Hercules

Young Hercules as played by Ryan Gosling. Name Hercules Actor Ian Bohen (TV:HtLJ, Movie:YH) Ryan Gosling (Young Hercules) Kevin Sorbo (Adult Hercules) Species Half-human, half-god Occupation Cadet Episodes Young Hercules (Movie Pilot) HtLJ - 4.03 - Regrets... I've Had a Few HtLJ - 4.11 - Medea Culpa HtLJ - 4.20 - Twilight HtLJ - 4.21 - Top God 1.01 - Treasure of Zeus 1.02 - Between Friends 1.03 - What a Crockery 1.04 - Herc and Seek 1.05 - Girl Trouble 1.06 - Teachers Pests 1.07 - Inn Trouble 1.08 - Keeping Up With the Jasons 1.09 - Amazon Grace 1.10 - Cyrano de Hercules 1.11 - Battle Lines I 1.12 - Battle Lines II 1.13 - Forgery 1.14 - No Way Out 1.15 - Ares on Trial 1.16 - Down and Out in Academy Hills 1.17 - Winner Take All 1.18 - A Serpent's Tooth 1.19 - Lure of the Lyre 1.20 - Fame 1.21 - Lyre, Liar 1.22 - A Lady in Hades 1.23 - The Mysteries of Life 1.24 - Dad Always Liked Me Best 1.25 - Herc's Nemesis 1.26 - Cold Feet 1.27 - Mommy Dearests 1.28 - In Your Dreams 1.29 - Sisters 1.30 - The Golden Bow 1.31 - Home for the Holidays 1.32 - Cram-Ped 1.33 - Con Ares 1.34 - Get Jason 1.35 - My Fair Lilith 1.36 - Hind Sight 1.37 - The Head That Wears The Crown 1.38 - Me, Myself, and Eye 1.39 - The Skeptic 1.40 - Iolaus Goes Stag 1.41 - Adventures in the Forbidden Zone 1.42 - The Prize 1.43 - The Beasts Beneath 1.44 - Parents' Day 1.45 - A Life for a Life 1.46 - Under Siege 1.47 - Mila 1.48 - Apollo 1.49 - Ill Wind 1.50 - Valley of the Shadow HtLJ - 5.17 - The Academy

Family

Mother: Alcmene
Father: Zeus
Mortal half-brothers: Lucius, Castor, Pollux
Immortal half-siblings: Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Bacchus, Discord, Hephaestus

Wardrobe

In the Young Hercules (Movie Pilot), Hercules wears a brown leather vest with a sheepskin lining, and brown leather pants. His wears brown leather gauntlets that cover most of his arm from wrist to elbow. Both the gauntlets and his thick belt are lightly studded with metal.

In the Season 1 TV episodes, Hercules typically wears a yellow and brown leather tunic and brown leather pants, and only appeared shirtless during one scene in one episode (1.06 - Teachers Pests), although he did go down to an undershirt for the Corinthian Games (1.17 - Winner Take All). His wears brown leather gauntlets that cover most of his arm from wrist to elbow. Both the gauntlets and his thick belt are heavily studded with metal. He also wears a band around his left upper arm of brown leather studded with metal.

Hercules appeared shirtless in: 1.02 - Between Friends and 1.06 - Teachers Pests, and went down to his undershirt in 1.17 - Winner Take All.

Young Hercules as played by Ian Bohen.

Skills

• Can bungee jump... sorta - Young Hercules (Movie Pilot), Young Hercules (Novelization).
• Has excellent aim - 1.01 - Treasure of Zeus, 1.30 - The Golden Bow.
• Can start a fire with his gauntlets - 1.01 - Treasure of Zeus.
• Is very talented at handling and manipulating a length of rope - 1.01 - Treasure of Zeus, 1.27 - Mommy Dearests.
• Superhuman strength - 1.02 - Between Friends.
• Can (sorta) throw his voice (although when he's impersonating Iolaus it comes out high-pitched and squeaky) - 1.06 - Teachers Pests.
• Can see Gods when they are invisible to mortals - 1.07 - Inn Trouble, 1.12 - Battle Lines II, 1.25 - Herc's Nemesis, 1.30 - The Golden Bow, 1.39 - The Skeptic.
• Can ride a horse - 1.08 - Keeping Up With the Jasons.
• Can sing and play the lyre - 1.32 - Cram-Ped, 1.33 - Con Ares, 1.42 - The Prize.

Relationships

Hercules and Iolaus
Hercules and Yvenna
Hercules and Kora
Hercules and Lilith
Hercules and Cyane
Hercules and Eurydice
Hercules and Nemesis

Other Factoids

• Hates mushrooms - 1.14 - No Way Out

Plot Arcs

Herc's Obsession With Zeus
Zeus's Protection Order on Herc
Hercules is 'The Responsible One'