The Incredible Hercules: Difference between revisions

* [[Enemy Civil War]]: Hera vs. Norman Osborn.

* [[Erastes Eromenos]]: Most of the Greek gods assume Hercules and Amadeus have this relationship, even referring to the latter as Herc's ''eromenos''. Amadeus always angrily corrects them.

* [[Executive Meddling]]: Arguably one of the positive examples. Originally the book was going to be a team title featuring the "Renegades," a group of four characters who had teamed up during World War Hulk: Hercules, Amadeus Cho, Namora and Angel. These plans were dashed when the X-Men office decided they didn't want to lend out Angel for the new series, and Namora had already been chosen to be a member of the [[Agents of Atlas]]. That left Herc and Cho, and it was decided that it would make more sense for the book to be a solo title focusing on Hercules with Cho as a sidekick. Luckily, this turned out to be ''awesome''.

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|Athena}}

* [[Mini-Dress of Power]]: Hercules' usual outfit.

* [[Mistaken for Gay]]: Internet rumors suggest that Amadeus is Hercules' Eromenos, which Amadeus repeatedly denies when he's kidnapped by Amazons.

* [[The Mole]]: In the [[Secret Invasion]] crossover, {{spoiler|Kirby}} is actually a Skrull.

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: For the first several arcs of the series, Herc's womanizing ways are a comic highlight; then all of a sudden we're confronted with his distraught wife Hebe, who has been told the failure of their marriage is her fault and can't understand what she did wrong.

* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Amadeus and Delphyne; after she tells him that she fatally poisoned Herc (true, as far as she knew), he angrily lunges at her, but then they start making out.

* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]: the recaps.

* [[Spin-Off]]: ''Dark Avengers: Ares'' was supposed to be one for [[Dark Avengers]], but featuring Herc's flagship enemy and referencing several plot points from Incredible Hercules {{spoiler|including bringing back a villain introduced in one of the series' flashbacks}} makes it more a spin-off to this.

* [[Stalker Shrine]]: Hebe has one of Herc.

* [[Super Strength]]: How strong is Herc? ''Seriously'' strong.

* [[Take a Third Option]]: Invoked {{spoiler|by Amadeus in his final confrontation with Pythagoras Dupree; Dupree doesn't take it well.}} Lampshaded by Thor in ''Fall of an Avenger'':

** Spoofed when Hercules is challenged to three-storied chess by the Dark Elves, with another lampshade hanging and a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Star Trek]].

'''Elf advisor:''' But ... that wasn't unwinnable. All you have to do is move the rook -- }}

* [[Take That]]:

* [[They Fight Crime]]: He's the Prince of Power! He's the Seventh Smartest Man on the planet! [[They Fight Crime]]!

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: {{spoiler|By the Chaos War mini, Herc has gained nigh-infinite power.}}

''' {{spoiler|Hercules}}:''' So did my enemies. }}

** Hebe is either this or [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]] - compare how she is at the beginning of the series (where she's accident-prone and looks like she's afraid of her own shadow) versus Assault On New Olympus or after (being willing to take a point-blank thunderbolt from then-pantheon head Hera and showing nerves of steel from that point onward).