Young Hercules

Universal Studios (1998)

Adventure, Fantasy, Action

USA / English / Color / 93 min

5.1

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Ryan Gosling	Hercules
Ian Bohen	Young Hercules
Dean O'Gorman	Young Iolaus
Dean O'Gorman	Iolaus
Chris Conrad	Young Jason of Corinth
Chris Conrad	Jason
Nathaniel Lees	Cheiron
Jodie Rimmer	Lilith
Katrina Browne	Queen Cyane
Joel Tobeck	Strife
Johna Stewart-Bowden	Yvenna the Blonde
Jason Hoyte	Hephaestus
Angela Dotchin	Kora
Kevin Smith	Ares
Meighan Desmond	Discord
Nathaniel Lees	Cheiron the Centaur
Rachel Blakely	Alcmene
Michael Hurst	The Jeweler
Taungaroa Emile	Thamus
Mfundo Morrison	Liardus
Paolo Rotondo	Enya
Som Peri	Mikos
Lionel Waaka	Alcestor
Nick Kemplen	Attica
Shane Dawson	Talos
Marek Sumich	The Knifer / Cradus
Josh Gilbertson	The Runner
Anouk Koene	The Siren
Sam Williams	The Chariotee
David Mackie	The Artisan
Campbell Rousselle	Guard at Cornith
Mike McGee	King Aeson
Johna Stewart
T.J. Scott

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Director	T.J. Scott
Writer	Robert G. Tapert, Andrew Dettmann, Daniel Truly
Producer	Sam Raimi, Robert G. Tapert, Eric Gruendemann, Liz Friedman, Bernadette Joyce

Plot

Follow teenage half-god/half-mortal Hercules and his friends, Iolaus and Jason, as they learn about life, love and friendship on their action-packed adventures and watch as they encounter Hercules' not-so-loving Olympian family and the consequences of such encounters.
SERIES ORIGIN:Basically a prequel of:
Hercules, the Legendary Journeys

Episodes

The Treasure of Zeus (1)

30 min 1998-09-12

With Ares' help, Strife masquerades at a student at the Academy, where he baits Hercules with the location of a chalice that once belonged to Zeus, his father. Hercules and his friends Iolaus and Jason attempt to retrieve the chalice, not knowing it now belongs to Hera.

Director: Chris Graves
Writer: Mark Edward Edens
Guest starring: Kevin Smith

Between Friends (2)

30 min 1998-09-16

Strife frames Iolaus for stealing money from Kora's in an attempt to get at Hercules and causes Hercules, Iolaus, and Jason to be at odds with each other.

Director: Liz Friedman, Chris Graves
Writer: Mark Edward Edens
Guest starring: Michael Daly, John Steemson

What a Crockery (3)

30 min 1998-09-17

After Hercules stole Hera's chalice, he was freed from Zeus' protection which gives Ares the golden opportunity to kill his hated little brother. Ares uses Strife to lure Hercules to his mother Alcmene's house where he plans to finish him off for good.

Director: Liz Friedman, Chris Graves
Writer: Hilary J. Bader
Guest starring: Michael Daly

Herc and Seek

30 min 1998-09-18

Iolaus' old gang breaks into the Academy and holds Iolaus, Lilith, and Fiducius hostage. While Jason and the other cadets are outside trying to keep them from escaping, Hercules alone is inside trying to save the others--his key advantage being that they don't know he's there.

Director: Charlie Haskell
Writer: Jim Fisher, Jim Stahl
Guest starring: Toi Iti, Marek Sumich, Benjamin Crellin, Jason Lees

Girl Trouble

30 min 1998-09-19

Hercules, Iolaus, and Jason take a boat to Athens to find a new cook for the Academy, but they get more than they bargained for when they learn that the boat is transporting Amazons en route to a slave trader.

Director: Charlie Haskell
Writer: Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster
Guest starring: David Goodwin

Teacher's Pests

30 min 1998-09-22

Hercules, Iolaus, and Jason are all sent to detention, but Hercules and Jason must cover for Iolaus when he has to leave to start his new job at Kora's.

Writer: John Loy

Inn Trouble

30 min 1998-09-24

The boys are left to watch the Inn when Kora takes off after Artemis asks her to help find the fruit that was stolen from her temple. Unfortunately trouble ensues when Strife and Discord drop by for a havoc-wreaking visit.

Director: Charlie Haskell
Writer: Mark Edward Edens
Guest starring: Terry Batchelor, Anna Bernard

Keeping Up with the Jasons

30 min 1998-09-25

After Hercules is bested in a practice sword fight by Jason, he asks Hephaestus to build him some new weaponry. Hercules's new sword and shield, are made from a metal that no other metal can harm and this power brings Hercules a lot of trouble and threatens his friendships with Iolaus and Jason.

Director: Andrew Merrifield
Writer: Jim Fisher, Jim Staahl
Guest starring: Daniel Meade, Jay Bunyan, Bruce Burfield, Barry Duffield

Amazon Grace

30 min 1998-09-26

The trio stumbles across the Amazons once again and this time they invite the ladies back to the Academy. Unfortunately when they get there, the King of Athens arrives, claiming the Amazons are his property. This revelation doesn't sit well with the Amazons or Hercules, who must try to solve the situation without anyone getting hurt.

Director: Charlie Haskell
Writer: Jim Fisher, Jim Stahl
Guest starring: Bruce Hopkins

Cyrano de Hercules

30 min 1998-09-29

Hephaestus, failing to gain the interest of the fairer sex builds a woman of his own, but his jealousy could endanger Hercules when the woman falls for him instead of the God of Steel.

Director: Andrew Merrifield
Writer: Carter Crocker
Guest starring: Anna Weinberg, Vivian Bryant, Alice Rockcliff

Battle Lines (1)

30 min 1998-10-01

Hercules, Iolaus and Lilith are caught between friends when Discord and Strife pit Cyane's tribe and Cheiron's fellow centaurs against each other, with Cyane and Cheiron leading their armies into battle.

Director: Charlie Haskell
Writer: Len Uhley
Guest starring: Timothy Lee, Shelba Whethers

Battle Lines (2)

30 min 1998-10-02

With hatred growing and the facts distorted by lies manufactured by Discord and Strife, Hercules and his friends are running out of time to prevent a war that isn't necessary and to save two people Hercules cares about.

Director: Charlie Haskell
Writer: Brooks Wachtel
Guest starring: Allison Bruce, Timothy Lee, Ross Duncan, Shelba Whethers, Susan Fleming

Forgery

30 min 1998-10-03

Tired of being called a wet blanket by his friends, Hercules requests the fire in Hephaestus's Olympian forge to make him more like his father. Although at first it seems to work, by making Hercules a much more laidback, fun guy, the side effects quickly put Hercules and his friends in danger. Iolaus and Jason must call on Hephaestus to help restore Hercules to his original self.

Director: Andrew Merrifield
Writer: Mark Edward Edens
Guest starring: Ross Campbell, Jodie Rimmer, Sarah Leo, Rachel Gilchrist

No Way Out

30 min 1998-10-07

Hercules takes Lilith on a field trip to divert her from the surprise party that the others are setting up but as usual trouble follows. A cave-in traps them and Ares attempts to manipulate Lilith into unknowingly poisoning Hercules.

Writer: Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster

Ares on Trial

30 min 1998-10-09

After Ares attempts to kill Hercules yet again, he is put on trial by the Gods for violating Zeus's order of protection. Ares proceeds to claim he is innocent and asks Hercules to defend him, baffling Hercules, who reluctantly decides to defend Ares.

Director: Charlie Haskell
Writer: John Loy
Guest starring: Jane Fullerton-Smith, Scott Michaelson

Down and Out in Academy Hills

30 min 1998-10-10

Hercules, Jason and Iolaus rescue a drowning man after he literally falls from the sky. Funny thing is the man has no idea who he is or where he came from. Hercules soon discovers that the man is actually his half-brother Hephaestus the God of Steel and that he's being punished by his mother Hera by turning him into a mortal man.

Director: Andrew Merrifield
Writer: Michael Edens
Guest starring: Elizabeth Hawthorne, David Telford, John Carr Watson, Tony Billy

Winner Take All

30 min 1998-10-24

Hercules alienates his friends when he abandons them during a competition called The Games to team up with his two new brothers, Pollux and Castor, who are the mortal sons of Zeus. Things get worse for Hercules when Pollux cheats and injures Jason in the process causing the two to fight out their differences.

Director: Andrew Merrifield
Writer: Michael Edens
Guest starring: Jeremy Callaghan, Paul Norell, Sean McDonnell, Grae Burton

A Serpent's Tooth

30 min 1998-10-29

Discord and Strife, disguised as a Babylonian traveler and a Sybill give Jason a gift that turns out to be a baby monster, that Iolaus soon comes to adore. Unknown to the trio though is that the monster is capable of burning down anything his venom touches.

Director: Andrew Merrifield
Writer: Mark Edward Edens
Guest starring: Verne Troyer, Michael Langley

The Lure of the Lyre

30 min 1998-10-30

A young minstrel, Orpheus and his girlfriend, Eurydice lure Hercules, Iolaus and Lilith into what they claim is a place where the party never ends run by Bacchus, the God of Partying and Good Times.In reality, they soon learn, is that it is the realm of the Bacchae, the vampire-like followers of Bacchus, which they discover only after Lilith has been bitten and is slowly changing into one herself.

Director: Chris Graves
Writer: Michael Reaves
Guest starring: Kevin Smith, Kieren Hutchison, Morgan Fairhead

Fame

30 min 1998-10-31

Orpheus and Eurydice, both reformed from their days as followers of Bacchus perform at Kora's in front of a sold out crowd. But unbeknowst to Eurydice, Orpheus has struck a deadly deal with Bacchus freeing him and Eurydice if he helps recruit new Bacchae.

Director: Chris Graves
Writer: Bob Forward
Guest starring: Morgan Fairhead, Kieren Hutchison, Lawrence Makoare

Lyre, Liar

30 min 1998-11-03

Hercules and Iolaus meet up with Eurydice and Orpheus but when it's discovered that Orpheus still has the lyre, Eurydice promises Bacchus that she will become his bride if he agrees to leave the others alone.

Director: Chris Graves
Writer: Len Uhley
Guest starring: Kieren Hutchison, Morgan Fairhead

A Lady in Hades

30 min 1998-11-04

Hercules and Jason travel to the underworld in an attempt to talk Hades out of sending Eurydice to Tartarus despite her service to Bacchus. Meanwhile, Jason is reunited with his father in the Elysian Fields.

Director: Chris Graves
Writer: Paul Sauer
Guest starring: Morgan Fairhead, Michael Hurst, John O'Leary, Erik Thomson, Noel Trevarthen

The Mysteries of Life

30 min 1998-11-05

The trio discover that Ruff, their monstrous former pet, is being held by a freak show owner. When the ringmaster refuses to sell him, Iolaus and Hercules sneak in and free Ruff, who then escapes and runs rampant threatening Corinth.

Director: Andrew Merrifield
Writer: John Loy
Guest starring: Ben Brown, Norman Fairley, Mark Newnham, Ray Woolf, John Manning, Mark Webley

Dad Always Liked Me Best

30 min 1998-11-06

Hercules meets Lucius, another mortal son of Zeus, who tells him that he is on the trail of Pollux on the request from Zeus himself to deliver Pollux to death on the crime of the death of Castor, their brother. Hercules agrees to join him unaware that Castor was actually killed by Lucius, who has some ambitious plans that don't include his brothers.

Director: Andrew Merrifield
Writer: Liz Friedman, Vanessa Place
Guest starring: Jeremy Callaghan, Norman Fairley, Judy Mcintosh, Craig Parker, Peta Rutter, Campbell Rousselle, Rodney Cooke

Herc's Nemesis

30 min 1998-11-10

Hercules meets Nemesis, the assassin of the Gods, and talks her out of blindly killing a mortal just because Hera tells her to. The two then fall victim to Hera who sends a replacement killer after both of them.

Director: Charlie Haskell
Writer: Jim Fisher, Jim Staahl
Guest starring: Charmaine Guest, Mark Clare, Michael Daly, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Peter Tait, Stacey Edgar, Marcel Kalma

Cold Feet

30 min 1998-11-11

Jason has cold feet about his ability to lead Corinth and runs away, finding himself among a group of villagers terrorized by a warlord where he must play the hero and stop the bad guy.

Director: Charlie Haskell
Writer: Steven Melching
Guest starring: Robin Kora, Miriama Smith, Lori Dungey, Chris Graham, Chantelle Yee

Mommy Dearests

30 min 1998-11-12

In attempting to destroy Hercules by killing everyone he cares about, Lucius sets Alcmene's village on fire and then goes after Jason and it's up to Hercules to stop his half-brother.

Director: Charlie Haskell
Writer: Brian Herskowitz
Guest starring: John Dybvig, David Fitchew, Yvonne Lawley, Craig Parker, Peta Rutter, Ruth Morrison

In Your Dreams

30 min 1998-11-13

When Ares strikes a deal with Morpheus the god of dreams, he kidnaps the cadets and sends them into the dream world. Hercules must follow them to the dream realm,where he meets his worst fear, an alternate version of himself who punishes and kills without regret.

Director: Charlie Haskell
Writer: Eric Lewald, Doug Militor
Guest starring: Stephen Lovatt

Sisters

30 min 1998-11-18

Kora's long lost sister Cleo shows up causing the green-eyed monster to show up in Kora, when her sister steals the spotlight. When Kora attempts to loosen up and be more like Cleo, she gets more than she bargained for when she's mistaken for her sister and is kidnapped by two thugs.

Director: Chris Graves
Writer: John Loy
Guest starring: Michael Daly, Pete Mason, Pio Terei, Loren Horsley, Graham Lauder, Tim Hosking, John Stubbs, Sacha Handsaker-Cath, Jonathan Brugh, John Steemson, Steven Antunovic

Golden Bow

30 min 1998-11-19

Kora wins a bow that originally belonged to Artemis in an archery contest and plans to give it back to her. Hercules learns that Kora has been a servant of Artemis' after having been saved by the goddess years ago just when a thug in league with Strife steals the bow. Hercules attempts to help Kora retrieve it and free her from Artemis's debt.

Director: Chris Graves
Writer: Mark Edward Edens
Guest starring: David Baxter, Nigel Harbrow

Home for the Holidays

30 min 1998-11-20

Hercules takes his friends Iolaus, Jason and Lilith home to his mother's to celebrate the festival of Persephone. To his surprise he finds his mother not alone as he expected but instead with a handsome suitor named Capaneus.

Director: Chris Graves
Writer: John Loy
Guest starring: Stelios Yiakmis

Cram-ped

30 min 1998-11-24

When Herc and the gang learn that Iolaus will be sent back to prison unless he passes an upcoming test, they attempt to help him by pulling an all-nigh cramming session in order to help him pass.

Director: Chris Graves
Writer: Hilary J. Bader
Guest starring: Rajiv Varma, Eryn Wilson

Con Ares

30 min 1999-02-01

Hercules and Iolaus set out with Jason to negotiate peace treaties between two kingdoms on the verge of war. On their way though they're sidetracked by Discord and Strife, who've been sent by Ares in order to distract the gang from the peace treaties. Herc and the gang come across a farmhand who bears a striking resemblance to Ares. Timor, the farmhand reluctantly agrees to help Hercules keep Strife and Discord away from Jason by posing as Ares and keeping them on their toes.

Director: Andrew Merrifield
Writer: Len Uhley
Guest starring: Kevin Smith, John Edward Campbell, Chris Baly, James Gaylyn

Get Jason

30 min 1999-02-02

A shrewd politician hires an assassin to kill Jason before his coronation, in order to clear the path for himself to step in as king of Corinth. However, once Hercules learns of this plan he attempts to tell everyone but no one believes him. The problem is that its Prank Day and everyone thinks he's setting them up for a joke.

Director: Andrew Merrifield
Writer: Jim Fisher, Jim Staahl
Guest starring: Michael Daly, Paul Norell, David Press

My Fair Lilith

30 min 1999-02-03

When a king offers his daughter's hand in marriage as a gift to Jason for his coronation, he pleads with Lilith to masquerade as his bride rather than marry someone he doesn't know or love. The problem is that the princess's jealous boyfriend shows up and is out to get Jason and it's up to Hercules to straighten out the whole mess while keeping the King from finding out and keeping Jason alive.

Director: Charlie Haskell
Writer: Vanessa Place
Guest starring: Phoebe Falconer, Michael Keir-Morrissey, Suzanne Lee, Daniel Gillies, Graeme Timms

Hind Sight

30 min 1999-02-04

When Artemis's favourite creature, a Golden Hind, is spotted, Hercules and Kora team up to try to keep the beautiful and rare creature out of the fatal hands of the hunters who are tracking her, as well as keep her away from two other hunters, Jason and Iolaus.

Director: Andrew Merrifield
Writer: Shari Goodhartz
Guest starring: Patrick Wilson, Stephen Hall, Andrew Kovacevich, Amber Sainsbury

The Head That Wears the Crown

30 min 1999-02-05

On the eve of Jason's coronation, a monster ravages the countryside in order to extract revenge on Jason's father, for an attack made on her ten years before. Deciding on how to deal with the situation puts Jason and Hercules at odds with one another.

Director: Charlie Haskell
Writer: Michael Edens
Guest starring: David Baxter, Stig Eldred, Danny Lineham, Alisha Wall, Stephanie Wilkin, Mark Williams

Me, Myself and Eye

30 min 1999-02-17

After Hercules comes into possession of a mystical eye that allows the bearer to see into the future, the three blind women who share it, invoke Artemis's help into recovering it. The result curses his friends causing Jason to be turned into a pig and Iolaus to be attacked by plants.

Director: Charlie Haskell
Writer: Patrick Phillips
Guest starring: Christine Bartlett, Andrea Kelland, Daniel Meade, Irene Wood

The Skeptic

30 min 1999-02-22

When a new cadet named Pythagrius claims he doesn't believe in the gods of Mount Olympus, Strife bets another god named Fatsus, that he can make the cadet believe in gods. Fatsus, who can only see prophecies of bad things to come, takes that bet and Strife's stunts cause a bigger threat as his attempts put Hercules and the academy in danger.

Writer: Mark Edward Edens

Iolaus Goes Stag

30 min 1999-02-23

Iolaus attempts to prove to his uncle that has has what it takes to be a Hunter just like him and with Hercules and Jason in tow, he heads out on a deer hunt. When Iolaus goes after the Golden Hind though Artemis punishes him by switching his body with that of a deer.

Director: Andrew Merrifield
Writer: Jan Strnad
Guest starring: Sydney Jackson, Amber Sainsbury

Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

30 min 1999-02-24

Hercules clashes with a new cadet named Theseus which starts out as a rivalry and ends up into a battle for survival when Theseus challenges Herc to a chariot race. The problem the race takes place next to the area known as The Forbidden Zone, where mortals go in but don't come out and its next victims may be Herc, Theseus and Iolaus.

Director: Chris Graves
Writer: John Loy
Guest starring: Christopher Ryan

The Prize

30 min 1999-02-25

Ares must enter a talent show at Kora's Inn when he learns that one of the prizes would complete his set of the Chronos stones, that enabled Zeus to defeat the Titans. The catch is a mortal must willingly give it to him, so with Strife and Discord in tow, he enters intent on winning and more than willing to cheat to get it, leaving Hercules and his friends to stop him.

Writer: Julia Jane Lewald

The Beasts Beneath

30 min 1999-02-26

Hercules, Iolaus, Lilith, Theseus and fellow cadet, Marco, find themselves trapped in a large area of sand known as the Dune Sea. It's known as forbidden and for a reason too, since it is inhabited by sand sharks who hunt anyone foolish enough to enter the area. Of the five cadets who entered, one will not leave.

Director: Andrew Merrifield
Writer: Jessica Scott, Mike Wollaeger
Guest starring: Albert Belz, Lori Dungey, Chris Dykzeul

Parents' Day

30 min 1999-03-02

It's Parents Day at the Academy and Iolaus hires two actors to pretend to be his parents so his real ones don't find out how poor his grades are and to not be disappointed in him once again. Things get complicated fast when the actors are revealed as thieves, Iolaus's real parents show up and Hercules must keep Alcmene from discovering Iolaus's deception and revealing the truth. Meanwhile Lilith's sister visits and announces she plans to take Lilith home.

Director: Charlie Haskell
Writer: Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster
Guest starring: Alistair Browning, Stuart Devenie, Margaret-Mary Hollins, Janine Burchett, Jo-Anne Crichton, Charles Pierard

A Life for a Life

30 min 1999-03-08

Ares kidnaps Cheiron and it is up to Hercules, Iolaus and Lilith to decipher the three clues Cheiron left in order to find him, but Ares is hoping they succeed, because he plans on Hercules trading his life for that of Cheiron's.

Writer: Jim Fisher, Jim Stahl

Under Seige

30 min 1999-05-10

When the Amazons attack the Academy with missile-like weapons forged by Hephaestus, it's up to Hercules to ensure that no one gets hurt and to figure out the real reason of the attack. The real threat is actually Ares, who has Cyane under his control and is orchestrating all of this for one reason: to destroy Hercules.

Writer: Michael Edens, Julia Jane Lewald

Mila

30 min 1999-05-11

Hercules and Iolaus meet up with a young Amazon named Mila who is searching for the father she never knew, which Ares thinks is a great opportunity. Ares claims that he is Mila's father in order to get her under his control. His goal: he wants her to kill Hercules.

Director: Chris Graves, Brooks Wachtel
Writer: Hilary J. Bader
Guest starring: Sonia Gray, Slade Leef

Apollo

30 min 1999-05-12

When Hercules tells his half-brother Apollo that no one really likes him, they are just afraid of him and humor him, Apollo doesn't take it well. He becomes jealous of Hercules and his friends and attacks the Academy.

Director: Andrew Merrifield
Writer: John Loy, Clark Carlton
Guest starring: Scott Michaelson, Albert Belz, Megan Alatini, Asa Lindh, Rachel Gilchrist, Cameron Smith, Damian Nixey

Ill Wind

30 min 1999-05-13

When Cyane falls ill, the Amazons seek out Hercules for his help. Amazon Queens have a special aura given to them by the Gods that allows them to communicate through a person's memories. Hercules must decipher how to cure Cyane when she uses this power on him and uses flashes of his memories to try to communicate with him.

Director: Simon Raby
Writer: Jim Fisher, Jim Staahl
Guest starring: Katherine Kennard, Jay Saussey

Valley of the Shadow

30 min 1999-05-14

Hercules, Iolaus and Theseus follow the advice of a mysterious old man and go hunting in an area rich with game. What they don't know, however, is that the area is Hera's Valley, which is protected by a dangerous monster. Another fact that they're unaware of is that the strange old man is really Zeus, King of the Gods, Hercules's father and that he is testing his son with this challenge.

Director: Mark Edward Edens, Simon Raby
Writer: Vanessa Place
Guest starring: John Bach, Christine Bartlett, Steven Antunovic

Editions

Barcode	Format	Region	Release	Edition
025192016325	DVD	1	1998-02-24
025192016226	DVD	1	1998-02-24	Jewel Case

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