Zeus | |
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Background Info | |
Feature Films | Hercules |
Television | Hercules: The Animated Series |
Voice | Rip Torn (original film) Corey Burton (subsequent appearances) |
Inspiration | Zeus/Jupiter from Greco-Roman mythology Jor-El God |
Character Information | |
Personality | Jolly, kind, fatherly, compassionate, easygoing, serious, loving, wise, fun-loving, semi-authoritative, powerful, mighty, benevolent, jovial, somewhat childish and stubborn |
Appearance | Muscular, orange skin, long white hair, both white beard and thick eyebrows, blue eyes |
Affiliation | Olympian Gods |
Goal | To maintain the order of reality |
Home | Mount Olympus |
Relatives | Kronos (father) Rhea (mother) Poseidon and Hades (brothers) Hera (wife) Hercules (son) Megara (daughter-in-law) Amphitrite (sister-in-law) Otus and Triton (nephews) Olympian Gods (family and relatives) |
Pets | Pegasus |
Allies | Hera, Hercules, Megara, Pegasus, Philoctetes, Hermes, Hephaestus, Apollo, Athena, Aphrodite, Poseidon, Amphitrite, Triton, Bacchus, Demeter, Hestia |
Minions | Olympian Gods |
Enemies | Hades, Pain and Panic, Titans, Kronos |
Likes | Living the good life on Mt. Olympus, his family, heroics, action, parties, justice, peace, order, selflessness |
DisLikes | Chaos, injustice, evil, monsters, the Titans, selfishness, war, death, scary things |
Powers and Abilities | Immortality Atmokinesis Standard powers and abilities of a god |
weapons | Lighting bolts |
Fates | Continues to rule on Mount Olympus after the defeat of Hades |
Quote | "A true hero is not measured by the size of his strength but by the strength of his heart." |
Zeus (known in Roman as Jupiter and Egyptian as Amun) is the god of the number one, good, the weather, Mt. Olympus and Heaven, which is protected by its living core named "Uranus", and king of the gods and angels who is the father of many other ones and brother to Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter and Hestia. He is also the father of the legendary hero Hercules. He tells his son Hercules that to join the gods, he must become a hero, which he defines as something more than being famous. Zeus is betrayed by Hades, but Hercules later saves him and Olympus, and Zeus reveals that for willingly giving his life to save Meg, he is finally a true hero and can be a god. Nonetheless, he is supportive of his son's decision to remain with Meg. Son of Rhea and Cronus and father of Hercules, Hebe, Nemesis, Helen, Aphrodite, Ares, Hephaestus, Bacchus, Persephone, The Muses, Hecate, Athena, Apollo and Artemis.
Past[]
Zeus was born the son of Cronus and Rhea in Mount Olympus, and was the eldest brother of Poseidon and Hades
Cronus was very abusive father and once ate all of his children (except for Zeus), he eventually tricked his father, to throw up his brother's and sisters.
At some point, he rebelled and got into a violent fight against his father Cronus and defeated him, making Zeus the King of Mount Olympus, after that he made his brother Poseidon the god of sea, and his other brother Hades the king of the Underworld, which began Hades hatred for his brother.
Many eons ago, Zeus imprisoned the deadly Titans, who threatened to destroy the world, deep beneath the ocean where they would remain for the rest of eternity undisturbed. However he was unaware that the next planetary alignment would reveal the location of the Titans prison.
Powers[]
- Lightning Bolt: His main ability is the power to summon lightning and hurl them similarly to spears. He could also possibly use it like a sword.
- Superhuman Strength: Being a god, he possesses immense strength, only rivaled by the likes of his son, Hercules.
- Superhuman Speed: He also possesses blurring speed, again because of being a god.
- Creation: Via mixing and matching various types of cloud on mount olympus, he can create life such as with Pegasus.
- Immortality: He, like all gods, has immortality (the inability to die). This means he cannot die of age or be killed, the only means of subduing him is to capture him.
Personality[]
Zeus is the jolly, stubborn type. He is married to Hera, who in the real myth, hates Hercules, also known as Hercules. He is extremely angry when Hercules gets stolen by Pain and Panic, Hades's imps.
Story[]
TV Series[]
- Hercules and the Apollo Mission
- Hercules and the King of Thessaly
- Hercules and the Big kiss (cameo)
- Hercules and the Family Weekend