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Jason takes his rightful place as King of Iolcus, and Iole marries Hercules.
'''''Hercules Unchained''''' (aka ''Hercules And The Queen Of Lydia'')<br />Based very loosely upon the myth of Hercules and Omphale, the second movie's [[Cold Open]] introduces us to [[Femme Fatale]] Omphale, who skates through the male population like a hot knife through warm butter -- and then has them killed when she's done. The film proper starts with newlyweds Hercules and Iole, along with Herc's young sidekick Ulysses (and yes, he is ''[[The Trojan War|that]]'' [[
The heroes are diverted from their destination of Thebes, and arrive at a cave where dwells Hercules' old friend King Oedipus, who has been deposed; turns out he turned over the throne of Thebes to his sons Eteocles and Polynices on the grounds that they share rulership; Eteocles is currently ruling and refuses to step aside, and Hercules is sent in to negotiate. Eteocles acquiesces rather abruptly, and Hercules brings the news to Polynices.
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== [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]] versions of Hercules Movies ==
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* [[Bowdlerise]]: A lot of family friendly changes. For example, Hercules doesn't kill Anteus in a brutal way.
* [[Breaking the Bonds]]: Hercules. Ironically, this happens in the ''first'' film, not in the second.
** Furthermore, he remains [[Chained
* [[Dead Man Writing]]: The dying king of the first film had just enough time to write an incriminating message about his brother -- [[Squick|in his own blood]].
* [[Distressed Damsel]]: Iole.
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