This Is A Work Of Art!! | Hercules Reaction | FIRST TIME WATCHING AS AN ADULT!! 

“My friends call me Meg. At least, they would if I had any friends.” Me in high school 😂

I don’t care if the movie is mythologically inaccurate it’s still an incredibly fun movie and Hades might be my favourite Disney Villain James Wood is legit comedic Gold

Fun Fact: Hades is actually the most reasonable and nicest Greek God out of all the pantheon

Fun Fact: When James Woods was auditioning for the role of Hades, he genuinely thought he would not get the role so he went at it acting like a sleazy car dealership man just for the fun of it. The studio loved it so much the completely rewrote the original idea for Hades in favor of James’ portrayal

When Hades says “it’s only halftime”, it’s actually the middle of the movie in terms of its overall runtime.

Fun fact: When Hades says “Relax, it’s only halftime!”, it’s actually the halfway point of the movie

22:00 "Awe, how cute! A couple of rodents!" "I am a bunny!" Cody: "That's a rodent" Actually, rabbits are not rodents. They are classified as Lagomorphs (Lag- ah- morph). Rabbits and hares are Lagomorphs while rats, mice, gerbils, etc are rodents. There is a distinction. (I am a vet student)

Fun fact: when Phil says “2 words: I am retired” if you translate that into Greek it is Είμαι συνταξιούχος which is in fact 2 words

“Is this an audience, or a mosaic?” I love that line 🤣🤣🤣

Fun fact: James Woods loved playing Hades so much that he’ll find any excuse to portray him again.

Hades is another hilarious Disney villain, like Yzma! James Woods’ portrayal of his character is golden, from his fast talking dialogue to his explosive outbursts. It’s awesome that James Woods would reprise his role as Hades in other media as well, like in Kingdom Hearts fro example.😉

Fun Fact: The thing about that Scar pelt is really interesting because the animator of Hercules, Andreas Deja is also responsible for animating Scar in The Lion King. So, that is an excellent Easter egg!

My favorite Disney classic. Hades did indeed have his position forced on him by Zeus, mortals just automatically fear a God associated with death. Between that and the way all the other Gods fawn over Zeus and reject Hades he actually qualifies as a sympathetic villain.

James Woods as Hades is great. In fact, he's been voicing Hades in almost all of the Disney projects that have the character. I love this movie and I'm glad you were able to react to it.

Like The Emperor’s New Groove, Hercules is one of Disney’s funniest films. I couldn’t care less that it’s loosely based on the Greek mythology, It’s still a great film! One of the best that director’s John Musker and Ron Clements produced.

Faun is Roman, Satyr is Greek; Hercules should really be called Heracles, but they went with his Roman name because it's more familiar to the audience.

I don't care that this movie is not even remotely accurate to the Greek mythology: Hades is my absolute No. 1 villain, I love him so much, and also Megara is a literal Goddess, everything coming out of their mouths and their scenes together are gold.

Let’s be honest; without James Woods, no way it’d be nearly as iconic

This movie is my childhood despite the mythological inaccuracies, and even though Hades in this movie is inaccurate to Greek Mythology, James Wood's performance nailed this character in a believable way.

“Does Zeus just naively trust that it’s gonna be okay?” Well remember, Hades is his older brother. Though in this movie the gods tend to act more like coworkers rather than a big (dysfunctional) family.

I like how people are saying this movie is insanely inaccurate(which is true). If it was accurate it wouldn't be a Disney film 💀

Have you ever noticed that, when Hercules cut off the Hydra's head for the first time, the moment Hades said: "Relax, it's only halftime" it is actually the halfway point of the movie ??

You have to admit it to Hercules. He went from zero to million drachma brand really fast.

Disney's Hercules is yet another one of my all time favorites! everything about it is amazing especially the voice acting James Woods did a masterful job playing Hades his voice fits the character so perfectly! in fact Hades voice and personality are the two things that make him such an iconic Disney villain! and of course the songs are also so memorable i mean it's like if you heard the songs from this movie on the radio you would say-"I know that song."

Another classic from Disney's 90s Renaissance Era. Directors John Musker and Ron Clements did yet another splendid job bringing Hercules to life! As it was with their past film Aladdin with its whimsical blue Genie, Hades also gives off a lot of improv done by James Woods as Robin Williams did. According to production notes, the filmmakers wanted to give Hades the persona of a busy, fast-talking talent agent.

If I'm remembering correctly, Hera didn't actually like Heracles. He wasn't her actual son

I’ll never forget when the hype for this movie was building up before it’s release. Those really were the days! And Hades has always been one of my favorite villains, so glad they signed James Woods up for that role. And Stratos the tornado guy is *the* scariest Titan. D;

“How can I prove myself a hero if no one will give me a chance?” Trying to get a job after college be like:

"Maybe the best thing to do is not to fit in." (Flashes back to Peter Griffin in a clown costume among the Army) "You people are stupid. They're gonna be looking for Army guys."

Unsurprisingly, in the actual myths Heracles/Hercules is an illegitimate child of Zeus. Practically the theme of a good 75% if Greek Mythology.

My favorite characters are Hades and Cerberus. The underworld design in this movie is very good and creepy, the underworld itself is one place that no one would want be in, it's to scary.

Hades, is by far my favourite Disney villain. So, glad you enjoyed this just as much as I do, Cody! 😁👍💙

This probably my favorite animated film of all time could come back and rewatch over and over again

Man this movie was my favorite, Hades is one of the best villains, Danny DeVito as Phil is hilarious, it has a good story about Hercules became mortal and can’t control his strength but you can tell his pain and his life about being separated from the gods and his parents is heartbreaking and compelling, so without a doubt this is one of Disney’s best movies.

Phil's reaction to Meg saying "If you don't help him, he'll die". He's still angry at Hercules, but he sees that kid as an adoptive son.

Hercules was actually the first film I ever saw in theaters. Had such an impact on me to a point where I'd pose with muscles like I was Hercules for pictures literally everywhere for a year.

@ ItsTotally Cody! 31:41: "He'd make a very handsome throwrug." - Zazu from The Lion King.

This is an A + movie, but one has to ignore the original myth almost completely. I love this Hades, he is funny as all heck, but I adore how in the original myths he's not evil. Unlike the gods of death in most cultures.

See, with Disney soundtracks, I've always loved them, but as I've grown older, I've found that which songs I like the most change for almost every movie. For this one, for example, "Won't say I'm in love" used to be my least favourite from this movie. I still liked it, but not a great deal. It is now my absolute favourite from this film

Was Hercules ever like, "Yo, I don't wanna fight Cerberus"?

15:33 Cody: "You can´t beat Disney music" Me, a life long Disney fan who just went to see the Aladdin musical a few days ago: "AMEN TO THAT!!!!" P.S. Hades is my favorite Disney villain

What a beloved treasure of a movie, I did not watch it growing up but found my way around seeing it eventually and so glad I did, the animation is top-notch for its time and holds up even to this day, the story is great, it's funny, music hits all the right notes for me and just an overall joy to watch for sure.

As a child this was one of the Disney films I never saw until a bit later in my life. Even when I got super into Greek mythology in middle school, I don't think I went to watch this movie a whole lot. But when I did finally get to watching it, I loved it of course. Even if it isn't quiet actuate to the actual Greek Myths (Hercules is actually a demi-god for one in the actual myths.) But this movie makes it it's own and it still works very well and the songs are enjoyable. Also lol your reaction to the Scar pelt Easter egg 😂

I love this movie. And Hades is one of my favorite Disney villain, because I like how he sometimes loses his cool.

The Muses are the best Gospel Choir ever to accompany a hero's journey.

Fun fact I heard about this movie not that long ago when Hades said we've reached the halfway point it was literally halfway through the movie

Fun Fact: I was born the same year this movie was released in theaters.

Fun Fact: In Greek, the phrase for "I am retired" is in two words!

For anybody interested in the inaccuracies (they're A LOT): First off, the name is Heracles because the movies uses the Greek names for everyone else. 1:48 - The Muses are 9, not 5. 2:56 - Hera is actually the bad guy in the myth. She hates Heracles and tries to kill him multiple times. 3:19 - Narcissus wasn't a god and if he sees himself, he turns into a flower. 3:40 - Heracles never met Pegasus, which wasn't created by Zeus by the way (he was born from the head of Medusa). 4:00 - Hades is actually a pretty decent god, he never attempts any plot to take over Olympus, and in 2 myths he lets people out of the Underworld because he's moved by love. And he did choose to rule the Underworld. 6:31 - Here they mixed the Fates with the Gray Sisters. 6:38 - Hades helped defeating the Titans. He wouldn't want to free them. 7:16 - Heracles wasn't a god (he's granted godhood after his death). 8:18 - The parents are the only accurate characters. Alcmene is the real mother though, and there was also a step brother, and Heracles always knew that Zeus was his father. The 2 snakes are a reference to a murder attempt by Hera. 11:46 - People actually loved him because he protected his town. 14:27 - He can. Any god can. 14:38 - Philoctetes was a friend of Heracles, not a trainer and he wasn't a Satyr. Chiron trained Heracles and other heroes but he was a Centaur. What is accurate is that satyrs in Greek mythology would try to chase Nymphs. 16:51 - Heracles is shocked by "THE Argo" but the myth of Jason and the Argonauts didn't happened yet and Heracles was one of the Argonauts!!! 16:59 - Hearcles precedes both Odysseus and Achilles. Phil also mentions Theseus and Perseus while on the disk the Minotaur kills Theseus, but Theseus actually did kill the Minotaur and Perseus succeded as a hero. In fact, there is a constellation of Perseus so Phil's dream is already fullfilled!!! Also, Perseus was son of Zeus too so Phil shouldn't be sceptical. 19:40 - Nessus is the last monster that Heracles defeats, not the first, and Nessus causes Heracles' death. 22:10 - Megara was in fact Heracles first wife but Hera drives Heracles mad so he kills his family, including Megara (this initiates the 12 Labours). Megara has nothing to do with Hades. Heracles doesn't go to the Underworld to reclaim her soul (but he does to reclaim the soul of one of his friend's wife). 22:32 - As the god of the Underworld Hades would know that Heracles was still alive, since he wasn't in the Underworld. 25:14 - IX I I are Roman numbers, not Greek. 25:54 - The context of when Heracles fights Hydra is different. Hydra is not giant, doesn't regrow 3 heads for each one that is cut, it has 9 heads and each head that is cut grows back. And that's not how Heracles kills the Hydra. 28:32 - He captures that ALIVE in one of his labours, he doesn't kill it. 28:46 - He wasn't paid to be a hero. He tried in one of the Labours resulting in that being nullified... 29:17 - Heracles never fights Minotaurs, Gryphons, or Gorgons. Also in that scene he's looking at the Gorgon which would kill him. 30:13 - Trojan war didn't happen yet. 31:33 - It is! And technically Heracles should wear that skin for the rest of the movie since it's what he does in the myth. 33:27 - Nearly all Greek heroes (and Gods) are petty and dishonest. 37:36 - Heracles never gives away his powers. 38:13 - None of those Titans corresponds to mythology and one of them is a Cyclop and Cyclopes actually helped the gods fighting the Titans. 38:48 - As Cody himself realizes, the gods defeated the Titans when they were fewer and weaker so they should beat them now. 41:34 - Heracles never fought the Titans. 42:34 - Taming Cerberus is actually one of Heracles Labours... Aaaand to do that he gets Hades' permission first. 42:46 - The Styx river doesn't kill you, it makes you invincible... That's how Achilles becomes invincible. 43:25 - Heracles becomes a god after his death and he never gave up his godhood. 45:10 - Considering how Aphrodite is depicted in Greek mythology that is not out of the realm of possibilities.

7:01 Since you mentioned playing God of War, I would like to point out that Josh Keaton (who voiced teenage Hercules) also did the Last Spartan from God of War 2 about a decade later after this film came out. And Rip Torn (Zeus) voiced the smith god Hephaestus in God of War 3.

31:56 Zazu: "He'd make a very handsome throw rug."

I loved when Hercules hit Hades into the river near the end. My thought on that was 'Have a nice swim, Hades!' 😄😁😂

Probably my favorite Disney movie ever! And yes the music is incredible! Also, fauns and satyrs and essentially the same. Satyrs are just the Greek version of Fauns. Fauns are Roman.

7:25 I think he just never watched Lion King and thought "hey, my brother would never try and take over Olympus. He knows I could whoop his ass." Hades is also my favorite Disney villain.

I love how much James Woods channels his inner sleazy car salesman for the role of Hades

Hermes was voiced by Paul Shaffer and he was in “The David letterman” show.

You were right about two things : Phil is a faun because it's the same creature than the satyr but in roman mythology, and yes, It's Scar. If you remember of the begining of " The Lion King " Zazu says to Mufasa that he sees Scar as a carpet of something like that. Fun fact : the statue of an angel kissing a woman, visible during Meg's song, is a real one called " Psyché and Love " (it's the short title) exposed in the Louvre museum except they don’t kiss each other (I saw it in real) Also, according to the myth, Psyché become a goddess so I don't understand why they don’t do it for Meg. Always about Greek mythology, I think Zeus has no power of the Underworld or the Sea what are Hadès and Poséidon's kingdoms. By the way, these three Gods and Héra (Zeus' wife) are siblings

I am honestly concerned for Narcissus in the future since he eventually becomes a flower in the myth.

16:39 - The Greek for "I am retired" is "eίμαι συνταξιούχος", which is two words. XD

In every appearance of Zeus I've seen, he hurls his Thunder Bolt. In many of his appearances In Greek mythology, he hurls his Thunder Bolt a lot, if you know what I mean.

Greek mythology nerds on their way to point out every inaccuracy on this movie: [tough guy finger snapping]

There is some thories that Scar manage to escaped from the Hyenas and leave the Pride Rock. Hercules still training with Phil and went to Africa to fight wild animals, then Scar appears, he saw Hercules and try to eat him. But Hercules manage to defeat Scar and take off his skin and fur, and went back to Greece to training.

31:32-31:57 Is that Scar when Hercules is wearing that you're asking? The answer is... yes. And Scar deserved it for what he has done.

Fun facts: - Before James Woods got casted as Hades, Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton and John Lithgow aka Lord Farquaad from Shrek were all considered to play Hades. - John Goodman was considered to play Zeus before Rip Torn got casted as Zeus. - There’s a theory that Hercules and Ariel from The Little Mermaid are cousins. - This is a personal one; The Hydra scene scared the living hell outta me as a kid, especially when it grows multiple heads. - Hercules was originally gonna have a sequel to it but it got cancelled.

man, the music in this one is so good!! 'I won't say I'm in love' is one of my favorite disney songs

31:31 Zazu: He'd make a very handsome throw rug 😏

You were sort of right with the Faun. A Faun is basically just the Roman name term for Satyr.

I love this movie, the music, the characters and the fun! All said :)

I only watched Hercules once but since kingdom hearts is my favorite franchise and I play it everyday I know the story pretty well

I think 'I am retired' in greek is actually 2 words, I believe that's why they made that joke?

5:30. The thread of life comes from Greek mythology that basically; if we die, the thread will be cut.

In the movie, Hades is actually voiced by the fast-talking James Woods.

I’m a damsel. I’m in distress. I can handle this! Have a nice day! PURE SASS😎😎

2:21 sums up every Greek myth and almost every birth of every Greek hero and last Behold the birth of then along came Zeus meme.

Love Hades and Adult Hercules. I've loved Greek Mythology since Elementary School...I still do.

5:14 Hades was totally thinking I’m surrounded by idiots lol

I can just imagine them making a live action re-make where every cast member is replaced except Danny DeVito.

Hades is the nicest greek god and amongst other pantheon of gods he ranks pretty high up there too. The only terrible thing he has done was kidnap his future wife. Which to his credit he was promised by Zeus and at the end she visited him from time to time in the underworld.

In my top 3 for Disney movies 💖 Everything about this movie is great

"Don't do it, this is like shaking hands with Bill Cipher" Glad to see my man has learned from the show

It still surprised me that Rip Thorn was the voice of Zeus!

My absolute favorite part has to be the end scene where Hercules becomes a god, when you see the Thread turns gold, and both the fates confusion and Hades’ fearful panic.

6:01 Hades: I KNOW YOU KNOW! NOW JUST SHUT UP AND LET ME TALK!

Oh yeah, the movie where Disney made Zeus a loving caring father and Hades an evil villain.

Yeah the funny thing with scar as a lion suit in this movie, in the lion king zazu said that scar would make a wonderful throw rug. Literally

The Hydra is DEFINITELY like a hydra, yeah 😂

And this is a huge chunk of my childhood!! Thank you so much man!!!😌😌😌😇😇

I personally like hades but that’s cuz I like villains lol good reaction as always 😀

4:08 You remember, at the beginning of the video, where you almost called Hades "Satan"? Yeah, there's a reason for that. In actual Greek mythology, *all* the gods were self-centered jerks, and Hades was no better or worse than the rest. The idea that the guy upstairs is the good guy and the guy downstairs is the bad guy comes from Christianity. Unfortunately, a lot of Hollywood writers (this isn't limited to just Disney) assume that the average American isn't going to be able to understand a different cultural background, so they took Christianity's Satan, slapped Hades's nametag on him, and called it good.

About the Scar rug, in Lion King, Zazu (the bird) makes a comment to Mufasa about Scar making an excellent throw rug.

Happy 27th Anniversary to Hercules

22:06 - Rabbits aren't rodents, they're lagomorphs. No relation to rodents.

After watching Hercules, can you watch Percy Jackson movie with Logan Lerman, Alexandria Daddrio, and Brandon T. Jackson? This movie have a camp version of Greek Mythology!

In fact, in mythology, Zeus is an unbalanced, hyperactive pervert. And Hades didn't do anything wrong at all, in my opinion, really.

16:36 "Two words✌: I... am... retired!" LOL

The reason the old man sounds like Tigger is because it's Jim Cummings who voices him. He also voices Nessus and the Tall Theban, and voices Pete, Winnie the Pooh, Ray in The Princess and The Frog, Razoul in Aladdin, Monterey Jack and Fat Cat in Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, Taz, Ed the Hyena in The Lion King (and filled in for Jeremy Irons during the last verse of Be Prepared when Irons broke his voice), the singing voice for Pohawthan and Kekata in Pocahontas, to name a few.

5:45 While these are supposed to be the Fates, the sharing the eye thing is taken from another Greek myth: The Phorcides. Three sisters that have only one eye and tooth between the three of them.

Cody, I love the way you let your emotions flow and not try to control them, it's so real and it makes a difference, keep it up!

I actually learned a lot about Greek mythology back in high school. Same here bro

Fun Fact about Cerberus, it’s name literally translates to “Spot”.