Very Punny
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This show is full of several great, groan-worthy puns and jokes. (See also: Pop Culture References and Greekisms)
Young Hercules (Movie Pilot)
- The scene: When Talos the giant wakes up after having been briefly knocked unconscious, he kicks at the cadets.
- The pun: "He's still kickin'!"
- The punner: Jason
- The pun: "He's still kickin'!"
1.02 - Between Friends
- The scene: Hercules and Strife are fighting outside of Kora's Inn, balanced on top of precariously stacked furniture.
- The pun: "How about we set a few ground rules? First one to touch the ground... loses."
- The punner: Strife
- The pun: "How about we set a few ground rules? First one to touch the ground... loses."
1.11 - Battle Lines I
- The scene: The Amazons are outraged over their sisters being taken by Centaurs, and are forming an angry mob.
- The pun: "Yeah, yeah, yeah, just hold your horses."
- The punner: Iolaus
- The pun: "Yeah, yeah, yeah, just hold your horses."
1.12 - Battle Lines II
- The scene: Strife is threatening to tell Ares about Discord spilling the plan to Hercules. Discord shoots a fireball under where Strife is standing, causing him to yelp and leap away.
- The pun: "I think I can take the heat."
- The punner: Discord
- The pun: "I think I can take the heat."
1.13 - Forgery
- The scene: Hercules, talking about promising to help Hephaestus at his forge.
- The pun: "He's my half-brother, and I promised him I'd lend him a hand, okay? As long as he gave it back. 'My hand?'"
- The punner: Hercules
- The pun: "He's my half-brother, and I promised him I'd lend him a hand, okay? As long as he gave it back. 'My hand?'"
1.16 - Down and Out in Academy Hills
- The scene: Iolaus, on a fishing trip with the others, reels in an old boot.
- The pun: "I know what's for lunch- fillet of sole!"
- The punner: Jason
- The pun: "I know what's for lunch- fillet of sole!"
1.18 - A Serpent's Tooth
- The scene: The Babylonian Sibyl has just presented Jason with a sacred stone.
- The pun: "You know what they say: 'Never quibble with the Sibyl'."
- The punner: Jason
- The pun: "You know what they say: 'Never quibble with the Sibyl'."
- The scene: "Strife! I shoulda known you were behind all this!" Hercules says. Strife steps aside, revealing Discord standing physically behind him.
- The pun: "And Discord's behind me. Anybody behind you?"
- The punner: Strife
- The pun: "And Discord's behind me. Anybody behind you?"
- The scene: The Corinth marketplace is on fire.
- The pun: "You've got bigger fish to fry." "And I think I smell them frying right now!"
- The punner: Strife & Discord
- The pun: "You've got bigger fish to fry." "And I think I smell them frying right now!"
- The scene: Hercules hits Strife with Ruff's venom, which will burst into flames at any moment.
- The pun: "Man, it must really burn Strife to lose to you."
- The punner: Jason
- The pun: "Man, it must really burn Strife to lose to you."
1.23 - The Mysteries of Life
- The scene: Iolaus falls into a pit, where Ruff and Jason have been captured by the Barker.
- The pun: "Iolaus, thanks for dropping in."
- The punner: Jason
- The pun: "Iolaus, thanks for dropping in."
1.25 - Herc's Nemesis
- The scene: Iolaus and Jason have been trapped by vines magicked by Stregna.
- Pun #1: "We'll just, we'll hang around."
- Punner #1: Jason
- Pun #2: "Sorry we're late. We, uh, got a bit wrapped up."
- Punner #2: Iolaus
- Pun #3: (After Hercules asks if they're okay) "We're vine--uh, we're fine."
- Punner #3: Jason
- Pun #1: "We'll just, we'll hang around."
1.27 - Mommy Dearests
- The scene: Jason offers to give Lucius (posing as a man named Theodore) a tour of the palace after seeing him take down a would-be purse-snatcher with nothing but a rope.
- The pun: "Hey, knot a problem."
- The punner: Jason
- The pun: "Hey, knot a problem."
- The scene: Lucius throws Jason off of the tallest tower of the palace. Jason manages to catch himself on one of the stones that make up the tower, but just barely.
- The pun: "Don't worry about me, Hercules! I'll just...uh...hang around!"
- The punner: Jason
- The pun: "Don't worry about me, Hercules! I'll just...uh...hang around!"
1.29 - Sisters
- The scene: Cleo balances a tray on the top of Jason's head.
- The pun: "You've got a real head for this, princy!"
- The punner: Cleo
- The pun: "You've got a real head for this, princy!"
1.30 - Golden Bow
- The scene: Strife is trying to convince Rytus to become his minion.
- The pun: "I need a following... you follow me?"
- The punner: Strife
- The pun: "I need a following... you follow me?"
- The scene: Rytus, not confident about his ability to shoot a moving target, goes aside to talk to Strife. In turn, Strife gives him an arrow.
- The pun: "I'm all a-quiver."
- The punner: Strife
- The pun: "I'm all a-quiver."
- The scene: Strife is listing off his merchandising plan.
- The pun: "Eternal flames... always a hot item."
- The punner: Strife
- The pun: "Eternal flames... always a hot item."
- The scene: Strife is trying to convince Rytus to become his minion.
- The pun: "Am I right or am I... Rytus?"
- The punner: Strife
- The pun: "Am I right or am I... Rytus?"