<P> Arriving in Thebes, Hercules is turned down by the downtrodden citizens until Meg says that two boys are trapped in a gorge . Hercules saves them, unaware that they are Pain and Panic in disguise, allowing Hades to summon the Hydra to fight Hercules . Hercules continually cuts off its heads, but more heads replace them until Hercules kills the monster by causing a landslide . Hercules is seen as a hero and a celebrity, but Zeus tells Hercules he is not yet a true hero . Driven to depression, Hercules turns to Meg, who is falling in love with him . Hades learns of this and on the eve of his takeover, offers a deal that Hercules gives up his powers for twenty - four hours . Hercules accepts on the condition that Meg will be unharmed and, after losing his strength, is heartbroken when Hades reveals that Meg is working for him . </P> <P> Hades unleashes the Titans, who climb Olympus and capture the gods, while a Cyclops goes to Thebes to kill Hercules . Phil inspires Hercules to fight and kill the cyclops, but Meg is crushed by a falling pillar when she saves Hercules from it . This breaks Hades' commitment that Meg would come to no harm, and allows Hercules to regain his strength . Hercules and Pegasus fly to Olympus where they free the gods, save Zeus, and vanquish the Titans, though Meg dies before he returns to her . With Meg's soul now Hades' property, Hercules breaks into the Underworld where he negotiates with Hades to free Meg from the Styx in exchange for his own life . His willingness to sacrifice his life restores his godhood and immortality before the life - draining river can kill him; he rescues Meg and punches Hades into the Styx, where irate souls flush him under . After reviving Meg, she and Hercules are summoned to Olympus, where Zeus and Hera welcome their son home . However, Hercules chooses to remain on Earth with Meg, in lieu of immortality . Hercules returns to Thebes where he is hailed as a true hero as Zeus creates a picture of Hercules in the stars commemorating his heroism . </P> <Ul> <Li> Tate Donovan as Hercules, based on the mythological deity Heracles . Supervising animator Andreas Deja described Hercules as "...not a smart aleck, not streetwise, he's just a naive kid trapped in a big body", and that Donovan "had a charming yet innocent quality in his readings". Donovan had not done any voice - over work prior to Hercules . Deja integrated Donovan's "charming yet innocent quality" into Hercules' expressions . Ricky Martin provided both the voice and singing voice for the Latin American Spanish - language dub edition . <Ul> <Li> Josh Keaton provided the speaking voice of Hercules as a teenager, while Roger Bart provided his singing voice . Originally, Keaton provided also his singing voice, but his singing was re-recorded by Bart . Randy Haycock served as the supervising animator for Hercules as an infant and teenager . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Danny DeVito as Philoctetes / Phil . Eric Goldberg, the supervising animator for Philoctetes, cited Grumpy in Snow White and Bacchus in Fantasia as the inspirations for the character's design . Goldberg mentioned that they discovered that Danny DeVito "has really different mouth shapes" when they videotaped his recordings and that they used these shapes in animating Phil . </Li> <Li> James Woods as Hades . Producer Alice Dewey mentioned that Hades "was supposed to talk in a slow and be menacing in a quiet, spooky way", but thought that James Woods' manner of speaking "a mile a minute" would be a "great take" for a villain . Woods did a lot of ad - libbing in his recordings, especially in Hades' dialogues with Megara . Nik Ranieri, the supervising animator for Hades, mentioned that the character was "based on a Hollywood agent, a car salesman type", and that a lot came from James Woods' ad - libbed dialogue . He went on to say that the hardest part in animating Hades was that he talks too much and too fast, so much so that "it took (him) two weeks to animate a one - second scene". Ranieri watched James Woods' other films and used what he saw as the basis for Hades' sneer . </Li> <Li> Susan Egan as Megara . Supervising animator Ken Duncan stated that she was "based on a' 40s screwball comedienne" and that he used Greek shapes for her hair ("Her head is in sort of a vase shape and she's got a Greek curl in the back ."). </Li> <Li> Frank Welker as Pegasus . Ellen Woodbury served as the supervising animator for Pegasus . </Li> <Li> Rip Torn and Samantha Eggar as Zeus and Hera, Hercules' birth - parents . Anthony DeRosa served as the supervising animator for both characters . In the Swedish dub Max von Sydow provided the voice for Zeus . </Li> <Li> Lillias White, Cheryl Freeman, LaChanze, Roz Ryan and Vanéese Y. Thomas as the Muses (Calliope, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Thalia and Clio respectively), the narrators of the film's story . Michael Show served as the supervising animator for the Muses . </Li> <Li> Bobcat Goldthwait and Matt Frewer as Pain and Panic, Hades' henchmen . James Lopez and Brian Ferguson respectively served as the supervising animators for Pain and Panic . </Li> <Li> Patrick Pinney as the Cyclops . Dominique Monfrey served as the supervising animator for the Cyclops . </Li> <Li> Hal Holbrook and Barbara Barrie as Amphitryon and Alcmene, Hercules' adoptive parents . Richard Bazley served as the supervising animator for both characters . </Li> <Li> Amanda Plummer, Carole Shelley and Paddi Edwards as Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos, the three Fates who predict Hades' attempt to conquer Olympus . Nancy Beiman served as the supervising animator for the three characters . </Li> <Li> Paul Shaffer as Hermes . Michael Swofford served as the animator for Hermes . </Li> <Li> Jim Cummings as Nessus . Chris Bailey served as the animator for Nessus . </Li> <Li> Wayne Knight as Demetrius </Li> <Li> Keith David as Apollo </Li> <Li> Charlton Heston has a cameo role as the opening narrator . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Tate Donovan as Hercules, based on the mythological deity Heracles . Supervising animator Andreas Deja described Hercules as "...not a smart aleck, not streetwise, he's just a naive kid trapped in a big body", and that Donovan "had a charming yet innocent quality in his readings". Donovan had not done any voice - over work prior to Hercules . Deja integrated Donovan's "charming yet innocent quality" into Hercules' expressions . Ricky Martin provided both the voice and singing voice for the Latin American Spanish - language dub edition . <Ul> <Li> Josh Keaton provided the speaking voice of Hercules as a teenager, while Roger Bart provided his singing voice . Originally, Keaton provided also his singing voice, but his singing was re-recorded by Bart . Randy Haycock served as the supervising animator for Hercules as an infant and teenager . </Li> </Ul> </Li>

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