events, although rare on the show, did happen and were not considered abnormal.
| Before Lucy Lawless was cast as Xena, she played a number of different roles on the show. By the end of the first season, how many appearances had Lucy made, including the TV specials? | "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" Season 1
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5. Lucy played Lysia in "Hercules and the Amazon Women", Lyla in "As Darkness Falls" and Xena three times in "The Warrior Princess", "The Gauntlet" and "Unchained Heart".
Ares. He stole the bodies with a two-fold purpose. First, he made each side believe the other side were the grave robbers and secondly it allowed him to feed his hell-hound Graegus. The more he ate, the larger he got till even Hercules would have been unable to stop him.
| In the first episode of season two, one of the most dashing and beloved re-occurring guest stars made his debut. His first actions lead to Ioalus being placed on trial for his life. What is the name of this rogue? | "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" Season 2
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Autolycus. Autolycus was the self titled King of Thieves. He was rare in that he was an unabashed criminal and scoundrel, but was never seen as a villain. He was played by the charismatic Bruce Campbell both here and on "Xena". This also marked the first appearance of the aspiring lawyer and love interest of Ioalus, Dirce.
Hades. This was a very accurate retelling of the classic myth (minus Hercules's involvement). Just like in the myth, her mother Demeter withholds spring from Earth until her daughter is returned and ultimately a compromise is reached where Persephone is shared between Hades and Demeter in joint custody each getting 6 months of the year.
| In "Cast a Giant Shadow" Typhon, husband of Echidna, is introduced. Hera has imprisoned him in a rock in order to drive Echidna insanely angry. When Hercules frees him, approximately how many years has he been trapped for? | "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" Season 2
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100. The gentle giant Typhon of the show bears absolutely no resemblance to the one of myth. The myth tells of him as a monster with a lower body composed of tentacles and hundreds of fire breathing snake like hands. He led an uprising against the Olympian and was buried under Mount Etna.
| "Highway to Hades" tells the classic tale of a king who will do anything to avoid death, even let an innocent man die in his place. Hades gives Hercules the mission of bringing back the evil king or else the poor dupe will be forced to take his place in Tartarus forever. What is the name of the wicked king? | "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" Season 2
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Sisyphus. The other three are other kings who have appeared throughout the series but none have been inherently evil. This story is based on the legends of the real king Sisyphus. Sisyphus was considered and incredibly vile man whose crimes included incest, fratricide, and betrayal of the gods secrets. For his incredible hubris in life and his attempts to escape his judgment, he was assigned an incredibly tedious task in the afterlife. He was forced to push a boulder up a hill, but he was always lose his grasp just before the top.
Jason. Jason (of the Argonauts fame) has become a shell of himself since his wife was killed. Ironically it is on a quest to reclaim the Golden Fleece that he regains his former self and reemerges as a strong confidant and courageous man.
| "Let the Games Begin" is the story of the first Olympic games. It had events like the dash, the javelin and archery. It also had what other symbol that is commonly associated with the modern games? | "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" Season 2
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torch. The torch was originally a grill used by Falafel for food, but Salmoneus has a brainstorm. Instead of medals, the victors were to be crowned with a ring of laurel much like the first Olympic athletes.
| In "The Power," a mortal named Deon learns he has the power to compel people to do whatever he asks of them. This power is due to his half godly parentage. What god/goddesses had a one night stand to produce him? | "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" Season 2
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Aphrodite. Deon is torn between a desire to do good and his dreams of adventure and glory. Ultimately though, through a bond he develops with his cousin Hercules he makes the decision to use his power for the cause of good.
| Early in season 3 Salmoneus decides to open a wax museum featuring the horrors of the world, many of which Hercules has battled. One of the exhibits wasn't a mere waxwork and came to life. What classic monster battled Hercules? | "Hercules the Legendary Journeys" Season 3
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Mummy. The episode entitled "Mummy Dearest" was one of the first to stray outside the typical Greek themes of the show. Some of the creatures from the Hercules/Xena universe on display included the Minotaur, Proteus, Bacchus, Echinda, Orpheus and the Cyclops.
Eros and Psyche. Eros is the son of Aphrodite and encounters Psyche due to Aphrodite's jealousy of her. She orders Eros to make Psyche fall in love with someone quite disgusting but Eros falls in love with psyche instead. The title refers to not only the concept of jealously but that Eros has a curse that actually changes him into that if he loves a mortal. Ultimately Aphrodite accepts their union and makes Psyche a god so they can be together.
The story of Pygmalion and Galatea is similar to Pinocchio in that both creators want their perfect creations to come alive. Both Hero and Leander and Pyramus and Thisbe are believed to have influenced Shakespeare's masterpiece "Romeo and Juliet". In the end of both a mistaken death of one lover leads to both deaths in the end.
| Continuing the broadening of the Hercules's mythos to include other stories in episode nine of season three the bible is brought into play. What story is related in the course of the show? | "Hercules the Legendary Journeys" Season 3
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The Nativity Story. Ioalus and two other men are given visions that lead them to a kingdom where the King has learned of a fearful prophecy. he learns that his reign will be ended by the birth of new born child. under the urging of his wife he has all young children rounded up and plans to exterminate them. In the end the king is killed and the queen exiles. At the end of the episode Ioalus and the two other men follow a star to a stable where they see a figure intended to be the new born Jesus Christ.
| Hercules's spin off, "Xena:Warrior Princess", stole a lot of Hercule's characters for use in her early seasons. In the episode "Surprise" Hercules returned the favor by returning what villain from the dead to destroy Hercules? | "Hercules the Legendary Journeys" Season 3
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Callisto. The episode revolves around the friends and family of Hercules trying to give him a surprise party. Guests include Ioalus, Falafel, Alcemene and his brother Iphicles(in his last appearance before Kevin Smith assumed the role of Ares). Callisto poisons all the guests inside forcing Hercules to accompany here to the tree of life in order to cure them. Callisto has an ulterior motive as well, she hopes to gain immortality by eating from the tree.
Serena. The actress, Sam Jenkins, who played Serena had had a previous role as another character who was "married" to Hercules. In the episode "Prince Hercules" she pretended to be the wife of an amnesiac Hercules in a plot for Hera. Evidentially all these parts prepared her for the real thing as Sam would go on to marry Kevin Sorbo in real life.
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