The Best Episodes of Hercules

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8.4/10(96 votes)
#1 - Hercules and the Arabian Night
S1:E572/10/1999
When Hades finds out that there is a problem with one of the dead souls, he goes and finds out that it is Jafar causing the trouble. He gives him back his life so he can get rid of Hercules.
Director:Phil Weinstein
Writers:Bill Motz, Bob Roth
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Director:Phil Weinstein
Writers:Bill Motz, Bob Roth
8.5/10(43 votes)
#2 - Hercules and the Disappearing Heroes
S1:E2410/5/1998
Hecate is kidnapping all of the great heroes, planning to transfer their greatness into a newly created monster.
Director:Phil Weinstein
Writer:Robert Cohen
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Director:Phil Weinstein
Writer:Robert Cohen
8.4/10(44 votes)
#3 - Hercules and the Spring of Canathus
S1:E632/24/1999
Pain and Panic plan to use water from the magical Spring of Cananthus in order to turn Hercules into a baby, and this time finish him off for good. Unfortunately, Pegasus, Icarus, and Adonis also get sprayed with the stuff, and it's up to Cassandra to play the role of mother and, along with Panic (and the newly infancized Pain), and return the boys to their rightful age.
Director:Eddy Houchins
Writer:Kevin Hopps
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Director:Eddy Houchins
Writer:Kevin Hopps
8.2/10(46 votes)
#4 - Hercules and the Owl of Athens
S1:E159/17/1998
Ares sends his two sons, Fear and Terror, to kidnap Athena's precious Owl of Wisdom when she angers him. But the joke's on him when Athena entrusts the magical bird to Hercules for protection.
Director:Eddy Houchins
Writers:John Behnke, Rob Humphrey, Jim Peterson
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Director:Eddy Houchins
Writers:John Behnke, Rob Humphrey, Jim Peterson
8.2/10(41 votes)
#5 - Hercules and the Bacchanal
S1:E189/21/1998
Phil needs a housesitter, so that he can go to a convention and Hercules volunteers to watch his island for him, however things go from bad to worse, when Hercules throws a party and is busted by Poseidon.
Director:Eddy Houchins
Writer:Mirith J. Colao
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Director:Eddy Houchins
Writer:Mirith J. Colao
8.2/10(40 votes)
#6 - Hercules and the Long Nightmare
S1:E562/8/1999
We see how the Greek Gods got their position when helping to build Greece. Morpheus' younger brother Phantasos makes a blanket of nightmares to drag through the night sky giving everyone nightmare because he should've been made The God of Sleep instead of Morpheus. The mortals' nightmares start to concern all the Greek Gods including Morpheus. It's up to Hercules and Phil to stop Phantasos' plot in their shared dreams.
Director:Eddy Houchins
Writers:Michael Merton, Ken Koonce
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Director:Eddy Houchins
Writers:Michael Merton, Ken Koonce

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8.2/10(32 votes)
#7 - Hercules and the Complex Electra
S1:E541/13/1999
Hercules falls for the eccentric Electra, and takes on a counter-culture personality in order to get her to like him.
Director:Bob Kline
Writer:Emily Kapnek
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Director:Bob Kline
Writer:Emily Kapnek
8.1/10(64 votes)
#8 - Hercules and the River Styx
S1:E69/7/1998
Hades makes a deal with Poseidon to hand over Athens, in order to rule the whole country, causing Athens to becomes a place of doom and Prometheus Academy to become the home base of torment for students.
Director:Bob Kline
Writer:Jess Winfield
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Director:Bob Kline
Writer:Jess Winfield
8.1/10(59 votes)
#9 - Hercules and the World's First Doctor
S1:E89/9/1998
Hippocrates, the father of medicine, comes to Athens and takes Hercules and Icarus on as assistants during a school internship week. Meanwhile, Hades, fearing a successful doctor will cut down on the number of dead people tricks Hercules into spreading the plague throughout Athens.
Director:Phil Weinstein
Writer:Michael Price
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Director:Phil Weinstein
Writer:Michael Price
8.1/10(56 votes)
#10 - Hercules and the Tapestry of Fate
S1:E129/14/1998
Icarus' bright idea once again backfires when he talks Hercules into visiting the Fates to convince them into reweaving their cosmic Tapestry so that the boys can score some hot concert tickets. However when they refuse, Icarus takes things into his own hands and messes with the Tapestry himself and trouble insues.
Director:Eddy Houchins
Writer:Brian Swenlin
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Director:Eddy Houchins
Writer:Brian Swenlin
8.1/10(55 votes)
#11 - Hercules and the Pool Party
S1:E99/10/1998
Hades decides to throw a pool party, and invites all of Olympus to take a dip in the Lethe Waters of Forgetfulness, causing them all lose to their memories. Meanwhile, with the gods out of commission the whole world is in chaos.
Director:Bob Kline
Writers:Michael Merton, Ken Koonce
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Director:Bob Kline
Writers:Michael Merton, Ken Koonce
8.1/10(54 votes)
#12 - Hercules and the First Day of School
S1:E119/12/1998
Hercules' first day of school, in which we are introduced to Icarus and Cassandra, and Herc's plans to be impressive don't work out quite as he had hoped.
Directors:Phil Weinstein, Tad Stones
Writers:Mark McCorkle, Bob Schooley
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Directors:Phil Weinstein, Tad Stones
Writers:Mark McCorkle, Bob Schooley
8.1/10(54 votes)
#13 - Hercules and the Argonauts
S1:E2510/8/1998
Hercules is introduced to Jason, the Argonaut, a great seafaring hero and one of the most patient men of all time, having spent 30 years searching for the Golden Fleece - and not having found it yet. Jason invites Hercules on board for a journey, and gives him a chance to seek the Fleece with him.
Director:Bob Kline
Writer:Michael A. Medlock
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Director:Bob Kline
Writer:Michael A. Medlock
8.1/10(52 votes)
#14 - Hercules and the Prince of Thrace
S1:E109/11/1998
When Adonis wants a swimming pool, his servants accidentally awaken Earth goddess Gaia, and she curses Adonia to die before nightfall. This in turn causes Adonis to swallow his pride and beg Hercules for help.
Director:Phil Weinstein
Writers:Madellaine Paxson, Bill Motz, Bob Roth
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Director:Phil Weinstein
Writers:Madellaine Paxson, Bill Motz, Bob Roth
8.1/10(48 votes)
#15 - Hercules and the Visit From Zeus
S1:E179/19/1998
Adonis, the school bully, is making life miserable for Hercules, and not even a little fatherly encouragement can cheer him up. So Zeus decides to turn himself into a teen for 24 hours to find out exactly what life is like for his son.
Director:Bob Kline
Writer:Gary Sperling
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Director:Bob Kline
Writer:Gary Sperling
8.1/10(46 votes)
#16 - Hercules and the Living Legend
S1:E139/15/1998
The Lord of the Dead enlists the aid of former hero Achilles to help him distract Phil from training his would-be hero Hercules, by returning Achilles to his former glory.
Director:Phil Weinstein
Writer:Richard Stanley
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Director:Phil Weinstein
Writer:Richard Stanley
8.1/10(43 votes)
#17 - Hercules and the Yearbook
S1:E602/17/1999
Taking place after the Hercules movie, Hercules is moving his stuff from Phil's old place to his new place. While looking through the old stuff, Meg finds Herc's old yearbook. Hercules, not wanting to be embarassed, takes the yearbook, and hides it. Meg finds it, and we are shown a clipshow of past episodes, ending with a musical number.
Directors:Phil Weinstein, Eddy Houchins, Bob Kline
Writers:Michael Merton, Michael Price, Ken Koonce, Jan Strnad, Eddie Guzelian, Mirith J. Colao, Mark McCorkle, Bob Schooley, Richard Liebmann-Smith, Dennis Haley, Marcy Brown, Gary Sperling, Jon Weisman, Michael A. Medlock, Jess Winfield, Richard Stanley, Madellaine Paxson, Bill Motz, Bob Roth, David Hemingson, Kevin D. Campbell
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Directors:Phil Weinstein, Eddy Houchins, Bob Kline
Writers:Michael Merton, Michael Price, Ken Koonce, Jan Strnad, Eddie Guzelian, Mirith J. Colao, Mark McCorkle, Bob Schooley, Richard Liebmann-Smith, Dennis Haley, Marcy Brown, Gary Sperling, Jon Weisman, Michael A. Medlock, Jess Winfield, Richard Stanley, Madellaine Paxson, Bill Motz, Bob Roth, David Hemingson, Kevin D. Campbell
8.1/10(38 votes)
#18 - Hercules and the Falling Stars
S1:E3811/10/1998
When Hercules tears the stars from the heavens, he frees the constellation Orion, who comes down to earth in order to give the young hero archery lessons. However when the rest of the constellations pour down from the sky and start to attack the neighboring city-states, both Orion and Hercules have a lot of explaining to do.
Director:Eddy Houchins
Writer:Jess Winfield
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Director:Eddy Houchins
Writer:Jess Winfield
8.1/10(38 votes)
#19 - Hercules and the Spartan Experience
S1:E521/4/1999
When Adonis is drafted into the Spartan ROTC, he begs Hercules to save him; so they join him disguised as soldiers, and it's found that Icarus excels at army life.
Director:Eddy Houchins
Writers:Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus
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Director:Eddy Houchins
Writers:Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus
10.0/10(1 votes)
#20 - Hercules and the Son of Poseidon
S1:E4211/16/1998
When Triton, the son of Poseidon, arrives at Prometheus Academy, Hercules does his best to help him fit in. But when things don't go as planned Hercules abandons his young charge, who then steals his father's magic triton and wield a little power on campus.
Director:Bob Kline
Writer:Kevin Hopps
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Director:Bob Kline
Writer:Kevin Hopps
8.0/10(71 votes)
#21 - Hercules and the Drama Festival
S1:E2710/14/1998
When the Academy decides to put on a play for the gods, Hades hires Pain and Panic to carve a magical rock that will make all the gods go to sleep and uses Icarus as bait.
Director:Eddy Houchins
Writer:Jon Weisman
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Director:Eddy Houchins
Writer:Jon Weisman
8.0/10(39 votes)
#22 - Hercules and the Tiff on Olympus
S1:E653/1/1999
Zeus and hera are having an argument that got started because Zeus forgot thier aniversary. Hercules thinks thinks he is the reason they are fighting after Zeus is gruff with him so he begins putting himself into deadly situations to prove himself. Meanwhile Hades tricks both Zeus and Hera into leaving Mt. Olympus and takes control of it.
Director:Phil Weinstein
Writers:Michael Merton, Ken Koonce, Richard Liebmann-Smith
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Director:Phil Weinstein
Writers:Michael Merton, Ken Koonce, Richard Liebmann-Smith
8.0/10(36 votes)
#23 - Hercules and the Parent's Weekend
S1:E2310/3/1998
It's Parents Weekend, and Hercules can hardly wait for Zeus and Hera to show up but when his mortal adopted folks show up instead, he's crushed. And in turn so are they at his disappointment.
Director:Phil Weinstein
Writer:Bill Braunstein
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Director:Phil Weinstein
Writer:Bill Braunstein
7.9/10(56 votes)
#24 - Hercules and the Caledonian Boar
S1:E3310/31/1998
When Hercules accompanies Phil and some hunters on the Great Caledonian Boar Hunt, this angers Artemis, Goddess of the Wild Things. For the boars have become endangered, and Artemis assigns Hercules the duty of protecting her forests.
Director:Bob Kline
Writer:Don Gillies
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Director:Bob Kline
Writer:Don Gillies
7.9/10(50 votes)
#25 - Hercules and the Gorgon
S1:E531/9/1999
The lonely outcast Medusa is granted her wish to be human. But what will Hercules' reaction be when he finds out the truth?
Director:Phil Weinstein
Writer:Madellaine Paxson
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Director:Phil Weinstein
Writer:Madellaine Paxson