Hercules: Meg, when I'm with you, I-I don't feel so alone.
Meg: Sometimes it's better to be alone.
Hercules: What do you mean?
Meg: Nobody can hurt you.More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]

Panic: He's not gonna be happy when he gets outta there.
Pain: You mean, *if* he gets outta there.
Panic: If? If is good.More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]

Hercules: You like making deals. Take me in Meg's place.
Hades: Oh, hmph. The son of my hated rival trapped forever in a river of death.
Hercules: Going once.
Hades: Hmm? Is there a downside to this?
Hercules: Going twice.
Hades: Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. You get her out. She goes, you stay.
[Hercules dives in to save Megera]
Hades: Oh, you know what slipped my mind? You'll be dead before you can get to her. That's not a problem, is it?More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]

Hades: How sentimental. You know, I haven't been this choked up since I got a hunk of moussaka caught in my throat.More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]

Hercules: Wow. What a day. First that restaurant by the bay. And then that, that play, that, that, that Oedipus thing. Man. I thought *I* had problems.More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]

Meg: He comes on with his big, innocent farm boy routine, but I could see through that in a Peloponnesian minute.More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]

Meg: Is Wonderboy here for real?
Phil: What are you talkin' about? Of course he's real. Whoa. And by the way, sweet cheeks, I'm real too.More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]

Phil: I trained all those would-be heroes. Odysseus, Perseus, Theseus. A lot of "yeuseus." And every one of those bums let me down flatter than a discus. None of them could go the distance.More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]

Meg: You know how men are. They think "No" means "Yes" and "Get lost" means "Take me. I'm yours."More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]

Hercules: Uh, so how'd you get stuck with the...
Meg: Pinhead with hooves.
Meg: Well you know how men are.They think no means yes and get lost means take me I'm yours.
Meg: Don't worry, maybe shorty here can explain it to ya.More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]

[after almost getting knocked down by a chariot (c.f. Midnight Cowboy (1969))]
Phil: Hey, I'm *walkin'* here.More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]

Panic: Hercules. Why does that name ring a bell?
Pain: I don't know. Um, maybe we owe him money?More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]

Hades: So you took care of him, huh? Dead as a doornail. Weren't those your *exact* words?
Pain: This might be a different Hercules.
Panic: Yeah. I mean, Hercules is a very popular name nowadays.
Pain: Remember, like, a few years ago, every other boy was named Jason, and the girls were all named Brittany?More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]

Hercules: I didn't know that playing hookey could be so much fun.
Meg: Yeah, neither did I.More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]

Hercules: Aren't you, a damsel in distress?
Meg: I'm a damsel. I'm in distress. I can handle this. Have a nice day.More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]

Hades: We dance, we kiss, we schmooze, we carry on, we go home happy. What do you say? Come on.More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]

Meg: Thanks for everything, Herc. It's been a real slice.More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]

Meg: I'm a big tough girl. I tie my own sandals and everything.More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]

Meg: Megara. My friends call me Meg. At least they would if I had any friends. So did they give you a name along with all those rippling pectorals?More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]

Hercules: But, Father, I've defeated every single monster I've come up against. I-I'm... I'm the most famous person in all of Greece. I'm... I-I'm an action figure.More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]

Hades: It's a small underworld, after all, huh?More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]

Hades: Zeusy, I'm home.More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]

Hercules: People are... are gonna get hurt, aren't they?
Hades: Nah. I mean, it's, you know, it's a possibility. It happens 'cause, you know, it's war, but what can I tell ya. Anyway, what do you owe these people, huh?More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]

Hercules: You know, wh-when I was a kid, I-I would have given anything to be exactly like everybody else.
Meg: You wanted to be petty and dishonest?
Hercules: Everybody's not like that.
Meg: Yes, they are.
Hercules: You're not like that.
Meg: How do you know what I'm like?More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]

Hades: So is this an audience or a mosaic?More Cartoons; Hercules [1997] Cartoons; Hercules [1997] [03/09/2008 12:03:00]