Top 27 Hercules Movie Details

While searching the internet for Hercules movie facts, I found some interesting little known details. Obscure enough that most people could miss it, I want to make you a favor by creating ordered lists with the most intriguing hidden details.

Most of them are not blatantly obvious to be observed at first sight, so take your time and read carefully. We have extensive definitions that accurately explain any behind the scene meaning or famous dialogues.

When Hercules first walks into Phil's cabin he hits his head on the mast of the Argo. In the original myth, Jason, the captain of the Argo, was killed when the mast hit his head.

The Fates tell Hades "In 18 years precisely the planets will align ever so nicely", but only show 6 planets. The Greeks were only aware of 5 planets (plus Earth) which they could see with the naked eye.

Trivia

I have collected all the famous movie trivia questions with answers from Reddit and other sources. They can be very useful in quizzes or games, or simply to learn more information. Most of the fun Hercules details are suitable for kids.

1. During the the Hydra fight there is a lighting strike as the Hydras rear up for the kill, Hercules then looks up to see another strike and has the idea to collapse the cliff, potentially his dad Zeus giving him a hint?

Easter Eggs

Finding Easter Eggs in movies is one of my favorite hobbies. Hidden objects, characters, and their meanings are wonderful ways to discover the filmmaker's perspectives of any given movie.

• At the part where Hercules is accosted in Thebes by a crazy man screaming "The end is coming!", the graffiti on the wall behind him reads "The end coming", "The end is near" and "FIN".

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• There is a reference to the Ancient Greek play, Oedipus Rex; during his date with Meg, Hercules talks about the play they saw together, that "Oedipus thing". Oedipus was the tragic hero who killed his own father and married his mother.

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• Meg calls Hercules "Wonderboy." Wonderboy is the name of the main character's baseball bat from The Natural (1984). Both movies follow a promising young athlete who gets betrayed by a beautiful, mysterious woman, nearly ruining his career.

Hidden Details

One guy just goes "nope" and starts walking backwards

In the garden scene you can see Meg walking into the scene with a wrap around her shoulders but when Pain and Panic talk to her, the wrap is gone only to be brought back in the next cut when she falls

Hades makes a deal with Hercules by shaking with this left hand. Left handedness has long been associated with being evil and shaking with your left hand is seen as rude.

Phil mocks Herc for claiming to be the "only kid of Zeus", as the movie suggests. In the myths, Zeus was known as a womanizer and had many children by many mothers.

Pain and Panic depower Hercules, and Pain jokes that it's "a little grecian formula"; from this point on, Hercules is no longer blonde, but instead ginger - [01:08]

Megara refers to Pegasus as a pinto, referencing the Ford Pinto, an experimental flying car!

Hercules removes his headband and rides like a modern day bull rider.

Hades is warned that if Herc fights during the battle at the end of the movie Hades will lose. Hades purposefully sends Herc into battle against the Cyclopes. If he hadn't, Hercules wouldn't have been able to fight because of the deal they made which sapped Hercs strength

Hercules Plot: The son of Zeus and Hera is stripped of his immortality as an infant and must become a true hero in order to reclaim it.

I am pretty sure that you've watched Hercules, maybe in a theater near you or on the small screen, but probably not many of the small details have taken your attention. Most of the previous facts are hidden for some reason, but still, there is plenty of randomly forgetten stuff that makes the movie unique and interesting. The more you know, the more fascinated you'll be about Hercules and will watch it online, download or stream it again and again.