Hercules: Zero to Hero is a direct-to-video movie edited from four episodes of the first two seasons of Hercules: The Animated Series, released on August 17, 1999.
Plot[]
The episode "Hercules and the Yearbook" is the main plot of the video. Unlike the televised version, the random clips are replaced with three other episodes (in the following order):
- "Hercules and the First Day of School"
- "Hercules and the Grim Avenger"
- "Hercules and the Visit from Zeus"
Voice cast[]
- Tate Donovan - Hercules
- Diedrich Bader - Adonis
- Barbara Barrie - Alcmene
- Jodi Benson - Helen of Troy
- Sandra Bernhard - Cassandra
- Corey Burton - Zeus
- Robert Costanzo - Philoctetes
- Michael Dorn - Minotaur
- Paddi Edwards - Atropos
- Susan Egan - Megara
- Bill Fagerbakke - Arges
- Cheryl Freeman - Melpomene
- Matt Frewer - Panic
- Brad Garrett - Orthos
- Kathie Lee Gifford - Echidna
- Bobcat Goldthwait - Pain
- Eric Idle - Mr. Parentheses
- Wayne Knight - Orthos
- LaChanze Sapp - Terpsichore
- Tress MacNeille - Clotho
- Roz Ryan - Thalia
- Paul Shaffer - Hermes
- Carole Shelley - Lachesis
- Richard Simmons - Physedipus
- Robert Stack - Bob the Narrator
- French Stewart - Icarus
- Eric Stoltz - Theseus
- Jay Thomas - Ares
- Lillias White - Calliope
- James Woods - Hades
Songs[]
Trivia[]
- This movie shares similarities to the Disney direct-to-video animated sequel Tarzan & Jane. They both take place after the events of their original films and use three episodes from Hercules: The Series and The Legend of Tarzan as flashbacks and fill the main plot. They both also serve as the series finale films to their respective television series, similar to Aladdin and the King of Thieves.
- Some of the dialogue between Hercules and Megara are altered to fit the episodes. An example of this is "Hercules and the Visit From Zeus" replacing the clip of Hercules graduating from Prometheus Academy. Also, in order to better segue into the stories from the sequences from "Hercules and the Yearbook", the opening scenes of each episode were cut.
