
Her voice actress is Ariel herself, Jodi Benson. Along with those under Casting Gag, one episode has Helen of Troy dressed as a mermaid.This itself is a reference to the character's name in the original Greek myths "Hercules" is his Roman name. Accidental Misnaming: In a handful of episodes, minor characters will misread or mis-pronounce our hero's name as "Heracles".Abled in the Adaptation: Tiresias, the blind seer, and Homer, the blind poet, are both able to see in this series.65-Episode Cartoon: Although as noted, the episodes were divided between network TV and first-run syndication.The series was released on Disney+ in 2019. The series notably contradicts several events in the original film, such as Hades knowing Hercules is alive, and Medusa being completely different than how she's depicted in the film. Like all teenagers though, Hercules has to worry about peer pressure when the snobbish prince Adonis ridicules him. With his free-spirited friend Icarus, his future-seeing friend Cassandra, and his teacher Philoctetes ("Phil"), he battles his evil uncle Hades. The series follows Hercules, as a teenager, training as a hero, as well as trying to adjust to life. The syndicated series ran 52 episodes, while the Saturday morning run ran 13. The series premiered in syndication on August 31, 1998, and on Disney's One Saturday Morning on September 12, 1998. Disney's Hercules (also known as Disney's Hercules: The Animated Series) is an American animated series based on the 1997 film of the same name and the Greek myth.
