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.
Voiced by Tate Donovan 
Hercules (1997) · 104 quotes
Hercules (1997) · 104 quotes
4th most-quoted character in Hercules (1997): in 18 of its 104 quotes
Most scenes with: Phil (11), Megara (5), Meg (4)
But, Father, I've defeated every single monster I've come up against. I-I'm... I'm the most famous person in all of Greece. I'm... I-I'm an action figure!
More lines from Hercules
3 quotes Hercules Hercules Spoken to Zeus
Hercules A true hero. Great! Uh, exactly how do you become a true hero?
Scenes with Hercules
14 scenes
[seeing Hercules hiding from fans behind a curtain]
Let's see. What could be behind curtain number one?
Hercules Meg, when I'm with you, I-I don't feel so alone.
Sometimes it's better to be alone.
Hercules What do you mean?
Nobody can hurt you.
Hercules You like making deals. Take me in Meg's place.
Oh, hmph. The son of my hated rival trapped forever in a river of death.
Hercules Going once!
Hmm? Is there a downside to this?
Hercules Going twice!
Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay! You get her out. She goes, you stay.
[Hercules dives in to save Meg]
Oh, you know what slipped my mind? You'll be dead before you can get to her. That's not a problem, is it?
Hercules Aren't you, a damsel in distress?
I'm a damsel. I'm in distress. I can handle this. Have a nice day.
Hercules People are... are gonna get hurt, aren't they?
Nah! I mean, it's, you know, it's a possibility. It happens 'cause, you know, it's war, but what can I tell ya. Anyway, what do you owe these people, huh?
Hercules A dream come true?
Not exactly.
Hercules More beautiful than Aphrodite?
Aside from that.
Hercules The most wonderful...
SHE'S A FRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUD!!!!!!! SHE'S BEEN PLAYIN' YOU FOR A SAP!!
Hercules Stop kidding around, Phil.
I'm not kiddin' around!
Hercules I know you're upset about today, but that's no reason to--
Kid, you're missin' the point!
Hercules The point is I love her.
She don't love you!
Hercules You're crazy.
She's nothing but a two-timin'...
Hercules Stop it!
... no-good, lyin', schemin'...
Hercules SHUT UP!!! [Hits Phil]
Hercules Ah...
[Hercules headbutts Nessus, sending him flying]
Alright! Not bad, kid! [To himself] Not exactly what I had in mind, but not bad...
Hercules, look out! [shoves him aside, the pillar falling on top of her]
Hercules Meg! NOOOOOOO!!!!
Hercules [rushes over and begins to lift the pillar off of her, his strength suddenly returning as he holds it over his head]
What's happening?
H-hades deal is broken... (gasps in pain)He promised I wouldn't get hurt...
Hercules [takes Meg into his arms]
Meg, why did you...?
People always do crazy things...(groans)when they're in love.
Hercules M-Meg... I...
Meg [wryly]: Are you... always this articulate?
Hera
Hercules, oh...! [starts sobbing]
Nessus
(Thunder starts raging in Mount Olympus) [Hercules goes to stop Nessus the centaur from manhandling Meg] [looms over him]
Step aside, two-legs.
Hercules [awkwardly]
Pardon me, my good, uh... sir, but I demand you release that young...
Keep moving, junior.
Hercules ...lady. But... aren't you... a damsel in distress?
[struggling in Nessus' grip]
I'm a damsel... Ugh! I'm in distress. I can handle this. Have a nice day.
[Phil just explained to Hercules that Meg is a traitor]
She's a fraud! She's been playing you for a sap!
Hercules "Come on, Phil. Stop kidding around."
"I'm NOT kidding around!
Hercules I know you're upset about today, but that's no reason to--"
Kid, you're missing the point!
Hercules "Point is: I LOVE her."
"She don't love YOU!"
Hercules "You're crazy!"
"She's nothing but a two-timin'--"
Hercules STOP IT!
--no good, LYIN, SCHEMING--
Hercules [hits Phil]
SHUT UP!!!
Hercules [Phil crashes into a pile of weights and chains potentially on the ground; Then he looks at him, on the verge of tears, then he gets up; Hercules is shocked of what he has done]
Phil, I... I didn't mean... Oh, I'm- I'm sorry.
Okay. Okay. That's it. Won't face the truth? Fine.
Hercules "Phil, wait. Where are you going?"
"I'm hopping the first barge outta here. I'm going home.
Hercules "FINE! G-GO! I don't- I don't need you." [Starts lifting a heavy weight]
[stops and looks back]
I thought you were going to be the all-time champ. [Hercules stops lifting] Not the all-time chump. [He leaves, and Hercules looks back at Phil with guilt]
Amphitryon
[Resolve to country with sheeps baaing. A carriage with a lot of hay moves along the road unnaturally fast, then we see Amphitryon and his mule sitting before it]
Hercules, slow down! Look out!
Young Hercules [Workers jump out of the way]
Oops! S-s-sorry guys!
Worker 1
Hey, watch where you're goin'!
Worker 2
Sunday driver!
Young Hercules [enters the middle of the square and stops]
Amphitryon
Thanks, son. When old Penelope twisted her ankle back there, I thought we were done for.
Young Hercules [picks up the haystack]
No problem, Pop.
Amphitryon
Uh, don't-don't-don't unload just yet. First I have to finagle with Phideas.
Hercules Okay. [drops the hay on the cart which makes Penelope fly up into the sky] Oops, sorry, Penelope.
Amphitryon
Now, Hercules, this time, please just—
Young Hercules I know, I know. [catches Penelope] Stay by the cart.
Amphitryon
That's my boy.
Young Hercules [stays until he sees a man losing balance with a big clay pot]
Demetrius
Oh, my goodness. Whoa!
Young Hercules [catches him just in time]
Careful!
Demetrius
[sighs in relief]
Why, thank you.
Young Hercules No problem.
Demetrius
Why, Hercules. It's you.
Young Hercules Let me, let me help you with that.
Demetrius
No, no, no, no, no, I got it. I'm fine, you just run along.
Young Hercules You sure?
Demetrius
Oh, yes. Absolutely.
Ithicles
[A frisbee falls to his feet]
Yo! Give it here! [gasps]
Young Hercules Hey, you need an extra guy?
Ithicles
Uh.. sorry, Herc. We already got... 5. And we want to keep it an even number.
Young Hercules Hey, wait a second. Five isn't an even—
Ithicles
See ya, Herc.
Teenage boy
What a geek!
Teenage boy 2
Destructo boy.
Ithicles
Maybe we should call him "Jerkules".
Teenage boys
[laughing]
Ithicles
Heads up!
Young Hercules I-I got it! [hits a pillar, which starts falling] Uh-oh.. Oh no!.. It's okay.. [the pillar starts falling one by one, like domino. He sees that and accidentally throws the pillar he was holding away, but it hits another standing pillar and another domino wave starts going around the square] Hey! Whoa!
Amphitryon
Son!
Young Hercules Hang on, Pop! Be right back!
Demetrius
[The two domino waves seem to be aiming at the shop with clay pots]
Oh my! Oh no! Don't! Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
Demetrius
[The last two pillars stop above the man's head] [sighs]
Young Hercules [running to save him, slips and slides to him fast]
Watch out!
Demetrius
[screaming]
Ithicles
[The town square is now destroyed]
Nice catch, Jerkules.
Amphitryon
Son-
Demetrius
This is the last straw, Amphitryon!
Woman
That boy is a menace!
Man
He's too dangerous to be around normal people!
Townsfolk
[agree]
Amphitryon
He didn't mean any harm, he's just a kid. He just can't control his strength.
Demetrius
I am warning you. You keep that-that-that... freak away from here!
Teenage boy
Freak! Yeah, go away!
Hercules [At the Temple of Zeus]
You should have been there, father! I mangled the minotaur, grappled with the Gorgon, Just like Phil told me, I analyzed the situation, controlled my strength and kicked! The crowds went wild! Thank you, thank you.
Hah! You're doin' great, son. You're doin' your old man proud.
Hercules I am glad to hear you say that, father. I've been waiting for this day a long time.
Hmm.. What day is that, son?
Hercules The day I rejoin the gods.
You've done wonderfully, you really have, my boy. You're just not there yet. You haven't proved yourself a true hero.
Hercules But father, I've beaten every single monster I've come up against. I'm-I'm the most famous person in all of Greece. I'm-- I'm an action figure!
I'm afraid being famous isn't the same as being a true hero.
Hercules What more can I do?
It's something you have to discover for yourself.
Hercules But how can I--
Look inside your heart.
Hercules Father, wait!
Hercules [Evening, outdoors]
Wow. What a day. First that restaurant by the bay,
Mmm.
Hercules and then that, that play, that, that Oedipus thing. Man! I thought I had problems.
[Both chuckle and such, two little birds sitting near turn into Pain and Panic to speak to Meg]
Psst! Stop foolin' around!
Yeah. Get the goods, sister.
Hercules [Hercules turns back and they turn into birst and tweet innocently]
I didn't know that playing hooky could be so much fun.
Yeah. Neither did I.
Hercules Thanks, Meg.
Oh.. Don't that me just yet. Oh! [She falls into Hercules' arms]
Hercules Oops, careful.
Sorry. Weak ankles.
Hercules Oh, yeah? Well, maybe you better sit down for a while. [carries her on a bench and they sit down]
So, uh, do you have any problems with things like.. this? [She stretched her leg and holds her foot right before Hercules' face]
Hercules Uh.....
Weak ankles, I mean.
Hercules Oh. Uh, no. Not really.
Hercules Uh—
Hercules No. I'm I'm afraid I'm, uh.. fit as a fiddle. [He finally stands up from the bench]
Wonderboy, you are perfect.
Hercules Thanks. [He sends a coin jumping on a water in a fountain and it breaks the arms off the statue of Venus] Whoops.
It looks better that way. No, it really does.
Hercules You know, when I was a kid I, I would have given anything to be exactly like everybody else.
You wanted to be petty and dishonest?
Hercules Everybody's not like that.
Yes, they are.
Hercules You're not like that
How do you know what I'm like?
Hercules All I know is.. You're the most amazing person with... weak ankles I've ever met. [Meg steps back and gets pricked on an arrow of a tiny statue of Amur] Meg, when I'm with you I-I don't feel so... alone.
Sometimes it's better to be alone.
Hercules What do you mean?
Nobody can hurt you.
Hercules Meg? I would never ever hurt you.
And I don't wanna hurt you, so... let's both do ourselves a favor and.. stop this... um.. before... we--
[Their lips met for the kiss, but the moment before it happens bright light flashes into their eyes. It is Phil, on Pegasus, impersonating police helicopter]
All right! Break it up! Break it up! Party's over! I been lookin' all over this town!
Calm down, mutton man! It was all my fault.
You're already on my list, sister, so don't make it worse
[Pegasus snorts at Meg, she snorts back, turning the light off]
And as for you, ya bum, you're gonna go to the stadium and you're gonna be put through the workout of your life! Now get on the horse.
Hercules Okay, okay.
I'm sorry.
Hercules Ah, he'll get over it.
[He bends a huge tree casually and picks a flower off it, gives it to Meg and kisses her in the cheek]
Move! Move, move, move, move, move! Move! [on Pegasus] Whoo! Ya-eee! Hey, watch it, watch it! Whoo! Watch it! Keep your goo-goo eyes on the- [A branch finally hits Phil and he falls on the ground] That's it. Next time, I drive.
[At outside, Hercules brings the soul of Meg and puts it inside her body]
Wonderboy, what-- why did you—
Hercules Huh. People always do crazy things when they are in love.
[they go for a kiss, but suddenly a cloud appears under their feet, sent by Zeus, and they fly to Olympus]
Whoa! Hey, hey, hey! Whoo! [Pegasus picks him up and brings along]
Apollo [The crowd of gods welcome Hercules]
Three cheers for the mighty Hercules!
Oh, yeah! Flowers for everybody! Oh!
Hera
Hercules, we're so proud of you.
Hercules Mother.
Hah! Fine work, my boy! You've done it! You're a true hero.
Hera
You were willing to give your life to rescue this young woman.
For a true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart. Now, at last, my son, you can come home.
Congratulations, Wonderboy. You'll make one heck of a god.
Hercules Father, this is the moment I've always dreamed of. But... a life without Meg, even an immortal life, would be... empty. I wish to stay on Earth with her. I finally know where I belong.
[begin Song: A Star Is Born]
Oh, gonna shout it from the mountaintops A star is born! It's the time for pulling out the stops A star is born! Honey, hit us with a hallelu That kid came shining through Girl, sing the song Come blow your horn A star is born! He's a hero who can please the crowd A star is born! Come on, everybody shout out loud A star is born! Just remember in the darkest hour, Within your heart's the power For makin' you A hero too
Tall Thebian
[Phil sees the Strong Man pointing at it]
That's Phil's boy!
Just keep your eyes Upon the skies Every night, A star is right in sight, A star is burning bright, A star is born A star is born
[Closing Titles start, song continues]
Like a beacon in the cold dark night / A star is born! / Told ya everything would turn out right / A star is born! / Just when everything was all at sea / The boy made history / The bottom line Bottom line! / He sure can shine He can shine! / His rising sign is Capricorn / He knew how to / He had a clue Telling you / A star is born!
Male Chorus
Here's a hero who can please the crowd
A star is born!
Male Chorus
Come on, everybody shout out loud
A star is born! / Just remember in your darkest hour / Within your heart's the power / For making you / A hero too / (A hero too) / So don't lose hope / When you're forlorn / (No, no!) / Just keep your eyes / Upon the skies / Every night, A star is right in sight, A star is burning bright, A star is born!
