The Worst Episodes of Hercules

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6.7/10(52 votes)
#1 - Hercules and the All Nighter
S1:E3010/21/1998
In order to stay up all night studying for exams, the boys go to the cave of Morpheus and beseech the god of sleep to hold off for a few days. Morpheus resists the idea, but when Hercules accidently puts him to sleep, Icarus won't let him wake up, causing all of Greece (and parts of Persia) to stay awake for a week while chaos breaks loose and insomnia related disasters pile up.
Director:Eddy Houchins
Writer:Laura McCreary
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Director:Eddy Houchins
Writer:Laura McCreary
6.9/10(52 votes)
#2 - Hercules and the Driving Test
S1:E209/26/1998
Hercules wants his chariot license to save face in front of Adonis. Meanwhile, Hades bets Zeus the deed to the Elysian Fields that Hercules won't get his license by sunset, and Pain and Panic are on hand to help.
Director:Eddy Houchins
Writer:Gary Sperling
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Director:Eddy Houchins
Writer:Gary Sperling
7.0/10(39 votes)
#3 - Hercules and the Trojan War
S1:E3210/30/1998
The Trojan War occurs in the form of a high school rivalry between the Prometheus Academy and their Trojan rivals. When a mindless prank gets out of hand and Helen the Home Coming Queen is "kidnapped", the whole gang decides to rescue her by sneaking in to the Trojan school inside a giant wooden horse, courtesy of wacky inventor Icarus.
Director:Eddy Houchins
Writers:Bill Motz, Bob Roth
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Director:Eddy Houchins
Writers:Bill Motz, Bob Roth
7.3/10(72 votes)
#4 - Hercules and the Secret Weapon
S1:E39/2/1998
Ares hatches a plan to overthrow sister Athena's city-state and demands an ultimate weapon of destruction from Hephestus, who creates the Armageddon Bow. The weapon is so deadly and accurate that Athena comes to Hercules to help her find and destroy it.
Director:Bob Kline
Writer:Jan Strnad
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Director:Bob Kline
Writer:Jan Strnad
7.2/10(33 votes)
#5 - Hercules and the Big Games
S1:E3511/4/1998
When Ares and Athena get into yet another fight, Zeus decrees their feud take the form of a sports contest - the Olympic Games which should settle the fight between Athens and Sparta. Meanwhile, Hercules, has his hands full when Hades persuades Echidna, the Mother of all monsters, to bring her hungry brood to the stadium for a bite size feast.
Director:Bob Kline
Writers:Richard Liebmann-Smith, Jess Winfield, Robert Askin
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Director:Bob Kline
Writers:Richard Liebmann-Smith, Jess Winfield, Robert Askin
7.5/10(58 votes)
#6 - Hercules and the Techno Greeks
S1:E79/8/1998
Hercules finds himself hired by a bunch of nerdy "abacus geeks" when they enlist him to protect them from rampaging centaurs that pillage the town weekly.
Director:Eddy Houchins
Writers:Michael Shipley, Jim Bernstein
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Director:Eddy Houchins
Writers:Michael Shipley, Jim Bernstein

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7.5/10(37 votes)
#7 - Hercules and the Hero of Athens
S1:E2910/17/1998
During a school field trip, the Nemean Lion attacks and is subdued by Hercules' clumsiness in destroying the building. But when Hercules gets called on for doing the damage, Icarus nobly steps forward to take the blame - and inadvertently gets the credit for stopping the lion too.
Director:Phil Weinstein
Writer:Michael A. Medlock
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Director:Phil Weinstein
Writer:Michael A. Medlock
7.5/10(36 votes)
#8 - Hercules and the Green-Eyed Monster
S1:E551/16/1999
Jealous of his father getting remarried, Icarus takes Pandora's box of mysteries and releases them during the wedding.
Director:Eddy Houchins
Writer:Madellaine Paxson
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Director:Eddy Houchins
Writer:Madellaine Paxson
7.6/10(70 votes)
#9 - Hercules and the Big Kiss
S1:E59/4/1998
Cassandra has a dreadful vision of kissing the school freak Icarus and makes a deal with Hades to prevent it, but when Hercules attempts to break the contract, with the aid of Aphrodite, he sets in motion a series of hilarious misunderstandings.
Director:Eddy Houchins
Writer:Jess Winfield
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Director:Eddy Houchins
Writer:Jess Winfield
7.6/10(64 votes)
#10 - Hercules and the Assassin
S1:E49/3/1998
When an assassination attempt on the leader Pericles overlaps with Hercules' theft of a dangerous weapon from Phil's collection, Phil gets framed for the deed.
Director:Phil Weinstein
Writer:Eddie Guzelian
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Director:Phil Weinstein
Writer:Eddie Guzelian
7.6/10(42 votes)
#11 - Hercules and the Grim Avenger
S1:E622/22/1999
Hercules teams up with a mysterious masked man -- The Grim Avenger, a super hero type who narrates his every move -- in order to defeat the Minotaur. In the meantime, a handsome new student has just happened to turn up at Pro Ac...
Director:Phil Weinstein
Writer:Greg Weisman
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Director:Phil Weinstein
Writer:Greg Weisman
7.6/10(35 votes)
#12 - Hercules and the Song of Circe
S1:E3110/29/1998
While on spring break at the seaside, everyone is having fun in the sun except Cassandra, who is content to read despite Icarus' determined efforts to get her attention. When she finally blows her top, he winds up sobbing in Hercules' arms and is charmed by the mysterious Circe.
Director:Phil Weinstein
Writer:Michael Price
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Director:Phil Weinstein
Writer:Michael Price
7.6/10(32 votes)
#13 - Hercules and the Odyssey Experience
S1:E612/19/1999
Upon visiting Odysseus's traveling museam, Hercules winds up out to sea with Odysseus's shy and awkward son Telemachus, and three spare ex-crew members of the Argo. The group encounter a number of threats, and Telemachus learns to be self confident in order to save his family.
Director:Eddy Houchins
Writer:Gary Sperling
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Director:Eddy Houchins
Writer:Gary Sperling
7.7/10(48 votes)
#14 - Hercules and the Girdle of Hippolyte
S1:E169/18/1998
Queen Hippolyte kidnaps her daughter, Tempest, and makes her undergo a savage initiation ceremony to regain her status as a warrior and to earn the right to wear the Golden Girdle. Meanwhile, Hercules attempts to follow in a misunderstood rescue attempt.
Director:Eddy Houchins
Writer:Mirith J. Colao
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Director:Eddy Houchins
Writer:Mirith J. Colao
7.7/10(47 votes)
#15 - Hercules and the Dream Date
S1:E3411/2/1998
When a dateless Hercules creates his perfect girl out of clay, he invokes Aphrodite's help in bringing her to life. But he soon realizes he forgot one minor detail - her personality - and the dream date becomes a clinging nightmare.
Director:Eddy Houchins
Writers:Bill Motz, Bob Roth
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Director:Eddy Houchins
Writers:Bill Motz, Bob Roth
7.7/10(44 votes)
#16 - Hercules and the Aetolian Amphora
S1:E582/12/1999
The teenage Meg comes on the scene, and as it turns out, the man who has done her wrong is none other than Adonis. Meg steals a jar of Lethe water from the Underworld's Pool of Forgetfulness, but it is stolen from her by Ares' sons, Fear and Terror, and so she plans to trick Hercules into retrieving it for her.
Director:Bob Kline
Writer:Gary Sperling
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Director:Bob Kline
Writer:Gary Sperling
7.7/10(41 votes)
#17 - Hercules and the Minotaur
S1:E4011/13/1998
Daedalus, the famous inventor-architect and father of Icarus, is commissioned by the evil King Minos of Crete to build the Labyrinth. Father and son travel to Crete to complete the project, unaware that it will soon house a terrible monster - and his new Athenian victim for the twisted king's pleasure.
Director:Bob Kline
Writer:Randolph Heard
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Director:Bob Kline
Writer:Randolph Heard
7.7/10(39 votes)
#18 - Hercules and the Jilt Trip
S1:E3611/6/1998
Hercules' heart is broken when his girlfriend (of only three days) breaks up with him, so Phil takes the kid on a trip designed to take his mind off of things. But Herc meets Lavinia on this trip, who is eager to get married...to him...and not only is he faced with rejecting her, but her previous boyfriend just happens to be the same guy Herc conquered that very trip.
Director:Bob Kline
Writer:Mirith J. Colao
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Director:Bob Kline
Writer:Mirith J. Colao
7.7/10(35 votes)
#19 - Hercules and the Epic Adventure
S1:E3711/7/1998
Hercules must chase down his missing epic poem, which he's invested far too much time in to let it be foe to garbage collectors or harpys.
Director:Bob Kline
Writer:David Hemingson
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Director:Bob Kline
Writer:David Hemingson
7.8/10(109 votes)
#20 - Hercules and the Apollo Mission
S1:E18/31/1998
It's Intern Week (which means a week off in the Real World), and everyone is happy with their jobs - everyone except Hercules, who's stuck in the fast food joint. When Hercules asks his dad for help in getting a better job, Zeus gives him a job guiding Apollo's chariot across the heavens.
Director:Phil Weinstein
Writer:Michael Price
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Director:Phil Weinstein
Writer:Michael Price
7.8/10(75 votes)
#21 - Hercules and the King of Thessaly
S1:E29/1/1998
When the evil king King Salmanaous impersonates Zeus, causing Zeus to smite the king for his gall, the good people of Thessaly turn to Hercules for leadership and crown him instead.
Director:Phil Weinstein
Writer:Eddie Guzelian
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Director:Phil Weinstein
Writer:Eddie Guzelian
7.8/10(52 votes)
#22 - Hercules and the Return of Typhon
S1:E149/16/1998
A three day weekend festival that celebrates Zeus' victory over the evil Titans occurs but when Hercules accidentally frees the titan Typhon, he doesn't feel much like celebrating.
Director:Bob Kline
Writers:Michael Merton, Ken Koonce
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Director:Bob Kline
Writers:Michael Merton, Ken Koonce
7.8/10(45 votes)
#23 - Hercules and the Phil Factor
S1:E2810/16/1998
When Phil suffers through a mid-life crisis, he abandons the training program, quits his gig as Hercules' mentor and gets a job selling spears door-to-door. And it's up to Hercules to win him back!
Director:Phil Weinstein
Writers:Dennis Haley, Marcy Brown
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Director:Phil Weinstein
Writers:Dennis Haley, Marcy Brown
7.8/10(44 votes)
#24 - Hercules and the Romans
S1:E592/15/1999
Hercules and Icarus are in Rome. The Romans are in need of gods to worship and 3 of the Egyptian Gods try to take the spot while rampaging Rome so that they can make it like Egypt with all the pyramids. Hercules battles them and Nemesis to protect Rome. In the aftermath, Icarus gives The Greek Gods Roman names and in the underworld, Hades is angry for being named you guessed it, Pluto.
Director:Bob Kline
Writer:Cade Chilcoat
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Director:Bob Kline
Writer:Cade Chilcoat
7.8/10(42 votes)
#25 - Hercules and the Underworld Takeover
S1:E199/23/1998
The Queen of the Night, Hecate, plots to overthrow Hades and take over the Underworld, ousting Pain and Panic in the process. The two minions turn to Hercules for help, and convince him to restore Hades back on his throne - Hades being, after all, the lesser of two evils.
Director:Bob Kline
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Bob Kline
Writer:Unknown