Hercules (1997 film)/Funny
- Almost all of the scenes with Hades (played by James Woods, who apparently improvised many of his lines). The numerous mythical/historical in-jokes were also great.
- An example of Hades's wellspring of comedy:
Titans: DESTROY ZEUS!!! |
- Nearly every time Hades goes off on one of his rants.
Hades: I am about to rearrange the cosmos, and the one SCHLEMIEL who can louse it up IS WALTZING AROUND IN THE WOODS! |
- Upon finding that Pain is wearing Air-Hercs:
Hades: What...are...those? |
- And before that:
Pain: This might be a different Hercules. |
- Later:
Hades: "Guys! Get your Titanic rears in gear and KICK! SOME OLYMPIAN! BUTT!" |
- "How sentimental. (Fakes being emotional) You know, I haven't been this choked up since I got a hunk of moussaka caught in my throat! Huh?! (Beat) So what is this? An audience or a mosaic?"
- The Hercules/Aladdin Crossover: "What is that, some kind of bronchial thing?"
- The brave, heroic title character that just awesomely KO'd a centaur that was more than quadruple his size (which is really saying something) being reduced to a stuttering, adorkable Shrinking Violet when he first meets Meg.
- Meg's Establishing Character Moment;
Hercules: "Aren't you... a Damsel in Distress? |
- The surprised and gobsmacked looks on the Hydra's faces, accompanied by a confused "nyeer?" noise, right before Herc punches the cliff down on them.
- Hermes being captured by Pain and Panic. And later when he gets his revenge on them.
- Also Pegasus getting his revenge on Pain and Panic.
Pain: (begging for Pegasus to not hurt them) You know...I was really attracted to you. |
- Hercules punching Hades face inward when he's in the throes of a Villainous Breakdown.
- Hercules perks up once he hears that some kids have been trapped in a rock slide, since it means he can prove himself as a hero. Meg, not knowing the reason he was happy, has this to say: